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StareCase · Dec 10, 2022

curious2garden said:
... That would be hell to be high and trying to chase down an issue. It would be like the never ending upgrade, no thanks!! ...

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.

raratt · Dec 10, 2022

curious2garden · Dec 10, 2022

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.

OMG Windows Server dude! You need better drugs :eyesmoke:

have you considered dabs :eyesmoke:

StareCase · Dec 10, 2022

curious2garden said:
... OMG Windows Server dude! ...

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 · Dec 10, 2022

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.

So did we. They were an odd group.

StareCase · Dec 10, 2022

curious2garden said:
... They were an odd group ...

OMG ... that character reminds me of the dude that handled WSUS at my previous employer! "Zo ... deed yurr CEESCO sooftvare download OK deez morrnink?"

raratt · Dec 10, 2022

StareCase said:
OMG ... that character reminds me of the dude that handled WSUS at my previous employer! "Zo ... deed yurr CEESCO sooftvare download OK deez morrnink?"

I had a dentist I called Boris for a short time. He didn't have Natasha as a hygienist though.
Edit: He kinda looked like him also.

xtsho · Dec 10, 2022

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.

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.

xtsho · Dec 10, 2022

raratt said:
I had a dentist I called Boris for a short time. He didn't have Natasha as a hygienist though.
Edit: He kinda looked like him also.

Here's my dentist.

StareCase · Dec 10, 2022

xtsho said:
... I've done server upgrades totally baked and sometimes half drunk. ...

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 ...

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 · Dec 10, 2022

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?

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.

raratt · Dec 10, 2022

xtsho said:
Here's my dentist.

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A piece of dental floss with a loop on the end works. A quick yank and the pain goes away.

xtsho · Dec 10, 2022

raratt said:
A piece of dental floss with a loop on the end works. A quick yank and the pain goes away.

I remember tearing baby teeth out when I was a kid. It hurt like hell but once they got loose I couldn't stop.

Jeffislovinlife · Dec 10, 2022

xtsho said:
I remember tearing baby teeth out when I was a kid. It hurt like hell but once they got loose I couldn't stop.

My smart ass self wants to tell you that you might want to see professional help :eyesmoke:

Dr.Amber Trichome · Dec 10, 2022

Smiles are great!! Teeth or not. Smiling is where it is at.

xtsho · Dec 10, 2022

Jeffislovinlife said:
My smart ass self wants to tell you that you might want to see professional help

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.

Sir Napsalot · Dec 10, 2022

I went through my fairly well-appointed but somewhat disordered garage and found suitably-sized boxes for some rare model kits I'm going to sell on eBay

Bareback · Dec 11, 2022

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 · Dec 11, 2022

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.

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 · Dec 11, 2022

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.

I do not rake leaves. They fall, the wind blows them away.
What the wind does not blow away becomes mulch.

^ from the web.

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