[RKDinOKC]

Getting really tired of fixing things this new "Server Manger" breaks. And his excuse is...oh, I was busy. It is not even anything he should be changing no matter how busy he gets. And the people over us are too busy to get involved.

As an example: The old server manager he replaced set up some software with his email instead of a utility email. I disable the former guys email. The software stopped working. I reenable the former guys email, it starts working again. Tell the new server guy (it's his job) he needes to fix the licenses. In order to get the software licenses updated the new guy makes a gone guy's email a proxy address for his account. That breaks our Active Directory sync with Office365 because two objects now have the same email. We start having problems with settings, permissions, and passwords not syncing. Yikes! All he had to do was forward the gone guys email to his to take care of this kind of stuff. The worst part, is he is setting the new software contact info to be his and NOT a utility account so we will have the same licensing issue when he leaves. Arrrrgh.

Even though I am a server admin, nothing is registered to my account. I use a utility accounts. If this guy just changes his password everything setup with his account will quit working.
Also instead of looking up utility account passwords we keep in a database only IT managers have access to, he changes the password so he can use the utility account on something else. It then breaks the authentication on anything else that utility account is being used for. Again, getting tired of this.

Oh, yeah was told Freshservice does the hardware and software tracking, but they like using landsweeper. Looked at me very dumbfounded when I asked if we had anything that pushed software and updates to computers based on what users were assigned. At over 800 employees it seems like that would save a lot of helpdesk time.


Oh well, guess that must be like the new network guy setting up a new VPN that requires all traffic go thru it instead of splitting remote VPN traffic. That way, no matter how fast you connection you are limited to the 40mbps of the company network for the entire interent. Think it;s only 40mpbs because they are using an old 10/100 ethernet swtich to put the VPN on. If I use our old split tunner VPN I get my full 100mbps of the internet while only the company network is 40mbps with the VPN. I don't like all my traffic going thru the company VPN just because that means they can log my internet browsing.

If anyone knows an AS400 XA programmer, we are looking for one after this last random drug screening. They are even talking about a signing bonus to bring someone in. Seems nobody wants to come to Oklahoma. We had someone coming from India, but when it got down to it, he couldn't get in the country.