Then place the blame on the gatekeeper. As a sysadmin, I'd be more than happy with you pointing the finger at me as the reason why you can't deliver a feature.

Then place the blame on the gatekeeper. As a sysadmin, I'd be more than happy with you pointing the finger at me as the reason why you can't deliver a feature. Assuming, of course, that you've run the proper tests and gotten QA's approval.