@notverypunny said in ipv6 @ home:
Thoughts on using IPv6 at home? Pros and cons? I'm not running it at present and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations either way.
Chances are that your router already has a public IPv6 address and block from your ISP and your computers are already using them. Mine were before I left. Your cell phone already is by default.
@JaredBusch said in ipv6 @ home:
@Obsolesce said in ipv6 @ home:
@notverypunny said in ipv6 @ home:
Thoughts on using IPv6 at home? Pros and cons? I'm not running it at present and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations either way.
Chances are that your router already has a public IPv6 address and block from your ISP and your computers are already using them.
WTF? Using the ISP router? Because that is the only way for that to happen by "chance"
Huh? No idea what router he is using. Mine wasn't from the ISP. I bought it off of Amazon many years ago and ipv6 was g2g by default.
@JaredBusch said in Android emulator:
I am looking to let my daughter use a couples she is used to non her phone on a computer.
From what I have been reading, BlueStacks and Nox App Player are highly referenced.
Does anyone have any experience with these or a different recommendation?
I've used BlueStacks heavily this past year and can say it has been working very well. Lately I've been using it even more now for my daughter for a few really good Android apps we needed that sucks on a smaller device, and we didn't want to buy something else. I've been using it on a Yoga for her since it's basically a big tablet once you fold the screen all the way back into itself, on my Asus RoG, and on both my Lenovo for work purposes.
@openit said in Window server standard edition on Hyper V- means two Wins VMs ?:
Hi all,
I'm about have a setup of Windows Server 2019 Standard as a Host and two Windows server 2019 VMs on it by using Hyper-V in it.
Current requirement is to have two Windows servers as Guest, one for DC and second one for File Server.
In future, I may need to add more servers on it, so I thought of Data Center, but it is damn expensive for us.
So it is fine to go with Standard Edition for current requirement and buy one more Standard Edition in future to add two more VMs. Standard allows 2 VMs never means, it will not allow to create a 3rd VM etc.
Obviously, if the 3rd VM is linux, no discussion at all? it is just about license and compliance of Microsoft for Windows server?
Thanks!
Yes, that is correct regarding licensing. If you want to add a 3rd Windows Server VM, you'll need to purchase another Standard Windows Server license. If your 3rd VM is Linux, then no problem, no license purchase required.
Something to note, is that your Windows server HOST can only act as a host. This means you can't, for example, have it act as a Domain Controller server as well as a Hyper-V host. (but your VMs can, obviously, as you mentioned... just not the host)
@openit said in Window server standard edition on Hyper V- means two Wins VMs ?:
This server I'm going to procure is going to host huge sized File Server, due to huge size storage requirement, cost is going very high with SAS drives. Is using SATA hard drives on Server is bad idea? because it SATA can fulfill our requirements of storage size and can match the budget.
SATA is fine, especially if it meets your technical requirements or if you use vtiered storage such as https://www.enmotus.com/products
@Grey said in RAID - Two Arrays for Server? Array 1 for Windows Host and Array 2 for VMs and Data?:
Maybe do a hypervisor off a USB stick or SDcard, and @StarWind_Software for the storage to be able to combine the 2 kinds of drives as a single solution?
I tried that approach in the past, but unless you get enterprise grade USB sticks, they have a high and quick fail rate (in my own personal experience). Luckily where I did use them, they were mirrored, so it wasn't a big problem, but it easily could have been.
The OBR10 approach has been rock solid in every single case.
@scottalanmiller said in RAID - Two Arrays for Server? Array 1 for Windows Host and Array 2 for VMs and Data?:
@Obsolesce said in RAID - Two Arrays for Server? Array 1 for Windows Host and Array 2 for VMs and Data?:
@Grey said in RAID - Two Arrays for Server? Array 1 for Windows Host and Array 2 for VMs and Data?:
Maybe do a hypervisor off a USB stick or SDcard, and @StarWind_Software for the storage to be able to combine the 2 kinds of drives as a single solution?
I tried that approach in the past, but unless you get enterprise grade USB sticks, they have a high and quick fail rate (in my own personal experience). Luckily where I did use them, they were mirrored, so it wasn't a big problem, but it easily could have been.
The OBR10 approach has been rock solid in every single case.
That's been my experience. The USB sticks just haven't been worth the extra hassle. Reinstalling a hypervisor is so trivial (and so rare) that it doesn't seem to matter.
Yeah, but it's an additional PITA because the ones I used were plugged in inside the server... as they should be IMO, because there's just something about having USB sticks sticking out of servers in a rack that bothers me.
@stacksofplates said in Video editing - suggestions:
@Obsolesce said in Video editing - suggestions:
@scottalanmiller said in Video editing - suggestions:
@Dashrender said in Video editing - suggestions:
My main question is the video card.
Get the one that Adobe recommends.
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/system-requirements.html#AdobePremiereElements2020
hahahahahaha
cannot install on a volume that uses a case sensitive file system
omfg i missed that... you've got to be kidding me! That's got to be the longest typo ever.
@IRJ said in Jared - OBS:
Are we still using OBS as the go-to screen recording app on Linux?
You'll need to get written permission from @DustinB3403 if you want to use or talk about OBS.
@openit said in System Admin - checklist for Don'ts and Important points please!:
I want to make a checklist of Don'ts and important things to consider from your experience, which are necessary for me to play smooth in next System Admin job.
Following are few examples of Don'ts or important things to consider, please add your point:Not recommended to convert Physical Server which has Domain Controller to Virtual Machine.
Need to choose right Generation (1 or 2) type VM on Hyper-V, because later we can't change the generation.
Don't set Static IP of some server/machine without consulting Network Team, to avoid conflicts with existing DHCP scope.Your inputs matters a lot to me, and might help others in community as well.
Thanks!
In addition to not P2Ving a DC:
I'm not sure where you want to draw the line as far as what not to do...
@stacksofplates said in Jared - OBS:
Does OBS work with Wayland?
Can you guys see this post?
No, this topic only shows @JaredBusch's responses to the poster. So he'll only see all of @JaredBusch's above responses, not ours.
@stacksofplates said in Jared - OBS:
@Obsolesce said in Jared - OBS:
@DustinB3403 said in Jared - OBS:
I haven't even posted to this until you dragged my name into it.
I didn't... I actually
@OBSand it fixed itself. The systems just knows OBS and \DustinB3403 are one in the same.So when you @OBS does it take any manual intervention from \DustinB3403 or does just calling @OBS do it completely automatically?
Yeah, that's all handled automatically via the API on-prem, because it's 2020 now... cloud is on it's way out.
@scottalanmiller said in VM Windows 10 Pro Licensing On Hyper-V:
@Obsolesce said in VM Windows 10 Pro Licensing On Hyper-V:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Windows 10 Pro Licensing On Hyper-V:
@NashBrydges said in VM Windows 10 Pro Licensing On Hyper-V:
If I understand the licensing correctly, in this setup, they would require Windows Software Assurance, Windows VDA subscription, or Windows E3/E5 licenses, do I have that right? They would also require CALs for the appropriate # of users, correct?
Yes, if this is all that the have, they need to license every piece of it because it sounds like it might be as much as 100% pirated right now.
They need some kind of licensing for VDI to handle the desktops, and some kind of license to deal with the fact that they have two copies of each OS - right now it's both a VDI violation and a full on complete piracy violation (he made illegal copies of every desktop) and almost certainly an OEM violation (those desktops must have been OEM copies.) So the entire Windows Desktop situation needs to be licensed.
Then there needs to be licensing for the entire Windows Server infrastructure. The server has to be licensed, and CALs acquire for every user in the company would in any way would gain any benefit or use from any aspect of any service that runs on anything that runs on top of Hyper-V (one of the huge never ending risks of using incorrectly installed Hyper-V). In this scenario, even installing a Linux VM and using it for DHCP means that every device on the network needs a Windows license because at some point, it depends on Windows.
Bottom line, this is so onerous, they should start over and rethink the whole train wreck. Why is any of this there? Just let them remote into their desktops instead and everything is solved and all kinds of money saved and better performance.
CALs are not required for the Windows Server if it's exclusively used as a host for the Hyper-V role.
Pretty sure it is. Hyper-V non-role doesnt requires CALs, but Hyper-V role does.
Highlights in red from first screenshot:
Highlights in red from second screenshot:
I'd add more sources, but you can see the pattern from these.
First Source:
https://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/Downloader.aspx?documenttype=PT&lang=English
@WLS-ITGuy said in VMWare 6.5 to 6.7...:
@scottalanmiller said in VMWare 6.5 to 6.7...:
You download the latest KVM from Fedora. Problem solved.
This answer is about as useful as the ones where the guy says he has to use IE/Edge due to corporate policy and someone answers "use Firefox, Problem Solved!"
But it also solves all the future VMWare related issues and annoyances at the same time as resolving your current VMWare problem... I'd say it's a no-brainer solution.
@Pete-S @travisdh1, maybe start with main page here: https://docker-curriculum.com
@manxam said in IPsec Site-to-Site:
So long as you're using half decent encryption (128-bit AES or higher) there's not much that's more secure aside from having no connection at all
How is 128-bit AES only "half decent"?
@stacksofplates said in encrypted email options?:
@Dashrender said in encrypted email options?:
HIPAA doesn't require encryption at rest, even though I have it on my side with O365.
I'd rethink that.
https://thehcbiz.com/is-encryption-required-by-hipaa-yes/
So… it’s not required. But HHS goes on:
“The covered entity must decide whether a given addressable implementation specification is a reasonable and appropriate security measure to apply within its particular security framework. For example, a covered entity must implement an addressable implementation specification if it is reasonable and appropriate to do so, and must implement an equivalent alternative if the addressable implementation specification is unreasonable and inappropriate, and there is a reasonable and appropriate alternative.”
The key phrase here is “reasonable and appropriate.” As in, encryption IS required if it’s reasonable and appropriate to encrypt. This is really important and we’ll come back to it later. HHS continues:
“This decision will depend on a variety of factors, such as, among others, the entity’s risk analysis, risk mitigation strategy, what security measures are already in place, and the cost of implementation. The decisions that a covered entity makes regarding addressable specifications must be documented in writing. The written documentation should include the factors considered as well as the results of the risk assessment on which the decision was based.”
Basically what they’re saying is that you don’t “have to” encrypt, but if you choose not to you’d better be prepared to demonstrate, in writing, why you believe that. Then, in the event of an audit, The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will review your documentation and determine whether or not they agree with you.
IMO, it IS reasonable and appropriate to keep unauthorized people from accessing the data you are sending, which means OME.
@Jimmy9008 said in Windows Failover Clustering... what are your views and why?:
So, 100 GB is actually 300 GB.
Not for the drives themselves. I'm assuming some kind of hardware/software raid, so that 100GB gets split among the drives the data goes to according to RAID level.
Blocks that are accessed more frequently (read data) don't really count as much, as I'm sure there is caching in multiple places.
@Jimmy9008 said in Windows Failover Clustering... what are your views and why?:
@Obsolesce said in Windows Failover Clustering... what are your views and why?:
@Jimmy9008 said in Windows Failover Clustering... what are your views and why?:
So, 100 GB is actually 300 GB.
Not for the drives themselves. I'm assuming some kind of hardware/software raid, so that 100GB gets split among the drives the data goes to according to RAID level.
Blocks that are accessed more frequently (read data) don't really count as much, as I'm sure there is caching in multiple places.
If I have a VM on the CSV using 100 GB, the whole point of having the vSAN is that every byte exists on the vSAN partners to avoid any downtime of failure. So, it really is copied entirely three times.
Yeah, I know that. But what you shown concern of before was the wear on drives. If you pick out one random drive, it's not getting 3x the data writes.
@Jimmy9008 said in Windows Failover Clustering... what are your views and why?:
I do however think its silly to use more writes than needed, for data that doesnt need HA, just because we can.
I haven't yet expressed which route to take, I was first trying to understand the data aspect.
