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Title: Hi There
Post by: JB73 on August 07, 2007, 09:51:43 PM
Newly christened head of IT for my company just saying YIKES lol.

Today my company let go the only IT person they had, and gave it all to me. There's lost of reasons why and I won't go into detail, but suffice to say it was needed.

I got a HECK of a nasty job in front of me cleaning up the total ba$tard of a network we have if you can even call it that. :O

12 servers, not a single backup for oh, what 10 years almost.

3 companies working as separate entities, all under 1 server room located in the electrical closet that started a UPS on fire a few months ago, and remote locations with a mix of dedicated lines, PPTP, and VPN connections all depending on me (and a consultant company helping the transition for a month).

pretty much got it locked down today so certain people can't hop in and wreak havoc.... but thats only the start.


wish me well, and pray, I truly need it :rofl
Title: Hi There
Post by: Maverick on August 07, 2007, 10:04:08 PM
What ever you do, don't let Skuzzy walk through the area!!!! Hide all of the power cords ASAP! :O
Title: Hi There
Post by: nirvana on August 07, 2007, 10:05:55 PM
I know the feeling, only with cars.  Best of luck to you bro!
Title: Hi There
Post by: Dichotomy on August 07, 2007, 10:10:40 PM
well you're either screwed or you're a hero..

kind of like this game ;)

good luck JB
Title: Hi There
Post by: JB73 on August 07, 2007, 10:11:59 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Maverick
What ever you do, don't let Skuzzy walk through the area!!!! Hide all of the power cords ASAP! :O
BWHAHAHAH!!!!!

dude the server room is a total JOKE.

it is the electrical closet, with I forget the "big" power numbers but 420 comming in, converted down, and major heat generated. (we are a trucking company with a warehouse that uses electric fork trucks that need the power for charging)

no ceiling.



one of the UPS's actually caught on fire 6 months or so ago.


cables hanging off plywood nailed to the wall. and in this room are 12 functioning separate server boxes, all doing their thing.... I guess. :huh :O :eek:




In all honesty I can't believe some of the stuff is running.

to be honest the most complex part is going to be the 3com NBX phone system. the last guy went to 3 days of classes to learn how to manage the system.

I get no classes (for now) and have to take care of all this.
Title: Hi There
Post by: JB88 on August 07, 2007, 11:04:27 PM
cake bro.  thy will be done.

Title: Hi There
Post by: rpm on August 07, 2007, 11:12:55 PM
(http://twitchfilm.net/pics/rob-schneider.jpg)
You can do it!!!
Title: Hi There
Post by: JB88 on August 07, 2007, 11:19:03 PM
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Originally posted by rpm
(http://twitchfilm.net/pics/rob-schneider.jpg)
You can do it!!!


(http://home.mchsi.com/~beyondbelief/farley.jpg)

even if you live in a VAN BY THE RIVER!!!!

:D
Title: Hi There
Post by: rpm on August 07, 2007, 11:23:40 PM
It's so easy...
(http://www.returningblog.com/caveman.jpg)
Title: Hi There
Post by: JB88 on August 07, 2007, 11:30:28 PM
hey tina's here...we're getting back together...
Title: Hi There
Post by: Geary420 on August 08, 2007, 01:41:40 AM
Would you give us a minute!
Title: Hi There
Post by: JB88 on August 08, 2007, 02:12:28 AM
its my mother...i'll put it on speaker.
Title: Hi There
Post by: Geary420 on August 08, 2007, 02:14:40 AM
But what if they said "So easy a JB could do it"?
Title: Hi There
Post by: JB88 on August 08, 2007, 02:18:37 AM
well, that just wouldnt make sense to me...:D
Title: Hi There
Post by: Rollins on August 08, 2007, 02:21:06 AM
Yeah I got a response-  uhh, What?!?
Title: Hi There
Post by: Geary420 on August 08, 2007, 02:21:09 AM
Why? Because JB's are.... schmaaart?
Title: Hi There
Post by: JB88 on August 08, 2007, 02:50:52 AM
73: i'll have the roasted duck with the mango salsa...

88: i seem to have lost my appetite.

(http://ronrosenbaum.pajamasmedia.com/images/2007/01/abcaveman.jpg)
Title: Hi There
Post by: Nilsen on August 08, 2007, 03:00:44 AM
Good luck JB73! :cool:

Get a couple of new servers and dump the rest. I bet a couple of not so expensive boxes will be safer, easyer to back up, cheaper to manage and ALOT cheaper and easyer to keep cool. Im NO networking guru whatsoever but ive seen more than a few serverrooms looking like what you describe and prolly worse too... Must be a nightmare to keep running.
Title: Hi There
Post by: JB88 on August 08, 2007, 03:17:01 AM
<-------



:D
Title: Hi There
Post by: rpm on August 08, 2007, 03:29:38 AM
(http://adweek.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/geicogecko.jpg)
What the bloody 'ell? I work my tail off and this bloke pops in and what, gets a series?
Toss off!
Title: Hi There
Post by: OOZ662 on August 08, 2007, 09:45:19 AM
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Title: Hi There
Post by: LePaul on August 08, 2007, 09:48:41 AM
Yikes, no backups, etc

I'm from an environment where those are audit items, so they just have to be done.

Enjoy.
Title: Hi There
Post by: JB73 on August 08, 2007, 10:23:48 AM
Thanks all for the well wishes ;)

1st day, and all is well so far lol.



Thats exactly what I would like to do Nilsen, but I don't have a "budget" of anything right now. Theoretically I could run 3 boxes, and use virtual servers, except some of the very specialized software we use. Our imaging server alone has some 600GB of scanned in image data, and our UNIX box has 6+ years of database on it.

those each must be their own machine.
Title: Hi There
Post by: Phaser11 on August 08, 2007, 10:35:09 AM
Congrats JB 73,
 I just resigned from the contract with Homeland Security today. I have been picked up (starting the 20th) as the CIO for the company. It also is a mess, but now for a change I'm the boss.

That's right No more DETROIT!!!!!!!!!!! I'm outta here.
Title: Hi There
Post by: Nilsen on August 08, 2007, 10:36:36 AM
Im sure it can be arranged so that you HAVE to start fresh with all new stuff :cool:
Title: Hi There
Post by: Eagler on August 08, 2007, 10:39:42 AM
cake

anything goes wrong you can blame it on the guy they showed the door to :)
Title: Hi There
Post by: AWMac on August 08, 2007, 02:04:04 PM
Sounds like someone woke up on the wrong side of the Rock.

:D

You'll do a Great Job Bro!

Just don't have an Exostention Meltdown.

:aok

Mac
Title: Hi There
Post by: forHIM on August 08, 2007, 02:14:23 PM
What unix you talking about -- some play with virtualization nicely.  The 600 GB shouldn't put you off of virtualizing the servers.  If you are talking about old equipment, when you do get a budget the new servers will have more than enough horespower to combine workloads.

Congrats on getting the responsibility.  Good luck in sorting it out.
Title: Hi There
Post by: JB73 on August 08, 2007, 05:05:44 PM
Quote
Originally posted by forHIM
What unix you talking about -- some play with virtualization nicely.  The 600 GB shouldn't put you off of virtualizing the servers.  If you are talking about old equipment, when you do get a budget the new servers will have more than enough horespower to combine workloads.

Congrats on getting the responsibility.  Good luck in sorting it out.
it's some old OLD system custom made for our trucking business. customer service accesses it through a terminal emulator with the old blue screen look.




you know the more I look into this network it's more like looking into my new babies eyes.... only I want to gut it and rebuild it from scratch properly, with proper scalability built in :rofl

It's kind of like getting a used car that is ripe for a rebuild / tuneup, and you can wait to get your "wrench-on".
 
:D