Honestly, I would find another job, unless your current task is just to keep everything running until they hire a new SysAdmin. You are being setup for failure. You are doing the job of at least two people if this is all hosted locally and nothing is documented. Don’t worry about the scripting or programming … Read more
I had fun discovering the difference between the linux “killall” command (kills all processes matching the specified name, useful for stopping zombies) and the solaris “killall” command (kills all processes and halts the system, useful for stopping the production server in the middle of peak hours and getting all your co-workers to laugh at you … Read more
I add my own favorite: Cheat Sheets on PacketLife.com has some very nice ones on network technology topics. Cheat sheets are in PDF format. You are welcome to use and redistribute them as you please, so long as they remain intact and unmodified. Currently there are six categories: Protocols: BGP, EIGRP, First Hop Redundancy, IEEE … Read more
Do you use an incident/ticket tracking system?