That's a new one I have not seen. We used Epicor ERP 10, and in that product I did see issues with RemoteApp where from time to time the user would not have a default printer selected in Epicor (sounds weird, I know), which would then crash any report they tried to print with an error that value of -1 was not allowed. Getting the user to change the printer to something in their list was the workaround.

Thanks for capturing this. I bet it will help someone else and looks to be already doing so.

I'm looking for a decent way to provide wifi to the entire house. At the moment, we have a router in the living room running DD-WRT that bridges wirelessly to an office across the house so we can have wired connections for desktops, etc. in the office. That seems to cover everything in a 1-story home pretty well.

Suppose we now consider a 2-story home. I am a little concerned that my DD-WRT setup won't quite cut it for servicing both floors plus the office (downstairs). I'm a big fan of Unifi but don't want to run a controller on a computer at the house. That would be where a cloud key comes into play. I would think 2 APs max should do the trick. I would also want the capability to wire in a desktop in the office downstairs and a TV upstairs. I'm ok with doing those using bridging if it works but may have to have cabling done for best experience.

I heard about Netgear Orbi this week. I am liking the parental controls and the per-app filtering. It's certainly the more expensive solution here compared to Unifi. Is anyone using an Orbi today that can comment on how valuable it has been from a filtering standpoint to keep the bad stuff out of our kids' eyes and ears?

Like many nerds out there, I enjoy tech podcasts. Datanauts is one of my favorites and a must listen for the technology professional. A recent episode on masters and mentorship was one of their absolute best, and the career discussions on it can be applied to any field. In this episode, guest Don Jones makes a thought provoking comment: “you can be master and apprentice all at the same time.”

Think about that for a second. Do you think of yourself as a master? Or do you normally identify more with the apprentice, a mere padawain seeking to learn and master a trade?

A master is not just a skilled tradesperson but someone skilled and able to teach. The master’s job is to train an apprentice and to help him / her one day become a master. It’s a role taken up to protect and preserve the craft for future generations. Once an apprentice achieves the level of master, there is room for another apprentice to take up the trade. In honor of teacher appreciation week, the following advice for the master encourages a look at the process through the eyes of an apprentice.

You can read the rest of the story here - http://blog.thenetworknerd.com/2018/05/24/through-the-eyes-of-the-apprentice-mentoring-advice-for-the-master.

Taken from https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere

It’s no surprise that VMware vSphere 6.7 was just released. Hot on the heels of this release was vSphere 6.5U2. If you’re like me, sometimes it is difficult to stay on top of the latest blogs when new releases hit unless you’re polling Twitter daily. To help us all stay in the know, this post will serve as an aggregated list of blogs related to the release of vSphere / vSAN / vRealize Operations 6.7 and vSphere 6.5U2. You’ll also find other product releases have dropped in under the radar such as vRealize Automation 7.4, SRM and vSphere Replication 8.1, vRealize Business for Cloud 7.4, and Log Insight 4.6.

Make yourself a fresh cup of java, and get ready to learn about what’s new and exciting in the VMware world. And if you’re a vExpert who has blogged about a feature of one of these new products, please reach out so I can add your blog post to the list.

Read the full list here - http://blog.thenetworknerd.com/2018/05/05/an-aggregation-of-vsphere-6-7-and-other-product-release-blogs.

If you follow VMware technologies or want to see what's new and exciting, I recommend attending vForum Online starting today at 11:30 AM Central. You can RSVP and view the agenda by following that link.

I recommend the "What's New" sessions and the "Chat with Experts" sessions. Those are the ones I found most valuable as a customer.

Perhaps you’ve heard some buzz about Wavefront but don’t quite know what it is or how it can be used. I was in the same boat for a while, but then I saw a demo that blew my mind. Imagine a platform that could ingest time series data (or metrics) from various sources, retain all data points with no roll up, and allowed IT operations and developers to quickly analyze the data for spotting and visualizing trends affecting application performance. How could we use that data to make the business better, and what kind of data actually gets collected? Moreover, how and why are people using this tool? I hope this post will provide some answers.

Wavefront Integration with Google Cloud Platform
The Wavefront website shows a number of integrations, but what does that really mean? Wavefront has pre-built methods for metric collection from certain applications and will guide you through the setup process. There are other ways to get data into Wavefront, but integrations make the process easier.

I happen to have a Google Compute Engine instance running a single Linux virtual machine, so it made sense to play with the Google Cloud Platform integration. This blog post gives some detail on the GCP integration, but once I read it, I wanted to see it for myself. Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Wavefront and a free year of GCP to follow along.

The rest of the story can be found here - http://blog.thenetworknerd.com/2018/04/14/catch-the-wave-with-gcp-a-wavefront-integration-exploration/.

@coliver said in DFW SpiceCorps - 4/19/2018:

This sounds like it is going to be a good one.

Agreed - now if I could just get more people to sign up and show up....

Date: Thursday, April 19, 2018
Time: 6:30pm - 10:00 PM CDT
Location:
Holiday Inn Las Colinas
110 W John Carpenter Fwy
Irving, TX 75039

Spring is in the air, and it is time for another SpiceCorps meeting. If you like to talk technology, enjoy free refreshments, and want to meet your peers in the industry, come nerd out with us! This meeting is the result of a topic suggestion from our February meeting. Here's what we will cover:

Imaging 101 for the IT Pro

Is workstation imaging the bane of your existence? Is it as simple as pushing out a golden image to a new machine when onboarding employees, or are there other ways to approach the imaging process? Should everything just be scripted? How can we make image management easier and deployment faster for administrators? What about dealing with different hardware, a changing set of applications for end users, and multiple operating systems? How can we image at scale without needing to scale the department? We'll discuss different imaging methodologies and have plenty of time for questions.

Kudos to our very own ITGamer for securing a venue and volunteering to give a talk. Light refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you there!

RSVP here - https://community.spiceworks.com/meeting/show/2671

In the end, it is about what can help your business meet its RPO and RTO. That is going to determine the budget.

Be careful of trying brownfield VMware vSAN. The vSAN HCL is something you must adhere to when choosing hardware to use to set yourself up for success (i.e. controller is super important - look at the HBA330 instead of a PERC, need to choose the proper drives for cache and capacity, etc.).

So if you do roll with VMware vSAN or use Starwind, I would still look at a DR cluster. You can do a 2-node vSAN cluster but need a witness running somewhere else.