Network type set to Public instead of Domain due to Unidentified Network

Solution

This happens sometimes (seemingly once every few months for some of our Windows 2019 Servers). Fix by restarting Network Location Awareness service. User sessions are not interrupted when you do this. Firewall should immediately switch back to Domain.

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Wrong firewall activated (e.g. Public instead of Domain) - this will update immediately when the network type is corrected
Ports suddenly inaccessible due to Firewall type switching

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Python Subprocess Concurrency with AsyncIO

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ZFS Disk Aliases

ZFS can utilize aliases to present disks in the status listings, making it easier to identify which disks are having issues.

Solution

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