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What is a good subnet strategy for AWS VPC?

I currently have each VPC per cluster (stg, prd, tst, misc) and the standard clusters (stg, prd) have these subnets: elb: for public elb(s) that will received direct public traffic elb-int: for internal elb(s) that will received service to…
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W10 RSAT Installation Issue

I am having issues installing Remote Server Administration Tools on my W10 Pro laptop. This is my attempts and issues so far: Download WindowsTH-RSAT_WS2016-x64.msu from here: Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows | Official Microsoft…
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Is there a real point to using "Run as" local admin accounts instead of logging in as a local administrator?

Let's start by setting the scene -- I'm a junior systems administrator tasked with conducting a transition of the company towards a "Least-Privilege" model. This includes removing admin rights from our users, who mostly work with Windows 10. Now at…
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Can Windows Admin Center connect to a remote server?

I was thinking that through one Windows Admin Center installation I'll be able to manage several remote Win servers. However, the add server dialog seems to be able to find only local/LAN servers. Is this somehow possible or do I need a separate WAC…
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Moving from WDS to MDT + WDS with prestaged computer name in task sequence

We previously used just WDS to deploy our images. WDS was setup to request approval for new machines. We used the "Name and Approve" option to name the machines as we added them. If it was pre-existing, it would just use the existing computer name…
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CentOS: Admin user on xrdp session can't do admin

I'm running a Rocky Linux 8.4 workstation with GNOME and MATE desktops, but I've seen the same problem on CentOS 7.9... When I log into the machine on the local display, I can do things like administer users and set the system time using the Control…
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Should I chose higher CPU/low bandwidth or slightly slower CPU/higher bandwidth?

I have some servers that do a lot of file zipping operations. This also means that all the files have to be remotely downloaded first before being zipped and remotely uploaded, or remotely streamed to clients. I have the option of either upgrading…
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Create a domain GPO with cmd only

I have a domain controller running Server 2003 and the goal is to create a GPO for the domain without using a GUI program (no gpedit, gpmsc, etc.). How can I achieve this goal by using cmd only? (powershell doesn't exist on the server either)
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ubuntu KVM guest with no network connection after configuring network bridge

I am trying to add KVM guest (Ubuntu 18.04) to local network like other real servers in the network. I configured KVM bridge interface in the host system (Ubuntu 18.04) and it works fine with connection. Host system is reachable over the local…
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How to Check for the Java Process Running on All Network Computers?

Due to Oracle's shenanigans, our organization has decided to remove JRE from all computers under our maintenance contract. They've also decided to not replace it with OpenJDK JRE, so I've been tasked with gathering information about this change. In…
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Puppet - disable a user

I'm taking over an old puppet master, and I need to disable a user. I'm aware of "present", "absent", and "role", and they seem to be the only ones available. I've been searching and honestly can't find anything. If it helps, this user is only on…
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Windows server 2016 Administrator account has no permissions

I was changing settings around so that users can only use specific applications; however, I didn't realize that it was going to affect admin rights in the same way. The error I'm receiving is this: This operation has been cancelled due to…
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Best practices for keeping/curating organizational ops knowledge

This is a somewhat broader question about a topic I think every organization/business is running into once there's more than one DevOps person: How to keep and curate organizational operations knowledge so that it remains up-to-date, easily…
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How to find which processes caused the system slowdowns? To be used after reboot

For the last few days my Ubuntu 16.04 suffers random slowdowns that it prevents the apps from loading and doesn't even allow me to connect via SSH. The only way I can resolve it is by rebooting the server, but once I reboot I don't know what caused…
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Windows Admin Center Doesn't Connect

I've installed version 1804.25 of Windows Admin Center (WAC) onto my Windows 10 Pro v1709 laptop. I accepted the WAC self-signed cert, provided by the installer, on first page load. I then used the WAC interface to add two EC2 servers. That is, I…
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