Strangely, today's left hand path shone free of briars and brambles ( Read more... )

Re-scheduling the final migration phase and the implementation is looking like a d00m march.
Messiah Marcolin doom mosh style for either proposed approach, both complete in a weekend:

A. One processor a day starting with an early shift on Saturday and one EARLY Sunday ( Read more... )

Final project phase kicked off at 0530 and in case you're thinking of trying -don't get up at 0430, it sucks ( Read more... )

No calls. I slept as normal people do. Shocking considering that Ops had some of their worst working
-the experienced guy was out. Glad for the quiet night, though I suspect was buffered by my group,
who'd been there since 0630 because...

Major Fuck-up Reporting for DutyIn migrating systems to a new processor, my group pulled all the sysplex ( Read more... )

Only 300 emails [not counting the 100's automated via system events] awaited this morning ( Read more... )

This will be an odd week. Sure the machines drove over the past two on-calls but I think there's bound to be a
HellNight due to the machines unruly behavior these past two weeks.

What we have here is a weird week made even more weird.

Four Days of PurgatoryI travel to Dixie on Thursday for the ongoing processor migration. This time there's three ( Read more... )

“I propose a courtroom sketch artist with Tourette's channeling Salivdor Dali. Only for the sake of accuracy.”

External MAJOR: Tale of Apathetic IncompetenceGetting all the liars into a room can be a slightly awkward situation. It's easier when the main liars say they have an ( Read more... )

Back alive in Dallas. Sunday, I got to bed by 02:30. Slept late yesterday and today. Steak and beers Sunday.
The migration should've been over with by 16:00 but there were many issues to work through which I'll detail sometime this week.
Tales of incompetence, half-assery, bad documentation, poor planning by the overworked. Glorious.

Much better ( Read more... )

More or less ready for tomorrow. Hate Clivesdale's documentation -it's in pieces but I don't have
the time/motivation to fix it. Too long of a job.

Didn't sleep well last night but don't see that being a problem this evening. Long day of prep plus
four hours on the raised floor auditing another migration's cabling.

No Access Until You Try ( Read more... )

The one 36TB storage box designated for utility use featured an odd, one-off configuration ( Read more... )