Just an FYI... These instructions also still work on Mint 18 as well.

It's not the size of your VMDK that counts, it's the vMotion in the ocean.... 😀

(ok, I'm done)

@hobbit666 said in Unitrends Enterprise Backup and XenServer 7:

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Can't restore a VM Backup that was done on ESXi onto Hyper-V! only another ESXi.

Do you need the entire backup of the machine? You can mount the image of the backup and restore any files anywhere you want.

Another ML success story 🙂

It's kinda cool. If we didn't travel I could see getting one just to be cool.

@Ambarishrh said in How can i refresh my iso library on XO:

Got it! Thanks a lot. 🙂

You're welcome.

Added: https://mangolassi.it/topic/9796/how-reliable-is-your-server

Just following up, how is everything going over there @jn19

Like I already told you (PM/chat): Provide more info. What kind of storage? Some consumer grade NAS? Huawei? EMC? NetApp? vSAN? We need to know the brand and model, everything else is just wild guessing on our side.

@coliver said in IT support Specialist:

@scottalanmiller said in IT support Specialist:

@coliver said in IT support Specialist:

@scottalanmiller We have a local company that posts jobs as threats to their current employees. Thankfully I've never had to work for them.

You'd think that constantly posting and constantly not being able to hire would backfire a bit.

It's low end positions from what I've seen. More unskilled labor then anything else.

Even so, if they aren't constantly hiring, it seems like the employees would figure out that they can't. Or unionize and stop them from being able to.

@Mike-Davis said in How To Find A Good Account Rep:

@Breffni-Potter said in How To Find A Good Account Rep:

"So let’s say that you moved in to a new roll"

thanks for catching that. Looking back I did type this while I was sitting on an airplane and was hungry.

That's just how you roll.

Thought I would circle back on this one and give a review of OrangeComputers.

I purchased an R710 from OrangeComputers a few months ago. They were very willing to work with me on price and upgrade components for a very reasonable price. I believe they even upgraded the controller from a Perc6i to an H710 for little to no cost. The server arrived within about 2-3 days, very well packaged, and all firmware up to date. The condition of the server was great, and it has been running 24/7 ever since I booted it with 4-5 VMs on it.

In summary, after 3 months of usage, I would recommend this company for refurb servers, as long as warranty is not a huge issue for you. Their warranty is 90 days standard, but you can pay a little extra and get a 1 year warranty. If you want a 3 year warranty, then these are not the guys to go with. For home use, or even small business, I'd buy from them again. Their pricing is excellent.

We sell Carrier Services and usually size based more on the number of calls not the number of people. 30 simultaenous calls should be easy on any good (read: true business class) Internet circuit. @scottalanmiller has the bandwidth nailed on the head above. We di try and get users to get the best Upstream bandwidth which for cable modem installs around here is very difficult (Time Warner only offers 5Meg UP even in Business Class which is pathetic).
For our needs internally we needed well over 100 simultaneous call paths. We went with a dedicated circuit to a Rochester based cough carrier cough and a backup trunk over an Internet circuit. While bandwith has never been an issue lets just say I can't wait for the contract for the cough carrier to expire so that we can port and go to the Internet for our needs and dump them!

@adam.ierymenko if you run your own controller do you get all same features as you would with using the hosted controller?

I forgot about this topic and found it mentioned in a conversation. This thread was a great resource that never got linked anywhere useful. Now to figure out how to make it more referenceable.

@jt1001001 said in Internet woes, Comcast interconnects?:

Can't you get a fiber circuit from someone? We were able to get WindScream fiber in our one dsl branch office. Yes I know Windstream ranks right up there with comcrap but the speed made the difference and we got them to waive construction costs.

Fiber circuit, sure, if we pay to run it 30 miles. A T1 would only be ~5 miles. Both would be a lot more expensive as well.

We used to have a WISP around, but they were bought out and filed chapter 13 bankruptcy 4 years ago.

Well, I am only about 3 chapters in, but over all I am very happy with this book.

It includes the whole book as a PDF so I can read it on my iPad while I travel 🙂