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I know it sounds surprising, but backing up 16 petabytes of information usually requires somewhere around 16 PB. This utterly useful fact is brought to you by dotheneedful.com and mybossdonwannaspendmoney.org
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go3 posted:i can think of plenty of ways to generate 16 PB but how does that intertwine with 'small shop administrator' because that has me curious Sorry, I work for a smallish shop definitely, we just have huge data requirements. We do laser scanners and photogrammetry stuff, instruments that collect a couple TBs an hour. Gorson posted:
Err on the side of CYA, and safety. Hand it off. at the very least its a federal crime, that you don't want your workplace associated with. TehRedWheelbarrow fucked around with this message at 12:42 on Jun 12, 2015 |
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Jun 12, 2015 12:40
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Super Slash posted:Well this thread escalated quickly; I was just going to complain about a new person who can't figure out how to use our phones, and consistently puts calls on loud speaker for the first few hellos then to headset mode. or the page-all button. absolutely the worst people.
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Jun 15, 2015 13:29
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NevergirlsOFFICIAL posted:webmaster doesn't count or MIS people. or "social media manager" people of ANY KIND. ah. and let it be said, for the first time in this thread surprisingly, gently caress PRINTERS. Basically I'm babysitting my nephew Thurs-Mon, while my sister and her husband attend conferences out of state. So i get to be cool uncle, and let him do all the things his parents dont let him do, cementing my place in his brain as the "coolest guy ever" I took PTO for it and stuff. I just pulled a 16 hour nightmare drama recovering a RAID6 40 TB volume, ("What do you mean its going to take 340 hours to recover from? This is HIGH-TECH AND IMPORTANT") and called it quits at one after coming in at 5 (the 16 hour was yesterday for anyone who cares.) As a foreshadowing thingy, imagine on my way out the sharp MFD service guy is pulling into the parking lot, to repair the copier function on the sharp. are you feeling this? So, I get a phone call not even an hour later. *update* So. Went in early this morning to diagnose the issue. Ethernet cable unplugged. Thanks Printer guy. TehRedWheelbarrow fucked around with this message at 13:08 on Jun 18, 2015 |
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Jun 17, 2015 15:10
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Super Slash posted:Suppliers constantly calling in asking when we're going to buy the new Server and Multifunction printer we desperately need... yup. or marketing. Marketing is always a tech vampire.
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Jun 20, 2015 12:48
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Swink posted:
Wait. Somehow 40k to TRIAL some software is ok, but 100 bucks is something you need to have a meeting on?  tell me more.....
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Jun 22, 2015 14:09
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Update: That 40TB Raid 6 volume is finally done reconstructing. Apparently next time i "need to do it faster" That is all.
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Jul 8, 2015 21:04
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KennyTheFish posted:You could go internal at a small shop, then you will never have enough people for the workload, and never budget to replace anything. management will also insist on admin rights for everyone. This is complete truth.
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Jul 17, 2015 16:54
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Thanks Ants posted:I honestly prefer VPN applications vs. trying to explain to people how to configure the built-in VPN diallers. Especially if you are looking at using 2-factor auth since using that with OS native tools tends to mean "type your password and then put the 2FA code after it". active directory would be the way to go there. I assume you cant spring for even a basic (shudder..perish my vile thought) SBS Server or VM?
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Jul 18, 2015 16:46
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Guy Axlerod posted:Thanks for the advice all. Ah in that case... yeah no to AD
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Jul 19, 2015 14:43
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Rhymenoserous posted:it's a stupid goddamn scenario.
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Aug 6, 2015 21:29
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NevergirlsOFFICIAL posted:That's weak. only if you are making a coffee observation...... 
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Aug 28, 2015 14:58
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but.... my user really needs this special software called boot camp IT ONLY RUNS ON MACS! (this was a legit request) 
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Sep 2, 2015 12:16
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McDeth posted:Ya, I really don't get the Mac hate here. Well, I mean I understand it, but what kills me is that we're supposed to be helping end users directly here and because this is the SMALL SHOP ADMIN THREAD, that usually means having to do stuff that you wouldn't otherwise have to deal with if you had a job at a >100 person company's IT Department. Normally I think its because in a small shop, you actually most of the time know all of your users or at least have a good idea which ones are the utter cunts that insist that a macbook pro loaded up with boot camp running a windows application is somehow "better" than a purpose built workstation. In almost all cases they are completely wrong, and just want to be "mac different" (the user in question wanted to run a program, optimized for pc that connects to sciency equipment with a RS232 port and ECP)
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Sep 3, 2015 17:19
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McDeth posted:Ah, well gently caress him/her with a pointy cactus then Most of my primary users are extraordinarily entitled millennials. Example: My last new hire. My users work with huge 3D data sets and often have to demonstrate them in the field to customers, so they basically have to have a huge battery, a great screen, and sufficient horsepower to push eh... around 20 GB of xyz points and be able to visualize them SMOOTHLY. Hence most of my mobile workstations cost eh... around 4800-5200 each. These are pretty much standard issue for the field engineers. apparently they are utterly insufficient due to the lack of a 4k screen. On a 15 inch laptop. yes i know its "smoother" but loving hell. Sorry I'm bitter. Kid is barely out of school, rolls in 25-35 mins late every day, immediately goes to breakfast for half an hour, maybe puts in an hour before lunch, and spends more time in conversation than working. sigh... /personal rant over.
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Sep 3, 2015 17:31
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McDeth posted:I literally have to vet any non-Apple purchase through him to make sure that it meets with Apple's "aesthetic look and feel." Holy loving poo poo. that honestly sounds like a level of hell below mine.
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Sep 3, 2015 18:42
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McDeth posted:It's actually really easy; I just buy Apple for literally everything. Our IT "budget" has to be at least double that of an equivalent business as a result. if you don't dress up like an apple tech support guy, start every sentence with "well.... Actually..." and wear outlandishly hip spectacles I will be very dissapointed.
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Sep 3, 2015 18:59
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Just to let you know, microsoft doesn't care. You will be making a purchase. Now how much of a purchase is kinda what's in the air. Cultivate a decent relationship with your Microsoft contact and you may be able to lessen your pain. Best case use it as the biggest IT hammer in your arsenal against management for allowing noncompliance.
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Sep 3, 2015 21:03
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I found a coworker today in a cloud of colored toner, "emptying the waste toner box" with a shopvac and paper towels. I have a solid policy of gently caress PRINTERS, so I have service contracts. How much cancer is he going to get?
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Sep 8, 2015 17:53
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Internet Explorer posted:full admin rights... its like someone just walked over my grave...eeerie
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Sep 11, 2015 14:40
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NevergirlsOFFICIAL posted:Well this is what I'm trying to say - IS this in fact good customer service? Is this the most effective way to meet user requirements? The user (in this case) doesn't care if they need to VPN+RDP, or use logmein/teamviewer. He just wants to work remote. I want to provide the best method for that. it is good customer service, stellar even. I just personally elect that unless i have a legitimate case where they HAVE to have admin privs, then they dont. people dont read messages they just click "ok" honestly while your initial setup works a little clunkily, its pretty drat safe without giving your user keys to the kingdom.
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Sep 11, 2015 17:06
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Happiness Commando posted:but gently caress me if I want to track multiple vendors per PC for an RMA
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Sep 16, 2015 12:37
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I hate to echo things but onedrive is pretty garbage. My users could use it, they would rather use ftp. Which is some kinda bizarre poo poo.
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Sep 23, 2015 22:10
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Swink posted:It works better than it ever has before, but yes fresh install is the preferred option. Don't know how that's going to go with all the oem licenses I'm dealing with. Here ya go. 2nd paragraph http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/ hope you dont have a lot of users.
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Sep 28, 2015 13:20
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Swink posted:Thanks for the link. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to "punch my own face". Well holy poo poo, for once I keep a thread on topic.
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Sep 29, 2015 01:18
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Zakutambah posted:After the teeth pulling exercise that was getting an order confirmed by Centurylink, I come in today to find 2 more order confirmations sitting in my inbox! All for slightly varying specs; and worryingly, one for a 12 month commitment when we're meant to be month-to-month. And after playing phone tag with them again, finding out all of them for different days. Three separate orders, for three separate lines, to be installed on three separate days next week. And the prices had all changed again. 
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Dec 4, 2015 18:48
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no. no you cant renegotiate contracts with vendors for a fixed set of seats by crossing them out and changing the totals. accounting, what the utter gently caress.
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May 7, 2016 16:57
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NevergirlsOFFICIAL posted:Well so I'm trying to think what's really going to be on prem that isn't somewhere else too. I just did a vm Backup DC offsite. then eventually did it on amazon as it just really didnt have a huge amount of load.
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May 26, 2016 13:59
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Super Slash posted:So, home working. you are talking thin clients at the home or thin clients that users with laptops are rdping into?
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Jun 9, 2016 21:23
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Super Slash posted:Thin Clients at home. price point wise If its just office tasks and web/cloud everything I have some remote admin users on NUCs just for price point for general office task stuff its alright for light-mid resource usage you CAN go nuts with the newer ones a little bit too http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...AQ&gclsrc=aw.ds phonewise someone else might guide you there I use forwarded numbers from pbx to softphone clients rarely and usually receptionists are on site
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Jun 10, 2016 13:50
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VPN and Network Access Protction
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Jun 17, 2016 19:03
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Sheep posted:NAP is fully deprecated now though? yeah, but if you are new to VPN it runs through the basic concepts pretty well for client machine and account health and what important best practices are.. Ugh I meant NPS my bad.
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Jun 17, 2016 19:12
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Happiness Commando posted:My boss wants me to do a dry run of a SBS 2008 to 2012 R2/Essentials Experience migration just to confirm that SBS will start the 21 day timer once FSMO roles are transferred. That seems dumb, since MS documentation clearly indicates that it will happen. I guess I will do it instead of punching my own face. Is there any reason to not load this sucker up with every LOB app I need(including 2 or maybe 3 different SQL server instances) *before* transferring the FSMO roles, just to minimize any chance of poo poo loving up and then running into timer-related issues? Only thing i will say about ESSENTIALS that isnt outright swearing and frothing is use the wizards and dont even think for a second you can do anything manually. It almost always fucks up. That being said I did that exact same migration for a client and worked well. Didnt migrate SQL though as i prefer to have that running on a separate machine.
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Jun 23, 2016 15:16
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Random question, anyone done some form of 2 factor access control for domain PCs was thinking smartcard, but would like to tie it into an physical access control system as well something that integrates with active directory happily and for easy admin.
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Jul 14, 2016 21:24
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Sheep posted:What was the name of that program that would remotely change (and keep track of!) passwords for stuff like domain accounts on a regular basis?  active directory and group policy?
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Aug 4, 2016 16:28
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NevergirlsOFFICIAL posted:if you mean local computer user accounts then LAPS i didnt even know this existed, this is great for locking down local admin accounts thanks!
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Aug 4, 2016 16:33
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NevergirlsOFFICIAL posted:Have you ever had to work with their support? this is the best question regarding any vendor.
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Aug 10, 2016 23:07
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pipebomb posted:It was indeed 'organizations with actions and contacts'. I found it shortly after - good call though, thank you! is it the professional edition or enterprise just out of morbid curiosity?
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Aug 19, 2016 00:11
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Bob Morales posted:Sorry, I'm not supporting your lovely off-brand device on lovely MVO provider.  Not even sorry.
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eh they can pick from pre-approved devices and yeah a model behind lest oh gasp "my phone broke"
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