Thanks again. I'll take a look. One prob I ran into last time was when I wanted to install Server 2016 on my guest VM. I had the CD Rom connected to my host, but I couldnt find where to load it to boot the VM from it. I'd like to use a Gen2 server and i'm unsure how to get either a) to boot from the physical DVD connected to my host, or b) load an ISO to the host (ie in the D drive) to then boot from there. Any ideas on that?

@dustinb3403 Thanks was about to post the logs here and saw your reply, posted on github.

Passwords don't need a mix of uppercase and lowercase, numbers or special characters - and they don't need to be changed often. That's outdated recommendations. Passwords just needs to be long. Search for NIST password guidelines for more info.

@jaredbusch said in Testing oVirt...: Why? Agentless VM Level backups are useless. You've said that often enough. If you don't like "Agentless" this product is not for you....(not you @JaredBusch )

@momurda said in Risks to Geo Blocking: Quite frankly all those positions are ridiculous. If I get an email saying an IP tried to use Massscan or some Ddos script on my firewall, I goto ripe or lacnic or apnic or arin and it query the ip. If this ip shows as a datacenter in St Petersburg Russia, or Shenzhen China, what are the chances it is not in St Petersburg or Shenzen? I would guess less than one in one thousand. In that scenario there are two factors, though. We don't care if it is accurate once you know it is an attack. And it's filtered so that yes, attacks are more likely from there, so by isolating the traffic to known attack traffic, and then filtering for none attack locations, then yes, the resulting accuracy would be higher than the general accuracy. But in those cases, we'd be happy to block using IPS because it's already an attack. Even if it came from Kansas, we'd want to block it. So the location is moot by that point. It's the case where you don't get an attack but legitimate traffic, and it registers as St. Petersburg (that's where Veeam is, for example), then what are the chances you'd want to block it?

@mrwright4hire said in Certifications! Are they still worth pursuing?: @scottalanmiller said in Certifications! Are they still worth pursuing?: @mrwright4hire said in Certifications! Are they still worth pursuing?: @coliver Great point. See hobbit666 theory is only good when life doesn't throw a monkey ranch into the mix. I want to hang out at a monkey ranch! My spelling is a monkey wrench. lol! You got me Scott! LMBO! Man, and I was sure this was either a hot new country resort location and/or something I should be looking for from Hidden Valley.

@black3dynamite said in Firewall rules for outgoing traffic: Block all DNS servers except for the one you provide via DHCP? Not necessarily via DHCP, but whatever ones you have approved. 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8, for example.

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Create a new folder in the root of the data partition being used, if any, and call it something like Hyper-V-2018. Copy the VHDX file(s) from their current location to that (assuming there is enough space to do so). Run the following in an elevated PowerShell where X is the destination partition: Set-VMHost -VirtualHardDiskPath "X:\Hyper-V-2018\Virtual Hard Disks" –VirtualMachinePath "X:\Hyper-V-2018" Get-VMHost | fl VirtualHardDiskPath,VirtualMachinePath Create a new VM and configure its settings using the existing OS VHDX. After that is complete, open the VM's properties and add the second VHDX if it exists. Try and start the VM. If it starts, it will require some tweaking at the network level as the vNIC's GUID and MAC will be different.

@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread: @nerdydad Still dont understand. Little kids are supposed to stand up to trusted authority figures? Little kids dont do that, because they are naive and inexperienced at life. Their parents? Their parents support an organization that has condoned child rape for centuries. Who is supposd to 'not let church have power over them'? All of that is true, but the government also gives them special power which encourages adults to see the government condoning them, etc.

@black3dynamite Runaway, that 80s movie with Tom Selleck as good guy and Gene Simmons as the bad guy? Have you seen Never Too Young to Die? Another 80s B-movie with John Stamos and Gene Simmons. It is also on Prime. Really really Bad movie, but worth watching for the laughs.

@momurda said in FCC Net Neutrality Insanity Continues: @dustinb3403 Isnt that sack of something supposed to be in front of Congress today? Too bad he's not in front of a firing squad.

@scottalanmiller said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!: @nerdydad said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!: @scottalanmiller said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!: @dbeato said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!: Welcome to all the new faces! I wonder why we welcome the faces but not like the elbows. Because elbows aren't as pretty as faces are. Depends on the faces. Also depends on the elbows...

@karlita said in Checking Out Xojo: https://www.xojo.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwwdTbBRAIEiwAYQf_E1PIAP8Vj-IpNn_llM0fO5oahtpcJL4UOMru_5b3GzfBag3FUrT9ZRoCcdoQAvD_BwE Try to post links without the crap. https://www.xojo.com

@bnrstnr said in Group Policy - Printer Deployment: @jaredbusch Do you run the script at login? Still a work in progress right now, so it is manual.

@stuartjordan said in I’d rather be....: @scottalanmiller I love old buildings and ruins, what year was that built? It's part of the Old Panama Cathedral in Panama Viejo. Founded in 1519, a fire damaged the cathedral in 1644. I believe it was build in the mid-1500s.

Canonical Ltd. Has a similar name too. They call their OpenID-based service, Ubuntu One.

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Scott I should be installing their upgrades probably this weekend! Can't wait to check on UNMS for them

@emad-r said in Linux As File Server- Break Out From Other Thread: @scottalanmiller said in Linux As File Server- Break Out From Other Thread: @emad-r said in Linux As File Server- Break Out From Other Thread: The only down side to it, that the files will take size on their machine as well as the NC server, thats it. If you can afford this, then this is the way to go. That's purely optional. Not a given. NextCloud can be used with files purely on the server just like with SMB. Huh, how so ? you mean only via web client. If your installing the agent at somepoint it will need to sync the files to your account synced folder. That's one option, but not what I mean. You can map drives to it, too.

@dustinb3403 said in Choice I do not have; Support it I must: @gjacobse said in Choice I do not have; Support it I must: Where and what am I working with - Ugh.. before I can say I have to make sure it's acceptable. The DLink switches aren't horrible, but they aren't nice either, a lot of limited functionality. Things you'll miss now that you're supporting Dlink rather than Ubiquiti I remember when DLink went to a SpiceWorld conference and tried to convince people that they made stuff for business, too. No one was fooled, though.

@dustinb3403 said in Weekend Plans: @coliver said in Weekend Plans: @dustinb3403 said in Weekend Plans: @coliver said in Weekend Plans: @dustinb3403 said in Weekend Plans: @jt1001001 Honestly I have no clue what we do or don't need. We have a high chair, we have a stroller, toys maybe but she's not even a month yet so getting something today wouldn't make sense if she can't use it for a while yet. My daughter wasn't into them but my niece is. When she is 3-4 months old you're going to want lots of squishy "teether" type toys that she can grab and put in her mouth, will save a lot on your hands, clothes, hair, face... well basically everything. So cloth toys or just chewy plastic type ones? Both, which ever you guys are more comfortable with. Well the dog likes cloth chewy ones, especially with noise makers. So. . . plastic I guess? Haha.

Have you checked eventvwr to make sure it isn't powering on to run a backup or something?

@phlipelder that sounds like a cool setup. Yeah I'm not looking to go crazy here but it looks like I will be staying with what I got. I got a single PCi-e 3 something along with a couple 1 tb sandisk ssd's for storage with a bunch of fast ram. I thnk I will just stick with that formula for my next workstation

@jaredbusch said in Notorious Short-seller labels Ubiquiti Networks $UBNT as FRAUD: @zachary715 said in Notorious Short-seller labels Ubiquiti Networks $UBNT as FRAUD: Additionally, the Cavs aren't publicly traded, therefore there aren't necessarily shareholders who are pushing him to make the Cavs as profitable as possible. Not public, does not mean there are not shareholders. Just that they are not traded on a public exchange. Haha I knew when I typed that someone would say that. I almost spent extra time clarifying, but didn't. Yes there are possibly other shareholders/part-owners involved. Those few individuals can scrutinize the ownership/financials all they want for their company. (If they want to sell, it's probably a bit more convoluted than just hitting up ETrade.) The general public has no view into that info though and it's mostly irrelevant to them. In the case of UBNT, it just applies to a wider audience since there are many more investors that they're relying on to keep happy and keep the company's value as high as they can.

@dbeato said in Force Mailbox deletion in Exchange 2016: @wls-itguy said in Force Mailbox deletion in Exchange 2016: So the answer is yes it is gone through the ECP and is now in Exchange PowerDOS Well, if you Disable a mailbox it is not shown as disabled until 24 to 48 hours in the ECp. Also deleting the mailbox doesn’t translate on space save as the space is not changed on the DB. Not worried about space. We created a shared mailbox for a calendar and then they wanted to change the name of it so instead of creating a new mailbox I changed the name and alias and then found that not to be working right so I tried to create the right name and boogered it all up. All good now though.