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Gosh Darn, I’m Worth It
25.Feb.07 | 2 Comments
The home server flamed out last week eating its own boot and apps drive. I’ve used that as the starting point of simplifying the home network. No more domain controllers, simple profiles and sharing. My home PC will host the shared printer, music library and such.
However, the server’s death left a (relatively) [...]
Simple to Time Consuming
24.Feb.07 | Leave a Comment
You ever start what seems to be a simple little project, only to get sucked into a series of events that consumes the next few hours? I did that twice today. Man, I’m beat.
First one: I have a development server at work that was initially prototyped on a very old PIII 500 [...]
Things I’ve learned this week
22.Feb.07 | Leave a Comment
I’ve been tasked with planning and testing a series of infrastructure changes and upgrades. To make some of the testing easier and less disruptive, I’ve been using a couple of VMware products. Sure, I’ve mentioned them here before, but I’ve never spent this much time with them and I’ve really grown to appreciate [...]
Profile Hell
18.Feb.07 | 1 Comment
My lone windows 2003 domain controller died today. The boot/OS/App drive appears to have decided it didn’t want to live anymore. No warning, just dead. Won’t power up, won’t even make a little whine.
Ok fine. I’ve mentioned enough times that 2k3 and Active Directory are rather overkill for the home office. [...]
When a Bummer turns to Terror
06.Feb.07 | 2 Comments
The Bummer: Leaving just before 10pm after a long day and admitting defeat on a software upgrade. I’ll share blame with the vendor as at first glance neither of us are innocent here.
The Terror: Realizing that tomorrow morning may be the first real test of the backup software’s restore for this particular app. server…
Here’s [...]
On the other hand…OSX is a...