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Good story of "researching" on production systems. So people can do anything at anytime at your place?

This is funny!! :D

Oh God! That was real crazy and in-humane idea!

I know, management and the "resources" have their "differences" always. But, taking that on someone else is really not something to be appraised....

@matrixmadhan

Thank you for taking the time to read my post! Just thought that many of us have experienced similar situation at the dawn of their careers. :)

@spynappels

Yes, to end users we...

@Neo

I'm not really sure about exact number of application running in the environment as the client is a giant company spreading in US, UK and NL. There are 143 UNIX/Linux (AIX, Solaris and RHEL)...

This was an app server. The running service was serving around 83 clients (the research group). I am primarily responsible for the server's performance and health. Also, as per our process, the...

No, methyl. There are different teams from different IT service vendors who work for our client. My company is one of them. My team is responsible for administering the server from OS stand point. If...

Excellent point, bartus11.
Being a naive and over-enthusiastic one, I was only thinking about the problem on hand, not about the consequences. Looks like I have to work on so many things!! :D

Well said zxmaus and Neo! Lesson learned!!

I used to think why all of the senior admins were so lifeless. And here I am, always ready to dive into any problem with extra zeal!! But now I know, I...

Was wondering if anyone has come across any situation where you do your best to help users and in return you get a nice escalation from top level management!

Here's my story:

One fine morning,...