pmandryk

These are the real questions to ask. I would add that not every IT tech can work flat out for an entire shift. There is research time, documentation time, break time, emailing the users time, and whatever else time. Non-IT don't see how busy you are. It's how busy you aren't. As well as is something that work on broken right now.

Why did you want to become a sysadmin?

Posted by Abject_Serve_1269@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 218 comments

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*First you get the power. Then you get the money. Then you get the women.*

How are you handling printers in 2025?

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*PC Load Letter.* Ya, that's what the fuck I need.

Insurance company going to do Internal Pen Test. I attempted to Lock the network down beforehand.

Posted by Electronic_Tap_3625@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 344 comments

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With my experience with having Pen Tests run on my network, it's always the little things at the user level which gets you. All the big things are generally secured or can warn you but the little exceptions are undocumented and overlooked...but not by a Pen Tester.

What do you all use for onboarding a user (getting the 'list' of needs for IT). Our list is growing and causing headaches for day one due to everyone 'oh ya, we need this too'

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You had me at 'automated'...

Remote Network monitoring tools

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When did this happen? I'm still on the older license, I guess.

Remote Network monitoring tools

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PRTG is German. I don't use/need anything else. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paessler_PRTG

Managed IT services vs in-house admin. Is it worth outsourcing?

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My take is that some bits could be successfully outsourced but there are parts of your business that an MSP will never (or won't want to) understand. HelpDesk and Security monitoring are two which could be done, but you always need someone on staff to be dealing with issues as that team should have the business's best interest. Answering phones, open tickets, and fixing low-level issues takes time away from your team. Security is expensive, specialized, and constantly changing.

Made a huge mistake - thinking of calling it quits

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Best advice I was given is to get on top or ahead of it. Do not let others fill in the blanks of what remediation should look like. They will concentrate on the fault and not the solution. Acknowledge that this is not ideal and is not what your plan was. Do not fall on your sword. Create a remediation plan with 1 or 3 possible paths, if possible. Work through this until resolved. Smile. Breathe. You're gonna have to eat some shit, but you'll survive. You've got this.

Am i being ripped off?

Posted by Charming_Tie2999@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 54 comments

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2nd that. Shitty sales person. Coming to the end of a quarter and sees a quick win. Dump them.

Tools of a Sysadmin

Posted by Wild-Fortune-4128@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 168 comments

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Lol. That kept me smiling when I was frantically looking for drive space.

Tools of a Sysadmin

Posted by Wild-Fortune-4128@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 168 comments

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Thanks. I will check it out.

Need to automate monitoring

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It monitors almost everything. Srvr with 100 sensors is free forever. Can run scripts, send alerts via 15 or so different methods. Solid piece of kit.

Tools of a Sysadmin

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Nice. I'll give it a go.

Tools of a Sysadmin

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How so? I find WinDirStat has its limitations.

Tools of a Sysadmin

Posted by Wild-Fortune-4128@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 168 comments

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WinDirStat Everything ManicTime

Tools of a Sysadmin

Posted by Wild-Fortune-4128@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 168 comments

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*Until morale improves, the floggings will continue."

It finally happened: boss wants unrestricted everything

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Ledow: *"Fine! I'll give you the password. It's: *" S0d-0ff-Ye-Twat1

Wacky Wednesday: how to install an endpoint protection agent on ILO?

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When I get a request like this, "Please do the needful." I ask them to do the 'bearcat' first. The spammer usually hangs up confused or just gets mad

Goodbye VMware

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A bit more than when I first got it but cheaper than VMWare. It can run on your own approved hardware too.

Goodbye VMware

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Can't believe that I had to scroll so far down to see someone mention Scale. Solid and it just works. It might not have all the bells and whistles as VMWare, but it is dependable and much cheaper. However, I do suspect that their prices will rise soon too.

The IT Jokes Thread

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Me and my trusty PFY.

The IT Jokes Thread

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HR offered to pay me for overtime.

Leadership wants all departments implementing "Agentic AI", even my Infrastructure team.

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This ^^^ is why I love this site. No BS. Just a lot of Chaotic Good.

The folder that will not delete. A 15min saga.

Posted by Darthhedgeclipper@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 84 comments

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I remember years ago, that you could rename a file or folder with a hard-coded space by entering the name with ALT255+ALT255+ALT255. It was impossible to delete unless you knew how to rename it.

Microsoft I have only one question: Why.

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Classic

A must have software tools as sysadmin

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Love Everything. Life saver and free.

Is AI an IT Problem?

Posted by Greenscreener@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 205 comments

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Ok. This is great but what about A1? Who gets to use A1 and on what!?!

Is AI an IT Problem?

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> I can become an incompetent asshole who fails upwards. This guy's got management written all over him.

Free network scan utility that documents devices?

Posted by Valuable-Speaker-312@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 133 comments

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PRTG with SNMP. Free with 100 sensors I think. It will not see CDP neighbours or links, but it will show SFlow/NFlow, and a tonne about your switches.

Free network scan utility that documents devices?

Posted by Valuable-Speaker-312@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 133 comments

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Used this too. Not too bad at all.

Recieved a cease-and-desist from Broadcom

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Scale is for small to mid-size businesses. Can confirm that they rock. Support is great, price is cheaper, and it just works.