Posts in: Being a better Sysadmin

Introduction

So I think a lot of us take backups for granted. It's one of those things you look at once and then tend to not worry about too much. As long as its working, why worry?

Except… if …

Finally. Finishing up after Part 1 and Part 2, this is the end of my updated thoughts on an old Server Fault post with some final thoughts on reducing risks in the future.

Reducing the risk in the …

Following on from Part 1 of my revision of an old Server Fault post, we will continue on  to look at remediation after an intrusion.

(Part 3 available here)

Understand the problem fully:

  1. Do NOT put …

Introduction

In this series of posts I’m revisiting an answer to a question that appeared on Server Fault way back in 2011. I’m pleased to say that it’s been viewed over 100,000 …

One of the things that I’ve always been interested in is automation, and being able to reproduce a ‘known state’ reliably and consistently. This applies at work when building servers …

I’m currently reading /r/sysadmin on reddit at the moment, specifically this post from someone ranting that a user complain that “malware spam e-mail” went to their mail …

As I’m sure most of us know by now, SHA1 cryptography hashes have been increasingly under attack, and are now regarded as fully broken. In fact, my use of “now” kinda understates the …

I’m currently heading an Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013 migration at work and I’m going to share the thoughts and notes that I’ve made on the process so far.

The actual install …

So we’re a Mimecast customer and today they had a few problems with their email services in the UK going offline for a large part of the working day. No big deal as such, other than that they …

I see lots of people talking about and asking about hardware being “prepared for BYOD” and/or “BYOD ready”. Most of the time they’re talking about Wireless Access …