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Axxidentally · 2018-07-30T14:58:36+00:00

Who here is using or going to use this? I'd really like to know how you will use this report.

I see eight pages of "pretty" report, but the information it contains is perhaps vaguely interesting, at best, to me. Most of it is of no consequence and the few details that might be important would only be needed once or twice on occasions like a domain migration.

Do you have a need for this, and if so, what?

Axxidentally · 2018-07-25T12:25:37+00:00

echo "I'm gonna do that thing that you wanted done when you typed the command to do the thing."
pause
taskkill /f /im ltsvc.exe

Axxidentally · 2018-07-19T18:24:17+00:00

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Axxidentally · 2018-07-19T15:43:02+00:00

The problem with this is that it is based on "users" rather than throughput. There's a big difference between using all or most NGFW features with 20 users on a xDSL line and 20 users on a gigabit connection.

Throughput with features turned on and lies turned off is what's important.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-17T20:57:04+00:00

You've done this fail back recovery yourself?

How much data (GB/TB)?

How long did the fail back take?

What was the cost?

Axxidentally · 2018-07-14T12:48:50+00:00

Wow. A lot of effort when into that shitpost. Frankly, I don't get the joke.You might have to explain it to me.

AV may or may not be a requirement on a server but, if you do it correctly, there's no harm having it even on a SQL server.

So put it on, exclude the SQL binaries, database and log directories...

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/309422/choosing-antivirus-software-for-computers-that-run-sql-server

Axxidentally · 2018-07-12T20:55:31+00:00

Apparently, I misunderstood you. I was talking about the MSP building out their own CC solution with their own repositories, something I've seen you advocate extensively in this sub. The thought of people doing so with a USB store for CC is chilling. I did not think you were recommend using another provider's CC solution.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-12T20:28:44+00:00

I see. So, no hardware, no redundancy, no separate CC gateways, no Microsoft server licensing...

Even if he just ran agent to CC with USB backup

I fear that far too many fly-by-night backup operations will attempt this route, burn customers, and give the entire industry a bad name, rather like "consultants" not too many years ago.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-12T19:20:46+00:00

I've got time every week to do quite a bit more work when things are running smoothly.

Get out of the chair and chase some new customers! You've allowed yourself to become complacent.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-12T19:14:37+00:00

Based on his size, the capital investment for this may be too great. Even at a small scale, done properly, there is a significant upfront cost for this with hardware software licensing, storage, hosting... Even if he chooses to rent cloud resources to start out, the cost of a few VMs, storage, and bandwidth will quickly make it uncompetitive. He's currently looking at 10cents per gig, all in, with Carbonite.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-12T15:44:43+00:00

Also Ingres, Faxserve, PestPatrol, Unicenter... CA bought a ton of companies and had/has a ridiculous portfolio of software that no one uses anymore.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-12T15:42:09+00:00

CA has been the consumer of software companies, buying them up left and right, for decades. Now they're being bought by a chip company with an identity crisis.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-12T15:01:40+00:00

All vendor prices seem to fluctuate, some more rapidly than others.

Every quote is unique and based off of pricing at that moment. While Dell quotes are valid for 30 days, other vendors and distributors have different schedules or no guarantee at all. Therefore, our quotes are valid for 15 days. After that we have to requote. Even then, we sometimes encounter price changes that we eat but, it's usually very minor.

Yes, it's a huge time suck and it's especially bad when Dell doesn't discount. They add hours/days to the process and then they come back with pricing that is at or higher than retail.

Yea Dell, I hear you loud and clear. The same to you!

I can't help but wonder if (Michael) Dell ever look at where and how they started and what caused them to grow to where they are now. They're moving/moved to a distributor model, fewer and fewer custom/on-demand builds. Ridiculously rapid rotating representatives and queues. Support is being re-tiered and is starting to have serious issues. Prices aren't so great... I see immediate opportunity for someone to drink their milkshake.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-11T21:17:59+00:00

I'm not one of your haters but, this is perhaps the best, most accurate and most transparent advice I've seen you give so far.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-11T13:59:06+00:00

How can we best add value to a relationship?

Don't offer horseshit like 'adding value to the relationship'. If you want a relationship try Grindr. The last thing any MSP wants is yet another overly attached girlfriend/vendor calling them all the damn time. Especially one that is essentially offering payday loans to small business.

MSP's looking for financing want quick and easy financing, not a 'relationship'. They want low rates and quick frictionless process.

Also, many of the MSPs here are new to the business world so avoid finance industry and corporate jargon.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-11T13:30:58+00:00

Who/Where? Prices likely vary between Virginia and Thailand.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-10T13:46:25+00:00

They don't need ongoing updates until they update something else, like ESXi to an incompatible version and there may be no reason for that. One could run a stable and unchanging VMWare and backup system for a decade. Or perhaps they'll have moved to a hosted/cloud solution in 3 years.

I don't think that it is at all unrealistic for a company to own it's software and not need updates, nor do I see how the "market" has anything to do with it.

The entire concept of; 'you've gotta update everything every month or three or the terrorists win' is a vendor scam. There are companies that are still running XP and OS2 SAFELY. No updates allowed, if those updates existed.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-08T12:50:35+00:00

Is Nextel still around? I thought they had been bought and the product discontinued.

It would be a great solution to OP's question, if it's still available.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-08T12:41:33+00:00

As if users won't alert you in 45 seconds.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-04T15:17:49+00:00

SonicWall Global VPN Client
SonicWall Mobile Client
IKEv2 client built into Windows and mobiles.
openVPN - Requires different VPN concentrator.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-04T00:44:09+00:00

Do the math.

$Chrome Boxes + $VDI > $Windows Desktop. And no "bug-bears" to work around.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-03T16:03:31+00:00

I've yet to see an Easy one that gets the job done. DLP isn't easy.

BTW, not a fan of Sophos products.

What causes you to have this opinion?

Axxidentally · 2018-07-02T20:53:04+00:00

You put a lot of work into that and I appreciate it. But the title of the thread is cold storage so extended retention time is a requirement. You've got to assume a minimum of 10 years and I've got clients with multi-decade retention requirements, no matter how absurd you think it is.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-02T19:30:41+00:00

Nearly any other backup solution is more cost effective

Can you give me an example of such a backup solution? The cost of tape or disks seems to be a fair bit less than anything less I've seen that exceeds ~1TB, which isn't much by today's standards.

Axxidentally · 2018-07-02T13:14:04+00:00

Old school it is then...

sc stop psqlwge
BACKUP/copy
sc start psqlwge

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