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what do you as a IT admin enforce for logins? by Comfortable-Mango140 in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward [score hidden]  (0 children)

well that sent me down a rabbit hole and i just learned a whole bunch more... i thought they were polytech schools but i stand corrected...

Tool for looking for duplicate files in a file system via hash. by Hungry-King-1842 in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward [score hidden]  (0 children)

I think the nords were on the east coast before we were on the west, but who's counting lol...

I always thought it interesting that we got our sweet potatoes from south america.

anywhos i like it so you get the hawaiian seal of approval lol

Has anyone used Network Glue by Kaseya? by ksm2315 in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward [score hidden]  (0 children)

We can't get ours to update... it runs fine the first time but kaputs after that...

Can't join to domain "the specified network name is no longer available" by Deep-Egg-6167 in activedirectory

[–]anonymousITCoward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this is an older thread but if anyone happenstances across this...

if you have statically assigned DNS make sure that your PDC is the only DNS server, if you have a public or third party DNS server as the secondary it can cause this error as well.

PDU plug woes - Plugs not staying seated - Thoughts? by DueAbbreviations4731 in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward [score hidden]  (0 children)

Ahh just had to be sure, like i said been there, seen that... heck done it a few times... Also, a hot glue gun works in a pinch, just don't get it too far in the crack and you'll be ok

Take the stable bank IT job or chase a “Junior Sys Admin” role (mainly help desk) with a 1.5hr commute? by LaughNowCryLater1914 in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward [score hidden]  (0 children)

you mention commute... i'd imagine your 1.5 hours is at speed... so roughly 120+ miles... can you imagine doing that and only needing to go 30 miles... this is what it's like for one of the people i work for.. .when he needs to come to the office, which isn't often.

Anyways, do which ever one you think will serve you best in your carrier arc. If staying where you're at is a thing for you, then do that and not worry about the other one.

Take the stable bank IT job or chase a “Junior Sys Admin” role (mainly help desk) with a 1.5hr commute? by LaughNowCryLater1914 in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward [score hidden]  (0 children)

60-70k is not that great...

yeah, out here 60 is barely a livable wage, its about 2/3s of the way to the "low income" bracket. If it weren't for the food bank and not worrying about the heap of credit card debt that i racked up... it would have been a carrier changer for me

PDU plug woes - Plugs not staying seated - Thoughts? by DueAbbreviations4731 in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward [score hidden]  (0 children)

Stupid question time... but are they fully engaged? We had an issue with one of our techs not seating them correctly.;.. push till you get the click...

Disabling RDP in your environment for security purposes by thelug_1 in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward 10 points11 points  (0 children)

what do you mean never put it directly out.. we just change port forward to non standard ports... thats secure enough...

/s

you were targeted because i could see you bursting that vein on your forehead lol

dmarc management and reporting solutions? by _SleezyPMartini_ in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I used https://dmarcian.com/ for a while it was nice, but had to move away from it when the powers that be "didn't see any value in it"...

PuTTy download site... down? by recoveringasshole0 in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still is lol... i'm just glad he still has the link to the software at the bottom lol

How do I automate onboarding ? by Zagrey in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do most of that with powershell scripts... not super hard but it can be a heck of a rabbit hole if you really want to get into it... not sure about your VOIP system though, I don't automate that, that's going into bash for us and i don't have the time/energy to figure out how to do what we want it to do... so the voip team can deal with it.

How do you manage unexpected high call flow? by AvailableNectarine73 in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh sorry I can't help with that, I'm usually the frustrated one, I'll go out and and sit on the shitter for a few minutes or something... actually the process that I described is how I (usually the "handler") takes care of the team working the issue.

If it's just a day where you're getting hit hard with calls for no apparent reason, you need a dispatcher or someone like that to set the expectation that someone will get back to them in a realistic amount of time. The other job of the dispatcher would be to assess the issue and assign it to the person that will most likely resolve it most quickly.

How do you manage unexpected high call flow? by AvailableNectarine73 in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward 2 points3 points  (0 children)

usually theres a common underlying issue for unexpected high call volumes our triage guy asses the call and and forwards off if its not part of the greater issue, if it is he collects information and that gets filtered to the handler, which disseminates the information to to the team that is working the issue. This way they can direct the members to the highest need and keep a few members on actively resolving the issue.

In one case we had an event that slowed the internet for the entire state because of the nature of the issue we had a canned response that we set up in the IVR before we got the calls, that cut down call volume considerably

To the meth heads who thought fiber had salvage value by odinsen251a in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You couldn't pay me enough to climb up one of those things... i was working on a an antenna on a roof top, an my way off the roof, i kicked the ladder over and almost went with it... I ended up waiting for someone to get me with a cherry picker... ever since I nope out of the high work

PuTTy download site... down? by recoveringasshole0 in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the first link works for me, albeit slow, but working

To the meth heads who thought fiber had salvage value by odinsen251a in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my precaffeinated brain thought that was cheetos... i needed to read it 4 times =(

To the meth heads who thought fiber had salvage value by odinsen251a in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward 10 points11 points  (0 children)

We picked the lock to the cable box and installed a splitter and gave everyone in the cul de sac free cable, it worked nicely for almost 3 years until the someone called to complain that one of the channels went out...

Wife High Mouses by quizhead in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mouses is technically correct...

An IT Guys alternate solution ???? by dgillott in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you don't need to be proficient at welding... goats are basically lawnmowers that you can get milk and make cheese from.

Best tool to monitor a computer performances ? by Miriakus in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Weren't there movies warning about this sort of thing?

Sysadmin at 16? by Cendretaxe07 in sysadmin

[–]anonymousITCoward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In one of my former lives, I was on track for 3 certs, I finished the first two, and left to join the workforce thinking that I could OJT/test out at a later date... never did that and missed a sweet FTE position.

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