: Windows Server 2012 R2...How do I grow my virtual hard disk?
: Windows Server 2012 R2...How do I grow my virtual hard disk?
We shut down everything every night and do a full restart on weekends. I've never had to actually fix something from scratch, but everyone here said it was all set up by a legit IT company, so I guess that should work? But honestly, I'm still not sure yet. To your first question... Yes, this is for a business in the family for thirty years. The boss got sick and his daughters are trying to keep things going. We used to make five million dollars a year, but during the pandemic we went almost bankrupt. Things seem to be getting better now and growing again. I hope one day I can just go back to writing code and managing projects instead of being an IT person. I don't run networks anymore. They asked me to help when they were closing down their last few jobs because they planned on shutting them down too. A company from Long Island came in maybe five or six months ago, said everything was fine, but still wanted about twenty thousand dollars upfront and four thousand a month. I doubt he actually meant for him to change anything. I used to fix computers and servers before, but this stuff is from the late nineties to early twenty-first century. Back then there was no such thing as virtual servers. I can help people with their problems, but if you check my account anytime, whenever I run into trouble, here I am reading posts like this. A few times I had to call Microsoft to fix things for fifty dollars. Hopefully I can help them find a reasonably priced and honest company before all the trouble started. Before everything went wrong, they bought the server and some new workstations from another company that was charging me about two thousand or twenty-four hundred dollars a month for certain credits. Anything over those credits got billed at one hundred and twenty-five per hour. Trust me, this is way more stressful than I need to be.
That's why I said I'm not sure if you know. Do you have any tips? Until these girls buy a real IT company, it seems like there is always a huge upfront cost. I was only here for the first move in 2016. When they arrived, the boss bought this server and added six to eight new computers. So it cost a lot back then but at that time they could afford it. A few years later, the old guy started getting sick and business started slowing down. We went from twenty people working inside plus another twenty-five outside to just six people inside and maybe twelve guys outside. Then the virus hit and almost everything in New York shut down. Now there are only two or three of us rotating in the office because we still have to handle some hospital work that counts as important. With maybe two crews or four men working outside. This is when I was asked to help out. It's mostly fixing user problems, so I rarely touch this server anyway. Anyway, I'm happy to hear any good advice. If you want a real IT guy, I am trying, but the girls can't afford twenty thousand dollars right away. I have seen them open credit lines just to pay their salaries. I feel confident that they will get there and I'm willing to help until then. I see what you're saying, so trust me, I do too. They aren't holding any tricks in my honest opinion about how good this is for them but maybe right now they don't have the choice to spend more money on it. We have four vans that are parked there with no plates or insurance yet.
I have no idea what you should do here. It looks like this thing is stuck together with bubblegum and wishes. Since it seems to be medical stuff in America, HIPAA rules kick in, which makes support costs go up. But messing up can cost way more later than just changing the size of that VHD file.
It's not really medical stuff, we do HVAC and fire protection, things like sprinkler systems. The real problem is that when the owner got sick, they lost many general contractors who usually work with us because of a long-term relationship he built over time. "The girls are doing OK and picking up new contractors but larger contractors which unfortunately means more upfront cost and longer payment terms because the jobs are larger .. what I don't understand is the large initial amount .. I was here for the 2016 transition from a company their dad new to a professional company . I think they were over charged . So for basically the same server with just a little more hard drive space and a few dell workstations I believe it was about 43k and change . So I think a big part of that is the initial chunk . This last guy was very straightforward he said he wouldn't change anything on the server and he would change out 2 or 3 workstations that are still on windows 7 . But these stations aren't being used currently . We just don't have as many employees so we have over a dozen desk that are empty . Anyway even without changing much he still asked for a big lump sum up front . Thats the part I don't understand. If he would have said 4500 or even 5500 a month after the 12 months he would still be making close to the same thing . By the second year he would be making more . Would you know why these companies alway charge that upfront fee ? I really can't wait to no longer have this responsibility. again I barely have to work on the server , I do the updates, I update the software when necessary but beside Quickbooks and The security software we don't really have any other software. I add or delete a user , but mostly I deal with user issues . Even so sometimes I stress myself out .. I worry about ransomware and viruses . I get phone calls all the time even my days off .. but they are family To me so I stepped up when they needed me to and the minute things switch to closing down and just collecting whatever money Was still out to trying to continue the business I was brutally honest and made them aware that they needed an I.T. Company to really take care of this. I don't think they need a full time network admin but they definitely need a reputable company that has a good reputation. I think for the meanwhile I'm just going to take some of the older folders that aren't used and move them over to our NAS which is 38 TB . So I have plenty of space . If I can move over 100 gigs that should be more then enough space for it to last until they hire a company .. I would like to know if the back ups I am doing are good enough . So I will do some research into how To mount and test them . I have the old server maybe I will set it up just to play around with . Most of what I know came from just being a hobbyist. Setting up a network in my house so all the music and photos was in a central place anyone could access from their PC. 'Building a better rig to run autocad , then a better one when I started doing 3D rendering and BIM . . If I could get a hold of windows 2012r2 at a decent price I may just set it up .. anyway thank you very much you have been very generous with your time and I appreciate it . It was nice chatting with you . All the best to you .