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The fun part is having enough of a dev/test system to have a good representation/load of what exists in production so that you can adequately test patches/upgrades with enough load to see if there are problems.. 

cahunt​ ROFLMAO !

We make it very clear... base level monitoring is cpu, disk, memory, up/down. Anything else is requested via ticket. If it goes down and they didn't ask for it then tough noogies.

, I guess I need to try harder !

Good stuff....bookmarking for future reference.

Hmm...delivering slurpees via parachute drop by drone...instant splashee. So how do you complain about bad delivery ? I mean I thought UPS was bad at times. In this case you are effectively dropping it from about 50' and hoping the chute works....well ! 3D printing...yes there are 3d food printers. You'd be the big person…

Congrats @warren_hall@genpt.com !

<snarkey response> brings a new monetary value to the term airweight </snarkey response>

Hmmm.....that has possibilities....dual purpose. Kind of like a floor polish and a dessert topping.

well maybe it does...but it does help get the word out....

Morning #bumpsquad​ bump !

But of course steven.melnichuk@tbdssab.ca​ !

MFT/encrypted file transfer has been around for awhile especially for financial/payroll related file transfers. If you are not using it then shame on you. A suspicious device watchlist while a good idea in theory, can be intensive to monitor for by scanning ports, ARP tables, discovery, and such. Between MAC addresses that…

I like to apply the 80-20 rule to event management as well. with a little of work you can easily handle 80% of your event traffic with a few alert rules if built properly. This allows you to concentrate more time on the 20% that likely require one-off alerts and other customized monitoring.

Never heard the envelope story before...Hmmm. I will need to check out rschroeder​s movie recommendation.

Not all less expensive vendors require a fork lift upgrade <tips hat to Solarwinds>. On the other hand BMC who is not an inexpensive vendor has several products that require forklift upgrades. Remedy is a good example to start with.

I am glad you mentioned "end to end" perspective as it is the sum of all the parts that matters.

Monday morning mayhem bump !!

They (meaning the wonderful team that set up these missions we love to participate in) are making us read/listen and think more this mission which is good in my opinion. It's good mental exercise for the job and helps us with the product later. I do like it when we have a challenge on a question...otherwise it is a…

There was the one time during month end processing on a Sunday morning (back in the 80's) about 02:30 when the building across the street blew up...literally took out the whole block. The blast blew out all the glass on one side of our building, moved walls, etc. Mainframe and all the mini's kept on rocking. No head…

As rschroeder‌ said, thank you for your work on this series ! Splunk is a good tool but takes time to implement fully and becomes a living tool as many other monitoring tools since the environment constantly changes. Thanks Again !

I heard the term hadoop here....we shall see. Containers...in many ways seem to be mini systems (virtual) that just run one app without all the mayhem of a full OS implementation, but them I haven't looked into it much.

That's funny...dual homed and routed through a single point of failure. That wasn't a matter of if, but rather when it was going to bite. Kind of like when the procurement department at a prior employer ordered the cheaper set of redundant power supplies for the unified Cisco switch....looked great on paper until one of…

In the end I cannot say Normalcy is boring. It is a constant challenge to try and keep things normal so how can that be boring ? Being complacent is boring....the end result is chaos and not on your terms.

It could be worse....the phrase "some things once seen can never be unseen" is a very true statement.

Virtual Reality Glasses ?

New Year Bump! This is still needed!

Sometimes even after you test while in dev things are just enough different in one production instance or another that something doesn't work quite as intended. Logging and after implementation testing/validation are the only way to be sure.....99.99% of the time. There is always that odd bit that pops up every third blue…

And a bunch of hoopla, Ooops....I mean marketing.

Not sure how you are accurately calculating NRT. Even a ping is an average based on a round trip. Different protocols have different QoS. Packets may travel faster one way than the return thus an average may not tell you much.