@Dashrender said in Replace equipment schedule:

@scottalanmiller said in Replace equipment schedule:

@scottalanmiller said in Replace equipment schedule:

@Dashrender said in Replace equipment schedule:

@scottalanmiller said in Replace equipment schedule:

@Dashrender said in Replace equipment schedule:

@scottalanmiller said in Replace equipment schedule:

@Dashrender said in Replace equipment schedule:

@scottalanmiller said in Replace equipment schedule:

They might manage a rolling update system for forever, but there will easily be a technology change that comes along that makes that not possible.

I agree - like Apple switching to the Intel processors.

Right, what if the future is on ARM. Unlikely, but it could happen.

Not as unlikely as you might think. MS has announced Windows on ARM, and it's suppose to ship 4th quarter 2017 or 1st 2018. MS already has emulators for x64 (I have to assume x86 too) that they claim run at near full speed.

If/when ARM over take x64 processors (assuming that's not already the case), I don't see why that change won't happen. Then it will be a question of how long MS supports both?

Being ON ARM isn't the issue, being ONLY on ARM, is. They already have an ARM version.

but they didn't have an emulator that allowed you run most if not all apps that can currently run on x64 Windows 10.

Are they going to EMULATE on ARM64 in the future?

I meant to ask if they plan on using ARM64 chips and emulating AMD64 processes on top of them. It seems like a crazy process. I'd expect insane overhead.

That crazy overhead is what was expected - but apparently, the current emulators are doing a really good job - I said before that it was near full speed - I need to go back and confirm that, but the reports at the time were definitely positive about the testing so far.

Not long ago it was in "fanciful far off dreams" land: https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/85365/thinking-x86-emulation-arm

@BRRABill said in Backups - how much does backup performance matter to you?:

@scottalanmiller said in Backups - how much does backup performance matter to you?:

@BRRABill said in Backups - how much does backup performance matter to you?:

All a function of time and need and money.

Only time and money, need in a business is always a function of money.

I mean all of them combine.

You are correct.

Need dictates the other two.

Well, the other two dictate need. Businesses aren't a "need" based thing. They have a goal: profits. Backup restore time is a discussion about time. So the technical piece gives us the time axis and that we are talking about a business gives us a cost one. That's it. The idea of "need" should never really come up in a business, businesses never need to do anything. They desire profits and all actions should reflect that. The concept of needs only serves to confuse people from the singular mission.

Unfortunately I have to get the offsite completed (and at 4.5TB) and about half way through I still have a ways to go....

I might have to make separate backup jobs to run against these VM's while the initial upload is going.

Kind of sucks.... but it has to happen....

@Dashrender said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

@gjacobse said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

@Dashrender Ugh Powershell - Don't even. If I can avoid using it I do..

The reality is that us Windows Admins need to stop avoiding it. 😞

sigh agreed... but I protest...

Hey, getting me to use the Linux CLI is a step forward,.. I know (a few of) the commands now,.. while I just may no recall the context. I was able to find the mount that was at 100% usage yesterday using df -h... so that is a move forward..

@scottalanmiller said in Update: 28 Million AD Guy Found:

@nadnerB said in Update: 28 Million AD Guy Found:

@lance said in Update: 28 Million AD Guy Found:

http://www.itwire.com/enterprise-solutions/76513-the-great-australian-citizen-28m-active-directory-domain.html

Oh good grief, and to think we didn't vote those jokers out... not that the other lot would be doing any better.
The ongoing cost of that is going to be comparable to the buy back of BHP.

What a potential Fuster Cluck

Could be worse, trust us 😉

Lol, I'll take your word for it.

It's the most important task you do with Backup Exec 😉 LOL

COngrats!

Also,

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@wirestyle22 said in VMWare VDI Deadpool:

@Grey Does this help you?

http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/how-to-delete-a-stuck-vdi-pool-vm

I saw that, too. That's the method for a single desktop/clone stuck in a status that doesn't delete as normal. In my case, I have a whole pool that's empty, but the pool definition itself isn't deleting.

@Nic said in Webroot Blocks OpenVPN.net:

Yeah I've been fiddling with my ergonomics and I think I've solved one problem, which is that my monitor was too far back on my desk causing me to hunch forward. Fingers crossed that the physical therapy keeps working.

At least you are fortunate enough to live in a place that allows effective pain medications. Hope you're feeling better soon.

@maalmeida said in Propuesta para conectar tres máquinas en una misma red local:

@NattNatt I do not exactly about that information... but, let's make a guess about it, If the third host is on the same space and there are not any walls that might affect the signal strength, Is it good idea to put the ethernet cable and connect this into the router, as well as the other two hosts?.

There is a weighing machine next to a desktop and another host 100 meters away from the others two.

If a put a switch instead of a router could this work like in the same way?. It is just for local access in order to get into an application that is gonna be in a virtual machine.

Yes, and if you could put the switch in the midpoint so each cable run is ~ 50 metres, that would be the ideal solution imo.

Yep, those are two of the features I know are missing from the online version.

Someone looking at this thread had a hard time figuring out how to open the registry editor after booting to CLI mode from the 2008 R2 media. from the command line, type regedit and hit enter, it will load.

@scottalanmiller said in Anyone using Let's encrypt?:

@Tim_G you can make a one line script that updates LetsEncrypt through the manual method in a few seconds. Just throw it in crontab and you are all set.

I figured it would be something like that, but i have shared hosting, don't have room for a linux box, and don't want to turn my personal PC into a hypervisor.

Maybe in the future, but it cuttently fits my life much better to go startssl. Nothing against at all, in fact I preferred it.

@JaredBusch said in Not seeing traffic for O365 emails at 587, 993 and 995 ports on Firewall.:

@scottalanmiller said in Not seeing traffic for O365 emails at 587, 993 and 995 ports on Firewall.:

@openit said in Not seeing traffic for O365 emails at 587, 993 and 995 ports on Firewall.:

@scottalanmiller said in Not seeing traffic for O365 emails at 587, 993 and 995 ports on Firewall.:

@openit said in Not seeing traffic for O365 emails at 587, 993 and 995 ports on Firewall.:

@scottalanmiller said in Not seeing traffic for O365 emails at 587, 993 and 995 ports on Firewall.:

@openit said in Not seeing traffic for O365 emails at 587, 993 and 995 ports on Firewall.:

Ok, I understand, due to direct connection from Outlook with exchange, no port is being hit on Firewall. So only non-genuine emails going to be recognized at firewall.

Thanks.

Correct. Outlook has basically a private VPN back to the Exchange server over port 443 so no visible traffic of email on your network because there is none. That's better, so ANY SMTP traffic, on any port, is suspect.

Is that also means, if our ISP is blocking our email things due to Spam issue, it's not going to effect our O365 users (while they send emails through outlook client) ?

Outlook doesn't use SMTP or send email, it sends instructions to Exchange, which is totally different. No email protocols are involved.

Okay, so any email ports blocked by our ISP is not going to effect our O365 users.

Correct. You are not sending email in and out of your network, you are only looking at the email system remotely. There are no email protocols, no email traffic and no actual email moving across your network with the tools that you are using.

It has nothing to do with Office365 either. Outlook does not use email protocols for any thing on an exchange server. In house or otherwise.

Right, good point. This is all just general Exchange / Outlook protocol info, not related to a specific hosting service.

I deployed Office 2016 last summer, we have not had a problem like yours.

Are you sure people aren't printing to OneDrive by mistake and leaving the files around?

Look the owner of the files, perhaps you'll find a small few are creating them.

PPTP is like an invitation for unwanted guests. You just don't want to use it.

Use something like OpenVPN/SSTP (SSL based, single UDP/TCP port) or IPSec. There's even a non-Microsoft open source server available for SSTP (and many other protocols) at https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN/.

@DustinB3403 said in Port - Dealing with the Not My Job attitudes in the workplace:

@Dashrender said in Port - Dealing with the Not My Job attitudes in the workplace:

That's a major problem, if you are not the one managing the contract, the limitations put on the M

Or the MSP may actually be worthless and not want to take on the responsibility. Egg on the face.

Regardless of my issues at current, the scenario is fictitious. Would you expect that the MSP work to fix the issue with any vendors involved, or that they say "not us". Even if the client is billed in the end, the communication chain should then clarify who is taking what onto their plate.

We don't have the scope, so we can't have expectation.

@NerdyDad said in Active Directory for 28+ Million Users?:

Okay, so what organization would have "28+ million authentic users"? Some giant conglomerate?

You're talking nearly 10% of America.

Apparently the 10% of Americans that moved out of the US with @scottalanmiller

@scottalanmiller said in Dell R720 vs R720xd:

@Danp said in Dell R720 vs R720xd:

@syko24 Absolutely no issues with buying an unit from that generation of Dell servers. Buy from a reputable seller who backs it up with a warranty and you shouldn't have any issues.

Check out xByte.

@ryan-from-xbyte

That's where it is from. It was one of those email offers xByte sends out every so often. The total price of the server is almost the cost of the drives alone from Dell. Can't really pass it up.