So I am going to start this by saying I do not like to nor do I generally agree with changes during the business day, for this one I pushed as much as I felt comfortable with against mgmt to let me do it off hours. It was politely rejected and I was told to do it during lunch time after sending out a notice. I agreed after making my point about potential extended downtime and made sure they understood.

We have Exch2013 on a 2k8 server (previous IT) which is being replaced by a Exch2016/Server2016 VM that I stood up recently, moved over all of the objects to 2016 so just mailflow/transport is left to move. I was told to make those changes at lunch (I know...), since we have Reflexion handling spam anything not delivered should be queued up on their end. All my change entails is a few firewall objects and some testing. Well I make my changes and double check it all, then I try mailflow tests from gmail and a few others both inbound and out. NOTHING EXTERNAL WORKS! After a little troubleshooting I find the messages in the Reflexion portal in an error state listed SMTP errors. I assume it's my change and after confirming all is what I planned I decided to fall back as my window was shrinking. I roll it back and nothing, same issue. Internal mail is fine but external in/out is not. I then tried to call Reflexion support to no avail, open a web case, and then tried chat. I got lucky with chat and was given this lovely link... My change started @ 12:30p EST, about 2 hours into their issue that we had no notice on.

At the end of the day I feel it's my fault for not knowing they had an outage, I should have checked before my change but since we never had an outage with them it never occurred to be until part way into troubleshooting. Just had to vent to someone who could understand...

I have some thoughts on the rapid change I’ve seen in 5 years working at a company with less than 200 employees.

Literally every hot trend in business has become the IT department’s job.

We now develop BI and data solutions for the managers. We now are developing SharePoint collaboration sites. Hell we even do more accounting than accounting does now since we actually understand the ERP and the database the managers now want all sorts of reports from it.

My days have been filled with projects that have just fallen to a team of 3 IT guys with no experience in what we are being called to do. So we are literally “googling” “YouTubing” our way to all these new job functions.

Has anyone else become the business analyst/sharepoint dev/database admin/accounting process improvement specialist of the company recently just because you are the guy smart enough to figuring it out without adding more overhead to the company?

Hi!

I wonder if someone know the powershell script behind this https://i.postimg.cc/QNyF1wRt/0.png

This is located in "Virtual machine manager" -> "VMs and Services" -> selected host -> "Overview"

I would like to make custom dashboard and reports but i don't want to reinvent the wheel again just make some tweaks.

WTH is going on!! we've been hammered this week with compromised accounts spamming everyone in the organization with Pet Sitter emails. Seems similar to the care.com hoax a while back, asking to email an address from your 'personal' email address to arrange for a payment.

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It seems like a username / password dump with the number of compromised accounts thus far and no failed logon attempts in months, but i'm not sure how to begin to find that sort of info.

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Does anyone have any info they can share to help us mitigate the issue?

source: https://www.scam-detector.com/article/dog-sitter-scam

TIA!

It would appear that Teamviewer has a seasoned group of haters on here, and my experience would confirm why.

As of now, what are some good free remote desktop sharing apps as an alternative?

Do you guys use the Default Switch or configure a wired and wireless switch in Hyper-V (Windows 10) and pass to each VM as two networks?

This question is for those who use their host OS as Tier 0 and VM’s as Tier 1, 2, and desktop that use Microsoft Privileged Access Workstations.

Part of CIS benchmark is to disable internet connection sharing which prohibits the use of Default Switch (internal/NAT).

Just wondering what you folks are doing out there...

a few years ago, i remember there were a few different solutions that were hypervisor management front-ends that were agnostic about the back end.

do these still exist?

i'm moving into a SRE role with a company that is primarily cloud, but want to keep up my vmware, etc, while using other solutions (aws, azure, powervm or kvm on power, etc) on my own systems, which include some power IBM servers, x86 servers, and other.

i can't remember what they were called. one was, i think, from redhat, and the bleeding edge version was FOSS, but it wasn't the only one.

anyone remember what i'm talking about?

All personal vaults for your company were viewable today in global search. Passportal has since corrected the issue but all passwords were viewable for most of the day. You are able to see if anyone else viewed your password so I recommend checking if you have any passwords in your personal vault.

Before I get people mad about the slow startup .. it is under a minute so no like other posts >5min - but is is stuck with a timeout for nothing so that is slow IMHO.

We have notebooks with roaming profiles etc. The problem is that when i am outside the company network and do a cold boot it is stuck for about 20 seconds at "Applying computer settings". When is disable the NLAsvc it boots right up.
The gpsvg.log shows that is just waiting for a timeout but I don't understand why?!
Shouldn't it ping the NETLOGON and immediately skip as its not reachable? The delay is before I logon (before the password prompt is visible).

Here is an excerpt from the gpsvc.log

PSVC(8f0.9d0) 22:26:58:264 CGPUserCollection::RWLock Lock Called to acquire WRITER Lock GPSVC(8f0.9d0) 22:26:58:264 Writer Lock got immediately. GPSVC(8f0.9d0) 22:26:58:264 CGPUserCollection::RWLock Lock taken successfully with status 0x0 GPSVC(8f0.9d0) 22:26:58:264 CGPUserCollection::RWUnlock called GPSVC(8f0.9d0) 22:26:58:264 CGPUserCollection::RWUnlock exited with 0x0 GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:264 CanStartFromLocalDataStore:++ GPSVC(8f0.9d0) 22:26:58:265 PolicyApplicationState is True. GPSVC(8f0.9d0) 22:26:58:265 AsyncThreadsProcessing is False. GPSVC(8f0.9d0) 22:26:58:265 CGroupPolicySession::QueueItemForPolicyApplication::Applying policy in Sync GPSVC(8f0.9d0) 22:26:58:265 CStatusMessage::UpdateWinlogonStatusMessage::++ (bMachine: 1) GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:265 CanLoadGPOsFromLocalCache:++ GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:271 GetFgPolicySettingImpl (bSync: 1) GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:271 CanLoadGPOsFromLocalCache: Server SKU runs Sync mode. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:273 CanStartFromLocalDataStore:-- (FALSE) GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:273 CGroupPolicySession::ApplyGroupPolicyForPrincipal: Beginning Wait AsyncInitializationCompletedEvent. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:273 CGroupPolicySession::ApplyGroupPolicyForPrincipal: Ending Wait AsyncInitializationCompletedEvent. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:273 GetAOACConfig: dwAOACConfig was 0, setting to 600. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:273 CGroupPolicySession::ApplyGroupPolicyForPrincipal: Check if machine is a domain controller starts. **GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:274 Waiting for connectivity before applying policies GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:274 CGPApplicationService::MachinePolicyStartedWaitingOnNetwork. **GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:274 CGPMachineStartupConnectivity::CalculateWaitTimeoutFromHistory: Average is 4096. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:275 CGPMachineStartupConnectivity::CalculateWaitTimeoutFromHistory: Current is -1. **GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:275 CGPMachineStartupConnectivity::CalculateWaitTimeoutFromHistory: Taking min of 8192 and 30000. **GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:275 Waiting for SamSs with timeout 8192 GPSVC(5d8.e88) 22:26:58:284 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target Machine and event 00000000000001D4 GPSVC(5d8.e88) 22:26:58:284 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:533 Waiting for NTDS.IndexRecreateEvent with timeout 7926 **GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:533 Waiting for NlaSvc with timeout 7926 **GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:533 Waiting for NETLOGON with timeout 7926 GPSVC(5a8.ccc) 22:26:58:584 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target Machine and event 00000000000005A0 GPSVC(5a8.ccc) 22:26:58:584 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(5a8.ccc) 22:26:58:585 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target User and event 00000000000005EC GPSVC(5a8.ccc) 22:26:58:585 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(358.1270) 22:26:58:662 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target Machine and event 0000000000000D00 GPSVC(358.1270) 22:26:58:662 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:749 Waiting for MUP with timeout 7707 GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:749 Waiting for wkssvc to signal MUP event GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:749 WaitForMUP: Beginning WaitForSingleObject. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:749 WaitForMUP: Completed WaitForSingleObject. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:749 Done waiting for MUP GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:26:58:749 Waiting for DS with timeout 7707 GPSVC(8f0.1498) 22:26:58:750 Wait For Connectivity: Before attempting to retrieve appropriate connectivity watcher instance GPSVC(8f0.1498) 22:26:58:750 Wait For Connectivity: Retrieved the appropriate connectivity watcher instance GPSVC(8f0.1498) 22:26:58:751 Registered for NLA notification successfully GPSVC(8f0.1498) 22:26:58:751 CConnectivityWatcher::WaitForConnectivity: Beginning WaitForSingleObject. GPSVC(8f0.1498) 22:26:58:752 CConnectivityWatcher::WaitForConnectivity: Completed WaitForSingleObject. GPSVC(8f0.1498) 22:26:58:752 NlaGetIntranetCapability returned Not Ready error. Consider it as NOT intranet capable. **GPSVC(8f0.1498) 22:26:58:752 There is no connectivity. Waiting for connectivity again... GPSVC(8f0.1498) 22:26:58:752 CConnectivityWatcher::WaitForConnectivity: Beginning WaitForSingleObject. GPSVC(147c.16cc) 22:26:58:934 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target Machine and event 0000044C GPSVC(147c.16cc) 22:26:58:934 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(147c.16cc) 22:26:58:934 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target User and event 00000494 GPSVC(147c.16cc) 22:26:58:935 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(1044.105c) 22:26:59:047 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target Machine and event 0000000000000598 GPSVC(1044.105c) 22:26:59:048 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(12e0.196c) 22:26:59:192 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target Machine and event 0000054C GPSVC(12e0.196c) 22:26:59:193 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(12e0.196c) 22:26:59:194 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target User and event 00000604 GPSVC(12e0.196c) 22:26:59:195 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(1548.18e0) 22:26:59:226 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target Machine and event 0000000000000304 GPSVC(1548.18e0) 22:26:59:226 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(1608.1bdc) 22:26:59:291 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target Machine and event 000000000000058C GPSVC(1608.1bdc) 22:26:59:341 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(1608.1bdc) 22:26:59:341 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target User and event 00000000000005C0 GPSVC(1608.1bdc) 22:26:59:342 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(110c.11c0) 22:26:59:393 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target Machine and event 00000000000005DC GPSVC(110c.11c0) 22:26:59:394 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(110c.11c0) 22:26:59:401 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target Machine and event 00000000000006B0 GPSVC(110c.11c0) 22:26:59:401 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(110c.1cf0) 22:26:59:430 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target Machine and event 0000000000000750 GPSVC(110c.1cf0) 22:26:59:430 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(8f0.9e8) 22:26:59:691 CGPUserCollection::RWLock Lock Called to acquire READ Lock GPSVC(8f0.9e8) 22:26:59:691 CGPUserCollection::Adding reader to Reader list GPSVC(8f0.9e8) 22:26:59:692 Number of readers in the list = 1 GPSVC(8f0.9e8) 22:26:59:692 CGPUserCollection::RWLock Lock taken successfully with status 0x0 GPSVC(8f0.9e8) 22:26:59:692 CGPUserCollection::RWUnlock called GPSVC(8f0.9e8) 22:26:59:692 Setting lock state as notLocked GPSVC(8f0.9e8) 22:26:59:692 CGPUserCollection::RWUnlock exited with 0x0 GPSVC(8f0.9e8) 22:26:59:777 Setting lock state as notLocked GPSVC(8f0.9e8) 22:26:59:777 CPolicyCriticalSectionCollection: Deleting critical section for UserSid <(null)> GPSVC(8f0.9e8) 22:26:59:777 Deleting machine GPSVC(212c.22c8) 22:27:01:394 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target Machine and event 00000000000004C4 GPSVC(212c.22c8) 22:27:01:395 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(212c.22c8) 22:27:01:397 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target User and event 0000000000000594 GPSVC(212c.22c8) 22:27:01:398 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0 GPSVC(8f0.1498) 22:27:06:471 CConnectivityWatcher::WaitForConnectivity: Failed WaitForSingleObject. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:471 CGroupPolicySession::ApplyGroupPolicyForPrincipal::ApplyGroupPolicy (dwFlags: 71). GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:472 ApplyGroupPolicy: flags=0x47, Tick=16171., ResumeTick=0. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:472 CanStartFromLocalDataStore:++ GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:472 CanLoadGPOsFromLocalCache:++ GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:473 GetFgPolicySettingImpl (bSync: 1) GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:473 CanLoadGPOsFromLocalCache: Server SKU runs Sync mode. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:473 CanStartFromLocalDataStore:-- (FALSE) GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:473 ResetDfsClientInfoIfRequired: dwResetDfsClientInfo is 0 (RegGetValue status was 2). GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:477 ProcessGPOs(Machine): MyGetUserName failed with 1355. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:479 Opened query for NLA successfully GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:479 NlaGetIntranetCapability returned Not Ready error. Consider it as NOT intranet capable. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:480 GetFgPolicySettingImpl (bSync: 1) GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:480 GetFgPolicySettingImpl: Mode: 1, Reason: 5 GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:480 gpGetFgPolicyRefreshInfo (Machine): Mode: Synchronous, Reason: 5 GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:480 gpSetFgPolicyRefreshInfo (bPrev: 1, szUserSid: Machine, info.mode: Synchronous) GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:480 SetFgRefreshInfo: Previous Machine Fg policy Synchronous, Reason: SyncPolicy. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:480 gpSetFgPolicyRefreshInfo (bPrev: 0, szUserSid: Machine, info.mode: Synchronous) GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:480 SetFgRefreshInfo: Next Machine Fg policy Synchronous, Reason: SyncPolicy. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:480 ProcessGPOs(Machine): No WMI logging done in this policy cycle. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:481 ProcessGPOs(Machine): Boot/Logon Policy processing - checking if UBPM trigger events need to be fired GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:481 CheckAndFireGPTriggerEvent: Fired Policy present UBPM trigger event for Machine. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:481 OnPolicyApplicationComplete: Application complete with bConnectivityFailure = 1. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:481 OnPolicyApplicationComplete: Registering for Connectivity notification. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:483 Registered for NLA notification successfully GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:483 NlaGetIntranetCapability returned Not Ready error. Consider it as NOT intranet capable. GPSVC(8f0.9e8) 22:27:06:483 NlaGetIntranetCapability returned Not Ready error. Consider it as NOT intranet capable. GPSVC(8f0.9e8) 22:27:06:483 There is no connectivity GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:483 ApplyGroupPolicy: Getting ready to create background thread GPOThread. GPSVC(8f0.2128) 22:27:06:483 GPOThread(Machine) GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:483 CGroupPolicySession::ApplyGroupPolicyForPrincipal::ExecuteGPOScriptsForThePrincipal GPSVC(8f0.2128) 22:27:06:483 GPOThread(Machine): Waiting 0. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:483 CGroupPolicySession::ExecuteGPOScriptsForThePrincipal - Machine started. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:483 CGroupPolicySession::ExecuteGPOScriptsForThePrincipal - Machine startup. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:483 CGroupPolicySession::ExecuteGPOScriptsForThePrincipal - processing user scripts. GPSVC(8f0.e5c) 22:27:06:492 Asynchronously processing script <gpscript.exe /Startup> 

It is not possible to make things bold in "code" (pretty sure I saw this but dont know how the did it) anyway, I've marked the relevant lines with " ** " at the beginning.

CGPMachineStartupConnectivity::CalculateWaitTimeoutFromHistory: Average is 4096. 

This was actually 9153 (I've tried to reduce in the registry).

CGPMachineStartupConnectivity::CalculateWaitTimeoutFromHistory: Taking min of 8192 and 30000. 

This is the "average" x2. So before log it was 9153 x2 = 20 seconds. I am sure there are computers with a higher value in the company as this gets calculated by the computer somehow.

Any ideas?

Hi,

I've been working as a System Administrator for over 18 months now, with a medium-sized business that spans accross the state of Victoria (Australia). The company I work for originally hired me for something completely unrelated to IT - I was a traffic controller initially. Then, one day, my boss approached me and said he had been through my resume and discovered that I had completed several high school certificates in ICT, IPT and software design.

He asked if I would be interested in becoming the companies "IT Guy", and preferred to hire someone who he knew personally and who had a good reputation with the company and its clients. I gracefully accepted, and here I am - 18 months later - in a fully fledged, full time, System Admin role.

The catch is, apart from my high school certificates, I have absolutely no formal training in anything further than a Certificate IV in Information Technology. To be honest, most of my knowledge up until now was gained either through personal interest in computing, or by learning things on the go. So far, my abilities have kept me afloat in this job, but the company is rapidly expanding, as are the systems that hold the company together.

So, I approached the company director and made an offer - if they pay for my college course fees, they get to choose which course I enrol in - so that it not only benefits the company, but also builds my skill set. So, I have started with a Certificate IV in Computer Systems Technology, which seems to cover (on a very basic level) almost all of the tasks I am currently undertaking at work.

The reason I am posting this is because I have been following /r/sysadmin for some time now, and have found the subreddit really helpful. That being said, I would really appreciate it if some of you could provide me with some advice on some questions which I have:

1. Resource & References - I'd like to build up a good collection of literature (online or books) which you would deem as a must-have, not just for study as a student, but down the line when I am further in my career.
2. General "do's and don'ts" of an IT professional / system administrator
3. Methods which helped you study
4. Things that you wished you had known either while being a student, or when you first started in the industry.

I know this is a lot to read, and I'm sure hundreds of others have probably asked the same questions. But in this case, I feel that my situation is a little bit different than normal.

Looking forward to hearing from you all, and thanks in advance.

I started bash a few weeks ago and need inspiration for new projects/"problems" to solve.

So far I've made a hang man clone, a program which combines text files into single big text files/separates them back again, one which backs things up with dates and reorganizes folders. I'd like to do some normal "applied" ones. But when reading e.g. the advanced bash scripting guide or reading code uploaded, I can't figure out the actual purpose of most scripts/ why someone would want to do these things, so I'm especially asking about use cases.

Sort of crossposted from: https://www.reddit.com/r/bash/comments/ck4v1h/what_scripts_do_you_use_most_oftenwhat_use_cases/

Anyone successfully get this to work in tandem? Since there is no longer an MSI for Visio, I have to install as part of click-to-run with an open license we purchased.

I've tried the following code to no avail (CTR starts and then stops immediately, obviously an issue of some kind)

<Configuration>

<Add SourcePath="\\\\server\\share" OfficeClientEdition=32" Channel="PerpetualVL2019">

<Product ID="VisioPro2019Volume">

<Language ID="en-us" />

</Product>

</Add>

<Updates Enabled="TRUE" UpdatePath="\\\\server\\\\share" />

<Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />

<Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" />

</Configuration>

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Is this even possible? I thought I saw the documentation from Msoft saying that it was.

When equipment "fails" or is aged out and thrown away, what policies do most companies have?

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Recently, the company has been throwing away (setting for recycle) a bunch of equipment that has been under warranty and repairable/replaceable, or simply not properly troubleshooting and testing.

Just in the past month, there have been 3 computers that were 2 years and and 10-11 months into their 3 year warranty that were stripped and tossed, but were barebones anyway, so I was able to rescue them and put them through RMA. SSDs that were tossed but passed all diagnostics, but "wasn't bootable". It was formatted in MBR and tested on a UEFI system, so didn't work when they tried to boot off of it. I was able to figure it out and verify it worked properly in minutes. And in just the past 24 hours, two noise-cancelling headsets that retailed for $250 a piece were thrown away because of microphone issues, but after a firmware update and ACTUAL testing, do not experience the crackling or electronic noises complained about that is typically an issue with Bluetooth being Bluetooth or software.

It's aggravating that the company isn't being wasteful, but a lot of the summer help (college interns) that's supposed to be doing the easy jobs like "testing returned equipment" is doing a piss-poor job. I've recovered probably $3000 worth of equipment that wasn't actually bad, just a victim of laziness.

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I'm very close to trying to implement something where equipment that gets tossed has to be checked by two people. I mean, some things like "keyboard key sticks", no big deal, but I don't know...I can see the argument that it's not worth the cost to go that in depth, but on the other hand, 6 computers, 2 headsets, 2 SSDs...it adds up.

On Wednesday 7/31, from 9am PT - Noon PT, the VMware Skyline team is here to talk to the r/sysadmin community about common VMware problems you run into, from trivial to critical.

Fighting fires on a daily basis can seem like a normal part of the job, but it doesn't have to be. Support models are transitioning from reactive troubleshooting as problems arise, to proactive issue avoidance. The goal is to give you more time to focus on innovation vs. troubleshooting issues.

What are some top issues you face regularly, that you want to see proactive, or even automated resolutions for? What questions and/or tips do you have in regards to solving problems before they happen? How can we help make you a proactive IT hero?

Is there a way to send all commands that user use on CMD to windows event viewer?

All PCs are win10 and part of active directory

Hello everyone,

I'm not sure if "Acceptance Testint" is the right word since I've Google translated it but : I've just finished one of my very first major project, total change of a LAN/ WLAN infrastructure in our new HQ.

I'd like to provide a document to testify that all wished functions have been properly installed and are functioning correctly. Do you guys have a template for this kind of document ? What would you put ? I thought : List of functions with proof of functioning (ping, authentification, etc, config file, photos...) Detailed visio schema

Any advice ? Thanks !

Hey guys,

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I wanted to ask you, if anyone knows a good way to display the current state of the infrastructure in a picture or a map.

To be more precise, I'm trying to give you an example:

ServerA: Has DHCP, DNS and NTP Server running.

ServerB: Has Icinga running. Information for Icinga get pulled from ServerA's DNS service

ServerC: Has foo-monitoring running and also depends on ServerA's DNS information

ServerD: Standalone

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Furthermore, I would like to specify more information on ServerA, for example, how DNS is created (which files were used) and also for which network we serve DHCP.

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I know this is most likely too much for a single software, but displaying some connections between servers would be a starter which I could complement with text to be more specific.

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The software should be opensource or atleast free to use on a linux client.

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Thanks in advance, any advice is appreciated.

If I upgrade from Shadowprotect 5.x to SPX 6.x will the continous incremental jobs carry on, or will a new chain be created?

Also, does anyone know what the recommended version of SPX is ? I had a feeling a couple back from the latest, but I can't honestly recall from one of the webinars recently.

So here is the age old problem which still exists on windows 10 it seems

I'm a network admin at a school, students (delights) pull the network cable mid way through login and as a result gpo's are not applied - this means they have access to a number of items that we otherwise lock down.

We use to have a script that would protect against this but it seems that this doesn't work on 10, has anyone here ever experienced these issues? have you tried this yourself as a networker to see if it allows to much access on your own kit ?

Do you have any solutions that could overcome this issue?

I'd be interested to know