In larger teams, you normally have 24x7 staff. So the reboot schedule goes to the current shift to monitor. It's only shops that lack round the clock scheduling that have this as a real issue, and if you don't have 24x7, shouldn't you be outsourcing to a shop that does if you really need that at all? I think that this normally (maybe not always) becomes a problem when you are dealing with layers and layers of other problems like not having enough IT staff to properly staff a department without causing unnecessary cost and risk and choosing not to outsource to an MSP/ITSP that could do this cost effectively.

@scottalanmiller said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:

@Seitan said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:

@dafyre yes, you can create regular machines - they are called "simple machines". But still KVM-VDI is more vdi oriented.

Since the KVM market lacks a good, solid, standard GUI management option like XenServer has in XenOrchestra, that might be a spot that KVM-VDI makes more sense than you might think at first glance.

That is why I was asking. I've got WebVirtmgr on my hosted system and it's... okay. It does the job, at least.

@DustinB3403 said in RDP support for VMs or Console only Access:

Opening up RDP access (not necessarily from the Internet) but in general just opens more ports, more firewall changes etc.

Sure, but granting unnecessary access to the console does that, too. You need access to the VMs from far more places than you need it to the console.

@GuillaumeDelaporte said in OpenIO:

@dafyre said in OpenIO:

@GuillaumeDelaporte So essentially any application that wants to be built using OpenIO (or any other Object storage) has to be prepared to build based around the REST API?

Yes, but applications and solutions which you can use are more and more compatible with this new style of storage (because it solves some problems you can face with other technologies).

And, of course, if you are building your own.

MangoLassi stores certain things in this manner, for example.

@dafyre said in UniFi controller will not start after upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04.01:

Win!

If I had realized that stable was not 5.0.X, I would have not changed to stable. Likely saving myself some steps.

I just use Screenshot, works great.

@wirestyle22 said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

As far as pi screens go it depends on the type. I always buy capacitative and they are pricey. I would totally do that though. It would be great.

Thanks for the reminder! I've got everything working, just need to daemonize the video recording bit.

@scottalanmiller said in Unmanaged switch horror stories:

@Mike-Davis said in Unmanaged switch horror stories:

The discussion came up because we were copied on an email from one user to another where they told the user to run out and get a cheap switch so they could hook up their network printer and their computer.

Well yes, bypassing IT for any purchasing, especially core infrastructure, is ridiculous.

Right, this has nothing to do with the type of switch.

@scottalanmiller said in Linux - Run Script after reboot:

I might implement a script like this. Care to share the script itself?

Not back in till Wednesday but it's a simple one so far

Asks for a hostname on a prompt and runs hostnamectl
Then asks for ip to assign and runs a few sed commands to edit the cfg-eth0 file.

So the main idea is to run the command/script when root logs in next.

@WrCombs for Linux you install it like this...

https://mangolassi.it/topic/3241/installing-x2go-on-linux-mint-17-1

Same commands for 18.

@Breffni-Potter said in HP Elite x2 - HP's Microsoft Surface killer:

HP are fast heading into a don't buy list for me. Every time I deal with them or their products it is a head-ache.

I LOVE HP products, I like their ethos and I don't like Dell's sales tactics but too many things keep pushing me away.

Ha we've had the opposite. Dell has been kind of a disaster for us. Ha who knows.

Have you guys done any testing? Would like to hear what improvements you guys are seeing.

@guyinpv said in Replacing Evernote?:

@scottalanmiller said in Replacing Evernote?:

@guyinpv we use one OneNote per client. That way the data is portable per client. If a client wants a copy, they can have it. If a client leaves, we can archive their documents.

That's a lot of notebooks!

I figured my Rolodex-style tab system would work much the same once I can share the tabs, the client can get into the tab and all the pages within.

But I can see the benefit of one notebook per client. Just need an easy way to navigate them. The way ON lets me browse notebooks is annoying. Doesn't lend itself well to having dozens or even hundreds of notebooks.

Yup, but it makes it much easier to have different security per client. It's all in Sharepoint, so very easy to manage.

Been using for a long time off and on, but my experience wasn't the same. It did have bugs, I reported a couple of them. Pinning tabs was quirky, some behaviors were quirky, some pages didn't load right for online apps.
Of course it didn't have integration with LastPass for a long time so that alone prevented me from using for anything serious.

I think it's fine to have a browser that really cracks down on ads, but I consider it more of a utility browser, I just couldn't use it for regular work.

I think that we need a post highlighting the new phones, too!

@Dashrender said in Windows Share - Access Denied - 1 Domain Account on 1 Computer (Solved):

LIttle problems like this can drive you mad!

Nice find!

yea man especially when i had to work on a backups issue and couldn't even access the folder!

@Dashrender said in Best way to maintain some remote control but not absolute?:

@guyinpv said in Best way to maintain some remote control but not absolute?:

If all else fails, I can always tell the client to run a Join.me session from somewhere else in the network.

assuming they can get on the internet when your server is down. 😉

At some point in the escalation process, the physical visit will be necessary.

Usually this is me asking them to look at their router and cable modem for the lights, tell them to call the ISP.
Check for lights on the server. Lights on the NIC port, etc.

Sometimes I'll have a savvy person ping stuff for me.

Right, that is what MS calls it though.

But real XS does have the SMB based ISO mount, it's just not made available for the production storage.