Exchange is not dissimilar. I don't know if it loads the mgmt console by default but it always seemed weird to me that the full installer interface was presented when all you wanted was the console.
Which brings me to a Q: I have what is effectively my "management" server (a VM) that has most of the consoles on it (Exchange, Shavlik, vSphere client, etc). I simply RDP to it when I need to administer something (unless it's a web-based tool like PGP or McAfee ePO). Saves me the trouble of moving those around when I change PC's. If I need a hardware upgrade I move the VM. In general I don't like consoles on my personal machine because they seem to load way more services and crap than you really want and once you have a few of them your machine becomes slow just doing e-mail and browsing, etc. Is this an unusual setup? I seem to recall reading (years ago) that this was a good idea but didn't know if many people actually did this. Dave From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 9:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot It also allows you to install the console elsewhere... Just because SQL server installs a local console by default doesn't mean that this is the best place to run it for day to day administration... ASB http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:12 PM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com<mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>> wrote: I won't swear to it, but I'm pretty sure that the console is designed to run on the server. I mean it installs the console when you install the server. :D From: Gasper, Rick [mailto:rickgas...@kings.edu<mailto:rickgas...@kings.edu>] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre console hangs server on reboot A lot of today's software is designed to run on a local desktop and then it connect back to a server. For example: You can administer active directory from your local desktop and not log into the server (though I wouldn't recommend this to a someone who doesn't have any clue about security.) I am not familiar with the product you mentioned but sometimes running from a server is a bad thing.(tm) From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com<mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre console hangs server on reboot I suppose there's no real reason to reboot the server on a scheduled basis... THAT server has never had any real issues... As for not running the Console remotely, I really don't wish to install it on another machine as it's a bit of a resource hog. As far as taskkill, I just don't like killing off a process "just because", and that's what that seems like to me. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com<mailto:asbz...@gmail.com>] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot A - Why are you rebooting the server on a scheduled basis? B - Why are you not running the Vipre console remotely? C - What's wrong with Taskkill (assuming you don't wish to address the previous two issues)? ASB http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:14 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com<mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>> wrote: I have to manually shut down Vipre Enterprise Console if I want the server to come up on a scheduled reboot, otherwise it hangs the server and I have to manually power-cycle the server to get it to work. I checked with Sunbelt support and they said there is no way to *programmatically* close the console when I reboot the server (scheduled task, so it's non-interactive.) They suggested using Microsoft's TaskKill. Anyone got any better suggestions? Server is Windows 2003R2 standard. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
