Today I decided to check for updates on an Ubuntu 20.04 server. sudo apt update failed with these messages: Fortunately someone posted the identical issue and a solution here: https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/cant-upgrade-packages-at-all/118021/4 …
I recently deployed SentinelOne on a couple Server 2012R2 machines. On the one where I had run Nartec’s IIS Crypto tool to set Best Practices cipher suites, SentinelOne was not …
Lenovo servers have a maddening format for BIOS versions. Given this nine-character BIOS version from MSINFO32:
If you’ve configured your Telnyx numbers to use IP authentication (as opposed to registration), and you need to change your IP address (e.g. because you purchased a static IP), here …
I have a small Server 2016 domain network, I frequently use search to find files on the server, which indexes not only file names but file contents. Recently, though, I …
The other day, one of my scripts changed the DNS server on a desktop to an incorrect server. It killed that computer’s Internet access so I lost control through my …
I’ve been testing SentinelOne as an advanced anti-virus system (EDR). Currently it’s only in Detect mode while I see how it behaves in my environment.
Yesterday, a drive “unplugged” on my Synology DS-1520+, as blogged here. I ran the recommended S.M.A.R.T. Extended Test, which it told me would take 32 hours. Today I went in …
Today I arrived in my office to hear my new Synology DS-1520+ NAS beeping softly. Checking email confirmed my suspicion that a drive had failed—the storage pool was in a …
Reliable backups are an essential part of computer management. I’ve used many, many backup tools over the years: Windows Backup, Veritas/Symantec Backup Exec, ShadowProtect, Server Essentials Client Backup. Azure Backup, …
