After over 6 straight years of actual larger-Enterprise (heavy Windows/Linux infrastructure) experience and 3 intense years of practice and self-study, I finally made MCSE: Server Infrastructure (2012 R2).
http://www.mycertprofile.com/Profile/1943383021
My real (relevant) experience hadn't started in a business environment until closer to 2004, but it has been a goal of mine since then.
It just feels good to have finally reached that goal in a good way.
My wife is becoming a U.S. citizen today. As well as everyone else on the bottom floor. People still coming in.
Some entertainment on the stage while everyone waits for the Oath Ceremony to begin.
I posted a guide on my blog about setting up a Fedora 26 KVM / QEMU hypervisor that uses the Kimchi-project for remote virtualization management, which includes a working web-based VM console.
Here's the link: https://www.timothygruber.com/linux/fedora-26-kvm-html5-remote-access-with-web-console-via-kimchi-part-1/
I hope it helps anyone who needs it as much as it would have helped me had I came across it a long time ago.
It's easy to create on my blog because I can copy/paste images into the editor... it's like working inside of MS Word.
I was thinking of recreating it on here for ML, but not sure if it's worth it or not, as well as the chance of hurting SEO.
Should I take the time to do it and just change the wording a bit?
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I know y'all are concerned... Snapchat just went down.
Nope, the whole Snapchat company could disband and I'd never even know it (until you post about it).
@momurda said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Ordered 2 ssd from newegg. They show up in 2 8"x4"x3" boxes which are packaged inside a 24"x18"x4" box. And lots of those airbag things.
Literally could have fit hundreds of ssd in this packaging.
Now if one doesn't work, you need to ship it back inside of a refrigerator box...
@dustinb3403 said in Recommendations for Cameras:
He wants something "more serious looking" what does that even mean?
I have had great experience with these:
That VMQ thing can be an issue on 1 GB NICs with out-dated firmware/drivers. The info of affected drivers and NICs and the resolution can be found here:
This is a good write-up and how to resolve it. Or you can just run firmware and driver updates.
VMQ should be disabled on 1 GB NICs. The issue with the broadcoms is that it's enabled by default, and shouldn't be.
@gjacobse said in Dreaded Windows Recovery:
Just over a week ago I let my older laptop install updates - and now - the dreaded Windows Recovery screen is all I see.
I've backed out Quality and Features with no success. There are no System Restore Points and even trying to Reset all fail.
While I am able to recover my data - before I go and kill it, I wanted to ensure that I hadn't missed anything on trying to recover what I have...
BIOS is up to date, same version as was installed, and no new hardware has been installed.
Is this a lost cause - and best to just duck my head and re-install, or just migrate this poor soul to Ubuntu.
You should also check the health of the drive in the system. For example, if it's a Samsung SSD, run Samsung Magician to verify the drive is still in good health. A drive going bad can corrupt a Windows install and updates or something similar can be disk intensive enough to make it noticeable.
Installing Linux on an otherwise failed or failing drive can be brewing storm. So I'd still check the drive first before doing that.
On Linux (Raspberry Pi OS), is it possible to reset a USB connection as if you unplugged it and plugged it back in? Is there an easy command to do it for a given USB device?
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
We just had a 6.2 earthquake happen right on top of us. Like RIGHT under the building. We were the epicenter. It was crazy. I've been in a LOT of quakes, but this was the biggest and closest every. It was nuts. We had to pull everyone from the water and there is minor building damage, as expected.
Oh no, I hope everything works out!
How long did it last?
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Happy New Year -
Yes, I am interested in your procedure when you get time. Looks like we are using Windows Business - but I don't expect the procedure building being different.I'm also curious how you built the ISO with XML profile.
TIA
Before you sysprep to create the ISO, use the PowerShell module to download your autopilot config, then put it here: C:\Windows\Provisioning\AutoPilot\AutoPilotConfigurationFile.json
I didn't have time yet on the PC to get the procedure I created and likely won't until tomorrow or the next, but here is a MS link for some breadcrumbs in the meantime, regarding creating the Autopilot profile, then downloading the json. Sorry, json, I said xml before I think:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/autopilot/existing-devices
Finally a clear night, but late and cold outside (8c), no prep done. So I'm sitting inside with the telescope pointing out the window, tracking a binary star (Alpheratz) I can see with the Fuji camera attached.
The tracking is a little bit off because I'm very limited to the stars I could use for the auto 2 star alignment. I also can't get great focus going through glass, but when I open the door for a sec, it's good then. No big deal, other than that it's working perfectly in KStars / Ekos on the R-Pi!
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
End of year PTO for me. Rethinking home office layout as 2022 we will be shifting gears and i will need some bench space for working on Autopilot deployment. Our E5 licenses were approved so major security overhaul next year
Autopilot - been trying to sort out a USB option to run the hardware ID… not had any success… not totall happy with the process yet.
Why not use the popular PS module? It'll grab the hash and register it in Autopilot.
Otherwise, I have a script I made somewhere made to be ran from USB that will take the hash, send it to an Azure Storage Table to await processing by an Azure Function that registers it into autopilot if you're looking for a fully automated solution other than running the script itself.
We have this wonderful security policy- we turn off powershell scripting- i have to got through a very manual process…
I found a set up, which I think I linked previous- that didn’t work… but it is possible I missed something on it. I’ll have to see if I can spin up my laptop here at the hotel and read back my comments to verify…
With scripting turned off- and literally Policed by systems being scanned a third party for script, it’s a bit frustrating.
Then the only thing to do is to reimage every device using an ISO or image with the Autopilot profile baked in. Make sure the Autopilot profile is set to register devices in Autopilot. If they want bullshit policies that actually decrease security, then it's going to get inconvenient for everyone.
That’s an interesting option. Might you have details on that?
It looks like that PowerShell module you were looking into not so long ago may work. I did it manually instead of using that, I forget now why I decided to do it that way, maybe it was cleaner I forget. But essentially all you need to do is create an Windows installer ISO of an up to date Win10/11 install with the Autopilot profile xml in a specific Windows folder.
I'd share the ones I made but they are Win10/11 enterprise with activation and autopilot profile baked in. I can share the procedure I created though, but won't get a chance until later today or tomorrow... if that PS module method is of no interest to you.
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
End of year PTO for me. Rethinking home office layout as 2022 we will be shifting gears and i will need some bench space for working on Autopilot deployment. Our E5 licenses were approved so major security overhaul next year
Autopilot - been trying to sort out a USB option to run the hardware ID… not had any success… not totall happy with the process yet.
Why not use the popular PS module? It'll grab the hash and register it in Autopilot.
Otherwise, I have a script I made somewhere made to be ran from USB that will take the hash, send it to an Azure Storage Table to await processing by an Azure Function that registers it into autopilot if you're looking for a fully automated solution other than running the script itself.
We have this wonderful security policy- we turn off powershell scripting- i have to got through a very manual process…
I found a set up, which I think I linked previous- that didn’t work… but it is possible I missed something on it. I’ll have to see if I can spin up my laptop here at the hotel and read back my comments to verify…
With scripting turned off- and literally Policed by systems being scanned a third party for script, it’s a bit frustrating.
Then the only thing to do is to reimage every device using an ISO or image with the Autopilot profile baked in. Make sure the Autopilot profile is set to register devices in Autopilot. If they want bullshit policies that actually decrease security, then it's going to get inconvenient for everyone.
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
End of year PTO for me. Rethinking home office layout as 2022 we will be shifting gears and i will need some bench space for working on Autopilot deployment. Our E5 licenses were approved so major security overhaul next year
Autopilot - been trying to sort out a USB option to run the hardware ID… not had any success… not totall happy with the process yet.
Why not use the popular PS module? It'll grab the hash and register it in Autopilot.
Otherwise, I have a script I made somewhere made to be ran from USB that will take the hash, send it to an Azure Storage Table to await processing by an Azure Function that registers it into autopilot if you're looking for a fully automated solution other than running the script itself.
@skyetel said in Skyetel is Hiring:
insure
I noticed this in the job posting as well:
https://askanydifference.com/difference-between-insure-and-ensure
@breitenberg said in Gaming PC Setup:
it is cheaper to build a gaming PC rather than buying a pre-built gaming PC. ... In most cases, the more expensive a prebuilt PC is, the more the cost of assembly and profit margin of the seller will be. Therefore, it is indeed cheaper to build a PC.
That's not completely true currently. If I want to build a gaming PC with an RTX 3090, that alone will cost me at the very least $3k for an off brand card... Yeah just the card itself. However, I could order a pre-built gaming pc with that card for about the same price or just a little more. Some even less.
