Hi. My name is Denis and it's been 10 days.....oh shit. Sorry, different site. :)

Don't trash your employer online. :)

The wedding is quickly approaching and like any other wedding, we want them drunk :)

They specifically said they didn't want any gifts. But hell, don't let that stop you. Every little bit will help them drink more and who doesn't want the bride and groom drunk off their ass for the ceremony?

I know a lot of people can't go (including me) but that doesn't mean we can't help them celebrate. Lots of small gifts will quickly add up and you can be anonymous if you'd like.

Give a little, give a lot... at least visit the page and think of the happy couple.

https://www.gofundme.com/huwandgabs

Don't forget to bring a towel.

Nice threadjack guys.

Have fun at your new job Nic!

@coliver said:

@art_of_shred said:

Yup, Unitrends has been heavily focused in the physical appliance, with integrated software and storage, while they offer software-only options. They also, AFAIK, hold the record on supported OS's. Veeam is software protection of virtual, primarily.

Does Veeam not offer things like Exchange or SQL backup? That seems like a fairly big downside to that solution.

@scottalanmiller said:

The other big difference is that Veeam is targeted on virtual backups only, they do not address applications or operating systems, only hypervisors (HyperV and VMware ESXi.)

Unfortunately, this is not accurate. Veeam does focus only on virtual servers only. While they focus on VM-level backups, they do not ignore enterprise applications. They have tools to item-level restore:

• Exchange Server
• SQL Server
• Active Directory

In fact, a tool like their Veeam Explorer for Exchange doesn't even require Exchange to be mounted. You can use this tool to recover items as long as you have access to the MDB files for Exchange 2010 and higher. They have a separate tool for Exchange 2007 which I use right now temporarily.

During a complete meltdown, you can actually spin up the failed server using the backup file until you can recover and move it to it's final destination.

Veeam natively handles both backup and replication. The two are not necessarily dependent on each other and can play into your D&R plans. You can have instant failover and failback. Licensing of these features are always on the source machines, not the target hosts. So if you just have one box, you can drop in a cheap one and replicate to it without requiring additional software.

With Enterprise (both in Essentials and their high-end version which does WAN optimization) you get SureBackup Lab. This is super freaking awesome. Basically, you can craft a test isolated test lab and automate your backup testing in the lab. I have this setup for all my backup jobs. Basically what happens after each backup is that it will spin up the VM from the backup file (after spinning any dependency VMs like a DC first) verify that it can boot, NICs can be pinged, and any application-specific services and roles like Exchange, AD, and SQL can actually be verified. I have this setup and all my backups are verified EVERY DAY. One last thing is you can also use the SureBackup Lab for testing. I often, drop in some VMs when I want to do some testing of changes I want to do with productions VMs. The lab comes with a Proxy appliance that you can punch a hole in to get access to the isolated lab. I'm doing this now with our ERP software where I'm making some updates. I've given Accounting access so they can play their testing with real data, but in a safe environment.

Want complete insight into your virtualization environment? Disk IOPS, datastore latency, CPU utilization over time, etc. Well, they will give it to you for free VeeamOne. Paid version comes with a few more features. This is pretty awesome.

Got non-servers you'd like to backup too. Well, they have a free tool for that also now that will allow you to manage that within your backup console.

Sorry to post a wall of info, but these comments worried me and I felt the need to provide a better insight into Veeam. I've played with Unitrends and they have a nice product, I just don't feel like it comes close to this product and its flexibility. So it just backups VMs. Yeah, but the tools they give just rock.

So I guess, what? We get one year of free credit monitoring?

@JaredBusch said:

@DenisKelley said:

and pretty much any cheesy disaster film.

So much this.. My Netflix history is a testament to this.

Of course there are only so many of those, so I branch out into B movies quite a lot.

It's funny, but I just love them. NY freezes in 20 minutes...awesome. Let's fly to a freaking asteroid, drill, and drop a nuke....yeah, Murica! Big on science here, but I can just enjoy these films for their over the top themes. I still laugh so much with Sharknado. Hey, let's just fly this helicopter next to the tornado and drop these homemade explosives. That'll do the trick.

Thin clients are in no way dead. VDI has its place, but it doesn't eliminate RDS. A good box should be able to run many many VMs. The only thing that might affect your decision would be the SQL ones. Licensing and if the app that runs on that system likes to play well with others.

Be careful about running Office with RDS. There are additional, crazy licensing limitations that you'll need to address if you do it.

Lastly, don't forget backup.

Very nice. I'd suggest taking off the crown during the interview. That's just me. Good luck.

I'm just asking for my account to be removed or deactivated. That's it. Please let me know if this can be done. Thank you.

Can someone please remove my account. I'm not on here that much and the Mango vs SW stuff is tiring to me. I don't see any way to remove or deactivate my account, so mods, please either show me how or do it on my behalf. Thanks!

/Sighs

I thought this was debunked by Snopes https://goo.gl/lZ1RIr

Nice threadjack guys.

Have fun at your new job Nic!

@thwr said in Weekend Plans:

@DenisKelley said in Weekend Plans:

As one who lived in Munich for about 8 years, Octoberfest is awesome.

I'm not saying it's bad, but it's pretty much about commerce. And I won't stop you if you like to pay such prices in a place that's so crowded with people that you can barely take a breath:

"Mass Bier" - 10,40 to 10,70 EUR
Coke - 9,27 EUR

Sources: http://www.oktoberfest2016.de/bierpreise.htm, http://www.oktoberfest.de/de/article/Aktuell/Meldungen/Die+offiziellen+Bierpreise+2016/4606/

Yeah, that's pricey. Lived there before the wall fell and exchange rates with the DM were great.

As one who lived in Munich for about 8 years, Octoberfest is awesome.

Or you can just install the free Version of VeeamOne and run the builtin reports. :P Gift cards are nice though.

The wedding is quickly approaching and like any other wedding, we want them drunk :)

They specifically said they didn't want any gifts. But hell, don't let that stop you. Every little bit will help them drink more and who doesn't want the bride and groom drunk off their ass for the ceremony?

I know a lot of people can't go (including me) but that doesn't mean we can't help them celebrate. Lots of small gifts will quickly add up and you can be anonymous if you'd like.

Give a little, give a lot... at least visit the page and think of the happy couple.

https://www.gofundme.com/huwandgabs

They are okay units. The unit I reviewed on Spiceworks used the B-series software raid. It currently is the replication target and has been running almost continually for almost 2 years. As for running for a small office, I'd be more comfortable with a better card.

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/453126-a-spicehead-s-review-of-the-hp-proliant-microserver

@scottalanmiller said in Quick Guide to Windows 2012 R2 RDS Licensing:

@DenisKelley said in Quick Guide to Windows 2012 R2 RDS Licensing:

From an old Microsoft post and I'm paraphrasing here:

Joe Business User: Hey, I have 300 users that need to use MS Office on RDS, but really only 10 will be connecting. So how many licenses do I need to purchase?

Microsoft: 300.

I don't know why someone would even need clarification there. What part of "300 users using Office on RDS" would prompt a question? How could that possibly be clearer or more obvious.

I need five cars, how many do I have to buy. Um.. five.

It's quite simple, Scott. As you noted they make both User and Device CALs pretty much across all their platforms except for MS Office. It is only available as a Device CAL.