I know this is the "don't do this but do something else" answer, but just in case you've not thought of it, some places use satellite phones for this purpose.

@tjatwood109 said in ZFS is Perfectly Safe on Hardware RAID:

@scottalanmiller

Thanks - I will proceed without using ZFS - I prefer hardware RAID.

Tim

ZFS is perfectly fine with hardware RAID, if you like ZFS' features otherwise (like zsend is nice) then there's no reason to avoid it. If you don't plan to use any unique features, then XFS is my "go to" choice by default. Very fast, very stable.

@Dashrender said in Remote Access for home user:

@manxam said in Remote Access for home user:

@fuznutz04 : Keep an eye out for the "hidden" hibernate that doesn't show up under "Plan settings" (only sleep and display). I've seen multiple systems that have "Hibernate after" configured under "Sleep" in the advanced settings as default.

There's also the problem where some systems become broken and once a system goes to sleep, it will continue going to sleep no matter what after something like 2 mins of non use. Rebooting fixes it, until it goes to sleep again... there is a fix somewhere in these threads too, reg fix.

Hahah, yeah. I was part of that thread too having been bit by it myself. Thankfully I haven't seen that behaviour in over a year.
Your thread : https://mangolassi.it/topic/18166/windows-10-goes-to-sleep-outside-listed-sleep-times
My thread : https://mangolassi.it/topic/17731/windows-10-ignoring-display-sleep-inactivity-settings

Oh Cool! Thanks Scott!

@black3dynamite said in VMWare datastore files in use:

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/579902-vmware-unable-to-delete-datastore-because-it-s-in-use
http://tomaskalabis.com/wordpress/vmware-cant-unmountremove-datastore-in-use-or-file-system-is-busy/

Thank you. I hadn't thought to check the logs, which the Spiceworks link mentions.

OK, we have success!

Steps to resolve:

On the DC I was having issues with at the main site, I stopped the KDC Service (Kerberos Key Distribution Center Service)

Then I ran this:

NETDOM RESETPWD /Server: <Domain Controller Name> /UserD:<Domain Admin Username> /PasswordD:<Domain Admin Password> Rebooted the server.

After this, all of the strange event viewer errors in the DNS log, AD log, etc were gone. I can now successfully replicate across sites as well as join PCs to the domain. I'm not sure why this happened in the first place, but this fixed it.

Thanks for all the help!

@hobbit666 said in Install Zabbix on CentOS 7:

@VoIP_n00b said in Install Zabbix on CentOS 7:

https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-zabbix-server-on-rhel-8-centos-8/

Followed that yesterday and all went OK

Thanks for feedback!

@MC_Bol said in Zabbix 5 Alerts:

@hobbit666 suggest you to use next template, really fun, and it is really specific regarding your requirement:
https://github.com/dimuskin/ax-zabbix-html-template. Hope it helps!

Thanks will have a look tomorrow 😊

@Jimmy9008 said in Windows Failover Clustering... what are your views and why?:

The point of the CSV was that as we increase our proprietary tool over the next few years, there is room to do so. If that space is full of data that doesn't need HA, we have lost the opportunity to use it.

I'm in camp 2 on this.

It is a waste to use the space when it is not needed. It was not engineered to be used any other way Just because you can do something (option 1) does not mean you should. People wanting option 1 are just being lazy. Fuck that.

Do as @scottalanmiller suggested and get the stakeholders to officially sign off on changing the budget expansion cost to be used now instead.

Do not let this just be a conversation. Put it in writing. The lazy people will back down.

Until now computer games are fascinating!

@clisting said in Installing PocketMine MineCraft PE Server on CentOS 7:

it constantly disconnects me. the server appears to be online please help me.

I've not touched this in three and a half years, I'm afraid. This stuff easily doesn't work any longer 😞

@scottalanmiller said in MS SQL Server 2016 on Windows Server 2019?:

Trust me, we tried to go Linux. But it just didn't work out.

OH NOES!

@Dashrender said in Is RDP viable practice for LAN remote session?:

@AshKetchum said in Is RDP viable practice for LAN remote session?:

Is RDP viable practice for LAN remote session? I know RDP is a big NO over internet, but is it a good security practice to use RDP in LAN? Jumping from one server to another using RDP is quick and easy.

Curious - What OS are you going to use this for?

This is for use on the LAN. Really any reasonable use case is just fine.

@IRJ said in encrypted email options?:

Another advantage is that you control the data until they download. Which means you can set links that expire or remove content at anytime. Could the user have downloaded it, sure. However, you control the full delivery process and can actually remove access at anytime. An email will sit in their inbox forever.

Well, think of the email as having been downloaded and now they are the same. In either case, if the patient automatically downloads everything and just leaves it somewhere, it's just there forever. In both cases, you don't care.

@Dashrender said in MSTP with multiple instances - Yea or Nay:

@notverypunny said in MSTP with multiple instances - Yea or Nay:

@scottalanmiller said in MSTP with multiple instances - Yea or Nay:

Are the VLANs needed? What are they for?

Traffic isolation / functional separation / security. Servers / Management / endpoints / VDI / Wifi / telephony etc etc etc

One would ask if any of those are needed today?
Functional separation I could see if you have two desperate networks but need to use a single ethernet fabric. I have that, my Guest WiFi has it's own firewall and own internet connection, yet we share the APs. it's on it's on VLAN with no routes between prod and guest.

But on the prod side, in a LANLess world, is that really needed? Of course, few of us likely actually have LANLess set ups.

Skimming through the LANLess explanation @travisdh1 posted a while back, I think we're somewhat a mashup of it and segmentation. Some of the VLANs in question are end-point only and as such the security isn't as tight as the ones that are used in the server-room / data center functions. If I were designing something from scratch, LANLess would certainly be something to consider, but since this is far from a new build, I doubt I could start to justify the headaches that changing VLANs and IP addressing would entail.

To come back around to my initial question, can anyone point me to any pros / cons with regards to having multiple instances of spanning tree given that we no longer have 2 devices acting as root bridges?

That's awesome.

http://kapothi.com/switch-windows-10-license-kms-mak/

I'm not even sure this will work but try the following commands and skip step 4.
After uninstalling the KMS license, maybe running cscript slmgr.vbs /ato all you need to activate your Windows 10 upgrade license.

@WrCombs said in Unrouted Wireless Network setup:

I'm sure there's some degree that it's different, because Tablets memory and Storage is no where close to a Desktop PC. but it the OS runs the exact same.

The fastest computer in my house is a tablet. Intel i7 9th gen, 16GB RAM, NVMe storage. Way faster than any of our laptops or desktops.

Tablet is just a shape and while they can't contain the power of a giant gaming rig, they can do anything a laptop or normal business desktop can do. It's literally just the shape.