@black3dynamite said in Ubuntu Updates to 19.10:

@Emad-R It's all great having numbers and visual aid to show results but will you really notice the difference when using Ubuntu compare Debian, assuming you are using the same desktop environment?

That's the tough comparison. Ubuntu has more features and a different desktop. I specifically like Ubuntu's desktop. So going to Debian I'd likely modify it to the point of being Ubuntu, lol.

@Pete-S said in MailCow Command Line Reference:

@scottalanmiller said in MailCow Command Line Reference:

@Dashrender said in MailCow Command Line Reference:

@Pete-S said in MailCow Command Line Reference:

If you don't intend to use the webinterface then what purpose does mailcow have?

You could just install dovecot, postfix etc for email and sogo for calendar and have the same thing without the middle man. I bet you have to tweak config files even with mailcow.

I'm assuming Scott is asking about management stuff - he wants to script that stuff, not GUI manage it.

Right. GUI is fine for low capacity sites. But we are looking at two use cases both in the 10K+ range.

But mailcow doesn't add any functionality that the original packages don't already have. It's just a wrapper. Is it not?

Mostly. But it is handling the testing and integration of the components, which is the hard bit. It's actually doing a fair amount of work. I've built an extremely similar system in the past and the effort was quite large for just the "wrapper" bits that they are doing 😉

And the central API is a huge deal.

@dbeato said in Can't move Stream_Autocomplete.:

I have used the Nk2edit And you can push it to the Office Cloud Autocomplete from an NK2 or the Stream file. However when Nk2edit can’t read a file it is usually corrupted and you need a previous version of the file.

The current file is usable under the in house exchange,, and I have restored a few versions from backup.. Still no luck.. I may just be SOL.

@Obsolesce said in City of Munich Moving to Closed Source Software:

It looks like the whole issue was due to their use of some weird distro years ago.

That article technically doesn't say why they need Windows now, so for all I know they have some new weird requirements I don't know about, but assuming they don't, I think the decision to go to Windows is a horrible idea. They'd be much better off going to Ubuntu instead.

Yes I upvoted a post about how Ubuntu would be better than an alternative. Please no heart attacks people.

@JaredBusch said in Automatically running chocolatey upgrades:

How do various people do this?

Re: Next steps with SaltStack

@marcinozga said in Next steps with SaltStack:

Not salt, but I used https://chocolatey.org/packages/choco-upgrade-all-at which creates the same task, that runs choco upgrade all -y. If salt is using windows task scheduler, then it should just work.

Does that run as the admin account? Users have no rights to run this.

Running the choco install command requires local admin rights - so I assumed either - it ran as system OR it would ask for the creds of the current admin user being used to run the installer.

Clearly you found that it runs as system.

@JaredBusch

Hi

Play with this :

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/states/all/salt.states.win_lgpo.html

If you have windows minions and set it to run every 30/60/90 mins, and BAM you have AD without MS BS

While you can use salt grains to target OSes, I like to diffrentiate them with good naming system:

WIN.001
LIN.001
SRV.001

You might ask how to differentiate between windows SRV and Linux SRV, well frankly my dear i dont give damn, and i dont run Windows servers.

@colejame115 said in ZFS Planning with Heterogeneous Gear:

@scottalanmiller
The reason I was mixing md raid and ZFS was I didn’t think ZFS allowed other ZFS devices to be used under a vdev. To accomplish this, would one need multiple zpools ?

MD RAID can definitely do layers upon layers. But ZFS does this, it's how ZFS does RAID 10, for example, or RAID 60.

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-create-raid-10-striped-mirror-vdev-zpool-on-ubuntu-linux/

@black3dynamite said in Using unison instead of rsync?:

The author, Elliot Cooper says that unison is able to backup new files extremely rapidly compare to rsync

Under certain situations. They each is more performant at different times.

@JaredBusch said in MS SQL Express cannot create compressed backups:

@scottalanmiller said in MS SQL Express cannot create compressed backups:

Would not have expected that.

It is not a game breaker. The DB is only 1.2GB, but out of habit, i always compress backups with the native tools.

This time I have to compress it after the fact. not a huge deal. Just annoying.

Yeah, it's Express. Just seems like an odd feature to remove there. Definitely not a big deal, you can compress manually later.

Just wanted to report back say this little switch was the perfect item for my need. It has been installed for over a month now and I have been very pleased with it. Not that it is doing anything special, it just does its job!

We are using it indoor and we mounted its own little bracket to a single gang wall plate, then installed the wall plate, then attached the switch to its bracket. It makes for a clean install where there once was an ethernet wall jack.

Everything about it is Unifi, so if you are familiar with the Unifi System, this runs like any other Unifi switch.

@Pete-S said in Comparing Server CPU Capabilities?:

@wrx7m said in Comparing Server CPU Capabilities?:

... And I don't have to run a Windows server for vCenter server or upgrade manager anymore.

I haven't played around with VMware much. How does it work with vCenter? Does run in a VM on each hypervisor or completely separate from the hypervisors?

It is a virtual appliance. You can upgrade and migrate from an existing Windows version. You can run it on a single server.

@Pete-S said in Laptop setup - multiple monitors, etc - suggestions?:

@Dashrender said in Laptop setup - multiple monitors, etc - suggestions?:

@Pete-S said in Laptop setup - multiple monitors, etc - suggestions?:

Keep in mind that you're using displayport you can run several monitors off one output.

I know this, when I first deployed some HP mini desktop machines, they only had one DP port, but I needed to drive two monitors. This was a new setup, so I had to buy everything. I purchased two DP monitors, and had to buy a DP splitter (if you will) that provided two video outputs. I tried to purchase one again, and DAMN they are crazy expensive.

I need to look into DP monitors that have a second port designed for daisy chaining... something I might do for this project.

Another option is to just look into getting a larger monitor. 2 x 22" is not a huge amount of screen estate.

You could for instance go with a 34" 21:9 like Samsung. Or just go with something bigger like a 40" 16:9 4K.

LOL - do you know the price difference between those? We go from say $320 for two monitors to something like $600+ (often well over $1000). So sure, while it might be nice to have a single huge monitor, the price gap just doesn't justify it.

@JasGot said in Cron task based on command line tasks.:

#!/bin/bash /usr/bin/mysqldump -u root -prootpassword nextcloud > /tmp/nextcloud.sql 7z a -pencryptionpassword /tmp/nextcloud.7z /tmp/nextcloud.sql /var/www/nextcloud/config/config.php echo "Today's backup of the My Nextcloud SQL Data is attached." | /usr/bin/mailx -A /tmp/nextcloud.7z -s "Cloud.example.Com Nextcloud SQL Backup" -r "[email protected]" [email protected]

Make that a file, run with cron.

Instead of contacting support, have you tried the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation along with viewers like you?

@galezer said in EMC VXRail:

if you count snapshots usage and price vs vmware and you are familiar with KVM its a win/win ...

Sure, but it's a false comparison. The main competitors are Scale, Starwind, Simplivity, etc. They crush Nutanix in performance, ease of use, and price. Comparing Nutanix against a known bad alternative (3-2-1 with VMware) makes it look good, but that's like saying paying $100K for a Chevy Spark is a good deal because a Ferrari costs $300K. But that's not a good comparison. A good comparison is a $12,000 Nissan Versa which costs a reasonable amount and is still better than the Spark.

It's true that the Nutanix is likely an improvement over an inverted pyramid + VMware, both things you'd normally rule out as just bad design. Using a false comparison makes it look plausible. But when you compare it to industry baselines of "standard good" it stands out as expensive and under performing (and just a bad actor as a vendor.)

@WLS-ITGuy said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@scottalanmiller said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@WLS-ITGuy said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@scottalanmiller said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@WLS-ITGuy said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@scottalanmiller said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@WLS-ITGuy said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@wrx7m said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@WLS-ITGuy What version of vsphere are you running?

6.7u2

They say it is supported...

https://blogs.vmware.com/guestosguide/2019/05/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8.html

REHL 8 is - But using the drop down and selecting Fedora it says it isn't.

Either way, I'll just use REHL 8 and be done.

The drop down list told you RHEL isn't, either. Yet we know it is. ESXi is just broken.

That one doesn't actually tell me it isn't supported:

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But the other RHEL one does. So clearly it's broken if it gives conflicting information. In one case, RHEL isn't supported, then RHEL 8 is. But RHEL 8 is still RHEL.

I understand. I guess they don't update the dropdown in the software 😄

Then best to not use it and not to consider anything from it. Just skip it and protect yourself.

@Skyetel said in Skyetel sign up working better:

Maybe this?
https://mangolassi.it/topic/20290/ad-blockers-advice

I thought I had posted in your thread because I know that you posted that after my issue.

So yup, going with I slacked and didn't post.

@JaredBusch said in Skyetel support:

Never heard back from T-Mobile, but calls now connect.

Ain't that always the way.

@Dashrender said in MailCow in Production Datacenter:

Question for Scott - the customer wanted self hosted email? why?

It's a commercial mail hosting business. Among other things.

@DimS said in Looking for Career Advice:

Gaining some additional certifications is always an option. Looking into something like VMware would definitely be worth the while.

Thanks for the input!