Re: RE: [OT] Job Change

2011-02-04 Thread Rene de Haas
Ditto On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:43 AM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: +100 It is things like this, people like this, that make me want to keep doing the work that I do. Every now and then, you get to hear stories like this. Every once in a blue moon, you might actually get to play a part

RE: VPN problems

2011-02-04 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks for the responses, everyone. This *is* a known issue with Vipre. I removed the plugin on all network adapters (including the virtual Cisco adapter) and that took care of it. According to Sunbelt/GFI, they have a new agent that is almost ready for Beta that fixes this problem. In the

Vipre VS Cisco VPN

2011-02-04 Thread John Aldrich
For anyone interested in this thread, the Sunbelt forum thread on this topic can be found here: http://supportforums.sunbeltsoftware.com/messageview.aspx?catid=27threadid= 5076STARTPAGE=1 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: RE: [OT] Job Change

2011-02-04 Thread Candee
+1 Lots of ch-ch-ch-changes! On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: +100 It is things like this, people like this, that make me want to keep doing the work that I do. Every now and then, you get to hear stories like this. Every once in a blue moon, you might

Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Kramer, Jack
The nice thing about being at a public university ­ 520,000 IP addresses. (Michigan State has 35.8 through 35.15.) I wonder if we can sell them? It'd help make up for state budget cuts. Jack Kramer Computer Systems Specialist University Relations, Michigan State University w: 517-884-1231 /

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Michael B. Smith
Well, it's a document worth getting. It's the best for-free document I've seen. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 6:24 PM

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Guyer, Don
FYI, I grabbed this just now. Don Guyer Windows Systems Engineer Datasafe Platform Fiserv Enterprise Technology Fiserv don.gu...@fiserv.com Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 Fax: 610-293-4499 www.fiserv.com -Original Message- From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent:

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
I think so many of us went to get the doc when Michael first posted it that the site was overloaded. I was able to get it this morning as well. -Original Message- From: Guyer, Don [mailto:don.gu...@fiserv.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 8:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: http://ipv6forum.se/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ipv6-for-dummies-se-090120.pdf Well, it's a document worth getting. The doc covers Cisco routers excellently (being from Cisco, one would expect this), and

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Crawford, Scott
out of curiosity, how many computers does that serve? From: Kramer, Jack [jack.kra...@ur.msu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 8:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned The nice thing about being at a

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Martin Blackstone
50 -Original Message- From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 6:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned out of curiosity, how many computers does that serve?

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread N Parr
I don't see/understand much of a need for most shops to switch internally for a very long time. Like you said with IPX hanging around. I think IPV4 will last for much longer than IPX did. A) like you said all the legacy devices, B) eventually when you can't get anything but a v6 public facing

Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Kramer, Jack
Ouch! I would say at least 30,000 to 40,000 user machines plus things like servers, HPCC farms, appliances, and VMs. We have a student population of about 47,000 plus about 11,000 staff, though not all of those users are on campus at any given moment. There's no NAT on campus so unless you set up

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Erik Goldoff
Agreed, *but* IPV6 has been on the table 15 years or more, this is NOT a new change without time to adapt. The 6bone has been around a while too, just folks didn't have too much reason to start their testing 15 years ago compared to now. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Michael B. Smith
The doc covers Cisco routers excellently (being from Cisco, one would expect this), and does a fair job with many of the concepts. Note, I did say the best free one too - which you elided. :-) The real trouble will be the legions of embedded systems which are IPv4 only, the applications

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Sort of reminds me of Y2K. -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 9:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned Agreed, *but* IPV6 has been on the table 15 years or more, this is

Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

2011-02-04 Thread Mark Smith
Happy Friday Everyone, I have been asked to transfer a folder from 1 Windows 2003 server to another Windows 2003 server over a WAN link. This will be done weekly. The client would like to use BITS and have the copy 'trickle' over a long period of time so as not to saturate the WAN link. The only

RE: VMWare multipathing with SAS drives

2011-02-04 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Never mind. I finally found a entry in a discussion group. Apparently redundant paths are not supported for SAS drives. -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 8:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare

Re: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

2011-02-04 Thread Manuel Santos
Compress the entire folder in a compressed file and sendo it. 2011/2/4 Mark Smith winsysad...@gmail.com Happy Friday Everyone, I have been asked to transfer a folder from 1 Windows 2003 server to another Windows 2003 server over a WAN link. This will be done weekly. The client would like to

Re: VMWare multipathing with SAS drives

2011-02-04 Thread Richard Stovall
I meant to ask the other day. What kind of disk enclosure are you using? On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.comwrote: Never mind. I finally found a entry in a discussion group. Apparently redundant paths are not supported for SAS drives. -Original

RE: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

2011-02-04 Thread David Lum
ROBOCOPY can throttle if you specify the /IPG switch. Dave From: Mark Smith [mailto:winsysad...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 7:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS??? Happy Friday Everyone, I have been asked to transfer a folder from 1

RE: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

2011-02-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Robocopy can do anything. I am thinking of an auto responder for the list that just replies to the list with 'Use Robocopy. I love Robocopy. Shame it is so broke in 2008 R2. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 11:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

Re: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan Link
What? I haven't gone to 2008 R2, yet. Please to be explaining. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.orgwrote: Robocopy can do anything. I am thinking of an auto responder for the list that just replies to the list with ‘Use Robocopy. I love Robocopy.

RE: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

2011-02-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
They have pretty much broken copying ownership with it in R2. None of the fixes or syntax changes suggested...that I have found and triedwork. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 11:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Folder transfer

RE: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

2011-02-04 Thread David Lum
Funny, I did realize my last two answers was robocopy!. I have not tried it with R2 however, that's a bummer! Dave From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 8:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

RE: VMWare multipathing with SAS drives

2011-02-04 Thread Maglinger, Paul
I don’t know. It’s at a remote location. From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 9:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare multipathing with SAS drives I meant to ask the other day. What kind of disk enclosure are you using? On Fri, Feb 4,

ADUC to untrusted domain on W2K8R2

2011-02-04 Thread Christopher Bodnar
I have a machine where all my admin tools are installed. The system is running 2003 R2. I am able to connect to an untrusted domain in ADUC with no issues, by specifying the untrusted domain. I recently brought up a new machine (W2K8R2) to replace this one and installed all the tools.

Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:03 AM, N Parr npar...@mortonind.com wrote: You won't need to be on v6 internal to get to the public net. I think that depends on how your web browsers connect. If you're using plain HTTP, then in order to reach a website which is IPv6 only, won't you need IPv6 on

RE: ADUC to untrusted domain on W2K8R2

2011-02-04 Thread Michael B. Smith
Does a runas dsa.msc with the untrust credentials work? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 12:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ADUC to

Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:  The doc covers Cisco routers excellently (being from Cisco,  one would expect this), and does a fair job with many of the concepts. Note, I did say the best free one too - which you elided. :-) I wasn't trying to

Friday Funny:

2011-02-04 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
Friday Funny, I really love this one ! A pint-sized Darth Vader uses the Force when he discovers the new VW Passat in the driveway. http://www.flixxy.com/vw-the-force-super-bowl.htm Have a great Super Bowl Weekend !! Warm regards, Stu ... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread pdw1914
Should be able to NAT at the firewall so one could keep internal v4 addresses. At least, I hope so. What a nightmare that could become if internal needed v6, too. From: mailvor...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 12:22:04 -0500 Subject: Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned To:

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread pdw1914
On another site, that would be referred to as being slashdotted. From: k...@colonialsavings.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:27:32 + I think so many of us went to get the doc when Michael

RE: OT : Aussie floods

2011-02-04 Thread Eldridge, Dave
So only 1 person went out and moved their car/truck and he had to manually lock the hubs. Note to self get auto locking hubs on next truck. I did see the snorkel for the engine though. Nice Nice trickle of water. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Erik Goldoff
What I wonder about are some of the IPv6 advanced features, like built in encryption, that would fail as far as endpoint to endpoint is concerned with an IPv6-to-IPv4 translation router. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one

RE: OT : Aussie floods

2011-02-04 Thread Erik Goldoff
And if you hear the audio track, they thought he was letting air out of his tires so they wouldn’t float g Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com] Sent: Friday,

RE: ADUC to untrusted domain on W2K8R2

2011-02-04 Thread Brian Desmond
IIRC the 'runas /netonly /user:foreigndomain\chris mmc' trick to accomplish this broke in the 2008 cycle. Can't remember if disabling UAC completely fixes it or not but my recollection says no. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From:

RE: OT : Aussie floods

2011-02-04 Thread John Cook
That's because they don't drive 4WD vehicles, they have no clue about traction. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Erik

Dedupe Thoughts?

2011-02-04 Thread Roger Wright
I'm looking at some options for a poor man's deduplication system for backups. A Data Domain or Exagrid solution would be preferred but not feasible at this time. We're currently backing up a little over 4 TB to LTO3 tape and have outgrown our backup window, library capacity, and RTO. I'm

Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Kurt Buff
Decent for free, but are there any books you'd recommend? On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 14:45, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: http://ipv6forum.se/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ipv6-for-dummies-se-090120.pdf Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP

Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan
Ok, guys gals, I've sifted through the threads for the past year searching on patch management and SCCM, and not found exactly what I'm looking for... In my new gig, the team gets to choose what we will use to handle patches and updates, as there is nothing set in stone right now. Two options

Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:42 PM, pdw1...@hotmail.com wrote: Should be able to NAT at the firewall so one could keep internal v4 addresses.  At least, I hope so. I don't think that will work. 1. Browser is instructed to go www.example.com 2. DNS returns only an IPv6 address record () for

RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Michael B. Smith
If you don't do third party patches, SCCM is _almost_ exactly like WSUS. It is based on the WSUS engine as a matter of fact, and you have to install WSUS on the Software Update Point. :) Doing the SCCM installation can be a little finicky; but once you set it up - it just RUNS. The challenge

RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Rod Trent
Just my opinion, but based on your requirements, SCCM is still the leading candidate - and I have experience with all of them. KACE may come close, IF the number of end-points is closer to 700 than 2000. One of the HUGE factors that you need to also consider is the amount of support you will

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Michael B. Smith
Handled in the 6to4 and Teredo specs. The router returns a reverse NAT for the browser to respond to which it rewrites and then forwards. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ben Scott

OT: LCD TV's with Ethernet port

2011-02-04 Thread Chris Blair
A bit off topic, but maybe someone can help. We want to show a looped video on a few TV's in the lobby. Instead of buying converters to run HDMI over Ethernet, I was thinking of the LCD TV's that have a Ethernet port built in. Has anyone used one in this manner? Thanks, Chris Blair ~

RE: LCD TV's with Ethernet port

2011-02-04 Thread Brian Desmond
My Samsung has a Ethernet port and supports some sort of media server on the network. I don't know much about it but I suspect it's a brand standard so you should be able to pull the manual for any recent model and see what it needs/can do. Thanks, Brian Desmond

Re: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Tom Miller
SCCM works very well if you have the time and staff to dedicate to it. I have about 1,000 PCs/laptops here and tried SCCM, but never had the time to dedicate to it. And it was a real a pain to manage when you have limited time. But, it can be a great product and has flexibility. I wasn't

OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread John Aldrich
One of my users just claimed an unused laser printer for his office (Acct. Manager) that has a network port on it as well as the usual USB. He'd like to be able to network it so he can print to it from the AS/400. What do you guys recommend for a small (4-5 port) network switch? To anyone who

RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Michael B. Smith
Just a note, SCCM supports Branch Distribution Points. They can also be any PC (workstation) or server with an agent. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 1:58 PM To: NT

RE: LCD TV's with Ethernet port

2011-02-04 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
Yup it does DLNA and standard media types, I have a sammy plugged into my network and it sees my NAS broadcasting shares with Pics, Music and Movies, I can select and play them easily thru the network From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 1:58 PM

Re: RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan
how does sccm handle clients that are not joined to active directory? Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. On Feb 4, 2011 2:02 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Just a note, SCCM supports Branch Distribution Points.

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Cameron
If you are using Client Access, I know there used to be a way to print from the AS/400 to a locally connected printer. I set a few of those up many moons ago...and it seemed to work ok. Just a thought On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:00 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: One of my

Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: 1. Browser is instructed to go www.example.com 2. DNS returns only an IPv6 address record () for that site 3. Browser computer has only IPv4 connectivity 4. Now what? The browser cannot plug an IPv6 address

RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Tom Miller
I stand corrected. It's been a while so I couldn't remember. Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com 2/4/2011 2:01 PM Just a note, SCCM supports Branch Distribution Points. They can also be any PC (workstation) or server with an agent. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange

RE: RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Michael B. Smith
It handles them just fine. Deploying the agents is a little tougher than deploying agents to computers that are in AD, because you have to know an admin password to install the agent. Alternately, the agent can be pulled to non-AD computers instead of pushed (and in that case, the SCCM

RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Michael B. Smith
Not correcting - just clarifying. :) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management, revisited I stand corrected.

Re: OT : Aussie floods

2011-02-04 Thread Randall
Was that Steve Irwin I saw float by the truck ? Just kidding. Randall - Original Message - From: John Cook To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 12:54 PM Subject: RE: OT : Aussie floods That's because they don't drive 4WD vehicles, they have no clue

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread John Aldrich
Yeah…but it’s easier to just print to an IP printer. ☺ From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: desktop network switches If you are using Client Access, I know there used to be a way to print from the

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread John Aldrich
Not to mention it's easier for me to get the counters from the printer for maintenance if it's connected to the network. :) -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT:

RE: OT : Aussie floods

2011-02-04 Thread John Cook
More likely Paul Hogan John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Randall [mailto:yuhro...@verizon.net] Sent: Friday, February

RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Rod Trent
And, if you want to dump the hardware for a branch DP, you can use something like Nomad: http://www.1e.com/softwareproducts/nomadenterprise/index.aspx From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Cameron
Very true! I got stuck with setting it up when remote users wanted to be able to print to their local machines. Sorry for the hijack! :) Doesn't answer your original question though. I've been using a D-Link DGS-1008D (8 port gb) switch with no complaints for quite a long time. On Fri, Feb 4,

Re: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

2011-02-04 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I rarely need to copy with ownership, so... Have you looked at using both ROBOCOPY and FILEACL to achieve what you need? *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... * On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Kennedy, Jim

Re: ADUC to untrusted domain on W2K8R2

2011-02-04 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I find that initiating a CMD via RUNAS with the correct credentials will allow the MMC to work just fine afterwards. *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... * On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Michael B. Smith

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks. I'll keep that in mind while I get other suggestions. :-) Id prefer something a little smaller... like a 4 or 5 port. Don't need that many ports for one office. From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Dedupe Thoughts?

2011-02-04 Thread Paul Hutchings
How come you're looking at NAS rather than just shovelling a few 2tb drives in your backup server? I'm looking into doing something very similar myself (we use Commvault/Simpana) and the rule of thumb on disk space, assuming you're not paying per Tb stored, is disk is cheap, and with dedupe rates

RE: LCD TV's with Ethernet port

2011-02-04 Thread Wilhelm, Scott
I'm trying something along the lines as Chris...and I was wondering if your Samsung would run a browser? I'm trying to broadcast a student ran tv station and I was thinking of going with uStream.tv instead of the proposed Cisco or vBrick solutions that we are tossing around as well. Thanks,

Re: Dedupe Thoughts?

2011-02-04 Thread Kramer, Jack
This is what we do here - I have BE2010r2 with dedup and have my backup controller attached to a 10TB array built on a Dell MD1000. It's pretty quick and does a great job of dedup - I've eliminated incrementals from my schedule and only run fulls now and let dedup handle the overlap. Beware the

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Sam Cayze
Why clutter your desk when you can cram one inside your PC! http://www.liantec.com/product/tbm/TBM-1230 :) -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 1:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: desktop network

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan Link
If it's a simple switch, I've not had any problems with the smaller linksys ones. At this space, almost anything as long as it isn't total junk will work. I think you're overthinking this. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:27 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: Thanks. I'll keep that

RE: Dedupe Thoughts?

2011-02-04 Thread Jeff Frantz
Something like Opendedupe may work. http://opendedup.org/ -Jeff -Original Message- From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 1:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dedupe Thoughts? I'm looking at some options for a poor man's deduplication

Re: RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan
SCCM works very well if you have the time and staff to dedicate to it. I have about 1,000 PCs/ laptops here and tried SCCM, but never had the time to dedicate to it. And it was a real a pain to manage when you have limited time. But, it can be a great product and has flexibility. I wasn't willing

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread John Aldrich
Possibly. Mainly looking for some suggestions as to what's absolute junk and any that are good, but overpriced. Typically I've been very happy with Netgear switches, but the ones I've been able to find are almost $50 for a 5-port switch. I'm seeing some no-name brand (or at least a brand I've

Re: RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan
Also, if we wanted to start with WSUS and then migrate to SCCM down the road, is that realistically feasible? Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. On Feb 4, 2011 2:36 PM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: SCCM works very well if you

RE: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Paul Hutchings
What's your core switch? Just buy something that is a known reputable brand and at this level, unless you have some really crazy gear in there, you'll be fine. I'd probably go Procurve simply because they're cheap and come with a good warranty. Paul -Original Message- From: John

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Sam Cayze
I like the netgear ones because they have a tough metal housing and square corners. None of that flashy rounded corner stuff that makes my ocd boil :) From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 1:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT:

RE: RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Michael B. Smith
Sure. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jonathan [mailto:ncm...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RE: Patch management, revisited Also, if we wanted to start with WSUS and then

Re: OT: LCD TV's with Ethernet port

2011-02-04 Thread Steve Ens
Or plug a USB key in...some of that feature already I think. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Chris Blair chris_bl...@identisys.comwrote: A bit off topic, but maybe someone can help. We want to show a looped video on a few TV’s in the lobby. Instead of buying converters to run HDMI over

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Kramer, Jack
Trendnet is usually cheap on newegg. Jack Kramer Computer Systems Specialist University Relations, Michigan State University w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 From: Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.commailto:sca...@gmail.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread John Aldrich
Procurve and cheap in the same sentence??? :-) Surely you jest! Anyway, I just found a GS105 Netgear switch for $30 on Amazon, with like a $10 mail-in rebate. :-) -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:39 PM To: NT

RE: RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Michael B. Smith
So, I wouldn't do anything without a few hours of discovery. But if you are just going to use it for patch management, say three days (worst case) to set it up and train someone how to deal with patches. Ongoing support is really no different than WSUS from my perspective. Regards, Michael B.

RE: RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
One thing I am doing with Systems Center is going slow...just doing a part at a time starting with the most important part. And there are a boatload of good webinars and labs on MS's website about it that have been extremely helpful. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent:

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan Link
You decision is $50 for reasonably dependable equipment or $35 for unknown quality. It's $15. I've currently exceeded that amount based on my billing rate for the time I've put in to respond. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:39 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: Possibly. Mainly

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Bill Humphries
We have used the little d-link switches. Cost around $50. John Aldrich wrote: Thanks. I'll keep that in mind while I get other suggestions. :-) Id prefer something a little smaller... like a 4 or 5 port. Don't need that many ports for one office. From: Cameron

Re: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan Link
In the name of all that is good and holy, please ask your question after you've exhausted your search and come up empty. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:45 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: Procurve and cheap in the same sentence??? :-) Surely you jest! Anyway, I just found a

Re: Dedupe Thoughts?

2011-02-04 Thread Roger Wright
Yep, definitely would want to exit the tape scene as soon as possible. I was really looking at the Synology for the flexibility of either eSATA or NAS connectivity. There may be even more cost-effective solutions, but we've had great luck so far with the one Synology NAS we purchased. Roger

Re: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan Link
I don't consider ownership a big deal. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: I rarely need to copy with ownership, so... Have you looked at using both ROBOCOPY and FILEACL to achieve what you need? *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me

RE: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Paul Hutchings
Should do just fine. Tbh you can over-analyze on something so cheap (I know as I do it myself often) - point is unless you're using very cranky kit you'll be just fine with anything you put in so long as it's from a reasonable name. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich

OT: Tripwire Open Source on Unix

2011-02-04 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Anyone out there running Tripwire Open Source on UNIX boxes? How are you configuring wildcards in the policy file?   -Paul  ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here:

RE: Dedupe Thoughts?

2011-02-04 Thread Paul Hutchings
Fair point on the flexibility, it just seemed a little costly for a poor mans solution. My own personal opinion, stick with an aux copy on tape for that warm fuzzy feeling when you're standing in the burning embers and need to know you've access to a good backup (or when the disks fail or you

Re: Dedupe Thoughts?

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan Link
There's a flaw in your parenthetical observation. If the disk fails in a d2d backup, and the tape is backing up from the backup disk, then the tape is worthless as far as a secondary backup. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.ukwrote: Fair point on the

Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Phil Brutsche
Why would it not work? Any reasonable operating system that only has IPv4 connectivity will recognize that it won't be able to connect to IPv6 content and won't even try. You will only have a problem when the content is IPv6-only. How about this: what happens when you try to visit

RE: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

2011-02-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
We use it to maintain disk quota's. I think I went with a xcopy or richcopy..or maybe I just ran a backup the a redirected restore. It was awhile back so I don't remember the details. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:54 PM To: NT System

Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-04 Thread Phil Brutsche
If your router has 6to4 automatic tunneling configured your LAN clients will need IPv6 installed and configured. virtually all distributions of Linux 8 years old, *BSD, Windows Vista, Windows 7 will all be fine out of the box. Windows XP will be find once you do an ipv6 install from a cmd.exe

RE: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

2011-02-04 Thread Free, Bob
Robocopy seems to come out of IT folks mouths like Cisco and IBM used to as the pat answer to what should I use for X. :) Reading this thread, I wonder if anyone has ever tried RichCopy? I never hear it mentioned here. I used it back in the day for copying thousands of files across less than

RE: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread John Aldrich
Yeah. I like Netgear. I, personally, have never had problems with Netgear switches. I had a SOHO DSL router die on me, but who knows what caused that. :D -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:55 PM To: NT System

RE: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

2011-02-04 Thread Brian Desmond
I don't believe there is any folder function so you'd need a script to recurse and build the tree. You might look at DFS-R as an alternative if you have 2003 R2. It will limit bandwidth utilization and will handle deltas versus recopying the whole file. Thanks, Brian Desmond

Re: LCD TV's with Ethernet port

2011-02-04 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Wilhelm, Scott swilh...@mcs.k12.ny.us wrote: I’m trying something along the lines as Chris…and I was wondering if your Samsung would run a browser? Most TVs with Ethernet or wireless do *NOT* support arbitrary web browsing. While much of what they do is

RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-04 Thread David Lum
You teach SCCM classes? Good to know, because I can't even get it to install - it dies at Setup failed to install SMS provider: error which IIRC means I need to do some setspn thing... Dave From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]mailto:[mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent:

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