2.5 Admins

2.5 Admins 155: Dialup Memories

Aug 10, 2023

28:03

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How I Become a Sys Administrator

5min

How to Be a Successful Senior Sysadmin

3min

How Benj Can Still Be Anger at the ISP

2min

The Troubles With Dial Up ISPs

4min

The Importance of Free Local Calls

4min

How to Recover Old Versions of Files Using ZFS Snapshots

3min

How to Use a Rollback on a Virtual Machine

6min

Allan and Jim reminisce about the early days of connecting to the Internet, and what inspired them to become sysadmins in the first place. Plus recovering old versions of files, and an exciting announcement about the show.

Plugs

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News/discussion

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Free Consulting

We were asked about recovering old versions of files.

Linux Matters

Check out Linux Matters – a show in the Late Night Linux Family hosted by popey, Mark, and Wimpy about all the Linux matters that matter. They did a recent episode about backups (without using ZFS).