@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Apparently we need a VGA Splitter Today/Right now for something tomorrow. Just found out, so Now, I'm calling local Hardware companies trying to find one that we can pick up.

It is these situations where I actually miss the nearest Radio Shack. Not the best parts but 99% they had what I needed in a pinch.

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Son's mom called last night.
Her Boyfriend's Boss tested positive for COVID 19
Her boyfirends been in direct contact with my son.
So now we're all quarantining for 14 Days (longer)

I was supposed to be back in the office this week.

That's bad news mate, I hope it all works out for the best.

Thanks.

Any way you all can get tested?

Omaha has testing centers - and they can do a whaping 100 test a day... man, we'll be through our 1 million residents in no time

Ohio isn't any better. More than disappointing in our testing ability and facilities. Oh well....

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Son's mom called last night.
Her Boyfriend's Boss tested positive for COVID 19
Her boyfirends been in direct contact with my son.
So now we're all quarantining for 14 Days (longer)

I was supposed to be back in the office this week.

That's bad news mate, I hope it all works out for the best.

Thanks.

Any way you all can get tested?

Not until sometime next week..

bummer. That sucks! Sorry man...

We will all be alright, I'm Sure.

I believe you will be too. I'm rooting for you and your family. Nice for you to be young at this moment.

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Son's mom called last night.
Her Boyfriend's Boss tested positive for COVID 19
Her boyfirends been in direct contact with my son.
So now we're all quarantining for 14 Days (longer)

I was supposed to be back in the office this week.

That's bad news mate, I hope it all works out for the best.

Thanks.

Any way you all can get tested?

Not until sometime next week..

bummer. That sucks! Sorry man...

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Son's mom called last night.
Her Boyfriend's Boss tested positive for COVID 19
Her boyfirends been in direct contact with my son.
So now we're all quarantining for 14 Days (longer)

I was supposed to be back in the office this week.

That's bad news mate, I hope it all works out for the best.

Thanks.

Any way you all can get tested?

@jmoore said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews This was in textbooks 20 years ago, I dont understand how this is news from those Scientists. I'll read article soon.

Agreed.

The question I have is, if the magnetic poles shift because of molten material flow, does that shift the stronger or "thicker" portions of the Earth's magnetic field, thereby potentially blocking or allowing more solar wind to hit colder climates?

Always wondered that but never bothered to look it up.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just tried to watch TV and realized that there isn't a single thing that I felt like sitting through.

That's just how TV is and why we don't need it. I don't think we'll ever need more than Netflix/Disney+.

I have Netflix, Hulu, Prime and Disney+ (only because it's free) and still nothing I want to watch. So I just worked, that was more interesting. There's stuff I'd be willing to have on in the background, but nothing I want to pay attention to.

Started watching Locke And Key on Netflix. It has kept my interest more than most. If nothing, give that a shot.

@dbeato said in Is it possibe to remove local admin on Windows Server?:

@Pete-S said in Is it possibe to remove local admin on Windows Server?:

ve the local admin account on Windows Server that belongs to a domain? Or prevent logins.
Or is always possible to login as local admin (if you know the name/passwd)?

I wouldn't disable the local admin of a server, it would come handy if you need to restore stuff or remove and add from the domain. LAPS works but beware

I agree with @dbeato. When sh$% hits the fan with the server, no networking or no cached credentials, you will long for a local admin account.

I do disable the Administrator account after creating my own local admin with 20+ char strong password. Less worries on both the security and DR front.

@Pete-S said in Does intra-VM traffic leave the host?:

Assume you have two VMs on the same host talking to each other, on a network that is not just an internal network inside the host.

Will the traffic actually leave the physical NIC on the host or will it just stay inside the host?

From my understanding of ESXi, two guests located on the same local host vswitch will not go out the physical NIC.

@scottalanmiller said in ESXi cluster, advice needed:

@pmoncho said in ESXi cluster, advice needed:

@scottalanmiller said in ESXi cluster, advice needed:

@pmoncho said in ESXi cluster, advice needed:

In a single server, It seems the free alternatives lose their feature power and it all comes down to $500 (actually $576).

I have no idea why it seems that way, but it's simply not true. More features, more flexibility... all still there.

In a single server situation, what flexibility or feature exists? I'm only seeing the benefits of free hypervisors kick in in multi-server situations.

Not as many, surely. And it varies by the product, but...

• No licensing or license center or logins needed to get downloads and updates (this is a killer feature IMHO, as an MSP we deal with companies that got screwed by this constantly - often when IT pros move on to another company and no one remembers or knows what licenses to manage.)
• Easier remote access, generally without needing to deploy and manage another virtual machine just for that.
• Simpler overall management. VMware is the only platform we are regularly called in to manage because it is "too hard" for the IT teams. We manage everything because people are busy, but VMware is the only one that is regularly "too hard" and people are having issues with it.
• More reliable updates. We see more issues per-VMware install than all other platforms combined. It's not bad, it's just not on par with the market.
• Broader hardware support and options. Software RAID being the massive feature here in the single server space (things like VSANs in the bigger spaces.)
• Included features like built in backups are common in other packages.
• Even in stand alone environments, ability to move workloads to another machine are a huge deal. Stand alone doesn't imply a lack of hardware to send workloads to. It might be that way, but not necessarily.
• Preparation for growth. The single server environment today is the two server environment tomorrow. Flexibility to protect against the unknown always matters.

Thanks a lot for this. Will keep these in mind.