IT BS thread

The PC guys seem to think they invented VMs, but IBM introduced them back in 1972 on their mainframes with VM/370. In today's world any I can think of a thousand good reasons for a VM environment and none for a dedicated server.

 

Large on-premise exchange deployments.

The way Exchange is designed these days there is little benefit to virtualization and JBOD is cheaper than SAN .

This assumes anyone is still deploying on-prem.

 

I worked at a warehouse that sold cigarettes to convenience stores. We had one computer given to us by the government that ran a camera system to monitor the working area where the cigarettes were getting stamped to ensure the boxes were properly stamped and no one was stealing the stamps, and send the footage back to the ATF or whoever. It might have done slightly more things like count the stamps, but that's it.
Does that count as an application for a dedicated server, or not fit the definition? I can't help myself when given a challenge, even if it's out of my realm, hehe.

 

O365 - it's in the cloud man.......

 

I know, hence my last comment on assuming anyone still runs it on prem. There are still a lot of people that use it on prem but more and more are moving to O365.
That implementation of Exchange is also on bare metal boxes with JBOD.

 

There can be compliance / security reasons why you would use a dedicated box. But in general that app could probably also be ran on a VM.

 

You're probably right on this one for a large exchange deployment. But, for smaller deployments IMHO the cloud is where it should be.

I knew this one was coming The system is being provided to you to make sure compliance is being maintained by an outside entity probably doesn't count. Now if your organization were doing it, a VM is the place for that sort of task.

 

No, it has just evolved into more meaningful work and less bs repetitive tasks.

 

This vendor spam made me laugh, it's so pathetic. I haven't opened an email from them in 3 months, maybe they should get a clue and stop sending it. Yeah, like I'm going to be bothered to reply to them in any way

Anybody else getting begging email from vendor/spammers?

 

I get remarkably little spam from vendors. Maybe it's just the industry I'm in.

The bigger issue tends to be getting replies from people that you need to talk to.

 

What's your secret? I get 20+ what I call vendor spams per day. Our spam filter does a pretty good job of blocking the obvious junk, but it let's this stuff straight through. I'll go to a conference and get email from vendors that I didn't even talk to. That's probably where these clowns came from.

 

Last year I almost got thru all of Cisco Live w/o getting my badge scanned once. Then on the last day I was checking something out and got ninja scanned by a girl at the Cisco booth.

 

I love trade show swag. I left the last show with at least 30 pens, a dozen assorted USB devices, beer openers, countless pins, some mouse pads, and a set of SANS posters still up on my wall at work.

They know what they’re doing with the booth bunnies. You got off easy.

 

I research through 3rd party. I give out temp email addresses if I absolutely need to talk to someone.

I get an occasional "How're things going, did any of our shit break yet?" email from some of my vendors. Most of my stuff is specialty, but for the normal IT needs I just use a single VAR.

 

I've got a bunch of burner emails for those times I need them. But, my real email is in a database somewhere for sure. I've noticed a new theme of begging and berating emails. I'm like how do you think that is going to work out for you, Mr. spam/vendor? It just gets them instantly added to the delete on delivery rule in Exchange.

 

Anyone want to buy a Ubiquiti AP and Router? I bought them about a year and a half ago when I thought I knew what I was doing (I didn't). Tried installing them myself at home and never got them to work because I don't know how shit works. Paid 85 for the AP and 92 for the router. I'll sell em both for 120 shipped.

$199 Ubiquiti Unifi Ap-AC Lite - Wireless Access Point - 802.11 B/A/G/n/AC (UAPACLITEUS), White

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015PR20GY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Ubiquiti Networks Networks Edgerouter Lite 3-Port Router

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Have you tried turning it off and back on?
No not your monitor, the actual tower.......
No don't pull the cord out of the wall....
It's locked up?
Yeah just pull the cord, it will be fine.
I know I told you not to, but it's ok now.

 

Haha, good

Our std is for laptops

Have you rebooted
It's locked up?
Turn it, off, no not your monitors, the laptop
Oh you tried and it won't turn off?
Press and hold the power button
No not the monitor button.
But I already did that?
Press and hold please
There it it's off
Won't Turn back on?
Press and holdpower button for 20 secs
But didn't I just do that?
Please press and hold for 20secs
When you release, it should turn on for a second and then off
Now turn it on.

(Fyi, batteries aren't easily removed on the models we have. So stupid.)

 

Boss: Never run an update statement in prod, make the vendor do it!
Me: Check.
2 days later...
Boss:why isn't this issue fixed?!
Me: because I'm still waiting for the vendor to run the update statement in prod...
Boss: you tested it right?!
Me: yeah, in stage.
Boss: so run it in live, you're an I.T. Professional right?! It's your code, right?!
Me: yes, but....
Boss: don't you trust your own code?!
Me: ....
Boss: maybe you shouldn't be doing this, I thought you could handle it.
Me: ... *presses F5*
Boss: did you just run that in Prod?!
Me: yes.
Boss: I told you to never run an update statement against prod, to make the vendor do it.
Me: you know ... this is why I drink...
Boss: what?
Me: what?