From dick.brezovec at gmail.com Mon Jan 3 14:23:50 2011 From: dick.brezovec at gmail.com (Dick Brezovec) Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:23:50 -0800 Subject: HELP WITH QUESTIONS ON NOVA TRAINING APPLICATION Message-ID: [Redirected from blw@ -- postmaster@] Can you or anybody at BayLisa help me answer the following 7 questions I need to reply to in filling our my NOVA training application for being trained and certified as a Linux System Administrator? 1. What are your current job responsibilities/tasks as a Linux System Administrator? 2. What skills, certifications, and education are required to become a Linux System Administrator? 3. Based on the fact that I have been a Solaris and HP-UX System Administrator for the past 20 years, what challenges will I face in finding a job as a Linux System Administrator?" 4. What do you recommend I do to help me get a job as a Linux System Administrator? 5. What does a typical workday as a Linux System Administrator look like? 6. What personal qualities does it take to be successful in this job? 7. Do you know of what experiences as a Solaris UNIX System Administrator can be transferred over to being a Linux System Administrator? LTC Richard T Brezovec Sr. US Army Retired Cell: 408-205-9033 "Army Strong, we build bodies from the ground floor up!" "We do not quit being active because we grow old; we grow old because we quit being active" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rnovak at indyramp.com Mon Jan 3 22:49:18 2011 From: rnovak at indyramp.com (Robert Novak) Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 22:49:18 -0800 Subject: How can we make BayLISA better for YOU? Message-ID: Hey everyone, How can we make BayLISA better for YOU in 2011? There's some great stuff in the pipeline, including this month's meeting about OpenStack Nova with some folks from Anso Labs (http://www.meetup.com/BayLISA/calendar/15908241/). Check out the Meetup page for details and to RSVP for the January 20th meeting. But we need your help in making the meetings even better for all of us. Here are some suggestions, try one, try them all: + Sign up on the BayLISA Meetup page. RSVP for meetings, review them afterward, and help us understand what works and what doesn't. + Bring a friend or coworker to a BayLISA meeting. Bring your whole department if you can. Get your boss to take you all to dinner beforehand (and be sure to invite the BayLISA board along too :) ) + Suggest a topic and/or speaker for a future meeting. Bonus points if you confirm their interest in advance. We usually try to plan about 3 months out, but as technology changes quickly, we can adjust. Use the "Ideas" page on Meetup (http://www.meetup.com/BayLISA/ideas/) or email blw at baylisa. + *BE* a speaker for a future meeting. Are you doing something amazing at your company that other large installations would be interested in knowing about? Are you working on a presentation for USENIX ATC or LISA this year and want to warm it up? Let us know about it and we may be able to get you an audience. Feel free to use the contact us link on Meetup, email blw, or contact any board member. + Become an official member, or if you're already a member, renew your membership at the next meeting. You can join online on www.baylisa.org or in person at any monthly General Meeting. + Is your company hiring sysadmins and the like? Bring a printed job description and business cards to the next meeting and/or post to baylisa-jobs. Great way to get those referral bonuses! + Does your company have a product or service that they would like to offer to our members? We have very affordable meeting sponsorship opportunities and are open to promoting discounts or specials for BayLISA members. And finally... + Raise some chatter here on the BayLISA mailing list. Feel free to share your ideas, suggestions, contributions, etc. What else would you like to see from BayLISA this year? Sorry, we can't get you that pony you wanted. But other than that, let's see what we can do. Hope to see you at the next meeting... Rob Novak New BayLISA board member From rnovak at indyramp.com Thu Jan 20 21:09:56 2011 From: rnovak at indyramp.com (Robert Novak) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:09:56 -0800 Subject: Quick reminder about BayLISA resources Message-ID: I brought some of these up in the BayLISA meeting today, but for those of you who weren't there or who didn't write it down: Most important: Meetup.com: http://www.meetup.com/BayLISA/ Meetup is currently the best way to get the latest info on BayLISA events, rsvp for/check in to/review events, suggest future events, and make other suggestions. Sign up and rsvp for meetings you plan to attend, to get advance reminders of meetings even if we don't get them retweeted etc. Twitter: http://twitter.com/baylisa Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/BayLISA/127133490653825 and/or http://www.facebook.com/pages/BayLISA/127113063988481 (not sure why there are two) LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3733719 We'll be working on making the main BayLISA website (http://www.baylisa.org/) more useful and current, but in the meantime, feel free to follow any or all of the above social resources to keep up to date. Rob (the newest Rob on the board) From rnovak at indyramp.com Thu Jan 20 23:20:24 2011 From: rnovak at indyramp.com (Robert Novak) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:20:24 -0800 (PST) Subject: Sysadmin Event Calendars for BayLISA members Message-ID: Hi folks, Another message of links for you. First, I'd like to start gathering calendar announcements and sending them out as well as organizing them for the monthly meetings. If you know of sysadmin-related events, either send them to the list, or drop a note to rnovak+blcal at gmail.com and I'll aggregate them. Matt Simmons, the "Standalone Sysadmin," has a public calendar of "Events of Interest to System Administrators." This is a national (international?) resource, so not everything applies to us in the Bay Area. However, it's a good place to look for regional events, especially if you're travelling. http://www.standalone-sysadmin.com/blog/sysadmin-calendar/ Steve Foskett, a storage guru among other things, has an "Enterprise IT Infrastructure Events" calendar along a similar vein. This is more on large commercial events, but some things may still be of interest. http://blog.fosketts.net/2010/12/20/introducing-enterprise-infrastructure-events-calendar/ There are iCal, Google Calendar, and HTML access to both calendars. Some specific events of possible interest, especially if you have a travel budget: * Feb 25-27: SoCal Linux Expo (http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/) February 25-27 in Los Angeles. Long running event, lots of sponsors, lots of co-hosted events, convenient to LAX. Lots of details on the website. * March 11-12: Cascadia IT Conference (http://www.casitconf.org/) March 11-12 in Seattle. LOPSA and Seattle Area System Administrators Guild are organizing this new conference. Early registration discounts available till mid-February, and full day registration includes a year of LOPSA membership (new or extension). * April 29-30: PICC (http://www.picconf.org/) April 29-30 in New Brunswick, NJ. LOPSA-NJ runs this conference now in its second year. Details are due in February, with early registration by March 15. Great item to combine with your next visit to your east coast datacenter? * June 12-17: USENIX Federated Conferences Week, Portland OR * December 4-9: LISA '11, Boston MA The USENIX events are available at http://www.usenix.org/events/ If you know of any events, feel free to let me know at rnovak+blcal at gmail and share them with the Standalone Sysadmin as well to spread the word even further. Thanks, Rob From rwwriley at gmail.com Fri Jan 28 03:04:04 2011 From: rwwriley at gmail.com (Rob Riley) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:04:04 -0800 Subject: someones giving away 7 Liebert server cabinets on Craigslist Message-ID: I ran across this listing and thought there may be a BayLISA member who would want these, the price is right (free). 7 Free Liebert Server Cabinets (SOMA / south beach) Regards, Rob Riley -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: