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@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:

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@RojoLoco Never! I have several friends, including my BF that are of Indian decent ir directly from India and they run in to racism all the time. I fight the fight with them to educate on and eradicate the ignorance behind racism.

BF? Boyfriend?I did not know that about you, Jim.

Best Friend Grey! How have you been man! You still SpiceTraining?

Best friend, boyfriend, whatever. It's cool.

No, Spiceworks and I don't talk any more.

As in no Spiceworks at all? How did you manage to stop talking, surgery?

Nope. It was pretty easy. A CM deleted a post, and I disagreed with him, and at the end of the discussion, when I said I'd leave if not treated better, he indicated that wouldn't be a problem, and he did it with an alarming quickness. It's that last bit, where it was so fast, that made me realize how much value they place on their core users today. Ergo, I'm not a core user.

I still wear the shirts and polos. Those are some quality cotton threads and clothes can be expensive. Of course, if there were a trade-in program to get Manglolassi or other brands, and they had equal quality, I'd jump at that.

I just upgraded my VM host from v4.1 to 6.0 and all of the associated VM guests, VMFS3 to 5, and added in NIC teaming.

Is it possible to do something like a DFS for printers? Maybe actually use DFS for printers? That would be awesome.

@Dashrender Sure. How else would they make Italian Ice?

@nadnerB said in Home Anti-virus:

So I'm having some ridiculous issues with Avast Free AV and I'm considering switching to something else.
Details here: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=203267.0

What have you got for AV?

I use Webroot. I also resell as an MSP for them, though you'd be better off to get your own key/sub through Newegg and manage it yourself unless you want to incur incident costs when I call you asking why you're checking out www.lemonparty.com and getting viruses at 3am.

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Tim_G said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just getting ready for the STL SpiceCorp at Two Plumbers Brewety and Arcade.

Someone doesn't look too happy to be there.

Don't care about grumpy solo old lady.

Is it scandalous t show up at a Spiceworks meeting wearing a Mangolassi shirt?

I've had this happen on multiple occasions. The system was configured to use the internal windows database instead of sql, and there were too many records so the refreshes and etc. would take forever, or you'd get the reset server node issue. After I migrated the database to sql, the problem mostly went away. It still occurs on slow connections.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

New fueling issues at Logan. Getting delayed more.

I have this feeling that your kids have more air miles than all of Alabama's residents.

@Kyle said in Large File Sharing:

@hobbit666 Large files, 200-900 Gb design files.

If they're truly that large, and your workforce is remotely accessing them, you might consider going to a full VDI solution, especially VMWare Horizon with Tesla cards for graphic and processing enhancements.

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@RestoronixSean said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

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I'll just go ahead and blame marketing who didn't do their research on that one.

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I think the lesson here is that fortune cookies are made in New York.

3 scripts to help you manage your snapshots:
I think I posted this one before, but I'm including it for completeness.
take-SnapsInteractively.ps1

#############################
#
# Simple process to take a list of vm guests and take snapshots.
# VM Guests lists one per line.
#
# -- Grey Howe Nov 5 2020
#
#############################

#############################
# Variables
#
# Change this to your VSphere server name:
$viserver = ""
# Use your favorite format or leave as is:
$date=get-date -format FileDate
#
# End Variables
#############################

cls
Write-Host -ForegroundColor cyan "------------------------------------------------------------`nMake snapshots based on a list in a file.`n------------------------------------------------------------"

$file = "$($ENV:USERPROFILE)\desktop\systems.txt"

do{Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "Is your file ready?"
$ready = (Read-Host -prompt "(q)uit, (Y)es, (n)o").ToLower()} while ($ready -notin @('q','y','n',''))

if($ready -eq ''){$ready = 'y'}
if($ready -eq 'n'){
    $nptest = Test-Path 'C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe'
        if($nptest -eq $true){
        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "Edit your file and rerun when ready."
        & "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" $file}
        else{
        & $env:windir\system32\notepad.exe $file
        throw "You're not ready yet. Ending."
        }
        }

if($ready -eq 'y'){

    try {$vmlist = Get-VM |where {$_.guestid -like "dev" -and $_.Name -notlike "*replica*"}
    }

    catch [VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.Types.V1.ErrorHandling.VimException.ViServerConnectionException]{
        write-host -ForegroundColor yellow "Caution: No VIServer connection present. Please wait..."
        Connect-VIServer -Server $viserver -verbose:$false -WarningAction 0
        $vmlist = Get-VM |where {$_.guestid -like "dev" -and $_.Name -notlike "*replica*"}
        }
    
    $systems = get-content $file

    # Run in test mode?
        do{Write-Host -ForegroundColor cyan "`nRun in test mode? " -NoNewline
        $test = (Read-Host -prompt "(Y/n)").ToLower()} while ($test -notin @('y','n',''))

    #Fix 'default' and proceed to test mode.
 if($test -eq ''){$test = 'y'

        # test mode
        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Test mode on the following systems:"
        $systems|write-host -ForegroundColor Green
        # Name the new snaps automatically, without asking, just to show work.
        $name = "$($env:USERNAME)-test"

        foreach($guest in $systems){
            get-vm -Name $guest|ft
            New-Snapshot -vm $guest -name $name -Verbose -whatif
        }
    # Exit Test Mode
    }

      ###### Active mode

    elseif($test -eq 'n'){
        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Caution: Proceeding to make real snaps."
        $systems|write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow
        # Establish what to name the new snaps.
        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "Enter name for snapshots.`nENTER for '$($env:USERNAME)':" -NoNewline
        $name = read-host
        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "Purpose & requestor of these snapshots: " -NoNewline
        $reason = Read-Host

        # Fix 'default' name.
        if($name -eq ''){$name = "$($env:USERNAME)-snap"}

        foreach($guest in $systems){
        get-vm -Name $guest|ft
        New-Snapshot -vm $guest -name $name -Verbose -Description "$($env:USERNAME)-$($reason)" -RunAsync
        }
    }
}
# Quit
if($ready -eq 'q'){
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "Quitting."
}

get-SnapList.ps1

###### Variables
# Change this to your VSphere server name:
$viserver = ""
###### End Variables

try {$vmsnaps = get-vm | Get-Snapshot| ?{$_.name -notlike "*veeam*" -and $_.name -and $_.name -notlike "*rest*" -and $_.name -notlike "*repl*"}|select vm,name,description,created,@{l='SizeInGB';e={($_.SizeGB).tostring("#.#")}} |sort created|ft -AutoSize
    $vmsnaps}

catch [VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.Types.V1.ErrorHandling.VimException.ViServerConnectionException]{
    write-host -ForegroundColor yellow "Caution: No VIServer connection present. Please wait..."
    Connect-VIServer -Server $viserver -verbose:$false -WarningAction 0
    $vmsnaps = get-vm | Get-Snapshot| ?{$_.name -notlike "*veeam*" -and $_.name -and $_.name -notlike "*rest*" -and $_.name -notlike "*repl*"}|select vm,name,description,created,@{l='SizeInGB';e={($_.SizeGB).tostring("#.#")}} |sort created|ft -AutoSize
    $vmsnaps}

remove-snapsInteractively.ps1

###### Variables
# Change this to your VSphere server name:
$viserver = ""
###### End Variables
$l = 0
try {$vmsnaps = get-vm | Get-Snapshot| ?{$_.name -notlike "*veeam*" -and $_.name -and $_.name -notlike "*rest*" -and $_.name -notlike "*repl*"}
    }

catch [VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.Types.V1.ErrorHandling.VimException.ViServerConnectionException]{
    write-host -ForegroundColor yellow "Caution: No VIServer connection present. Please wait..."
    Connect-VIServer -Server $viserver -verbose:$false -WarningAction 0
    $vmsnaps = get-vm | Get-Snapshot| ?{$_.name -notlike "*veeam*" -and $_.name -and $_.name -notlike "*rest*" -and $_.name -notlike "*repl*"}
    }

# Add 'Line' numbers to the array.
$vmsnaps | %{$_ | Add-Member -NotePropertyName Line -NotePropertyValue $l -Force; $l++}
# Display the list of snapshots, sorted by age.
$vmsnaps |select Line,vm,name,description,created,@{l='SizeInGB';e={($_.SizeGB).tostring("#.#")}} |sort created|ft -AutoSize

do {
# Determine, by input, which snapshot to eliminate.
$remLine = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter 'Line' number to remove"
# Remove the requested snapshot.
Remove-Snapshot $vmsnaps[$remLine] -runasync
$quit = Read-host -prompt "Remove another?"
} until ($quit -eq 'n')
Write-host -ForegroundColor Cyan "`nEnd of Line."

This last one isn't as 'pretty' as the other 2, but it gets the job done. Enjoy!

@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

Tilapia cooking right now.

Tilapia! The fish that was engineered to be fast growing and eat fish poop.

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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

User: This e-mail isn't going through. [email protected]
Me: That domain doesn't exist. It's @domain.com not @dmian.com
User: Wow, not friendly Ian.
Me: ???????

I am so done

yup - /sigh - FFS, do I need to hold your hand - user? Do we need to sing kumbiya (FYI, no idea or care how to really spell it :P)?

It's even like...how are you taking that to be offensive? You received an error. I explained why you received it and then provided a comparison between the correct and incorrect entries. I don't get it

Clearly, you were confrontational in your reply by pointing out their error and providing only negative feedback without any solution or a "click here to solve the world's problems with a hashtag." Typical Ian. /sarcasm

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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

SW, where helping people offends way too many people... https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2043758-hyper-v-2016-standalone

Not only does he attack two people for honestly helping and clarifying, he then adds confusion and gets super basic licensing wrong. Then random people jump in to get their points by just adding to the pointless attacks.

Seriously, stop participating on spiceworks. Try it. Just for a week, or maybe a month.

@hobbit666 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Switch choices.
48 port "Core" switch, VLAN routing (L3 capable) 10GB Base-T
Going to be replacing a 7 year old Cisco Catalyst 3560 1GB switch.

What's peoples "Go to" Manufacturer for switches? I normally go Netgear.

Ubiquiti. https://switch.ui.com/
Software defined networking is the way to go. That's why the Cisco Meraki products are almost business standard where Cisco is deployed, but I don't like paying the monthly fee that Meraki charges. Plus, Ubiquiti still has ssh capability, if needed, for their devices.

A well-defined SDN will allow expansion by easily adopting new devices and provisioning those devices to match your existing hardware, or stretch your footprint as with VPNs. For your specific request, I'd get the US-48-500W since adding PoE now will help you not buy a PoE later when you need that function, such as when adding phones or security cameras.

One of the absolute coolest things that ubiquiti has is this feature where it integrates an AR to your cell phone to help you find wtf is plugged in. Check it out:
https://prd-www-cdn.ubnt.com/media/static/media/bg.e5ecc7ca.mp4

Just ordered an R510 from them with 32g ram, eight 3tb drives and a pair of 2.13ghz processors. This will replace my 2950 (still running!!) with 16g ram, six 1tb drives with a pair of processors that are dreadful.

@JaredBusch That's not surprising when they've alienated their user base. The same base that's been telling them that things weren't right.

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Waiting on my unrefined metal to cook up in to metal ingots, and also cooking wood to charcoal so I can make gunpowder.