Sandmanx,
I learned the same way. sometimes I think "baptism by fire" is a better way to learn. exchange isnt that hard there is just a ton of stuff to think about.
Start off by getting a couple of books. Make sure you a familiar with Active Directory that is important.
What about...
Veritas is pretty much the standard IMO. Just hit google and look for back solutions. I can only really comment on Veritas as that is all I have used over the last 6 years.
Why dont you want to do veritas, Price? or you just dont need everything it has to offer?
DONT burn any bridges. you never know when it will bite you in the ass.
Government work isnt all its cracked up to be, beleive me. Most if not all gov employee's, civilian employee's that is, are sespicious as hell of contractors. They think you are there to take there job. Beleive me...
AMEN to that. We use Qwest and never have and problems with THEM. its always our local TELCO. Man do they suck ass. Whenever we are down, %95 percent of the problem it has something to do with the local telco.
We have actaually had them take our T down to show a new tech how to install a...
Man talk about a bad day. Some electrical contractor working in one of our wireing closest in one of our plants cut about 18 strands of fiber, effectivly cutting the network for approximatelly 90% of that one plant. To make things worse he was working in the wrong cabinet and also damaged a...
We run 10d in my company. Performs exactelly like 9 but with a more polished GUI. To tell you the truth I cant see may differences. Setting up backup job and restors are the same. There is a new scheduling tool that looks different. Personally I dont like it but it gets the job done.
It...
I would take the job. Keep in mind that the job description doesnt always mean that is the exact job you will be doing. You may find that reveiwing those logs is only a small part of your day but in your emolpoyers view the most important part of your job.
Aside from the obvious $$$$...