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Re: VMware ESXi administration
by Billy Irwin 27 Feb '19

27 Feb '19

Hi All, I am just wondering why we as visually impaired individuals haven't gotten these companies to do the simple things. I finally had to drop PRTG for similar reasons. I am getting very frustrate with these software vendors that make Admin products not accessible. I am wondering if we should start a public shaming or something. Not really sure at this point. Just my thoughts. Billy -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Shugart via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 11:40 AM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Cc: Ryan Shugart <ryshugar(a)microsoft.com> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: VMware ESXi administration Hi: Do you know what version of ESXI/VCenter you'll be managing? Its been years since I was a VMWare administrator, but when I was the VSphere client would automatically upgrade itself when it connected to a newer VCenter server or ESXI host than it was designed for, and I know VMWare is really pushing the HTML5 client. Just being honest here, VMWare has a long way to go as far as being accessible goes. Their Workstation product is really good, but their server products leave a lot to be desired. I never had really good luck working with them on accessibility either, they were not very responsive, that was a long time ago though so it may be worth trying to reengage them. I definitely recommend looking at Powershell and the PowerCLI as you can do many things with that. However, if you need to use a lot of other VMWare products such as site recovery manager, you'll be out of luck. I can't really recommend a blind person build a career on VMWare administration for this reason, beyond the basics you won't be able to do much as a lot of the power of VMWare comes with their supporting products beyond ESXI/Vcenter. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Can Kırca <cankirca(a)gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 5:32 AM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: VMware ESXi administration Sure, you can download from the following link that I mentioned: https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvspherecli… Best. 2019-02-27 16:27 GMT+03:00, Chris Nestrud <ccn(a)chrisnestrud.com>: > Thank you both for this information. > > If you've found a particularly usable client, I'd appreciate knowing how to > locate it. > > Chris > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 08:37:13AM +0300, Can K??rca wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Some versions are not, but VSphere client 6 is mostly accessible to do >> following tasks: >> Brows datastores and run all file/folder commands, Create virtual >> machine, edit/update virtual machine, manage snapshots and related >> commands, configure remote applications like SSH/SNMP, manage power, >> read tasks status and so on. >> If you want, I can share the client that I'm using. >> >> Best. >> >> 2019-02-27 2:33 GMT+03:00, kprescott(a)coolip.net <kprescott(a)coolip.net>: >> > If you manage with VCenter, use powershell with PowerCLI >> > That works wonderfully for me. >> > I use both powershell on Windows, and powershell on my Ubuntu Linux >> > machine. >> > There are good tutorials on PowerCLI. >> > The html5 interface is almost useless. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Chris Nestrud <ccn(a)chrisnestrud.com> >> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 4:44 PM >> > To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> >> > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] VMware ESXi administration >> > >> > Hello all, >> > >> > I'd appreciate any information on accessible administration of VMware >> > ESXi >> > servers. Creating and destroying VMs, monitoring status, etc. I >> > understand >> > that accessing VM consoles is probably not accessible. The ESXi VPAT >> > suggests that the HTML5 client is not accessible, so I'm hoping that >> > someone >> > has found an alternative. I do not need to be able to install the ESXi >> > server; another team will be responsible for that piece. >> > Thanks in advance for any information. >> > >> > Chris >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> > To unsubscribe send an email to >> > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> > To unsubscribe send an email to >> > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> > >> >> >> -- >> Can K??rca >> _______________________________________________ >> Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > -- Can Kırca _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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Re: VMware ESXi administration
by Can Kırca 27 Feb '19

27 Feb '19

Hello Ryan, I'm running HPE Customized Image ESXi 6.0.0 Update 3 version 600.9.7.0.17, it was released on February 2017 and based on ESXi 6.0.0 Update 3 Vmkernel Release Build 5050593 I agree your ideas, Currently above version working here and I'm managing my 6 virtual machines with client right now. If any problem persist in the future, I will have to find an other solution smile. 2019-02-27 19:39 GMT+03:00, Ryan Shugart via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org>: > Hi: > Do you know what version of ESXI/VCenter you'll be managing? Its been > years since I was a VMWare administrator, but when I was the VSphere client > would automatically upgrade itself when it connected to a newer VCenter > server or ESXI host than it was designed for, and I know VMWare is really > pushing the HTML5 client. > Just being honest here, VMWare has a long way to go as far as being > accessible goes. Their Workstation product is really good, but their server > products leave a lot to be desired. I never had really good luck working > with them on accessibility either, they were not very responsive, that was a > long time ago though so it may be worth trying to reengage them. I > definitely recommend looking at Powershell and the PowerCLI as you can do > many things with that. However, if you need to use a lot of other VMWare > products such as site recovery manager, you'll be out of luck. I can't > really recommend a blind person build a career on VMWare administration for > this reason, beyond the basics you won't be able to do much as a lot of the > power of VMWare comes with their supporting products beyond ESXI/Vcenter. > Ryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Can Kırca <cankirca(a)gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 5:32 AM > To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: VMware ESXi administration > > Sure, you can download from the following link that I mentioned: > https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvspherecli… > > Best. > > 2019-02-27 16:27 GMT+03:00, Chris Nestrud <ccn(a)chrisnestrud.com>: >> Thank you both for this information. >> >> If you've found a particularly usable client, I'd appreciate knowing how >> to >> locate it. >> >> Chris >> >> On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 08:37:13AM +0300, Can K??rca wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Some versions are not, but VSphere client 6 is mostly accessible to do >>> following tasks: >>> Brows datastores and run all file/folder commands, Create virtual >>> machine, edit/update virtual machine, manage snapshots and related >>> commands, configure remote applications like SSH/SNMP, manage power, >>> read tasks status and so on. >>> If you want, I can share the client that I'm using. >>> >>> Best. >>> >>> 2019-02-27 2:33 GMT+03:00, kprescott(a)coolip.net <kprescott(a)coolip.net>: >>> > If you manage with VCenter, use powershell with PowerCLI >>> > That works wonderfully for me. >>> > I use both powershell on Windows, and powershell on my Ubuntu Linux >>> > machine. >>> > There are good tutorials on PowerCLI. >>> > The html5 interface is almost useless. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: Chris Nestrud <ccn(a)chrisnestrud.com> >>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 4:44 PM >>> > To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> >>> > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] VMware ESXi administration >>> > >>> > Hello all, >>> > >>> > I'd appreciate any information on accessible administration of VMware >>> > ESXi >>> > servers. Creating and destroying VMs, monitoring status, etc. I >>> > understand >>> > that accessing VM consoles is probably not accessible. The ESXi VPAT >>> > suggests that the HTML5 client is not accessible, so I'm hoping that >>> > someone >>> > has found an alternative. I do not need to be able to install the ESXi >>> > server; another team will be responsible for that piece. >>> > Thanks in advance for any information. >>> > >>> > Chris >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- >>> > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>> > To unsubscribe send an email to >>> > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- >>> > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>> > To unsubscribe send an email to >>> > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Can K??rca >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> > > > -- > Can Kırca > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > -- Can Kırca

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VMware ESXi administration
by Chris Nestrud 27 Feb '19

27 Feb '19

Hello all, I'd appreciate any information on accessible administration of VMware ESXi servers. Creating and destroying VMs, monitoring status, etc. I understand that accessing VM consoles is probably not accessible. The ESXi VPAT suggests that the HTML5 client is not accessible, so I'm hoping that someone has found an alternative. I do not need to be able to install the ESXi server; another team will be responsible for that piece. Thanks in advance for any information. Chris

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3D printing a floor plan
by John G Heim 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

I am helping to organize a convention where many of the attendees will be blind. I was hoping to get a 3D map of the hotel made. The first estimate I get was for over $3,000. I got a copy of the floor plan of the hotel from the hotel itself. It is in a PDF document. I was thinking that if I could just find some cheap way to print it as raised lines, I could add braille labels myself. Anybody know of a service that prints raised line drawings from a PDF document? -- John G. Heim; jheim(a)math.wisc.edu; 608-263-4189

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Accessible multimeter
by David Mehler 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

Hello, A little while back maybe early last year or so there was talk about an accessible multimeter. I now have the need to get one and by the end of today the means to do so. My primary use for this device as of now, although this might expand, in the future, is as a computer power supply tester, a PSU. I lost one for sure last week and have doubts about the reliability and functionality of another, and i've got two others I have no clue on. If anyone has any recommendations i'd appreciate knowing about them. Also, I am by no means an electricity guru so if those with experience could talk things with me I'd appreciate it. Thanks. Dave.

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turning off secure boot and UEFI
by David Mehler 25 Feb '19

25 Feb '19

Hello, I've had to do a new win10 install and somehow I must have cleared my bios settings, had also to replace a power supply. The first clue came after the machine was booted up again and wouldn't boot off of any USB drive, so I checked system information, UEFI was back on as was secure boot. I do not remember how I turned this off as I just did it once and forgot about it. I do not like UEFI nor secure boot, although I understand the purpose i'd rather be able to set my machine to boot off an inserted USB thumb drive. The motherboard is an Asus m5a97 and the bios is an american megatrends. Suggestions welcome. Thanks. Dave.

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Re: Do you recommend an accessible SSH client for iOS?
by Can Kırca 24 Feb '19

24 Feb '19

Hello, I bought SSH Terminal, but unfortunately it is not working for me. Because I am using Google authentication for two-factor. Do you have another recommendation for iPhone? Thank you. mattias jonsson <mj(a)mjw.se> şunları yazdı (20 Eki 2018 23:02): > or ssh terminal > > På 20 oktober 2018 9:47:27 em Bill Dengler <codeofdusk(a)gmail.com> skrev: > >> Try Prompt. >> >> Bill >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 20, 2018, at 15:06, Can Kırca <cankirca(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello there, >>> >>> Do you recommend an accessible SSH client for iOS please? >>> I need to connect some of my servers while mobile to make some changes. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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win10 and booting via USB drive with accessible repair
by David Mehler 23 Feb '19

23 Feb '19

Hello, I just did a new win10 1803 install 64 bit on a machine. I found something i've never seen before and am wondering considering I am now unable to duplicate the action. I've got the secure boot in my uefi set to disabled and I created a thumb drive using win10 media creation utility. This went fine. At first the system would just go in to windows without booting off the thumb drive, I tried several USB ports, one would boot off the thumb drive then on a subsequent boot not do so then another would, now none will. Ok, so I assumed on the times it wasn't booting off the thumb drive that it wasn't working. Somehow and this is what i'd like to do again, I got to what is presumably the recovery screen, it has things like continue (boot hard drive), repair advanced options and usb uefi drive boot. How I know this is I hit narrator's keys thinking it had booted off the thumb drive and narrator actually read out this recovery screen. I'd like to get back to this screen. Has anyone else seen this behavior? Thanks. Dave.

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Re: Replacement for Java JRE
by Eigeldinger Simon 21 Feb '19

21 Feb '19

Hi Jason, Thanks for the info. Greetings, Simon Mit freundlichen Grüßen Simon Eigeldinger Informatik Nebengebäude 1, OG1 Stadt Hohenems Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 4 6845 Hohenems T: +43 5576 7101-1143 | E: simon.eigeldinger(a)hohenems.at | www.hohenems.at Diese Nachricht und allfällige angehängte Dokumente sind vertraulich und nur für den/die Adressaten bestimmt. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Jason White via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. Februar 2019 14:05 An: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Cc: Jason White <jason(a)jasonjgw.net> Betreff: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Replacement for Java JRE I think you can still stay on JRE 8 for a while yet, with security updates. For work purposes, I occasionally use a Java-based tool, but it’s a command line based program. I installed adoptopenjdk 11 to run it, which is under the GPL, and built from the OpenJDK sources. From: Eigeldinger Simon <simon.eigeldinger(a)hohenems.at> Reply-To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Date: Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 04:24 To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Replacement for Java JRE Hi all, I guess many of you have heard that Oracle doesn't allow free usage for the Java JRE in companys anymore. We have some old web apps that still use the java plugin. Is there any alternative for that? I recently heard that Oracle hasn't open sourced the web plugin so OpenJDK needs to create their own plugin though that might take a little while. Is someone using something different now? Greetings and thanks, Simon Mit freundlichen Grüßen Simon Eigeldinger Informatik Nebengebäude 1, OG1 Stadt Hohenems Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 4 6845 Hohenems T: +43 5576 7101-1143 | E: simon.eigeldinger(a)hohenems.at | www.hohenems.at Diese Nachricht und allfällige angehängte Dokumente sind vertraulich und nur für den/die Adressaten bestimmt. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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Multiple browsers managing favorites
by Troy Hergert 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone has found a good practice for managing staff computers when they use multiple browsers. I myself use 4 browsers somewhat regularly. Usually when I upgrade a staff's computer, I can go to the browsers they indicate and export bookmarks/favorites for uploading into a new computer. Just recently, and it doesn't happen often, a computer completely failed and I couldn't recover someone's numerous bookmarks. We aren't setup for roaming profiles so they were lost in that instance. Anyone have any policies or recommended procedures for helping their staff manage their favorites/bookmarks when multiple browsers are in play? Thanks. ###

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