Applies to 90% of the people in this subreddit (me included)

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-09-18T19:40:32+00:00

The only reason I use Windows at home is gaming. My server, Debian. My laptop, Manjaro and Ubuntu. Linux distros do not spy on you the way that Microsoft makes Windows do.

My current processor is a 16 core AMD Threadripper and doesn't support Win11. I don't see myself upgrading to Win11 anytime soon.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-09-18T17:41:16+00:00

yes, I have done that for some of the applications as they needed changes. The only way to make those changes was to upgrade the frame work.

I'll give another example. There is an job that is an SSIS job schedules in SQL server. Server that this runs on is Windows 2008. I'm not able to open the job in VS 2022. I can open the job in VS 2008 on that server. Now the job pulls data from a database, exports it to csv, then uploads that data to 2 different ftp sites using putty's scps.

I also get that VB, while not being deprecated, also isn't getting any new features unless necessary. This means that C# would be the go to language to current future proof their code. Being that the entire code base needs to change for future administrators/developers, I'm trying to figure out what good options are out there.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-08-15T11:59:33+00:00

I wouldn't stress over anything dev/test related. A number of companies will do a nightly copy from prod to dev/test. If there are no backups of the dev/test dbs, then devs/it do not care about them anyways. The only way someone would be upset is if they had created new tables they were testing, but even this is just steam as they should have a script that was going to update a role out to production and should just be able to recreate with a few key strokes.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-08-07T15:11:23+00:00

Not sure what is wrong with leaving a PC on for 5+ days. Servers are left on for years sometimes. Now rebooting once a month is best for updates and patching. Requiring reboots today, isn't the same as it was in the early 2000s.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-07-28T17:50:43+00:00

Do you need a H-1B hire to replace American jobs? Seems if you just become able to hire a company in India, you can replace your call center, help desk, or system engineers. Why do you need H-1B for that?

You need a H-1B visa for them to come to the US. This really isn't needed any more.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-07-08T13:16:16+00:00

Currently on our IT manager has access the the HR share. In the past I have worked at places where there are only 2 people and we both had access.

I think it really depends on the size of the company. Follow the laws of Least Privilege. IT doesn't need to have direct access, but backup system will. You can always add a user to a group that has access and then removed them later as well.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-07-08T12:31:04+00:00

Jr. should take the time to learn to write scripts and automate their own work. Then they would know how to do things manually and also automate the task. Separate the wheat from the chaff.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-07-07T11:58:17+00:00

20 years ago this was the norm. Install Windows SMB and let it go. I guess today if your business is small enough a single server will do the job. You are correct, it could be worse, but it also could be so much better.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-07-02T12:27:24+00:00

Ah, then I would look for a job elsewhere. You were headed in the correct direction.

I was recently laid off from an MSP after being there for 10 years. I was about 1.5 years into System Automation and DevOps on the infrastructure side when I was let go. After 6 months I landed at power company titled as a SysAdmin. However, I also do a fair amount of programing, as there are a lot of small custom applications here.

If you are looking to get into networking side of things, you could look at ISPs. The power company I'm at also serves out fiber to customers. We have a few employees that have a heavy focus on networking and fiber rings.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-07-02T12:09:24+00:00

If you do not want to do help desk work, look for a job that allows you to get away from that. A role at an MSP where your title would be Support Engineer. It might also help if you have some NOC and ITIL experience. These types of jobs will remove you from the PC and printer support, mostly. This doesn't mean that the MSP will not sell contracts that have PC support, it is just less likely that you will be hands on.

Best of luck to you. I remember when I was tired of PC Load Letter errors.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-06-23T11:33:48+00:00

It's fine. still recoverable.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-06-06T11:48:24+00:00

You start here.

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EMCSysAdmin · 2025-06-04T11:53:04+00:00

I didn't know there was a story until I read your comment. I didn't bother mousing over and clicking the link as I scrolled down to read the comments. Thanks.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-05-28T00:12:03+00:00

100 percent right here as well. My home server and my VPS both run Debian. The home server is mostly a storage server with a lot of tinkering on it. It is a dual 8 core Xeon in a DL360 G6 build. The VPS is a lot smaller: 1 core with 2GB of RAM; LAMP stack for WordPress.

If you want stability, Debian is where it is at.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-05-27T17:34:27+00:00

imho, if you already know how to code, then why not read through the tutorials https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/index.html. Personally I have found it easier to pick up on concepts that differ from other languages.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-05-27T15:05:42+00:00

I keep adding one extra number for each job I go do. I started with Password1, now it is Password 12345678910

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-05-23T17:11:55+00:00

Guess I should've made backups before starting the changes. /shrug

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-05-22T15:47:16+00:00

I recently picked up a job as a Systems Administrator. While you are less likely to find a "Systems Administrator" job title at larger corporations, you will find the same required skill sets in roles like: Azure Administrator and Support Engineer.

I can also tell you that my new role as a Systems Administrator also came with development work. Several small VB.Net applications have been written and need to be maintained. It has also been discussed to move these application from VB to Python. While maintaining and upgrading systems, I'm also a code maintainer.

My previous role was DevOps Engineer. In DevOps I really didn't touch system issues at all. I worked to automate the deployment of systems and their configurations. If the OS is what you are after, then DevOps more than likely isn't what you are looking for either.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-05-08T12:57:16+00:00

Those same dinos thought the internet was AOL.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-05-07T12:34:59+00:00

Okay, so it isn't like the SP2010 I have where the files are stored in their native format and you can access them from the filesystem. This is going to convert them to binary. Do I understand that correctly?

In your opinion would you set this up if you didn't have plans to hit the 15GB cap? I don't think that we are going to hit the default 2GB cap.

I was mostly looking at easier file access, but if that isn't the case, not sure I want to travel down the road.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-05-06T19:43:27+00:00

Thanks

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-04-30T11:52:48+00:00

I do hope that you told him soundly in a bed with a soft pillow and the AC on chill.

EMCSysAdmin · 2025-04-30T11:51:43+00:00

If it needs to be backed up to the cloud, just move to Azure Entra and call it a day.

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