The Comms Room

Dan

12:09

youarenotaphotographer.com

tombull89

@Dan hah, that first one took a moment.

Dan

The whole site is just pages and pages of "Uhh...what?"

tombull89

oh god these are awful

oh god nothing annoys more more than posting pictures to facebook that need rotating D:

Dan

:D

tombull89

Needs a little more airbrushing! You can still tell this used to be a human! oh lawl

Dan

12:14

Seen the green girl, yet?

tombull89

LOL

Dan

youarenotaphotographer.com/page/16

3rd one down.
I.......WHAT?

Travis

mornin

@Dan Found your high school graduation picture: youarenotaphotographer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/…

Dan

@Travis High school? I'm wearing that right now

Licks nipple

3

Travis

lol

ewwhite

12:25

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Q: Can you think of a way to stop the generation of a core file WHILE it is happening?

I was just wondering if you can think of a clever way to stop the creation of a core file while it is being produced. I understand that there are several way to disable the creation like setting ulimits or setting the directory read only, but is there any way to stop it while the creation has al...

OT?

Jenny D

ln -s /dev/null /path/to/corefile

@ewwhite U/L I should say

ewwhite

12:40

@JennyD Indeed. Done.

Well, um, voted.

Any Dell people?

1

A: Disk 0 Failed in RAID-1 on Dell PE2950

* DO NOT CLICK RESET CONFIGURATION * I just replaced a disk in a similar setup on a PE2960. Mine was a RAID5 and not 1 though but should make no difference. Pull the disk out and put the new one in. Check in OMSA that it actually shows up and in the Ready state. When I popped mine in it di...

MDMarra

@ewwhite Sup

yeah thats not normal

I've yanked and replaced at least 50 disks on PERCs

there's nothing special to do to trigger a rebuild unless you explicitly turn auto rebuild off

which is not the default

ewwhite

I just think of all the sites where people don't use hardware agents... like @joelesalas

MDMarra

yeah it's not required

ewwhite

but hard drive replacement should be foolproof

Travis

@ewwhite On our server config, the RAID5 config supposedly had 3 disks in assigned to the virtual disk... When the one failed I realized this was not the case. I don't even know how the config worked. There were only 2 disks in the RAID5 setup! When the one failed that left 1 disk! Needless to say I bought 3 more drives.

MDMarra

12:47

that can't happen

Travis

You're telling me!

MDMarra

@ewwhite are you watching Mariah Carey kill it on GMA right now?!

Travis

Here is what it said: Physical disk 0:0 (failed). 0:1 was online. 0:2 was "Ready" with no used RAID disk space

MDMarra

(just kidding, but her dress almost fell off)

ewwhite

@MDMarra Eh, she's batshit...

@Travis Could be an URE situation, maybe?

MDMarra

12:49

Literally the button on theb ack of her dress popped off and then the zipper came undone

@ewwhite nah, URE wouldn't set the disk to ready, it would set it to degraded and appear as a failed disk

Travis

What's URE?

MDMarra

ask me how I know

@Travis Unrecoverable Read Error

Which is why people shy away from single-parity RAID like RAID 5

Travis

Not sure really

MDMarra

Someone at $lastjob thought that a 13 member RAID 5 with two hotspares was better than a 14 member RAID 6 with 1 hotspare

ewwhite

So here's a job in Chicagoland...

Network/System Engineer (Bucktown/Wicker Park)

WyzAnt, Inc.

active-directorysql-server-2008voiplinux

As a network/systems engineer your task will be to help support the office of 50 people and help to maintain the…

Posted on Careers 2.0 on May 3, 2013

MDMarra

12:52

So, of course, a disk failed and then UREd during rebuild

Travis

That 0:2 disk is now online a part of the RAID config

MDMarra

I had to pull 2 TB from backup

Travis

so probably not a URE

ewwhite

Based on that job description and $$, do you think a full-timer is the best solution? Or a consultant?

MDMarra

40k is super low

70k is at the low end of reasonable for a medium-talent person

at least around philly

ewwhite

12:55

I think it's all too low given what they're asking for. However, a good consulting resource would be better than anyone they could get at 40-50k

(just going through my morning Indeed.com email)

Cole

Hello friends.

MDMarra

@ewwhite Everyone knows that a job description is just a wish list, though

And supporting 50 people isn't rocket surgery

Cole

$40k-$70k is a pretty broad range.

MDMarra

@ewwhite True. Sign a managed services contract somewhere for that amount and get top tier support without having the extra expense of benefits and finger foods

ewwhite

@MDMarra Still... seems low... especially for a place that knows enough to post on Careers.SE

MDMarra

12:59

You could get a decent up-and-comer for 70k, probably, but you'd have to hire very carefully. There's too many landmines in the 40-70k range, for sure.

mbrownnyc

hello guys, I want to subscribe to a daily email of all questions on a beta site (networkengineering.stackexchange.com) how do I do this?

MDMarra

Someone like me 3-4 years ago

ewwhite

@goatmale and his company are a good choice.

mbrownnyc

sorry I'll leverage the RSS feed and feedburner

MDMarra

@mbrownnyc Seems like it would be more appropriate to ask in meta.stackoverflow.com

or in the network engineering chat/meta

mbrownnyc

13:01

okay thanks

tombull89

@mbrownnyc stackexchange.com/newsletters

Cole

@tombull89 did not know that existed.

tombull89

Find "network engineering" site, click "subscribe"

I think it's "hot" questions rather than "all" but I believe that can be configued.

mbrownnyc

thanks @tombull89

while it's in beta, I'll probably rely on the RSS feed then

and feed burner

to try to keep as active

ewwhite

@MDMarra May has been a $46k mo. So you will get paid now.

MDMarra

13:11

excellent

ewwhite

surprising

tombull89

@Iain and @Chopper3 would this interest you?

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Q: Allow ex-moderators to opt-in to having a mark on their profile indicating they were a moderator

As most of us know, Kev is retiring from being a moderator. Kev has done an outstanding job in moderating Stack Overflow, and while he won't be a moderator anymore, it doesn't feel right that this isn't reflected in some way. Expanding on that, Kev is by far not the only one who has contributed...

feature-request moderators

Travis

@ewwhite They were going to start my job at $25k and I support 45 users with a very similiar job description

ewwhite

@tombull89 Maybe a halo over their name?

MDMarra

@Travis Major Metro or middle of nowhere?

Travis

13:23

@MDMarra middle of nowhere

MDMarra

Not a lot of leverage in situations like that

Travis

@MDMarra I got double that..

ewwhite

@Travis COme to Chicago and work this job!

Travis

@ewwhite They don't like guns in Chicago :)

MDMarra

@ewwhite do you ever get sick of working from home?

I don't mean things like VPNing into a server to RDP into another server so you can VPN to the production network

I mean like, being at home instead of the office

ewwhite

13:25

@MDMarra Yes. I leave often.

MDMarra

I love it

ewwhite

But when I work regular office jobs, I can't stand being there....

MDMarra

I went into the office yesterday just to show my face

I immediately regretted it

ewwhite

or I end up working ridiculous hours

MDMarra

plus, I can't wear gym shorts and a tank top to the office

ewwhite

13:27

I lose a lot of leverage by not being at the office

a new piece of hardware comes in, and I can't be there... offer an opinion...

I miss the water-cooler chats...

I miss the Fucksaw demonstrations...

Travis

I think both have advandtages

ewwhite

an email just came in... "Friday Bagels are here!!"

MDMarra

Ah. I'm in a different boat. Most of the engineers on my team are always out at sites. There aren't a lot of water cooler chats unless it's with PMs or Sales

And I don't deal with hardware

My wife and mother were both like "I'd go crazy! How do you not go into work?!"

ewwhite

You miss a lot

I'm in NY every month, but in my off weeks, a lot happens.

Cole

I would love to work from home.

I honestly think I could get them to let me do it 2-3 days of the week here.

Since they don't want me to quit.

MDMarra

13:32

@ewwhite My boss in never in the office. The only MS engineer regularly in the office is the collab guy

I miss broad work things, but not stuff in my area

Maybe it'll change in a few weeks

but right now, I'm loving this

Cole

Is there a way with using File Server Resource Manager, if a user saves something to a directory - they receive an email that warns them that their data will be deleted in 7 days?

Travis

I don't have anyone else in this office to talk IT with.... It's more about family drama than work...

Nathan C

The only real time I get to work from home is when I have to do stuff after-hours...

TheCleaner

0

Q: how to redirect from “https://www.domain-name.com” to be “https://domain-name.com”?

I want to know: How to redirect from .. https://www.domain-name.com to be https://domain-name.com via .htaccess or CPanel? As the SSL only installed on the one without "www", and when I visit the "www" one, I get SSL error.

ssl .htaccess redirect cpanel www

MDMarra

@Cole You can set up alerts based on quota or extention

so, you could get a soft quota of like 1MB or something

Cole

13:33

@MDMarra yeah - that's setup

MDMarra

or 1kB

ewwhite

I mean, I have a puppy on my lap most of the day.

Cole

But I want the user to get emailed directly.

TheCleaner

^ I always thought SSL certs were domain specific, not host specific....

Cole

Otherwise, we get the email, try to figure out who it was that saved it there > forward the email

MDMarra

13:34

You can have FSRM alert the impacted user, I think

Cole

Even if it was a pop-up

MDMarra

hm maybe not

it's been a while

Travis

@Cole do a file screen and set it to passive screen and e-mail message the user when they save?

Cole

I would actually prefer that.

ewwhite

@MDMarra rusty.

MDMarra

13:34

haha yeah

Travis

@Cole and create a file group of *

Cole

@Travis I guess they tried to get it to work. We're a Lotus Domino shop. I wonder if that's why..?

Jenny D

@TheCleaner They are. The poster has no idea what they're talking about. Nor the one who answered.

MDMarra

@ewwhite boring things like file services are being garbage collected to make room for cool things like system center

Cole

Configuring syslog for ESXi is a PITA.

MDMarra

13:36

@ewwhite can you confirm something slightly stereotypical for me?

ewwhite

@Cole maybe I'm weird... what do you log?

Travis

@Cole I use it for ZIP files. Our e-mail client is our CRM and all attachments go into a file share. Whenever a *.zip is saved to that folder the user gets an email warning that they shouldn't open it (99% are virus laden)

ewwhite

@MDMarra we're not all afraid of dogs.

MDMarra

@ewwhite I was told that a lot of younger black kids wear gym shorts under their jeans because "you never know when you're going to play basketball"

TheCleaner

@JennyD Good...I feel better knowing the world still revolves around the sun.

MDMarra

13:37

A black guy told me this and I couldn't tell if he was trolling me or serious

Travis

@MDMarra It's to hold their junk

Cole

@ewwhite the vpxa logging mostly. vApp actions, permissions changes - anything that happens in vCenter really.

ewwhite

@MDMarra you were being trolled.

MDMarra

I figured

Travis

@ewwhite I've noticed something recently. I leave my computer on (locked) when I leave. I stay connected to vSphere client to our vCenter server and also leave the RDP connections to various VM servers. When I come in it disconnects me from vSphere and all the VM's. My only physical server is still RDP'ed though. Any ideas?

MDMarra

13:39

So what's the origin of that style then?

ewwhite

@MDMarra not sure what style you're speaking of

Cole

Mostly going to be for the View environment. Heartbeat uptime, how many VMs running and service resource consumption

Travis

@ewwhite sagging maybe?

Cole

I can't imagine wearing basketball shorts under jeans would be comfortable.

Ryan Ries

Good lord, this SATA drive on my desk has been formatting for like 12 hours and it's at 44% :P

Cole

13:41

but maybe that's because I have a ghetto booty and all of that would not fit in my jeans.

cstamas

now it is -3 so it is kind of blurred and I think it is the best answer to the question
just one moderator said it is not, so everyone else is doing it (the downvote).

Cole

@RyanRies how big is it?

MDMarra

Ryan Ries

640GB

Nathan C

Full format eh?

MDMarra

13:42

@RyanRies Limited Edition. 1RPM

TheCleaner

@JennyD Actually I've confused myself now. I didn't think they were host specific, but I think they are, since I have to get different SSL certs for different host names on a domain unless I use a UCC cert (for instance Exchange with autodiscover/owa/etc.) I think the SSL error would state the host name doesn't match the cert but the domain name is valid...yes/no? #beforecoffeeconfusion

Ryan Ries

@MDMarra Hamster Edition... if you put your ear really close to it you can hear the hard drive faintly squeaking

ewwhite

@MDMarra it's for sagging.... don't you understand?

Jenny D

@TheCleaner That depends on your definition of "host" and "domain".

MDMarra

@ewwhite but where did the extra pair of pants come from?

Travis

13:44

What did he say?? So i want most of the data to be keep in RAM then SSD.

Jenny D

@TheCleaner You can have a certificiate for example.com. If you then put it in the webserver www.example.com you will get an SSL warning.

TheCleaner

well mine is host= ###.domain.com where ### is the host.

Jenny D

@TheCleaner You can also have a certificate for www.example.com, and that will not be valid for example.com.

@TheCleaner But you can also have several different hosts that all use the certificate www.example.com and all serve the same content.

TheCleaner

yeah...sorry then. hosts = A records, not hosts = VPS/webserver ...

I'm clear again...

Jenny D

The thing is that the SSL cert must match the hostname that you are using to access the SSL-ified service.

ewwhite

13:46

@MDMarra draws... Then shorts... Then sagged pants.

Jenny D

And then there are certs with Subject Alternative Names, and with wildcards.

MDMarra

@ewwhite I feel like the shorts are a modern addition, though.

ewwhite

Depends... urban or no

MDMarra

Or was I just raised in an area that departed from the three-part sag?

@ewwhite I see it a lot in philly now

ewwhite

Around this 'hood, I see both

MDMarra

13:48

I didn't see much of it in MA

ewwhite

in NY, I don't see it anywhere.

MDMarra

forumserver.twoplustwo.com/67/student-life/…

the third post here supports the basketball claim

ewwhite

It's not true.

You're showing your squareness....

MDMarra

Oh, I'm definitely not cool

No illusions there

Although, the singer of a band with a billboard top 20 album was at my wedding

so maybe I am a little cool

Travis

@MDMarra bit.ly/10Xc9Hd

lots of answers...seems personal preference

Cole

13:52

@MDMarra really? I have.

tombull89

@Travis flagging!

j/k

MDMarra

@Cole I also lived there 5+ years ago

Either way, I've spent way too much time thinking about it

Travis

@tombull89 usada.org/images/supplement411/redflag.png

Cole

@MDMarra true. I mean, I've seen it in Providence for years - and Dorchester/Mattapan/etc

Did you say you lived in Dedham?

Nathan C

-1

Q: Problems connectig Azure via rdp

Trying to connect via RDP to testmy.cloudapp.net and get message: This computer can't connect to the remote computer

rdp azure

Oh, how I love one-sentence questions.

MDMarra

13:54

@Cole Negative

Cole

Why did I think Dedham?

MDMarra

Springfield 'burbs and N Dartmouth/New Bedford area for a bit

Cole

Ahh Dartmouth

ewwhite

I probably misinterpretated this one...

0

Q: cheap software iSCSI with server mirroring

I am looking for free / cheap solution to create iSCSI for hyper-v cluster. I got free Hyper-V Server, free management tool for w8 + few own PowerShell scripts and everything is working great. I want to add high availability and can build two (or maybe three) under $1000 systems and have all SSD ...

hyper-v iscsi

Adrian

Mornin gents

Travis

13:56

@ewwhite It's a hard read

Cole

@Adrian yo

Nathan C

@ewwhite wouldn't that fall under the "shopping for stuff" category?

Travis

@ewwhite I can't tell if he is looking for strictly software iSCSI or trying to do a SAN

ewwhite

Right..

Jenny D

@TheCleaner I've answered that question now, if you have the time to read it and see if it's clear or if I'm too tired to write clearly...

Dan

13:57

Yikes, sorry

MDMarra

@ewwhite don't have on SMB3!

It does native connection balancing (think MPIO) with no config

ewwhite

Doubt Nexenta can leverage it. That's why I suggested Block

but seriously, Windows virtualization just seems like something I'll never encounter professionally.

MDMarra

You just put two NICs on the storage LAN, configure the routes, and it automatically uses them as multiple paths to the SMB shares

Network/System Engineer (Bucktown/Wicker Park)

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