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Work-Bench, a New York City venture capital firm that spends a lot of time around Fortune 1000 companies, has put together The Work-Bench Enterprise Almanac: 2018 Edition, which you could think of as a State of the Enterprise report. It’s somewhat like Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends report, but with a focus on the tools and technologies that will be having a major impact on the enterprise in the coming year.

Perhaps the biggest take-away from the report could be that the end of SaaS as we’ve known could be coming if modern tools make it easier for companies to build software themselves. More on this later.

While the report writers state that their findings are based at least partly on anecdotal evidence, it is clearly an educated set of observations and predictions related to the company’s work with enterprise startups and the large companies they tend to target.

As they wrote in their Medium post launching the report, “Our primary aim is to help founders see the forest from the trees. For Fortune 1000 executives and other players in the ecosystem, it will help cut through the noise and marketing hype to see what really matters.” Whether that’s the case will be in the eye of the reader, but it’s a comprehensive attempt to document the state of the enterprise as they see it, and there are not too many who have done that.

The big picture

The report points out the broader landscape in which enterprise companies — startups and established players alike — are operating today. You have traditional tech companies like Cisco and HP, the mega cloud companies like Amazon, Microsoft and Google, the Growth Guard with companies like Snowflake, DataDog and Sumo Logic and the New Guard, those early stage enterprise companies gunning for the more established players.

As the report states, the mega cloud players are having a huge impact on the industry by providing the infrastructure services for startups to launch and grow without worrying about building their own data centers or scaling to meet increasing demand as a company develops.

The mega clouders also scoop up a fair number of startups. Yet they don’t devote quite the level of revenue to M&A as you might think based on how acquisitive the likes of Salesforce, Microsoft and Oracle have tended to be over the years. In fact, in spite of all the action and multi-billion deals we’ve seen, Work-Bench sees room for even more.

It’s worth pointing out that Work-Bench predicts Salesforce itself could become a target for mega cloud M&A action. They are predicting that either Amazon or Microsoft could buy the CRM giant. We saw such speculation several years ago and it turned out that Salesforce was too rich for even these company’s blood. While they may have more cash to spend, the price has probably only gone up as Salesforce acquires more and more companies and its revenue has surpassed $10 billion.

About those mega trends

The report dives into 4 main areas of coverage, none of which are likely to surprise you if you read about the enterprise regularly in this or other publications:

• Machine Learning
• Cloud
• Security
• SaaS

While all of these are really interconnected as SaaS is part of the cloud and all need security and will be (if they aren’t already) taking advantage of machine learning. Work-Bench is not seeing it in such simple terms, of course, diving into each area in detail.

The biggest take-away is perhaps that infrastructure could end up devouring SaaS in the long run. Software as a Service grew out of couple of earlier trends, the first being the rise of the Web as a way to deliver software, then the rise of mobile to move it beyond the desktop. The cloud-mobile connection is well documented and allowed companies like Uber and Airbnb, as just a couple of examples, to flourish by providing scalable infrastructure and a computer in our pockets to access their services whenever we needed them. These companies could never have existed without the combination of cloud-based infrastructure and mobile devices.

End of SaaS dominance?

But today, Work-Bench is saying that we are seeing some other trends that could be tipping the scales back to infrastructure. That includes containers and microservices, serverless, Database as a Service and React for building front ends. Work-Bench argues that if every company is truly a software company, these tools could make it easier for companies to build these kind of services cheaply and easily, and possibly bypass the SaaS vendors.

What’s more, they suggest that if these companies are doing mass customization to these services, then it might make more sense to build instead of buy, at least on one level. In the past, we have seen what happens when companies try to take these kinds of massive software projects on themselves and it hardly ever ended well. They were usually bulky, difficult to update and put the companies behind the curve competitively. Whether simplifying the entire developer tool kit would change that remains to be seen.

They don’t necessarily see companies running wholesale away from SaaS just yet to do this, but they do wonder if developers could push this trend inside of organizations as more tools appear on the landscape to make it easier to build your own.

The remainder of the report goes in depth into each of these trends, and this article just has scratched the surface of the information you’ll find there. The entire report is embedded below.

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You don’t have to be a designer to make the most of your 3D printer. There are thousands upon thousands of free things you can download and print — and some of them are pretty useful.

I belong and contribute to a site called Thingiverse. It allows users to upload 3D models and download other’s designs for free. There are other places to find free designs online, such as YouMagine, but I believe Thingiverse is the largest, with respect to the number of both members and designs uploaded. They also allow you the ability to modify designs if the creator built the model in a language called openSCAD.

The discussion of what 3D printer to buy, what materials to use, and how to use and maintain it are beyond the scope of this post. What I wanted to show was some of the most useful things I’ve printed.

Sunglasses Holder

Let’s start up with a simple 3D printed object: a sun/safety glasses holder for your vehicle visor.

I downloaded and printed several different designs until I found this one. Each previous design I tried either didn’t stay on the visor very well or the sunglasses would fall out while I was driving. I didn’t like this design at first either, because it would slip off the visor when I tried removing the sunglasses, even though it held the sunglasses well. Much like the iPhone 4, I discovered that I was using it wrong.

To use it correctly, you push down on the lever with your thumb to release the sunglasses, then you hold the clip in place with your thumb while you grab the sunglasses with your fingers.

I’ve had this clip in my truck for many months and it has kept my sunglasses securely all that time. I like the simplicity of the design and the fact that it prints very quickly.

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USB Cable Reel

I found this cable reel many months ago and it’s been one of the most useful cord organizers that I’ve printed. It consists of three pieces: the outer shell and a 2-part spool created by screwing two end caps together.

Assembly is easy; you simply slip the cord through the two holes in the outer shell, and then screw the two end caps together inside the shell to form the spool. The slot in one end cap captures the cord in the middle of the spool.

Once assembled, you twist the spool while holding the outer shell stationary. The cord winds up inside the wrapper for storage. When you need the cord you pull on both ends and only unspool what you need.

One of the cool things about 3D printing is that you can modify your prints, and if you break it, you can always print another one. I couldn’t slip the transformer of this Black & Decker charger through the outer shell, so I just cut some slots that allowed me to slip the cord into the shell. It made dealing with this charger cord much easier.

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Portable Hard Drive or Power Bank Cable Mount

As I mentioned, Thingiverse isn’t the only place to find free 3D models. I found this portable hard drive cable holder on YouMagine. I’m not using it on a portable hard drive though, I am using it on something similar, a USB power bank.

It is a series of “fingers” that hold the USB cable. To attach it to the power source or hard drive, you simply use a rubber band looped around the first and last finger.

The first time I printed this cable mount I used PLA, which is a common plastic used in 3D printing, but I found that the fingers were too stiff, and they wouldn’t bend enough to allow the cable to pass between them. So I tried printing it with flexible filament and it worked well — the fingers have some give and I can easily remove and replace the cable.

I’ve used this power bank with this cable holder at many different media events, and the cable holder has held up well and kept the USB cord tangle free in my pocket.

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Pegboard Glasses Holder

If you search the Thingiverse website, you’ll find a ton of pegboard accessories — some of them robust and useful, others not so sturdy. One of the most unique and useful pegboard accessories I’ve found is a glasses holder.

This glasses holder is made for 1/4″ pegboard. It has stubby legs that fit firmly into the pegboard. I’ve found that 3D printed accessories made for 1/8″ pegboard just don’t have tough-enough pins or legs and they tend to snap off — one of the disadvantages of plastic over metal.

The holder is designed to hold glasses by the nose pads, and while it looks like the glasses are just balanced on the holder, it actually holds them quite well. Plus it also makes a pretty handy holder for earmuffs and other hearing protection.

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Magnetic Boxes

I find these customizable magnetic boxes handy. All you need are a few rare-earth magnets and they’ll stick to most metal surfaces (unless you have a stainless steel fridge).

When you open the page for this thing you’ll find a link that says “open in customizer.” For this to work you’ll need to sign into Thingiverse. Once you’re there you’ll see a screen like the one below that allows you to change all the different parameters.

Most of the parameters are pretty self-explanatory and you can see the changes to the model you’ve made in real-time on the right. Once you are done, you click the “Create Thing” button in the upper right. It usually takes a few minutes and you’ll be notified that you can download your customized box file.

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Toolbox Bins

I really like these drawer organizing bins, and they are one of the designs that you can customize to fit your needs. For example, I have three different sized boxes, shown above. Besides the square ones, the ones in the top of the toolbox are longer than the ones in the drawers because the drawers are not as deep as the top. That’s the beauty of printing your own boxes, you can use all the space effectively.

Unfortunately, modifying these boxes is a little more advanced, as the author doesn’t have the customizer turned on. Rather, you have to download and install openSCAD and then download the boxes’ .scad file to modify the model. It really isn’t that complex, I can show you below.

Most models have a bunch of variables that you can modify in the beginning of the file. In this case, the important variables are length, width, and height. Once you change the variables to the size you require, you simply click the render button (the cube with the hourglass), then click the STL button next to it to save the file to a format you can load into your printer.

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Battery Mounts

Finally, I wanted to show you these M18 battery covers I found that I repurposed into hangers for the batteries. Sometimes you don’t find exactly what you need and you might not have the skills to model something that will work.

Here, I’ve repurposed a few holes by enlarging them and drilling my own. Then I counter-sunk them so the battery could still slide into the the cover.

3D prints are usually machinable, if you print them with enough infill. I printed this particular model with 50% infill. A lower infill is done to decrease printing time and to reduce the amount of filament used. Inside the counter-sinks, you can see that the internal structure has voids.

Talking about modeling skills, I downloaded and printed several battery covers until I found one that worked well. When I find really good models I will usually look at other things the designer has uploaded. This particular user — Simhopp — has models for other battery brands that I’ve printed, and they all work as well as the Milwaukee design.

Goto Thing

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Monster Hunter: World finally came out on PC last week. It’s a hell of a fun game, but the PC version has some frustrating technical problems. Fortunately, fans and modders have been working on unofficial fixes to improve things while we wait for official ones.

I’ve been playing the PC version of Monster Hunter: World for a few weeks now. The game is in better shape than it was when Capcom first sent out codes, but it still has some significant problems. The most widespread relate to performance, online connectivity, and crashes, the third of which can apparently corrupt your save and cause you to lose all your hard-earned progress. Here are a few things I’ve done to get the game running better.

1. Install Kaldaien’s ‘Special K’ mod.

Kaldaien, the same modder who made that brilliant graphics fix for the PC version of Nier: Automata, is back with a far-reaching remedy for many of Monster Hunter: World’s performance and stability issues. (Hat-tip to PC Gamer for catching this one.) It’s called “Special K” and it’s a cinch to install; you can find a download link and instructions on Steam.

I installed the mod last night and was impressed with how many small improvements it brought. It made my game run stably on the newest Nvidia drivers when it previously hadn’t. After several hours of sustained play I never once had the ERR12 graphics driver crashes that previously caused me to roll back to an older driver.

Special K also aims to rework how the game uses your CPU cores, which might give smoother performance for some. I noticed improvements on my end, but it could just be that I was finally using the optimized driver. (Others have reported that the game-optimized Nvidia driver actually gives them worse performance, so your mileage may vary.) Special K also adds the ability to take HUD-free screenshots, and finally (hooray!) makes it possible to alt-tab out of the game to check other apps without everything going to hell.

2. Try port forwarding to improve connectivity.

Most people playing MH: World on PC are having connectivity issues, and during busy times it can be all but impossible to get into a multiplayer session with other people. Capcom acknowledged the widespread reports of connection issues yesterday on Steam, saying it is “currently investigating the cause of this and are working with Valve to resolve the issue as soon as possible.”

I like playing Monster Hunter solo as much as anyone, but I’ve reached the part of the late-game where I’m spending more and more time farming monsters for parts, which is far easier and more enjoyable with others. So it was frustrating when, yesterday, I got “error code 50382-mw1” over and over and was unable to connect.

While looking through forum threads filled with other people discussing similar error messages, I saw several folks suggesting setting up router port forwarding to make it easier to connect. I am not a networking expert, but my understanding is that port forwarding has your router designate which incoming ports are talking to which outgoing ones, and can sometimes clear up networking issues in multiplayer games. I figured it couldn’t hurt to give it a shot, so I did. I followed the instructions over at portforward.com, which wasn’t too difficult.

I set up port forwarding after an hour of consistent failure to matchmake, and immediately got into a session on my next attempt. That’s anecdotal, of course, and I’ve seen others say that port forwarding didn’t help them get online. I’ve also had a few mid-session disconnects since setting it up, so it’s definitely not a cure-all. But if you’re getting connection failures as often as I was, it’s worth a shot.

3. Lower “Volume Rendering Quality” to improve your frame-rate.

I mentioned this in my initial impressions of the PC port a little while back, but it bears repeating: if you’re having trouble getting the game to stay above 60fps, start by lowering the Volume Rendering Quality setting. That’ll remove some of the hazy sheen the game puts on everything, and should get you a healthy frame-rate boost. I have mine set to low, but some people hate the way the effect looks and turn it off altogether.

I’ve also seen some people say they get smoother performance by switching to borderless fullscreen, and some Nvidia users say that they got improved performance by rolling back to Nvidia’s 398.36 driver.

4. Backup your save.

As is usually the case, the most worrying concerns from players involve the game corrupting or deleting their save files. It’s not clear if any specific thing in the game causes this to happen, but it seems like if the game crashes while in the middle of saving, you could lose all your progress.

As with Dark Souls Remastered earlier this year, the question is really, why take the risk? You can manually back up your save pretty easily. It’s located here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\[Your Steam ID]\582010\remote

There are also a number of ways to get Windows to automatically copy a file every so often, and one Reddit user has made a script that’ll do it for you. Since it takes all of a minute to back up your save, there’s no good reason not to.

Hopefully Capcom will release some game updates with official fixes for some of the problems outlined here, and hopefully the game’s servers will get more stable and consistent as we get a little further from launch. Until then, these tweaks should help get things running more smoothly.

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Earlier this year NVIDIA announced a new set of “RTX” features that included support for advanced ray tracing features, upgrading a graphics technique that simulates the way light works in the real world. It’s expected to usher in a new generation of hyper-realistic graphics but there was one small problem: no one made any hardware to support the new stuff yet.

Now at the SIGGRAPH conference NVIDIA CEO Jen Hsun Huang revealed eighth-generation Turing GPU hardware that’s actually capable of accelerating both ray tracing and AI. Turing can render ray tracing 25x faster than old Pascal technology thanks to dedicated processors that will do the math on how light and sound travel through 3D environments. They’re also the first graphics cards announced with Samsung’s new GDDR6 memory on board to move data faster using less power than ever before.

The first implementations of this technology aren’t intended to play games, they’re for the people who make them, as well as anyone doing work rendering objects for movies, or modeling new products like this Porsche prototype shown in the demo. As an example of how powerful the new tech is, NVIDIA showed off the impressive “Reflections” Unreal Engine demo that we first saw during GDC running on a workstation with four of its older Volta GPUs, now rendered in real-time using a single Turing card. It won’t stay that limited forever though, Microsoft is already supporting ray tracing with DXR extensions in DirectX 12.

NVIDIA announced three graphics cards with the technology, all due in the fourth quarter. The Quadro RTX 5000, 6000 and 8000 will go on sale for $2,300, $6,300 and $10,000, respectively, with the top of the line 8000 packing 48GB of RAM. If that’s not flexible enough there will also be an option for a RTX server that will give datacenter-style access to a GPU for multiple users — there’s no word on how much that costs.

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PEORIA, Ariz. –-(Ammoland.com)- Apex Tactical Specialties is pleased to announce the release of its new Apex Threaded Barrel for the 9mm M&P M2.0 Compact pistol from Smith & Wesson. The stainless steel barrel features a black Melonite finish, a 1:10” twist rate and a 1/2-28 thread pattern.

Based off the patent-pending design of the Apex Grade fitted barrels, the Apex Threaded Barrel for the 9mm M2.0 Compact (4.00” model) delivers improved accuracy and is a true drop-in barrel that requires no fitting.

The new barrel can be ordered direct from ApexTactical.com. Retailers and wholesale distributors that have not yet ordered and wish to stock the new barrel can contact Apex at dealer@apextactical.com or (623) 322-0200 for pricing and quantity availability.

Features and Specifications:

• Direct drop-in replacement of factory barrel
• Black Melonite finish
• 1:10” twist rate
• 1/2-28 thread pattern
• Thread Protector included
• Improves accuracy
• No fitting required
• Apex Part #: 105-062
• MSRP: $234.95

About Apex Tactical Specialties

For more information on parts from Apex Tactical Specialties, visit www.ApexTactical.com, like Apex Tactical on Facebook or follow @ApexTactical on Instagram or Twitter. Instructional videos on the installation of Apex parts are available on Apex’s YouTube channel.

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shell> bman --target=brman:secret@127.0.0.1:3318 --type=full --mode=logical --policy=daily

Reading configuration from /etc/mysql/my.cnf
Reading configuration from /home/mysql/.my.cnf
No bman configuration file.

Command line: /home/mysql/product/brman-2.0.0/bin/bman.php --target=brman:******@127.0.0.1:3318 --type=full --mode=logical --policy=daily 

Options from command line
  target          = brman:******@127.0.0.1:3318
  type            = full
  mode            = logical
  policy          = daily

Resulting options
  config          = 
  target          = brman:******@127.0.0.1:3318
  type            = full
  mode            = logical
  policy          = daily
  log             = ./bman.log
  backupdir       = /home/mysql/bck
  catalog-name    = brman_catalog

Logging to   ./bman.log
Backupdir is /home/mysql/bck
Hostname is  chef
Version is   2.0.0 (catalog v0.2.0)

Start backup at 2018-08-13_11-57-31
  Binary logging is disabled.
  Schema to backup: mysql, foodmart, world, test

  schema_name      engine  cnt  data_bytes    index_bytes   table_rows 
  foodmart                    0             0             0           0
  mysql            CSV        2             0             0           4
  mysql            InnoDB     4         65536         49152          17
  mysql            MyISAM    25        515327        133120        2052
  test             InnoDB     3         49152             0           0
  world                       0             0             0           0

  /home/mysql/product/mariadb-10.3/bin/mysqldump --user=brman --host=127.0.0.1 --port=3318 --all-databases  --quick --single-transaction --flush-logs --triggers --routines --hex-blob --events
  to Destination: /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_11-57-31.sql
  Backup size is 488835
  Backup does NOT contain any binary log information.
  Do MD5 checksum of uncompressed file /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_11-57-31.sql
  md5sum --binary /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_11-57-31.sql
  md5 = 31cab19021e01c12db5fe49165a3df93
  /usr/bin/pigz -6 /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_11-57-31.sql
End backup at 2018-08-13 11:57:31 (rc=0)

shell> bman --target=brman:secret@127.0.0.1:3318 --type=full --mode=physical --policy=daily
...
Start backup at 2018-08-13_12-02-18
  Backup with tool mariabackup version 10.3.7 (from path /home/mysql/product/mariadb-10.3/bin/mariabackup).
  Schema to backup: mysql, foodmart, world, test

  schema_name      engine  cnt  data_bytes    index_bytes   table_rows 
  foodmart                    0             0             0           0
  mysql            CSV        2             0             0           4
  mysql            InnoDB     4         65536         49152          17
  mysql            MyISAM    25        515327        133120        2052
  test             InnoDB     3         49152             0           0
  world                       0             0             0           0

  Binary logging is disabled.
  /home/mysql/product/mariadb-10.3/bin/mariabackup --defaults-file=/tmp/bck_full_2018-08-13_12-02-18.cnf --user=brman --host=127.0.0.1 --port=3318 --no-timestamp --backup --target-dir=/home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_12-02-18
180813 12:02:19 Connecting to MySQL server host: 127.0.0.1, user: brman, password: set, port: 3318, socket: not set
Using server version 10.3.7-MariaDB
/home/mysql/product/mariadb-10.3/bin/mariabackup based on MariaDB server 10.3.7-MariaDB Linux (x86_64)
mariabackup: uses posix_fadvise().
mariabackup: cd to /home/mysql/database/mariadb-103/data/
mariabackup: open files limit requested 0, set to 1024
mariabackup: using the following InnoDB configuration:
mariabackup:   innodb_data_home_dir =
mariabackup:   innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:12M:autoextend
mariabackup:   innodb_log_group_home_dir = ./
2018-08-13 12:02:19 0 [Note] InnoDB: Number of pools: 1
mariabackup: Generating a list of tablespaces
2018-08-13 12:02:19 0 [Warning] InnoDB: Allocated tablespace ID 59 for mysql/transaction_registry, old maximum was 0
180813 12:02:19 >> log scanned up to (15975835)
180813 12:02:19 [01] Copying ibdata1 to /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_12-02-18/ibdata1
180813 12:02:19 [01]        ...done
...

shell> bman --target=brman:secret@127.0.0.1:3318 --type=schema --mode=logical --policy=daily --schema=+world --pass-through="--ignore-table=world.CountryLanguage"

...
Start backup at 2018-08-13_12-11-40
  Schema to backup: world

  schema_name      engine  cnt  data_bytes    index_bytes   table_rows 
  world            InnoDB     3        655360             0        5411

  Binary logging is disabled.
  /home/mysql/product/mariadb-10.3/bin/mysqldump --user=brman --host=127.0.0.1 --port=3318  --quick --single-transaction --flush-logs --triggers --routines --hex-blob --databases 'world' --events --ignore-table=world.CountryLanguage
  to Destination: /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_schema_2018-08-13_12-11-40.sql
  Backup size is 217054
  Backup does NOT contain any binary log information.
  Do MD5 checksum of uncompressed file /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_schema_2018-08-13_12-11-40.sql
  md5sum --binary /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_schema_2018-08-13_12-11-40.sql
  md5 = f07e319c36ee7bb1e662008c4c66a35a
  /usr/bin/pigz -6 /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_schema_2018-08-13_12-11-40.sql
End backup at 2018-08-13 12:11:40 (rc=0)

shell> bman --target=brman:secret@127.0.0.1:3326 --type=binlog --policy=binlog
...
Start backup at 2018-08-13_12-16-48
  Binlog Index file is: /home/mysql/database/mysql-80/data/binlog.index
  Getting lock: /home/mysql/product/brman-2.0.0/lck/binlog-logical-binlog.lock
  Releasing lock: /home/mysql/product/brman-2.0.0/lck/binlog-logical-binlog.lock
  FLUSH /*!50503 BINARY */ LOGS

  Copy /home/mysql/database/mysql-80/data/binlog.000006 to /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000006
  Binary log binlog.000006 begin datetime is: 2018-08-13 12:14:14 and end datetime is: 2018-08-13 12:14:30
  Do MD5 checksum of /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000006
  md5sum --binary /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000006
  md5 = a7ae2a271a6c90b0bb53c562c87f6f7a
  /usr/bin/pigz -6 /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000006
  PURGE BINARY LOGS TO 'binlog.000007'

  Copy /home/mysql/database/mysql-80/data/binlog.000007 to /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000007
  Binary log binlog.000007 begin datetime is: 2018-08-13 12:14:30 and end datetime is: 2018-08-13 12:14:31
  Do MD5 checksum of /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000007
  md5sum --binary /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000007
  md5 = 5b592e597241694944d70849d7a05f53
  /usr/bin/pigz -6 /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000007
  PURGE BINARY LOGS TO 'binlog.000008'
...

shell> bman --target=brman:secret@127.0.0.1:3326 --type=binlog --policy=binlog --no-purge

...
Start backup at 2018-08-13_12-18-52
  Binlog Index file is: /home/mysql/database/mysql-80/data/binlog.index
  Getting lock: /home/mysql/product/brman-2.0.0/lck/binlog-logical-binlog.lock
  Releasing lock: /home/mysql/product/brman-2.0.0/lck/binlog-logical-binlog.lock
  FLUSH /*!50503 BINARY */ LOGS

  Copy /home/mysql/database/mysql-80/data/binlog.000015 to /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000015
  Binary log binlog.000015 begin datetime is: 2018-08-13 12:16:48 and end datetime is: 2018-08-13 12:18:41
  Do MD5 checksum of /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000015
  md5sum --binary /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000015
  md5 = 1f9a79c3ad081993b4006c58bf1d6bee
  /usr/bin/pigz -6 /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000015

  Copy /home/mysql/database/mysql-80/data/binlog.000016 to /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000016
  Binary log binlog.000016 begin datetime is: 2018-08-13 12:18:41 and end datetime is: 2018-08-13 12:18:42
  Do MD5 checksum of /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000016
  md5sum --binary /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000016
  md5 = ef1613e99bbfa78f75daa5ba543e3213
  /usr/bin/pigz -6 /home/mysql/bck/binlog/bck_binlog.000016
...

  /home/mysql/product/mariadb-10.3/bin/mysqldump --user=brman --host=127.0.0.1 --port=3318  --quick --single-transaction --flush-logs --triggers --routines --hex-blob --events

mysql@chef:~ [mariadb-103, 3318]> V

The following FromDual Toolbox Packages are installed:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
MyEnv:           2.0.0
BRman: 2.0.0
OpsCenter:       0.4.0
Fpmmm:           1.0.1
Nagios plug-ins: 1.0.1
O/S:             Linux / Ubuntu
Binaries:        mysql-5.7
                 mysql-8.0
                 mariadb-10.2
                 mariadb-10.3
------------------------------------------------------------------------

mysql@chef:~ [mariadb-103, 3318]>

...
Start backup at 2018-08-13_12-25-46
  WARNING: 5 general tablespaces found! mysqldump does NOT dump tablespace creation statements.
CREATE TABLESPACE `brman_test_ts` ADD DATAFILE './brman_test_ts.ibd' FILE_BLOCK_SIZE=4096 ENGINE=InnoDB
CREATE TABLESPACE `ts2` ADD DATAFILE './ts2.ibd' FILE_BLOCK_SIZE=4096 ENGINE=InnoDB
CREATE TABLESPACE `ts3` ADD DATAFILE './ts3.ibd' FILE_BLOCK_SIZE=4096 ENGINE=InnoDB
CREATE TABLESPACE `ts4` ADD DATAFILE './ts4.ibd' FILE_BLOCK_SIZE=4096 ENGINE=InnoDB
CREATE TABLESPACE `ts1` ADD DATAFILE './ts1.ibd' FILE_BLOCK_SIZE=4096 ENGINE=InnoDB
...

...
  At 2018-08-13 12:27:17 do MD5 checksum of uncompressed file /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_12-27-16/ib_logfile0
  md5sum --binary /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_12-27-16/ib_logfile0
  md5 = d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
  At 2018-08-13 12:27:17 compress file /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_12-27-16/ib_logfile0
  /usr/bin/pigz -6 /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_12-27-16/ib_logfile0

  At 2018-08-13 12:27:18 do MD5 checksum of uncompressed file /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_12-27-16/ibdata1
  md5sum --binary /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_12-27-16/ibdata1
  md5 = 097ab6d70eefb6e8735837166cd4ba54
  At 2018-08-13 12:27:18 compress file /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_12-27-16/ibdata1
  /usr/bin/pigz -6 /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_12-27-16/ibdata1

  At 2018-08-13 12:27:19 do MD5 checksum of uncompressed file /home/mysql/bck/daily/bck_full_2018-08-13_12-27-16/xtrabackup_binlog_pos_innodb
...

shell> bman --target=root@127.0.0.1:3318 --type=full --policy=daily
...
Start backup at 2018-08-13_12-30-29

WARNING: You should NOT use the root user for backup. Please create another user as follows:

         CREATE USER 'brman'@'127.0.0.1' IDENTIFIED BY 'S3cret123';
GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'brman'@'127.0.0.1';
If you want to be more restrictive you can grant privileges as follows:
GRANT SELECT, LOCK TABLES, RELOAD, PROCESS, TRIGGER, SUPER, REPLICATION CLIENT, SHOW VIEW, EVENT ON *.* TO 'brman'@'127.0.0.1';
Additionally for MySQL Enterprise Backup (MEB):
GRANT CREATE, INSERT, DROP, UPDATE ON mysql.backup_progress TO 'brman'@'127.0.0.1';
GRANT CREATE, INSERT, SELECT, DROP, UPDATE ON mysql.backup_history TO 'brman'@'127.0.0.1';
GRANT FILE ON *.* TO 'brman'@'127.0.0.1';
GRANT CREATE, INSERT, DROP, UPDATE ON mysql.backup_sbt_history TO 'brman'@'127.0.0.1';
Additionally for MariaBackup / XtraBackup:
GRANT INSERT, SELECT ON PERCONA_SCHEMA.xtrabackup_history TO 'brman'@'127.0.0.1';
...

shell> bman --target=brman:secret@127.0.0.1:3318 --type=full --policy=daily --fpmmm-hostname=mariadb-103 --fpmmm-cache-file=/var/cache/fpmmm/fpmmm.FromDual.mariadb-103.cache
...

shell> cat /var/cache/fpmmm/fpmmm.FromDual.mariadb-103.cache
mariadb-103 FromDual.MySQL.backup.full_logical_rc 1534156619 "0"
mariadb-103 FromDual.MySQL.backup.full_logical_duration 1534156619 "129"
mariadb-103 FromDual.MySQL.backup.full_logical_size 1534156619 "7324744568"

#
# /home/shinguz/etc/brman.conf
#

policy                = daily
target                = shinguz_brman:secret@localhost
type                  = schema
per-schema            = on
schema                = -shinguz_shinguz
log                   = /home/shinguz/log/bman_backup.log
backupdir             = /home/shinguz/bck


shell> /home/shinguz/brman/bin/bman --config=/home/shinguz/etc/brman.conf 1>/dev/null
...
  WARNING: Binary logging is enabled but you are lacking REPLICATION CLIENT privilege. I cannot get Master Log File and Pos!
WARNING: I cannot check for GENERAL tablespaces. I lack the PROCESS privilege. This backup might not restore in case of presence of GENERAL tablespaces.
...

shell> bman --target=brman:secret@127.0.0.1:3318 --type=full --policy=daily --archivedestination=sftp://oli@backup.fromdual.com:22/home/oli/bck/production/daily/
...
  /home/mysql/product/mysql-5.7.21/bin/mysqldump --user=root --host=127.0.0.1 --port=33006 --master-data=2 --quick --single-transaction --triggers --routines --hex-blob --events 'tellmatic'
  to Destination: /home/mysql/backup/daily/bck_schema_tellmatic_2018-08-13_11-41-26.sql
  Backup size is 602021072
  Binlog file is mysql-bin.019336 and position is 287833
  Do MD5 checksum of uncompressed file /home/mysql/backup/daily/bck_schema_tellmatic_2018-08-13_11-41-26.sql
  md5sum --binary /home/mysql/backup/daily/bck_schema_tellmatic_2018-08-13_11-41-26.sql
  md5 = 06e1a0acd5da8acf19433b192259c1e1
  /usr/bin/pigz -6 /home/mysql/backup/daily/bck_schema_tellmatic_2018-08-13_11-41-26.sql
  Archiving /home/mysql/backup/daily/bck_schema_tellmatic_2018-08-13_11-41-26.sql.gz to sftp://oli@backup.example.com:/home/oli/bck/production/daily/
echo 'put "/home/mysql/backup/daily/bck_schema_tellmatic_2018-08-13_11-41-26.sql.gz"' | sftp -b - -oPort=22 oli@backup.fromdual.com:/home/oli/bck/production/daily/

End backup at 2018-08-13 11:42:19 (rc=0)

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A distressed Horizon Air employee stole one of the airline’s planes from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday night and roamed through the air with F-15 fighter jets in pursuit until the plane crashed on Ketron Island, southwest of Seattle, authorities said.

No passengers were aboard the Bombardier Q400 turboprop plane, and authorities did not immediately release information about the fate of the employee — but video from the scene showed burning debris strewn across the island.

Air traffic at SeaTac Airport was temporarily grounded due to the security threat, according to reports from Horizon Air’s parent company, Alaska Air.

In audio recordings from the air traffic control system, the man flying the plane said that he was “just a broken guy, got a few screws loose, I guess. Never really knew it, until now.”

I’m listening through the archive of the radio chatter on the #seatac hijacking. Below are some of the clips. pic.twitter.com/ziBAYv7cgn

— Jimmy Thomson (@jwsthomson) August 11, 2018

In another audio clip, the air traffic controller tried to give the man, referred to as “Rich,” options for landing. “This is probably jail time for life, huh?” the man replied:

Here, the air traffic controller is trying to talk him into landing. pic.twitter.com/OxEe5T6JHJ

— Jimmy Thomson (@jwsthomson) August 11, 2018

Horizon Air’s chief operating officer, Constance von Muehlen, said in a video statement that the theft occurred at about 8 p.m. PT. “Our hearts are with the family of the individual aboard, as well as all our Alaska Air and Horizon Air employees,” she said.

Ed Troyer, a spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, said via Twitter that the theft of the plane was “not a terrorist incident,” but involved a “single suicide male” who was a 29-year-old Pierce County resident.

“We know who he is,” Troyer tweeted. “No others involved.”

Troyer did not identify the rogue pilot by name.

In follow-up tweets, Troyer said he was told that F-15 fighter jets were scrambled out of Portland, Ore., and arrived in the area “within a few minutes of the theft.”

“Pilots kept plane out of harm’s way and people on [the] ground safe. .. They may not admit for a few days. But is true,” he wrote.

Air traffic controllers kept up a conversation with the rogue flier, who casually discussed what he was seeing from the cockpit. “Man, have you been to the Olympics? These guys are gorgeous … holy smokes,” he could be heard saying.

At other times, the flier hinted at the reasons for his distress. “Ah, minimum wage,” he said. “We’ll chalk it up to that. Maybe that will grease the gears a little bit with the higher-ups.”

He wondered out loud about what would happen after the flight. “Hey, do you think if I land this successfully, Alaska will give me a job as a pilot?” he asked a controller.

“You know, I think they would give you a job doing anything if you could pull this off,” the controller replied.

“Yeah, right. … Nah, I’m a white guy,” the flier said.

One astonished family posted a video of the plane flying low through the neighborhood (with salty commentary):

Watches con air once #SeaTac #Seattle pic.twitter.com/bzIMYQIZX7

— carrie bentley (@actualcarrie) August 11, 2018

This video showed the plane doing what a bystander described as a loop-the-loop, with fighter jets in pursuit.

Some dude stole a plane from #Seatac (Allegedly), did a loop-the-loop, ALMOST crashed into #ChambersBay, then crossed in front of our party, chased by fighter jets and subsequently crashed. Weird times. pic.twitter.com/Ra4LcIhwfU

— bmbdgty (@drbmbdgty) August 11, 2018

Other tweets described the crash:

@KING5Seattle it looked like the plane crashed. We saw the plane go over head and took a nose dive south of Fox Island. We saw it come back up then a huge explosion.

— Mindy Ladd Bennett (@watsi2ya) August 11, 2018

Stolen horizon airplane crashed into Ketron island. Preliminary info is that a mechanic from unknown airlines stole plane. Was doing stunts in air or lack of flying skills caused crash into Island

— Pierce Co Sheriff (@PierceSheriff) August 11, 2018

Helicopters and a Cessna are circling the presumed crash site on Ketron Island near the Chambers Bay Golf Club. N423QX is no longer in the air. It was scheduled to head to Medford at 855 PT before being stolen at #SEATAC.

— Adam Chappelle (@adamchappelle) August 11, 2018

There are still a lot of unknowns surrounding tonight’s tragic incident of a stolen Horizon Airline plane. The responding fighter pilots flew alongside the aircraft and were ready to do whatever was needed to protect us, but in the end the man flying the stolen plane crashed.

— Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) August 11, 2018

I want to thank the Air National Guard from Washington and Oregon for scrambling jets to keep Washingtonians safe. Those pilots are trained for moments like tonight and showed they are ready and capable.

— Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) August 11, 2018

SeaTac Airport reported that normal operations resumed as of 9:30 p.m. PT. Airline passengers complained about the delays caused by the incident. “I’ve been waiting at SeaTac for two hours,” one wrote on Twitter.

Many noted that information about the incident came much more quickly via Twitter than via traditional media outlets.

Late Friday, the FBI’s Seattle office took charge of the investigation in cooperation with local, state and federal partners. “Information gathered thus far does NOT suggest a terrorist threat or additional, pending criminal activity,” the FBI tweeted.

Ketron Island is situated in south Puget Sound, not far from Steilacoom and Chambers Bay Golf Course, which was the venue for the U.S. Open Championship in 2015. Census records show the island with a population of 17 residents in 2010. Here’s the location of the crash:

Here’s what the Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 looks like. The plane normally carries about 80 passengers and crew. It’s commonly flown on regional routes heading from Seattle to destinations in Washington state, Oregon and British Columbia.

Post updated to correct airport photo and details about how the plane crashed. Frank Catalano contributed to this report.

via GeekWire
Airline employee steals plane from SeaTac, does aerial tricks with F-15s in pursuit before crashing on island south of Seattle