Useless Conversation

[HaemishM]

Apparently, backing up web servers hosting a CMS that is updated with new content daily is optional to some people. Finding out all this when your SAN hardware has taken an absolute shit is even worse.

That was my first Monday morning phone call. And no, it wasn't my server, my web site or my fault. 

[RhyssaFireheart]

Backups? We don't need no stinking backups!

[Yegolev]

You know what is a real thing?  Feigned ignorance.

[HaemishM]

Yes, I've seen multiple instances of it already this morning. 

[Engels]

You know what's even better? Discovering that the backup server's C drive has crashed. And of course, there's no back up of the back up server's C drive.

[Yegolev]

This sort of thing is what I'm analyzing now and sometimes I have to explain about redundancy and outage mitigation.  Not having a backup is something else entirely.

For a crashed OS, is there a image somewhere that can be reinstalled?  That's pretty basic also.

[Bunk]

 

[Ingmar]

You know what's even better? Discovering that the backup server's C drive has crashed. And of course, there's no back up of the back up server's C drive.

Reinstall your backup software and spend 3 years re-cataloguing your backups and its fine.  

EDIT: TBH if my backup server lost its C drive (and if gremlins ate my image backup) it would be a matter of a couple hours to fix it at most. I don't put catalogs or logs there, so literally it would just be a short reinstall and point to the old data.

[Ironwood]

 

[schild]

Went to the MotoGP yesterday. Got burnt the ever living fuck up. My face and head is actually oozing. I hate this.

[Ingmar]

2nd degree sunburns. That's ... not good. Cold compress (NOT ice), sterile bandages over the oozy blistered parts. You're probably going to need painkillers too.

Did that once years ago and ice supposedly makes burns worse in some way so I was told to stay away from that. Tops of my feet, nose. Nose was really hard to bandage and you look like a fool, but it helps prevent infection and I'm assuming you're not insured at the moment.

[Engels]

Regarding the backup server crash, all good suggestions, some of which occurred to me, but unfortunately, management of the backup server is not my job, its my boss', who is not amenable to constructive criticism, especially when he's currently feeling like an ass. Currently doing a disk-to-disk ghost clone of the failing drive which has so many bad blocks Cabrini Green is looking at it askance with a raised brow. It may be done by tomorrow morning, or next month. Who knows.

[Hammond]

Ugg been there with the failing backup server. Nothing like your backups to your backups dying...

I plugged in our old backup server a couple months ago and recovered a few images from 7 years ago. About 50% of the tapes were corrupted. Of course the 1 thing I was looking for was just actually never in the location that they thought it was... I went ahead and just re-backed up the old stuff on our new backup server. (Which I had to rebuild at one point 2 years ago because I consolidated from two backup clients to this single one).

Have I mentioned I fucking hate tape?

[Engels]

Tape blows. In my last job it was my task to rotate the tapes out and take 3 with me in my satchel as  'off site backup', which I... well <mutter mutter>

[Ironwood]

Seriously, don't get me started here.

[Yegolev]

I can't read this thread for all the clownshoes.

[HaemishM]

I can't read this thread for all the clownshoes.

There are days where I live in a world constructed entirely of clownshoes.

[ghost]

Isn't this thread all clownshoes?   

[Salamok]

The lack of a clown shoes smiley is something that should be remedied.

[Ironwood]

DHCP, Serious Business.

[Abagadro]

I've decided that if my office is Westeros I am basically Ned Stark.

My comment has proven eerily prescient.

[Chimpy]

Did they chop off your head for tracking down the boss's bastard offspring?

[Abagadro]

Not yet. I'm at the stage of wandering around idiotically telling people what I think is the truth.

[Engels]

Not yet. I'm at the stage of wandering around idiotically telling people what I think is the truth.
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That way unemployment lies.

[Morat20]

Tape blows. In my last job it was my task to rotate the tapes out and take 3 with me in my satchel as  'off site backup', which I... well <mutter mutter>

Oh, glad that wasn't just us. We had a handful of tapes we had to grab on the way out the door during fire drills too.

[ghost]

Not yet. I'm at the stage of wandering around idiotically telling people what I think is the truth.

Before long you're going to start dropping your pants and singing the Old Gray Mare. 

[Salamok]

DHCP, Serious Business.

Don't even go there, I am still in shock that my new employer manually assigns IP addresses, are almost out of IP's and have apparently hardcoded themselves onto this damn class c subnet for the foreseeable future.

edit - Since you brought it up, anyone know what happens if I change the subnet mask for all of my switches, servers and printers from 255.255.255.0 to 255.255.0.0 and leave existing workstations on 255.255.255.0, then add a new workstation with an ip in the class b (255.255.x.x) range?

[Sky]

DHCP, Serious Business.

I always read that as RHCP.

[Ironwood]

DHCP, Serious Business.

Don't even go there, I am still in shock that my new employer manually assigns IP addresses, are almost out of IP's and have apparently hardcoded themselves onto this damn class c subnet for the foreseeable future.

edit - Since you brought it up, anyone know what happens if I change the subnet mask for all of my switches, servers and printers from 255.255.255.0 to 255.255.0.0 and leave existing workstations on 255.255.255.0, then add a new workstation with an ip in the class b (255.255.x.x) range?

Dogs and Cats, Living Together, Mass Hysteria.

I'm not sure that'll even work at all....

[Salamok]

Dogs and Cats, Living Together, Mass Hysteria.

I'm not sure that'll even work at all....

I was hoping for all workstations can see all network services and all servers can see all workstations but the workstations on different class c ranges can't see each other. 

[Signe]

DHCP, Serious Business.

I always read that as RHCP.

Me too.  Sometimes I think we might be sisters.

[Yegolev]

DHCP, Serious Business.

Obviously.  Static IPs are for punchcard programmers, apparently.  Or people who know how to manage shit. 

Whenever I have my doubts about being able to take on a higher position, I need to remember the guy I saw today that couldn't:
1) Operate the internal desktop sharing program
2) Cut and paste in Excel without using a mouse, which was funny because he was trying to do this with a cell containing an email address
3) Forward an email and include the attachments, or validate before pressing SEND.

So I'll be making a try for a career move.

[Yegolev]

Not yet. I'm at the stage of wandering around idiotically telling people what I think is the truth.

"Audits are coming" ?

[Sky]

Me too.  Sometimes I think we might be sisters.

You can come over and braid my hair (when I grow it out again) and we'll gossip about who the biggest slut is on f13.

[Ironwood]

Schild.

Fucking Be There.