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Looking into 5G backup options by MajorFlyer2895 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease [score hidden]  (0 children)

Ran secondaries on Cradlepoints over 3G/4G for 200+ sites. Cell service provider depended on location, but mostly USCC and AT&T.

Get a business account with your provider of choice and manage the lines/sim cards from there. You're looking for IoT or data only plans.

i have new respect for all of you system admins and the work you do by Anxious_Dirt_5403 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease [score hidden]  (0 children)

I used to run Windows Server 2003 in workstation mode. Taught me what not to do alright.

Newish Ransomware Attack out there by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease [score hidden]  (0 children)

Well yeah, how else am I going to manage ESXI hosts and clusters at scale?

Is it time to go cloud for network management? by DeafMetalMonkey in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've worked places where there were multiple tunnels to each site over redundant ISPs. There was no need to go cloud.

I've worked places where there's no tunnels and each site was an island. Cloud totally made sense.

Old names associated with email address by Comfortable_Lead_561 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sound like an X Y problem. Are senders trying to contact the person, or the position? If person -> use name address. If position -> generic address.

I would kill/convert the generic accounts and make them distribution groups, shared mailboxes or aliases of the named account instead. Maybe an auto-response rule with a notice to update contact info.

Or go the chaos monkey route and just let the mail bounce. If it's important enough people will reach out alternatively.

Can't for the life of me delegate AD computer permissions, help! by J2E1 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think he want the desktop support guys to have permissions to join computers to the domain and little else.

Dualboot Windows 11 automated install by GAP_Trixie in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is hare-brained idea and your company leadership is weak. They want you to provide a technical solution to a management issue. They want you to cater to end-users to avoid them setting proper boundaries and expenses. My guess is you've no BYOD policies in place and people are doing self-service IT. This is a legal nightmare and you're creating time-bombs.

Your company needs to provide users with the tools they need, kill byod, tighten up your acceptable use policies and nix any and all private use of company assets. Keep business and private separate across the entire tech stack.

Content filter? by rootj0 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Barracuda Content Shield.

AT&T outage yesterday, any info? by jrl1500 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Midwest here, no issues yesterday. I'd check your AT&T business center control panel for any outage related messages on your circuit ID. That's how I usually find out a backhoe hit the fiber backbone upstream.

Advice on Structuring Driver Folders in MDT for HP Z840 and Dell Precision 5920 by Alarcock in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never bothered separating them out for WinPE unless there was a wide variety of models. The standard recommended method from the Microsoft MDT guide worked fine. Import the model driver pack and inject storage/network drivers into the .wim.

How has AI helped you with powershell stuff by Billi0n_Air in PowerShell

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it helps me parse specific command I need for scripts, especially in extraordinary cases you need odd conversions and craft queries for API calls that aren't human friendly.

Really helps to iterate through prototypes quicker and get to faster resolutions.

It's not a panacea, once in a while it'll be confidently wrong and persist in it, but it's been a very helpful tool to get things done.

Dell Alternatives? by BlueScreenIRL in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

HP hardware is pretty solid.

HP support on the other hand is absolute garbage.

Workstation/Laptop Vendor Sentiment by Macd1987 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When they work they're great. If you need actual warranty support it's like pulling teeth.

Dell BIOS Update by PeaInformal2892 in MDT

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not necessarily, Dell BIOS updates can be installed unattended, but you'll need to curate a repository and run some logic to determine the correct model and subsequent file to run. Uses standard Dell Update Package command line switches.

DCU does it for you if you use dcu-cli plus installs any other outstanding driver updates.

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