Data Center Managers?

#26
#26
VolInNorthCack said:
Anybody ever build out an MDM network? I know it's not really DC related, but I am knee-deep in building out an MDM for the company I work for. Just curious to see if anyone has done it and what tool they used.
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What's the Microsoft entitlements look like and how competent is InfoSec?
 
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VolInNorthCack said:
Mobile Device Management. Network to manage about 1300 tablets at our retail locations.
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Cool. We are talking the same language.

I highly recommend you leverage Intune to do this, but you will need to be licensed for such, hence my question about Microsoft entitlements. If they are iPads I would also highly recommend they are enrolled in Apple Business Manager. If these are existing iPads, this might be a pain, but for the real touchless experience, it will be required.

InfoSec is going to have thoughts about any approach you take, hence my query there.
 
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Not using Intune. It's crap. So is Samsung Knox. We are using Scalefusion. It is incredible. The best I have found so far. Using Android tablets. All I do is configure my groups and profiles with what I need, publish the apps and docs I need, then scan a QR code on the tablet and boom. Done. It is going to make my life so much easier.
 
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VolInNorthCack said:
Not using Intune. It's crap. So is Samsung Knox. We are using Scalefusion. It is incredible. The best I have found so far. Using Android tablets. All I do is configure my groups and profiles with what I need, publish the apps and docs I need, then scan a QR code on the tablet and boom. Done. It is going to make my life so much easier.
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I won't argue with you, but you just described Intune and most every other MDM solution. If your organization is also an Office 365 shop, which I would assume it is, you're likely (but not guaranteed) to have you Intune entitlements already. This means you're paying for additional tool that you have to manage when you already have something else in house that can do the job.

Where's your ROI?
 
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Aavoxx said:
I won't argue with you, but you just described Intune and most every other MDM solution. If your organization is also an Office 365 shop, which I would assume it is, you're likely (but not guaranteed) to have you Intune entitlements already. This means you're paying for additional tool that you have to manage when you already have something else in house that can do the job.

Where's your ROI?
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We are not Office 365. We are avoiding it like the plague. Whomever developed Intune and Knox could take some notes from Scalefusion. It is so streamlined and user-friendly. Not to mention a LOT cheaper.
 
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Sooo, the DC guy I hired in Dallas just resigned, he was working for a contract company and got offered a full time job elsewhere, (I don't blame him moving on). Anyone in the Dallas area with DC experience need a job?
 
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Anybody use a NAS at home? Looking at a couple. Looking at a Synology 2-bay. Just curious if anyone has any experience with home NAS and if there are any pros and cons.
 
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I'm sure this thread will be like embers sizzling and just need to be poked to flare back up.

On an IT note, we ran a Disaster Recovery drill for a set of applications. Simulated losing one data center of equipment and based on our architecture, users shouldn't experience any issues or even be aware of a loss. We do this during business hours to prove that the systems are running as expected and built. So we gracefully shut down one side but are training some new folks to do it and it took about 10 minutes to shut one side down. In the process, we discovered that some code had been changed that doesn't point traffic to the alternate site servers as expected which got some folks riled up when the application wasn't working half the time based on round robin network distribution. Of course, we got complaints from a group about the application not working which ironically is the group that is responsible for that issue being there in the first place. Someone mentioned that we should have warned them that the system wouldn't work when we tested it but that literally is why we test is to see if something doesn't work as expected. The joys of it all, love it.
 
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Hurley Mooncalf said:
I'm sure this thread will be like embers sizzling and just need to be poked to flare back up.

On an IT note, we ran a Disaster Recovery drill for a set of applications. Simulated losing one data center of equipment and based on our architecture, users shouldn't experience any issues or even be aware of a loss. We do this during business hours to prove that the systems are running as expected and built. So we gracefully shut down one side but are training some new folks to do it and it took about 10 minutes to shut one side down. In the process, we discovered that some code had been changed that doesn't point traffic to the alternate site servers as expected which got some folks riled up when the application wasn't working half the time based on round robin network distribution. Of course, we got complaints from a group about the application not working which ironically is the group that is responsible for that issue being there in the first place. Someone mentioned that we should have warned them that the system wouldn't work when we tested it but that literally is why we test is to see if something doesn't work as expected. The joys of it all, love it.
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Be there done that so many times. Devils in the process and details where DR planning is concerned. Catching it in testing is better then during a full blown DR issue.
 
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Go aeiou said:
VolinNorthCack,
You get in your new house?
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Not yet. We are putting it on the back burner. It is just going to take too long. There are no workers. The Sevier County market is so hot right now and so many houses are being built that the construction worker pool is dry. Everything was progressing along fine. But when it came time to break ground, I was told that right now, it is probably going to take 8 months at least because they can't find find enough contractors. He said that everybody is backed up for months right now. He said he thinks the main problem is that young people do not want to go into construction or contracting anymore. The pipeline for workers is going to have to be filled by immigrants.

So, we are looking for houses in the Walland /Townsend, east Blount County area to just get there so that we can help with my mom and dad as my dad is not well at all and it is wearing my mom out taking care of him. Hopefully will be there by March or April. Still remodeling our current house too.

But yeah, I am going to be looking for a job either remote work or something relatively close by in the next couple of months. If anybody has any leads, throw them my way.
 
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#48
VolInNorthCack said:
Not yet. We are putting it on the back burner. It is just going to take too long. There are no workers. The Sevier County market is so hot right now and so many houses are being built that the construction worker pool is dry. Everything was progressing along fine. But when it came time to break ground, I was told that right now, it is probably going to take 8 months at least because they can't find find enough contractors. He said that everybody is backed up for months right now. He said he thinks the main problem is that young people do not want to go into construction or contracting anymore. The pipeline for workers is going to have to be filled by immigrants.

So, we are looking for houses in the Walland /Townsend, east Blount County area to just get there so that we can help with my mom and dad as my dad is not well at all and it is wearing my mom out taking care of him. Hopefully will be there by March or April. Still remodeling our current house too.

But yeah, I am going to be looking for a job either remote work or something relatively close by in the next couple of months. If anybody has any leads, throw them my way.
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