I get an error when trying to set up Virtual Tape saying the device type is not licensed using a free license.

I was under the impression the free license allows this.

This is what I'm trying to do:
https://mangolassi.it/topic/13232/scdpm-2016-using-mbs/10

I waited a while for live chat, got disconnected for idling too long.

I'm just doing testing, in a testing environment, using Windows Server 2016 Evals, and probably will be for a little while as I am always juggling multiple large projects. So nothing is production except that some of the test data is from production data... as I would prefer to test with large amounts of data and it's so inconvenient to generate so much fake data.

So I'm not really sure what to ask for here.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just fixed my domain's MX record >(

Where had the mail been going?

It hadn't. There was no MX record.

Well then, no mail at all for you!

The best days are those without email.

https://www.webpronews.com/linux-breaks-5-desktop-share-in-u-s-signaling-open-source-surge-against-windows-and-macos

Yay! Finally something real to link to.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Had to report a SW Mod for a rude and derailing post. LOL. Honeslty, the mods have some of the worst track record with posting behaviour.

My Dr. says no more than one serving of SW per week. So far, I've been feeling great lately.

Just an FYI if anyone doesn't know:

Microsoft has already released updates for this vulnerability for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. I don't have the link handy, but they did!

I was signing up on a website, and it took a while to find a username that wasn't taken. In the meantime, my human verification expired.

Are they worried that I may have started out human, but at some point turned into a robot?

@scottalanmiller said in Wanna cry Effect??:

I checked my Linux machines... nope I was not infected

There I fixed your post.

Looks like Server Net Install and installing a desktop spin is the way to go with Fedora 26 for personal use.

I don't know why, but when I install from a workstation ISO whether it's netinstall or not, I always get weird errors posting on the screen during boot up and shutdown/reboot.

I'm not sure what the difference is between installing Cinnamon or Gnome from the "Server" net install .iso vs the "Workstation" net install .iso:

Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-26-1.5.iso
Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_64-26-1.5.iso

Everything seems to work fine though.

@NashBrydges

Are you attaching the .VHDX to a Linux VM? If you are, I would think that would be the same as attaching a regular physical HDD to one.

In that case, I have done it. I have a CentOS file server set up in which it's large data store is a physical NTFS volume.

Way back when I set it up, I had to install NTFS-3G.

I kept my notes on it. There's no company specific info, so I'll just copy it as I have it listed. If there's extra stuff just ignore it, or alter it for your environment.

Note: versions may be newer than in my notes... so you'll have to check them.

Install NTFS-3G
Open terminal 
Type> rpm -ivh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/$(uname -i)/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm 
Type> yum clean all 
Type> nano /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo 
use baseurl instead of mirrorlist (comment out mirrorlist and uncomment baseurl) 
Type> yum clean all 
Type> yum install ntfs-3g 
Data/Home Mount Setup
Open terminal 
Type> mkdir /media/DATA 
Type> mkdir /media/DATA/home 
Type> chmod 0777 /media/DATA/home 
Auto mount the DATA Raid 
In terminal, type> nano /etc/fstab 
Add the following line: 
/dev/sdb1 /media/DATA ntfs-3g windows_names,permissions 0 0 
Comment out the home mount 
Save and close fstab 
Make sure home is unmounted (and the DATARAID if it's mounted) 
Type> umount /home 
Delete the /home directory 
Type> rmdir /home 
Type> ln -s /media/DATA/home / 
(creates symlink to home in / named /home) 
Type> ln -s /media/DATA / 
(creates symlink to DATA in /) 
Type> mount -a 
(reloads fstab) 
You should now have your Dataraid mounted as DATA in /media/DATA and a funcitonal symlink for /home and /DATA 
Test this by creating a new user. Doing so should automatically create the users home directory in /media/DATA/home using the /home symlink. 

My other concern is the ad networks themselves are a huge security risk and infection vector. I don't want that stuff.

I've no experience with Erasure on VMWare vSAN... but I know that it's production worthy and safe with S2D. It gives you the same resiliency but more efficient capacity. I believe it's nothing more than just an algorithm... so I can't see it being any less safe/efficient when used with a different product.

I do know that all flash = better efficiency.

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@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews Good maybe AMD cards will actually be in stock in the near future.

All the other currencies are taking off, though

I'm mining Litecoin in my web browser on like 5 computers... After a week, I'm up $3 bucks, lol.

I wonder how much power that has used?

Probably $4, lol. I'll see if my KW/h usage goes up when I get the bill at the end of the month.

You're probably better off buying a popular WordPress plugin and having it use the CPU of web visitors visiting sites using the plugin. Lol I seen a WordPress blog of that.

The best way is to stop deploying Windows 7. The next best way is to keep your master image up to date and deploy that instead of an old un-updated image.

After you are deployed, I'd use WSUS to keep it up to date. This way, you never have to waste time on that crap as it can all be 100% automated.

@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

He's certain what licensing he is going to buy, but has no idea what licenses are needed. Um, how can he be so sure what he wants if he doesn't even know how it works?

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2088407-correct-licenses-for-my-virtual-environment

How do you make yourself reply to those? I just never feel like it... mostly because we've already posted the same info so many times already.

No mention of the SW monitor?

Lol... J/k

I just found out the two Server 2016 VMs I created for an Oracle Agile PLM project is worthless, as they don't support anything past Server 2012 R2... in which mainstream support ends in less than a year, immediately putting us into technical debt, and most likely setting us up for an unnecessary migration later to Server 2016.

There was definitely some miscommunication.

M.2 has nothing to do with it.

Just run Disk2VHD, select your volumes, make sure it uses VSS and is .vhdx... then hit GO.

On your Hyper-V hypervisor, create a Gen2 VM, point it to the existing .vhdx you created from disk2vhd.

Make sure to use the same method as your workstation (UEFI or BIOS). You may need to disable secure boot depending on your workstation settings.

@mattspeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@rojoloco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@rojoloco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@rojoloco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just received a half-case of sous vide prime rib steaks, with heating instructions and seasoning. This is going to be soooo good, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Hey @RojoLoco, what would you suggest I put with this?

Keep it simple. Garlic mashed potatoes and blanched green beans are always good. If you're feeling fancy, make a nice red wine / balsamic reduction to drizzle over the top.

Important thing here is temperature... what do the instructions suggest as a cooking temp? Remember, if you plan to sear it, you want your sous vide set 10-15 degrees F below your target temp. Maybe less if you use a torch. Also, brushing with melted butter after it comes out of the bag will aid the searing process.

The sous vide process was already done for me. It tells me to put it on at about 250 degrees. I didn't catch to see for how long though.

?????????????

Woah, that's way too high. If they are already cooked, they only need to be seared. When I do a steak, I set it somewhere between 112-116F. Add searing heat and carryover, and you have perfect mid-rare. 250F will give you well done in a short time.

Got a link to the vendor site or the instructions?

I work for the meat packing company that gave them to me. We have a professional kitchen. They were sous vide cooked at about 122F. Should be good to just sear right now.

@nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@rojoloco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@rojoloco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just received a half-case of sous vide prime rib steaks, with heating instructions and seasoning. This is going to be soooo good, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Hey @RojoLoco, what would you suggest I put with this?

Keep it simple. Garlic mashed potatoes and blanched green beans are always good. If you're feeling fancy, make a nice red wine / balsamic reduction to drizzle over the top.

Important thing here is temperature... what do the instructions suggest as a cooking temp? Remember, if you plan to sear it, you want your sous vide set 10-15 degrees F below your target temp. Maybe less if you use a torch. Also, brushing with melted butter after it comes out of the bag will aid the searing process.

The sous vide process was already done for me. It tells me to put it on at about 250 degrees. I didn't catch to see for how long though.

?????????????

Woah, that's way too high. If they are already cooked, they only need to be seared. When I do a steak, I set it somewhere between 112-116F. Add searing heat and carryover, and you have perfect mid-rare. 250F will give you well done in a short time.

Got a link to the vendor site or the instructions?

I work for the meat packing company that gave them to me. We have a professional kitchen. They were sous vide cooked at about 122F. Should be good to just sear right now.

Gotcha. But sear quickly over the hottest flame you can muster to keep the final temp acceptable.

Damn it you guys now I'm hungry

Yeah they need to keep this to PMs... they are making the whole ML community hungry.

Vi is not hard. All you have to know at minimum is how to get in it, how to move the curser & change/add text, how to save, and how to exit:

vi
up/down/left/right
ZZ
q!

If you can remember that, you'll be just fine.