Ask Slashdot: IT Staff Handovers -- How To Take Over From an Outgoing Sys Admin? 195
Solar1ze writes "I've just started a role in an IT services firm. I'm required to take over from an incumbent who has been in the position for three years. What are some of the best practices for knowledge transfer you have used when you've taken over from another IT staff member? How do you digest the thousands of hosts, networks and associated software systems in a week, especially when some documentation exists, but much of it is still in the mind of the former worker?"
There is only one way... (Score:2, Funny)
Hope to Christ he took good notes.
Only one week? (Score:3, Funny)
Run like hell....
Things to do (Score:4, Funny)
Make sure you have thick gloves and sanitize everything. Check for booby traps. Never push any buttons till you've traced the wires back to their origins.
http://bofh.ntk.net/BOFH/