Re: [lopsa-discuss] Out-of-Band Management Solutions

Hi Peter, Ever look at Opengear? They have a lot of nice OOB management devices (modem/3G/4G/LTE) that give you full access to the underlying Linux OS. http://opengear.com/ Happy customer. Best, Will From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Cabler recommendation in Manhattan?

First Line Communications (Joseph Tuzio Jr, owner) - 201-599-9106 or email firstline...@aol.com Always have been very happy with their work... From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Joshua Nichols Sent: Friday, J

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Attention hive mind: Advice on doing one-on-one meetings?

The series on Managing-Up: https://hbr.org/2015/01/what-everyone-should-know-about-managing-up Also, http://workplace.stackexchange.com/a/32797 Regards, Dennis O. On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 2:47 PM, David Parter wrote: > I just scheduled my monthly one-on-ones with the student staff... so this

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Dev Ops stack exchange in area 51?

I’ve always thought that “DevOps” was a way of life (really, a way of looking at cross-functional interactions) and not a functional title. So, my $0.02 is that it would steal from SF. Will From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Peter Grace

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Professionalization and the future of LOPSA

On Friday, June 26, 2015 1:46 PM EDT, Warner (w...@projectgamma.com) wrote: > More rules and policies are more rigid, move slower. I like the youth and > grassroots nature of the profession, as it is less rigid and enables > innovation. It's evolving. I think there is a happy medium... Don't li

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Professionalization and the future of LOPSA

Hi all, Having played a tiny part in the discussion on professionalization (discussing on LOPSA Discuss mailing list, then chairing a BoF on it at LISA ’14, then acting as a member of the resulting LOPSA Professional Content Committee, which sadly went nowhere, to which I accept partial blame d

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Growing Membership?

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 6:14 PM, Evan Pettrey wrote: > I've seen a single board member that I think had a vision and a plan > to get us there who I recommended for president at the end of my term > along with another director whose term was also coming to a close. > > Instead the board voted to

Re: [lopsa-discuss] LOPSA Recommended Reading List

How about http://sabok.org/sabok.html ?? Aleksey put this together, and it was inherited by the (now defunct?) LOPSA Professional Content Committee, which Aleksey was chair of... (see http://sabok.org/intro.html ) From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Does LOPSA have a project manager?

-Original Message- From: David Lang [mailto:da...@lang.hm] Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 1:51 PM To: Will Dennis Cc: Derek J. Balling; Lopsa Discussion Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Does LOPSA have a project manager? As far as I can see, SAGE has basically died off. A couple years ago they

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Does LOPSA have a project manager?

I know LOPSA and USENIX are on speaking terms now... Has anyone from the LOPSA BoD reached out to USENIX BoD and explored a consolidation of SAGE and LOPSA? IMHO, one of these org's should be folded into another (yes, yes, I know the old history of LOPSA's founding; let the past stay in the past

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Is there a well curated list of tech conferences somewhere?

Me neither... I just checked on “governance.lopsa.org” and the last one posted there is from August. I know Matt Simmons was keeping one on his website, not sure how up-to-date it is... http://www.standalone-sysadmin.com/blog/sysadmin-calendar/ --Will From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mai

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Why don't people join Lopsa?

On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 3:12 PM, leam hall wrote: > watch as people who have been doing this since before you were born try and > help you grasp the problem. Good point, but an assumption on Leam's part that Rhys is younger than most here... Rhys, you mind sharing your age with the group? _

Re: [lopsa-discuss] For-Profit Subsidiaries?

> On Jul 31, 2014, at 11:39 PM, Derek Balling wrote: > Here's two questions that I would be interested in getting an answer to: > > In 2013: > > - How many members (total) either became paying members or renewed > (regardless of the source of that payment/renewal)? [exclude there >

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Why don't people join Lopsa?

> On Jul 31, 2014, at 6:18 PM, Tracy Reed wrote: > > We shouldn't ignore the fact that if LOPSA cannot find a legitimate way to > provide value to its members (paywalls are not legit IMO) such that they want > to join there is nothing that says LOPSA has to exist at all. It certainly > should

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Why don't people join Lopsa?

On Jul 31, 2014, at 1:19 PM, Ross West wrote: > > - Why are people finding LOPSA? Ultimately the majority come across looking > for information to fix their current problem at hand, not because of looking > for secondary education reasons (some do, but not that many). LOPSA could be > pr

[lopsa-discuss] Fwd: Why don't people join Lopsa?

(Forgot to cc: list, doing so now...) >> On Jul 31, 2014, at 12:22 PM, Derek Balling wrote: >> I am a member not by "choice" at this point but because I am "captured", >> like a union-shop employee, unable to go to a given conference without >> kicking up to the local capo who ensures that ever

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Why don't people join Lopsa?

I value the mailing lists (and much less so the IRC) but those are really the only two things that LOPSA (National) provides that are of any use to me (i.e. I'd be sad if they went away.) Not sure though it takes a nat'l organization to run a mailing list and IRC channel tho ;) I think sysadmin

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Https - the solution to net neutrality and ISP monopolies

#x27;t think so. W. -Original Message- From: Derek Balling [mailto:dr...@megacity.org] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 5:27 PM To: David Lang Cc: Will Dennis; discuss@lists.lopsa.org Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Https - the solution to net neutrality and ISP monopolies On Jul 22, 2014, at

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Https - the solution to net neutrality and ISP monopolies

I think all of this PR battle (which now parts of the LOPSA membership is getting sucked into ;) is over Netflix trying not to have to pay VZ to reach their customers like they did Comcast -- http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/business/media/comcast-and-netflix-reach-a-streaming-agreement.html VZ

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Https - the solution to net neutrality and ISP monopolies

Related: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/07/21/332678802/one-million-net-neutrality-comments-filed-but-will-they-matter From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Brad Beyenhof Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 10:05 AM To: Edward Ned H

Re: [lopsa-discuss] SPAM: Oh Snap! Free IT Monitoring Software And A T-shirt?

Thanks all for cluing me in... we'll see if "opt out" works now ;) BTW, this was the opt-out email message I rec'd: - From: LOPSA Member Services [mailto:do-not-re...@lopsa.org] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 12:05 AM To: Will Dennis Subject: Opt-out Confirmation Your em

Re: [lopsa-discuss] SPAM: Oh Snap! Free IT Monitoring Software And A T-shirt?

lly? > > Just because it is something you don't wan't doesn't make it "spam". On the > other hand, I can see how this could get out of hand fairly easily. Can > somebody on the board direct us to the policy that governs such email > advertisements? &

[lopsa-discuss] SPAM: Oh Snap! Free IT Monitoring Software And A T-shirt?

I think I just got spammed by LOPSA... Can anyone in charge confirm/deny this? - Will -Original Message- From: Sponsor [spon...@lopsa.org<mailto:spon...@lopsa.org>] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 06:20 PM Eastern Standard Time To: Will Dennis Subject: Oh Snap! Free IT Moni

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Fwd: Re: May LOPSAGram - You asked for my opinion(s).

“Help us grow. Help us learn. Without this, we're nothing, just a kaffeeklatsch with a weird name and some snotty members.” (IMHO) OMG, nailed it! This is what I was trying to do when I asked the question at last years’ LISA on “what is professionalization as applied to Systems Administrators?”

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Looking for an organizer for the first virtual LOPSA Chapter

Can I just say *thank you* to Evan for his openness here! That’s leading by example… (and I agree with most if not all of his points, by the way…) W. From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Evan Pettrey Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 7:09 PM To

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Looking for an organizer for the first virtual LOPSA Chapter

Yes! Underpants Gnomes reference! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO5sxLapAts -Original Message- From: Chase Hoffman [mailto:driftpeas...@driftpeasant.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 6:36 PM To: Will Dennis Cc: Edward D'Azzo-Caisser; john boris; Derek Balling; Lopsa Discussion Su

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Looking for an organizer for the first virtual LOPSA Chapter

On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 6:25 PM, Tom Limoncelli said: I don't think LOPSA will ever be the advocacy group I had hoped it would be, and I've come to terms with that (just recently... perhaps today).  LOPSA is strongest on things like the irc channel, mailing lists, and other things and should

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Looking for an organizer for the first virtual LOPSA Chapter

On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 5:34 PM, Edward D'Azzo-Caisser said: > Not that LOPSA doesn't offer a subscription to Safari Online or exclusive > talks. Huhwat? Did I miss something here, or is this a typo ("Not" + "doesn't" == double negative == "DOES"; did you mean "LOPSA does offer...", or do you

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Looking for an organizer for the first virtual LOPSA Chapter

In my involvement with the Mentorship program, my experience (YMMV! WTFBBQ! Etc) was that besides there being a requirement for the mentors to be a LOPSA member, the mentees DID NOT have to join (it was probably thought that since they would have rec'd the largesse from LOPSA for free, they woul

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Looking for an organizer for the first virtual LOPSA Chapter

That "other organization"'s (not sure I'd characterize them as "competing" at this point anyways) mailing list still exists (I know since I'm on it) but it has been very low-traffic since I joined... W. -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lis

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Looking for an organizer for the first virtual LOPSA Chapter

Huhwat? Maybe I'm just slow on this sleepy Saturday, but plz explain what you mean... > On May 10, 2014, at 12:05 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote: > >> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Will Dennis >> wrote: >> Again, I'd do something like this under the general

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Looking for an organizer for the first virtual LOPSA Chapter

I think the general concept is a good idea, that LOPSA could provide "meetups" online and provide some SysAdmin educational content to the community via that channel. It would basically raise awareness of LOPSA as an org (hey world, there's this thing called LOPSA, here's part of what we do [edu

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Looking for an organizer for the first virtual LOPSA Chapter

Another way to think about it: Does LOPSA do direct interaction with its constituency, or only via chapters? (i.e. do we have a hierarchical organization?) You can call it a "virtual chapter" or anything else, but I think more time should be spent on figuring out content delivery / fostering me

Re: [lopsa-discuss] New Job Title?

On a tangent, I think the use of the word "Engineer" in IT job titles is a bit pretentious... I don't think our "profession" is yet rigorous enough to warrant that title... On the other hand, the dictionary defines the word's etymology as "one who designs or devises" [from scientific principle

Re: [lopsa-discuss] 2014 LOPSA Board election slate

gt; full terms while the "fifth place finisher" can get the partial. > > D > > > On May 6, 2014, at 6:13 PM, Will Dennis wrote: > > Hmmm... If there's 5 empty slots now, and 5 candidates, considering > Derek's suggestion (which I would say is a good one

Re: [lopsa-discuss] 2014 LOPSA Board election slate

Hmmm... If there's 5 empty slots now, and 5 candidates, considering Derek's suggestion (which I would say is a good one) then, why go thru with the election process anyways? (unless the membership can [a] vote for a candidate NOT to be [re-]elected, or [b] would be otherwise harmed in not gettin

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Graduating to management and the pains thereof

Hey Pete, I'm sure you'll be getting a lot of great advice, so please blog what you find out and how it works for you! My personal experience with technical people who have been promoted to supervisors is that many continue to want to do what they know best (i.e. do technical work) and kind of

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Physical monitoring system for our server rooms.

Hi Denise, We use the APC “NetBotz” line of environmental monitors, they’ve worked well for us… http://www.apc.com/products/category.cfm?id=17 We monitor temp, humidity, power and noise level in our DC’s. The NetBotz units have cameras, and can send pics via email when the noise sensors trip, a

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Professionalization BoF at LISA'13

I am personally interested in Professionalization for positive reasons (help new practitioners [and existing practitioners too] learn the "right way" and give them the chance to achieve excellence, which will benefit their employers and society as a whole) rather than negative reasons (we better

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Professionalization BoF at LISA'13

ange and allows us to iterate > quite rapidly. Why then are we trying to hold on to the notion of > traditional professions or occupations? Couldn't this distinction be one > of the casualties of the way the world is now? > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Willar

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Professionalization BoF at LISA'13

On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Edward D'Azzo-Caisser < edazzocais...@gmail.com> wrote: > > When I look at our community, I see people concerned about system > administrators being knowledgeable and qualified. I see it whenever someone > asks for help in IRC and elsewhere, whenever someone volunt

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Professionalization BoF at LISA'13

Hi Gene, On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 12:27 PM, wrote: > There was a comment that we need to do this before someone else does it > for/to us. Who is this someone else? Why would they do this? Are > ther goals/motifs in line with LOPSA or where do they differ? How > far along in this path may the

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Professionalization BoF at LISA'13

n simple terms the goal > agreed upon, and the strategy proposed to achieve it? > > Thanks, > Tom > > > > On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Willard Dennis > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Very humbled that so many folks came out to the "From Occupat

[lopsa-discuss] Professionalization BoF at LISA'13

Hi all, Very humbled that so many folks came out to the "From Occupation to Professional" BoF last Thurs evening at LISA'13. Being up against Google is tough ;) Thanks to all that came out and participated. I thought we had a good discussion there, and that most folks who spoke up were basically

[lopsa-discuss] Lost a LOPSA t-shirt at LISA?

Sorry only posting this now... Found a LOPSA t-shirt on the floor of the #lisa13 hotel lobby Friday afternoon... If yours, let me know. Thanks. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss Thi

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Dan Geer on the state of Professionalization in Cybersecurity

Yes, that would be great! Thanks! I'll email bofs@usenix to request the room now. - Will -Original Message- From: Pamela Lynn Howell [pamelahow...@gmail.com<mailto:pamelahow...@gmail.com>] Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 02:13 AM Eastern Standard Time To: Will Dennis

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Dan Geer on the state of Professionalization in Cybersecurity

How does 9-10pm Thurs in Hoover (after GlusterFS BoF) sit with everyone? From: Ski Kacoroski [kacoro...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 4:27 PM To: Will Dennis Cc: Matt Simmons (standalone.sysad...@gmail.com) Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Dan Geer

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Dan Geer on the state of Professionalization in Cybersecurity

.com] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 2:15 AM To: Will Dennis Cc: Pamela Lynn Howell; discuss@lists.lopsa.org<mailto:discuss@lists.lopsa.org> Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Dan Geer on the state of Professionalization in Cybersecurity Looks like we found our organizers! A discussion on what pro

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Dan Geer on the state of Professionalization in Cybersecurity

Original Message- From: Ski Kacoroski [mailto:kacoro...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 12:32 PM To: Will Dennis; LOPSA Discuss List Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Dan Geer on the state of Professionalization in Cybersecurity Will, I agree with John, if you could pick a diffe

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Dan Geer on the state of Professionalization in Cybersecurity

t can I list my affiliation as "LOPSA" since I can't really speak for the organization (just a member, not a Board member...) Thanks, Will From: Joseph Kern [joseph.a.k...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 2:15 AM To: Will Dennis C

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Dan Geer on the state of Professionalization in Cybersecurity

OK by me - hope we can get Matt to attend as well as everyone else who's interested... -Original Message- From: Pamela Lynn Howell [pamelahow...@gmail.com<mailto:pamelahow...@gmail.com>] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 06:17 PM Eastern Standard Time To: Will Dennis

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Dan Geer on the state of Professionalization in Cybersecurity

ime To: Will Dennis Cc: Lopsa Discussion Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Dan Geer on the state of Professionalization in Cybersecurity Sorry all. Site is down at the moment. Server crash. Shoemaker's children and all that. Expect a new one up soon. Warm regards, Geoff Halprin On 25 Oct 20

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Dan Geer on the state of Professionalization in Cybersecurity

Hmmm. the URL http://www.sysadmin.com.au/sa-bok.html does not seem to respond (interestingly, it does ping, but the rDNS is "mail.sysadmin.com.au".) Anybody with an alternate link out there? Love! This! Discussion! Agree with the NIST definition, and would LOVE to see LOPSA (and/or LISA) pursue

Re: [lopsa-discuss] What are characteristics of the ideal sysadmin graduate

Level I Admin as defined in https://www.usenix.org/system/files/lisa/books/usenix_22_jobs3rd_core.pdf ?? (As an aside, why doesn't LOPSA either define this themselves, or at least uphold the LISA definition?) I myself would not specify technologies, as different co's use different mixes, and t

Re: [lopsa-discuss] What attracts your attention?

Describing your culture before your technical requirements, and not using too many ridiculous terms ("Ninja", "Superstar", etc.) for the desired skill level. -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Dan Ritter Sent: Mo

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Managing Mac OS X

Have you looked at using puppet and munki? On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Chase Hoffman < driftpeas...@driftpeasant.org> wrote: > We use Casper, and our desktop engineering folk seem to like it pretty > well. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 15, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Ski Kacoroski wrote: > > >

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Mark Burgess quote from April 2013 ;login:

On Monday, July 08, 2013 11:17 PM, Atom Powers said: “Perhaps if LOPSA could sell itself as the authoritative place for professional systems administration information we could built the mind-share that builds membership that builds the organization.” ^ | THIS. __

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Mark Burgess quote from April 2013 ;login:

I also like what OpsSchool is trying to do, but not sure it's defining best practices as a whole; seems like it's more for training people who think they may want to be a sysadmin in the nuts and bolts, to get them to at least a "junior" (SAGE I) level. From http://www.opsschool.org/en/latest/i

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Mark Burgess quote from April 2013 ;login:

This webinar may be of interest in light of this thread... I has mad respect for Gene Kim. Join us on July 11 at 10 am PDT for "Next Steps toward DevOps: A Game Plan for Adoption and Implementation

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Mark Burgess quote from April 2013 ;login:

Thoughtful response (as usual) Matt… You said: "If there are 100,000 IT administrators on the internet active enough to ask and answer a question on Server Fault, where are they? Do they know that LOPSA exists and don't care or aren't interested or don't feel like we offer anything? Or are the

[lopsa-discuss] Mark Burgess quote from April 2013 ;login:

Just getting caught up perusing some recent ;login: issues, and ran across Mark Burgess' article about DevOps[1] in the April 2013 issue. I don't remember a discussion of this on this list, but maybe I missed it or something... Anyways, seems like a good topic of discussion. (FWIW, I tend to agree

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Evi Nemeth, retired CU-Boulder computer professor, missing at sea near New Zealand

Wow... read this news item this morning, but I did not pick up on the name of the woman who they had last contact with... Hoping against the probable outcome. Evi's "UNIX System Administration" book holds a fond spot in my heart from my early days as a sysadmin... Will From: discuss-boun...

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Saltstack Blog Post

Intrigued... I'd like to hear a (reasoned) argument against using Salt, especially for those of us on the cusp of rolling out a new config mgmt. system... From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Corey Quinn Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:58

Re: [lopsa-discuss] [lopsa-tech] iPhone 4s vs iPhone 5s

nstead of the 5:4 of the iPhone 4S). -Adrian On Apr 3, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Will Dennis wrote: The iPhone 5 has a bigger screen, more CPU horsepower, and the new connector (which all future iPhone/iPad accessories will have, as the 30-pin connector on the 4s & back is now

Re: [lopsa-discuss] [lopsa-tech] iPhone 4s vs iPhone 5s

The iPhone 5 has a bigger screen, more CPU horsepower, and the new connector (which all future iPhone/iPad accessories will have, as the 30-pin connector on the 4s & back is now deprecated.) Also, I find it's hard finding a nice case any more for the non-5 iPhone form factor... That said, I'm still

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Fwd: Next 48 Hours: Get "The Phoenix Project" forFree

GET. THIS. BOOK. NOW. For free? You kiddin' me? Thanks, Gene, and whoever else pulled this off. (That said, I hope most people plunk down the money and buy the book!) Back to reading J Will From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of A

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Ideal router recommendation for a small/mediumoffice?

+1 on pfSense - use it for a number of routing firewalls, and have used the OpenVPN functionality on Mac and Windows, which worked great... From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Erik Anderson Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 3:32 PM To: Edward N

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Network configuration question

Would not agree on the portfast thing -- if you are running "Rapid spanning tree" (also known as RSTP/802.1w, and you should be) then portfast is a good thing (declares the server ports as "edge ports" and turns off the typical 802.1D STP "blocking > listening > learning > forwarding" delay, which

Re: [lopsa-discuss] 2 factor authentication

I'd at least want to see what Symantec has to say about the security of their solution -- putting the 2nd auth piece on the PC that you want to auth into seems questionable at best... But maybe they disallow that, or have some other feature that allows it but protects it?? We use RSA tokens here;

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Fwd: [TUHS] unix horror stories

A "no blame" culture helps greatly in this regard... Some people unfortunately (with cause) fear loss of job if they own up to a mistake. I do agree with John, but some companies (that I don't ever want to work for, and I could "name names") would regard such honesty as "career-limiting"... - Will

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Fwd: [TUHS] unix horror stories

Ah, plexi over the EPO button. Had to do that one myself... I put a skull and crossbones on the plexi cover too :) Then there was the time I caught the AC guy in the act of trying to crawl on top of the minicomputer to pop a ceiling tile because, "well, I have to get up there!" "This is not a $500

Re: [lopsa-discuss] online forum?

In somewhat unrelated news, Tom is actually a point on the x-axis of a chart on this page about StackExchange: http://sysadmin1138.net/mt/blog/2012/09/being-flooded-by-non-professiona ls-a-serverfault-problem.shtml -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Do Sysadmins have a half-life?

Jeez... If I like the job (profession) and it's interesting and pays well, why should I be looking to get out of it? I oftimes think of SA (or Network Admin or whatever admin) as being akin to a plumber or electrician. There are definitely different levels in those skilled trades, and you have your

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Mapping drives in windows 2008

Can you write the backup straight to a UNC instead? Like \\servername\sharename ?? Drive mappings are just an indirection to this anyways... (I have seen some braindead apps that would not accept a UNC path, but SQL Server is not one of these...) Best, Will -Original Message- From: discu

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Sys Admin Day activities

I have nothing against a Code of Ethics (I have it hanging up in my cube here, as a matter of fact) but… Who is going to enforce this? It’s OK I think to promulgate a voluntary Code of Ethics, but I don’t see how anyone is really going to prosecute violations… From: discuss-boun...@lists.lop

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Candidate Recruiting

Actually, my wife (who is an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, see http://is.gd/cU4fWD for more details if interested) works for a company who does such testing... They do have to go to great measures to prove that the tests do not contain discriminatory bias against racial/gender/etc. Howeve

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Time Mgmt for SA's - recommend good iApp to implement "the Cycle"?

Looks interesting... Wonder how they make money? From: Anton Cohen [mailto:an...@antoncohen.com] Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 5:33 PM To: Will Dennis Cc: LOPSA Discuss List Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Time Mgmt for SA's - recommend good iApp to implement "the Cycle"? On Fr

[lopsa-discuss] Time Mgmt for SA's - recommend good iApp to implement "the Cycle"?

As my workload keeps increasing, I (finally!) want to implement Tom L's "Cycle" methodology on a smartphone ("PDA".) Since I'm an iPhone user, I currently need to restrict the app to the iPhone platform. If/when my work gets us new phones (supposedly soon), then I do plan on getting an Android devi

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Should a sysadmin be a dog or a cat?

It ain’t easy being “overhead” ;) But, most ppl know, when the pipes burst, having a good plumber available on short notice is a very good thing J Hopefully, I can deliver some noticeable value over the base “plumber on call” state (it’s usually up to me to try to quantify the value and adver

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Should a sysadmin be a dog or a cat?

Just so as I'm clear (a bit fuzzy today ;) "We" = the Company? (or is it "the sysadmins"?) "[dogs | cats]" = the Sysadmins? (or is it "the company"?) -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Tom Limoncelli Sent: Monda

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Central NJ WANs...

Hi Mike, We use Quest (now known as "CenturyLink") for our ISP. They do utilize Verizon copper/fiber as the physical layer medium for our WAN link (100Mbps metro-eth.) The problem is that most of the traditional physical facilities were installed by Bell Atlantic or Verizon, and there's no more (

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Email list and IRC channel for LISA

+1 -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Adam Moskowitz Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:26 PM To: t...@lists.lopsa.org; Discuss@lists.lopsa.org Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Email list and IRC channel for LISA Ma

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Hope you're not paid hourly and working overtime

is involved and who are the lobbyists supporting it? Dennis O. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Internet proxy/filter/bandwidth management?

At a prior employer, we had good experiences with Packeteer's PacketShaper appliances. Packeteer was bought by BlueCoat back in 2008 (after my time of experience with the product.) Here's the URL for the current product: http://www.bluecoat.com/products/packetshaper Not sure if it hits all your

Re: [lopsa-discuss] IT services add/change decision processframework

Christopher R Webber [mailto:christopher.web...@ucr.edu] Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 1:58 PM To: Joseph Kern Cc: Will Dennis; Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] IT services add/change decision processframework I would be hard pressed to call DEVOPS a framework. In fact, I would argue that ITIL c

[lopsa-discuss] IT services add/change decision process framework

Hi all, We are working on becoming more rigorous in following processes in building/delivering IT services here. As a part of this effort, we are trying to come up with a lightweight process (i.e, not full-on ITIL, etc.) to intake / analyze / decide on new requests for (or modifications to existin

[lopsa-discuss] Job opening: Linux cluster admin, Princeton NJ (two-year term)

NEC Laboratories America in Princeton, NJ is seeking an experienced systems administrator to manage the IT infrastructure of a research and development project in the Computing Systems Architecture department. This position is expected to be have a term of two years. Job Responsibilities: The jo

Re: [lopsa-discuss] How do you relieve your "Sysadmin back pain?"

al therapy?  Lumbar >> pillows to stop slouching?  Something else?  A combination of things? >> If you get a lap pillow and sit on its edge it rolls your hips forward and then you don't have to consciously think about sitting straight. Dennis O. __