To have a great co-worker to work with

If you have worked int he IT field for any amount of time you know that taking time off is always a pain in the neck.  You have to worry about being the primary support person for any task you have and whether or not your backup person can handle it while you are gone.  You then have to worry about the “powers to be” being able to get a hold of you while you are gone.  Then to top it off you have to worry about explaining to your spouse why you are on-call while on vacation.  it all sucks!

Well, not for me anymore.  I have a great partner in crime at work and great support from our vendors to back him up.  I was gone for 11 days and not once did my phone ring, not once did I even worry about what was happening at the office and best of all I actually enjoyed my time away.  Travis was even able to deploy our new disk-to-disk-to-tape backup project while I was away!  That rocks and kicks ass all in one man.  Thanks Travis!  I will post later about this new kick ass backup solution we now have in place and will soon have in place globally for the company.  Hint - Exagrid + CommVault = Sweetness!

I can even say that my boss, Diane a.k.a. The Greatest IT Manager of All Time, promised no one would call me and to enjoy my time away.  Sorry Jim. 

To make a long story short, in the 14+ years in this industry I have never been able to say that everything was protected and covered while I was away.  That is a great feeling.

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