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What are some occurrences that you would rather go get a root canal than deal with in your job? Sure major systems crashing suck, but admit it, most of use secretly get a thrill out major things like...
View ArticleBest way to purchase one-off software licenses from Microsoft, Adobe, etc.
At our small shop (50 users, two IT staff), we occasionally need to purchase one-off software licenses. For example, we've deployed client-side virtual Windows images for Mac and Linux users,...
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View Articlevsphere client view keeps resetting
I am connected to an ESXI host. The view for vsphere keeps on resetting back to original view when you log in. I expanded the esxi host to show all the vms and when the problem occurs, it goes back to...
View ArticleTips for an Admin with no Admin privileges?
Hello r/sysadmin, My official title is "computer lab technician." It's a joke. A little history. I work for a library at a university. When they began to get technology (computers, networking...
View ArticleSalary expectations for MCITP with experience.
Got 4+ years experience in a Microsoft server environment doing everything from minor helpdesk issues to... Server config/maintenance cabling security designing networks for small 50-100 employee sites...
View ArticleRecommend a poster for our office wall!
Years ago I had a Anatomy of a Linux System poster on the wall. Now we've moved offices and I'm looking for something similar: cool, informative, and appropriate. What posters do you have in your...
View ArticlePeering inside jboss for monitoring purposes
Good afternoon, I am not a java programmer by any means so I apologize if I get the terminology wrong. We are having issues with one of our jboss nodes ( inside a three node cluster ). Randomly it will...
View ArticleVirtualization with *gasp* local storage?
All the virtualization literature talks about shared storage this, and shared storage that. But local storage is SO much faster. There are regular posts from people who did iSCSI with 1G ethernet and...
View ArticleThe best freeware Windows RPC-based performance monitor tool out there:...
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View ArticleSecuring 42u 4 post racks to the ground.
Our company health and safety committee have started going on a tirade about "everything over 5 feet tall must be secured". This came up a couple of years ago and I thought it had been put to bed then....
View ArticleThat, dear friends, is the shower curtain rod I used to drop a cable to my...
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View ArticleLooking to get my career started....
Just graduated college in May 2011. I had some side computer jobs over the summer and I'm looking to get started with the career path of System Admin, Network Engineer, IT Security Auditor...ect......
View ArticleTen years later: IT and life lessons from the South Tower
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View ArticleI need to be making more money! Resume help, comments, suggestions,...
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View ArticlePlease Help Solve My Off-site/colo problem!
Hi everybody, I have a datacenter in a relatively isolated area, housing about 15 servers, and about 60TB of data total. I have no idea what to do about off site backup solutions. My internet speed is...
View ArticleMy organization's database lets any employee see SSNs
The organization I work at has a GUI database viewer that is installed on every employee's PC. When using the visual query builder, anybody can view and query the employee table. The employee table...
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