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curious2garden

curious2garden

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StareCase said:
I did have a little hiccup with the start of the first Feature Pack upgrade. One of the EXE's didn't shutdown gracefully which fucked up the updating of the corresponding DLL's. Fortunately I had only done Cone #1 and there was still enough intellect to get that hiccup straightened out before restarting the FP upgrades and sparking up Cone #2.

Once the server was back online, I gave the developers/UAT folks the OK do their application specific testing then went out and sparked up Cone #3. At 1:45 AM, all I could hear were the sounds of Canada geese and trumpeter swans getting in each other's grill blended with the occasional softened blare of the CN/CP freight trains off in the distance.

About 45 minutes later the UAT folks gave me the thumbs up and the upgrade was declared completed successfully at 2:30 AM.
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OMG Windows Server dude! You need better drugs :eyesmoke: have you considered dabs :eyesmoke:
 
StareCase

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curious2garden said:
... OMG Windows Server dude! ...
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I was upgrading the Domino Enterprise Server that runs under Windows Server 2016. I have done so many of these Domino server upgrades that I can practically do them in my sleep.

But I am with you on that - I would not want to tackle a Windows Server Upgrade fully lit either. We have a dedicated Windows team that handles all the OS related stuff.
 
curious2garden

curious2garden

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StareCase said:
I was upgrading the Domino Enterprise Server that runs under Windows Server 2016. I have done so many of these Domino server upgrades that I can practically do them in my sleep.

But I am with you on that - I would not want to tackle a Windows Server Upgrade fully lit either. We have a dedicated Windows team that handles all the OS related stuff.
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So did we. They were an odd group.
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xtsho

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StareCase said:
I was upgrading the Domino Enterprise Server that runs under Windows Server 2016. I have done so many of these Domino server upgrades that I can practically do them in my sleep.

But I am with you on that - I would not want to tackle a Windows Server Upgrade fully lit either. We have a dedicated Windows team that handles all the OS related stuff.
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I've done server upgrades totally baked and sometimes half drunk. :mrgreen:

I just realized I'm getting behind with things. Last upgrade I did was the 2016 version. Your post got me motivated. I'm downloading the Windows Server 2022 evaluation ISO right now so I can get up to date. I'll run it in a VM. Downloading SQL Server 2022 and Exchange Server 2019 evaluation copies as well. It will give me something to play with. I haven't setup a network for awhile. Gotta clean off the cobwebs.

I remember the old days. First upgrade I did was 3.51 - 4.0. You had to boot from floppies back then to install or upgrade. I still have copies of the media. I just can't throw it away. I'm too nostalgic.

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StareCase

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xtsho said:
... I've done server upgrades totally baked and sometimes half drunk. :mrgreen: ...
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Sometimes being lit and/or baked and/or hammered was the only way to get through an upgrade.
xtsho said:
... I remember the old days. First upgrade I did was 3.51 - 4.0. You had to boot from floppies back then to install or upgrade. I still have copies of the media. I just can't throw it away. I'm too nostalgic ...
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Oh wow ... that was a while ago. It's fun to look at that "old IT stuff" ... ain't it?

And - have you also made the one-time mistake of creating install kits on what turned out to be a "suspect" floppy - only to have that come back to bite you when the floppy drive couldn't read the bad VTOC?
 
xtsho

xtsho

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StareCase said:
Sometimes being lit and/or baked and/or hammered was the only way to get through an upgrade.

Oh wow ... that was a while ago. It's fun to look at that "old IT stuff" ... ain't it?

And - have you also made the one-time mistake of creating install kits on what turned out to be a "suspect" floppy - only to have that come back to bite you when the floppy drive couldn't read the bad VTOC?
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I never worked on anything that required creating install kits like that. Sound like older mainframe stuff. I"ve always been a Microsoft guy. Got my MCSE back in 1999. I paired that with a Cisco CCNA and worked in IT ever since. I've thought about updating my certifications. Cisco still has the CCNA but microsoft has completely revamped their certifications. I'm looking at either a Data Engineer or Developer path. Or no path at all. I don't know why I would even need it other than just something to do.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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Jeffislovinlife said:
My smart ass self wants to tell you that you might want to see professional help :eyesmoke: :bigjoint::peace:
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The worst part about it was that we didn't have a tooth fairy in the house when I grew up. We were Jehovah's Witnesses at the time. I knew Santa didn't exist but they never bothered telling us the tooth fairy didn't exist. I remember kids talking about the money the tooth fairy left under their pillow but when I put a tooth under my pillow it was still there in the morning and no money. It sucked.
 
Bareback

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Mulched leaves yesterday , vacuuming and the trailering away the clippings, 40 trailer loads . I easily have a 100 more to do ( I mean ignore ) but I just ran out of gas , I mean there’s still plenty of leaves in the trees so way kill my self and not be able to get it all done anyway. But it gives the grandkids a place to play over the holidays so for now it’s just going to have to be good enough.
 
xtsho

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Bareback said:
Mulched leaves yesterday , vacuuming and the trailering away the clippings, 40 trailer loads . I easily have a 100 more to do ( I mean ignore ) but I just ran out of gas , I mean there’s still plenty of leaves in the trees so way kill my self and not be able to get it all done anyway. But it gives the grandkids a place to play over the holidays so for now it’s just going to have to be good enough.
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I wish I had more leaves. I use them to cover my raised garden beds but I need more. It's too late this year but next year I might ask some of the neighbors If I can have theirs. They put them in the bins to be picked up. They'll probably make me rake them up though. I just want to drag the bin over and dump them out after they do the work.
 
lokie

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xtsho said:
I wish I had more leaves. I use them to cover my raised garden beds but I need more. It's too late this year but next year I might ask some of the neighbors If I can have theirs. They put them in the bins to be picked up. They'll probably make me rake them up though. I just want to drag the bin over and dump them out after they do the work.
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I do not rake leaves. They fall, the wind blows them away.
What the wind does not blow away becomes mulch.
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