Re: "Sort of a big day" - could have been slam dunk...

[Kurt Buff]

A couple of things:

o- I've noticed that updating a new Win2k8 R2 SP1 machine requires
with WSUS requires a reboot or two for all of the patches to be
finalized.

o- I had a Dell R310 to which I applied Crucial memory, and it didn't
work. Even after a return for new RAM. I had to get actual Dell RAM.
That was middle of last year some time. That had never happened to me
before. Crucial had always been right on, but not that time. I haven't
had occasion to do it since, but a word to the wise is sufficient...

Sounds like a more exciting night than you wanted, but also like real
progress. Good luck with the rest of it.



Kurt

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 22:58, David Lum  wrote:
> ….but it wasn’t.
>
>
>
> · I was loaded for bear – I even brought my own personal PowerEdge
> 840 Xeon that already has 2008 R2 Hyper-V in case I needed to temporarily
> host their VM. (It’s my lab system, but would work in a pinch!)
>
> · I had good backups of all VHD’s in THREE places (eSATA attached to
> their main VM host , NAS, and their other Hyper-V server)
>
> · I had all the Dell firmware updates to make sure I was up-to-date
> for R2 compatibility (and yes I actually read the notes on what did what.
> Amazing I know…)
>
> · Existing host was fully patched 2008 64-bit non-R2 (relevant for
> later).
>
>
>
> * Step 1:Add RAM to go from 8GB to 16GB. I have two 4GB sticks,
> documentation I see (on ‘net, prior to today) says add RAM in pairs. Open
> case…there’s two physical CPU’s and inside the case says “add pairs of RAM
> *PER CPU*”. Oops. Fail.
>
>
>
> * Step 2: Go from 3-disk RAID5 to 4 disk RAID1 (x2. No, not RAID10). Add
> disk =OK. Boot into PERC 6/I BIOS and configured dual RAID1 volumes.
> Success.
>
>
>
> * Step 3: Install 2008 R2 from media. Says “hey I need CD-ROM driver”. Freak
> out a tiny bit, look for dell Server install media form Dell for the PE T605
> Get driver from Dell. No luck.  Grab bare drivers from dell, throw on USB
> thumb drive. Success, except “Hey I need other drivers too”. Add Chipset and
> some other driver. Install. Success. OS is alive!  project my biggest fear was not being able to get past this point>
>
>
>
> * Step 5: Install eSATA array drivers (this is the fast location from which
> to copy the VHD’s from). Success.
>
>
>
> * Step 6: Get network connectivity so I can finish config via RDP and not in
> their tiny-ass server room (barebly big enough for their racked server and
> me). Success.
>
>
>
> * Step 5: Kick off Windows Updates. 93 updates needed. Tell it to download
> and install ‘em.  90 minutes I get tired of waiting for them all to install
> (it’s going, but at about 66 or so at this point. I click “cancel” because I
> want to confirm VM operation
>
> * Step 5a: kick of VHD copy from eSATA to local drives.(it finished 20 mins
> or so before the updates barfed). Fail.
>
>
>
> * Step 6: Install Hyper-V role. Oops server config says “error”. Google-Fu
>  (it’s3:30AM at this point): “Unable to add Server 2008 roles” returned all
> sorts of useful hints (seriously, it does). At this point I opted for an
> “upgrade install”. An hour later I am where I was at step 5 – I omit the run
> updates at this time. Success.
>
>
>
> * Step 7: Install Hyper-V role. Success. Connect COPY of system drive of
> main VM, it powers up and operates OK. Re-create their SBS server and attach
> the original VHD’s, power it up. Success.
>
>
>
> * Step 8 (now 5:40AM): Run Windows Update, swear to let it install. Updates
> complete except server hangs at “Preparing to configure Windows, Do not
> power off” for 35 minutes. Google-Fu again has some useful info (some
> mention Trusted installer gets into hung state, other suggestions point to
> another repair install). I manually power the machine off and when it comes
> back up dumb luck (or exhaustion, I’ve been awake for 26 hours at this pint)
> tells me to try safe mode to see if I can get at the trusted installer. I
> hit F8 and I get a login prompt. I enter credentials and then I
> get….”Windows Updates failed, rolling back changes”. Success. Sort of.
>
>
>
> * Step 9: Screw the updates, I know without them Hyper-V and the SBS VM work
> fine if I ignore them! It’s now 7:05AM and I install 4 patches, pray during
> the reboot (it goes uneventfully), and bring up their SBS VM. Success.
>
>
>
> Takeaways:
>
> 2. There’s apparently an issue with 2008 R2 with SP1 bundled (the ISO –
> downloaded from MS  is supped to have SP1) and applying all the updates at
> once. After installing the R2 OS, download and install SP1 BEFORE running
> Windows Update.
>
> -  I was able to duplicate this same update error on a VM using this
> same media. I have built probably 15-20 2008 R2 machines at %dayjob% and
> have always followed this procedure, but looking back, none of them were
> with media that included SP1. This 2nd VM I was able to fully patch AFTER
> choosing to reinstall SP1 and then check Windows Update
>
> 3. Choosing to boot i

SV: Today is sort of a big day

[Birger Rieb]

Yeah  : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvXO5qyd-dc

 

 

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Fax:   +47 22 79 47 69

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Fra: Rene de Haas [mailto:rene.deh...@gmail.com] 
Sendt: 23. januar 2012 06:32
Til: NT System Admin Issues
Emne: Re: Today is sort of a big day

 

That brings back memories.
I programmed in COBOL quite some time ago.

Op 20 jan. 2012 20:01 schreef "Webster"  het
volgende:

It should be easy to C [1] that is a BASIC task for an old COBOL
programer.  I did not have to put Forth much effort.


Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
http://www.CarlWebster.com 

[1] to preempt ME2, I will go ahead and make that a C++.




On 1/20/12 11:55 AM, "Kurt Buff"  wrote:

>I'm sure those were a Haskell [1] to look up...
>
>Kurt
>
>[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_%28programming_language%29
>
>On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 08:21, Webster  wrote:
>> There is not a Snobal's [1] chance in HAL [2], the OP can program in
>>Forth.
>>
>>
>> Carl Webster
>>
>> Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
>>
>> http://www.CarlWebster.com
>>
>>
>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOBOL
>>
>> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL/S
>>
>>
>> From: Michael Smith 
>> Reply-To: NT Issues 
>> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:58:07 +
>> To: NT Issues 
>>
>> Subject: RE: Today is sort of a big day
>>
>> No, it would be in Forth.  [1]
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael B. Smith
>>
>> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>>
>> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
>> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:43 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: RE: Today is sort of a big day
>>
>>
>>
>> I don¹t think the OP is doing any programming, and if he was, it
>>probably
>> wouldn¹t be in LISP
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 9:39 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: Today is sort of a big day
>>
>>
>>
>> May the fourth is still a few months away, it is January 20th today.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Ben Scott  wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:25 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>>> For my biggest %nightjob% client (55 employees for a city of just over
>>> 11K),
>>> tonight I get to flatten their Hyper-V host, add a drive and move them
>>> from
>>> RAID5 to dual RAID1, add RAM, install 2008 R2, and stand their SBS VM
>>>back
>>> up on it.
>>
>>  May the Force be with you.
>>
>>
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Re: What would you call this IT position?

[Webster]

NetScaler alone puts it in a high-demand skill position.  Everyone I know with 
good and excellent NetScaler skills has more work than they can handle.



Carl Webster

Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional

http://www.CarlWebster.com

From: Brian Desmond mailto:br...@briandesmond.com>>
Reply-To: NT Issues 
mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:47 +
To: NT Issues 
mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>>
Subject: RE: What would you call this IT position?

Is Citrix that specialized of a skill? When I read this, I read it as someone 
to do ops and app integration with an existing Citrix environment. I don’t see 
any leadership, management, or architect level duties in there. Thus I’d expect 
this to be a sub 100K role by a good margin, but certainly more than 60K.

Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com

w – 312.625.1438 | c   – 312.731.3132

From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 8:17 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What would you call this IT position?

Easily six figures…

From: Webster 
[mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What would you call this IT position?

I had someone contact me about this $45K to $60K a year position.  Told them 
this was a 6 figure salary job position:

JOB DUTIES:
·Must have a solid foundation in Citrix XenApp (Citrix Presentation 
Server), XenDesktop, and Nescaler from initial installation through all 
troubleshooting aspects in a multiple production server WMWare and Windows 2003 
or 2008 environments.  Knowledge of the entire Citrix Xen Suite is a must.
·Collaborate with the applications team on application integration; 
ensuring IT standards are followed within reason
·Must have experience designing, deploying and supporting large scale 
Citrix environments, and experience with designing, developing, and supporting 
multiple Citrix farms.
·  Need experience with XenApp 5.0, XenDesktop 4.0, and Netscaler VPX 200 
9.3 or higher.
· Additionally, provide system services such as storage management, 
high-availability and performance management

QUALIFICATIONS:
· Four year College Degree with major in Computer Science, Information 
Technology or equivalent experience
· 7+ years Information technology experience, preferably within a 
healthcare environment
·5+ years Citrix (XenApp, XenDesktop, Netscaler)
·  3+ years VMware ESX / vSphere experience (minimum, level 3 skills 
(technical scale of 1 to 4) in the area of VMware vSphere)
· 5+ years experience implementing and managing Windows 2000 / 2003 
/2008 Server environments with Active Directory (minimum, level 4 skills 
(technical scale of 1 to 4) in the area of Microsoft Windows server with Active 
Directory administration and support)
· 5+ years managing Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007 environments
· 2+ years EMC storage management experience

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

·Certification: Citrix Certified Professional (CCP) – [Webster: no such 
certification exists]
· Certification: VMWare Certified Professional (VCP) –
· Certification: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) –
· Certification: ITIL v2 or V3 Foundations-
·   Certification: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) –



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RE: What would you call this IT position?

[Brian Desmond]

I should have added that this will vary by geographic market - I don't see any 
mention of that in the req.

Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com

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From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 6:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What would you call this IT position?

Is Citrix that specialized of a skill? When I read this, I read it as someone 
to do ops and app integration with an existing Citrix environment. I don't see 
any leadership, management, or architect level duties in there. Thus I'd expect 
this to be a sub 100K role by a good margin, but certainly more than 60K.

Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com

w - 312.625.1438 | c   - 312.731.3132

From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 8:17 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What would you call this IT position?

Easily six figures...

From: Webster 
[mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What would you call this IT position?

I had someone contact me about this $45K to $60K a year position.  Told them 
this was a 6 figure salary job position:

JOB DUTIES:
*Must have a solid foundation in Citrix XenApp (Citrix Presentation 
Server), XenDesktop, and Nescaler from initial installation through all 
troubleshooting aspects in a multiple production server WMWare and Windows 2003 
or 2008 environments.  Knowledge of the entire Citrix Xen Suite is a must.
*Collaborate with the applications team on application integration; 
ensuring IT standards are followed within reason
*Must have experience designing, deploying and supporting large scale 
Citrix environments, and experience with designing, developing, and supporting 
multiple Citrix farms.
*   Need experience with XenApp 5.0, XenDesktop 4.0, and Netscaler VPX 200 
9.3 or higher.
* Additionally, provide system services such as storage management, 
high-availability and performance management

QUALIFICATIONS:
* Four year College Degree with major in Computer Science, Information 
Technology or equivalent experience
* 7+ years Information technology experience, preferably within a 
healthcare environment
*5 + years Citrix (XenApp, XenDesktop, Netscaler)
*  3 + years VMware ESX / vSphere experience (minimum, level 3 skills 
(technical scale of 1 to 4) in the area of VMware vSphere)
* 5+ years experience implementing and managing Windows 2000 / 2003 
/2008 Server environments with Active Directory (minimum, level 4 skills 
(technical scale of 1 to 4) in the area of Microsoft Windows server with Active 
Directory administration and support)
* 5+ years managing Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007 environments
* 2+ years EMC storage management experience

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

*Certification: Citrix Certified Professional (CCP) - [Webster: no such 
certification exists]
* Certification: VMWare Certified Professional (VCP) -
* Certification: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) -
* Certification: ITIL v2 or V3 Foundations-
*   Certification: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) -


Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
http://www.CarlWebster.com

From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:29 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: What would you call this IT position?

Did %dayjob% go out and do a salary survey on their particular position name?  
They might want to see if it exists...
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:53 PM, James Kerr 
mailto:cluster...@gmail.com>> wrote:


I would call it something like "network support specialist" but that's just me. 
Instead %dayjob% came up with a name for the position which may actually make 
it harder for me to find someone to fill it.

James

JOB SUMMARY
The IS Technical Support Assistant is responsible for maintaining, analyzing, 
troubleshooting and repairing local area network (LAN) and telecommunications 
equipment and software. Documents, maintains upgrades or replaces network 
hardware and software systems. Assists manager to ensure the optimal operation 
and  performance of all network computers and associated hardware.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides technical assistance to internal customers at all company sites.
Installs software (operating systems, custom software, office productivity 
software)  according to company standards and procedures.
Monitors the company IT help desk and provides primary (level one) support and 
technical issue resolution to all end users.
Changes backup tapes daily for company servers and checks to make sure backup 
jobs were successful.
Deploys workstations to end users, upgrades computers by adding more memory, 
faster processors a

RE: What would you call this IT position?

[Brian Desmond]

Is Citrix that specialized of a skill? When I read this, I read it as someone 
to do ops and app integration with an existing Citrix environment. I don't see 
any leadership, management, or architect level duties in there. Thus I'd expect 
this to be a sub 100K role by a good margin, but certainly more than 60K.

Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com

w - 312.625.1438 | c   - 312.731.3132

From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 8:17 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What would you call this IT position?

Easily six figures...

From: Webster 
[mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What would you call this IT position?

I had someone contact me about this $45K to $60K a year position.  Told them 
this was a 6 figure salary job position:

JOB DUTIES:
*Must have a solid foundation in Citrix XenApp (Citrix Presentation 
Server), XenDesktop, and Nescaler from initial installation through all 
troubleshooting aspects in a multiple production server WMWare and Windows 2003 
or 2008 environments.  Knowledge of the entire Citrix Xen Suite is a must.
*Collaborate with the applications team on application integration; 
ensuring IT standards are followed within reason
*Must have experience designing, deploying and supporting large scale 
Citrix environments, and experience with designing, developing, and supporting 
multiple Citrix farms.
*   Need experience with XenApp 5.0, XenDesktop 4.0, and Netscaler VPX 200 
9.3 or higher.
* Additionally, provide system services such as storage management, 
high-availability and performance management

QUALIFICATIONS:
* Four year College Degree with major in Computer Science, Information 
Technology or equivalent experience
* 7+ years Information technology experience, preferably within a 
healthcare environment
*5 + years Citrix (XenApp, XenDesktop, Netscaler)
*  3 + years VMware ESX / vSphere experience (minimum, level 3 skills 
(technical scale of 1 to 4) in the area of VMware vSphere)
* 5+ years experience implementing and managing Windows 2000 / 2003 
/2008 Server environments with Active Directory (minimum, level 4 skills 
(technical scale of 1 to 4) in the area of Microsoft Windows server with Active 
Directory administration and support)
* 5+ years managing Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007 environments
* 2+ years EMC storage management experience

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

*Certification: Citrix Certified Professional (CCP) - [Webster: no such 
certification exists]
* Certification: VMWare Certified Professional (VCP) -
* Certification: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) -
* Certification: ITIL v2 or V3 Foundations-
*   Certification: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) -


Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
http://www.CarlWebster.com

From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:29 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: What would you call this IT position?

Did %dayjob% go out and do a salary survey on their particular position name?  
They might want to see if it exists...
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:53 PM, James Kerr 
mailto:cluster...@gmail.com>> wrote:


I would call it something like "network support specialist" but that's just me. 
Instead %dayjob% came up with a name for the position which may actually make 
it harder for me to find someone to fill it.

James

JOB SUMMARY
The IS Technical Support Assistant is responsible for maintaining, analyzing, 
troubleshooting and repairing local area network (LAN) and telecommunications 
equipment and software. Documents, maintains upgrades or replaces network 
hardware and software systems. Assists manager to ensure the optimal operation 
and  performance of all network computers and associated hardware.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides technical assistance to internal customers at all company sites.
Installs software (operating systems, custom software, office productivity 
software)  according to company standards and procedures.
Monitors the company IT help desk and provides primary (level one) support and 
technical issue resolution to all end users.
Changes backup tapes daily for company servers and checks to make sure backup 
jobs were successful.
Deploys workstations to end users, upgrades computers by adding more memory, 
faster processors and updating software when necessary.
Maintains, replaces and repairs computer hardware, network hardware and assists 
Information Services Manager with servers.
Sets up user accounts for new employees, makes changes to user accounts as 
needed in active directory and agency applications.
Assists Information Services Manager with creation and changes mailboxes in

Re: Today is sort of a big day

[Rene de Haas]

That brings back memories.
I programmed in COBOL quite some time ago.
Op 20 jan. 2012 20:01 schreef "Webster"  het
volgende:

> It should be easy to C [1] that is a BASIC task for an old COBOL
> programer.  I did not have to put Forth much effort.
>
>
> Carl Webster
> Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
> http://www.CarlWebster.com 
>
> [1] to preempt ME2, I will go ahead and make that a C++.
>
>
>
>
> On 1/20/12 11:55 AM, "Kurt Buff"  wrote:
>
> >I'm sure those were a Haskell [1] to look up...
> >
> >Kurt
> >
> >[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_%28programming_language%29
> >
> >On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 08:21, Webster  wrote:
> >> There is not a Snobal's [1] chance in HAL [2], the OP can program in
> >>Forth.
> >>
> >>
> >> Carl Webster
> >>
> >> Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
> >>
> >> http://www.CarlWebster.com
> >>
> >>
> >> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOBOL
> >>
> >> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL/S
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Michael Smith 
> >> Reply-To: NT Issues 
> >> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:58:07 +
> >> To: NT Issues 
> >>
> >> Subject: RE: Today is sort of a big day
> >>
> >> No, it would be in Forth.  [1]
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Michael B. Smith
> >>
> >> Consultant and Exchange MVP
> >>
> >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
> >> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:43 AM
> >> To: NT System Admin Issues
> >> Subject: RE: Today is sort of a big day
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I don¹t think the OP is doing any programming, and if he was, it
> >>probably
> >> wouldn¹t be in LISP
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
> >> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 9:39 AM
> >> To: NT System Admin Issues
> >> Subject: Re: Today is sort of a big day
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> May the fourth is still a few months away, it is January 20th today.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Ben Scott 
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:25 AM, David Lum  wrote:
> >>> For my biggest %nightjob% client (55 employees for a city of just over
> >>> 11K),
> >>> tonight I get to flatten their Hyper-V host, add a drive and move them
> >>> from
> >>> RAID5 to dual RAID1, add RAM, install 2008 R2, and stand their SBS VM
> >>>back
> >>> up on it.
> >>
> >>  May the Force be with you.
> >>
> >>
> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> >> ~   ~
> >>
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RE: What would you call this IT position?

[Erik Goldoff]

Unfortunately also competing with the H1B holders for the same lower wage
jobs.  Wonder if that’s how they justify awarding a job to H1B instead
(under pricing) ???

 

Erik Goldoff

IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

'  Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '

From: Heaton, Joseph@DFG [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] 
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What would you call this IT position?

 

And with a “surplus” of tech people, they’re going to get away with it.

 

Joe Heaton

ITB – Windows Server Support

 

From: ed ziots [mailto:ezi...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 9:37 AM
To: Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What would you call this IT position?

 

Yeah, 
 
Id have to agree on the price, but the new norm is the same high level work
at 1/2 the price just to get back into the job market. 
 
Z

Edward E. Ziots 
Senior Informational Security Engineer
CISSP,Security +,Network+ 

 

  _  

From: mathew.shem...@synopsys.com
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Subject: RE: What would you call this IT position?
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:01:38 +

Isn’t that more like Robin prices?  ;-)

 

Thanks,

Mathew

 

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: What would you call this IT position?

 

Yeah, I've had similar situations happen.   Everyone wants Superman at
Batman prices.



ASB


http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker


Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market…

 

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Webster  wrote:

I had someone contact me about this $45K to $60K a year position.  Told them
this was a 6 figure salary job position:

 

JOB DUTIES:

·Must have a solid foundation in Citrix XenApp (Citrix Presentation
Server), XenDesktop, and Nescaler from initial installation through all
troubleshooting aspects in a multiple production server WMWare and Windows
2003 or 2008 environments.  Knowledge of the entire Citrix Xen Suite is a
must.

·Collaborate with the applications team on application integration;
ensuring IT standards are followed within reason

·Must have experience designing, deploying and supporting large
scale Citrix environments, and experience with designing, developing, and
supporting multiple Citrix farms.

·   Need experience with XenApp 5.0, XenDesktop 4.0, and Netscaler VPX
200 9.3 or higher.

· Additionally, provide system services such as storage management,
high-availability and performance management

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

· Four year College Degree with major in Computer Science,
Information Technology or equivalent experience 

· 7+ years Information technology experience, preferably within a
healthcare environment 

·5 + years Citrix (XenApp, XenDesktop, Netscaler) 

·  3 + years VMware ESX / vSphere experience (minimum, level 3 skills
(technical scale of 1 to 4) in the area of VMware vSphere)

· 5+ years experience implementing and managing Windows 2000 / 2003
/2008 Server environments with Active Directory (minimum, level 4 skills
(technical scale of 1 to 4) in the area of Microsoft Windows server with
Active Directory administration and support)

· 5+ years managing Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007 environments 

· 2+ years EMC storage management experience 

 

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

 

·Certification: Citrix Certified Professional (CCP) – [Webster: no
such certification exists]

· Certification: VMWare Certified Professional (VCP) – 

· Certification: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) – 

· Certification: ITIL v2 or V3 Foundations- 

·   Certification: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) – 

 

 

Carl Webster

Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional

http://www.CarlWebster.com  

 

From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:29 PM


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: What would you call this IT position?

 

Did %dayjob% go out and do a salary survey on their particular position
name?  They might want to see if it exists...

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:53 PM, James Kerr  wrote:

 


I would call it something like "network support specialist" but that's just
me. Instead %dayjob% came up with a name for the position which may actually
make it harder for me to find someone to fill it.

James

 

JOB SUMMARY

The IS Technical Support Assistant is responsible for maintaining,
analyzing, troubleshooting and repairing local area network (LAN) and
telecommunications equipment and software. Documents, maintains upgrades or
replaces network hardware and software systems. Assists manager to ensure
the optimal operation and  performance of all network computers and
associated hardware. 


JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 


Provides technical assistance to internal custome