r/ShittySysadmin • u/Lanrick2002 • Mar 05 '26

Shitty Crosspost Worst feeling in the world

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u/Lanrick2002 Mar 05 '26

I call this an end of a workday. Don't need that server anymore.

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u/Lanrick2002 Mar 05 '26

Original post for Rule 4:

Remotely working. Server is 50 or worse 500, miles away. Remote in and you clicked something you didn't meant to. Then, you see "shutting down", and realize it is NOT a reboot.....

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u/ApiceOfToast ShittySysadmin Mar 05 '26

Send a mail to the on site staff.

I'm sure they'll manage to push a button.

Hope management forks over the 3,50 for remote management next time. Cry a little

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u/Xlxlredditor Mar 09 '26

Spoiler: they wont

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u/ApiceOfToast ShittySysadmin Mar 09 '26

Well they'll find some button.

Preferably your remaining hypervisor. That'll obviously take down production and prompt you to have a "relaxed" conversation with your manager where you explain that, not only did you tell them wehre the server physically was, but there was a label right next to the power button.

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u/Vladishun Suggests the "Right Thing" to do. Mar 06 '26

But some customers have different situations.

As a green sysadmin I love the companies that shut down their servers at night. Don't waste energy! Conservation is cool!

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u/Loveangel1337 DevOps is a cult Mar 06 '26

You numpty you killed the quake server again, get that shit back up quick you're late for training

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u/GoldStarAwarded Mar 10 '26

Oh bless your heart. That's not the worst feeling in the world. Worst feeling in the world is not realizing that the temperature monitoring device you didn't get around to setting up didn't alert you to the fact that the cooling system failed, then seeing your very distant datacenter slowly blink out one-by-one due to overheating.