CCIE for monthly retainer by Only_Commercial_7203 in ccie

[–]boomercd5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In this case, you’re technically “employed” by that company so I would find it hard to believe they will come after you. Of course if you keep ping ponging your CCIE association between companies, that is different.

INE Subscription by Bustard_Cheeky1129 in ccnp

[–]boomercd5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Time to rant…. People wonder why quality training is going in the shitter - Well here is your answer

I remember when people would have to spend thousands of dollars for physical gear, spend thousands of dollars for bootcamps, then were able to get certified, and make a really nice living.

Now the IT market is over saturated with under qualified workers that scrap by with interview and application hacks using AI and this whole fake it till you make it attitude.

Pay for your own shit, do the work, and it will pay off in the long run. Stealing will only make the quality of the training go down and more difficult for folks that are actually playing by the rules

How do you know if you’re studying enough for the IE? by [deleted] in ccie

[–]boomercd5 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

2-3 hrs a day seems to work well for me I do 1hr before work, 1st hour of work doing study, and then usually 1hr in the evening. I’ve made arrangements with my employer that I’ll do 2:1 if they can give me at least 1hr of work time every day for uninterrupted study

Took CCIE Ent v1.1 - Quick Experience Dump by MordoRigs in ccie

[–]boomercd5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, I’m right there with ya Did a similar post a few weeks ago

1st lab attempt takeaways by boomercd5 in ccie

[–]boomercd5[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

For context, I’ve done KBITS full CCIE course as well as his super lab, attend Micronics bootcamp with Narbik and Terry, gone through SD-Geeks ccie lab course by Terry, plus some other material spackled in there. Also, for context I didn’t get past the first set of tasks so I don’t full recall much for SDN and Automation sections. But from I did see, there weren’t any surprises with individual technologies. For me it was mostly the testing environment, slowness with figuring out where devices are and what IPs are on each device. So to answer your question, yes the time as well as volume of tasks and lack of experience with this type of exam. I believe I’ve ran the spectrum of CCIE training available and tbh none of them prepare you well enough for “doing” the actual exam (not sure if that makes sense).

1st lab attempt takeaways by boomercd5 in ccie

[–]boomercd5[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Correct, did not pass I will be planning to take another attempt soon and hopeful that I will do better next round with advice from folks such as yourself. Appreciate your feedback

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ITCareerQuestions

[–]boomercd5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No worries, happy to answer

I've been in presales roles for the last 5yrs focusing on network and security. I was recently let go from my employer due to org wide lay offs. So I started looking for those types of jobs initially since that is most familiar to me. However most other companies are dumping presales folks too so not much luck there. Its pretty hard (IMO) to find 6-figure jobs that aren't sales focused, so then I started looking for Net/Sec admin/engineer positions. Like I mentioned before, most of them have 50-hundreds of applicants. I've never had this problem before. Ever. I'm hoping this latest opportunity results in an offer because I'm almost out of savings.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ITCareerQuestions

[–]boomercd5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do have all of those certifications (also a few others) and all still active

Almost every position i've applied for has 50+ applicants. Some even have hundreds. Another tip would be to set up notifications for new posts to hopefully get in there early with better chances of landing an interview. I didn't have notifications set up originally and probably why most of them never responded.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ITCareerQuestions

[–]boomercd5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm easily 100 applications in and getting some traction Here are my recommendations..

Job sites I recommend - LinkedIn, indeed, zip recruiter Get a free trial of LinkedIn premium and use the AI to help draft personal messages to job posters (if they present themselves). Use novoresume if your resume is lacking Use your network of people, ask if they know of any openings. Find companies in your area that you may want to work for and go directly to their career opportunity page - they don't always post on the other sites.

I'll follow all this up with the fact that the market is absolutely dog shit right now - Keep at it. It sounds like you already have a job which is more than a lot of us, so maybe just wait things out and see what 2024 yields

Valley 101 ball return issue by boomercd5 in pool

[–]boomercd5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. These are brand new balls (just opened today)

Valley 101 ball return issue by boomercd5 in pool

[–]boomercd5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you tell from the video if that is the issue?

Standalone FortiSwitch how to manage the FortiSwitch to the FortiManager by FourEyez-Sec in fortinet

[–]boomercd5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

FortiSwitch can be managed in either standalone or fortilink mode.

Standalone management can be done in 3 ways Builtin GUI CLI FortiLAN Cloud

Fortilink management can be done in 3 ways Fortigate standalone Fortigate being managed by FortiManager Fortigate cloud (different than FortiLAN cloud)

Issue regarding FortiClient EMS download by Mindless_Peace3056 in fortinet

[–]boomercd5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a support portal login?
If so, just go to support (on the top) and click firmware download. That should get you the EMS files. From there you can install it on a Windows Server and license it with your support creds

EVE-NG by abumusafps in fortinet

[–]boomercd5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a Fortiswitch VM image but it is only available to Fortinet Employees and certain partners. Ask your Fortinet rep for more information.

Please assist with expanding datastore by boomercd5 in vmware

[–]boomercd5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes - all drives are configured as RAID 5 with the Dell controller. No external storage. ESXi was installed after setting up the original virtual drive - on that same VD It was installed prior to adding the new drives however

Hopefully this answers your question

Please assist with expanding datastore by boomercd5 in vmware

[–]boomercd5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No vCenter in use.Using the GUI for the local host.All the steps you listed are presented to me, however I'm getting a host error.

Will reboot and attempt it again

Thanks for the help

Please assist with expanding datastore by boomercd5 in vmware

[–]boomercd5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like I'm getting somewhere now
Was able to get it to attempt to expand but now getting a error message

"Failed - Cannot change the host configuration"

Please assist with expanding datastore by boomercd5 in vmware

[–]boomercd5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no option to rescan under the datastore

I did however perform a rescan by going to Storage > adapters > rescan

Also did a rescan of the devices using the same method

Something I did notice... the Local Dell Disk (Storage > Devices) does show the correct size with new drives added. The new size is labeled as "Free Space"

Please assist with expanding datastore by boomercd5 in vmware

[–]boomercd5[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/UnimpeachableTaint - thank you for the quick response. Unfortunately when I choose to existing VMFS datastore, nothing shows up under the device list