Dear all,

Looking for backup software for Windows environment with following requirements:

1. Software that can isolate backup destination to protect from ransom-ware so that PC got infected will not effect backup target.

2. Software can take snapshot or system image.

3. Of course schedule backup and data retention option.

4. Centralized Management.

5. Good price, of course:)

The backup destination will be NAS box and we got around 100 PCs.

I prefer perpetual(one time payment) license.

Thanks all !

Hi all,

I want to monitor emails traffic at Firewall to track any spam emails have been sending from any computers on network (if there are any spam passing through, I will track back the pc and scan it for virus/ malware).

But I am not seeing any traffic at all for our domain (O365 emails) at Firewall for emails on ports 587, 993 and 995. Is that because of Outlook connecting directly to exchange server over HTTP or HTTPS ? If yes, how it's going to use these ports (as mentioned on ports used for O365 on MS Website) And how can I track or figure out spam emails ? (I guess, spam emails should hit at firewall at some port if it is a spam)

Any hints ?

Dear All,

I have been in IT for some 6 years now, following are the areas I am working and I have knowledge. As you know IT is broad, I feel titles like IT support, Desktop Support, Service Desk Analyst, System Administrator will fit for me, but I realised , in big companies titles may vary, so if I need to Google for new jobs, it is necessary for me know more about titles as well.

I understand that, I also need to consider the Job description to understand if I can fit for that position, but still need to know commonly used titles for following skill sets:

• Help Desk Support/ IT Support
• Windows Server Administration (file server, AD)
• Email Administration (O365)
• Virtualization Administration (Hyper-V, VMWare ESXi)
• Storage (NAS)
• Anti-virus Administration
• IP Telephony - Clients and basic knowledge on IP-PBX server
• Basics on Networks
• Network Monitoring
• Remote Desktop Tools
• Printers Administration
• IT Assets Management
• Backup Administration
• Patch Management
• VPN Management

While my current title is "System Administrator", I have to handle all IT stuff, as know in SMBs. Just because my title is SysAdmin, I will not hesitate to go with "IT Support/Service Desk Analyst etc." positions, why not if pay is more than my current one.

Thanks for suggestions.

Hello all,

I heard of SodiumSuite a lot here in this community. So I have registered, and I found it to be some agent-based monitoring and management tool, so I ran the agent on some test VM, it didn't shown anything on my account on https://sodium.waxquixotic.com after few days I logged in again, I found it pulled the information of Windows system, but cannot do anything like add/remove software, windows updates etc.

So what exactly SodiumSuite is ? is that alternative for Manage Engine's Desktop Central, Comodo One RMM Suite ?

where we can manage (add/remove) software, install patches, remote control etc. ?

I am seeing so many things coming soon on my account, is that ready for production use at all ?

What's the official site ?

Thanks !

Hello All,

I was going through the Comodo One Free. I assume this free is for Business purpose too.

I found Patch Management is included in this Package.

Anyone have experience on it ? how good it is when compared to PDQ Deploy Free Edition ?

I guess it's only cloud, no on-premises ?

Appreciate your response !

Installing OSSIM from Open Source edition on VM ..let's see how it works.....

Ok, decided to go with XenServer 7.

[email protected]$ !!

Currently I am typing this on "What Are You Doing Right Now" category reply

Great write-up !!

It takes me to positive side (while I used to have negative feelings sometimes due to bothering issues once in a while).

But the problem is Management (non-IT) and end users do not realize this

So many users thinks, IT is like "Run Application -> Next -> Next -> Finish" , "Take the screw driver and fix few drives and RAMs" and worst cases are when users says "AC is not working in my office".

And some end users and Management (non-IT) thinks IT guy can do programming, DBA work, fixing computers, networks, web development etc..... which drives crazy to us.

@scottalanmiller have you already wrote up this article in SW too ?

I believe this article should be highlighted till it reaches to my Management and end-users

Wow ! Installation started.....!!
@Danp You are correct !

Hi there,

I have couple things to ask:

Offsite backup: Whether onsite backup and replication to DR site together is covering the Offsite backup purpose?

Scenario is, solid backups and replication to DR site is in place with enough retention by considering RPO and RTO, but there is no Offsite Backup Plan in place.

I believe any of items like Backup and Replication to DR site is not replacing Offsite Backup, especially with rise of Ransomware these days.

For example, if ransomware infection happens on production server and on backups, and the replication of infected data goes to DR Site, hence, all data is gone.

Please clarify how necessary offsite backup is and provide some scenarios, in which offsite backup (tape to site or cloud) is the only solution or last resort.

CentOS Upstream: Isn't okay for Production Servers anymore?

I'm not very clear with what's going on with CentOS after it is announced as Upstream.

I came across the situation, in one big environment CentOS is in use, setup is in process, so I wanted to put some light on it and let our team think for long run, with regards to use or not to use CentOS?

Is it not good for Production Servers anymore like before? Can someone explain me in layman terms please?

Thank you!

Hi,

https://theopenem.com/

Just found one more Endpoint Manager. Might be easier with hosting on some VPS for assets on different locations.

Cool, issue resolved.

https://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Dual_Booting_RHEL_with_Windows

Adding below thing to /etc/grub.d/40_custom was enough, all went good.

menuentry "Windows 10" {
set root=(hd0,1)
chainloader +1
}

Hi there,

Is someone out there to help on dual boot issues?

I had Windows 10 Pro installed on ThinkPad and then, I create some space and make it unallocated space for Linux. I loaded RHEL 8 on USB with Rufus and installed RHEL 8 on free space, all went well.

Once I restart the laptop, I don't see any option to choose Windows or Linux to load, it is straightly going to Linux.

I set up multiple times with Ubuntu and CentOS, never had issues.

Now, I'm not sure about BIOS / UEFI thing, if which way Windows was installed and Linux. What can I do in this case? fresh setup Windows 10 and setup Linux, by taking care or noting down about BIOS/ UEFI thing.

@scottalanmiller said in What do you use to manage multiple Linux servers?:

@openit said in What do you use to manage multiple Linux servers?:

To manage CentOS, Ubuntu and Redhat linux servers, what do you use?
Do you recommend something like https://cockpit-project.org/ ?

Cockpit is for managing one machine. It's a nice tool but.... doesn't address real management.

I wonder what do you mean by "for managing one machine"? I setup Cockpit, added multiple servers and I can manage all these servers individually from Cockpit.

If you are talking about "can't trigger a task on all servers connected on Cockpit", maybe yes, so far I can select one Server and manage it, but no action option for all Servers at a time.

Thanks all for your responses.

Really appreciate it if someone can direct me to a good RHCSA 8 book (soft), I will get it printed, to read and go through the course on Udemy along with it.

How about https://spacewalkproject.github.io/ ?

Isn't it for multi-server management? but sounds project is dead?

Hi there,

I have total of 8 years of IT Experience as IT Generalist mostly. Current position is in Windows environment.

I'm familiar with open source tools, and have little work experience on Linux (CentOS and Ubuntu).

Trying to stream line the career into following areas:

1. Full time Linux Administrator
2. DevOps
3. System Administrator (Windows and Linux)

In this process, I want to learn Linux deeply and get RHCSA certification.

Thinking to get a course in Udemy (because it's cheap), and of course spinning RHEL 8 on VMs under Developer Plan etc. Any cheap or free book (soft) will be great, I will get it printed and study.

Any relevant suggestions are welcome, either with regards to Linux or Career.

Hi there,

I got little hands-on experience on CentOS and Ubuntu, but what I realized is RedHat is the market around me and people expecting RHEL line certification when it comes to full-time Linux or partial Linux job roles.

I know CentOS is the same as RHEL, but thinking to use free servers (16) from RHEL under Developer Plan, run some servers in-house, get familiar with RHEL (if not functionality, let it be an interface, license registration, and any other new things).

So in this process, I am planning to setup Snipe-IT here. Well, the commands must be the same, just name of OS and I can say I'm managing RedHat Linux in my profile

https://computingforgeeks.com/install-snipe-it-asset-management-on-centos-8-linux/

Any advice in general?

@gotwf FreeBSD reminded me about OpenBSD. For what purpose or services you were using FreeBSD?

Not sure what it makes not to use OpenBSD or FreeBSD as CentOS and Ubuntu, even though they are known for solid.

Is that because continuous improvements in features, security and support?