@Oksana KVM really should be part of the converstaion.

Good backups are just wasted money and not actually important, right?

Veeam is being used for backup - awesome! Veeam is good stuff. Slight issue is that it is running on a VM, to backup VMs on the same host, itself included. Not ideal, but with a good configuration backup, it will work. If something happens to the VM, install Veeam on the replacement, restore from the latest config backup, make adjustments if necessary, and move on.

Except...

This same VM also runs other services that aren't related to backup functions The backups are stored on the same physical host ...on the same internal host datastore ...on a secondary virtual disk ...attached to the same VM

At least there is a backup copy job to another storage target, right?

Target is a cheap Synology DS620slim at another site Storage pool is 6 x 2TB RAID 5 with spinning rust Frequently takes 2+ days for job to succeed, but fails more frequently than it succeeds Job omits the largest VM (file server), probably because someone said "the other file servers at the other locations are enough for the backup because of the DFS configuration"

What was the point in spending the money on Veeam, only to configure things in a way that ensures that you don't have a solid backup if something happens to the host or the virtual disk storing the backups?!

@JasGot said in XO-Lite beta:

@scottalanmiller said in XO-Lite beta:

Heck, we're still supporting 2012 R2 physical machines out there!

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It keeps going and going and going.......

Installed November 12, 2004

OMG!!!

Search on YouTube for
First We Feast or Hot Ones
Interviews while eating hot wings from mild to needing assistance.
They show each kind of sauce they use - 10 for each episode.
I personally liked the interviews with Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel.

@AdamF said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller

Nexcloud Photos 2.0 (https://nextcloud.com/athome/) seems like it got better. But who knows.

Then there is this: https://www.photosync-app.com/home.html But that is just a sync tool.

So I have to say.... So far, I am pleasantly surprised and impressed with this. Photos 2.0 definitely takes some tweaking and customizing via add on preview generators, etc. But so far, I am liking what I am seeing. I might do a write up on my findings/experience so everything it documented for me as well as others.

@BraswellJay

Turned out to be a SIP port issue. I remember when I set this particular site up I ended up using port 5160 instead of 5060 but when I configured the new IP group in the skyetel portal I didn't change to the correct port. Once I made that change the portal now shows the new interface as healthy.

@AdamF said in Nextcloud Install question:

@AdamF said in Nextcloud Install question:

Does anyone install Nextcloud (On Ubuntu latest version) using snap?

I did, and everything was going fine. But then I wanted to change the default storage location for all of the media to a directory "/data" I cannot for the life of me figure out what config/permissions are incorrect. But taking a step back, is installing via Snap recommended (for home use)

Disregard. I went with a manual install and was able to change the path quite easily. Downloading/syncing all my stuff from Backblaze B2 now!

Snap is good for normal desktop apps, not good for servers.

@CCWTech said in More toxic clients / people:

It's so weird, especially after learning other cultures now that I don't live in the USA to watch how people act in the USA.

Such entitlement. It's nuts.

Yeah, you rarely get that same weird entitled attitude anywhere else.

You can't make this up. New Zealand has to run a campaign to help teens handle breakups?

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/23/asia/new-zealand-love-better-campaign-teens-intl-hnk/index.html

@Mario-Jakovina said in Is it legal? Windows 10 or 11 as a server:

Why would anyone "be happy to report client" to any other vendor (here Microsoft) for violating any agreements between you customer and other vendor?

That's not what is being reported. The thing being discussed is violating the contract between the client and the vendor, for which @CCWTech is a legal representative. This is a business partner relationship and not reporting it would be a violation of the partnership.

Think of it like if you and a friend opened a cafe together. You own 90%, your partner owns 10%. A thief steals from you but only your partner witnesses it. They steal enough to qualify as grand theft (this isn't a petty situation like a candy bar or a coffee, this is more like someone stealing the espresso machine) and your partner knows about it. Would you be okay with your partner not telling you and not informing the accountants to write off the loss? Of course not, he'd be helping steal if he did. He has a business responsibility legally and ethically. You don't have to prosecute the thief if you decide not to, but you have a legal right to know that it happened and your accounting team needs that information for tax reasons and other data analytics.

@scottalanmiller Apologies for lack of response, I simply haven't had the time to respond during the day lately, and I forget to check this site when I get home.

This issue has thankfully been resolved since posting. The MSP that installed this stuff was able to submit a ticket to Cisco, and the problem was resolved within 2 hours of doing so. This specific issue shouldn't happen again for a while since the certificates are good for 3 years I believe.

I appreciate your input though, as I have been seriously wondering if we might be better off getting rid of all the Cisco stuff that the MSP installed. Unfortunately, it seems like Cisco was their brand of choice: switches, routers, wireless APs, ASA firewalls, AnyConnect for VPN. I believe there is even an old Cisco UCS server at one location; thankfully, it looks like it is currently only used as a shelf for a Synology NAS stacked on top of a tower server laying on its side.

I believe this SD-WAN was put in place under the facade of being easier to manage and more reliable, which is the opposite of what I have experienced so far. Would it not be easier / simpler to use standard IPsec tunnels configured through functionality that exists in pretty much every decent router available today? Similarly, wouldn't it be easier / simpler to use something like Wireguard or OpenVPN instead of AnyConnect?

I'm not a fan of Cisco myself, and used to use EdgeRouter, EdgeSwitch, and UniFi hardware prior to us being acquired and "upgraded" to Cisco hardware. It was cheap, easy to manage, and reliable enough for our needs. I would love to go this route again, or use a similar brand, but I'm not sure the owners and upper management would even consider it since what we have now "works".