@JasGot said in Windows 10 - Application Incorrectly Requiring Admin Creds to Run:

Is UAC turned off? (Never Notify)

UAC is on. I tried turning it off and it still prompts.

@flaxking said in Windows 10 - Application Incorrectly Requiring Admin Creds to Run:

@wrx7m check for an applicationname.exe.manifest file in the same directory as the exe. If it's there, rename it and the application might not request admin permissions and enable the virtual store.

Note, the virtual store for a user doesn't seem to ever update. So if you do a program update, any file that gets updated that had to be transferred to the virtual store will not get updated for that user.

There are manifest files, but for vc90, so visual studio runtimes. The UAC virtualization shows Not allowed for the process and sub processes.

I tried the ACT with every exe in the folder. It still prompts for admin creds. POS. Aside from getting rid of the camera system completely, the only option is to give the user a local admin account and have them use it to run this program. SMH

This app doesn't do camera polling (cycling through cameras automatically) and the owner likes that. The older app that has polling doesn't even work on Windows 10. Maybe we will get a new camera system sooner than later.

@Pete-S said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?:

@wrx7m said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?:

@Pete-S They list both the 61xx and 62xx as options for the R740XD.

Good!

What CPUs do you have in the R720 today? 1 or 2 CPUs?

Do you want the new ones to be faster or just capable of running more VMs?

I have 2 x E5-2609 CPUs in each server. I would like faster, but more VMs would be the priority.

@JaredBusch This system is on the shortlist of shit I want to replace years ago. With 25+ cameras, installed it ain't cheap to replace.

@Pete-S They list both the 61xx and 62xx as options for the R740XD.

@Emad-R said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?:

@wrx7m

I really hope there is vCenter somewhere, and you're not just using vanilla ESXi host and licensing that.

Paying for just type-1 hypervisor is like paying stripper for dance, sure it is fun but its is not going anywhere, not for you or her. and at the end of the song your 20 dollars short.

Yes, using vCenter server (6.7 appliance).

There are other C:\Windows directories too. This doesn't make any sense to give access to those directories. I think I am going to have to use the ACT and whitelist the app. Although, I am guessing that there are going to be a lot of other files that I will need to hit.

I am guessing it is because if this-

I have this crappy security camera software that is requiring admin credentials to run on Windows 10. It runs fine on Windows 7. Their support wasn't much help.

What is the easiest way to force a program to run without requiring admin credentials?

@Pete-S said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?:

If your going with Intel, make sure you get second gen scalable CPUs. They have 2 in the second number of the CPU.

So 5218, 6242 8276 etc.

What does the scalable feature provide?

@coliver said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?:

vSphere is different.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc/GUID-7AFCC64B-7D94-48A0-86CF-8E7EF55DF68F.html

They license per socket.

Right. I currently have vsphere essentials plus with 6CPUs. 3 servers with 2-sockets each.

@coliver Thanks. I figured that was the case. Maybe that is where I got 8 from.

So if I had 1 socket with 16 cores, I would be fine. If I had 2 sockets with 16 cores, I would need an additional Windows Server license for the other 16, correct?

@scottalanmiller said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?:

@wrx7m said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?:

@scottalanmiller said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?:

@wrx7m said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?:

@scottalanmiller said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?:

Clock Rate vs Cores is a combination of your threading needs and your licensing costs.

Well, it is Windows, so... I will definitely need to add a couple additional licenses for anything above my current setup of dual 4-core servers.

No, actually Windows licensing is flat from 1 core to 16 cores. You are at 8 currently, so in the middle of the "minimum" range.

I could have sworn it was 8. Did it used to be 8?

Eight... per socket. There is this weird thing where people in the SMB space for some reason assume all servers are two sockets when 1, 2, 4, 8.... are all just as valid. So they say "8 core CPUs" meaning 2x8=16. But they add this totally BS assumption that makes it make no sense.

So 1x16 or 2x8 are both 16 cores.

It was 16 cores since MS first moved from socket to core licensing.

That is why. I conflated the 2x8 and just took the 8.

@scottalanmiller said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?:

@wrx7m said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?:

@scottalanmiller said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?:

Clock Rate vs Cores is a combination of your threading needs and your licensing costs.

Well, it is Windows, so... I will definitely need to add a couple additional licenses for anything above my current setup of dual 4-core servers.

No, actually Windows licensing is flat from 1 core to 16 cores. You are at 8 currently, so in the middle of the "minimum" range.

I could have sworn it was 8. Did it used to be 8?

@scottalanmiller said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?:

Clock Rate vs Cores is a combination of your threading needs and your licensing costs.

Well, it is Windows, so... I will definitely need to add a couple additional licenses for anything above my current setup of dual 4-core servers.

I am finally planning out the configs for 2 new ESXi hosts (replacing Dell R720XD with R740XD). I have gotten to an area where I am not sure which metrics I should use to decide on CPU. The majority of VMs are Windows Server and running a standard array of file/print servers, ADDCs, databases, RADIUS, RDS, etc.

I have had Veeam One monitoring my current environment for years, so I can go back and look at resource usage over time. What should I be looking for to decide on higher clock rate vs more cores?

I won't have any Win 7 systems by that time. At least that is the goal. I was thinking it was Jan 20, 2020. Guess I just confabulated that based on the year being 2020. Still have about 40 systems to issue to replace them.

@siringo said in What Are You Watching Now:

been watching the looming towers, which is pretty great.
gotta watch the final episode of preacher S3, peaky blinders S5 is out, started watching the spy. All excellent imo.

Loved The Spy.