@Dashrender said in What would you use to replace WSUS from SBS:

@Shuey said in What would you use to replace WSUS from SBS:

@JaredBusch said in What would you use to replace WSUS from SBS:

@DustinB3403 said:

Ah....

Sorry for the confusion then. Do they have the resources to run another WSUS server and proper licensing? It really is quite a simple solution.

PDQ Deply has options for 3rd party app updates etc, but requires annual renewal.

Oh, I can easily setup WSUS on one of their existing VMs. Just not really sure I want to with the size overhead for this many users.

Hey Jared, sorry if I sound a little lost, but what is the overhead you're referring to? You pretty much only have two options: Deploy a WSUS server and use a GPO (or regedit) to make the workstations talk to it, or you can manually install updates once per month (or per quarter). I would think you could easily deploy a very small WSUS server (either on 2008 or 2012) using WID and about a 60-80gb hard drive. You could even make it one of the guest VMs.

When I was supporting Office 2010 and Office 2013, Windows 7 and 8.1 I needed more like 120 GB to hold all of the updates, and monthly had to do the cleanup or I would run out of disk space.

Obviously there will be some variables to consider. I was basing my recommendation off our current WSUS setup (over 200 workstations, and 30 servers) vs his environment (8 desktop, 2 laptops and some unnumbered servers). Up until recently when MS changed the way the update cycle works, I cleaned our db every month and we've been doing completely fine with an 80GB hard drive on the server.

Exactly dashrender. the original OS that came with it was Windows 8.1. Single Language. I upgraded to Pro pack for the domain and have that key but it won't accept it as need the original OS first.

@shybrsky said:

@MattSpeller said:

@shybrsky said:

target has no BE agent before, this is new server .. so i want to deploy agent for Backup exec

IIRC they have an offline installer you can download from their site. That way you skip the whole buggy deploy client process.

what is IIRC ??

IIRC is a short hand writing of "If I Recall Correctly"

Thanks.

@scottalanmiller
Hi Scott-
Just found out about this site - thanks for the ioSafe mention. Perfect application btw. The ioSafe 214 now comes with drive options - all new loaded ioSafe NAS products contain WD Red Drives by default and have for several months now. We'll be working on updating the product description in the field over time. Also, all NAS units can be ordered with Enterprise Grade Drives as an option.

Redundant NICs are an option on the 1515+ but not the 214.

Hope that helps!
-Robb

Robb Moore, CEO
ioSafe Inc.

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller and @Minion-Queen
Did you guys start this out on a fresh install situation, or to preexisting computers?

For example, thoughts on best way to deploy this to 100 workstations, then remove all of the apps currently not installed through Chocolatey?

Preexisting for about 20 machines and then the rest were fresh installs

@MattSpeller said:

@thecreativeone91 💩

haha.

Probably my most frivolous purchase in years.

Backplate for the GTX. Seems to add a certain je ne sais quoi.

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@scottalanmiller said:

Lots in fact. My dad actually has that DVD service from them still.

Annoying as f***[moderated] too

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender you have to have Dynamic Disks to do this in Windows using MS tools.

Sure, but you don't when using third party tools. Again, I haven't done it in 4+ years, so I don't know what Acronis can currently do.

Managed to use com0com and get it to work by looping it to COM5. Odd, but it was enough for it to discover it and ignore it. Thanks for the help!

@thecreativeone91 said:

It seems to happen with most expensive laptops. They just aren't worth it.better to keep desktops for performance and laptops for mobility.

I owe you an I told you so. Ditching the ASUS too and back on my workstation. Ordered a new motherboard and GTX 980. Going to pick up a weaker laptop.

Turns out that even on the highest end gaming laptops money can buy ( that aren't $4,000+ w/ SLI and 3 minutes battery life ) you can't develop for Oculus, which is my next little adventure.

Sidenote: God it's good to be back on a desktop
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@KOOLER said:

@creayt said:

Have a new laptop coming and I'd like to run something like Time Machine for OS X where I can just restall the whole system from it if possible. Any suggestions?

Veeam or wrong! (c) ...

https://www.veeam.com/endpoint-backup-free.html?ad=menu-products

🙂

Yeah, do this to a local NAS or USB attached storage.

@Dashrender said:

@thecreativeone91 said:

Just talked to MS guys. We don't even need the VDA since they are for testing we can just use the MSDN Keys and not worry about licensing.

Assuming you already have a KMS server, you shouldn't need to do anything. The Windows 2008 R2 Server (maybe original 2008 as well) KMS key will authorize Windows 7.

Yeah the MDSN and MSVLSC are seperate. The Volume licensing is for production and the MSDN is for testing purposes only. Granted I don't think it matters too much what key is installed. We have both accounts.

Found it. It was on a random SQL server.

I love ninite for personal use. Nuke/pave times drop dramatically.

So yeah I ran the Disk Cleanup tool on some of them. We have approx 14 servers with less than 10GB left on the C Drive (which is only the windows install, nothing else all 40GB).

Anyway the tool sometimes caused them to have less disk space free after it ran. for example an application server went from having 1.8GB free to having 215mb free after running disk cleanup and the superseded cleanup stated here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/archive/2011/02/15/how-to-reclaim-space-after-applying-service-pack-1.aspx