@gjacobse Not entirely sure, but I don't think I'd do python. A bit too heavy of a language for this. Might slow things down. I'd be perfectly fine learning a new language to do it lol

A common option for small environments would be to simply include the driver package on a Windows SMB file share in a centrally accessible, read only folder that can be seen from each VM. Then just log into each VM and double click to update! Easy Peasy.

For larger environments, Group Policy will be the most common approach.

@naammeinkyahai said in Office 365 through partner without delegated Admin:

@scottalanmiller said in Office 365 through partner without delegated Admin:

The problem is is that you get less control, no mobility, and potentially fewer features. When something goes wrong you can be totally dependent on them.

By "them", do you mean resellers? If so, I agree.

I was just trying to figure out avoiding retail prices but it seems there is no solution for me right now.

Yes, the resellers.

@art_of_shred said in HDMI Splitting for Video to HDMI and Audio to SPDIF:

@scottalanmiller said in HDMI Splitting for Video to HDMI and Audio to SPDIF:

@Dashrender said in HDMI Splitting for Video to HDMI and Audio to SPDIF:

@scottalanmiller said in HDMI Splitting for Video to HDMI and Audio to SPDIF:

@NerdyDad said in HDMI Splitting for Video to HDMI and Audio to SPDIF:

What's the end goal with this device?

Make an old receiver work that handles HDMI video but no audio.

Wow, that seems weird. A receiver that doesn't handle audio? Is it that the the receiver doesn't understand surround audio, or some other newer thing than the receiver supports?

The receiver doesn't accept HDMI audio. It does audio, just not from that source. I agree, it's weird.

If that's the same receiver I know of, I'd just run the audio parallel via RCA, if that's an option for you.

It's not but might be similar.

@Dashrender said in MS Surface membership?:

Really I don't see any difference in this than the iphone club from Apple these days - other than you all hate them. I don't have an opinion as I haven't been burnt by one personally.

The price $53/m for 24 months, $1272 and you own it at the end (I think) not bad. And the lock-in for them hoping you'll trade it in for the next model at 12 or 18 months, get a new monthly payment and a new device.

Really if you're the type to get a new computer frequently, or a new phone frequently, these plans mostly make sense. Do you pay the most, probably, but there's a lot less hassle selling the device off at the end.

For the most part, I think this is true. To me, leasing an iPhone makes more sense than leasing a car. Sure a car depreciates in value, but once its paid off its yours and its still usable. If you pay off a phone, then you may get another year or 2 out of it. But after a while, it will either break or the network will upgrade their network so far that they will quit supporting your phone.

If I rely on my phone for work or whatnot, then it would probably make more sense to lease it. This way you can ensure that you will have a reliable phone for the most part. When its not working, trade it in and get one that does work. Its their phone. They are just renting it out to you.

@Dashrender Looks like the whole site is down.

Yep, that's the app. I think you can change the settings in General > Storage & iCloud Usage > iCloud Manage Storage > [Choose Device] > Show All Apps and switch it on/off from there.

@scottalanmiller And Starwind ships their ready nodes armed with RAID https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-hyperconverged-appliance so i think they still keep doing RAID and i am sure it is for a reason some of them I've mentioned above.

@stacksofplates said in Hide folder in linux:

@scottalanmiller said in Hide folder in linux:

@stacksofplates said in Hide folder in linux:

@scottalanmiller said in Hide folder in linux:

@thwr said in Hide folder in linux:

Either use ACLs/Permissions or encrypt your data. You could use an encrypted loopback device (~"image file") for example, but this requires some background knowledge about the underlying technology.

ACLs are to prevent other users accessing files. Encryption is to stop thieves who steal the drives from accessing them.

Sure but encryption can act as a type of ACL.

Kind of, a shared password kind of ACL.

Sure. Same as group based ACLs. But it's only shared if someone else has your password.

Not really a list unless you do 🙂

I heard back from them. They aren't sending anything unless I actually experience a problem.

@travisdh1 said in Holiday Discussion: What Was Your Most Fun or Interesting Career Position:

@thwr Really glad that didn't happen to me at an airport, eek.

Hehe, yep.

@frodooftheshire They've been aware. Now they are ADMITTING the issue.

@FATeknollogee said in XenServer 7.0: monitor hard drive failure:

Since the Dell fanboi's hijacked this thread (jk 😃 ) I'm going to start another thread.
Actually have some good info for those of us non-Dell users.
I use SuperMIcro.

Is there anything about Dell on here? Dell was mentioned, but nothing Dell specific was said. All of the info applies to SuperMicro as well. IPMI is used instead of iDRAC. And the PERC software and the LSI MegaRAID software is the same. Only difference is branding.

You could build a 3 node HyperConverged Cluster using old servers with StarWind Virtual SAN as a storage provider and Free Hyper-V as the Hypervisor. In case you decide going that path, ping me offline and i will help you out with the configuration.

@scottalanmiller said in Looking forward for my First IT job:

@Dashrender said in Looking forward for my First IT job:

@scottalanmiller said in Looking forward for my First IT job:

@Dashrender said in Looking forward for my First IT job:

@scottalanmiller said in Looking forward for my First IT job:

I think that people outside of business picture all CEOs sitting in a corner office looking at financial reports and telling slackers what to do while slaves bring him martinis and press his suits. But one CEO works in the trenches doing blue collar manual labour with the crew, one is on the road doing sales all day, one is writing code through the night, one is speaking at conferences, another lures investors, another spends all the time pouring over financial reports, one buys and sells other companies.... I've never met two CEOs that do similar things.

OK fine, but at the core though, they all have to run their companies, or else give that job to someone else, at which point, why are you the CEO?

What does "run the company" mean, though? When I was a restaurant manager, they taught us to sit in the office and never get our hands dirty, our job was to "manage."

All the other managers did that, and their restaurant shifts sucked. I got in the trenches and worked like crazy alongside my staff. They directed me, not me them. I was more of their assistant than their boss. I scheduled their hours and sent them home, but I didn't tell them how to do their jobs. I made sure that they were able to do their jobs. My shift could run at one quarter the staff of any other shift with the lowest food waste, highest profits, best customer response and the fastest turn around times on orders. I did nothing like the other managers, yet who was "running the business" more.

Yes sure, ONE of your jobs in that case was working along side those workers - odd that you needed to be directed by them on the process, but whatever - but you also have other jobs those people don't, like making schedules. So sure each CEO might have additional jobs, they should all be sharing some core responsibilities of their company.

No way I as the manager could be as good as they were. If the cook or the customer service person needed something, they needed me to support them more than anything else. They were good people who knew their jobs, there was no value to me overseeing them. My job was to help them to do theirs. That's how I define a good management role. If a manager feels that they need to micro-manage their staff, to me that's a manager that has given up and knows that they totally failed and are trying to cover up their failings as a manager.

The cook, for example, was SO much better if I was there cleaning up for him, grabbing things he needed from the freezer, covering when he needed a break, running errands for him and whatever it took to make sure that he could be the best cook that he could be than he could possibly be with me standing over his shoulder second guessing someone who does the job more than I do.

Those examples to me aren't them directing you, it's you working with them. So sure, you were making the situation better. And as long as you being in the trenches didn't take away from you doing the jobs they can't do, that's fine. But the moment that it does take you away from those other duties, you're doing a disservice to the company by not bringing in a non management person to replace you on the line thereby allowing you to do your other manager duties. it's also your responsibility as a good manger to have the right staff.

I think we all agree that most managers do a poor job of getting rid of bad employees and hiring good ones, or they are just bad at being managers. I know I can't manage people, I have no desire to do so.