1:13 PM
Paul B
Since it is in fact, The Night Before Christmas, I thought I would bring this to the top!
Please bear with me. I am not a poet at all which you will soon be able to tell, but I thought this would be fun none the less. I know that it sometimes lacks in Iambic Pentameter, but like I said, I am not a poet.
Anyway, I was in my Advanced TCP/IP class in college, bored out of my mind when I decided to write this. I hope you like it, and it gives you a good chuckle! -EDP
An Admin's Night Before Christmas
By Paul Bauer
(AKA: El Di Pablo)
'Twas the night before Christmas
and all through the LAN.
Not a problem apparent.
All is right with the SAN.
I in my P.J.'s
and XBox in front of me
had just settled down to play Halo 3.
Then my Blackberry
with buzzing and clatter
signaled via SMS
that something was the matter.
A server is down.
Not responding, can't ping.
Can't RDP, SSH, iLO or VNC.
After acknowledging the alert
I hopped in my car.
With only a quick stop
for some Jolt and a Snickers bar.
Minutes later at the data center
I arrived out of breath.
Soon to find my server
with a blue screen of death.
An automatic update
which my server did not agree,
was the cause of my shiny, new blue screen.
A system restore
brought the server online.
I logged in and disabled
updates this time.
After closing the ticket
and feeling thrown under a bus,
I made plans for after Christmas
to configure WSUS.
2:00AM, back at home
I checked once more
for alerts on my phone.
All appears well
I drank a cap full of Maalox.
I laid my head down
and dreamed of Linux.
Merry Christmas!
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