@art_of_shred said in NTG Lab Update:

@ChrisL said in NTG Lab Update:

@Dashrender said in NTG Lab Update:

Any reason not to tell us what the missing part is/was?

SECRECY!

No, it was an SFP Module.

The main component of the lab is the 6-node Scale cluster, and the LAN-side connection for those goes to a switch that has a single connection up the chain, which requires an adapter (RJ-45/SFP), which is very small and easy to misplace in a big move.

Don't I know it. I missplaced one recently too.

@Dashrender said in Any ML London'ers wanna get a drink?:

Having never used an ATM in Europe, beyond the ATM fees - are their typically currency conversion fees?

My currency fee from my bank is 1% for any conversion ATM or otherwise (so I pay 1% if I pay for a restaurant with the debit card, for example.) But the ATM fees are zero compared to normally seeing roughly 3% in the US. So in absolute terms, I consistently see 1% in fees in Europe and in relative terms I see a 2% negative fee.

Ran into a snag today. When applying this update to a USG with a dynamic external IP, it works fine. But the moment you assign it a static IP it goes into a boot loop and removes the default gateway.

To get it back to a working state I had to hard reset the USG, re acquire and re setup.

I'll be posting to the USG boards shortly.

@DustinB3403 said in Anyone know about six sigma?:

@scottalanmiller said in Anyone know about six sigma?:

@BBigford said in Anyone know about six sigma?:

I've been getting a crazy amount of recruiters emailing me about Six Sigma. Was starting to get curious what all the fuss was about.

That's similar to asking for ten years experience on Windows 2016. Instant dust bin if they say things like that.

You mean you don't have 10 years of experience on server 2016 yet?!

Well I do, yeah. But you know, normal people.

I created a shared mailbox and then I manually added the contacts (there are only 14 of them) to it. This makes the contacts visible to any user with access to the shared mailbox. However, I also wanted to used these "shared" contacts in some distribution groups, which doesn't appear to be possible. 😞

On a related note, one of the best tools for cable labeling I've ever used. It has a mode to specifically print labels for cables that you wrap around and it is really slick. Runs on batteries too.

http://www.dymo.com/en-US/rhino-industrial-4200-qwy-label-maker

@scottalanmiller said in Computer randomly crashes and shuts down!:

@Breffni-Potter said in Computer randomly crashes and shuts down!:

@scottalanmiller said in Computer randomly crashes and shuts down!:

@Breffni-Potter said in Computer randomly crashes and shuts down!:

I blame the EU.

You are thinking of market crashes.

There goes my money...

It wasn't worth anything anyway 😉

-_-

Oh we are not amused.

@Mike-Davis said in Ubnt NAT:

Between what you said and some information from @coliver I learned that the Meraki is not behind the Edge, but in fact there is a switch between each of the routers and the ISP, so they both have direct access to the internet. Information from a tech on site lead me to believe otherwise, which is why the config didn't make sense.

I said this repeatedly when looking at the configurations.

I would expect it to be a few GB - maybe 30 GB at most right now.

@IRJ Cool I'll check it out. Thanks

If you cannot ping it, likely you have another issue. Ping it from somewhere else and see if ICMP is working. It is most likely that there is a routing or firewall issue here.

I am using it to import a VM right now, then I will update.

I love that XS7 supports the progress bar now.

@Dashrender

Haven't gotten there yet. Have about 4 irons in the fire and really have to finish two before I move forward with the domain cutover. I can't do anything until July 5 anyway.

That's my guess, that a package is missing.

Mh, would be a 15 minute job. Anyway, can't you split the file into multiple chunks?

@scottalanmiller said in Quickbooks Cloud:

@Mike-Davis said in Quickbooks Cloud:

Does anyone have any good experiences running QuickBooks on any platform?
No

Sadly, I do. Business office uses it, and that's a battle I'm not fighting. Intuit looks even worse from the inside.

Basically, don't let anything touch the quickbooks files outside of quickbooks. When the program closes it will ask if they want to make a backup every 2-3 days. Just have them put the backup somewhere accessible, and put VNC or something on the computer that they normally run it from.

@scottalanmiller said in Zabbix monitoring of XenServer and XenPool:

@DustinB3403 said in Zabbix monitoring of XenServer and XenPool:

@travisdh1 said in Zabbix monitoring of XenServer and XenPool:

So I started my zabbix vm today, and it's broken. Where's Scotty when I need him? Engineering, more power!

I think his jeep ran him over....

Wrong character.

He worked in the engineering / engine department!

@JaredBusch said in Upgrading to Windows 10 remotely:

@IRJ said in Upgrading to Windows 10 remotely:

@JaredBusch said in Upgrading to Windows 10 remotely:

@IRJ said in Upgrading to Windows 10 remotely:

I need to upgrade a Windows 7 PC to Windows 10 today. I would prefer to do everything remotely rather than going on site. Is there a way to automate everything? I have only done one previous Win10 upgrade.

I upgraded an entire office of 11 computers remotely. You can certainly do it.

My process:

Make sure mahcines are up to date with Windows Updates Setup ScreenConnect access session Disable permission request for the access session groups Download the current upgrade version from the Media Creation tool to an ISO file Save ISO on a network share Backup users with Veeam Endpoint Backup to a NAS just in case Open ISO over the network share (or copy local both work, your choice) Run setup.exe follow the prompts, tell it not to check for updates, keep all files It will eventually go offline in ScreenConnect but once it finishes and comes back to the point where you can choose express settings, ScreenConnect will come online. Complete upgrade Profit

I shouldn't have any issues using VNC (It is on our network) then.

If the NC service properly loads, then yes, you should not have any problems.

I first tested this while I had physical access just in case...

Worst case scenario I can walk next door.

@david.wiese said in 3 Monitor Capable Graphics Card Suggestions:

this is what we are using for our sales and customer service group. They each have 3 monitors and it works great. Just remember you need to purchase Active Display Port Adapters in order to get all 3 to work.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487025&cm_re=evga_geforce_gtx750--14-487-025--Product

That's a good price and I'll give it a shot...thanks! 🙂

@Dashrender said in Was looking at flights for Mangocon, then this happened...:

So, did they create a loopback on the unmanaged switch? I had a client do that once, brought down the whole network for about an hour until I found it.

Definitely considered myself lucky finding it inside an hour.

I would think that's the case as well.