@openit said in Do I need help desk system ?:
What is unnecessary to create a ticket for ?
Everything goes in the helpdesk. If the users ask you to do it, it goes in the helpdesk, whether it is replacing their mouse, replacing the stuck N key on their keyboard, replacing toner, or fixing the coffee maker that keeps shorting out... or anything else they ask you to do.
If you don't put everything into the helpdesk, things tend to slip through the cracks.
Ditto. For money I would, but not "just because"... I dont' spend too much time on there anyway.
I have a few friends and family members that I use facebook to actually communicate with, lol.
Had plenty of excitement on my lunch break... Free adventure with every meal. I got home and my wife had just about finished making lunch. She was warming mine up in the oven, and set it aside. She wanted to warm hers a little more, so she decided to cook it a bit longer.
Well, lo, and behold her mexican pizza, for lack of a better word, began to swell, and it made contact with the top flames (gas oven) and caught fire, lol. She opened the oven and I was like: Is that a fire?"
It was just too funny.
@scottalanmiller said in IT Would You Rather...:
Work for a company that has loads of money and you can build the most expensive IT environment ever with virtually unlimited resources, or work for a company that is tight on financial resources but is totally dedicated to doing good IT but is simply constrained on funds.
Assuming both were the same working environment, pay, location and such.
I would work for the company tight on funds, but wanting to do good IT. I like those kinds of challenges.
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Going shopping for a guitar amp! Woot!
Whatcha getting?
Not sure, something with tubes, just trying some stuff out. I really liked the 5150, but it had a weird buzz. So onward we go to the next store.
Cool and do NOT get @art_of_shred anything please we are running out of room.
@art_of_shred said pick something up,.. nothing about actually paying for it.
Pick it up... "Hmm... I bet @art_of_shred would like this!" .... Put it back down.
Speed. Access to local drives is much faster.
@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender I'm using SCCM and it applies things to collections. So in this case, the collection is merely a grouping of specified devices (but it can also be users).
A collection can be defined statically by specifying which objects (users or devices) are members of that collection or dynamically by specifying certain criteria (e.g. OS, RAM, CPU, AD OU, IP range etc).
This one consisted of PC's that I manually added and made the OS deployment required (as opposed to the alternative of 'available' and providing a choice).
Be careful with SCCM, lol. Emory University wound up accidentally wiping all of their systems while trying to deploy Windows 7!
On your Salt Master, check the file /etc/salt/master, and make sure that pillar_opts is set to True.
# The pillar_opts option adds the master configuration file data to a dict in
#pillar_opts: False
pillar_opts: True
If you have to change it, then restart the salt-master service: systemctl restart salt-master
On your Salt Master, create the following two files.
/srv/salt/zerotier.sls, contains the commands to Install CURL, ZeroTier, and Join the Network ID specified later.
install_common_packages:
pkg.installed:
- pkgs:
- curl
install_zerotier_gpg_key:
cmd.run:
- name: |
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne/master/doc/contact%40zerotier.com.gpg | gpg --import
install_zerotier:
cmd.run:
- name: |
curl -s https://install.zerotier.com/ | gpg --output - > /tmp/zt-install.sh && bash /tmp/zt-install.sh
join_network:
cmd.run:
- name: |
zerotier-cli join {{ pillar['zt_networkid'] }}
authorize_client:
cmd.run:
- name: |
MYID=`zerotier-cli info|cut -d ' ' -f 3`
curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer {{ pillar['zt_authorization]}}' https://my.zerotier.com/api/network/{{ pillar['zt_networkid'] }}/member/$MYID > /tmp/ztinfo.txt
sed 's/"authorized":false/"authorized":true/' /tmp/ztinfo.txt > /tmp/ztright.txt
MEMBER=`cat /tmp/ztright.txt`
curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer {{ pillar['zt_authorization'] }}' -X POST -d $MEMBER https://my.zerotier.com/api/network/{{ pillar['zt_networkid'] }}/member/$MYID
rm /tmp/ztinfo.txt
rm /tmp/ztright.txt
/srv/pillar/zerotier.sls
#ZT PILLAR
#zt_authorization is the API Key from the web portal. You will have to create this if you don't already have it set up.
#zt_networkid is the network ID of your ZeroTier network.
#Replace apikeyhere and networkidhere with the values from your own ZeroTier network.
zt_authorization: apikeyhere
zt_networkid: networkidhere
You must also add the ZeroTier pillar into /srv/pillar/top.sls in the '*' section. Anywhere in the list is fine. Your Top file may be empty, in which case, you can use the template below.
/srv/pillar/top.sls
base:
'*':
- zerotier
Now... Apply this state to a single system:
salt 'MyTestComputer' state.apply zerotier
And if everything is done correctly, your device should have a ZeroTier IP address in a few seconds. You can check by:
salt 'MyTestComputer' grains.item ipv4
You should see an IP address in the range of your ZeroTier Network in the response.
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Don't Tell @minion-Queen or @Mike-ralston
I'm lightly hacking my Yealink phone.... Just looking at the Logs and an XML file or two..
If you're going to hack it... might as well go all the way and install Android or CentOS or something on it. :hammer_pick:
@Breffni-Potter said in New StarWind Virtual SAN Free - All restrictions removed!:
I tried to get a copy of Starwind free in the past and they were like "Here's a trial, have fun"
For a while, there was a special Mangolassi / SW license that would grant you a two node version for free. I use that here in my lab. Looks like it's time to upgrade!
Their descriptions of the problems seem plausible. We'll see if this puts them back in the good graces of consumers. I for one and looking forward to the Note 8... Codename: Fire Extinguisher, ha ha.
I have a 2-node setup running in VirtualBox now. I whoopsied and forgot to adjust a few things in the poweshell scripts, so no real-world data yet.
The setup is easy if you follow along their Quick guide posted on the VSAN free page. It covers how to use the PowerShell scripts to set it up.
Better details tomorrow, hopefully!
@IRJ said in Do you think I.T admins are easy targets for obsessive compulsive disorder?:
Once you bring down something production as a young tech, you will never do it again.
Are you certain of that?
Or some rather enterprising chaps will code a half-decent, partially usable powershell GUI to make it work, lol.
Their Poweshell scripts do work, but could use a little fine tuning here and there.
I set up an HA pair with 100Gigs of data and purposefully whoopsied one of them and made it reboot while I was copying a few GB of data in...
The system is now synchronizing back to normal again...
If you're going to use this in production, chances are, you will want the GUI, lol.
I beat ME 1 on Friday. Started playing ME 2 again now. (I never beat it before when I started playing it the first time!)
@BBigford said in SQL single instance or multiple:
@JaredBusch said in SQL single instance or multiple:
The SMB almost never needs multiple SQL Server instances. Saying it is for security means that there are jsut bad software developers in the loop that did not write their applicaiotn to use appropriate permissions.
One thing I've been told is people who don't understand multiple instances, want them. Those who do know about them, don't want the hassle.
Seems legit.
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Convinced my parents to get new network gear for their house. The total cost is $130.00 Can you guess what I'm installing?
D-Link?
LOL
not funny
Then why am I laughing so hard?
I believe that your cp.get file should be something like:
salt * cp.get_file salt://test123.txt C:\
You can also do this with the file.managed in a state file.
C:\zabbix_agent\zabbix_agentd.conf:
file.managed:
- source:
- salt://zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
- user: root
- group: root
- mode: 644
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Interesting, all the places that Google knows I've been.
Are you telling me that Mr. I won't plug my smart TV into the Internet never disabled Google tracking?
Google knows more about my life than I do, I've accepted this fact. /tinfoil_hat_man
Wait, I have an eye doctor's appointment tomorrow? When did this happen?
Google Assistant: I see how much you use the pinch to zoom on your phone. I thought the appointment was warranted.
