@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@prcssupport said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
DNS routing?
I added an A record to the domain to make it easier to program the AP's
Ah, we don't call that routing
Just an entry.
Sorry about that, one day I will get the all the correct terms, up until they change them all again, lol! In my head I had to "route the traffic"
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
DNS routing?
I added an A record to the domain to make it easier to program the AP's
Most of my UAPs are all connected, and upgraded to the latest firmware. Just have to catch a few stragglers.
I also configured new DNS routing and it was effective immediately.
Really liking the latest version of Unifi!
@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2017:
@RojoLoco said in MangoCon 2017:
July weather gives me a case of the horribles.
But it is in the north, so perfect time to escape the heat everywhere else.
Yea but you know the heat here is full of 300% humidity... lol
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Getting into bed here in Canton, OH
Enjoy hope its good. You heading to NY
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@prcssupport said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Just stood up my newest Cloud controller for my Unifi Deployment.
Awesome
I had an issue with my last one(My Fault). My server kept prioritizing traffic to another function. And I lost the ability to control the APs
Just stood up my newest Cloud controller for my Unifi Deployment.
@scottalanmiller said in Upcoming Job couple thoughts on DC demotion:
@Dashrender said in Upcoming Job couple thoughts on DC demotion:
we are talking about SMBs - ones that arguably shouldn't be using Windows at all. But they are, so loading them up with extra Server installs for that best practice is overkill, IMO
But you always get two VMs at a minimum. So separating out that much is always good.
When I started I cut out almost all "broken" systems.
And then shutdown, and refreshed 1server (new storage and a good cleaning, with a fresh 2008r2 install)
Then I migrated the Ad and Dns to it.
The process didn't go as planned.
In the end we had to stand up a 2008r2 vm on the other hardware and create a secondary just to complete.
The owner wasn't thrilled that I created and left him another vm system.
But it has kept them running without any down time that I'm aware of.
@scottalanmiller said in Upcoming Job couple thoughts on DC demotion:
@Dashrender said in Upcoming Job couple thoughts on DC demotion:
we are talking about SMBs - ones that arguably shouldn't be using Windows at all. But they are, so loading them up with extra Server installs for that best practice is overkill, IMO
But you always get two VMs at a minimum. So separating out that much is always good.
When I started I cut out almost all "broken" systems.
And then shutdown, and refreshed 1server (new storage and a good cleaning, with a fresh 2008r2 install)
Then I migrated the Ad and Dns to it.
The process didn't go as planned.
In the end we had to stand up a 2008r2 vm on the other hardware and create a secondary just to complete.
The owner wasn't thrilled that I created and left him another vm system.
But it has kept them running without any down time that I'm aware of.
@Dashrender said in Upcoming Job couple thoughts on DC demotion:
@coliver said in Upcoming Job couple thoughts on DC demotion:
This is off topic but in response to @Dashrender why would you run Windows Server at all if you can't license it to meet best practices? If you can't afford $800 for a Server Standard license (for the two VM license) then you shouldn't have in house IT staff or on-site servers to begin with.
On-site servers - well even worse than demanding Windows, is some people just don't believe in the cloud.
I personally don't have an issue with the cloud (really some high quality DC running Tier 1 Servers), it's access, typically via the internet that I have an issue with. So I can understand the fears of those who don't want to host their stuff remotely.
This is exactly what I was up against. An owner with zero trust in his ISP or any cloud provider, and wanted to go at it with his own system and as little money out as possible. But he still spent a good chuck!
@IRJ said in Upcoming Job couple thoughts on DC demotion:
@prcssupport said in Upcoming Job couple thoughts on DC demotion:
They all desk jump and will use a different workspace multple times during the day.
But they desktops were never exactly the same and data was always somewhere on another system. So it sped them up once I gave them roaming profiles.
Sounds like they aren't properly licensing their software. I can't think of another reason to jump workstations throughout the day. They may initially save money, but all that desk jumping is going to cost them in the long run. More IT tickets and less productivity
Their main CRM program was licensed and installs approved across all devices in their network. They worked where it made the most sense for them. Or if there was a system down they would relocate to the other one. Two were reserved for the owners.
In the end, they could work on "whatever" "where ever" and they called for help alot less.
There are still things completely out if my control there, but I help when needed. Sometimes weeks almost months on end of silence.
@IRJ said in Upcoming Job couple thoughts on DC demotion:
@prcssupport said in Upcoming Job couple thoughts on DC demotion:
Everything at the beginning was virtual and server 2003, the owner demanded an all physical design. He was 100% against all cloud.
Is he paying you to do exactly what he says or is he paying you for your IT knowledge?
He had a plan that he hired me to implement... upgrade the servers to 2008r2 and done.
That said I was hungry for work so I took it.
In the end I was able to get them to a better place over all than they were at before my arrival.
Did I think they were better designed before YES. But the (difficult design "customers words" and lack of previous help from the technician changed it all.
He had about 6 servers spun up(running on no better than server 2003) in that network between the two sets of hardware. They only had the creds for 2, or 3 of them, several were nonfunctional. But the systems were necessary for business function. They ended up "figuring something else out since they didn't know how to fix anything"
But all of the systems were still running and using resources despite the fact they had all mostly failed.
@Breffni-Potter said in Breaking Bitlocker:
Instead of giving the whole method, I'll give you the prevention.
Disable hibernation. Do not let any machine have hibernation mode if you want to use Bitlocker.
If an attacker gains ahold of the machine whilst in hibernate, they can and will unlock all the data.
Yea I remember that when it came out. I don't let them hibernate for that reason.
Just a quick question...
Is this strictly for internal use?
I figure this is "designed" for one company per Instance. So if I was working with multiple companies I would need 1 account for each.
Is there a partner sales model for this?
@scottalanmiller said in Currently Open Community Issues:
@prcssupport said in Currently Open Community Issues:
Ever since I join here I have tried to get my gravitar set up, and functional.
That said I have created one, and it is active on Gravitar, and the word-press side. But it doesn't render here on ML.
Tonight I deleted my Profile back ground picture.
It was my understanding that the little circle with my first initial will populate with my Gravitar.
I will leave it for a while and see if it ever updates.
Just letting you know I haven't figured it out yet.
Chad
Site doesn't use Gravatar, hasn't for a while. In your profile, you just upload an Avatar. There is a simple upload option. Gravatar was removed because of security problems.
Ok gotcha, I saw something about a security issue. I didn't know the resolution was to remjve it. Sorry aout that.
To get an avatar to populate instead of my first initial how do I add that. I have looked everywhere I can find. So far I haven't located it. I had my picture in the profile, but that was it.
Ever since I join here I have tried to get my gravitar set up, and functional.
That said I have created one, and it is active on Gravitar, and the word-press side. But it doesn't render here on ML.
Tonight I deleted my Profile back ground picture.
It was my understanding that the little circle with my first initial will populate with my Gravitar.
I will leave it for a while and see if it ever updates.
Just letting you know I haven't figured it out yet.
Chad
@DustinB3403 said in Your Time Is Valuable:
I agree, I feel like I'm "wasting time" by being forced to wait for a decision etc. I really have to change how I think about business transactions.
I also had a hard time years ago with this. Sometimes I still do...
So much of our work is "waiting on this or that" to finish.
Several years ago I was called out to a retail shop.
They had issues with their network printer.
As I started checking things on site and getting the lay out. I found their network was hanging by threads. Literally the wires held everything up nothing was secured.
They also had an open and default setting network. I helped them secure the router. And got everything working for the time being. I left them with a set of plans to resolve the issue and not bandaid it.
I was working on site multple times and the manager would have "meetings sometimes for an hour" in the network room where I needed to be. And this would happen after I was on site. So I sat around... I let that clock run full steam!(I billed (my door back -out their door)
I'm over it. I will almost always bill for all of the time with someone.
They have accused me of trying to nickel and dime them. I rebutted that with you asked me to bandaid an open wound I told what needed to be done to fix it. You never approved it. Just the bandaid. These bandaids happened on multple occasions. People tampering with the systems causing all of the issues.
All problems outside of my control.
Also when they went to a static IP across the organization 17 stores. Some worked the next day. Others didnt. And I got blamed for 1 of them not working. All because TWC told them it was my fault. That's when they started blaming me!
I figured out that the problem was on TWC, and I took care of that with the customer right there. They saw I fought for them. But to this date I haven't done anymore work for them. I will likely keep it that way.
There is no cut-n-paste, rinse-repeat business model for IT I guess.
That's for sure!
I'm a general. I have to do everything in order to get the work. But I love it!
@IRJ said in Upcoming Job couple thoughts on DC demotion:
I am going to address the elephant in the room here.
- DCs should only only be DC, DNS, and possibly DHCP
- Separate the file server role to a new server (vm)
- Why the hell do you need roaming profiles or even active directory for a network with 6 workstations. Everything should be cloud based. They certainly don't need AD.
I was brought into this work after they had it all set up and running for years. I did way more than initally asked. Right or wrong, it is where it is.
Everything at the beginning was virtual and server 2003, the owner demanded an all physical design. He was 100% against all cloud.
I merely did the best as I could and as close to how they wanted. The AD had already been set up as well as the file shares where they were.
I tried very hard to help them move from premise based "physical" but he was having non of it.
I chose to move them to roaming profiles because I observed how the staff worked.
They all desk jump and will use a different workspace multple times during the day.
But they desktops were never exactly the same and data was always somewhere on another system. So it sped them up once I gave them roaming profiles.
Once they saw how the workspace was the same in the entire network they were much happier.
I also implemented user profiles as apposed to a universal single login at each computer where they shared all credentials between.
@Dashrender said in Upcoming Job couple thoughts on DC demotion:
Did I read this right, when all is said and done, you will have no continuously running servers at this site?
instead they will power on the server only when they need to look for archived data?
Also where is the DB now? I didn't see that in the OP.
Thank you for the replies everyone!
Yes that is correct. The servers
will be down.
The application and database will be moved to the cloud.
The server will exist only for access if needed. But will remain off at all other times.
