The filter statement in the first command is less than correct. Use curly braces instead of single quotes. Also, consider a where statement:
get-aduser -filter * -property SamAccountName,Homedirectory | where {$_.Homedirectory -eq ''}
Change eq to neq to find the opposite (non-empty).
@wirestyle22 said in How to Make a File Self Delete or Time Bomb:
Our users have no idea how to maintain a file server or use things for their intended purpose so I want to establish a policy immediately when this thing goes live so if their files are deleted it's their own problem
Here's how to do the same thing in powershell: http://www.networknet.nl/apps/wp/published/powershell-delete-files-older-than-x-days
@StuartJordan said in Chromium memory usage:
@Grey thank you for your input lol
on a serious note I like chrome. I use it on my phone as well.
I moved to using the new Edge. 10 tabs, .8gb ram used, and when I close all the windows, it's not leaving 15 more processes open like Chrome.
@scottalanmiller said in How to Make a File Self Delete or Time Bomb:
@wirestyle22 said in How to Make a File Self Delete or Time Bomb:
Our users have no idea how to maintain a file server or use things for their intended purpose so I want to establish a policy immediately when this thing goes live so if their files are deleted it's their own problem
You could, instead. secretly archive the files and store them someplace offline so that they THINK that they deleted them.
I see you're a graduate from the Hillary Clinton School of Technology.
@wrx7m said in Video Conference equipment to integrate with MS Teams ...:
@Doyler3000 said in Video Conference equipment to integrate with MS Teams ...:
We've recently started to use a Meeting Owl
I have never seen this before. Interesting.
Me neither. I have no use for one and I want it anyway.
@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Just arrived in the St. Louis area. Stopping at Panera for lunch and to get some work done until a meeting later.
Nice shirt. Do those come in men's sizes?
@Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Wondering why no one wants to hire me?
I asked you to apply here.
The last time that I solved this problem, I built 2 Starwind SANs on site with a third off site. Medical data is important!
It was all torn down for a single EMC system that failed inside of a year and much data was lost. I laughed since I was long gone from the company that made the poor decisions.
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Grey Must be one of those "He's only mostly dead, not all dead" things.
Miracle Max, the patron saint of CPR.
Seriously, this would be great to listen to over a scotch and cigar. One of y'all can bring slides. Voices would get raised. Bottles would get broken. In the distance, crows flee.
In the meantime, the @op has left the building without really taking anyone's advice.
@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
scanning in coins/cards/patches.
They accept tribute? I think that's the wrong gathering
@Obsolesce said in How do I remove all KMS info from domain:
Do the clients find it by DNS service records? Remove the DNS records.
Registry settings via GPO?
They do. It's a DNS entry. Open your DNS Manager and connect to a DNS Server in your domain. Under forward lookup zones, click on your domain. From under your domain, expand at _tcp. Look for the _VLMS Service Location. If you delete that, your KMS is broken/removed.
@gjacobse said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@coliver said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@Texkonc said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@art_of_shred said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. ...and Nope.
Everyone email Art a bunch of bugs and spiders pics.
Like the camel spider?
better the Camel Spider than one of these:
That is not a camel spider, it's a wind spider (and the alien facehugger, obviously).
This is a camel spider:
A little something for v7 VCenter to use the semi-new Lifecycle Manager.
###### Variables
# Change this to your VSphere server name:
$viserver = "server"
# Change os search base, ex: windows, linux, etc.
$os = "windows"
# Use your favorite format or leave as is:
$date=get-date -format g
###### End Variables
try {$vmlist = Get-VM |where {$_.guestid -like "*$($os)*" -and $_.Name -notlike "*replica*"}
}
catch [VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.Types.V1.ErrorHandling.VimException.ViServerConnectionException]{
write-host -ForegroundColor red "Error: No VIServer connection present. Please wait..."
Connect-VIServer -Server $viserver -verbose:$false -WarningAction 0
$vmlist = Get-VM |where {$_.guestid -like "*$($os)*" -and $_.Name -notlike "*replica*"}
}
###### Tools status only
$vmout=$vmlist|select Name,
@{N="Tools Status";E={
if($_.Guest.Extensiondata.GuestState -eq "notRunning"){
"Not running"}
else{
$_.Guest.Extensiondata.ToolsVersionStatus.Replace("guestToolsNeedUpgrade","Out of date").Replace("guestToolsNotInstalled","Not installed").Replace("guestToolsCurrent","OK").Replace("guestToolsUnmanaged","Unmanaged")
}
}}
###### Get the most up-to-date info by testing the environment
$vmlist |Test-Compliance -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
###### Display in desired format
write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "View in Terminal, Gridview, Excel, Notepad, or quick tools status only?"
do {$vmview = (read-host "T/g/e/n/q").ToLower()} while ($vmview -notin @('t','g','e','n',"$($null)","q"))
If ($vmview -eq '') {$vmview = 't'}
If ($vmview -eq 't') {$vmlist |get-compliance |sort status
}
If ($vmview -eq 'g') {$vmlist |get-compliance |out-gridview -Title "VM Compliance Status $($date)"
}
If ($vmview -eq 'e') {$vmlist |get-compliance |export-csv $env:TEMP\vmtools.csv -Force -NoTypeInformation
& "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" $env:TEMP\vmtools.csv
}
If ($vmview -eq 'n') {$vmlist |get-compliance |export-csv $env:TEMP\vmtools.csv -Force -NoTypeInformation
& notepad $env:TEMP\vmtools.csv
}
If ($vmview -eq 'q') {$vmout |sort "Tools Status",Name
}
Apparently, it's cert day. EXIN finally released my digital cert for ITIL, which I passed in November.
My plex is a Dell R710 with OBR10. I expanded it a while ago so I now have about 12tb total storage just to plex. Other storage is for personal files, etc. on smb in AD. The one major thing I did with the upgrade was to convert from SMB on plex to NFS and it was a 220% increase in speed, and part of that was using a new CentOS host to handle the NAS work. It was a fun project and I did the whole thing in-flight with plex. No interruptions and I learned a lot about CentOS which was part of the reason I chose it. The r710 is super required since the 4k and other high quality videos can be murder to transcode to my friends and family on their dsl lines, or @scottalanmiller's dial-up.
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Apparently, it's cert day. EXIN finally released my digital cert for ITIL, which I passed in November.
That'd be a little upsetting, taking an entire quarter of a year.
Also, good for you.
They might have done it earlier. When I originally checked it, in early December, it wasn't ready. They claimed 6 weeks until completion, and I didn't think to check until today.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
@dafyre said in NAS for Plex use... Again:
Brand new Plex server up and running on My Hetzner host. It's connected directly to Wasabi at the moment. The browsing is a little slower, and video start up is a little slower (we're talking seconds, not minutes).
All local storage here, but using a plex server and data server as guests on he same VM. My SMB experience was notably slower than NFS.
@Minion-Queen said in Weekend Plans:
Anybody have anything fun planned?
I'm going to see Alton Brown on Sunday. Eat Your Science!