That sparks off a random thought. How empowered (for want of a better
word) is the junior sysadmin? Is there a chance that they're not able to
make the leap to problem solving because they're afraid a) They're going
to break things more, and b) they might be overstepping the boundaries
of what
Brandon S Allbery KF8NH wrote:
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>> I think there's certainly that fear. I mean, as I was a junior, I had a
>> mentor who was very understanding about the "junior guy making mistakes"[1],
>> but I'
Brodie, Kent wrote:
> Example: in my early days of sysadminning (a VMS server with a
> disk-hungry mumps application) -- a database disk filled up overnight.
> It was... bad.I dealt with it, got things running, and then to
> prevent that from biting me again, I added proactive disk monitori
On 08/10/2010 07:55 PM, Jefferson Cowart wrote:
> My #1 recommendation is to have a wiki of "checklists". People don't
>> like writing documentation but they are ok with writing checklists.
>> Some standard checklists to write are:
>> 1. things we do for each newhire.
>> 2. things we do when an e
You may find the CCNA study material useful. I went from utterly
clueless about networking (literally nothing beyond "no lights meant no
network connection") to competent courtesy of the material. There are a
few good books out there, though the exam cram ones may be dependent on
too much pri
On 08/24/2010 10:50 AM, Tom Perrine wrote:
> What animal most exemplifies the System Administrator personality "type"?
>
> MIT uses the Beaver for Engineers, Lawyers are often referred to as sharks,
> etc.
>
> If you had to create a sysadmin logo (over and above the a.s.r Etherkiller),
> what ani
On 08/25/2010 11:08 AM, Ed wrote:
first I thought..
Raven - attracted to shinny objects...
Raven creates the world
Raven steals the sun
The Raven here teaches men how to bury dead bodies. {Surah 5:27-31}
Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist proposed a structuralist
theory that suggests the
On 08/30/2010 03:37 PM, Pat Wilson wrote:
On Aug 30, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Simon Lyall wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2010, Luke S Crawford wrote:
Adam Moskowitz writes:
"Tinkerer Check: What is Your Home Network Like?" Despite later saying
claiming to not discount candidates who aren't netadmins in th
On 08/31/2010 10:23 AM, Matt Lawrence wrote:
On Tue, 31 Aug 2010, Gilbert Wilson wrote:
Article here:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/08/hp-holds-navy-network-hostage/
I'm curious to know what LOPSAers think of the Danger Room article
about the Navy's relationship with HP. While I don'
On 08/31/2010 11:01 AM, Paul Graydon wrote:
On 08/31/2010 10:23 AM, Matt Lawrence wrote:
On Tue, 31 Aug 2010, Gilbert Wilson wrote:
Article
here:http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/08/hp-holds-navy-network-hostage/
I'm curious to know what LOPSAers think of the Danger Room article
On 09/03/2010 10:43 AM, Tom Perrine wrote:
> Luke S Crawford wrote:
>> Tom Perrine writes:
>>
>>> On a related topic, who here uses GoDaddy? Vote for better working
>>> conditions for our profession by supporting
>>> companies that offer better working environments.
>>
>> So you boycot Oracle?
Wow. Colour me surprised. Honest ;)
On 09/27/2010 11:14 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
SGE 6.2u5 is still available from http://gridengine.sunsource.net/ but
apparently it's the last free version.
OGE 6.2u6 is only available for free as a 90-day eval (honor system).
Otherwise, you need to
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