I just switched to Webroot and installed it on a server. Webroot was blocking a program from running so I uninstalled it from the console but it didn't remove the webroot agent until I rebooted.

Anyone updated any of their sites yet?

We have two sites that use wordpress and I am wondering if I should update now or wait.

@black3dynamite said in Do you ask for permission...:

What time do guys normally schedule reboots? During business hours? Early mornings? Late evenings? Weekends only?

Was that a question for everyone? Either way:

I do maintenance on all desktops/Servers on Thursdays. That way if something goes sideways I am not working on the weekend, hopefully.

There are a few times where I miss the opportunity to do the maintenance on Thursday so I'll do them during lunch or at EOD.

@PhlipElder said in Do you ask for permission...:

We ask. Most of our clients are accounting firms on our MSP side and contractors and their clients.

All it takes is a bit of coordination to make sure we're not infringing on any large projects they may be running. As a rule, tax season is off limits for obvious reasons.

When I was an outside guy/MSP guy we had that same rule. It applied to all our accounting firms and most of our financial firms and some attorney offices as well.

@DustinB3403 said in Do you ask for permission...:

When a customer is paying you to maintain their systems you need to verify with the customer before you go and do things. whether it's system updates, reboots, shutdowns or migrations you always have to ask.

Just to be clear. I am in the house guy. I agree when it comes to production stuff there needs to be a window and permission. What I am saying is that even if I get a window/permission I still get push back. So if it is something that isn't going to affect the overall production then I reboot whenever I want now because it isn't worth the headache of finding a "good time" for all parties.

@RojoLoco said in Do you ask for permission...:

I have to check with the dev team to make sure there are no migrations or conversions running before I can reboot.

I am the Dev Team

I guess this question can apply to the MSPs that may be here as well.

Do you always ask for permission to take a server down? Or do you give them a time frame that it will be down? Or do you just reboot at your leisure?

Lately, any time I give anyone warning that at a certain time I will be rebooting a server I get push back. I have become "that guy" and just reboot whenever the F I want now.

Anyone else?

Not a linux guy. Can anyone kick me in the right direction to fix this?

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       do as something else is very likely to go wrong (often causing
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       Protected multilib versions: 1:openssl-libs-1.0.2k-13.el7.x86_64 != 1:openssl-libs-1.0.2k-12.el7.i686

@black3dynamite said in Shared Vehicle calendar:

Something like this won't work because you don't want to have anyone managing it?
https://support.sherweb.com/Faqs/Show/how-to-book-a-resource-equipment-or-room

Then I would need someone to manage it? That would be OK if it has to be done as I can have the buildings and grounds manager handle the requests.

@JaredBusch said in Shared Vehicle calendar:

This is a standard inventory management need.

Simply use something like Snipe with checkin/checkout functionality.

Why would I add something else into the mix when I have exchange which "should" handle this?

@Donahue said in Shared Vehicle calendar:

how is it working, and how are you expecting it to work?

I deleted it so it isn't working.

What I want is all Faculty and Staff to be able to see the vehicles, book if available, and only the Pres and VP to be able to kick people off their booked appointment if they need the vehicle.

What I don't want is to manage or have someone else manage the calendar at all, if possible.

We have 3 vehicles on campus that can be used by faculty/staff for school related events. I would like to make a shared calendar so that people can check out availability but I would like them to be able to book on their own if it is available but then the President and VP can overrule anyone else.

I thought about an equipment calendar but it wasn't working the way I thought it should. Of course, with all the crap I am doing I might not have spent enough time troubleshooting.

Does anyone else have something similar to this? Am I not going about this the right way?

This is on Exchange 2016 and Outlook 2016

@scottalanmiller said in ISO Wordpress Developer:

Designer... as in someone who uses WP to make websites?

Or a Deverloper... as in someone who writes code on top of Wordpress for custom "app" functionality there?

Developer.

Anyone know of any?

::EDIT:: Need a good one

@Donahue said in Are VLANs Appropriate Here:

@WLS-ITGuy said in Are VLANs Appropriate Here:

@Donahue said in Are VLANs Appropriate Here:

then why do VLAN 1 and 2 need to be on different VLANs?

Technically they don't but I kept all LAN traffic outside of the WIFI scope

I am setting mine up so that all my stuff on the corp network can be switched, not routed. I am coming from a setup where everything was separated, and its was all inefficient. When my router blew up, it took most of my network with it because it all had to be routed.

My VLANs are all at the switch level and my wireless controller.

@Donahue said in Are VLANs Appropriate Here:

then why do VLAN 1 and 2 need to be on different VLANs?

Technically they don't but I kept all LAN traffic outside of the WIFI scope

Not sure if this will muddy up the water but we have 3 VLANS on our network. All wired traffic (Servers, PCs, and VOIP) on VLAN 1, All Secured "corp" wifi on VLAN 2, and all student/guest wifi on VLAN3.

VLAN 3 cannot communicate with VLAN 1 or 2 without ACLs

VLAN1 and 2 can communicate with each other but cannot see anyone on VLAN 3

@JaredBusch Thanks, Did you get your October bill?

We've been paying the $30 per month for a long time now. I didn't get a email notification that my CC was charged for the October bill. I was trying to find out where I could print the invoice and noticed this:

Then noticed that the option for Basic is still there as well. Is it always like this?

@scottalanmiller said in Adding tape drive:

@WLS-ITGuy said in Adding tape drive:

@scottalanmiller said in Adding tape drive:

@WLS-ITGuy said in Adding tape drive:

I'm curious, what are you using for backup software?

Veeam

Physical machine running the backups?

The plan is a new VM on Hyper-V.

Is the purpose for Monthly backups? What are you backing up to now?

I'm asking because we backup to a SAN and I'd like to have a monthly backup but don't want to booger up the setup I currently have of Daily diff and fulls on Fridays.