@Joyfano We have a Lynda account, and I'm taking that course there - Scott sums it up pretty good, but it sure does it fill in the blanks.

@scottalanmiller I was thinking a giant would buy them and dismantle it - access to 6 million users for marketing, development, etc...

Yea, but I don't think that community is going anywhere - as well as the annual conference. Here is what will happen: They will be sold within 2 years to a giant (HP is my guess) and it will carry on as a free program for a while, until... who knows...

@Minion-Queen You feeling better? We need to skype this weekend!

Reading posts of people jumping ship from a huge community. WTH?

@JaredBusch
Right on - it's amazing the number of "startups" sharing a house to utilize Google Fiber.

Kansas City is hopping with IT Jobs. What is your experience (years/technology, etc...)?

@scottalanmiller said:

Someday, maybe he will find this thread.

that is exactly what I was thinking. "hey dude, we were concerned about you" In case he makes it here.

@scottalanmiller said:

@Bob-Beatty said:

I think I saw this on SpiceWorks community a couple of years ago and stole it for a rainy day - although it's sunny today!

It's always sunny in Mangoland.

Yes it is!! Wish I could spend more time here!

I think I saw this on SpiceWorks community a couple of years ago and stole it for a rainy day - although it's sunny today!

Well Scott - if you were able to get a 6 percent return on 1 million and you had no debt, it might work.

A few years ago I was hired to replace a retiring veteran in IT, and on his last day, he handed me 3 envelopes. I asked about these and he told me that when things got crazy and I didnt know what to do, open the first envelope and it would help me out. Then he said that after a while I would run into another bind and for me to open the 2nd envelope for guidance. He then told me that I would no doubt encounter another crisis and for me to open the 3rd envelope when that happened. So a few months down the road a situation came up and I was clueless so I opened the first envelope. It simply said, " Tell them you are still new to the position and it takes time to build your own footprint in this business but you are almost there." I did this and to my amazement it bought me some relief from upper management. A few months later, I again had things go haywire and opened the 2nd envelope. It simply said, " Blame everything on me. Tell them I had gotten soft in my execution and it must be the reason for my retirement." I felt bad to do this but he suggested it so I did and it worked amazingly well. Finally a good bit of time passed and I again ran into a bind and just didnt know what to do and opened the final envelope. I slumped in my chair as it said: "Prepare 3 envelopes."

@Carnival-Boy said:

Can't comment on Pertino. Of course, there are loads of cloud storage offerings but my only experience is with Trend Micro SafeSync, which I hated, and Livedrive.com which I quite like. So our remote workers now use Livedrive.com

Does livedrive allow local copies for offline, then sync? version control? easy folder/shared folder setup?

The sync issue was the 1 item I was concerned about. Plus, the users need to use a folder structure for "Personal files" and "Shared files". The reason I thought about Pertino was the "always on" effect. But as far as syncing, I think that would be an issue if you are looking at accessing these documents from a phone, surface, laptop, etc... I see the Windows OS environment syncing just fine, but what about the phone or other non-windows devices?

thanks! @Minion-Queen

We need cloud storage for several users (on/off road with laptops) - Microsoft OneDrive looked good but if fubars when you try to get it to work on different hardware - for example, we can't get it to work on a Surface Pro 2 (wtf?). Also, it takes 24 hours to change permissions (wtf?) While researching this, I thought about Pertino. What if, you used Pertino and the end user had access to their documents wherever they were? Would Pertino be a good solution instead of paying for a cloud storage provider? Can the end user have a copy of their documents locally and when connected to the network, it will automatically sync as if it were on a domain, or am I asking too much and should continue looking for storage providers that give me my solution:

1. need users to be able to easily access files via explorer using a file/folder structure
2. Need to be able to securely share files
3. need to update/sync when online
4. Need access offline (on a plane, or no internet available)
5. Need to access from phone/laptop/surface/desktop, etc....) from anywhere
6. Centralized management
7. quick security control
   8 encryption of files

Can using Pertino give me this or am I needing a very versatile cloud provider?

Wow - this is a plethora of information. I've read all of the posts and now have learned more than expected - I was looking for Scott's video, can you throw that link in here? I didn't see it. Thanks for all of the input, this is a great resource - now, can we take this post and file it as a "whitepaper" of sorts, or just leave it as it is for users to search for?

What plug ins do you have installed? Check to confirm there are no issues with those. Have you tried this to different LUNS? I assume this is from Vcenter since you said you tried the template - does this happen from each Host as well or when installing to a particular host?

Does the agent get pushed down from the Central console? Can security/access be configured at that point? Where does the network get added into the mix?