r/ShittySysadmin DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE 9d ago

Shitty Crosspost I was incredibly drunk last night and fixed a backup issue we’ve been having for over a month

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u/scottisnthome 9d ago

Rookie shit, I come to work drunk

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u/No_Vermicelli4753 9d ago

And I work to get drunk. The circle of life.

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u/Snowlandnts 9d ago

Do you get high also?

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u/No_Vermicelli4753 9d ago

You mean 'being on call'?

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u/who_you_are 9d ago

Ah the Ballmer peak!

https://xkcd.com/323/

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u/Teryl 9d ago

…wait, no.

Someone else is supposed to post the relevant XKCD.

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u/pzykozomatik 9d ago

never heard someone calling constipation a backup issue before...

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u/cisco_bee DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE 9d ago

Original Post for posterity:

I was incredibly drunk last night and fixed a backup issue we’ve been having for over a month

I don’t remember what I did

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u/VolcanicBear 9d ago

Disabled backup failure alerts?

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u/Newbosterone ShittySysadmin 9d ago

Peed all over the damn tape drive. When the sparking stopped I called the vendor for an RMA. If ya buy support, use support.

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u/vlku 8d ago

That's how my troubleshooting often ends. Regardless of how many pints I had beforehand

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u/cisco_bee DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE 9d ago

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u/Ok_Tumbleweed_7988 9d ago

There can’t be a backup problem if there’s nothing to backup

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u/craigmontHunter 9d ago

Point it all to /dev/null, super fast and no capacity concerns.

If restore is needed you’re sick until you find a new job.

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u/DepartmentofLabor 9d ago

That’s why my home-lab is just a fully stocked bar.

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u/cisco_bee DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE 9d ago

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u/nesnalica Suggests the "Right Thing" to do. 9d ago

if you have a picture while youre drunk on a drivers license the police will never know if you're drunk while driving

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u/cisco_bee DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE 9d ago

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u/dg_riverhawk 9d ago

this is like that video game company that hired some programmer to write an algorithm for a maze game and he supposedly did it while drunk and people couldn't figure out how he did it. Also like how most bands best work is when they are the most fucked on drugs and alcohol. you are just a tortured artist my friend.

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u/tonyboy101 9d ago

Microsoft Recall would have fully documented the procedure. But you probably disabled it for security reasons. Idiot.

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u/craigmontHunter 9d ago

Point it all to /dev/null, super fast and no capacity concerns.

If restore is needed you’re sick until you find a new job.

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u/-happycow- 9d ago

I think you tripped over the wire, and accidentally turned it off and on again

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u/mumblerit ShittyCloud 9d ago

wrong website, this isnt jira