@s-hackleman said in Fire fighting to project balance:

@wirestyle22 Our stuff is more setup and config. For example, we want to manufacture a new widget. So many things have to be setup and configured before that process can start. We get contacted at the last second. Then we end up troubleshooting an emergency issue that could have been scheduled. I think SLA's may be the way to go, even if it is just 4 hours, it may prevent task switching as being moved off project work 3-5 times a day is pretty common.

But like Wired mentioned, it's just as likely that your boss will get the call, and they will make you starting working on it ASAP. This really needs to come from your boss, and your boss needs to be willing to go to bat for the situation, and his higher ups need to agree this as well. If any one in the chain breaks down, well the rest is pretty much for not.

Another example taken from another script:

import-module activedirectory $domain = "domain.mydom.com" $DaysInactive = 90 $time = (Get-Date).Adddays(-($DaysInactive)) # Get all AD computers with lastLogonTimestamp less than our time Get-ADComputer -Filter {LastLogonTimeStamp -lt $time} -Properties LastLogonTimeStamp | # Output hostname and lastLogonTimestamp into CSV select-object Name,@{Name="Stamp"; Expression={[DateTime]::FromFileTime($_.lastLogonTimestamp)}} | export-csv OLD_Computer.csv -notypeinformation

@dashrender said in Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces versus Hardware RAID, how do you decide?:

@creayt said in Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces versus Hardware RAID, how do you decide?:

@nashbrydges said in Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces versus Hardware RAID, how do you decide?:

Which setting was it that you changed from what to what?

It's in the system setup section, can't remember exactly where, but something along the lines of "set link speed to gen2/3", guessing that toggles the PCIe mode, thereby adding way more bandwidth between the drives and RAID controller. I don't have physical access to the servers at the moment so can't get in there to give you the exact info, sorry. But Link gen speed 2/3 should be enough to help you spot it if it's in your options.

LOL thought you loved iDRAC? 😛

They're currently sitting in boxes inbetween datacenters so unless you know about a more Harry Potterish version of iDrac that requires no electricity or Internet connection I don't think iDrac will help. :PPPP

@scottalanmiller said in Dual boot file storage:

Consider something like NextCloud, why store the files locally?

In the Use Case; Not on:

local network wifi completely detached from network(s)

@jfath said in AD best practices:

So... still the remaining first question - is there any problem with putting DC, DNS, DHCP, and FS roles all on a single VM? Should FS be split?

AD DC, DNC and DHCP should be all one VM. FS is an acceptable function to mix with your DC when you need to. But ideally, you'd have it split. So if the VM licensing exists, split it out.

@dashrender Yeah I agree with that. I think I will offer to do it for free this time and explain to him its a learning opportunity for me.

Looks like it's just you getting an AWS instance with them doing an install script for you? So you pay more than AWS which is already double Vultr. I'm unclear what you are getting for they money.

You need to test with raw equipment on each end of the line, not things going to the outside world. But leased lines have a line speed, there's really no need to test. Since there is nothing shared, you know you are getting the speed.

I don't remember where I found it, but there was another possible solution to fix it by changing a line in /etc/nsswitch.conf

# Default setting hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns myhostname # Noticed dns is now in front of mdns4_minimal hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] myhostname

I've used the built in backup. It works great, preserving everything properly, as far as I can tell.

@scottalanmiller said in Elastix SMS Module:

@scottalanmiller said in Elastix SMS Module:

And maybe this is useful...

https://community.freepbx.org/t/configuring-freepbx-13-with-asterisk-11-for-sip-sms/35404

Sangoma supports SMS on their trunks at least. You always need SMS from your trunk provider.

It is only supported with a SipStation trunk (owned by Sangoma). It is not the cheapest trunk in the world for calling, but if you require SMS, it is the simplest method for setup within FreePBX.

I have not had a need to go looking for a solution for a client yet. BUt there used to be stuff out there in the PBXiaF ecosystem. I have no idea how much of their old Asterisk/FreePBX based stuff is still out there though since they sold out to 3CX also.

@anthonyh said in CentOS 7 guest on XS6.5 - Growing Hard Disk:

@momurda Huh.

lvextend -l +100%FREE -r /dev/mapper/centos-root

Seems to have done it.

I swear I ran the command multiple times. I suspect I was missing the "+" on "+100%FREE". I wonder what the difference is?

When creating an logical volume, you tell it how much space to use. While when making a change to the logical volume you need to tell it how much to add or remove. Thus the + or - when using lvchange, but not needed with lvcreate.

If you change the following registry key \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SecurityHealthService

to 3 (It should disable the Windows Defender from starting). Do you still get that message after a reboot?

@grey said in Exchange 2010 PS: output to @{Add="<value1>", "<value2>", "<value3>"}:

@nerdydad said in Exchange 2010 PS: output to @{Add="<value1>", "<value2>", "<value3>"}:

~Have you considered upgrading to 2016 Exchange server?~

I tried. Management has this 0 downtime thing and won't let me do things. It's a little infuriating.

Sounds like an entirely different thread.

@markl said in Best MDM for SMB:

@carnival-boy What was the pricing like?

I vaguely remember it being in $8 per device per month range. Also, they were giving 100 free devices, but the moment you pay those go away. IE if you have 101 devices, you pay for 101 devices. if you have 100 devices you can keep it free.

@coliver Indeed, but what's interesting is how 5 drives specifically beat other quantities of the same drive in Raid 0 on the same hardware from my earlier posts ( can't link to them because Mango Lassi has been freaking out on me and doing weird stuff including not rendering the images as I scroll ).

Sorry for the late response and thanks for reporting it on our community.

@scottalanmiller said in What Is RAID 0? SAMIT Video:

@jimmy9008 said in What Is RAID 0? SAMIT Video:

I like the video; I'm not sure how helpful it is though.

Well, if you already know RAID 0. But lots of people don't, and I want to be complete.

I think it's definitely needed. Anyone who doesn't have any knowledge on the subject but is looking to learn will have a good resource in this.

You could write-output the whole command something like:

write-output "my command with all the parameters here"|out-file -filepath export.csv mycommand with all the parameters here|export-csv -path export.csv -append -notypeinformation

Or something similar (code typed on the fly, likely has a syntax error or two)

LOL - Pithos just stopped... I'm like WHAT?

Oh, it went to sleep.. oops.