I am sitting here updating Backupexec 12.1 to 12.5 and that process started around 4 pm today. I upgraded the backupexec media server first and then began to do a remote install to all of my servers for the remote agent. The remote agent allows the backupexec media server to connect to the server and process a scheduled backup job. I believe that the 12.1 version of the remote agent would have probably worked but I decided it would be best to keep all the version at the same level just to be safe. One of my servers decided that it did not want to allow a remote installation caused me some problems. I had to copy the entire install cd over the network to that server and then did a local install from there. Problem solved!!!
Now, all I have to do is confirm the backup job for tonight and make sure everything is selected correctly and I can go home for the night. Sweet....
Monday, December 08, 2008
Should I plug it in or not?
I provide technical support for a local office for a resort company on the East Coast . I manage the five servers, network printers, switches and approximately 50 end user computers. I have been in this position now for about 98 days and though I am not anywhere near in Maytag Repairman mode I have come a long way towards that goal.
Just recently during my daily routine I was reminded of something that we take for granted. That thing is electricity and how much electricity we really have available to us. In an office setting whether it be in a hard walled office or a cubicle you will find an electrical outlet or two. You will also find that people like to install power strips and surge protectors into the receptacle and you will also find that people like to daisy chain a bunch of those power strips together in order to maximize how much stuff they can plug in.
Most of the time when you plug stuff in the electricity is there and everything magically works. Just as soon as the circuit is over loaded the breaker will engage and all electricity to that circuit will cease to exist. I was reminded of that the other day when a space heater was plugged in and did just that . Shortly after the power outtage occurred and the breaker was flipped back on I got a phone call because some of the computers were not getting onto the network properly. Computers and electronic gizmos in general are very dependent on electricity to perform and they are very sensitive to fluctuations in power or in this case power being terminated suddenly.
The moral of this story is this. Just because you have an available electrical outlet to plug into does not mean that the circuit your outlet is on will not overload when you plug that gizmo in. Talk to someone that is in the know such as the maintenance department or your systems administrator and see what they think. Taking the extra time to be safe will keep others from being inconvenienced when the power goes down unexpectedly not to mention the possible data loss when the computers go down suddenly.
The other thing I want to stress about space heaters is this. Space heaters can be dangrous and we need to be extra careful where we leave them plugged in and not to leave them running when we are not near them. All it takes is one spark and all of that paper in your office immediately becomes tender for a fire.
Just recently during my daily routine I was reminded of something that we take for granted. That thing is electricity and how much electricity we really have available to us. In an office setting whether it be in a hard walled office or a cubicle you will find an electrical outlet or two. You will also find that people like to install power strips and surge protectors into the receptacle and you will also find that people like to daisy chain a bunch of those power strips together in order to maximize how much stuff they can plug in.
Most of the time when you plug stuff in the electricity is there and everything magically works. Just as soon as the circuit is over loaded the breaker will engage and all electricity to that circuit will cease to exist. I was reminded of that the other day when a space heater was plugged in and did just that . Shortly after the power outtage occurred and the breaker was flipped back on I got a phone call because some of the computers were not getting onto the network properly. Computers and electronic gizmos in general are very dependent on electricity to perform and they are very sensitive to fluctuations in power or in this case power being terminated suddenly.
The moral of this story is this. Just because you have an available electrical outlet to plug into does not mean that the circuit your outlet is on will not overload when you plug that gizmo in. Talk to someone that is in the know such as the maintenance department or your systems administrator and see what they think. Taking the extra time to be safe will keep others from being inconvenienced when the power goes down unexpectedly not to mention the possible data loss when the computers go down suddenly.
The other thing I want to stress about space heaters is this. Space heaters can be dangrous and we need to be extra careful where we leave them plugged in and not to leave them running when we are not near them. All it takes is one spark and all of that paper in your office immediately becomes tender for a fire.
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