@JaredBusch

Hi

Play with this :

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/states/all/salt.states.win_lgpo.html

If you have windows minions and set it to run every 30/60/90 mins, and BAM you have AD without MS BS

While you can use salt grains to target OSes, I like to diffrentiate them with good naming system:

WIN.001
LIN.001
SRV.001

You might ask how to differentiate between windows SRV and Linux SRV, well frankly my dear i dont give damn, and i dont run Windows servers.

@colejame115 said in ZFS Planning with Heterogeneous Gear:

@scottalanmiller
The reason I was mixing md raid and ZFS was I didn’t think ZFS allowed other ZFS devices to be used under a vdev. To accomplish this, would one need multiple zpools ?

MD RAID can definitely do layers upon layers. But ZFS does this, it's how ZFS does RAID 10, for example, or RAID 60.

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-create-raid-10-striped-mirror-vdev-zpool-on-ubuntu-linux/

@black3dynamite said in Using unison instead of rsync?:

The author, Elliot Cooper says that unison is able to backup new files extremely rapidly compare to rsync

Under certain situations. They each is more performant at different times.

@JaredBusch said in MS SQL Express cannot create compressed backups:

@scottalanmiller said in MS SQL Express cannot create compressed backups:

Would not have expected that.

It is not a game breaker. The DB is only 1.2GB, but out of habit, i always compress backups with the native tools.

This time I have to compress it after the fact. not a huge deal. Just annoying.

Yeah, it's Express. Just seems like an odd feature to remove there. Definitely not a big deal, you can compress manually later.

Just wanted to report back say this little switch was the perfect item for my need. It has been installed for over a month now and I have been very pleased with it. Not that it is doing anything special, it just does its job!

We are using it indoor and we mounted its own little bracket to a single gang wall plate, then installed the wall plate, then attached the switch to its bracket. It makes for a clean install where there once was an ethernet wall jack.

Everything about it is Unifi, so if you are familiar with the Unifi System, this runs like any other Unifi switch.

@Pete-S said in Comparing Server CPU Capabilities?:

@wrx7m said in Comparing Server CPU Capabilities?:

... And I don't have to run a Windows server for vCenter server or upgrade manager anymore.

I haven't played around with VMware much. How does it work with vCenter? Does run in a VM on each hypervisor or completely separate from the hypervisors?

It is a virtual appliance. You can upgrade and migrate from an existing Windows version. You can run it on a single server.

@Pete-S said in Laptop setup - multiple monitors, etc - suggestions?:

@Dashrender said in Laptop setup - multiple monitors, etc - suggestions?:

@Pete-S said in Laptop setup - multiple monitors, etc - suggestions?:

Keep in mind that you're using displayport you can run several monitors off one output.

I know this, when I first deployed some HP mini desktop machines, they only had one DP port, but I needed to drive two monitors. This was a new setup, so I had to buy everything. I purchased two DP monitors, and had to buy a DP splitter (if you will) that provided two video outputs. I tried to purchase one again, and DAMN they are crazy expensive.

I need to look into DP monitors that have a second port designed for daisy chaining... something I might do for this project.

Another option is to just look into getting a larger monitor. 2 x 22" is not a huge amount of screen estate.

You could for instance go with a 34" 21:9 like Samsung. Or just go with something bigger like a 40" 16:9 4K.

LOL - do you know the price difference between those? We go from say $320 for two monitors to something like $600+ (often well over $1000). So sure, while it might be nice to have a single huge monitor, the price gap just doesn't justify it.

@JasGot said in Cron task based on command line tasks.:

#!/bin/bash /usr/bin/mysqldump -u root -prootpassword nextcloud > /tmp/nextcloud.sql 7z a -pencryptionpassword /tmp/nextcloud.7z /tmp/nextcloud.sql /var/www/nextcloud/config/config.php echo "Today's backup of the My Nextcloud SQL Data is attached." | /usr/bin/mailx -A /tmp/nextcloud.7z -s "Cloud.example.Com Nextcloud SQL Backup" -r "[email protected]" [email protected]

Make that a file, run with cron.

Instead of contacting support, have you tried the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation along with viewers like you?

@galezer said in EMC VXRail:

if you count snapshots usage and price vs vmware and you are familiar with KVM its a win/win ...

Sure, but it's a false comparison. The main competitors are Scale, Starwind, Simplivity, etc. They crush Nutanix in performance, ease of use, and price. Comparing Nutanix against a known bad alternative (3-2-1 with VMware) makes it look good, but that's like saying paying $100K for a Chevy Spark is a good deal because a Ferrari costs $300K. But that's not a good comparison. A good comparison is a $12,000 Nissan Versa which costs a reasonable amount and is still better than the Spark.

It's true that the Nutanix is likely an improvement over an inverted pyramid + VMware, both things you'd normally rule out as just bad design. Using a false comparison makes it look plausible. But when you compare it to industry baselines of "standard good" it stands out as expensive and under performing (and just a bad actor as a vendor.)

@WLS-ITGuy said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@scottalanmiller said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@WLS-ITGuy said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@scottalanmiller said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@WLS-ITGuy said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@scottalanmiller said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@WLS-ITGuy said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@wrx7m said in Reverse Proxy install question:

@WLS-ITGuy What version of vsphere are you running?

6.7u2

They say it is supported...

https://blogs.vmware.com/guestosguide/2019/05/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8.html

REHL 8 is - But using the drop down and selecting Fedora it says it isn't.

Either way, I'll just use REHL 8 and be done.

The drop down list told you RHEL isn't, either. Yet we know it is. ESXi is just broken.

That one doesn't actually tell me it isn't supported:

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But the other RHEL one does. So clearly it's broken if it gives conflicting information. In one case, RHEL isn't supported, then RHEL 8 is. But RHEL 8 is still RHEL.

I understand. I guess they don't update the dropdown in the software 😄

Then best to not use it and not to consider anything from it. Just skip it and protect yourself.

@Skyetel said in Skyetel sign up working better:

Maybe this?
https://mangolassi.it/topic/20290/ad-blockers-advice

I thought I had posted in your thread because I know that you posted that after my issue.

So yup, going with I slacked and didn't post.

@JaredBusch said in Skyetel support:

Never heard back from T-Mobile, but calls now connect.

Ain't that always the way.

@Dashrender said in MailCow in Production Datacenter:

Question for Scott - the customer wanted self hosted email? why?

It's a commercial mail hosting business. Among other things.

@DimS said in Looking for Career Advice:

Gaining some additional certifications is always an option. Looking into something like VMware would definitely be worth the while.

Thanks for the input!

@Dashrender said in Looking for a 10 inch or so android tablet:

@JaredBusch said in Looking for a 10 inch or so android tablet:

@Dashrender said in Looking for a 10 inch or so android tablet:

$250 seems pretty cheap for such a use... you expect what - 5 years out of it, so $50/year... seems reasonable.

It is. But taking 5 minutes to post a discussion was well worth it. I’ll buy an Acer also and see how it works comparatively.

Actually, depending on the possible cost savings, maybe not. If you buy two and compare them, that billable time could eat much of that savings. - Could, no idea if it will or not. Though I'll agree the post just for info sake was likely worthwhile.

$250 vs $150 is significant. I'm not talking single quantity.

Great! I had a look at some of them and they're not bad at all actually.

Ok, so junction points don't support mapping to network path, symlinks do, and hardlinks can only be created for files, not folders. Try creating symlink and then create junction to the symlink and see if Crashplan can be fooled that way. So mklink /D C:\fake-Backup \\server01\Share\Subfolder and mklink /J c:\backup c:\fake-backup .