@scottalanmiller said in Hyper V replica VS Veeam B&R Replica.:

Important to note as Tim points out, if all you want is five nines of uptime, you can achieve that pretty inexpensively with non-redundant servers. One really good, well treated server with good RAID, good environment, and good management can average five nines.

Five nines is just over 5 minutes downtime over a year. You can't update a server in under 5 minutes. You would need a cluster to move it to, or another server to take over in some way so you can down the original. But yeah you are right... I've seen single servers that are well treated environmentally and everything stay running for years. As a consequence they we never updated, but that's besides the point. Stability-wise, definitely way over five nines is possible from a single server as you said.

@scottalanmiller said in Interesting article on Linux and Microsoft:

No Linux on Windows. There is Ubuntu/Windows... but it is specifically not Linux. All Linux was removed to make it just an alternative window dressing for Windows.

@openit said in Hyper V replica VS Veeam B&R Replica.:

Okay. I will take help from Management to do maths about Redundancy requirement.
Let's assume, Server Redundancy is necessary after doing maths, could you please advice which one option for Server Redundancy is better ?

What kind of redundancy do you need? RAID gives you redundancy, hence the "R".

What does management "NEED" according to their numbers? I'm sure they want the 5 nines of uptime, who doesn't... but what do the numbers say?

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Wordpress on CentOS 7 Minimal:

I like doing it from the CLI, even though phpMyAdmin is slick, because I only need one interface. Having to switch back and forth between SSH and web or something else is cumbersome and more things that I have to maintain. I've had databases where I need to do regular maintenance and then, definitely, that's the tool that I use. But for just initial setup tasks, I stick to the command line.

Yeah, that's another point I didn't think about: it's never just initial setups that occur on a webserver. At least ones I deal with. Sure it can be fast to type in the commands fast to create a new database and user for it... but then when you have to export and import tables and such from other servers, among other things, I'd need to take a class on how to do it. And I can't stand around and school everyone or expect everyone I make contact with to pick up my documentation and do it all via CLI.

Most people just want an easy web browser bookmark, where they can visually go in an get things done without worrying about typing it all out on CLI and everything that involves.

I'm all about automation, scripting, etc... but only when it involves doing things more than once on the same or like systems.

There's a saying I like that goes something like... "If you have to do it twice, it should have been automated." lol

But anyways, I agree with you... initial set up, easy CLI... more involved work/maintenance = GUI (unless you're a trained SQL CLI admin or whatever) But even still, it's not always you who are going to be maintaining it after initial setup... it may not even be a technical fellow.

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Wordpress on CentOS 7 Minimal:

@Tim_G said in Installing Wordpress on CentOS 7 Minimal:

@travisdh1 said in Installing Wordpress on CentOS 7 Minimal:

@Tim_G said in Installing Wordpress on CentOS 7 Minimal:

Would it be hard to add the installation of phpMyAdmin into your guide?

yum install phpMyAdmin

Wouldn't normally do that, so much of a security risk if it's not properly managed/maintained.

For intranet-only it's fine. Different for external facing installs, but it is securable. Especially when using the whitelist approach.

It is, but for something like WordPress, no really use for it.

I put it on internal servers because it's easier to set up databases and users for those databases at the same time for web servers that will be hosting multiple sites that need databases. Go to the web address, enter info in for new user and database, set permissions, done. Easy.

I personally do not know the command line way to do that, it's always been super easy and fast doing it through phpMyAdmin. When other people take over, it's very easy for them to do it.

I'm not going to choose not to install it just because there may be a possibility that I have to give someone step by step instructions on creating a database and user for MySQL on ML or SW... if it were in person, I'd just take the 25-30 seconds to bookmark the page and show them.

I'm not disagreeing with all of you, I'm just laying out my case usage. I have never installed phpMyAdmin on external facing servers. In cases where it was, it was due to the Webhost having it incorporated in cPanel for example, with no way to add databases via CLI or other real means.

Now that you have posted the CLI to do it, I already copied that down into my personal notes to do it that way in the future... so thanks for that. Very helpful.

@travisdh1 said in Installing Wordpress on CentOS 7 Minimal:

@Tim_G said in Installing Wordpress on CentOS 7 Minimal:

Would it be hard to add the installation of phpMyAdmin into your guide?

yum install phpMyAdmin

Wouldn't normally do that, so much of a security risk if it's not properly managed/maintained.

For intranet-only it's fine. Different for external facing installs, but it is securable. Especially when using the whitelist approach.

I know that Outlook gets funny when there are like 15,000+ emails in the inbox and cached mode isn't on, so they are all in there. Archiving them and separating them into different folders seems to mitigate that issue. Perhaps turning on the cache mode to 3 months or something may help.

Perhaps that's the problem, too many emails in the inboxes of all the accounts. Outlook does just fine "in my experiences everywhere" with many O365 email accounts in the same Outlook profile.

Same with all the calendars... no issues there.

Would it be hard to add the installation of phpMyAdmin into your guide?

@scottalanmiller said in Setup a new website:

@RojoLoco said in Setup a new website:

I'm watching this thread closely as well... An intranet site would be a good training exercise is both installing Centos and creating a simple web page.

For a lot of intranets, I recommend DokuWiki. Much easier install than LAMP, it's only LAP as there is no database, and it is very portable. WordPress is easily to make pretty, but DokuWiki is easier for a lot of documentation. Different times each would be ideal, but well work checking out.

Yes, once you have Wordpress going, go to add a new template and search for "wiki". The few that show up are pretty decent.

I'm using this one on my blog: https://wordpress.org/themes/nirvana/

It doesn't look nice like that, but I have a lot disabled because I don't have all of my content created, and pages set up yet. I'm just too busy to get it done in good time.

Install a CentOS 7 VM, then install this and you are good to go:

https://bitnami.com/stack/wordpress/installer

My blog uses Wordpress and I chose a pretty simple and readable layout. But the possibilities are pretty much endless (and simple).

@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:

@scottalanmiller I absolutely love it here. The weather is generous, the land is beautiful, and the people are extremely nice. I've lived many places in the US and abroad in other countries, and I find Forsyth County GA to be one of the best places to live. Of course, not everyone here fits that bill, but hey, no place is perfect, is it?

You should try San Diego. I love it here (not the traffic)!

Are teachers being consumed as a result of there being too many and too few job openings, or are they being consumed due to the lack of pay in their profession or specialty, therefore choosing a different, higher paying job with more or better personal benefits?

Are there other factors?

What does the log file say?

/log=C:\Users\<userProfile>\Desktop\<logName>.log /script=C:\Users\<userProfile>\Desktop\<scriptName>.txt

In my case, the "Add arguments (optional):" field in the Action tab of the scheduled task is as above. It spits out a log file on the desktop. What does your log say?

@fuznutz04 said in Copy file from Windows Server to hosted external CentOS server:

@Tim_G

Just for testing, the Everyone group has full control of the directory and file of the script. The account being used is the Administrator account, which has full control. Task scheduler is open using "Run as Administrator" for good measure. Still no dice.

I mean the task itself, within Task Scheduler.

Like this:

@fuznutz04 said in Copy file from Windows Server to hosted external CentOS server:

@Tim_G said in Copy file from Windows Server to hosted external CentOS server:

Well we know that the scheduled task is successfully executing WinSCP.exe. That's a given due to the success message.

Now I'm trying to establish whether or not the script is running at all, by finding out if you can connect the same way the script is trying to connect. Using the username and password together when you connect. (as in my above post)

So I was able to drop into a Winscp console via command prompt, and issue the

open sftp://<username>:<password>@123.45.67.890:XXXX -hostkey="ssh-rsa 2048 <hostkey>"

command. Followed by all the other commands I need to make that are contained within the script. So it looks like the problem lies within Task scheduler actually launching the script.

Okay, that leads me to believe you are running the task as a user that doesn't have permission to where the script lives.

@Mike-Davis said in Factory That Made Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Batteries Catches Fire (Yes, Really):

I had to share. I couldn't believe it when I read it. I'm glad no one was hurt, but you just have to wonder.

They didn't see that coming? "Hey boss, What should I do with all these batteries that spontaneously explode?" "uh, put them in a pile over there inside our factory."

Either that or they are trying to collect insurance money to make up for the recall loss.

Well we know that the scheduled task is successfully executing WinSCP.exe. That's a given due to the success message.

Now I'm trying to establish whether or not the script is running at all, by finding out if you can connect the same way the script is trying to connect. Using the username and password together when you connect. (as in my above post)

@fuznutz04 said in Copy file from Windows Server to hosted external CentOS server:

So that works properly if I run it through command prompt. (meaning, it will open WinSCP and login successfully. ) However, for the scheduled task, it appears that it isnt even attempting to read that script.

Note: my password is all normal letters for this test.

What happens if you, in CMD enter in to a WinSCP.exe prompt, then you enter this:

open sftp://<username>:<password>@123.45.67.890:XXXX -hostkey="ssh-rsa 2048 <hostkey>"

Does it connect then?

I get most of my experience from SMBs with multi-sites over slow WANs... sometimes fast WANs, but still not fast enough to be considered the same site. Most of my cases are instances consisting of servers at each site, or an RODC if it's small enough and without necessary security. I couldn't make due with only one DC in almost all of my "normal SMB" experiences.

Though, I can imagine a small shop of only one hypervisor that hosts everything it needs, and can get by without multiple DCs. In that case backups couldn't be any more valuable. If I walked in to a place like that, I would definitely never suggest purchasing a second hypervisor to make AD "HA".

I think I was going down a different path than everyone else.

I also believe that it comes down to the needs of the business and other factors. I just hate seeing things like "ALL" or "MOST SMBs"... blanket statements and the like. Because if I see that, then that means you or whoever is referring to all or most of my cases, too. And if it isn't true for me, I think it needs to be corrected.

@JaredBusch said in Hyper V replica VS Veeam B&R Replica.:

@Tim_G The OP specifically stated they have a single Physical server doing AD + file shares.

There is not currently anything else, but he was looking at a second server for redundancy. Some gave various other opinions, I gave my opinion.

I just went back and re-read everything. I feel like an idiot now. Yes you are right there's only one physical server running Windows that is doing AD and file services.

But in my defense, all that talk of replication, HA, clustering, failover, Veeam replica, Starwind, vSAN, etc... I was under the impression that we were talking about an already established environment and infrastructure with existing multiple hypervisors. Because my line of thought was why all that, for just a single server running one instance of Windows, unless there's already an existing establishment that makes talk of all that worth it.

Honestly, with his current "single server setup"... there's no way I would recommend going out and buying more servers and Windows licenses just to set up another DC. That's just crazy.