Sysadmin delight
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The document discusses the role of a sysadmin and embracing failures that will inevitably occur. It notes that a good sysadmin's work shouldn't be visible when everything is running properly. A great sysadmin must accept that failures will happen and be prepared to handle issues that arise, such as accidentally deleting important files or overwriting databases. Examples provided include removing the wrong hard drive from a RAID array or installing an incomplete kernel update. The overall message is that sysadmins need to be ready to fix problems, no matter the cause or scale of the failure.
Sysadmin delight
- 3. When the sysadmin has done his job properly, he shouldn't work.
- 4. The Good SysAdmin has to accept failures
- 5. The GREAT SysAdmin has to embrace them
- 7. Everything broke, while you were out...
- 8. mydir=” dir”; rm -rf /$mydirmydir=” dir”; rm -rf /$mydir
- 9. bash: ls: command not found
- 10. LAN cable trough the toilet
- 11. 10-12000 $
- 12. Deployment goes wrong, deploying the test DB to live, overwriting the real DB
- 13. Fixing a small BUG...
- 14. Removing the backup of a client instead of restoring his files
- 15. Unfortunately removing the wrong drive to swap from a RAID array
- 16. The unplugged rack... because of the vacuum cleaner...
- 17. Install a new kernel... with missing drivers...
- 18. When the municipality decides to clean up...
- 19. When your infrastructure does not work as you want...
- 20. When you get slashdoted...