pzjones

I've recently returned to networking from systems after a 10 year hiatus and girl, have things changed! I've adjusted my hours by coming in 1/2 hour later and staying 1/2 hour later. Because most users start gearing up around 4:30 to leave work at 5:00 (let's be real here...) I find most days I can use that last hour to do…

Thank you all for the comments! You kept me from pulling my hair out and punching something because of yesterday's question!

My story is about required processes...Need to add DHCP entries to the DHCP server. Here is the process. Receive request. Write 5 page document (no exaggeration) detailing who submitted the request, why the request was submitted, what the solution would be, the detailed steps of the solution including spreadsheet showing…

Only the hackers would have money. The rest of would be paupers as the common user doesn't seem to understand the need for security and maintaining at least some sense of privacy for personal information. Thus their bank accounts would be empty, their credit cards would be maxed, their house in foreclosure, and their jeep…

I respectfully disagree with today's question and it's answer...From the link to the Virtualization Manager Admin Guide found on the "hint" page...SolarWinds Virtualization Manager 6.3 DocVersion 6.3.0.1 Revised: 10/5/2015 Page 164...Virtualization Manager contains over 40 alerts by default to help you identify and…

The dependency mapping is also great when you have new employees. Helps them get a handle on the topology of the network and come up to speed that much faster.

Where can we get the Love (heart) IT T-shirt???? Haven't seen it in the store...

Dear Network, I know you have worked hard for us this past year and you've done an awesome job weathering storms, having devices arbitrarily unplugged by unknown entities, being moved from here to there and back again, never knowing the load your shoulders will have to bear and bearing it all with a good sense of humor!…

Thank you! My issue was knowing where to go. When I first got into computers and networking, everything was hard copy...I know, I'm showing my age!

Excuse my ignorance but me and math don't even come close to getting along so there was no way I could get question 1 correct unless I got very lucky.. The blog says email will be offline for 3 - 6.5 hours so how can the answer be 7?

This is what happens when you rely on someone else in the field to set up your comm room...Fortunately, this is a small install...Ugh!

Where are all the women?????

Like the new structure! Great for newbies!

I'm a newbie to the Riverbed's and am responsible now for the management and implementation of the devices. I just configured my first one from scratch and I keep thinking I did something wrong because of the ease of it. I have to say as well, there customer support has been phenomenal in helping me come up to speed and…

I've correctly answered yesterday's and today's quizzes but I don't see where my point value has increased.

As someone new to network monitoring, I'm excited! Keep it simple and relevant...It can get frustrating trying to find that one piece of info you need. Competitors may be prettier but I love the support I receive from the support team and from Thwack!

I have tried more careers than the average person. Unfortunately, most led to pure boredom after a couple of years. IT is the only thing that has kept my interest and continues to challenge me. There is always something new to learn, something new to figure out, someone else to help. I work for an airline company. I want…

As all of the previous people have commented, the role of SysAdmin evolved significantly over the years. One of the biggest changes I see coming down the road involves security over our systems. So many people today take the IOT for granted putting personal information on multiple devices and sharing information with…

I ask my boss who consults the memo app on his phone...

From a career perspective, you would be crazy to ignore the cloud. It's not a question of IF management will ask you about, rather when will they ask you. If management sees everyone else going in that direction, they are going to assume it's a good thing for your organization and you need to be prepared to have an…

In talking to my co-worker, I recalled another story I have to share. This is back in the day when most things were UNIX and Microsoft Exchange was in its infancy so most of our developers still popped their mail. We had a Director come to us in a panic because he had sent an email out that included all of the sales…

Not only are our law makers wrapped up in bureaucracy, it never ceases to amaze how may people including our law makers just don't take security seriously enough. It seems to be the "it won't happen to me" mentality or simply a lack of understanding the implications of seemingly innocuous security breaches. Many law makers…

A bit kludge, I will admit, but since I couldn't watch the video...from the notes under the video - hyperlink to virtualization manager product page on thwack, getting started with vman doc icon, vman documentation, admin guide....

We use Riverbed devices at many of our locations and use them to drill down on some of our top conversations We are considering moving to full transparency so we can see the actual IP addresses in Orion rather than just the Riverbed, but at this time we rely on Riverbed for that information. We use Palo Alto appliances as…

I didn't get an email confirming my attendance at the webinar but I definitely attended and chatted my user name - pzjones....I also don't see where my points were added but maybe I just missed something...It's been a long week...

Sorry! I obviously missed that! Thank you!

I love all the free training you guys provide! Wish more companies would do that. One of the big reasons we stay with you guys! Hate it when a company says "user our very expensive product and oh by they way, you also have to shell out big bucks to learn how to use it!"

I thought I completed everything. Can you tell me what I missed?

I would like it better if it had my name it in just once!

Can we get a coffee pot monitor to determine the clown who took the last cup of coffee, didn't make a fresh pot and didn't bother to shut the burner off???? Love coming in to the aroma of a burned out coffee pot....