>You are always such a great help in this mailing list, do you have a pay
>pal account? ...
No (don't even know what that is).
>I'd like to buy you a drink or a pizza or at least send you
>the money for one :)
Thanks. I don't happen to drink (just a personal choice), my waistline
doesn't tolerate pizza like it did 25 years ago (which really sucks :-),
and Purdue pays me pretty well, but I appreciate the sentiment.
Tell you what -- next time you're out and blissfully ignoring backups
because you know they're running well due to Amanda, have a drink or
pizza or whatever for me.
Just don't blame me for the panic attack that happens when, right after
you finish the pizza, you get a phone call:
Operations: "Was there anything very important on the even numbered
backup tapes?"
You: (lengthy pause) "Why would you ask that?"
Operations: "Well, you see, someone brought in this cool magnet. It's
really small and you wouldn't believe the pull that thing
has ..."
You: "Yeah, yeah, but what about the tapes?"
Operations: "Ummm, there was this little incident. Well, hardly an
incident, just kind of a tiny problem. Well, maybe not
really a problem, more like ..."
You: "GET ON WITH IT!"
Operations: "Oh! Well, see, one of the other Operators (NOT ME!) was
walking around with the magnet and they got near the Pepsi
machine -- we could have sworn that thing was bolted down
-- and there was this big jar of molasses on top of it
and the tapes were sitting next to it and, well, anyway ..."
"Sorry."
You: (dead silence -- literally)
Operations: "Oh, by the way, the boss just accidentally removed all the
files on one of the main servers, then went to two others to
see if the rm command he just read about worked the same way
everywhere. He left to get to the golf course for tee time,
but says you need to restore those machines right away."
At which point you realize that ignoring backups because you know they're
running well is a really terrible idea, no matter how good the pizza.
:-)
>Jeff Bearer
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
