As a programmer, we tend to take sysadmins for granted. The few times I've been without a good sysadmin have really made me appreciate what you guys do. When we're venturing into an environment without a sysadmin, what words of wisdom can you offer us?
Answer
I'd start with:
- Always have a backup system of some kind. Even better if it has a history.
- Consider single points of failure and how to deal with them should they fail.
- Depending on the amount of computers involved, looking into some way to make and create a standard image across computers will make everyone's life easier - no "it works on mine" because they have such and such a program not normally installed.
- Document everything, if only because you will forget how you set something up.
- Keep abreast of security updates.
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