About 12:20PM today, all of our Enterprise Level HP Printers went down with Security Error 33.05.13. They have not recovered.

I've researched that error and here's the troubleshooting so far:

Tried firmware reload via USB drive. Boots to same error
Booting printers disconnected from network results in a complete boot. If I plug them back in, they lock up and if you reboot while connected, same security alert.
This is only affecting Enterprise Level Printers and not standard laserjet and deskjets. I assume it is due to added security in those class of printers.

And as I type this, our Toshiba Copiers are very sluggish when using the on device buttons. The software on them is very slow.

Other observations:

My PC lost internet only around 12:20PM and I did a release/renew and about that time, the HP's when down. I don't think this is the cause but it is interesting.
No other adverse effects on workstations or servers.
I've worked with a local HP rep who came here and HP on the phone and they don't know what the cause is.

I am about to head to an even for a few hours but will be back here at 7PM central time to continue to troubleshoot. The first thing I may do is reboot all my servers, which includes Domain Controller, DHCP and DNS.

But I am worried we have had some kind of attack and with the focus on cyber-security, management wants to be reassured.

I have WireShark but I admit I am not good at reading the results.

I'll update more in a few hours.

I'm a huge RUSH fan and since they retired, I've taken an interest in their tribute bands. This group called YYNOT is amazing and has some great original songs too...

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Timely topic for me. I've been using SpiceWorks help desk for many years to monitor my network/workstations/servers and to track my issues. No one here uses it to OPEN TICKETS and as Scott mentioned earlier, I believe the desktop version of the Help Desk is dead. I looked at going to the cloud version but I didn't want to have to load an agent on all devices.

We are firmly into Office 365 (E1 and E3) and I've considered using Microsoft To-Do/Planner (and Maybe a SharePoint Teams List) for my day to day stuff and to also look up historical records. But I don't want to lose my sever/workstation/network scanner as it has provided good info when I needed it. So, I'm looking for something to scan my entire network, similar to SpiceWorks help desk and just keep my to-do list separate.

Trying to plan out our next Flag Football practice...love these kids...Go Colts!

Despite it's reputation and as busy as I am, I do manage at least 30 minutes a day with Fallout 76. I'm truly enjoying the heck out of it.

@scottalanmiller said in New Server Migration Adventure:

@garak0410 said in New Server Migration Adventure:

...not that makes it easier to migrate off of that one day but very glad to have it.

Your glad to have a VRTX inverted pyramid? Why? I'd think you'd be livid that someone bought that for your environment. Why are you not upset?

http://www.smbitjournal.com/2015/11/understanding-the-role-of-the-dell-vrtx/

I'd have to be upset at myself. I made the final decision after months of negotiating on cost and features. I really tried for a good R730 with Azure as our DR but they didn't want to pay the yearly license. Add this to the Dev projects they push me on, I had had to juggle many things but also try to make the best decision I could.

@scottalanmiller said in New Server Migration Adventure:

@garak0410 said in New Server Migration Adventure:

Thanks for all of the tips thus far. I may have to rush this migration now...

I came into the office today with the oldest of the two physical servers sounding like jet airplanes taking off..before, it just sounded like a sick car. It could be days our hours before it may give it up. Not sure why the fans are running so high today but add that to some bad memory, failed drives (but still working RAID set)...it simply can't wait too much longer. I asked for this upgrade 6 months ago. But I digress.

I'd still like to take time and do the migration to 2016 rather than just moving the VM's...luckily the weekend is here (though I have to coach a few ball games this weekend.) But for sure don't want to rush this.

Moving from two physical machines down to one, seems like an odd move. When this one starts to die, a migration off of it will be even more dramatic.

Moving to a Dell VRTX with 2 nodes...not that makes it easier to migrate off of that one day but very glad to have it.

Thanks for all of the tips thus far. I may have to rush this migration now...

I came into the office today with the oldest of the two physical servers sounding like jet airplanes taking off..before, it just sounded like a sick car. It could be days our hours before it may give it up. Not sure why the fans are running so high today but add that to some bad memory, failed drives (but still working RAID set)...it simply can't wait too much longer. I asked for this upgrade 6 months ago. But I digress.

I'd still like to take time and do the migration to 2016 rather than just moving the VM's...luckily the weekend is here (though I have to coach a few ball games this weekend.) But for sure don't want to rush this.

@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@coliver Are people still actively using IE? Even on servers if I required a web browser I would never use IE.

Unfortunately yes... we still have some applications that require IE and won't work with a modern browser.

Yep...we have a few Amcrest IP Camera DVR's and they ONLY work on IE. Same for a Dynamic's GP plugin called Project Cost.