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  Skyetel sign up working better
  skyetel website issues • • JaredBusch  

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  @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.
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  PBS Endo Performance Issues on Windows 10 1903
  windows 10 pbs endo windows 10 1903 • • scottalanmiller  

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  Skyetel support
  support skyetel t-mobile • • JaredBusch  

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  @JaredBusch said in Skyetel support: Never heard back from T-Mobile, but calls now connect. Ain't that always the way.
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  EMC VXRail
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  @wrx7m said in EMC VXRail: @scottalanmiller said in EMC VXRail: Starwind IIRC, at some point you said that starwind was good at 2 nodes, but 3 was way too complex. Also, how much overhead does running starwind produce? Extremely little. So little that running them often speeds up your system. Starwind is very, very light. They aren't too complex at three nodes, just much more complex than at two. If you want ultimate speed and flexibility, they are the right level of complexity at any size because they give the full ability to customize performance across the pool.
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  MailCow in Production Datacenter
  email smtp docker mailcow • • scottalanmiller  

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  @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.
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  Looking for Career Advice
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  @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!
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  UNSOLVED Looking for a 10 inch or so android tablet
  android nextcloud tablet • • JaredBusch  

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  @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.
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  Comparing Server CPU Capabilities?
  vmware server esxi cpu benchmark cpu utilization dell poweredge r740xd dell poweredge r720xd • • wrx7m  

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  For the analysts of the current utilization of your hosts, best bet would be running a LiveOptics Collection toolkit. In result, the Report will present you with granular details as to the utilization of your CPU, RAM and storage. After the run is complete, it would be highly beneficial to discuss your requirements to the future solution with the vendor of your choice.
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  Static Web Site Design Tools
  web design html hugo html 5 jekyll gatsby • • scottalanmiller  

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  @Obsolesce said in Static Web Site Design Tools: I really like Grav. It's a great static site platform, but is technically CMS and not easy for the layman to set up. It's a cool tool, but it isn't static. It's flat file, but it just uses the file system as a database (which filesystems are by their nature) rather than a DBMS. Grav would meet many of the needs, but it is dynamic and requires PHP which ideally we'd avoid.
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  Collections of eBook Notes for Professionals books
  free ebooks notes for professionals books • • black3dynamite  

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  Great! I had a look at some of them and they're not bad at all actually.
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  Exchange 2013 Max attachement size problems
  exchange exchange 2013 attachments activesync • • JaredBusch  

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  UNSOLVED Next steps with SaltStack
  salt salt minion salt master salt stack • • JaredBusch  

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  I have had the same questions. Will check out Nodegroups, as @black3dynamite suggested.
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  The mighty YAST in Suse/OpenSuse
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  UNSOLVED Windows 10 Junction on UNC path
  windows 10 crashplan pro symlink • • JaredBusch  

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  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 .
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  Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect
  screenconnect remote access meshcentral meshcentral 2 connectwise connectwise control • • scottalanmiller  

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  @scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect: @JaredBusch said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect: @dbeato said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect: Bomgar does this and uninstalls automatically as soon as your end a session if it is on demmand or from the host. No one is talking about on-demand. On demand should not install anything in the first place. merely run. Exactly. MeshCentral does the same. Run on demand and it just "vanishes" when you close. Understood. Bomgar doesn't install a client on demand so it was my bad wording.
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  UNSOLVED Copy SSH public key to ssem behind a jump box
  ssh jumpbox ssh keys ssh-copy-id • • JaredBusch  

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  @black3dynamite said in Copy SSH public key to ssem behind a jump box: # From your host to your JUMPBOX # Not needed if your public key is already in placed cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub | ssh jump.domain.com 'umask 0077; mkdir -p .ssh; cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys' ssh-copy-id should do this
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  Change Local Admin Pwd?
  • siringo  

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  @flaxking said in Change Local Admin Pwd?: @siringo said in Change Local Admin Pwd?: Hey thanks for all the help everyone, it is greatly appreciated. I've decided to go with LAPS as this is part of an overall 'let's tighten up security' project I've got going and my thoughts were, you can't go wrong if you go with the Vendor's recommendation. I'm distributing the LAPS client software via Startup GPO which is working well ATM. Half way through the setup, but have stopped coz the weekend started. I'll take a look at Salt as I need to broaden my horizons. Thanks again folks. Fyi, to deploy to clients you just need to copy the dll and register it with regsvr32. But good thing you're not trying to deploy it with GP's software installation features. I get around these problems by using Startup & Shutdown scripts. I create a simple bat file that copies the required files to the local %systemroot%, then I install whatever it is that needs installing. This seems to work well for me.
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  Windows 10 - Application Incorrectly Requiring Admin Creds to Run
  windows 10 admin rights application control • • wrx7m  

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  Can you post the result of these two reg queries: REG QUERY HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\ /v ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin REG QUERY HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\ /v ConsentPromptBehaviorUser
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  Custom PC Build
  pc build • • mroth911  

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  NVMe drive for storage instead of SSD. It will be about 6 times faster from around 500MB/sec to 3GB/sec. AMD black could be any number of CPUs. They're all slow compared to newer AMD CPUs though. 6 HD screens...maybe he would consider upgrading to larger 4K monitors instead. Each 4K monitor has the same resolution as 4 HD monitors. So 2x40 inch monitors has more screen estate than 6 HD monitors. And two or even three 4K monitors could be run from the same graphics card. So that is would I would look into. Newest AMD CPU, 1 really good graphics card, NVMe for storage and new larger monitors.
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  UNSOLVED Windows 10 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Encrypted EFS Files on Network Share
  windows windows 10 windows server encryption windows server 2008 r2 efs • • scottalanmiller  

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  Within PowerShell can't use something like Push-Location \\Server\Share\path or Set-Location \\Server\Share\path and then run the cipher command?
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  Disconnected: Why Companies Encourage Bad IT Decisions
  youtube scott alan miller samit it business • • scottalanmiller  

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  @Dashrender said in Disconnected: Why Companies Encourage Bad IT Decisions: @scottalanmiller said in Disconnected: Why Companies Encourage Bad IT Decisions: @Dashrender said in Disconnected: Why Companies Encourage Bad IT Decisions: @scottalanmiller said in Disconnected: Why Companies Encourage Bad IT Decisions: @Dashrender said in Disconnected: Why Companies Encourage Bad IT Decisions: The one place the presentation doesn't really hit on is reliability of the circuit. Of course to wit Scott will say - US carriers of old school telecom are horrible, and most ISPs are equally as reliable, if not more so than carriers. And unlike carriers, you can likely more easily setup redundancies with the ISP, when was the last time typical businesses setup redundancy on their phone service? Not really a place where the CEO should care. In a healthy organization, Jared's presentation would be from the telecom person or team to the CIO. The CIO would just inform the CEO of what they are doing, if he even needed to know. A CEO should not be stuck in the weeds of demanding to understand why modern infrastructure is more reliable than legacy infrastructure. Right, but in that case the case is made to the CIO, not the CEO, because what you stated. So the CIO would need to know these things, I would think. Correct, the information is good, but is for "inside IT", not for "the business". So question - where do you see that CIO person fitting? You've already said they were IT, but are they more an executive - or more IT? or do you not see a difference in this case? To me, there is no difference. Anyone making IT decisions has to be a business person to do that job. The CIO has to be completely in sync with everything in the business and be thinking completely within the holistic business context. But they must also be a generalist with a deep understanding of nearly every aspect of IT. This is why a CIO role is rare and expensive... you need someone who would be reasonably expensive in their business role OR their IT role, then the overhead of putting those two roles together in a single human. And this is why so many CIOs are terrible, they often only have tech skills or business and are unable to bridge the gap which is their role.
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  Free Upgrade to Windows 10 in 2019 from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
  windows 10 windows 7 windows 8.1 windows 8 windows licensing windows media creation tool • • scottalanmiller  

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  voip.ms atlanta2 issues / am I switching my inbound routing to new server correctly ...
  voip.ms • • BraswellJay  

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  The Atlanta2 server has been overtaken by snakeheads...
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  Exchange 2013/2016 Cumulative Updates failing to Apply with Let's Encrypt Cert
  lets encrypt updates update exchange 2016 cumulative update • • dbeato  

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  Should People Force HTTPS via Redirect?
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  @DustinB3403 Hello, yes you right, i haven't setup a certificate for wazo-plaform.org. My mistake, it was on my todo list, but i didn't have time to setup it. But now, it's done.
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  Introducing MeshCentral on SAMIT as a Remote Access and Support Tool for the SMB IT Department
  youtube open source scott alan miller samit intel software remote access meshcentral meshcentral 2 remote support remote desktop • • scottalanmiller  

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  @scottalanmiller That's one hell of a run on sentence! Do you actually speak without pausing or breathing?
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  The Fundamental Flaw in Not Listening to the Boss
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  Recorded this in like May and it just posted today, but boy is it right for this discussion. https://mangolassi.it/topic/20554/disconnected-why-companies-encourage-bad-it-decisions
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  Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?
  virtualization vmware esxi hardware vsphere vcenter servers veeam one • • wrx7m  

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  @Dashrender said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?: @Pete-S said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?: @wrx7m said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?: @Pete-S said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?: @wrx7m said in Planning for New ESXi Hosts - Which CPU Metrics Should I Use?: @Pete-S They list both the 61xx and 62xx as options for the R740XD. Good! What CPUs do you have in the R720 today? 1 or 2 CPUs? Do you want the new ones to be faster or just capable of running more VMs? I have 2 x E5-2609 CPUs in each server. I would like faster, but more VMs would be the priority. The E5-2609 CPUs are at the low end of what was available at the time so no problem there. Actually, are you looking to keep the old servers around for testing and such? In that case you could just drop in refurbished CPUs that are faster and/or has more cores for very little money. If the server can take E5-2600 V2 you can get up to 12 core CPUs. yeah, but Windows licensing is an issue, assuming multiple CPUs... for a test server, not likely worth going over the 16 cores. Not to mention the test server might require licensing (if needed beyond the 90 day test period for something). Two 8-cores would be an option. For instance two E5-2690. They are 2.9 GHz base frequency and have 8 cores. About $100 each when buying refurbished. About 50% faster per core (2609 have no turbo) and about 3 times faster multicore performance. Has more cache and faster memory transfer speed. Was a very high end CPU at the time. Was listed at $2000 while the E5-2609 was $300. The fastest 8-core E5-2600 V2 CPU is the E5-2667 V2. 8 cores and base frequency of 3.3 GHz. It will likely also be an option for the R720XD. V2 uses 22nm technology so uses less power with the same clock speed and can fit more cores or run higher frequencies.
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  KVM on Fedora 30, Error creating virtual network
  kvm fedora 30 • • Doyler3000  

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  @Emad-R said in KVM on Fedora 30, Error creating virtual network: @black3dynamite said in KVM on Fedora 30, Error creating virtual network: @Emad-R said in KVM on Fedora 30, Error creating virtual network: @stacksofplates said in KVM on Fedora 30, Error creating virtual network: Can you create it with virsh? Wondering if it's just a virt-manager issue since they are deprecating it. Over my dead body. I love virt-manager they kick that out and I will be kicking them out. not everyone wants web gui using resources and being inefficient with VNC protocol and opening another port. The web gui hardly use enough resources for you to even notice. I do agree, cause I have split personality but that said I still want virt-manager to be around. It is very mature and snappy. Deprecated is probably the same as how ifconfig is deprecated it will be around forever.
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  SAP will be major grow for Linux
  • Emad R  

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  @Emad-R said in SAP will be major grow for Linux: @scottalanmiller Hi, Is suse Linux free to download and use without commerical support ? Yes, both Leap (LTS) and Tumbleweed (rolling updates) versions. Suse has had a free option since the 1990s. I brought Suse to IBM in 2000 as our main platform in manufacturing.