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OriginalGriff wrote: remove the battery from your cellphone.
Two of the best pieces of advice -- especially the latter -- of the whole year.
Way to think outside the box. This little button he clicked is like an extra day off every week.
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Be glad it did not delete all files before the restore.
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It is actually the same result either way.
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Quote: The good news is that a review of the logs this morning shows that no files were actually impacted - the job was still initializing when it was canceled.
If only you had noticed that BEFORE sending out the company wide email announcing the oops...
"Religion is the most malevolent of all mind viruses." - Arthur C. Clarke
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I know.... oh how I know.
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MehGerbil wrote: I was attempting to get familiar with our file restoration software "Restoration" that doesn't ask for a confirmation?
"You are about to modify N items. Type 'elephant yes' to continue."
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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It may have been calculating the "N" items.
And why should hurself be involved?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: It may have been calculating the "N" items. Should not even allow such a dangerous action without doing some kind of elevation. In Wow (yes, Warcraft, the game) you have to type "DELETE" after deleting a special item. The extra step is there to prevent accidents.
Sometimes you protect the user; before restoring a backup on a live server the software should ask for blood as confirmation.
Level 95
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Agreed! Just saying that maybe it hadn't gotten to asking that question yet. But, of course, it's just speculation.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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A co-worker walked into the restroom and said to me, "Oh, hiding out in the bathroom where you cannot break anything?"
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Well, what did you break while in there?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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From it I learned to check this:
MehGerbil wrote: The good news is that a review of the logs this morning shows that no files were actually impacted
Before to do:
MehGerbil wrote: I then had to send out the department wide email confession
The Jurassic period produced such an abundance of lethal predators, that the oceans were a virtual STEW OF ASSASSINS - The history channel
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MehGerbil wrote: No better way to start a Tuesday morning than a note from the director asking for ideas on how to make sure this never happens again
Response: I was unable to test the file restoration software because we lack a test system. We should have, as a minimum, a test system that mirrors production. That way, we can test in a sterile environment and ensure we don't have this happen again.
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Basically, you just asked for more funding without mentioning money.
*blink*
May I come and work for you?
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If management neglected to PROVIDE a test environment, then it reflects poorly on their PLANNING. So, as much as you were the land on the lever, so to speak, it was their responsibility to ensure what happened couldn't happen.
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Married... happily.
Just been in the trenches for almost 3 decades; learn a few things along the way.
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There's a set of tutorials, written by Simon Travaglia that you really MUST read that will help you in these matters: clickety[^]
Simon has been writing his blog for many years and is nothing short of Jedi in handling both users and management.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Been trying for a test environment here for years.
Nope.
Visions of accidentally deleting the forest.
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buttons and "getting to know you", don't mix.
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Especially with some people being curious and explorative
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Very similar thing happened in my previous company. We had RAD-5 ( or whatever that's called) set, but nobody tested whether backup is really happening. So, one fine morning, the main hard disk gone and in haste, network admin fired restore ! No prize for guessing the all files / mails were now 6 months older. Time-Travel you know !!
And the best thing, later we learnt the disk wasn't gone, it was just playing up and the restore overwritten it..!
Luckily that I was on leave, so my files/outlook mails survived !
Thanks,
Milind
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Did we used to work together?
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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Will Rogers never met me.
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MehGerbil wrote: No better way to start a Tuesday morning than a note from the director asking for ideas on how to make sure this never happens again. No better way to show your worth than giving him a solution.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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