@MikeyB - our VAR is actually pretty decent overall. But they simply use the IBM tools/redbooks and AVNet to get the right config based on my requirements
@MDMarra Yeah. Honestly, though, I'm in "hold this shit together long enough to move to the new forest" mode, so I don't much care, as long as it limps along for another few (?) months.
@MDMarra We're lucky, in that some dumbass named our domain with a fake TLD, so we have to move to a properly named forest before all our certs expire. Woohoo, they fucked it up so bad, it can't be fixed!
@MDMarra Heh. Actually, funnily enough, the guy who installed our new Exchange 2010 server effed that up too, so... yeah, we would have to uninstall Exchange (as well) to fix the domain.
@MikeyB - so, your FTP link, downloaded updatexpress 9.21, installed, checked for updates, found 9.3 in the background, downloaded 9.3. clunky but worked.
Well, we'll see. Designed by the same minds that created that awesome server build I posted on here a couple weeks back. And insists on R5. And disabling the BBWC we specifically order for the servers... and so on.
@pauska I mean, of course it's an oversimplification and you need to test other applications as well, but I've definitely used rendom.exe on a pretty large domain and it worked fine with enough planning.
exchange updates the schema with a fuckton of stuff when you install it.. I doubt that it clears all those attributes when you uninstall the last server
or is there some magic force toggle you use when you install exchange in the new renamed domain?
This conversation sounds like an EE question I once saw that got boggled by the OP. "I need to rename my AD domain. Can I just export everything to a PST file?" The first 5 comments were "WTH does that even mean"
I'd go the migration route either way.. gives you a nice new fresh ad, and you can always keep a trust up against the old domain while making sure everything works
@MDMarra Well, early in the career is the time to take stupid risks and learn from them. If you're still doing that after you've got a bunch of experience, that's a big problem.
@MDMarra the problem with either solution is when you have a shitload of different applications integrated with AD via LDAP and such, as every bind string needs to be rebuild (DC=bleh,DC=cock)
@HopelessN00b - the OP corrected himself quick. He wanted to know what the impact on Exchange would be after renaming the domain and if he should export the mailboxes to a PST first. But the original question was jacked...
@pauska There's a doc out there that sets the recommended guidelines for CAs to stop issuing those certs, and the latest date at which all such certs should expire, but I can't find it at the moment. I know it was linked in here a few times shortly after the news broke.
@DennisKaarsemaker How do you feel about a generic "skills" section that lists hardware and software that you're familiar with, or skill matrices that list your level of competency?
I got frantic calls from VMWare, AIX, and the mainframe about whether this is related to an ongoing call we have open for actual problems on the switches
@MDMarra No, I think Basil's right on this. The fact that I'm a Windows/Virtualization/Email heavy, networking medium and light on the rest is useful information on have summarized prominently on a resume.
@MDMarra Not me. I'd be happy to do a job I'm qualified to do from day 1. My last few jobs have been that way. So long as the compensation is good, what do I care about the challenge? I have other ways to challenge myself that I find much more satisfying than the workplace.
@MDMarra Hmm, not sure. Also not sure how to summarize all the assorted projects I've done across all my jobs like that. Technologies I'm proficient with and have lots of experience with, on the other hand... that's easy.
@HopelessN00b I don't list responsibilities with bullets on my resume. I list the responsibilities in a little blurb under the title and use the bullets for projects
@MDMarra Well, I've been bored as long as I can remember, so I know how to deal with it. I honestly don't think there's a job out there for me I wouldn't find boring.
@MDMarra Yeah, well I have the technology focus/proficiencies thing... in addition to that. Like I said executive summary of what kind of SA I am, and helpful in the keyword scan.
@MichaelHampton Nah, that's not really exciting either. Like that saying about poker tournaments. Hours of boredom interrupted by moments of terror... that's IT too. Maybe something like Bell Labs (back in the day) would really interest me, but I suspect that the excitement would wear off real fast for me.
@MDMarra Ah, well I'm the opposite way. Not that I like having lots of shit on my desk... but I do. Not great with being concise either, so I guess that explains that.
Ah, I gotta do the opposite, or I'll get tunnel vision on something trivial, and spend 40 hours tweaking the formatting and look of a system doc, for example.
@HopelessN00b I'd love to be involved in developing new systems, but it's so very few people these days. There's nothing like Bell Labs anymore. OpenSolaris under Sun's last days was as close as anything to that experience during the last decade.
@DennisKaarsemaker Would you mind taking a look at my resume when you have a spare minute? I'd like to get some feedback from someone that does a lot of hiring.
Now everyone is obsessed with either very small parts of a system, like FusionIO, until recently they pretty much only made the hardware. Or they're just trying to slap existing technologies together with a new Enterprisy terminology and sell it as a "solution" to managers who don't know better.
@MDMarra that's one of the better resumes I've read in a while. The only feedback I have is that I'd do "start date-end date job description" instead of "job description start-date end-date". I dislike job hoppers, so often do a quick scan of what the average contract length of a person is.
@MDMarra Once again I point to settled case law from the 1980s regarding software purchased in a retail transaction, and say to the gaming companies "Fuck you, this is why you're going broke!"
I weather a bulldozer of a flu at new years, make it out of that, and now get a cold that has me vomiting as much as the flu just because of sinus drainage.
Lol that reminds me. I don't normally watch that Tosh fellow on tv, but I watched this bit of him drinking a 2 liter of coke and then ate a few mentos.
@voretaq7 Last time I really went out and drank I woke up in my bed with all of my clothes on, my credit card was missing, there was a measuring cup of water on the floor next to my bed, and I thought there was a 50/50 chance that my leg was broken
Apparently I had to be carried back to my apartment, where I tried to convince my buddy to just let me sleep in the hallway because I couldn't figure out which key went to my door.
@ScottPack Everyone at work is taking pools for how long until she gets pregnant. The wedding is April, people are taking August, Sept, etc. I'm holding out for 2018
@ewwhite I do like iLO, it's just dumb that you need a license even though they're usually pre-keyed. And it's probably closer to two years actually now that I think about it
Oh, you Bourbon snobs can suck it. Maker's might not be the #1 primo whiskey on the planet, but when you go somewhere with $3 well drinks and $8 top shelf, Maker's is never in the well category
