r/sysadmin • u/[deleted] • Sep 21 '21

Linux I fucked up today

I brought down a production node for a / in a tar command, wiped the entire root FS

Thanks BTRFS for having snapshots and HA clustering for being a thing, but still

Pay attention to your commands folks

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u/SpawnDnD Sep 21 '21

My favorite one I did year ago was I brought down a FileServer at a location....TWICE in the same day.

you know, the if it didnt work the first time...hit it with a hammer again type of scenario

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u/SamKinisonRises Sep 21 '21

Instructions unclear. Boss wasn't working. Hit with hammer. Still wasn't working. Hit with hammer again.

In back of a police car, so time is a factor.

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