@scottalanmiller said in SQL mirroring advise:

@Ambarishrh said in SQL mirroring advise:

@scottalanmiller said in SQL mirroring advise:

@Ambarishrh said in SQL mirroring advise:

@scottalanmiller said in SQL mirroring advise:

@Ambarishrh said in SQL mirroring advise:

@Dashrender said in SQL mirroring advise:

Are the two SQL servers sitting side by side? If not, shared storage and low latency for it's use would be super expensive.

Though I do wonder how their DR plan works if there isn't a cluster for the DB, what purpose does the second server serve? Warm spare?

Yes the servers are side by side, basically just sits there, and when a new site is created on SP side, run the script which mirrors the new DB created on server 1 to server 2. Eventually they were planning to introduce the witness server once our testing is complete and then enable auto failover. The downside here is that someone need to manually run the script for db mirroring of new databases

So the big thing here is that the databases are not mirrored, just the framework (schema) is at creation time. Very different from mirroring or clustering at that aspect level.

Yes, we've told them this won't work and asked them to look at a clustered setup. Since the licenses are already in place and is SQL standard no option for Always-On. I want to know what would be the drawbacks for the clustered setup, as for sure there are some more advantages on Always-ON compared to the clustered setup.

Won't work... for what? What's the end goal?

Won't work: Current stage its 2 separate DB servers and mirroring needs to be done by executing a script whenever there is a new db is created by SP.

End Goal: A fully automated failover setup giving high availability for the SharePoint solution

What they are doing is unrelated to their end goal. How does mirroring database creation help with failover. There isn't even a first step in preparing for a failover here. What is going on is totally something different.

Exactly what i was asking earlier.

I am trying to set up an incoming access number and use it in a pinless scenario. I don't actually have it connected to any phone system per se.

@DustinB3403 said in From thin clients to desktops… not the other way!:

@JaredBusch It's Monday, no one has had enough alcohol to function properly yet.

Took me till Tuesday to even see this!

@scottalanmiller said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@Dashrender said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@dafyre said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@Dashrender said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@dafyre said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@Dashrender said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@dafyre said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@Dashrender said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@dafyre said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@brianlittlejohn said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@dafyre said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@scottalanmiller said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

There really isn't anything too special as normal backups tend to be LANless already. Not always, but generally. Some backup tools rely on SMB/NFS which is not very LANless, but lots don't.

You consider backups that are stored separately from other files generally safer, right?

What about a backup system that mounts the CIFS / NFS path when the backups start, and then unmounts them when it has completed?

You still have an issue where Crypto-whatever 's are scanning the networks for CIFS/NFS shares.

True, but generally such shares are only writable to a particular user / server.

Then why bother unmounting them? You gain nothing by unmounting them.

In the event that the backup server does get hit with a crypto... If the backup drives aren't mounted, then at least your data is safe until backups start.

I think I see where you're going with this. The backup software runs as a user that is only used for that software. If that's the case, then there are still two things to consider.

you don't actually need to mount it because the backup software will right directly to the UNC path, for which only that user is allowed right access. while mounted as another user, only the backup user account itself can actually write to the mount, so you should be able to leave it mounted all the time.

True. I'm thinking along the lines of the way Veeam for Linux works (I'm on the beta).... It mounts, backs up, then unmounts.

That explains it.. I don't think Windows works that way, and if it does, it's completely under the hood. I suppose you could see some sort of mount if you dig around, but I doubt it would be enumerated as a drive letter, if you were using a UNC instead of a pre mounted mapped drive.

Don't know about the Windows version... I back up to an always connected USB drive with Veeam hangs head in shame lol.

Don't feel bad. My onsite backup for our x-rays are on a USB attached drive. The Offsites are a bit better off though 😉

USB drive sitting on a shelf? Or actually attached to the server? USB as a mechanism is just fine.

Sitting on a shelf?

Actually it's both, the drive is sitting on a shelf AND it's connected to the server.

I don't like it because it's a single drive, no reliability in the data - HUGE hassle to recreate if there's a failure. Originally put in place as a band-aid, but we all know how those end up. The cost of rebuilding it is about 4 times the cost of a Buffalo 2 drive NAS.

I think I'll use CamStudio for this, it can apparently capture screen video and audio to an AVI format.

Should work..

I solved this by removing all but one profile on the machine, then running
sysprep /oobe /generalize /reboot

Then during the mini setup I joined to Azure AD.

I think the one I have set up at a client's is like $40 - $50 per year.

I have had the 3M-50 for almost 4 years, which is pretty rudimentary in terms of features. It does, however, have a plugin for my vera lite, so I do like that. It uses the Radio Thermostat servers while you are not on your WiFi/network and there is a polling interval of 5 minutes, so there is a delay of up to 5 minutes in terms of interaction with it. They have a nice android app interface and widgets to add to your home screen. I would say my only real problem with it is that it is a little temperamental when detecting if you are on your WiFi network. Sometimes it takes several refreshes on the app to get it to detect. Sometimes, I have to close the app and reload.

That being said, I am looking at the Ecobee 3 with a couple of sensors. I did read about some issues with the thermostat generating too much heat and causing the thermostat's reported temp to be much higher than the ambient temp actually was. I don't know if that was resolved or limited to a specific batch.

I looked at the Nest and decided it wasn't for me. The adaptive schedule thing isn't that big of a deal for me. Also, at that time, the swing temp was either not adjustable or was not adjustable below ~2 degrees F. I like to roll with a .5 degree F swing temp so the thing turns on and off when it hits the temp I set.

A coworker just got the Sensi from Emerson and he likes it. It seems cool from what I can tell. It also has dual schedules, which is nice if you are like me and have a need for 2 schedules. Other than that, I don't know much else about it.

I resinstalled and added the sa account this time. (I don't know if the user installed it the first time.) I did a named instance, so when I logged in I had to choose .\sqlexpress as the server. Once I did that I was able to just right click databases -> restore and select the files I had copied to the back up folder from the old server. Then it worked like it should.

@brianlittlejohn said in PureText:

Several programs have a special paste option where you can just paste plaine text as well

Yeah - Word and Excel are awesome this way - but I don't know of a way to do that with IE or Chrome.

@DustinB3403 my docs won't open notepad to paste then re-copy and paste again. This solves this problem in one key combo.

KioWare is a competitor to sitekiosk, so you may want to try that as an alternative. That being said, if you reach out to sitekiosk, they may have a fix/solution for the problem you are running into.

@carlyle105 said in ELASTIX MT INSTALL:

Re: Building Elastix MT via RPM Repo

Just installed MT based on your instructions, install is up and running, Thanks for the instructions they were relatively easy to follow.

Awesome. Glad to hear that it is working!

I like how VMunderground does the opening acts pannels.

https://blog.vmunderground.com/tag/opening-acts/

Ummm, I'm guessing an inside joke...?
Straight through to the keeper

Very solid write up. I only skimmed it, but it answered some questions I had.

@mattel said in 1 AP in the middle:

NY State Fair had free wifi this year, I'm not sure the model but it was a cisco AP mounted every 400' or so on a tower

Users per AP is also a consideration in this scenario, but not really something anyone cares about for a warehouse or typical office deployment.

@BBigford said in Setting up MDT/WDS for UEFI/Legacy Images & Network Boots:

@zuphzuph said in Setting up MDT/WDS for UEFI/Legacy Images & Network Boots:

@BBigford said in Setting up MDT/WDS for UEFI/Legacy Images & Network Boots:

Your reply is probably going to be something like this... I can just feel it...

http://bit.ly/2d0xzSL

You already knew that.

Just play this back for yourself:
https://appraw.com/ringtone/police-incoming-message-7zdz6

I can only down vote that once.

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