ecklerwr1 · Sr. Network / Systems Architect · ✭✭✭✭✭

Future sysadmins will be more like Doctors managing groups of automated tools. By working at a higher level, sysamins of the future will be able to influence those systems in ways that help businesses operate more efficiently, cost-effectively and competitively. And that’s where their real value lies. Sysadmins of the…

It's the 6.2 11.5 that I'm still not coming to terms with yet... It's even been a little tough breaking my report writer habits but I know it's for the best. Main thing I'm afraid of is my alerts not working any more.

For todays maybe don't worry so much about words on hint pages but think of what they are trying to do in the statement. It makes sense to me now that I got it but... the hint pages almost threw me off more than helping.

I think the whole app-stack kind of display is at least getting us in the direction of being able to answer why "the network is slow" (often not the network at all... some kind of storage problem... or poorly written stored procedure in some database web app often instead) In addition to the app stack we can always us SAM…

I agree @"jeremymayfield"... much better now in HTML5... I'm already thinking about figuring out using the html pieces and showing them in Orion. Did you ever get the root password for your appliance? Each appliance has a unique root pwd but it's not something you usually ever need. I keep constant snapshots of my…

All 9 here! Woohoo! I remember @"superfly" being here the whole time! Bill

I'm not sure how to answer today's question... the hint link shows a couple new arrays but the list has one on it that's not new but is supported... do I check the previous supported array or only the new ones??? I could see it going either way and that's not good.

Google stomped out Specter and Meltdown weeks ago! On top of that they are sharing their fixes with everyone else. They have some really smart people at the big G! Google details how it protected services like Gmail from Spectre

Funny thing I won the 2018 thwack monthly mission master award at thwackcamp that year so I try and least think these through. Bill

This is exciting... but I'm so busy at work lately I've hardly had time to even log on! I guess it's all good though because we've added NCM and are already expanding the node license. In addition I just got approved to add Web Performance Manager as well! So all is not lost! :^} I was just flashing back to some of the…

I broke my perfect stroke I was on this month... after over a year of perfect score this month did me in.

Lol the artificial intelligent S.A.R.A. will be demanding safe spaces for itself after the college students get a hold of it!

Wow I can't wait to try this!

Watch out today!

I was just teasing you a little... I could tell you're a fan. I bet a lot of Windows RT tablets are going to get a new life... DON'T apply the new MS patches!!!!

I've still got a few problem children... some just won't go away!

I'm not sure I agree it's good that Apple is trying to circumvent the law enforcement agencies. So all the crooks will use iPhones then...

Yup LOL!

Testing the pic upload ability... I didn't see this for some reason before. I'm glad it's working. It seemed like before it didn't show any upload button but this works ok it seems!' This is one of my unique clocks I've built btw... the tubes are called Thyratron's!…

I was 3 when I started learning to read... my favorite book I read with my mother was "The Way Things Work: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Technology" by Bibliographisches Institut. I was 6 when I started kindergarten. My GF at this age ended up being the prettiest girl in my grade of 800 named Shannon. We got married in a…

Wow this is neat I used to live in Columbus and went to school there. I can imagine they have some great thwackers there!

We're also (many) about delve into DNA Center and ACI everywhere on our networks. This with the new Cisco API's is opening up DevOps like stuff for all network engineers. We've got neat new tech like Stealthwatch and ETA - Encrypted Traffic Analytics!!!

Also what happens when you are stuck on one cloud interface??? It's vendor lock in almost like anything else.

Same hehe.

Interested in seeing this new HA support in NPM.

Wow I didn't know you could drop the whole part before /orion that's pretty nice!

Sometimes I wish more people would manage risk... sometimes it's crazy.

The strange thing is I selected correct answers the first time and got it wrong earlier this week. Was it not taking the correct answer or something earlier? I answered my own question... it was broken at first... whew!

I almost became a Ceramic Engineer but while in school I realized it was Computer Science for me.