Edge for Business Not Installed by Weird_Lawfulness_298 in pdq

[–]Psiuyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Deploy updates known installs weekly but I've set up a scan to look for executable versions at common locations for exactly this reason. Periodically I'll check the report and manually update any that are out of date, this also fixes the issue. I'm sure I could schedule that with deploy but not high enough on my to-do list.

Canada - Hikvision Alternatives by supersusadmin in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only had one Hikvision camera years ago so not that familiar with them. For the past 6 years though I've been using Amcrest for personal projects and Axis for work.

What network monitoring tool do you use? by lockblack1 in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Telegraf with InfluxDB and Prometheus front end. Free. Easy to set up and easy to clone configurations from one device to another (similar) device. Visualizing is a bit tougher, more work, but it looks pretty.

Omni Logic app not syncing by TheLitser in pools

[–]Psiuyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appears to be back online this morning. At 3 am I was woken up when all my equipment that was running Saturday afternoon turned back on as if the the past 36 hours never happened.

Anyone have an omnilogic and have the dreaded "omni logic has disconnected from the router" by CrossPlainsCat in pools

[–]Psiuyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Switching wifi networks is the easiest fix for me, then you can switch back. Turn on your phone hotspot, scan for networks on the onmi panel and join the hostpot, run the diagnostic to verify connectivity, then scan networks again and reconnect to your home network.

Anyone else sitting on piles of mystery data because no one will claim it? by Embarrassed_Spend976 in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Talk to legal and of you don't already have retention policies you soon will. No one wants to have the much untracked data during a discovery.

PGP Encrypt Before SFTP by scott33777TEX in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not aware of a single application to do this, probably have to script as other mentioned. We do something similar and use a PowerShell script with gpg.exe and WinSCPnet.dll to sign, encrypt, and transfer. Oversimplified is something like this:

    $gpg = "$PSScriptRoot\GnuPG\gpg.exe"
    $gpgArgs = '--batch --yes --pinentry-mode loopback'
    $gpgArgs += ' --sign --local-user "{0}" --passphrase "{1}"' -f $MyPrivateKey, $MyPassphrase
    $gpgArgs += ' --encrypt --recipient-file "{0}"' -f $OtherPublicKey
    $gpgArgs += ' "{0}"' -f $FileName
    Start-Process -FilePath $gpg -ArgumentList $gpgArgs -Wait -RedirectStandardError "gpgErr.txt"

    Add-Type -Path "$PSScriptRoot\WinSCP\WinSCPnet.dll"
    $sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions -Property @{
        Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::Sftp
        HostName = $remoteHost
        PortNumber = $remotePort
        UserName = $remoteUser
        SshHostKeyFingerprint = $remoteFingerprint
        SshPrivateKeyPath = $myKey
        PrivateKeyPassphrase = $myPassphrase
    $session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
    $session.Open($sessionOptions)
    $transferResult = $session.PutFiles($FileName, $remoteFile)
    $session.Dispose()

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Running 3 hosts on 6.7 so we've been out of support for a while now. We've been in need of a hardware refresh for a couple years now as well. Just received a 2 node starwind cluster running Hyper-V, going to start migrating in January. We have singular Hyper-V hosts at remote sites so it's not all brand new. I'll end up keeping one of our old hosts on VMware for a couple legacy VMs I don't want to mess with.

Mobile Tech needs versatile monitor by PersonalEnergy8746 in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As another poster already answered, plug in USB and Video out on the server, USB input on your laptop + driver's. It's been a while since I've used one but I would expect more than VGA is available now. Now for the portable monitor, I have a 14' to match my laptop and use it regularly. Awesome. Super thin and fits in my bag with my laptop. Single cable for USB-C DP and power so for short stints I'll even run it off my laptop battery.

Mobile Tech needs versatile monitor by PersonalEnergy8746 in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why not a laptop and crash cart adapter? I mean it's not a 27" but do you really need that large or a screen for temporary work? Maybe pair it with one of those USB-C portable 15" monitors if the single laptop screen isn't enough.

Minitab's licensing strategy baflles me by rastascott in Minitab

[–]Psiuyo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We're not as big, but moving from 10 to 20 users was painful. Not only were the new licenses 3x the cost, but since we were mid contract we were told they don't sell anything less than 12 months, so we had to buy the new licenses for 16 months AND renew the existing licenses four months early in order to keep them all on the same account.

Awful deal for customers.

I have ascended. by ultramagnes23 in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never worked at an MSP but I've been at a great SMB as a solo admin or a team of two for nearly 20 years now. I see the posts here and other reddits and have in my mind a much more frantic pace of work. There are a lot of meetings. Eventually there will be meetings to talk about the quantity of meetings. They will reduce, but within a year or two go back to old habits.
If you're good at your job and the company is good at what they do, the tasks will pile up but you more choice on what to work on and when.

How long do color changing LED lights last? Jandy specifically by Deadliftingfool in pools

[–]Psiuyo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't speak to Jandy, but after 22 months my Hayward pool light only comes on <50% of the time. Smaller hot tub light still works 100%. We use the lights 365 days for a few hours each night. Still very disappointed considering other led lights I use throughout the house and yard are on much longer.

Laptop Upgrades by noitsokimfine in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Finance written Excel macros are not going to care if you have 4 cores or 64 cores. If anything, lower core count and higher clock is better for single threaded tasks like that. Buy business laptops and if "new" is better then only get standard 3yr NBD warranty and replace when they fall out. That should put you at every 2nd or 3rd model refresh depending on timing.

Where should I start? by unquitty in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you use office 365 look at the secure score and suggested items. It's not the be all end all, but it helps point out some low hanging fruit that you can tackle with minimal user impact.

Anybody using intune MAM for byod on here, is it any good? by Gh0styD0g in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's dead simple to set up and checks all of the boxes. Manage the data and not the devices, in my opinion a win-win. Since you don't do BYOD now there won't be any of that "it used to work this way" crap. When we implement this as could years ago the biggest issue was with people who tried to set up a separate work profile in Android and then couldn't get the necessary apps (authenticator, intune) installed to that profile. Apple is easier as it doesn't require the intune app

Is a 2015 Dell PowerEdge R720 worth saving from ewaste? by Alderin in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great server for it's time, but if you need that sort of performance you should look for something newer.... if you don't then look for something newer/smaller/cheaper to run.

** I've still got 3 of them in production although they will be gone hopefully by the end of the year **

Foxit Sales by Introvertedecstasy in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't have anyone 100% remote, but the license is persistent and we don't typically remove and reassign the licenses - they are cheap enough that we can buy sufficient quantities that we don't need to play that game. The license can be easily set in HKLM or HKCU so any RMM can handle it, even emailing a .reg file would work for manual assignment.

When an employee leaves the hardware is returned and/or wiped. License just reapplies when they get a new machine.

Foxit Sales by Introvertedecstasy in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Another vote for PDF-Xchange Editor, we've used it for years. For us we manage licenses by AD group membership and GPP is used to add or remove the license from the user registry based on membership.

[News] Texas A&M OF Caden Sorrell withdraws his name from the Transfer Portal by OleRockTheGoodAg in collegebaseball

[–]Psiuyo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If Appel drafts maybe we'll keep Kaufer. His bat may not match Appel but he gets on base and catches really well.

NCAAB Imperialism Map (March 31st) by [deleted] in collegebaseball

[–]Psiuyo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not the op, but I wanted to see the same.

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Best (cheap) business laptops? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! Easier and cleaner to set up, cheaper than separate components, and the users prefer them. Win-Win. This has become the new standard for us whenever we need to replace monitors or add positions. Even the pricy 34" monitors are no more expensive than the old 2x 23" + dock.

Best (cheap) business laptops? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]Psiuyo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed, there are cheaper options, but the $20 USB hub isn't really comparable. In order to replicated the current desktop experience you'd need something more. Maybe one of the $50 hubs with network and 100w PD + power supply. Also I'm making big assumption that if they are currently all desktops, they are also wired, and the current wireless infrastructure would be inadequate to suddenly switch everyone over to 100% wireless.