Like I said... I dont mind paying my part. Yes there is TONS of government waste and I get where certain programs are very important to maintain but if a person isnt willing to put forth some effort then I dont want to help them. I have a brother who milks the system and we fight about it all the time but he gets away with it and I just pay more in taxes. Sometimes I wonder why I try so hard because its easier and more profitable to just suck off the teat like so many others.

Sorry for that.

/rant

I have about 30% taken in taxes from my paycheck. It sucks that you work hard to earn more and the govt just takes more. I'm not against paying my fare share and helping those in need but it shouldn't be a never ending take if the person is able bodied but just too drunk, stoned, or lazy to get off their bum and put forth a little freaking effort. I wasn't happy with my income or job outlook so I got motivated and went to school to learn a new skill.

I'm currently trying to concentrate on work but having issues.... My boss died in his sleep Saturday night at 50 years old. I can only guess but it had to have been a massive heart attack. I've only been here for a month so I haven't really had a chance to really know him but he enjoyed whiskey so we talked about that at length. He seemed like a great guy and a fair boss from what everyone at the company ever told me about him. It's strange to try and just go through the day "business as usual" knowing that there is this elephant in the room but nobody really wants to talk about it quite yet.

And it's currently only VMware but they are working on Hyper-V and KVM.

Anyone heard of Rubrik? I was at a VMUG meeting yesterday and they were one of the major sponsors. Look like a nice backup solution but not fully developed to match something like Unitrends but they seem only a few updates away from getting real close.

http://www.rubrik.com/

First big meeting at my new job where it's all about me and my projects.... I think I'm going to puke.... I hate getting up in front of people.

@Minion-Queen said:

@lhatsynot said:

The hotel looks to be sold out on Thursday night.

You may have to call because they have the rooms reserved out to Us so online might be blocking them off.

Ok... I was just following the link from the website to see what the rates are. Not sure if I can squeeze this trip in.

The hotel looks to be sold out on Thursday night.

I just stare at this all week. Come on FRIDAY!

@kamidon said:

@lhatsynot Ohhhhhh I see, I've never heard of it until my boss mentioned it. Now Nagios sure, who hasn't heard of Nagios?

Tons of people haven't heard of Nagios but you'd be surprised how many of these monitoring solutions use Nagios as their underlying system. Also I bet your boss hasn't heard of Nagios unless he really did work his way up from a hands on sysadmin.

PRTG is "mainstream" because it's easy to set up and they have had a big marketing push lately. But I don't feel it's as customizeable as Nagios

PRTG is great but I never used it past the 100 free sensors. Does it take in the log files for you?

FAN is just a linux server with Nagios, Centreon, and Nagvis installed so you could add in whatever other package you need I would guess as long as its all compatible. Nagvis is where I designed my dashboards and I'm sure it can pull info from anywhere. FAN is just a precompiled collection of software that is supposed to be easy to set up.

I used the FAN version of Nagios and had a customized dashboard. If you check out my project on SW it shows a couple of the dashboards I had made but it's so flexible you can do whatever you want with it.

http://community.spiceworks.com/people/tonystahl/projects/nagios-install

http://www.fullyautomatednagios.org/

@johnhooks said:

@coliver said:

@lhatsynot said:

Well since nobody else said it... did you try to reinstall java?

I heard it has to be two versions behind and specific point release or it won't work.

And needs IE6.

See... you cant just switch over to Chrome. IE still has its uses.

Well since nobody else said it... did you try to reinstall java?

I think I' still buzzing from last nights drinking. I really need a nap.

I dont do IT work anymore... I guess I'll be leaving now.

Reminds me of this...

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/project-management-lessons-from-star-wars-michael-meccia

@anonymous said:

So it's a bad idea to buy 1000 lighting cables for 1 cent on eBay?