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Title: Wish me luck...
Post by: Uisce Beatha on August 24, 2007, 05:54:36 PM
I could use it tomorrow at about 10:00 PM.

Entire server farm and associated switches, firewalls, etc. goes offline and moves to a new facility.  Leaving one network for another so a few hundred DNS zones have to be modified (TTLs reduced, mostly A records, some MX, all NS, all SOA, TTLs restored).  Ten years of entrenched technology walking 30 miles down I-15 and has to come back up... or else.  Spent half the day today labeling both ends of scores of cables. 

(http://lochgarman.com/misc/cables.jpg)

LOL.  That's not mine, thank God.

I have been, I am and I will continue to be a basket case through about 2:00 AM Sunday. 

Drinking now.  It helps.



Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: dystopia on August 24, 2007, 06:03:13 PM
Oh, man, I do not envy you.

Good luck! [sm_fingersx]


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: spacey on August 24, 2007, 06:10:35 PM
Adventure, excitement, a Jedi craves not these things.

Good luck.


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 24, 2007, 06:15:08 PM
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/maf19/ClarkG.jpg)





Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: stroh on August 24, 2007, 06:40:13 PM
You know.  You should just make your *feces* Plug-N-Play.

I'm just sayin'






 ;)  Good Luck Jon.  I hope all goes well.


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: Uisce Beatha on August 24, 2007, 06:44:50 PM
Thanks gents.

By the way, for you infomercial lovin' freakazoids, have I got a product for you. 

http://global.dymo.com/enUS/Products/Personal_Label_Maker_LetraTag_Plus_LT-100H.html

Seriously, given time and money I'd label every *goshdarn* thing I own - including my kids and pets.


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: Eagleone on August 24, 2007, 07:29:12 PM
Good Luck.


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: E-A-G-L-E! on August 24, 2007, 08:19:51 PM
Woohoo, sounds like fun! :D


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: Fuzzy on August 24, 2007, 08:38:56 PM
Well, I didn't really understand most of your opening post but I think I comprehend the mission.  :o

Good Luck and I'll be thinking of you at 2:00am Sunday. Well not really but you get my drift.  [sm_beertoast]


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: hobbit on August 24, 2007, 10:48:01 PM
Thats all?  And I was going to give you a special toast - now all ya get is a regular toast.

'Go mbeire muid beo ar an am seo arís.'



Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: Uisce Beatha on August 25, 2007, 04:34:29 PM
Thats all?  And I was going to give you a special toast - now all ya get is a regular toast.

'Go mbeire muid beo ar an am seo arís.'

LOL, I can tell that's Irish but I'm gonna have to Google it for translation.  Thanks or Piss Off depending...   ;)


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: Uisce Beatha on August 25, 2007, 04:36:57 PM
It's been fun knowin' ya boys.  Tell so-and-so I love her.  The will is behind the marmalade jar in the third cupboard.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Vickers_IWW.jpg)

[sm_wave]


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: tdcoly on August 25, 2007, 04:40:58 PM
That bad, huh? ???


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: Aske on August 25, 2007, 04:57:53 PM
that pic is nothing
 :o


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: Uisce Beatha on August 26, 2007, 07:53:17 AM
Mission accomplished.  :shoothead:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/Rik_flash.jpg)

Woof!!!


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: Spanky on August 26, 2007, 08:00:18 AM
Uisce will now be drunk for the rest of the week.



Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: stroh on August 26, 2007, 08:12:15 AM
Well done, old boy!  Well done.   [sm_beertoast]

Now, come do that at my house.  My stereo, dvd player, wii, and computer look just like that picture you posted.


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: Aske on August 26, 2007, 08:13:00 AM
Well done, old boy!  Well done.   [sm_beertoast]

Now, come do that at my house.  My stereo, dvd player, wii, and computer look just like that picture you posted.
  [sm_laughatyou]


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: gleek on August 26, 2007, 09:01:09 AM
Well done, old boy!  Well done.   [sm_beertoast]

Now, come do that at my house.  My stereo, dvd player, wii, and computer look just like that picture you posted.

You should get an iPhone and dump all those separate devices.


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: dystopia on August 26, 2007, 01:55:40 PM
Mission accomplished.  :shoothead:


Nice!  Everything go as planned?


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: Uisce Beatha on August 26, 2007, 03:19:10 PM
Mission accomplished.  :shoothead:

Nice!  Everything go as planned?

No, not really.   :D

Everything came out of the facility slick as a whistle.  I had even gone to the extreme of breaking all rack mount screws free in preparation.  Zip, zip, zip - 90 minutes tops.  Hour to load, transport, unload.  Installing in new racks took about four hours.  Not unexpected but very little good luck came our way.  Then there was the flaky ethernet adaptor (x2) and critically misconfigured DNS (one record on one zone but it was exactly the wrong one) and four hours of fighting BSD/MacOSX with two guys who are *nix sysadmins of genius quality - minimum.  Said level nine wizards don't much like Stevie's version of operating system at this point.  LOL, what can I do.

I did get in the way though so perhaps I performed a necessary role.  At the end of the day (beginning really, just about dawn) I was the one who actually got it all working.  Woot with a wimper.

All seems to be well now.  Finally had to hit the pillow after 32 hours without sleep.  Only got about three but at least I woke up to only one ticket and it was someone else's fault. 

[sm_drink]

Thanks for the well wishes.  Karma to all.


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: E-A-G-L-E! on August 26, 2007, 03:56:15 PM
Sounds like you had fun indeed, with very little sleep to top it off.  Good to hear things are up and running again.  8)


Title: Re: Wish me luck...
Post by: spacey on August 26, 2007, 07:46:40 PM
Success, bitches!!!  [sm_buddies]