I concur with ReadyNAS or Synology recommendations. Buffalo Terastations have been hit and miss, not sure that I trust it any longer.

Invoicing all open tickets.

It is usually in the BIOS but you can use this tool as below:

http://neosmart.net/OemKey/

Why would someone have a pastebin like this?
https://pastebin.com/DNpQydtH

Well to start, you have begun the process which is an awesome sign, and you are here asking for help too. So we can help you and believe me you will learn here a lot out of your comfort zone.

You should be able to learn using LABs and even online testing. But if you would like to evolve your systems you should look at what you have been using for a while now, like what Network, Hardware and Software do you have deployed now? What should be changed, what can you improve? How can I grow my skills and it what areas?

So share with us that and we can help.

@tim_g said in Fitness and Weightloss:

No time to go to the gym? Do it before work if it's mathematically possible.

Go to bed an hour earlier.

Find out when your gym opens... mine opens at 5:30, so I have time for a 45-60 minute workout and then a shower before going to work.

So long as you don't start work too early or your commute is so long, try it! It's a nice way to start the day.

You can also use a 24 hour gym, we have some around here.

@manheraz said in Seeking how to improve:

@dashrender said in Seeking how to improve:

How about starting by sharing a list of your to dos, etc.

Well, that's one of my problems, trying to bite more than I can reallistically chew.

I have hundreds of items in my to do list, 90% "self imposed". As I keep learning, I keep adding ideas to improve the current infrastructure.

Then, I have a tought time trying to prioritize my work (too much items to process leads to something like analysis paralysis)

Also, trying to learn new technologies requires time, and that makes me question: should I improve my knowledge in the technologies in use at the moment or should I focus in learning more useful things for a near future?

Example: Should I improve my VMware skills (currently in production) or should I invest learning Hyper-V, PowerShell, PowerShell DSC, Puppet to be able to use that in a few months?

Our biggest project at this time is a total technology "refresh":

• Migrate from VMware vSphere Essentials to Hyper-V Server 2016
• Prepare to pass out the SAN (we have two ESXi diskless servers connected to an EMC array, going to Hyper-V with local storage)
• New network configuration (adding VLANs for a DMZ, a testlab, management interfaces... nothing fancy)
• New Active Directory domain/forest (we have a very old inherited domain that doesn't follow best practices)
• Upgrade from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2016
• Deploy standarized Windows (client and server) images using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit + WDS
• Manage software in client computers with Chocolatey
• Document everything (going with Dokuwiki)
• Try to automate everything as much as possible with Puppet (using The Foreman) and PowerShell/PowerShell DSC

So, I will be really busy for months...

Yes, these are great projects. You can have multiple posts on this.

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Billy Graham just died at 99.

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/21/136224476/americas-pastor-billy-graham-dies-at-99?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180221

Finally Dell R720, R520 are getting BIOS updates.

@dustinb3403 said in I can't even:

Oh in other news, I started buying stuff for my on-the-way daughter!

Great news!!

We use it for UNMS, Unifi Controller, Zimbra and NextCloud.

Big first day with new helpdesk staff.

@dashrender said in Finding hidden files on Windows:

@dbeato said in Finding hidden files on Windows:

@dashrender said in Finding hidden files on Windows:

/was no issue with OneDrive - it's doing it's job.. I just wish my other tools would have told me that sooner so I would know how to resolve my situation.

So did you also check also the VSS Snapshots if anything?

On a desktop? I'm not running any software that would cause VSS snaps - but I did check restore points - that was using like 1 GB.

Yes, restore point use VSS every WIndows Update.

Guiding my dad through setting up an Ubiquiti Bridge and then a router in the DR over the phone.

@momurda said in Major Intel CPU vulnerability:

Anybody know Supermicro's update stance with this? Have they posted anything?

https://www.supermicro.com/support/security_Intel-SA-00088.cfm

https://www.supermicro.com/support/faqs/faq.cfm?faq=27105

https://tinkertry.com/meltdown-and-spectre-info#supermicro

Finally upgraded all computers to 1709. All 200 of them...

@flaxking said in Uses for VPS:

I was really excited when I looked up Vultr after looking at this thread, because they have $2.50 instances and that is the price point I was looking for. The load I need a VPS for is very small (just checks some websites then it posts on facebook). I was event semi-effectively using CloudAtCost for it, but every 4 months or so my server would become unresponsive and would require to be rebuilt.

However, now that I have signed up for Vultr, (and foolishly even added credit to my account) I see they don't actually have any $2.50 instances available. Does anyone know how frequently they come back up for sale?

NJ Datacenter has them:

At the hospital

@dustinb3403 said in Ubiquity Unifi AP:

More to the point, you can setup the controller as a VM and simply turn it off once the AP is no longer needing to be configured.

Or ( @JaredBusch will probably stab me) you could purchase the Unifi controller (forget the name) and use that.

It's pretty cheap iirc.

The Ubiquiti Cloud Key?
https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-cloud-key/

Now to setup Grafana Dashboard for my Zimbra see how that goes
https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Monitoring_Zimbra_Collaboration_-_InfluxDB,_Telegraf_and_Grafana