@scottalanmiller said in Is the CompTIA A+ Certification Right for IT? SAMIT Video:

@dashrender said in Is the CompTIA A+ Certification Right for IT? SAMIT Video:

@scottalanmiller said in Is the CompTIA A+ Certification Right for IT? SAMIT Video:

@dashrender said in Is the CompTIA A+ Certification Right for IT? SAMIT Video:

Not on purpose or anything, but I skipped right over the A+ and studied for and passed the NT 4.0 MCSE as my first certifications.

It's not really skipping it any more than you likely skipped your automotive certification. It's not in the path between "interest" and the MCSE. And the Network+ didn't exist back then, so the MCP was the starter cert in that arena.

Well the job I had at the time was hmmm... install/fix end user PCs, run cabling, move (but not program) phones. We did eventually take over image deployment with a Partition Magic for Win 3.1 and 9x machines.

So, is that bench or IT?

That's bench.

This was my assumption.

I definitely didn't to be in that department for long. At the company, the pay topped out at like $28K for a bench tech.

Move to the LAN department (as it was called - the department that was responsible for the network switches/firewalls/servers) ranged from $40K - $130K. remember this is in NE, 15 years ago, and cost of living is still low compared to a lot of places, but apparently it's moderate compared to where Scott likes to live.

Yeah I liked this too. I totally believe all that too. I even experienced this recently too from talking to a Windows admin and yet the average Linux person who may not even be an admin just knows vastly more it seems. Anyway, good video and thanks!

The way you pronounce "hypervisor" sounds Irish. #justsayin

Good video. Possibly another video idea, if you want to get into it, is a break down on how you make the decision on what operating system or software to use and how to run the numbers. I hear that a lot and I personally would not know how to do this reliably. Maybe others would not either .

@scottalanmiller said in What Exactly Is a VPN, Is HTTPS a VPN SAMIT Video:

@coliver said in What Exactly Is a VPN, Is HTTPS a VPN SAMIT Video:

@scottalanmiller said in What Exactly Is a VPN, Is HTTPS a VPN SAMIT Video:

@coliver said in What Exactly Is a VPN, Is HTTPS a VPN SAMIT Video:

@scottalanmiller said in What Exactly Is a VPN, Is HTTPS a VPN SAMIT Video:

@wirestyle22 said in What Exactly Is a VPN, Is HTTPS a VPN SAMIT Video:

This was an interesting video. Thanks.

Don't forget to upvote it on YouTube ;)

Like, Comment, and Subscribe. You've got to get the youtuber lingo down.

I said it at the end!

I haven't watched it yet. I find video media extremely hard to watch while at work.

It's there to give you a break ;) Or watch while commuting.

Watch while commuting...

Listened to this on Friday. Thank you for reinforcing what I have been saying for about a year now around my company.

People in production brings in equipment that requires network connection and ports open to a cloud server, but does not inform us of these needs until after the equipment hasn't been installed and wonders why its not working.

"Well no wonder why it is not working. We have to run a network connection into a production environment, give your equipment (that I just met, potential security issue) an IP address, and open ports to a cloud system that I have no idea about and no control over. All because you did not value IT enough to include us in the decision making processes to figure out if it would be compatible with our environment."

The basic information on how the certs work from 1996 still apply today. That's 21 years and counting. It's not expected to change for the next several years at least. The MTAs were a pre-pro cert added later, but as they are pre-pro and are not on the roadmap, that's not really a change. They've very slightly altered the MCP name, but that's fine as it was so ridiculous and pointless anyway. It's a bit like the SATs, after the mid-2000s they had to "dumb it all down" a little bit as it was just too hard for their audience.

But the MCSA and MCSE have remained pretty staunchly in place except for a really brief rebranding period that they immediately reverted, for decades and while they are much easier than they used to be, they remain in the same market position as always.

@dashrender said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:

@jaredbusch said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:

@msff-amman-itofficer said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:

@jaredbusch said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:

@msff-amman-itofficer said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:

@jaredbusch said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:

@msff-amman-itofficer said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:

@tim_g

@tim_g said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:

@msff-amman-itofficer said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:

Oh and they provide the hyper v integration as cab file (guest agent):
windows6.x-hypervintegrationservices-x64.cab
I cant belive I complained when VIRT IO Tools was repackaged some time ago and they changed some folders in there ISO image, while MS gives you a .cab file and not even an executable.

What do you mean? What VM are you trying to install? You shouldn't need any integration tools at all for any modern operating system on a VM. They come built in and are updated via Windows Update (if running Windows OS)

If you install RHEL or CentOS, you can download a Linux Integration Services .ISO if you need to. You simply run the ./install.sh file. All other modern Linux OSs already have the Hyper-V Integration built in to the kernel.

This is what i am talking about:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/help/3063109/hyper-v-integration-components-update-for-windows-virtual-machines

Method 2: Microsoft Download Center

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center.

Operating system Update
All supported x86-based versions of Windows 8.1 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows 8.1 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2012 R2 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2012 Download Download the package now.
All supported x86-based versions of Windows 7 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2 Download Download the package now.

Go to the download, and it is all .cab files.

WTF are you talking about. This is not DVD media. You are doing it wrong from the beginning.

Ofcourse I know this is not DVD media, those are the Hyper-V agents that MS wants you to install on your guest machine, MS calls them Hyper-V integration components.

ESXi and KVM Virt IO all provides much better ways to get this installed on your guest machines, and dont provide you a dumb .cab file.

Just because you are not capable of providing a share to get access the files from within the VM does not mean the process is stupid.

Who wants to mount ISO files from the hypervisor all the time just to update software in a guest VM? That is the stupid thing.

Okay, granted what are the commands to create share in Windows hyper-V standalone? I tried and failed, or the only way to do so is to have share outside hyper-V like NAS ? if so both KVM and ESXi can be easier in sending files directly to the host.

I dont want to go to fight about who is the best Virtualization platform cause that is pointless, but my trial wit Hyper-V is everything required 2 extra steps to get it configured. While the competition it can be done with one step.

Why are you trying to put these files on the hypervisor? They have no need to be on the hypervisor. You cannot download them there anyway why are you trying to put them there? The guest VM does not care where they are shared from. Just put them someplace accessible. or even download them directly in the guest VM.

I am not arguing best hypervisor platform. I am simply stating you are doing things wrong and causing your own problems.

I'm guessing that he might be saying that he has no NAS, and doesn't want to create a share from his desktop machine to make those ISOs available to the hypervisor.

ESXi allows you to have a folder on the DataStore that you can then reference. I did this for my ESXi server. Same goes for my XS, I had a local piece of storage on the hypervisor for ISOs.

I don't see an actual issue with this. The biggest one I seem is that you might be using more expensive disk to store ISOs instead of storing them on a NAS.

And Hyper-V lets you access share a folder too. It is all windows, so the admin share is there and active.

\\hypervservername\c$\somefolder

Oh that's funny and interesting! Might I ask what sort of work so I can see a little bit about what is done?

@dustinb3403 said in Microsoft Isn't Crazy:

@jaredbusch said in Microsoft Isn't Crazy:

Video content, did not watch.

Guy didn't know how to set the timezone on a Windows system, and jumped the conclusion that Microsoft just royally screwed up / couldn't figure out time zones, and gave up.

We had a client's onsite IT guy put in a ticket that the exchange server was 2 hours off! Nope, what recently changed?
You rebuilt your laptop and just changed the time and not the default pacific timezone.
Point us, -100 for you being the IT guy.

I like the train ride. It's chill and easy.

@EddieJennings If IT doesn't do it then there could be environmental factors that weren't set up identically to prod that could influence who code runs, thus creating bugs and wasted time once the code hits production.

Great ideas. Thanks. Surprised by the number of views in the first half a day as well!

Thanks to @NerdyDad for this presentation at Mango Meetup DFW

@travisdh1 said in Why Are Search Engines So Fast?:

Hey baby, would you like to see my algorithms?

haha. . .

@Tim_G said in Why Are Search Engines So Fast?:

@travisdh1 said in Why Are Search Engines So Fast?:

Hey baby, would you like to see my algorithms?

Only if they're bug free.

Come on baby, like EVERYONE has HPV. . .

https://nextcloud.com/blog/9-german-educational-and-research-institutions-move-to-nextcloud-as-part-of-tu-berlin-migration-more-coming/

@mlnews said in KDE Plasma 5.10 Adds Spring Loading Feature, Video:

Youtube Video

This is a tweak of a very old feature in folder view of kde 4, nothing really new IMHO.

@scottalanmiller said in YouTube TV Goes Live Today in Five US Cities:

@wirestyle22 said in YouTube TV Goes Live Today in Five US Cities:

@scottalanmiller said in YouTube TV Goes Live Today in Five US Cities:

@momurda said in YouTube TV Goes Live Today in Five US Cities:

More than the cost of Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Netflix combined per month. And you have to watch youtube commercials in addition to the broadcasters commercials.

It's to compete with Sling, which costs about the same.

The reason to pay for Sling too is for Sports. The only thing keeping cable packages alive right now

I think that YouTube TV is handling that, isn't it?

Not all

OK, so a gateway (with acceleration, RDMA and integration to vCenter & SCVMM) for Ceph & GlusterFS is on the way.

StarWind Virtual SAN

@scottalanmiller said in Tech Field Day Stairway to Cloud:

@KOOLER said in Tech Field Day Stairway to Cloud:

Do you guys like my T-shirt?

LOL, I definitely noticed it.

I hope it's not something most valuable on this video :)

@travisdh1 said in Installing Amazon Alexa on Raspberry Pi 3:

@dafyre said in Installing Amazon Alexa on Raspberry Pi 3:

@travisdh1 said in Installing Amazon Alexa on Raspberry Pi 3:

@DustinB3403 said in Installing Amazon Alexa on Raspberry Pi 3:

So this isn't something @travisdh1 would want to build and leave around?

Maybe in someone else's house. I haven't jumped on the automated assistant thing yet, I'm still quite leery of having something like that in the house.... yes, I know I carry one around in my pocket with the phone. Doesn't mean I use it.

Also doesn't mean you want yet another one reporting everything you say to the NSA.

@dafyre Are you sure you don't wear a tin foil hat as well? ;)

*quickly whips something shiney and metallic looking behind his back*

Who? Me. Never! *coughs to cover the sound of crumbled up tin foil landing in the trash can*