Posts made by Grey

@travisdh1 ah, yeah. I have a 2.25% rate presently. Not ever changing it.

https://www.the-sun.com/motors/11226704/car-illegally-towed-parking-visitor-dallas-texas-court/
Came up today in my news feed.

@Oksana Note that TPM can be bypassed for the installation.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-offers-tpm-20-bypass-to-install-windows-11-on-unsupported-pcs

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Accepted a job offer this morning, so I'm back to work tomorrow.

Slight raise to base pay, but I'll also get 5% of my billable hours. So if I keep my billable hours up, a big raise.

Only downside is that it's on-site in downtown Cleveland.

Ohio? But, why, though?

My Windows Datacenter license will be delivered today so I get to upgrade my home lab servers from 2012 r2 to 2022. Yay!

A little script I wrote to reboot a bunch of servers at a specific, calculated time. You can adjust the filename or time in the header. Default time is 730 pm. You need winrm enabled on all the target systems, and I don't know what the limit would be on server count. If you run a NOC, warn them before all the servers reboot at exactly the same time. lol!

###########
#Boot systems in a file at 730 pm

$file = "$($ENV:USERPROFILE)\desktop\systems.txt"
$target = Get-Date -Hour 19 -Minute 30 -Second 0

#don't change anything below here
$systems = get-content $file
$utz = Get-Date -Hour 19 -Minute 30 -Second 0 -UFormat "%Z"
$now = $(Get-Date)
$serverTZ = (get-timezone).id
$seconds = ($target - $now).TotalSeconds
$final = [math]::Round($seconds)
$final = $final - 15
Write-Host -ForegroundColor cyan -NoNewline "nSeconds until $target $serverTZ ($utz UTC):"
write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow " $final"
$final |clip
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "15 second delay to cancel a scheduled reboot for $($($systems).count) systems:`n$systems"
#Write-Progress -SecondsRemaining 15 -Activity "Reboot schedule countdown."
Start-Sleep -Seconds 15
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $Systems -ScriptBlock {shutdown -r -t $using:final}
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "End of Line"

@travisdh1 Does that imply that each guest needs a minimum number of cores assigned?

I'm looking to upgrade a pair of end-of-life home lab Windows servers and wanted to double check on the current licensing since I haven't relicensed since Technet closed up. From what I can tell, it looks like data center covers up to five windows servers? There also appear to be maybe a minimum number of cores per server? Is that accurate?

Also, on VMWare ESXi, since they're broadcom now, do they still offer a free ESXi? Maybe I should migrate to a new baremetal hypervisor?

Remembering that mangolassi exists. Hi!

Trello. You can see how the Subnautica team used it to show their development. https://trello.com/b/yxoJrFgP/subnautica-development

@scottalanmiller said in IPv6 New Deadline for Adoption:

At this point 2148 feels a little ambitious.

Right? It's weird that March was both last month and it's also next month, so 2148 is going to be at least an eternity.

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Troubleshooting weird switch issues; looks like we lost a VLAN power cycled switch and everything came back. Then the AP's all started having weird issues. Second power cycle and everything's settled down. Starting to see why @JaredBusch is not a fan of Netgear (this is my only Netgear switch in the company). Keeping an eye on it.

Very few people here are fans of Netgear switches I believe.

I love their dumb switches. No experience with their newer stuff.

Check out this cute little fella! Runs off PoE, too.

https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-routing-switching/products/usw-flex-mini

@VoIP_n00b said in Pi-hole dumps on Fedora:

Just switch to AdGuard Home already

I seem to recall AdGuard was embroiled in something where advertisers were paying to be whitelisted. Maybe it was a different product?

Why are you trying to share with all of North Carolina?

But it's part of 'protect' so pretty fuckin' worthless.

@JaredBusch said in Powershell to unhide all files and copy to nextcloud folder:

@Grey said in Powershell to unhide all files and copy to nextcloud folder:

@JaredBusch But why robocopy?

Because it does at least skip the ones with no changes.

Why get convoluted with Powershell to do the same?

Not every system may have Robocopy.

@JaredBusch But why robocopy?

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!

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

company meeting

Willy needs to do some dishes and take out the trash, Mike could add some tinsel to his taxidermy, and clearly Bill is deep in thought.

I was a little bored, so here you go:

##  Example drive letter selection
# Only allow X, Y or <enter>
do{Write-Host -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Cyan "What drive letter do you prefer as a backup?"
$letter = (Read-Host -prompt "(X) or Y?").ToUpper()} while ($letter -notin @('x','y',''))

# This sets the default to X, allowing the user to simply press enter if X is OK.
if($letter -eq ''){$letter = 'X'}
# Now set the drive letter.
New-PSDrive –Name $letter –PSProvider FileSystem –Root “\\server\backup” –Persist -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Basic drive letter set is done, but we can be more complicated:

# Do actions based on a user that has an network location from IP.
$ipaddr = Get-NetIPAddress|?{$_.SuffixOrigin -eq "Dhcp" -and $_.AddressState -like "*preferred*"}|select -ExpandProperty ipaddress
# Set the preferred drive letter.
$letter = X

If($ipaddr -like '192.168.0.*'){
New-PSDrive –Name $letter –PSProvider FileSystem –Root “\\alpha\backup” –Persist -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "You're in Alpha!`nBackup drive connected to Alpha site.`nHave a sumptuous day!"
}
# if you have more networks, insert here with more if statements.
Else{
New-PSDrive –Name $letter –PSProvider FileSystem –Root “\\bravo\backup” –Persist -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "You're in Bravo!`nBackup drive connected to Bravo site.`nHave a sumptuous day!"
}