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Sirotan posted:It is the year 2017, and our new EHR system can't handle apostrophes in patient names without throwing an SQL escape error. Jesus christ. larchesdanrew posted:A few months ago, the director forced me to purchase a high speed desktop scanner because he was dissatisfied with the speed of the scanner we currently had. So I was told to order not one $900 scanner we really can't afford, but TWO $900 scanners we really can't afford.
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Bigass Moth posted:Can you explain why the 600 TB on tape can't just be migrated to the new SAN after the switch? Not sure what all goes into this. What The Fool said plus the system restores the file to where it lived originally via policy classes. So if the file lived on the old DR SAN it must restore to the old DR SAN and then migrated to the new SAN. And if this was a normal company I'd tell them to gently caress off with the one off restores but it being a major media company I can't exactly tell them that. Who knows when a story will call for footage from six years ago...which is the entire reason we're restoring everything. *edit* I'll explain the workflow a bit. They have two SAN volumes, a production SAN and a DR SAN. Mostly everything from the production SAN is mirrored to the DR SAN, at least in the new system. In the old system they had so much poo poo they couldn't archive it off to tape fast enough so the DR SAN was never in full sync with the production SAN. The tape archive system watched certain folders on the DR SAN and applied rules to them, like putting them on tape after X period of time and then truncating (stubbing) the files after another period of time. Pretty standard lifecycle management. This all tied i with their media asset management system which was the basis for them accessing media and such. All in all the dude responsible isn't very organized and has a very...special way of doing things. So when the time came to replace the storage it all got a little weird with nobody really knowing how much data was on tape. Trust me, I would love to just restore everything in one fell swoop, run a custom script to grab everything that wasn't caught and sync it to the new SAN. However, he wants all the data going from the old DR to the Production SAN which means I get to deal with syncing old data into folders that are currently being worked on. Some of that data might already be there, or there might be newer versions. So not only do I get to restore 600 TB of data I get to figure out the best way to get it onto the new production SAN while keeping existing (and possibly identical) data intact. Rsync is great for this with --ignore-existing but it's too slow. The StorNext tool CVCP is great but only has an update flag, not an ignore flag. So this is very slow going They're a 24/7 outlet so it's tough to just tell them to shut up and deal with it for however long it takes to pull this stuff from tape. Media is a fun field but we increased the size of their production SAN from 440 TB to 1.3 PB which their users were super happy about. pr0digal fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Jul 28, 2017 |
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A blackhole filter on our mailserver recently started blocking rackspace hosted email addresses. Disabled it for now, but thought it was funny considering all the fun stuff happening to their own email servers.
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A personal request from a board member came in. He has a lovely Brother printer that is USB only, and it's plugged in to a dell desktop that shares the printer to his network. This allows him to print from two laptops roaming around. The problem is that the Dell is old and inconsistent. After power outages he has to go turn the thing back on and then print again. He wants something that will always work, and has asked if I could find a good USB -> Network print server device in the 30-50 dollar range. Everything I've seen online (and worked with in real life) requires constant reboots and can't stay online for more than two days. Am I insane if I propose buying a Raspberry Pi, automating everything on boot, configuring CUPS, and installing it at the guy's house? I mean to me that's a perfect solution but I'd also know what to do with it if it breaks. This guy isn't going to get ongoing support in the proposal I'll make him sign. Plus with what I'm going to include for labor he's 100% better off buying a new printer, but he really really likes this thing apparently.
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Judge Schnoopy posted:A personal request from a board member came in. He has a lovely Brother printer that is USB only, and it's plugged in to a dell desktop that shares the printer to his network. This allows him to print from two laptops roaming around. Yes, you're crazy. Despite anything he signs, you're going to get stuck supporting that setup.
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there's a reason "fallacy" is in the phrase "sunk cost fallacy" fyi
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You can get a true wifi enabled Brother laser printer for like $100. Less if there's a sale. I paid like $80 for mine.
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Judge Schnoopy posted:A personal request from a board member came in. He has a lovely Brother printer that is USB only, and it's plugged in to a dell desktop that shares the printer to his network. This allows him to print from two laptops roaming around. What he wants is a new printer that is Wi-Fi and supports AirPrint.
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Thanks Ants posted:What he wants is a new printer that is Wi-Fi and supports AirPrint. Oh I absolutely 100% know this But it's not what he requested. I'm going to give him two proposals and if he wants to poo poo his money into my wallet for install and support time, fine.
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Never touch any non-family computers (even then, case by case) because you will be on the hook for it forever. I would not suggest the RPi/CUPS solution at all unless the person is a nerd and can set it up themselves after being pointed to the documentation. A new networked Brother that does everything built-in and is a commercially-supported product is definitely the way to go here.
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Sirotan posted:It is the year 2017, and our new EHR system can't handle apostrophes in patient names without throwing an SQL escape error. Jesus christ. I never expect to be free of dealing with this as I have been my whole life and there are a LOT of lovely programmers out there
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Judge Schnoopy posted:Oh I absolutely 100% know this Oooh, rookie mistake right there. You give him two proposals that support what he actually needs in different wording.
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Judge Schnoopy posted:Oh I absolutely 100% know this He doesn't know what he needs. That's where you come in.
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Jeoh posted:He doesn't know what he needs. That's where you come in. Hey guys. I want a script or command that will take a directory full of files, take the last three characters of each filename, and then give me a count of how many files there are of each one. Dr. Arbitrary fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Jul 29, 2017 |
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Hey guys. I want a script or command that will take a directory full of files, take the last three characters of each filename, and then give me a count of how many files there are of each one. This made my head hurt...
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For those that don't get it, please distribute this as far as possible. http://xyproblem.info/
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GreenNight posted:Now I'm just waiting for a tabbed Explorer window.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Hey guys. I want a script or command that will take a directory full of files, take the last three characters of each filename, and then give me a count of how many files there are of each one. code:
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Does anyone actually understand bash parameter expansion rules without looking them up every single time though seriously. That enters "just use python" territory for me.
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I do. I've memorized an embarrassing amount of bash. I still need to lookup find every time I use it, though.
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Methanar posted:I do. I've memorized an embarrassing amount of bash. find * | grep foo
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An Enormous Boner posted:Does anyone actually understand bash parameter expansion rules without looking them up every single time though seriously. That enters "just use python" territory for me.
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The Fool posted:find * | grep foo code:
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An Enormous Boner posted:Does anyone actually understand bash parameter expansion rules without looking them up every single time though seriously. That enters "just use python" territory for me. Most people use cut or awk or something
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I just use tar xvvzf or xvvjf. Anything else and I have to look it up. ps on the other hand I have no clue about.
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Try and remember the argument order for ln. I don't know why that took so long.
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anthonypants posted:Same question, but batch scripting. This guy makes packs of non-interactive installers which are ostensibly for use with PDQ Deploy but are more generally useful and I like to peek through the .bats in there and see what he's/they've done. https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/6ggzy9/pdq_deploy_packs_v5000_20170610/ https://github.com/bmrf/pdq_deploy_packs/tree/master/repository He also worked IT in Antarctica (!) https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5656e1/iama_i_dont_have_a_lot_of_time_but_network/ An Enormous Boner fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Jul 30, 2017 |
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An Enormous Boner posted:Try and remember the argument order for ln. I don't know why that took so long. ln [original file] [path to the new link]. It's like cp, except the thing you create at the destination is a link and not a file.
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vOv posted:ln [original file] [path to the new link]. It's like cp, except the thing you create at the destination is a link and not a file.
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vOv posted:I just use tar xvvzf or xvvjf. Anything else and I have to look it up. ps on the other hand I have no clue about. ps faux Maybe add a few w in there if you want to use up more widescreen
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An Enormous Boner posted:Does anyone actually understand bash parameter expansion rules without looking them up every single time though seriously. That enters "just use python" territory for me. Certainly not. I had to look up the one I used.
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An Enormous Boner posted:Try and remember the argument order for ln. I don't know why that took so long. "ln: the link goes last" You're welcome.
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I have a user who is notorious for turning in the smallest of issues into big major productions. He will often not give any detail until someone from IT shows up at his desk. He didn't disappoint this morning either.
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stevewm posted:I have a user who is notorious for turning in the smallest of issues into big major productions. He will often not give any detail until someone from IT shows up at his desk. He didn't disappoint this morning either. The answer being to just tell him you'll get to him in turn as you're dealing with more severe issues unless he can provide details about what is happening Upon which time you just put him at the bottom of the list anyway.
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iajanus posted:The answer being to just tell him you'll get to him in turn as you're dealing with more severe issues unless he can provide details about what is happening I'd also document the user is refusing to give details on the issue in the ticket as well for CYA
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Proteus Jones posted:I'd also document the user is refusing to give details on the issue in the ticket as well for CYA Ticket set to Pending; waiting for further details from User.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Ticket set to Pending; waiting for further details from User. Ticket Purgatory is the best option. Do this.
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Anyone ever actually used a Kensington Lock?
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