Important intellections for System Administrators

1. Never do something you can’t undo.
2. Always check the backups, never assume they are working. Make sure you can restore from them, too.
3. Write down what you did, even if you know you will never forget it, you will.
4. If you do it more than once, write a script.
5. Get to know your users before there is a problem, then when there is, they will know who you are and maybe have a little understanding.
6. Remember you are performing a service for your users, you don’t own the system, you just get to play with it.
7. Check your backups.
8. Never stop learning, there is always something you should know to make your job easier and your system more stable and secure.
9. Check your backups, again