Posts made by PSX_Defector

@Josh said:

Bob - thanks for setting this up! Much easier to stay on top of threads.

Security: Pertino is installed on each end point that you want connected to the network, so we are able to deploy 256-bit AES encryption end to end. The connection is an SSL connection. Data passes through our hosted "routers" to get to each destination. Each network is completely separate, and no data is stored or even cached. Device or user-based access to resources can be restricted with just two clicks.

Now all we need is those [moderated] I went around and around with a while back who were saying you were gonna get hacked if you used Pertino.

I'm still trying to get the thing to work in a point to point fashion. Lots of folks have devices behind the firewall that won't be able to either use Pertino or they don't want to have the talk with users about installing it on their personal devices. If only you would release it in source I could compile the thing on something I can work with in that regards.

@pol.darreljade said:

I already checked the firewall ports exemptions,I used the default 1433 for TCP Protocol. And also,network connectivity from that PC to the server both can see each other, the confusing part is, other computer can connect to the server, and the one that cannot was able to ping the server.
I'm not yet sure if there was any new software install because we are not the one using the computer.

Basic troubleshooting.

Can the broken box hit the SQL instance via telnet? Can you make an ODBC connection to it? Does your application need an ODBC connection?

@scottalanmiller said:

Something having to do with the AntiVirus is the most likely.

Very [moderated] unlikely.

This isn't Windows NT. AV has moved from being this crazy low level component to a much more nicely playing utility. We get [moderated] all the time demanding to turn off McAfee on our servers for DB issues, we can easily point out that it has nothing to do with it. Last one turned out to be a strange NIC TCP offload issue.

@pol.darreljade said:

@scottalanmiller but other can connect to database.
It's the decision of our Boss to convert to wireless so we can't argue about that haha!

Two words. Air snort.

That's a bad idea, a really bad idea.

@Bob-Beatty said:

It's a retake voucher - that's good if you planned on taking the test and fail it - it's a free retake. Since I don't have any plans on taking the test - I'm gonna pass. Hopefully something like this will come out for Windows Server 2012 - that I will do!

It's actually the cert straight up. One of our guys took it, they said he failed it but then rescored his test and now he is certifiable.

@IRJ said:

@PSX_Defector We are using a NEW Equal Logic SAN. We had an MSP install it and create datastores to our VM Environment. Is there a step that might have been missed?

Most likely.

Usually Equal Logic means iSCSI, you could be running into collisions on the network or the SAN isn't able to keep up with the chatter.

I would still migrate the VM over to another host, possibly the template as well. The host you are working with might be the problem, eliminate that. Otherwise I would get with Dell about performance on that thing. IOPS would explain this pretty well.

@ajstringham said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@ajstringham said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@ajstringham Are you? Are you REALLY?

Okay, @psx_defector bring on the Makers.

Is that all he's got?

That's all he needs.

o.0

Shit, I was already asleep when the whiskey signal came in.

Why the [heck] would you put GNOME or KDE on a server? If you are so starved for a GUI, use Webmin or any number of tools.

At that point in the creation process, it's writing to the storage and such.

If you are using local storage, do you have the right storage drivers installed? If you are using shared storage, I would migrate the VM to another host and then create, see if that duplicates the issue.

Busted local profile.

If you logged in as local admin, blow away the profile of the troubled user and try again. That should rebuild it. And that means through the User Profile utility, not just deleting the user folder.

We have guys going to Interop at the end of the month. I tried to convince my bosses to send me to CeBIT. When I told them where it was, there was a resounding sigh.

@Bob-Beatty said:

learn to say "no problem" with honest discussion about getting the results.

I'm reminded of a new client we have in our shared hosting environment. He somehow got into the contract that he can perform snapshots on his VMs, a big no no in the environment. This went through sales drones, service managers, etc. etc. etc. until it hit support. We told them it was going to take out other customers if they were doing this, specifically if you fill up a LUN it can take out the ESX box that LUN is connected to. Even though they have dedicated storage, they have the ability to take out an entire 32 node cluster in the process. Not to mention that we had no way of monitoring the size of the LUN through our current tools and the customer before even implementing their environment was at over 60% usage.

Management demanded that we say "no problem". Support's answer was not only no, but [moderated] no.

Sometimes in IT, it's good to know when to say no. Knowing what is possible and impossible is critical to an IT career.

@ajstringham said:

@PSX_Defector said:

@scottalanmiller

@scottalanmiller said:

But other people were "Easy Certified".

I knew a girl who was easy, certified.

I'm sure you do. Notice, not past tense.

Hey, you were the easy tech. Wouldn't be talking there bub.

@scottalanmiller

@scottalanmiller said:

But other people were "Easy Certified".

I knew a girl who was easy, certified.

<serious answers>

Someone is billing you for 99th percentile, you have a burst speed but are being billed for what you actually use.

Someone forgot to setup the traffic shaping profile on the concentrator

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That's a function of it being a part of POSIX compliance. It's included in Cygwin, BSD, Linux, etc. etc. With our enterprise, we have multiple text editors installed by default from our implementation team.

Already posted.

Meh, I've seen bigger. I used to have bigger.

@Bill-Kindle said:

That picture makes it look short and stumpy. Looks like some fresh drywall too.

That's because it is short and stumpy. If I'm not mistaken that's either a three quarter height or the half height that was at Scott's house.

@scottalanmiller said:

@PSX_Defector said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@PSX_Defector said:

Nifty. Wonder how deep they are going and how much command line zealotry they will be pushing. Yeah yeah, everything is command driven, but for lots of us, we don't need to learn the subtle nuances of vi when pico will do the job just as well. Most of the CLI zealots demand you learn vi and vi only.

For good reason. I've seen knowing vi mean the difference between being the guy fixes the servers or the guy who fetches his coffee.

Ultimately it's a text editor. There is nothing inherently different between vi and pico or any of the hundreds of text editors out there. There isn't anything compelling to use it other than zealotry.

You don't see the same kind of craziness when it comes to Notepad and Wordpad in Windows. Wordpad is a much more feature rich and since Windows 7 more in line with Office with the ribbon and such. But you don't see Windows zealots screaming about how you are not really using Windows if you don't use Notepad and Notepad only.

There is a huge difference. That difference is: included by default. vi is the only option on every enterprise UNIX out of the box. It's only about operational mindset, not zealotry. For engineers it doesn't matter what you learn because you add what you want. For admins, you use what you have and the most reliable answer is vi.

Which leads us back to zealotry. Just because Notepad is the default text editor in Windows doesn't make it the best, nor does it make it bad. But dare say vi sucks, you get the herpaderp brigade out in force thumping an O'Reiley vi book in your face. Sure, it's required for POSIX compliance, but it doesn't mean it's good.

If I have to use vi, I do. But I generally load whatever I feel like, or use one of the alternate ones that are much more intuitive, pico being my usual choice. I'm sure if I spent nothing but weeks in training ON A TEXT EDITOR maybe I would be more proficient. But once again, it's a [moderated] text editor. It shouldn't require a guide, nor doing things in such an archaic way.