The Comms Room

MDMarra

21:00

do you have the pagefile set to autogrow?

or do you have it capped

ewwhite

@MDMarra where do I check?

I'm a n00b

MDMarra

right click "Computer" > Advanced (in the lefthand pane) > System (I think)

somewhere in there

Not on Windows at the moment

Cole

@ewwhite Computer > advanced system settings > advanced > under performance settings> Advanced

and then under Virtual Memory

MDMarra

sounds legit

Cole

I feel like I broke my toe. Ugh

voretaq7

21:15

@Cole Never kick a computer that outweighs you/

Dennis Kaarsemaker

voretaq7

@DennisKaarsemaker four zero four?

Cole

@voretaq7 No idea what I did to it, just woke up with it hurting a few days ago

David

bronies.png*

Dennis Kaarsemaker

I fail at sharing via dropbox.

Cole

21:19

Wow

The time the office in Colorado was saving excel spreadsheets to a DC...

What kind of sick joke is my job? Really.

MDMarra

@Cole please tell me it was directly to sysvol!

Cole

@MDMarra lol no. on the D: drive.

Adrian

@ewwhite yeah, I'd already applied to that group last winter. They've been through a couple hiring manager over there in the past few months. I generally consider it a bad thing when hiring several engineers and hiring a new hiring manager for those positions at the same time.

Cole

@MDMarra but I go to check the server, and it's offline.

Apparently they were having errors in Excel saving to it.

David

@DennisKaarsemaker oh wow, i was actually right?

Cole

21:23

@MDMarra any idea what this means?

A partial replica of partition DC=corp,DC=xxx,DC=com is hosted at site CN=Japan,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=xxxx,DC=com, but no writeable sources could be found for this partition.

Dennis Kaarsemaker

@David about what?

Matt Bear

ahh makes more sense now

my server wasnt compromised

Dennis Kaarsemaker

@MattBear you were just dumb? :)

David

@DennisKaarsemaker bronies

freiheit

@MattBear Just a user account with write access to the webspace?

MDMarra

21:24

@Cole it can't find a writable copy of the domain partition in your domain

usually a DNS problem

Cole

ugh

Matt Bear

@DennisKaarsemaker sort of, I dont know each and every site we host, so when they told me XXX site got hacked, its on your server, I just took it for granted it was

Cole

I've quadruple checked my DNS

MDMarra

@Cole each DC holds a copy of the domain partition

syneticon-dj

@ewwhite you're still fighting this year-old problem?

Matt Bear

21:25

searched logs and everything, couldnt find any intrusions

MDMarra

so it shouldnt have a problem finding a writable copy to replicate with

also check sites&services and site links configs

Matt Bear

turns out its a GoDaddy hosted site, not even one of mine

MDMarra

and physical topology

for one reason or another, it cant find a partner to rep with that is advertising a writable copy of the domain partition

Cole

arggg

It doesn't make sense

voretaq7

@Cole Windows.

Cole

21:26

@voretaq7 Windows, not even once.

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Dennis Kaarsemaker

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MDMarra

@Cole it could just be a corrupt directoy partition

Cole

I know it's isolated to the Japan DC since there's other DCs replication to 4 and 5

@MDMarra any way to fix that?

MDMarra

demote/promote

Cole

@MDMarra That was my thought

Told my manager that today.

freiheit

21:29

@MDMarra Is demote/promote the domain controller equivalent of "see if rebooting it works"?

Dennis Kaarsemaker

voretaq7

Roomba as a datacenter monkey?

MDMarra

@freiheit No, it's "either you spend 12 hours on the phone with a PFE while they do arcane ntdsutil stuff to fix it with no downtime", or you take 20 minutes to demote and re-promote it

@Cole if you're virtual in Japan, just stand up a new DC (and specify a DC not having problems for initial rep) then demote the one that's there

Cole

@MDMarra Yeah we are, I'm curious to what resources we have though.

I shall find out.

I'm sick of dicking with it.

MDMarra

I'd be leery on the one that's there with the DN in that reg key being wrong

Cole

21:32

@MDMarra yeah kinda weird no?

MDMarra

I'm betting there was some reconfiguration or manual tinkering with it a while ago that didnt go smoothly

syneticon-dj

@voretaq7 I am waiting for the day where the Roomba would be plugging patch cables and pull disks as requested.

MDMarra

and you didnt see the symptoms until it was just rebooted

Cole

@MDMarra seriously could have been.

Makes sense

MDMarra

You guys don't patch regularly, right?

Cole

21:33

nope

voretaq7

@syneticon-dj I'm waiting for the day when the roomba encourages the servers to rise up and rebel.

Cole

I really want to

MDMarra

someone could have fucked with some things that are only read on boot

Cole

I hate people

MDMarra

Don't feel bad. I ran repadmin /replsum today and the error I got was "There have been 128954 replication errors logged since the last successful replication"

syneticon-dj

21:34

@voretaq7 Servers don't have feet. I rather would expect the servers to incite and the Roomba to rebel.

Cole

@MDMarra D:

David

@MDMarra uh oh

Cole

Mine wasn't that bad

voretaq7

@Cole Ever have one of those days when you wanna...
<_<
>_>
...kill people?

MDMarra

@Cole @David luckily not my AD

David

21:35

@MDMarra good

MDMarra

But, the DC that's fucked up has all 5 FSMO roles and I need to build a forest trust to that domain to do an AD migration

so...they're going to need to fix that, since I'm not about to build a trust on a banged up PDCe

Luckily "remediation of the current AD" is listed as out-of-scope :)

syneticon-dj

@MDMarra throw the switch on the DC and seize all roles.

MDMarra

That will be my recommendation

voretaq7

@MDMarra "@MDMarra SMASH"?

syneticon-dj

They surely would not miss any of the changes :)

WesleyDavid

21:36

@voretaq7 yum -y install squirrely-wrath.noarch

MDMarra

My boss is great. He'll list anything as "out of scope" if I ask nicely.

WesleyDavid

@MDMarra s/ask nicely/blow him/g?

MDMarra

^ nope

syneticon-dj

@MDMarra he surely will. "Out of scope" is just another way to put "we want more money".

voretaq7

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Cole

21:38

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MDMarra

hahahhahahaha

Cole

I was laughing to myself as I made that.

Sadly, no one else in my life would understand.

voretaq7

you're right. I don't have any active directory problems :-)

Mark Henderson

@Cole "Herpies? In my vagina?"

Cole

I'm going to make this AD my bitch.

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syneticon-dj

21:46

@MarkHenderson It should be "Harpyies".

Cole

@MDMarra told my boss that 2012 R2 was released. He said "we should get a demo"

I'm starting to think that it actually only sucks at my work because no one cared/s

WesleyDavid

@MarkHenderson Whattup douchesnorkle?

Cole

HAAAAA!

So they the CO office was having problems saving an Excel spreadsheet. I went to look at the server and it was down. The IT guy over there said "The server was unresponsive and we rebooted it. This is not related to the Excel problem."

Um......yes it is.

WesleyDavid

@Cole Everytime someone says "In an unrelated issue..." you know you've found the culprit.

Cole

Oh totally

Mark Henderson

21:55

@WesleyDavid Trying to get in the gear for work

Been here for 25 minutes and so far read a few internets and not much else

WesleyDavid

@Cole In an unrelated incident, I've replaced our core switches with a potato.

@MarkHenderson Wash some Xenadrine down with espresso.

Cole

@WesleyDavid LOL

Mark Henderson

@WesleyDavid I don't have any money to pay my dealer with. ATM ate my debit card.

voretaq7

@MarkHenderson thats OK, we take kidneys now.

er... I mean "I'm sure they'll understand"

WesleyDavid

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Mark Henderson

21:59

@WesleyDavid No speakers at work :(

@voretaq7 I'm going to need my kidneys to deal with all the substances @WesleyDavid seems to think I pump through my body

WesleyDavid

@MarkHenderson Dude tries to rip off his drug dealer, gets in an accident. Mofo probably got shot the next day.

Mark Henderson

If only drug dealers issued paypal invoices, or had merchant accounts

WesleyDavid

@MarkHenderson ~~They do.~~ I think they might. Maybe.

<_<

Mark Henderson

@WesleyDavid Wife's cousin once operated on a guy who had been kneecapped and then shot in the head point blank. Saved his life, he spend 18 months in rehab, got most of his cognitive function back, got released, was dead 2 days later, this time they did the job properly

Cole

What an idiot

MDMarra

22:05

@pauska paging @pauska

WesleyDavid

@MarkHenderson What did he do?

Mark Henderson

@WesleyDavid Don't know

Probably drug related

WesleyDavid

Okay, Monday brain fry has set in. Time to pump some iron. Later hosers

Mark Henderson

Cya

MDMarra

@Cole wasnt released

it was announced/demod

it hasn't been released for preview yet, I don't think

Cole

22:19

@MDMarra I meant announced - derp.

He said when it comes available for preview, he'd like to demo it

MDMarra

yeah

Tanner

40 minutes to beer time and everything starts blowing up >_>

Cole

@Tanner just light it all on fire.

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Mark Henderson

@MDMarra Do they have a list of features/changes?

I could look it up but I'm lazy

syneticon-dj

@MarkHenderson tiered storage. And a number of management issues cleared with virtualization.

Mark Henderson

22:27

@syneticon-dj Mkay

So not as big as 2008 to 2008r2

syneticon-dj

They didn't have as much time. I am just curious if they really envision people upgrading from Server 2012.

pauska

@MDMarra on my way to bed - sup?

freiheit

@Tanner Explosions are easier to handle with beer

Cole

22:43

@freiheit pretty sure 99% of things are easier to handle with beer.

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Adrian

And when it rains, it pours. Interview tomorrow and got a call to go in for an interview with Google the day after.

Mark Henderson

@freiheit That just brought back memories of the middle-of-the-night poo explosions that newborns have

Cole

and that's why I drink so much.

Tanner

hm, turned out to be someone creating a new VHD on the SAN...

Zoredache

@Adrian What kind of work are they looking for at Google anyway?

Tanner

22:46

is it normal for that to crush the SAN or...?

MDMarra

@pauska server 2012 R2

that's whats up

Adrian

@Zoredache Regular in-house IT support. Good place to re-start and learn a pile of stuff with some really smart people.

Joel E Salas

@MDMarra Windows Server is never "up."

MDMarra

don't hate, devops

84104

@MDMarra There's an R2 for 2012 now?

Joel E Salas

22:47

@MDMarra Windows Server is as devops as it gets: People with no right to manage things adminning production sites

MDMarra

@84104 not released

previewed at teched this afternoon

Zoredache

@Adrian They keep sending me a message every month saying they have openings in the Seattle office.

84104

@MDMarra Okay, I thought I missed something.

Mark Henderson

@JoelESalas I think you're mistaking devops with incompetence

Joel E Salas

@MarkHenderson @MDMarra is mistaking windows server with competence, so I guess we're all a bit confused

MDMarra

22:48

@JoelESalas Says the guy chatting on a site whose database and web tiers are on windows server

Adrian

@Zoredache Oh yea, they always have openings. Lot of growth, and they work pretty darn hard too.

Joel E Salas

@MDMarra eats me up inside ;_;

MDMarra

That someone can make a good product on a platform that you're not a fanboi of?

Mark Henderson

@JoelESalas I swear, you've been drinking a lot more lately

MDMarra

Go cry, dev!

QQ

Joel E Salas

22:49

@MarkHenderson I stopped drinking entirely, that's really the problem here

Mark Henderson

@JoelESalas THat might explain why you're so angry

@JoelESalas Well then let me fetch you some ice for the epic burn @MDMarra gave

84104

There's no easy way to merge (and consolidate) AD domains in different forests, is there?

syneticon-dj

@84104 There's the ADMT. What do you need exactly?

Joel E Salas

@MarkHenderson but really windows is balls.

84104

@syneticon-dj Copious amounts of alcohol, but failing that, a way to get independent windows 2003 domains into a single forest (whose functional level can be higher).

MDMarra

22:58

@84104 ADMT

I'm doing that for a client now actually

Well, moving everything from one forest to another

but same principle

84104

@MDMarra If I had money I'd pay you to do it.

MDMarra

It's not hard, just takes planning

Mark Henderson

@JoelESalas Some people really like balls

MDMarra

the documentation is very long

syneticon-dj

@84104 yeah, ADMT that is. The functional level does not matter much - the idea is that you create a trust and export / import all data in question. What ADMT can do for you too is exporting users' passwords and migrate domain member client machines

MDMarra

23:02

actually, the password export is handled by PES 3.1. It goes hand in hand with ADMT, but out of the box, ADMT doesnt do passwords natively

Migrating users and groups and having the users maintain their membership in the new domain is slick

syneticon-dj

plus, SID history, meaning you would not have to rewrite all ACLs and replace old principals by new ones.

Joel E Salas

@MarkHenderson I know why people use Windows Server, in the same way I know why people do blow or heroin. I just wouldn't

MDMarra

SID history is only for access in the old domain. It actually updates the ACLs with the migrated groups as part of the server migration process

If you're doing everything as a weekend cutover, you don't need SID history

syneticon-dj

If you are just changing the domain membership of a file server in the process, you certainly would, wouldn't you?

MDMarra

nope

SID history enables a user account to access resources in the old domain

when you migrate groups and then you migrate a file server, it actually updates the ACLs on that file server by replacing the groups from the old domain with the migrated groups from the new domain

Mark Henderson

23:08

@JoelESalas I have this really annoying habit where I prefer to get shit done rather than argue over the merits of different operating systems

Joel E Salas

@MarkHenderson I just planned a Xen to KVM migration, so I'm feeling pretty good about fucking around a bit

Mark Henderson

@JoelESalas Well if we're talking about things we hate, I've had nothing but horrible experiences with Xen

Although that's more to do with the person that set it up than Xen itself, I suspect

Joel E Salas

@MarkHenderson So far I'm 1 for 1

freiheit

@JoelESalas All operating systems suck

Well, sometimes they blow, instead...

WesleyDavid

@Cole Pretty sure 99% of things are easier to deal with when they're on fire.

syneticon-dj

23:11

@freiheit except for OpenBSD, of course.

WesleyDavid

@freiheit CP/M or die.

Mark Henderson

@WesleyDavid Been a while since we dug up CP/M

freiheit

@WesleyDavid Beer is the 1%

Mark Henderson

@syneticon-dj Especially OpenBSD <- ftfy

freiheit

@syneticon-dj OpenBSD sucks with spines

Joel E Salas

23:12

In other news, our Windows guy is quitting

You know what that means!

freiheit

@JoelESalas Congratulations on becoming a Windows Admin!

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Joel E Salas

@freiheit Actually it means we're going to test management of Windows using Puppet, which is a slightly worse fate

Windows works well enough when you have only windows

freiheit

@JoelESalas I've heard... of... that...

It sounds scary

(and I really like puppet, too)

Joel E Salas

Honestly I could do my duties and admin windows too, it's really not that much windows here

Cole

I've never used puppet

Zoredache

23:17

@Cole how about chef/cfengine/salt/etc?

WesleyDavid

WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN

Joel E Salas

@Cole It doesn't run on Windows NT anyway

MDMarra

It's SCCM if they made you edit everything by hand and learn a new language :)

WesleyDavid

Joel E Salas

@WesleyDavid wat

Cole

23:18

@Zoredache negatory

WesleyDavid

@freiheit You know what else sounds scary?

freiheit

@WesleyDavid Not owning a bike?

WesleyDavid

@freiheit Yeah. =(

freiheit

OMG, I had the scariest bike riding experience of my life yesterday

Joel E Salas

WESLEY: Really! I didn't

WesleyDavid

23:19

@JoelESalas You didn't buy a bike? Yay! We can be losers together!

Cole

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WesleyDavid

@Cole mosh and a serialized .pl script in root's crontab.

Cole

Apparently I'm comedic gold today.

Joel E Salas

@Cole I'm making a tshirt of that, do you want one

Cole

@JoelESalas yes.

Joel E Salas

23:23

:D

I'd do it as "Do you even autom8"

freiheit

@Cole I carefully automate one server at a time, by hand.

8

Cole

@freiheit me too son, me too.

God damn, just speed cleaned my apartment. I'm sweating like Britney Spears on Jeopardy right now.

WesleyDavid

@JoelESalas gooby pls do u erben autom8!?

@Cole With or without the cocaine?

MDMarra

So, I just realized that I have a power as a room owner that will piss everyone off

I don't know how this isn't more widely publicized

Cole

@WesleyDavid without, I'm way too fat to have been doing cocaine.

freiheit

23:26

@MDMarra You're going to officially make this a place for live support?

MDMarra

cancel stars

WesleyDavid

@freiheit LIVE SUPPORT YOU SHUTTUP!!

Cole

OH NO ALL MY STARS!

freiheit

@MDMarra I'll cancel your stars, buddy!

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Adrian

Oh SNAP!

MDMarra

23:27

@freiheit Star you, man. Star you.

Joel E Salas

@MDMarra Oh man do it

freiheit

@MDMarra Can you star your own things?

MDMarra

I will clear the entire star wall unless you all start behaving

@freiheit i can pin them

i cant just straight up star them though

freiheit

@MDMarra pin then unpin

WesleyDavid

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Joel E Salas

23:29

I kind of want to see the starwall blank

MDMarra

huh, it works

how about that

@JoelESalas I can make that happen

freiheit

@MDMarra Maybe someday they'll fix that bug... but I doubt it...

Cole

@MDMarra but I said a lot of funny shit today.

Joel E Salas

@MDMarra NUKE IT

MDMarra

@freiheit Yeah, they'll fix it when "fix self-star" and "fix markdown" are the last two outstanding chat issues

anything to not fix markdown

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Stack Exchange

23:30

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posted on June 03, 2013 by ryan

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WesleyDavid

23:41

*Ticket closed because:*
**Cannot reproduce.**

84104

23:53

A user can't access a server when using in the wrong IP address... how long has DNS existed?

freiheit

@84104 30 years. Probably only widely deployed for 27-29 years, though...

Some people are a bit slow to adopt crazy new standards...

84104

I now have one more inane question to ask before troubleshooting network connection it seems.

Joel E Salas

@84104 Hit it

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