@obsolesce said in Use powershell to create a scheduled task to reboot computers on schedule:

@pete-s said in Use powershell to create a scheduled task to reboot computers on schedule:

@jaredbusch

For logistics, I would also place scheduled tasks that I created in their own task folder. Just like Microsoft and others have.

That way I know the tasks in there is not generated by something else.

One could also fix the description to say the source of the task. I get the appeal of placing them in their own folder nested somewhere in that mess, but it's so much easier to deal with them in the top level directory.

I guess you could fix the name. But it's mostly misbehaving apps that put tasks in the top level directory. I mean Microsoft added the folder structure for task organization. It wasn't there in the old days.

But yeah, it works regardless.

@obsolesce said in Unregister-ScheduledTask giving error about non-interactive mode:

Ohh, didn't notice the typo lol

Funny that. me either......

@pete-s said in Home office desk:

@obsolesce How did the desk work out for you?

It worked out very well. I went with the https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/idasen-desk-sit-stand-black-beige-s09280987/.

Having it now for about 6 months, I'd get it again.

@dbeato yeah which I had none of that information nor do I know if email delivery was setup.

@danp said in Backup Solution for XenServer:

@dave247 said in Backup Solution for XenServer:

Veeam Backup and Replication

I wasn't aware that this product worked with Xenserver / XCP-ng.

It only works within the guests not at the hypervisor.

@obsolesce said in Exchange Environment - Lab:

@dave247 said in Exchange Environment - Lab:

@obsolesce said in Exchange Environment - Lab:

@dashrender said in Exchange Environment - Lab:

As for the OP's error? No clue - but the person who asked if he actually had AD setup or not - that's a great starting place.

Has the OP looked at all of the prerequisites and ensured they are all in place before trying to install Exchange?

We're beyond that now. I answered his issue with why it happened, what happened, and how to fix it here.

Yeah but if he doesn't have AD set up, then he's gonna have a hard time despite running the setup.exe properly

I was addressing his error in his very first post. How far back do you go regarding prerequisites that has nothing to do with the error posted? I mean, should we verify he has an active network connection as well? The direct cause of the error is obvious, let's get past that first, and see what happens next. I mean, the whole point of the command is to extend the AD schema... if he doesn't have AD, then no guide will help him at this point, as it's also insanely clear in the guide he's following.

Ah yes, I see waht you're saying. I should have first asked him if his home has electricity. Then move on to Powershell. Yes.

@pete-s said in Experience with Supermicro Microcloud servers?:

@dashrender said in Experience with Supermicro Microcloud servers?:

@pete-s said in Experience with Supermicro Microcloud servers?:

@dashrender said in Experience with Supermicro Microcloud servers?:

@pete-s said in Experience with Supermicro Microcloud servers?:

@dashrender said in Experience with Supermicro Microcloud servers?:

What's the use case?

For blades in general? It's hyperconverged infrastructure, hosting environments, container clusters etc. Basically everywhere you want to cram in as much as possible in the least amount of rack space.

I suppose - but damn - that seems like a HUGE amount of compute power next to low amount of storage. If that's the setup you need - again HUGE amount of compute and tiny storage, then it's probably just fine.

I know what you mean but it's not really that low. Consider that the server I linked to have 3.5" bays. So you can have 2 x 18TB (standard enterprise size in stock) per node or 288 TB of raw storage per 3U rack. A rack full of those will give you over 3 PB of disk or 1.5PB of SSDs (8TB ea).

There are other models too, some have 4 bays per node. So you have some options.

that storage ends up being soooo incredibly slow, the power of the CPUs seems like they would be wasted.

Now if all of the storage is hanging off a single or split between two/three nodes, then we start looking more like a Scale box, only way smaller.

I'd be worried about only having two power supplies in there too. that might be a folly on my part, but with that many drives/CPUs and only two PS's?

Today you don't need a lot of spindles in an array to get speed. Storage would be blazing fast with for example two NVMe drives per node.

8TB is readily available but you could get 16TB NVMe drives too.

yeah, NVMe would be fast... I made an assumption before looking more closely at your picture that it was limited to HDDs.
which today would just be stupid.. so my bad.

@travisdh1 You are exactly right. I didn't even think of that. I meant to turn that off but instead of turning off I had selected Show Icon Only, so it removed the text I was used to seeing but left the icon.

Thanks.

@jasgot said in Routing from LAN/Sonicwall to Comcast DHCP Client:

@dashrender said in Routing from LAN/Sonicwall to Comcast DHCP Client:

If those are the only people with access - why not just put it on that LAN?

Other equipment it talks to on another network; and we do not have access to that other equipment.

Where is that network? how does the web server get to that network now?

@dustinb3403

Thanks resolved

@jaredbusch said in VitalPBX hosting for very small group:

@gjacobse said in VitalPBX hosting for very small group:

@gjacobse said in VitalPBX hosting for very small group:

For just three? I might actually just suggest something more like 8x8 - Do you really need a full PBX for just three phone?

Yes, I do recognize that 8x8 costs more per user then a PBX hosted on say Vultr - ...

Not for 3 people it doesn’t. Unless you are set and forgetting it.

Exactly.

Last I heard - NTG did this at $12+/month per user, but at that few, it could be a lot more than that.

If your friend can manage it all themselves, they could get away with the PBX functions inside VOIP.ms - they've brodened their PBX offerings several times over the past year. i.e. expanded it's functionality.

Try this link (guessing based on your screenshot)

http://obuasset/companies/1/edit

I believe a warranted alteration would be for Add/Remove Permissions to user. Seeing that some staff here have change in duties, the needed security changes could easily be handled by this as well.

@dustinb3403 said in Digital sign boards:

Again, RP and screenly.io/ose

Literally 15 minutes and done for a single screen.

only support the 3.
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@dashrender said in Removing Windows Installed Packages with Powershell:

@dustinb3403

Sure, but to Gene's point - you're not going to be installing crapware with Chocolatey - but the MS Store pre-loads your machine with a shit ton, and really, the only way to get rid of if all is using PowerShell.

I love the first post for info sake itself... I just don't see the need to mention Choco in the same thread - it serves an entirely different purpose - not to mention the fact that it isn't even loaded by default, so if it's there - YOU know it's there.

And again, you know how to install and uninstall applications with Chocolatey.

But you may not know (or want to know how to learn to use Microsoft's App Store) and maybe you prefer to use a shell to remove applications from add and remove.

While you know what you've installed with Choco, doesn't mean you know how to remove programs like in the OP which, again installed during the evening hours without me having installed it.

@travisdh1 said in Savi 8210/8220 Office - Poly: Pair to new base:

@gjacobse said in Savi 8210/8220 Office - Poly: Pair to new base:

We have a number of the mono and duo Savi 8210 / 8220 headsets. I need to swap a nonworking headset with one that is working, but am not finding information on how to do that. I can find how to pair to a mobile device or computer via Bluetooth, but not to a replacement base.

You can't just move the base?

That is the obvious (and easy) answer. But I was 'told' by another it was possible. I'm not seeing that it is,... but I want to ensure that my Google Search is not overlooking something.

I'll likely just walk a the matching base over and be done...

The mono headset doesn't seem to work (with the paired based), Not sure if it's a headset or base issue... Desk needs a Mono, but all we have right now is a Duo - Meh - Again.. Just making sure that in my searching I didn't over look it.

@beta said in RAID 6 in my backup VM host on spinning rust?:

@scottalanmiller said

It's always array size, never drive size, that matters primarily.

Just so I make sure I understand, array size meaning total TB or total number of disks?

Total capacity.

@pete-s said in MariaDB/MySQL Table Repair Eating TONS of disk space:

@anthonyh said in MariaDB/MySQL Table Repair Eating TONS of disk space:

I have a MariaDB database that is of moderate size (~48 GB) and two of the tables within this database have corruption. One of the offending tables is reportedly ~25 GB in size. When running REPAIR TABLE, the process eats up all the remaining disk space (which admittedly wasn't a lot, 14 GB).

I started growing the disk and gave it an additional 50 GB. The repair process gobbled it up. Gave it 50 GB more, repair process gobbled it up. Gave it 100 GB more (for a total of 200 GB additional disk), and the repair process still gobbled it all up. I'm a little baffled as to why and am wondering if anyone here can shed some light as to why a 25GB table would need over 200GB of working space for a repair?

The database is using MyISAM storage (I know, I'm working on it) and the table in question stores data (document images) in longblob format. From what I understand, MyISAM table repairs basically involve reconstructing the table, so I wouldn't be surprised at needing at least an equal amount of free space to the size of the table. This behavior has me a little confused.

I assume there are no database clients trying to access the database during your repair.

I don't know the answer to your question but have you had a look at the different settings for repair table?
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/repair-table-optimization.html

Check myisam_max_sort_file_size for instance. If it's larger than your disk then it could outgrow the available space.

You are correct. No clients are accessing the database. I'm doing the repair on a clone of the actual host.

I will investigate myisam_max_sort_file_size and report back.

@jasgot said in Looking to learn/research MeshCentral:

@scottalanmiller said in Looking to learn/research MeshCentral:

Ability to have a large deployment with security built in already and not lose that.

Do you know if it is FIPS 140-2 certified?

Almost certainly not. That is a "pay the government for favours" cert that only big vendors can do. No small project can think about doing stuff like that because there's no way to make money from having done it and it doesn't just cost the developers an arm and a leg, but it directly takes away funding and development time from their actual users. So the developers don't wait to lose the money, and the real world customers don't want them focusing on something that's only for political reasons.

While I don't know 100% that either is certified, I'm certain that they are not and have no interest. It just doesn't make sense financially or ideologically.