Thursday morning and another server disaster

[GiddyG]

Originally Posted by BosonMichael

Dude... you shouldn't be complaining. This is your opportunity to shine! Take it for what it is and do the best job you can. Because, ultimately, your job isn't to sit on first line and do mundane work... your job is to support the company doing whatever is asked of you.

Most first line techs would cut off their right arm for the chance to be allowed to install and configure a server. Run with this opportunity, mate. Never know when you'll get this chance again.

QFT.

I once had a server fall over on me at 20:05 on a Sunday night, with over a hundred trainees due to attend the site (training and hotel complex) the Monday morning. Had to work through the night to get the server rebuilt. Stress but fun... as Craigie would say "Get balls deep". If you see error messages, Google them. If you need to ask questions, ask them. One piece of advice: document EVERYTHING you do.

Best of luck! Oh, and welcome to IT.

[wizard]

Originally Posted by GiddyG

QFT.

I once had a server fall over on me at 20:05 on a Sunday night, with over a hundred trainees due to attend the site (training and hotel complex) the Monday morning. Had to work through the night to get the server rebuilt. Stress but fun... as Craigie would say "Get balls deep". If you see error messages, Google them. If you need to ask questions, ask them. One piece of advice: document EVERYTHING you do.

Best of luck! Oh, and welcome to IT.

Plenty of red bull consumed then?

[GiddyG]

Originally Posted by wizard

Plenty of red bull consumed then?

Too long ago for Red Bull mate. Loads and loads of black coffee and adrenaline.

[zebulebu]

Originally Posted by Davidh1819

yes i have told the MD we need a new one his reply was his socks are 6 years old and they still work!

Number 1 - he's a soapy get if his socks are six years old.
Number 2 - his socks aren't quite as technically complex as a server.
Number 3 - he sounds like a complete pr1ck.

[Davidh1819]

Originally Posted by BosonMichael
Dude... you shouldn't be complaining. This is your opportunity to shine! Take it for what it is and do the best job you can.

i successfully installed server 2003 on a spare desktop with out assistance transfered the file shares over i left transfering Active directory and installing exchange till the egineer got back so i got peoples internet and file shares back now i have a tempoary server running and its going smoothly

[Arroryn]

Originally Posted by Davidh1819

yes i have told the MD we need a new one his reply was his socks are 6 years old and they still work!

What Zeb said.

Plus, his socks may still work at 6 years old, but I bet they stink to high hell, have been darned (ahem "patched") a few times, and are starting to look a bit worn.

Pull one of them over his head, stick the other down his throat, and tell the stingy bugger to either buy you a server, get you on a course so that you're equipped to deal with the issues they seem to unfairly be piling on you, or get another engineer that's willing to take some responsibility on his shoulders - not slide off like teflon-on-ice whenever the schnizz hits the fan, letting someone with less experience fight the fire.

But on the plus side, everything BM said - if you come out of this win, then it'll stand you in great stead. You can officially put server work on the ol' CV

[wizard]

Originally Posted by Davidh1819

i successfully installed server 2003 on a spare desktop with out assistance transfered the file shares over i left transfering Active directory and installing exchange till the egineer got back so i got peoples internet and file shares back now i have a tempoary server running and its going smoothly

Nice one, fingers crossed for tomorrow morning

[BosonMichael]

Originally Posted by Davidh1819

i successfully installed server 2003 on a spare desktop with out assistance transfered the file shares over i left transfering Active directory and installing exchange till the egineer got back so i got peoples internet and file shares back now i have a tempoary server running and its going smoothly

Winner!!!

Originally Posted by Arroryn

Pull one of them over his head, stick the other down his throat, and tell the stingy bugger to either buy you a server...

Technically, you'd have to stick the first sock down his throat before you pull the other one over his head.

Just sayin'. You don't want to get these steps out of order, after all.

[Arroryn]

Originally Posted by BosonMichael

Technically, you'd have to stick the first sock down his throat before you pull the other one over his head.

Just sayin'. You don't want to get these steps out of order, after all.

From the sounds of things, this guy probably has a big head. I'd be astonished if you got an average sock past his eyes. At a push. Or pull, as it were

[BosonMichael]

Originally Posted by Arroryn

From the sounds of things, this guy probably has a big head. I'd be astonished if you got an average sock past his eyes. At a push. Or pull, as it were

They ARE 6-year-old socks... probably quite sprung.

[Theprof]

Keep in mind, this could happen again so be prepared! But good job on getting the other server up and running... Like Michael said, it's times like these that get you noticed and give you the experience you need to succeed... To be honest with you, I got promoted because I was able to fix issues that I wasn't supposed to touch... It's how I got noticed, had I just sat there and waited for a tech, I would of still been doing Desktop support no matter how many years I've been doing it for. Initiative is the key here! Good job!

[nugget]

Originally Posted by Davidh1819

i successfully installed server 2003 on a spare desktop with out assistance transfered the file shares over i left transfering Active directory and installing exchange till the egineer got back so i got peoples internet and file shares back now i have a tempoary server running and its going smoothly

Way to go mate.

[Sparky]

Originally Posted by danielno8

Thing is, none of these issues appear to be hardware related...

Could be, the RAID might be on the way out if the server is running slow.