Posts made by Obsolesce

I can't even get to spiceworks right now. Something going on? Can on my cell phone... must be and ISP issue.

SAM: Hey there! I see you are running towards a cliff! Let me explain the situation to you so you understand what your doing wrong, and see if I can get you to change your direction so you don't run off the cliff you are heading towards.

SW Mod: No, he may not want to hear that nonsense. Give him a push in the direction he's going!

I was a part of that topic and seen the whole thing. It's disgusting, and the above is pretty much how I understood it.

My workspace... I work better with a clean organized space:

@IRJ said in Is this the right place to troll SAM?:

@Tim_G said in Is this the right place to troll SAM?:

@coliver said in Is this the right place to troll SAM?:

@BRRABill said in Is this the right place to troll SAM?:

"America has the best heathcare system in the world"

There's no Freedom like American Freedom!

America is the only country in the world that even has freedom!

@IRJ said in Is this the right place to troll SAM?:

@MattSpeller said in Is this the right place to troll SAM?:

You gotta use bait man - try some of these:

My 500TB raid 5 array is acting funny

I tried a RAID10 once, and it failed... that's proof RAID5 is superior and nobody should even think about RAID10.

I prefer RAID0! Anything else means you have no balls!

If I even use RAID10, I set it up with 3 drives... if you use 4, that's just one extra to fail!

@coliver said in Is this the right place to troll SAM?:

@BRRABill said in Is this the right place to troll SAM?:

"America has the best heathcare system in the world"

There's no Freedom like American Freedom!

America is the only country in the world that even has freedom!

@IRJ said in Is this the right place to troll SAM?:

@MattSpeller said in Is this the right place to troll SAM?:

You gotta use bait man - try some of these:

My 500TB raid 5 array is acting funny

I tried a RAID10 once, and it failed... that's proof RAID5 is superior and nobody should even think about RAID10.

@scottalanmiller said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:

@BBigford said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:

What are your clients using to transfer files or make them accessible externally?

Normally tools like OneDrive for Business.

What if users external to the company needs read access to quickly changing data that adds up to 1.5 TB, that can't be sync'd to OneDrive or such methods? If the data is located on a Windows Server, you can spin up a Linux VM, and use "mount" to mount the CIFS windows share, and then use the built in FTP or SFTP in Linux to point to the mount point.

Would that be a viable solution? Or did I pull that one out too quick and miss some things?

@BBigford said in Hyper-V homework question:

@Kelly said in Hyper-V homework question:

I posted this on that other site, but it appears that you do the teaming inside of Hyper-V, and not in the host OS: http://www.serverwatch.com/server-tutorials/configuring-nic-teaming-for-virtual-machines-with-hyper-v-3.0.html.

As soon as the team is added, connectivity is lost. Can't even get as far as adding the adapter before connectivity is lost.

So... once you create the virtual switch in Hyper-V Manager Virtual Switch Manager, using the NIC Team you created on the Host OS, all connectivity is lost?

At that point, what do the event logs say? Is there some kind of weird MAC conflict? When you look at the connection status of the virtual switch in Control Panel -> Network Connections, what does it look like? Are you getting a 169 address? Is it all 0's? What's actually going on and what does Event Viewer say?

@Dashrender said in Hyper-V homework question:

@Tim_G said in Hyper-V homework question:

I don't understand the issue. Is this ONLY happening on specific workstations? As in mfg/model?

I ask, because, I have installed Server 2012 R2 so many times and have also set up NIC Teaming via Server Mangler.... using an Integrated nic with a NIC on an add-in card. Created External vswitches and never had any issues what so ever.

The only issues I have run across were due to them being Broadcom NICs and having to disable Virtual Machine Queues option in the advanced properties of the NIC on the hosts. (before any teaming or anything is done). This needs to be done via Powershell on hosts running Core as well. I still have the commands handy if needed.

But did you have the Hyper-V role installed in those servers? and if yes, did you use Teaming inside Hyper-v or inside the Dom0 VM?

Yes, I really don't do any teaming or anything until after I install the Hyper-V role. I usually create the team on the physical Host OS (Dom0?) via server manager or powershell. After that, I go in to Hyper-V Manager and go in to Virtual Switch Manager and create a vswitch from the nicteam...

@thwr said in Hyper-V homework question:

@BBigford said in Hyper-V homework question:

So maybe the question I should be asking if the physical host is then becoming a VM in sorts, is how do you control teaming in Hyper-V... Because to start, we have a physical workstation we sit at, that has Server 2012 R2 installed... we configure our two NICs on the host for teaming. Then install the Hyper-V role and create a virtual switch. Once we take the team that was created in Server Manager on the physical host and attach it to the virtual switch, then things go TU.

Maybe take a look at the diagram here, it explains what @scottalanmiller said about the "physical VM": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-V#Architecture

The very best way I've heard it explained was in a podcast I listened to recently:

Isolated User Mode in Windows 10 with Mark Minasi
http://www.runasradio.com/Shows/Show/480

I think it starts around 1/4 the way in, but the whole episode is good.

@BBigford said in Hyper-V homework question:

So maybe the question I should be asking if the physical host is then becoming a VM in sorts, is how do you control teaming in Hyper-V... Because to start, we have a physical workstation we sit at, that has Server 2012 R2 installed... we configure our two NICs on the host for teaming. Then install the Hyper-V role and create a virtual switch. Once we take the team that was created in Server Manager on the physical host and attach it to the virtual switch, then things go TU.

What happens if you do not configure NIC Teaming until after the Hyper-V role is installed? Does the issue still happen?

I don't understand the issue. Is this ONLY happening on specific workstations? As in mfg/model?

I ask, because, I have installed Server 2012 R2 so many times and have also set up NIC Teaming via Server Mangler.... using an Integrated nic with a NIC on an add-in card. Created External vswitches and never had any issues what so ever.

The only issues I have run across were due to them being Broadcom NICs and having to disable Virtual Machine Queues option in the advanced properties of the NIC on the hosts. (before any teaming or anything is done). This needs to be done via Powershell on hosts running Core as well. I still have the commands handy if needed.

Great post and well said. This is similar advice to what I give... but much more thoroughly thought out and written.

If you are unable to connect to O365 via PowerShell and get an error similar to below, follow these instructions.

Error:
Import-PSSession : Could not load type ‘System.Management.Automation.SecuritySupport’ from assembly
‘System.Management.Automation, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’.

The fix:

• Open up an elevated PowerShell prompt and type:
• wusa /uninstall /kb:3176934
• Reboot required

Link:

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2016/08/23/powershell-dsc-broken-in-kb3176932/