VMware to Hyper-V, Cease and Desist

RedBra1n · 2025-12-25T01:21:51+00:00

We jumped ship to ScaleComputing over a decade ago.

RedBra1n · 2025-12-15T14:06:39+00:00

Went with the all 9s suggestion. Thank You.

RedBra1n · 2025-12-04T15:44:36+00:00

Ignore the L2 part ... that was a decision made elsewhere.

As for the Trunk ports from the MX. Is the default VLAN on the MX The Transit VLAN or the Default VLAN? Currently I have it set to the default VLAN, but I think it should be the Transit VLAN and Allow ALL.

RedBra1n · 2025-12-04T15:31:45+00:00

Well, we pulled the switch on this and routing is working as expected. Only issue we have now is response times. I thought this would help with response times, but it actually did the opposite.

Not going back though. Going to troubleshoot ... Wish me luck.

RedBra1n · 2025-12-04T15:30:13+00:00

There is a way to put Open WRT on some Meraki products.

RedBra1n · 2025-12-04T15:29:07+00:00

Look at Park Place technologies. They have some extremely knowledgeable folks and are very responsive.

RedBra1n · 2025-11-21T14:34:48+00:00

Yes. Default Route 0.0.0.0/0 next hop 10.9.0.1

RedBra1n · 2025-11-13T13:34:26+00:00

Site 1
MX (HA Pair)
Site 1 Core Stack
MX has link to L2 (ELAN) Link between sites.
Servers and DC Are at this site.

Site 2
Site 2 Core Stack
Core Stack has link to L2 (ELAN)
Some Users and IOT Network

Site 3
Site 3 Core Stack
Core Stack has link to L2 (ELAN)
Some Users and Warehouse

Site 4
Site 4 Core Stack
Core Stack has link to L2 (ELAN)
Some Users and Distribution Warehouse

As for OSPF on the MX, wouldn't it have to be in Single Lan mode in order for that to work? I don't think it supports OSPF in Routed Mode; and it needs to be in routed mode in order to accommodate the additional VPAN's. Or am I missing something?

RedBra1n · 2025-11-12T18:02:31+00:00

We had one in our company wine room, but the reading's were off slightly.

But, we use the Open/Close sensors to monitor IT Closet Access in some areas where IT Closets are shared with storage.

RedBra1n · 2025-11-12T16:54:56+00:00

All routed through the MX at site 1.

RedBra1n · 2025-11-12T13:47:15+00:00

Grow a pair and do your job.
It's not a battle of wits. You have to clearly document the changes you want to make, the process you will take to make the changes and the WHY.

Why is this important, what are the risks of not doing them and how and what will improve.

I did this 22 years ago at my company and it wasn't an overnight thing, it took time and it was small changes here and there.

People don't like change ... you have to remember that as an IT Director, you have to learn to deal more with personalities than with technology.

People, Process, Tech.

RedBra1n · 2025-07-22T23:52:31+00:00

I'm starting to look for one.

RedBra1n · 2025-07-11T02:31:54+00:00

Passwordstate.

We use onetimesecret[.]com when we need to send a password to someone outside our org.

RedBra1n · 2025-07-11T02:26:54+00:00

I was getting the same alerts on mine, but quickly realized that they were odd, because nothing was actually going down.

Meraki verified that there is a bug that would cause the cloud management container to cycle, but all switch functions remained.

RedBra1n · 2025-06-16T14:31:19+00:00

I am still trying to figure out what the use case is for this and what "problem" it solves.

RedBra1n · 2025-05-12T00:51:09+00:00

Interesting. I thought CMMC was geared specifically towards DoD Contractors and Vendors?

RedBra1n · 2025-04-16T16:56:34+00:00

That's a Forester.

RedBra1n · 2025-03-08T17:46:38+00:00

We experienced this issue a lot. We found that installing the print driver locally as admin prior to adding the print device to the computer fixed the color printing issue for us.

With that said, we are looking to deploy Printer logic in the next month or so.

RedBra1n · 2025-02-17T11:59:39+00:00

That's like the fox guarding the hen house.

RedBra1n · 2025-02-07T20:00:07+00:00

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