RAS appliances
We're currently using a managed service for our remote access. We've no complaints except for the cost. It's used for doctors' offices and staff to connect; about 120 users at this time. I am looking into alternatives. Can someone tell me what they're using and how they like it? Thanks, Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Memorial Medical Center 231-845-2319 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Malware Flash Survey
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming angu...@geoapps.com wrote: 8 clicks here. 1 double-click on the link (counts as 2 clicks ;-), 3 to enable scripting on surveymonkey, 3 to take the survey (plus two more to disable scripting on surveymonkey) It only took me two clicks to temporarily enable scripting for surveymonkey.com using NoScript with Firefox. And NoScript will automatically forget the temporary permissions. :) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
R: Anybody else having patch deployment issues?
Only on SBS servers but is known issue and a patch is available through MU as optional update GuidoElia HELPPC _ Da: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Inviato: giovedì 16 aprile 2009 13.38 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: RE: Anybody else having patch deployment issues? NO problems here with the latest round did about 120 test server systems this morning. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 _ From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Anybody else having patch deployment issues? Nope, installed on 3 servers so far in my test domain. (1 Exchange 2003 and 2 domain controllers) On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Richard Stovall richard.stov...@researchdata.com wrote: No problems so far... -Original Message- From: Bill Monicher [mailto:bmacd5...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Anybody else having patch deployment issues? I'm deploying today's crop of MS patches to my first wave test set, and I've had 3 of 'em hang during installation so for. Might be caused by (or the cause of?) my update server having network problems. Lots of other things happening on machines being patched, such as 20-30 second periods of apps not responding Don't notice it on machines not being patched. --V ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Hurst, TX, United States ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Backup Software
Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Net port bonding
Hi chaps, We have a client whose workers do mainly cad based rendering and shovel massive files around the network (TB files aren't uncommon). Certain workers need more network throughput than their aging gigabit network can offer them. The options appear to be fibre, though for workstations, and just a handful, this seems to involved a large setup cost and may be overkill, and also bonding of ports. I like the last idea as it would allow certain workstations to bond multiple GB network ports together to get more throughput. Has anyone else done anything similar to this on the workstation end? Any words of wisdom ? Olly ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Barracuda stuff?
Greetings! Our Notes server is on a private network behind a firewall. A year or two ago, we found that spam filters were not able to get to our actual SMTP server, so most mail (including hundreds of medical case records) was bouncing. We contracted with Postini for hosted SMTP services... Somewhere in Canada, there is a Barracuda system blocking us. Somehow, it seems to be tracing beyond our SMTP host, finding our firewall, and then refusing the connection: Error transferring to OUTBOUNDS5.GA.OBSMTP.COM; SMTP Protocol Returned a Permanent Error 554 Service unavailable; Client host [fg400-1.calgaryzoo.ab.ca] blocked using Barracuda Reputation; http://bbl.barracudacentral.com/q.cgi?ip=12.15.29.130; This error is unique to this institution, and it is repeatable. I have followed the link and then made my appeal through that web site, but...??? -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Backup Software
I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete… directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven’t heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? *Luke L. Brumbaugh* Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Net port bonding
Aside from the obvious that the workstation will need multiple NICs and switch ports, make sure the NICs have a teaming capable driver/software. You usually won't see this except on server nics though. In general, teaming will allow bonding on outbound traffic without needing anything to happen on the switch. If you want inbound traffic bonding, you'll need to set that up on the switch as well. -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Net port bonding Hi chaps, We have a client whose workers do mainly cad based rendering and shovel massive files around the network (TB files aren't uncommon). Certain workers need more network throughput than their aging gigabit network can offer them. The options appear to be fibre, though for workstations, and just a handful, this seems to involved a large setup cost and may be overkill, and also bonding of ports. I like the last idea as it would allow certain workstations to bond multiple GB network ports together to get more throughput. Has anyone else done anything similar to this on the workstation end? Any words of wisdom ? Olly ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda stuff?
Your appeal will get you delisted, but if there is an ongoing problem either with you or Barracuda's reasoning you will get relisted. I am going to assume you don't have a problem and don't spam. If you don't then what might very well have happened is that Barracuda listed you because you use the same DNS server as a spammer. A most amazingly stupid reason for a mainstream system to use, but Barracuda does it. Call Barracuda support. Good luck, they are clueless when someone is listed and trying to find out how to correct the problem. I have tried to help others before.. I would also consider this option: 1) Make sure you don't have an open relay or a virus issue. 2) Tell your user that the administrator that runs obsmtp.com has decided they don't want email from you and you have investigated and that there is no problem with your system and that they should contact them. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda stuff? Greetings! Our Notes server is on a private network behind a firewall. A year or two ago, we found that spam filters were not able to get to our actual SMTP server, so most mail (including hundreds of medical case records) was bouncing. We contracted with Postini for hosted SMTP services... Somewhere in Canada, there is a Barracuda system blocking us. Somehow, it seems to be tracing beyond our SMTP host, finding our firewall, and then refusing the connection: Error transferring to OUTBOUNDS5.GA.OBSMTP.COM; SMTP Protocol Returned a Permanent Error 554 Service unavailable; Client host [fg400-1.calgaryzoo.ab.ca] blocked using Barracuda Reputation; http://bbl.barracudacentral.com/q.cgi?ip=12.15.29.130; This error is unique to this institution, and it is repeatable. I have followed the link and then made my appeal through that web site, but...??? -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.orghttp://www.aspca.org/ The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda stuff?
Odds are good you got the poor rep due to the bounces. J How long ago did you make the appeal through the site? From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda stuff? Greetings! Our Notes server is on a private network behind a firewall. A year or two ago, we found that spam filters were not able to get to our actual SMTP server, so most mail (including hundreds of medical case records) was bouncing. We contracted with Postini for hosted SMTP services... Somewhere in Canada, there is a Barracuda system blocking us. Somehow, it seems to be tracing beyond our SMTP host, finding our firewall, and then refusing the connection: Error transferring to OUTBOUNDS5.GA.OBSMTP.COM; SMTP Protocol Returned a Permanent Error 554 Service unavailable; Client host [fg400-1.calgaryzoo.ab.ca] blocked using Barracuda Reputation; http://bbl.barracudacentral.com/q.cgi?ip=12.15.29.130; This error is unique to this institution, and it is repeatable. I have followed the link and then made my appeal through that web site, but...??? -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org http://www.aspca.org/ The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Net port bonding
H. Do you know if there is a 'standard' as such for the teaming on the switch so that we can be sure to get new switches that will work nicely with the new nics in the workstations ? I guess an obvious (you'd think) solution would be to get nics and switches from the same manufacturer, but I guess that means nothing in the world of outsourcing. Olly -- G2 Support Network Support : Online Backups : Server Management www.g2support.com -Original Message- From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu] Sent: 17 April 2009 15:31 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Net port bonding Aside from the obvious that the workstation will need multiple NICs and switch ports, make sure the NICs have a teaming capable driver/software. You usually won't see this except on server nics though. In general, teaming will allow bonding on outbound traffic without needing anything to happen on the switch. If you want inbound traffic bonding, you'll need to set that up on the switch as well. -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Net port bonding Hi chaps, We have a client whose workers do mainly cad based rendering and shovel massive files around the network (TB files aren't uncommon). Certain workers need more network throughput than their aging gigabit network can offer them. The options appear to be fibre, though for workstations, and just a handful, this seems to involved a large setup cost and may be overkill, and also bonding of ports. I like the last idea as it would allow certain workstations to bond multiple GB network ports together to get more throughput. Has anyone else done anything similar to this on the workstation end? Any words of wisdom ? Olly ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
2nd the CommVault. I've used BackupExec and CA Arcserve, CV outshines them both. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully. The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Net port bonding
The standard for switch port bonding is 802.3ad. Cisco calls it etherchannel, so if you look for that you're good. I doubt you'll have any switch/nic issues. The nic teaming software creates a virtual NIC that uses both physical ones. The setup on the switch just says to create a virtual switchport that uses the two physical ones. Intel and Broadcom both have teaming capabilities for their server nics, not sure about software for the workstation ones. Good luck finding a decent nic that isn't one of those brands anymore. ;) -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Net port bonding H. Do you know if there is a 'standard' as such for the teaming on the switch so that we can be sure to get new switches that will work nicely with the new nics in the workstations ? I guess an obvious (you'd think) solution would be to get nics and switches from the same manufacturer, but I guess that means nothing in the world of outsourcing. Olly -- G2 Support Network Support : Online Backups : Server Management www.g2support.com -Original Message- From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu] Sent: 17 April 2009 15:31 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Net port bonding Aside from the obvious that the workstation will need multiple NICs and switch ports, make sure the NICs have a teaming capable driver/software. You usually won't see this except on server nics though. In general, teaming will allow bonding on outbound traffic without needing anything to happen on the switch. If you want inbound traffic bonding, you'll need to set that up on the switch as well. -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Net port bonding Hi chaps, We have a client whose workers do mainly cad based rendering and shovel massive files around the network (TB files aren't uncommon). Certain workers need more network throughput than their aging gigabit network can offer them. The options appear to be fibre, though for workstations, and just a handful, this seems to involved a large setup cost and may be overkill, and also bonding of ports. I like the last idea as it would allow certain workstations to bond multiple GB network ports together to get more throughput. Has anyone else done anything similar to this on the workstation end? Any words of wisdom ? Olly ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
Last I'd heard outshining Arcserve isn't much of an accomplishment. ;) From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software 2nd the CommVault. I've used BackupExec and CA Arcserve, CV outshines them both. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully. The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
I've used DPM for over a year now and really like it. Very simple to set up (although the DPM to DPM config can be a bit confusing at first) and it just works. It makes it very easy to verify backups also, which was one of the things I always hated about BE. TVK From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup Software Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Net port bonding
As others have said, the teaming part is pretty well supported on the server and switch end. You mentioned fiber, but that won't improve the speed, since a gig over fiber is the same as a gig over copper, except for the distances involved. -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 9:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Net port bonding Hi chaps, We have a client whose workers do mainly cad based rendering and shovel massive files around the network (TB files aren't uncommon). Certain workers need more network throughput than their aging gigabit network can offer them. The options appear to be fibre, though for workstations, and just a handful, this seems to involved a large setup cost and may be overkill, and also bonding of ports. I like the last idea as it would allow certain workstations to bond multiple GB network ports together to get more throughput. Has anyone else done anything similar to this on the workstation end? Any words of wisdom ? Olly ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Backup Software
Not to hijack the thread how is DPM better for verifying backups? You still have to push back to test right? Jon On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Tim Vander Kooi tvanderk...@expl.comwrote: I’ve used DPM for over a year now and really like it. Very simple to set up (although the DPM to DPM config can be a bit confusing at first) and it just works. It makes it very easy to verify backups also, which was one of the things I always hated about BE. TVK *From:* Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 9:11 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Backup Software Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete… directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven’t heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? *Luke L. Brumbaugh* Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
Ever have failures, like for no reason, as in example below. From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.commailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda stuff?
Thanks - got the first bounce THU morning, but I thought Postini had burped. However, numerous re-tries result in the same message. I put in the appeal about 7:30 CDT FRI morning. -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Damien Solodow damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu wrote on 04/17/2009 09:32:54 AM: Odds are good you got the poor rep due to the bounces. J How long ago did you make the appeal through the site? From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda stuff? Greetings! Our Notes server is on a private network behind a firewall. A year or two ago, we found that spam filters were not able to get to our actual SMTP server, so most mail (including hundreds of medical case records) was bouncing. We contracted with Postini for hosted SMTP services... Somewhere in Canada, there is a Barracuda system blocking us. Somehow, it seems to be tracing beyond our SMTP host, finding our firewall, and then refusing the connection: Error transferring to OUTBOUNDS5.GA.OBSMTP.COM; SMTP Protocol Returned a Permanent Error 554 Service unavailable; Client host [fg400-1.calgaryzoo.ab.ca] blocked using Barracuda Reputation; http: //bbl.barracudacentral.com/q.cgi?ip=12.15.29.130 This error is unique to this institution, and it is repeatable. I have followed the link and then made my appeal through that web site, but...??? -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
You can go to the Recover tab and drill down to the actual file level and see exactly what is there without having to put it back. BE may have that capability now, but it didn't back when I switched to DPM. TVK From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software Not to hijack the thread how is DPM better for verifying backups? You still have to push back to test right? Jon On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Tim Vander Kooi tvanderk...@expl.commailto:tvanderk...@expl.com wrote: I've used DPM for over a year now and really like it. Very simple to set up (although the DPM to DPM config can be a bit confusing at first) and it just works. It makes it very easy to verify backups also, which was one of the things I always hated about BE. TVK From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.commailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup Software Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Backup Software
None for no reason... On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Ever have failures, like for no reason, as in example below. *From:* Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete… directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven’t heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? *Luke L. Brumbaugh* Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
Haven't used it in 2-3 years. It wasn't so bad, unless you wanted your backups to complete successfully. I became a whiz at reinstalling the software. J Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software Last I'd heard outshining Arcserve isn't much of an accomplishment. ;) From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software 2nd the CommVault. I've used BackupExec and CA Arcserve, CV outshines them both. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully. The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
Are you saying you never had a failed backup with commvault (other than server offline etc)? And your restores are tested like in a DR mode? Are there things you don't like about it? (I am just asking, not being a smarta$$. My boss will hit me with same questions) From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software None for no reason... On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.commailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Ever have failures, like for no reason, as in example below. From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.commailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.commailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Backup Software
We use VRanger and VReplicator and our DR tests are always good...however we have the advantage of being 95% virtual in the server estate :-) The physical ESX servers are just shells providing resources 2009/4/17 Tim Vander Kooi tvanderk...@expl.com I’ve used DPM for over a year now and really like it. Very simple to set up (although the DPM to DPM config can be a bit confusing at first) and it just works. It makes it very easy to verify backups also, which was one of the things I always hated about BE. TVK *From:* Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 9:11 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Backup Software Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete… directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven’t heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? *Luke L. Brumbaugh* Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Backup Software
What do the logs for these backup jobs tell you the reason for the failure is? I use BackupExec 11D, I've never have a failed backup on my DC's (Don't see a Do_Not_Delete directory either on my DC's). My Exchange backups are always successful.As a disclaimer, these jobs have to be setup properly, and the remote agent has to be in place for that specific server. With BackupExec, you will have a failed job status even if 1 file cannot be accessed in the entire job (something that I do hate about BE, but can deal with it.). You have to check the log file and see what it is failing on. Have you rebuilt your DC recently and have forgotten to push the remote agent to it? Do you have the Exchange remote agent (assuming you're using Exchange for email) and it's pushed to the Exchange server?Just asking because I've done that, forgotten to push the remote agent...;). We looked into several other backup software solutions about 18 months ago, including CommVault. What we determined was that the extremely high cost of switching to another software did not warrant the change when what we had currently was working and the improvements weren't enough to justify the change. Will I look into changing software again? Absolutely, and if the improvements are good enough and I can justify it well enough, I'll switch to something else. I'm not saying BE is perfect, but I've never been so frustrated with it that I was willing to change no matter what the cost would be. There's a reason for these failures, and the log file should give you an idea of where to start looking. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Ever have failures, like for no reason, as in example below. *From:* Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete… directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven’t heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? *Luke L. Brumbaugh* Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Backup Software
Knock on wood... Yes... Things not to like, I suppose if there was something it would be the difficulty to setup in a distributed environment... The numerous places you have to go to setup the libraries, etc... Other than that, I don't have many bad things to say about it at all... On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Are you saying you never had a failed backup with commvault (other than server offline etc)? And your restores are tested like in a DR mode? Are there things you don’t like about it? (I am just asking, not being a smarta$$. My boss will hit me with same questions) *From:* Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 10:53 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Backup Software None for no reason... On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Ever have failures, like for no reason, as in example below. *From:* Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete… directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven’t heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? *Luke L. Brumbaugh* Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
Yes, I have looked at logs, turned off the open file option (per Symantec) pushed and reinstalled agents, installed exchange, sql and sharepoint agents. Etc. I have called Symantec several times(yes I had a lot of time on my hands and the ability to understand foreigners) The changes we made one time, we undone in the next call.Backups will run for about week then something else starts failing. From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software What do the logs for these backup jobs tell you the reason for the failure is? I use BackupExec 11D, I've never have a failed backup on my DC's (Don't see a Do_Not_Delete directory either on my DC's). My Exchange backups are always successful.As a disclaimer, these jobs have to be setup properly, and the remote agent has to be in place for that specific server. With BackupExec, you will have a failed job status even if 1 file cannot be accessed in the entire job (something that I do hate about BE, but can deal with it.). You have to check the log file and see what it is failing on. Have you rebuilt your DC recently and have forgotten to push the remote agent to it? Do you have the Exchange remote agent (assuming you're using Exchange for email) and it's pushed to the Exchange server?Just asking because I've done that, forgotten to push the remote agent...;). We looked into several other backup software solutions about 18 months ago, including CommVault. What we determined was that the extremely high cost of switching to another software did not warrant the change when what we had currently was working and the improvements weren't enough to justify the change. Will I look into changing software again? Absolutely, and if the improvements are good enough and I can justify it well enough, I'll switch to something else. I'm not saying BE is perfect, but I've never been so frustrated with it that I was willing to change no matter what the cost would be. There's a reason for these failures, and the log file should give you an idea of where to start looking. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.commailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Ever have failures, like for no reason, as in example below. From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.commailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.commailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
The Do_Not_delete directory suggests an NTFRS issue, or at least the remains of one. Also with BE, do be sure to check LiveUpdate to make sure you have the current SP/patches. You may need to push these to the clients as well... From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software What do the logs for these backup jobs tell you the reason for the failure is? I use BackupExec 11D, I've never have a failed backup on my DC's (Don't see a Do_Not_Delete directory either on my DC's). My Exchange backups are always successful.As a disclaimer, these jobs have to be setup properly, and the remote agent has to be in place for that specific server. With BackupExec, you will have a failed job status even if 1 file cannot be accessed in the entire job (something that I do hate about BE, but can deal with it.). You have to check the log file and see what it is failing on. Have you rebuilt your DC recently and have forgotten to push the remote agent to it? Do you have the Exchange remote agent (assuming you're using Exchange for email) and it's pushed to the Exchange server? Just asking because I've done that, forgotten to push the remote agent...;). We looked into several other backup software solutions about 18 months ago, including CommVault. What we determined was that the extremely high cost of switching to another software did not warrant the change when what we had currently was working and the improvements weren't enough to justify the change. Will I look into changing software again? Absolutely, and if the improvements are good enough and I can justify it well enough, I'll switch to something else. I'm not saying BE is perfect, but I've never been so frustrated with it that I was willing to change no matter what the cost would be. There's a reason for these failures, and the log file should give you an idea of where to start looking. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Ever have failures, like for no reason, as in example below. From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully. The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Backup Software
Oh yes, good point Damien, the LiveUpdate can sometimes cause the remote agents to need an update as well. Good thing I don't see the Do_Not_Delete directory then eh? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Damien Solodow damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu wrote: The Do_Not_delete directory suggests an NTFRS issue, or at least the remains of one. Also with BE, do be sure to check LiveUpdate to make sure you have the current SP/patches. You may need to push these to the clients as well… *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 11:33 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Backup Software What do the logs for these backup jobs tell you the reason for the failure is? I use BackupExec 11D, I've never have a failed backup on my DC's (Don't see a Do_Not_Delete directory either on my DC's). My Exchange backups are always successful.As a disclaimer, these jobs have to be setup properly, and the remote agent has to be in place for that specific server. With BackupExec, you will have a failed job status even if 1 file cannot be accessed in the entire job (something that I do hate about BE, but can deal with it.). You have to check the log file and see what it is failing on. Have you rebuilt your DC recently and have forgotten to push the remote agent to it? Do you have the Exchange remote agent (assuming you're using Exchange for email) and it's pushed to the Exchange server?Just asking because I've done that, forgotten to push the remote agent...;). We looked into several other backup software solutions about 18 months ago, including CommVault. What we determined was that the extremely high cost of switching to another software did not warrant the change when what we had currently was working and the improvements weren't enough to justify the change. Will I look into changing software again? Absolutely, and if the improvements are good enough and I can justify it well enough, I'll switch to something else. I'm not saying BE is perfect, but I've never been so frustrated with it that I was willing to change no matter what the cost would be. There's a reason for these failures, and the log file should give you an idea of where to start looking. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Ever have failures, like for no reason, as in example below. *From:* Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete… directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven’t heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? *Luke L. Brumbaugh* Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Haslet, TX, United States ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
The DO_NOT_REMOVE_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory is on a domain controller \\Domaincontroller\admin$\SYSVOL\sysvol\domain.net\DO_NOT_REMOVE_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directoryfile:///\\Domaincontroller\admin$\SYSVOL\sysvol\domain.net\DO_NOT_REMOVE_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory Symantec sez to exclude this, another guy on expertsexchange said he changed permission on it. From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software Oh yes, good point Damien, the LiveUpdate can sometimes cause the remote agents to need an update as well. Good thing I don't see the Do_Not_Delete directory then eh? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Damien Solodow damien.solo...@ibcschools.edumailto:damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu wrote: The Do_Not_delete directory suggests an NTFRS issue, or at least the remains of one. Also with BE, do be sure to check LiveUpdate to make sure you have the current SP/patches. You may need to push these to the clients as well... From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.commailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software What do the logs for these backup jobs tell you the reason for the failure is? I use BackupExec 11D, I've never have a failed backup on my DC's (Don't see a Do_Not_Delete directory either on my DC's). My Exchange backups are always successful.As a disclaimer, these jobs have to be setup properly, and the remote agent has to be in place for that specific server. With BackupExec, you will have a failed job status even if 1 file cannot be accessed in the entire job (something that I do hate about BE, but can deal with it.). You have to check the log file and see what it is failing on. Have you rebuilt your DC recently and have forgotten to push the remote agent to it? Do you have the Exchange remote agent (assuming you're using Exchange for email) and it's pushed to the Exchange server?Just asking because I've done that, forgotten to push the remote agent...;). We looked into several other backup software solutions about 18 months ago, including CommVault. What we determined was that the extremely high cost of switching to another software did not warrant the change when what we had currently was working and the improvements weren't enough to justify the change. Will I look into changing software again? Absolutely, and if the improvements are good enough and I can justify it well enough, I'll switch to something else. I'm not saying BE is perfect, but I've never been so frustrated with it that I was willing to change no matter what the cost would be. There's a reason for these failures, and the log file should give you an idea of where to start looking. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.commailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Ever have failures, like for no reason, as in example below. From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.commailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.commailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Haslet, TX, United States ~ Finally,
RE: Backup Software
ARCserve 12.x is solid, not at all like previous version. I prefer the interface over Backup Exec and like the built-in multiplexing. Tech support is offshore. BE 12.5 is also working well for us; my restores have been 100% in the past 18 months. It just runs. Errors are infrequent and fairly easy to diagnose. Tech support is good but offshore. Commvault is highly regarded, but we found it non-intuitive and cumbersome without training. I did have opportunity to use their tech support, and it was superb with U.S.-based product specialists. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software Haven't used it in 2-3 years. It wasn't so bad, unless you wanted your backups to complete successfully. I became a whiz at reinstalling the software. J Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software Last I'd heard outshining Arcserve isn't much of an accomplishment. ;) From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software 2nd the CommVault. I've used BackupExec and CA Arcserve, CV outshines them both. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully. The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
Good recap. +1, I have used BE for ages, both backups, restores, and MANY DR drills. It's set and forget for me; it just works. Of course there is the occasional error or two, but with anything, you have to be vigilant to dig into the issue, browse the forums, open a ticket, etc. Sam From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software What do the logs for these backup jobs tell you the reason for the failure is? I use BackupExec 11D, I've never have a failed backup on my DC's (Don't see a Do_Not_Delete directory either on my DC's). My Exchange backups are always successful.As a disclaimer, these jobs have to be setup properly, and the remote agent has to be in place for that specific server. With BackupExec, you will have a failed job status even if 1 file cannot be accessed in the entire job (something that I do hate about BE, but can deal with it.). You have to check the log file and see what it is failing on. Have you rebuilt your DC recently and have forgotten to push the remote agent to it? Do you have the Exchange remote agent (assuming you're using Exchange for email) and it's pushed to the Exchange server? Just asking because I've done that, forgotten to push the remote agent...;). We looked into several other backup software solutions about 18 months ago, including CommVault. What we determined was that the extremely high cost of switching to another software did not warrant the change when what we had currently was working and the improvements weren't enough to justify the change. Will I look into changing software again? Absolutely, and if the improvements are good enough and I can justify it well enough, I'll switch to something else. I'm not saying BE is perfect, but I've never been so frustrated with it that I was willing to change no matter what the cost would be. There's a reason for these failures, and the log file should give you an idea of where to start looking. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Ever have failures, like for no reason, as in example below. From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully. The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Anybody else having patch deployment issues?
115 test boxes last night. No issues reported so far. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 -Original Message- From: sep...@gmail.com [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Anybody else having patch deployment issues? Dropped it on 211 servers in our development environment last night. No reported issues so far. Will be deploying to 250 servers in our testing environment tonight. Our desktop team hasn't noticed any issues in their deployment tests yet either (WinXP primarily). Production goes this weekend. Steven On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote: The only issue we noticed was that one of the fixes killed all shadow copies on ALL our file servers. Wish I knew which one it was that caused it, but have not had time to research. -Original Message- From: Bill Monicher [mailto:bmacd5...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Anybody else having patch deployment issues? I'm deploying today's crop of MS patches to my first wave test set, and I've had 3 of 'em hang during installation so for. Might be caused by (or the cause of?) my update server having network problems. Lots of other things happening on machines being patched, such as 20-30 second periods of apps not responding Don't notice it on machines not being patched. --V ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
+1 on BE 12.5 Sean Rector, MCSE From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software ARCserve 12.x is solid, not at all like previous version. I prefer the interface over Backup Exec and like the built-in multiplexing. Tech support is offshore. BE 12.5 is also working well for us; my restores have been 100% in the past 18 months. It just runs. Errors are infrequent and fairly easy to diagnose. Tech support is good but offshore. Commvault is highly regarded, but we found it non-intuitive and cumbersome without training. I did have opportunity to use their tech support, and it was superb with U.S.-based product specialists. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software Haven't used it in 2-3 years. It wasn't so bad, unless you wanted your backups to complete successfully. I became a whiz at reinstalling the software. J Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software Last I'd heard outshining Arcserve isn't much of an accomplishment. ;) From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software 2nd the CommVault. I've used BackupExec and CA Arcserve, CV outshines them both. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully. The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete... directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven't heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** Virginia Opera's 35th Anniversary Season The One You Love Celebrate with a 2009-2010 Subscription: La Boh?me, The Daughter of the Regiment, Don Giovanni and Porgy and BessSM Visit us online at www.vaopera.org or call 1-866-OPERA-VA This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). Unless otherwise specified, persons unnamed as recipients may not read, distribute, copy or alter this e-mail. Any views or opinions expressed in this e-mail belong to the author and may not necessarily represent those of Virginia Opera. Although precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present, Virginia Opera cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of this e-mail or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Malware Flash Survey
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Re: Backup Software
That's on my to do list, right after Exchange 2007.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Sean Rector sean.rec...@vaopera.orgwrote:
+1 on BE 12.5
Sean Rector, MCSE
*From:* Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com]
*Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 11:54 AM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: Backup Software
ARCserve 12.x is solid, not at all like previous version. I prefer the
interface over Backup Exec and like the built-in multiplexing. Tech support
is offshore.
BE 12.5 is also working well for us; my restores have been 100% in the past
18 months. It just runs. Errors are infrequent and fairly easy to
diagnose. Tech support is good but offshore.
Commvault is highly regarded, but we found it non-intuitive and cumbersome
without training. I did have opportunity to use their tech support, and it
was superb with U.S.-based product specialists.
Roger Wright
Network Administrator
Evatone, Inc.
727.572.7076 x388
_
*From:* Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
*Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 10:54 AM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: Backup Software
Haven’t used it in 2-3 years. It wasn’t so bad, unless you wanted your
backups to complete successfully. I became a whiz at reinstalling the
software.
J
Don Guyer
Systems Engineer - Information Services
Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group
431 W. Lancaster Avenue
Devon, PA 19333
Direct: (610) 993-3299
Fax: (610) 650-5306
don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
*From:* Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu]
*Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 10:39 AM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: Backup Software
Last I’d heard outshining Arcserve isn’t much of an accomplishment. ;)
*From:* Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
*Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 10:35 AM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: Backup Software
2nd the CommVault.
I’ve used BackupExec and CA Arcserve, CV outshines them both.
Don Guyer
Systems Engineer - Information Services
Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group
431 W. Lancaster Avenue
Devon, PA 19333
Direct: (610) 993-3299
Fax: (610) 650-5306
don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
*From:* Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* Re: Backup Software
I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have?
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke
luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote:
Guys,
I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used
these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant
fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest
thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete…
directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked
at Commvault, but haven’t heard anything except from salesman and salesman
pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data
protection manager 2007.
Anybody have any luck with a backup software?
*Luke L. Brumbaugh*
Network Engineer
Butler Animal Health Supply
Ph:(614) 659-1736
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HP Storageworks AiO 1200r SATA
Anyone have any experience with HP's All in One Storageworks products? I'm seriously considering this for our org... http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/aio1200/index.html for more info Sean Rector, MCSE Virginia Opera's 35th Anniversary Season The One You Love Celebrate with a 2009-2010 Subscription: La Boh?me, The Daughter of the Regiment, Don Giovanni and Porgy and BessSM Visit us online at www.vaopera.org or call 1-866-OPERA-VA This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). Unless otherwise specified, persons unnamed as recipients may not read, distribute, copy or alter this e-mail. Any views or opinions expressed in this e-mail belong to the author and may not necessarily represent those of Virginia Opera. Although precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present, Virginia Opera cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of this e-mail or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: HP Storageworks AiO 1200r SATA
I've been using a AIO-1200 with 3TB (SATA) for almost two years now. Very happy with it so far. The way you configure disks/folders is a little 'odd', but it's worked well for us for extra storage and iSCSI connections. JR Original Message: - From: Sean Rector sean.rec...@vaopera.org Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:20:49 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: HP Storageworks AiO 1200r SATA Anyone have any experience with HP's All in One Storageworks products? I'm seriously considering this for our org... http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/aio1200/index.html for more info Sean Rector, MCSE Virginia Opera's 35th Anniversary Season The One You Love Celebrate with a 2009-2010 Subscription: La Boh?me, The Daughter of the Regiment, Don Giovanni and Porgy and BessSM Visit us online at www.vaopera.org or call 1-866-OPERA-VA This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). Unless otherwise specified, persons unnamed as recipients may not read, distribute, copy or alter this e-mail. Any views or opinions expressed in this e-mail belong to the author and may not necessarily represent those of Virginia Opera. Although precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present, Virginia Opera cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of this e-mail or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Net port bonding
Go with HP switches. Its called trunking or Link aggregation when you bind multiple ports together. If your NICS have mgmt software to do the binding and or trunking, get a good HP managed switch that will meet your throughput needs. HP Presales is really good in this area. You want your switch fabric to be able to handle the high concurrent throughput you are going to be pushing otherwise its like plugging 5 firehoses to a single fire hydrant and getting no pressure on any of lines. Your hydrant switch has to be able to handle all those hoses.. Plus HP has really good tech support and lifetime warranty on most of their lines. Greg -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Net port bonding H. Do you know if there is a 'standard' as such for the teaming on the switch so that we can be sure to get new switches that will work nicely with the new nics in the workstations ? I guess an obvious (you'd think) solution would be to get nics and switches from the same manufacturer, but I guess that means nothing in the world of outsourcing. Olly -- G2 Support Network Support : Online Backups : Server Management www.g2support.com -Original Message- From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu] Sent: 17 April 2009 15:31 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Net port bonding Aside from the obvious that the workstation will need multiple NICs and switch ports, make sure the NICs have a teaming capable driver/software. You usually won't see this except on server nics though. In general, teaming will allow bonding on outbound traffic without needing anything to happen on the switch. If you want inbound traffic bonding, you'll need to set that up on the switch as well. -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Net port bonding Hi chaps, We have a client whose workers do mainly cad based rendering and shovel massive files around the network (TB files aren't uncommon). Certain workers need more network throughput than their aging gigabit network can offer them. The options appear to be fibre, though for workstations, and just a handful, this seems to involved a large setup cost and may be overkill, and also bonding of ports. I like the last idea as it would allow certain workstations to bond multiple GB network ports together to get more throughput. Has anyone else done anything similar to this on the workstation end? Any words of wisdom ? Olly ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
My Boss is high on DR, examples of tornadoes, hazardous chemical spills etc. And we can't get back into the building I do a yearly practice at sunguard and tests here prior to going to sunguard. I must document the steps and use these steps at sunguard. This directory did come back in DR, just recently all DCs that I backup started failing on that directory. Even the test DCs. From the above you can see why backups are so important and I spend all the time fixing and trying to keep the email admin of my back. (I am really getting too old for this.) From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software Ok, I do have that when I look at that path.Ummm, ok, PreInstall? Why do you need to back that up? Just asking because when I look at that on my DC's it's empty.0 Files, 0 Bytes. On my DC's I just backup the System State folder. That should be all that you need to do a restore for AD. Although we had this discussion recently here at work, why do we really need to backup AD all the time to tape? We have backups on each DC that make daily backups to their local drives, we have 3 DC's that replicate to one another, one of which is virtual so we have that vmdk file backed up on the SAN and ulitmately to tape. We're really leaning towards the practice of only backing up AD on a monthly permanent tape, because if we are having to restore AD from tape, then we've got bigger problems than just a single DC being down, more like a total DataCenter being gone. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.commailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: The DO_NOT_REMOVE_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory is on a domain controller \\Domaincontroller\admin$\SYSVOL\sysvol\domain.net\DO_NOT_REMOVE_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory Symantec sez to exclude this, another guy on expertsexchange said he changed permission on it. From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.commailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software Oh yes, good point Damien, the LiveUpdate can sometimes cause the remote agents to need an update as well. Good thing I don't see the Do_Not_Delete directory then eh? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Damien Solodow damien.solo...@ibcschools.edumailto:damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu wrote: The Do_Not_delete directory suggests an NTFRS issue, or at least the remains of one. Also with BE, do be sure to check LiveUpdate to make sure you have the current SP/patches. You may need to push these to the clients as well... From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.commailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software What do the logs for these backup jobs tell you the reason for the failure is? I use BackupExec 11D, I've never have a failed backup on my DC's (Don't see a Do_Not_Delete directory either on my DC's). My Exchange backups are always successful.As a disclaimer, these jobs have to be setup properly, and the remote agent has to be in place for that specific server. With BackupExec, you will have a failed job status even if 1 file cannot be accessed in the entire job (something that I do hate about BE, but can deal with it.). You have to check the log file and see what it is failing on. Have you rebuilt your DC recently and have forgotten to push the remote agent to it? Do you have the Exchange remote agent (assuming you're using Exchange for email) and it's pushed to the Exchange server?Just asking because I've done that, forgotten to push the remote agent...;). We looked into several other backup software solutions about 18 months ago, including CommVault. What we determined was that the extremely high cost of switching to another software did not warrant the change when what we had currently was working and the improvements weren't enough to justify the change. Will I look into changing software again? Absolutely, and if the improvements are good enough and I can justify it well enough, I'll switch to something else. I'm not saying BE is perfect, but I've never been so frustrated with it that I was willing to change no matter what the cost would be. There's a reason for these failures, and the log file should give you an idea of where to start looking. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.commailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Ever have failures, like for no reason, as in example below. From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.commailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke
Re: Backup Software
Ok, I do have that when I look at that path.Ummm, ok, PreInstall? Why do you need to back that up? Just asking because when I look at that on my DC's it's empty.0 Files, 0 Bytes. On my DC's I just backup the System State folder. That should be all that you need to do a restore for AD. Although we had this discussion recently here at work, why do we really need to backup AD all the time to tape? We have backups on each DC that make daily backups to their local drives, we have 3 DC's that replicate to one another, one of which is virtual so we have that vmdk file backed up on the SAN and ulitmately to tape. We're really leaning towards the practice of only backing up AD on a monthly permanent tape, because if we are having to restore AD from tape, then we've got bigger problems than just a single DC being down, more like a total DataCenter being gone. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: The DO_NOT_REMOVE_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory is on a domain controller \\Domaincontroller\admin$\SYSVOL\sysvol\domain.net\DO_NOT_REMOVE_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory Symantec sez to exclude this, another guy on expertsexchange said he changed permission on it. *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 11:47 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Backup Software Oh yes, good point Damien, the LiveUpdate can sometimes cause the remote agents to need an update as well. Good thing I don't see the Do_Not_Delete directory then eh? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Damien Solodow damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu wrote: The Do_Not_delete directory suggests an NTFRS issue, or at least the remains of one. Also with BE, do be sure to check LiveUpdate to make sure you have the current SP/patches. You may need to push these to the clients as well… *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 11:33 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Backup Software What do the logs for these backup jobs tell you the reason for the failure is? I use BackupExec 11D, I've never have a failed backup on my DC's (Don't see a Do_Not_Delete directory either on my DC's). My Exchange backups are always successful.As a disclaimer, these jobs have to be setup properly, and the remote agent has to be in place for that specific server. With BackupExec, you will have a failed job status even if 1 file cannot be accessed in the entire job (something that I do hate about BE, but can deal with it.). You have to check the log file and see what it is failing on. Have you rebuilt your DC recently and have forgotten to push the remote agent to it? Do you have the Exchange remote agent (assuming you're using Exchange for email) and it's pushed to the Exchange server?Just asking because I've done that, forgotten to push the remote agent...;). We looked into several other backup software solutions about 18 months ago, including CommVault. What we determined was that the extremely high cost of switching to another software did not warrant the change when what we had currently was working and the improvements weren't enough to justify the change. Will I look into changing software again? Absolutely, and if the improvements are good enough and I can justify it well enough, I'll switch to something else. I'm not saying BE is perfect, but I've never been so frustrated with it that I was willing to change no matter what the cost would be. There's a reason for these failures, and the log file should give you an idea of where to start looking. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Ever have failures, like for no reason, as in example below. *From:* Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 10:28 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Backup Software I love CommVault myself. What kind of questions did you have? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete… directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven’t heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? *Luke L. Brumbaugh* Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message
RE: Backup Software
This... My BE job monitor screen is a huge sea of red because of that behavior. Usually nothing important. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 _ From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software With BackupExec, you will have a failed job status even if 1 file cannot be accessed in the entire job (something that I do hate about BE, but can deal with it.). You have to check the log file and see what it is failing on. THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Dell Blade Servers (M610) and Solid State Drives
Hello everyone, We have a fairly significant Citrix environment, totalling about 110 servers. We use Dell PowerEdge Blade servers ranging from 1855s, 1955s, and M600s. We deliver published applications via separate application silos. A couple of our most heavily used silos (delivering Office and other supporting applications) experience pretty heavy disk utilization. We're in the process of diagnosing those servers to determine what processes are hammering the disks, calculating total IOPS, disk latency, etc. All of our servers have two local drives that are mirrored. We're going to be testing new configurations involving no raid configuration, with the second drive allocated to hosting the page file, spooler directory etc, in an effort to balance IO. Since we have enough servers in each application silo, and an automated build process, we're going on the assumption that a disk failure causing a server crash could be mitigated fairly quickly and wouldn't impact the environment. At the same time, we're looking at alternative hardware technologies that we could possibly leverage to provide better performance. We only recently identified that our 1855s and 1955s don't have any caching capabilities on the controllers. This prevents us from adopting one of the best practices of balancing read/write caching, 25%/75% respectively. Our M600s do have 128MB cache, but it is not battery backed. While we could deal with the risk of losing data should a server lose power, we don't have the capability of balancing read/write caching as we see fit. Apparently, Dell will be providing the PERC controllers in their M610 (and other models) within the next few months. They would include 256MB battery backed cache with the ability to balance caching. We've also been looking at the possibility of configuring new Blades (M610s) with solid state drives, and thus the reason for my e-mail. Has anyone out there implemented any type of Blade servers with solid state drives? I'm just looking for real world experience to determine if the advertised performance really translates to an improved end user experience. Are there any realiability issues you've come across? Etc? - Sean ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Net port bonding
Be careful there, EtherChannel is both a generic term for link bonding as well as Cisco's term for their proprietary link bonding protocol, also known as PaGP. The true and correct name for 802.3ad link bonding is LACP - Link Aggregation and Control Protocol. Any switch manufacturer that supports IEEE standard link bonding will state either 802.3ad or LACP - or both - on their data sheets. Damien Solodow wrote: The standard for switch port bonding is 802.3ad. Cisco calls it etherchannel, so if you look for that you're good. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Backup Software
I used to work for a management company, and my boss wanted my DRP to cover a localized nuclear strike in the area. I always wanted to tell him, if there was a nuclear strike on American soil, good luck getting ahold of me. I'll be deep in the northern woods of Canada. On Apr 17, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Brumbaugh, Luke wrote: My Boss is high on DR, examples of tornadoes, hazardous chemical spills etc Eric Brouwer IT Manager www.forestpost.com er...@forestpost.com 248.855.4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Net port bonding
I'll second the HP recommendation. BTW be careful when referring to link aggregation as trunking - that is a HP-specific use of the word: in Cisco-land trunking refers to tagged VLANs. gswe...@actsconsulting.net wrote: Go with HP switches. Its called trunking or Link aggregation when you bind multiple ports together. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Upgrading Hard Drives on DL380 G3 Mirror
I need to upgrade a dl380 g3 from dual 146 drives to dual 300 drives. I have backups of the data and do not want to rebuild the server from scratch (unless I have to). Can I simply take the following steps: * remove a drive to break the mirror, put in the new drive, let it rebuild and complete * remove the second drive, put in the second new drive, and let it rebuild and complete * Use Acronis Disk Director to resize the partition to 300 GB Klint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Upgrading Hard Drives on DL380 G3 Mirror
Mostly. After it rebuilds with the second drive, you may need to use HP Array Manager to expand the logical drive to use the rest of the space. Then resize your partition. From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 2:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Upgrading Hard Drives on DL380 G3 Mirror I need to upgrade a dl380 g3 from dual 146 drives to dual 300 drives. I have backups of the data and do not want to rebuild the server from scratch (unless I have to). Can I simply take the following steps: * remove a drive to break the mirror, put in the new drive, let it rebuild and complete * remove the second drive, put in the second new drive, and let it rebuild and complete * Use Acronis Disk Director to resize the partition to 300 GB Klint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Upgrading Hard Drives on DL380 G3 Mirror
This is what I did last May when I replaced (5) 72 GB drives with (5) 300 GB drives on HP DL hardware: 1) BACKUP Data 2) Configure array controller for high priority on REBUILD 3) Shut down server 4) pull #1 72 GB drive 5) insert #1 300GB 6) let server auto-configure new drive 7) when finished, reboot server (new 300GB drive will be using 72GB to match array) - should finish in 1 hour 8) test server applications Repeat above steps for each of the 72GB drives until all have been replaced w/ 300GB drives. 1) BACKUP data. 2) configure array controller for high priority on EXTENDING the array 2) Extend array to use all 300GB of space on Hard Drives 3) Extend logical drive to use all available space From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 2:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Upgrading Hard Drives on DL380 G3 Mirror I need to upgrade a dl380 g3 from dual 146 drives to dual 300 drives. I have backups of the data and do not want to rebuild the server from scratch (unless I have to). Can I simply take the following steps: * remove a drive to break the mirror, put in the new drive, let it rebuild and complete * remove the second drive, put in the second new drive, and let it rebuild and complete * Use Acronis Disk Director to resize the partition to 300 GB Klint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Update one domain from another?
Hi Guys, My 'google-fu' has failed me :-( I need a script to grab user information ( first name, last name, full name, email address, and phone) from one Windows 2003 domain (through LDAP) and update the same accounts in a local Windows 2003 active directory. The login names are identical because insert long story about confused government rules here. So we use the same login name to make life easier on the users. Any assistance is greatly appreciated! Kindest Regards, Norm Bernard, Network Manager / Gestionnaire de réseaux tel/tél: 604-221-3023| facsimile/télécopieur: 604-221-3001 | norm.bern...@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation | 4250 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1W5 Institut d'innovation en piles à combustible du CNRC | 4250 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver (C.-B.) V6T 1W5 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: When to retire LTO3 tapes
ve done this on the very cheap and pretty cheap using SATA drives. For the very cheapest, you need a SATA controller that allows hot swap ~$ 40.00. Install a removable drive carriage into an available 5-1/4 drive bay ~$20.00. Schedule your NTbackup to a file location on the disk. Change drives like you would a tape. 5- 1 TB SATA disks ~ $100.00. Total cost $600. I don���t have to back up as much data as you so I run a Full and 4 incrementals on one disk. I only change disks once a week. For a little more you could get an ESATA drive caddy ~$250.00 and put a mirror on it and pull your disks whenever you want for archiving and simply keep a few days on the caddy. I guess y�d need to do one at each location since you coul�t push that much over a slow network nightly. Dot forget to format your disks whenever you add a new one. I just realized I did��� Bill From: Don Kuhlman [mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 3:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: When to retire LTO3 tapes Anyone have good suggestions for a basic disk based backup configuration for a small business with 3 distinct physical locations and maybe 1 tb of data at this time? Any good websites with suggestions or guidelines using inexpensive disk (external, usb,etc.) ? Thanks Don K From: John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 2:02:33 PM Subject: RE: When to retire LTO3 tapes I don���t have the answer, but let me just take this opportunity to say that I sure am glad we moved to disk-based backups! J John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us/ From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: When to retire LTO3 tapes Hi All, How many writes do you do on a LTO3 tape before you archive/replace the media? -Jimmy ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Net port bonding
Ah good call. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 1:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Net port bonding I'll second the HP recommendation. BTW be careful when referring to link aggregation as trunking - that is a HP-specific use of the word: in Cisco-land trunking refers to tagged VLANs. gswe...@actsconsulting.net wrote: Go with HP switches. Its called trunking or Link aggregation when you bind multiple ports together. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Q: Sharepoint Services
Hello: What is the advantage of installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 of file servers? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/sharepoint/bb400747.aspx I understand the Windows Sharepoint Server and its features, but I unable to understand the advantage of installing Sharepoint Services alone on a Windows 2003 file server, and after installing what extra features are available? Web enabled file shares? Thanks, ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Update one domain from another?
Take a look at LDIFDE. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237677 Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 _ From: Bernard, Norm [mailto:norm.bern...@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 2:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Update one domain from another? Hi Guys, My 'google-fu' has failed me :-( I need a script to grab user information ( first name, last name, full name, email address, and phone) from one Windows 2003 domain (through LDAP) and update the same accounts in a local Windows 2003 active directory. The login names are identical because insert long story about confused government rules here. So we use the same login name to make life easier on the users. Any assistance is greatly appreciated! Kindest Regards, Norm Bernard, Network Manager / Gestionnaire de réseaux tel/tél: 604-221-3023| facsimile/télécopieur: 604-221-3001 | norm.bern...@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation | 4250 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1W5 Institut d'innovation en piles à combustible du CNRC | 4250 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver (C.-B.) V6T 1W5 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Q: Sharepoint Services
I don't think you will see any advantage. SharePoint works with SQL and is not a traditional file sharing type of medium. Jon On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Juned Shaikh jsha...@gmail.com wrote: Hello: What is the advantage of installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 of file servers? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/sharepoint/bb400747.aspx I understand the Windows Sharepoint Server and its features, but I unable to understand the advantage of installing Sharepoint Services alone on a Windows 2003 file server, and after installing what extra features are available? Web enabled file shares? Thanks, ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Q: Sharepoint Services
Sharepoint is a collaboration environment. If you just need simple file shares, Sharepoint is a waste and will be less efficient. If you need file checkout/checkin, versioning, limited workflow, approvals, metadata, then Sharepoint may be a solution. On a similar note, I was at a MS event yesterday and the guy said MS is well on their way to replacing the majority of their file servers with SharePoint. However if you read the MS Press SharePoint Best Practices, they have two pages on why Sharepoint should not completely replace file shares. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Juned Shaikh jsha...@gmail.com wrote: Hello: What is the advantage of installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 of file servers? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/sharepoint/bb400747.aspx I understand the Windows Sharepoint Server and its features, but I unable to understand the advantage of installing Sharepoint Services alone on a Windows 2003 file server, and after installing what extra features are available? Web enabled file shares? Thanks, ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: RAS appliances
I'm pretty happy with my new Sonicwall SSL 2000 VPN appliance $2000.00. I chose it because I wanted to allow remote access to remote desktop hosts on my network without having to worry too much about the integrity of the remote user's machine. I disabled all the networking on the appliance and only allow RDP connections. Only the appliance actually contacts the Remote Desktop Host, and the user sees the proxy in ActiveX or Java. I can allow my accountants to access sensitive data since I can control copying and printing to the remote user's machine. I've only had it up for a month, and I only have 20 users, but so far so good. The users love it because they can use pretty much any computer and don't have to worry about lugging their own machine around just in case they might need access. Also there is no VPN software to install, run, or troubleshoot. Any browser from any platform that can handle Java or ActiveX will do. It will even run from a live Linux CD. (pclinuxos 2009) Set up was a little less than intuitive, but I had it running and validating user logins against AD in a few hours. Bill From: Chinnery, Paul [mailto:pa...@mmcwm.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RAS appliances We're currently using a managed service for our remote access. We've no complaints except for the cost. It's used for doctors' offices and staff to connect; about 120 users at this time. I am looking into alternatives. Can someone tell me what they're using and how they like it? Thanks, Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Memorial Medical Center 231-845-2319 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: RAS appliances
The TS Gateway feature of Server 2008 Terminal Services works well and is pretty easy to set up. You can also limit resource redirection via policy. Your users have to be running a native RDP client, however. Richard From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RAS appliances m pretty happy with my new Sonicwall SSL 2000 VPN appliance $2000.00. I chose it because I wanted to allow remote access to remote desktop hosts on my network without having to worry too much about the integrity of the remote us�s machine. I disabled all the networking on the appliance and only allow RDP connections. Only the appliance actually contacts the Remote Desktop Host, and the user sees the proxy in ActiveX or Java. I can allow my accountants to access sensitive data since I can control copying and printing to the remote us�s machine. I���ve only had it up for a month, and I only have 20 users, but so far so good. The users love it because they can use pretty much any computer and d�t have to worry about lugging their own machine around just in case they might need access. Also there is no VPN software to install, run, or troubleshoot. Any browser from any platform that can handle Java or ActiveX will do. It will even run from a live Linux CD. (pclinuxos 2009) Set up was a little less than intuitive, but I had it running and validating user logins against AD in a few hours. Bill From: Chinnery, Paul [mailto:pa...@mmcwm.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RAS appliances We're currently using a managed service for our remote access. We've no complaints except for the cost. It's used for doctors' offices and staff to connect; about 120 users at this time. I am looking into alternatives. Can someone tell me what they're using and how they like it? Thanks, Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Memorial Medical Center 231-845-2319 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: RAS appliances
How do you ensure the remote PC's are properly protected and not infected with some virii/malware/spyware that could infiltrate your network? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Bill Songstad (WCUL) administra...@waleague.org wrote: I’m pretty happy with my new Sonicwall SSL 2000 VPN appliance $2000.00. I chose it because I wanted to allow remote access to remote desktop hosts on my network without having to worry too much about the integrity of the remote user’s machine. I disabled all the networking on the appliance and only allow RDP connections. Only the appliance actually contacts the Remote Desktop Host, and the user sees the proxy in ActiveX or Java. I can allow my accountants to access sensitive data since I can control copying and printing to the remote user’s machine. I’ve only had it up for a month, and I only have 20 users, but so far so good. The users love it because they can use pretty much any computer and don’t have to worry about lugging their own machine around just in case they might need access. Also there is no VPN software to install, run, or troubleshoot. Any browser from any platform that can handle Java or ActiveX will do. It will even run from a live Linux CD. (pclinuxos 2009) Set up was a little less than intuitive, but I had it running and validating user logins against AD in a few hours. *Bill * *From:* Chinnery, Paul [mailto:pa...@mmcwm.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2009 4:36 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RAS appliances We're currently using a managed service for our remote access. We've no complaints except for the cost. It's used for doctors' offices and staff to connect; about 120 users at this time. I am looking into alternatives. Can someone tell me what they're using and how they like it? Thanks, *Paul Chinnery* *Network Administrator* *Memorial Medical Center* *231-845-2319* ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Update one domain from another?
Or adfind admod from joeware.net From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 12:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Update one domain from another? Take a look at LDIFDE. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237677 Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From: Bernard, Norm [mailto:norm.bern...@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 2:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Update one domain from another? Hi Guys, My 'google-fu' has failed me :-( I need a script to grab user information ( first name, last name, full name, email address, and phone) from one Windows 2003 domain (through LDAP) and update the same accounts in a local Windows 2003 active directory. The login names are identical because insert long story about confused government rules here. So we use the same login name to make life easier on the users. Any assistance is greatly appreciated! Kindest Regards, Norm Bernard, Network Manager / Gestionnaire de réseaux tel/tél: 604-221-3023| facsimile/télécopieur: 604-221-3001 | norm.bern...@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation | 4250 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1W5 Institut d'innovation en piles à combustible du CNRC | 4250 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver (C.-B.) V6T 1W5 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: RAS appliances
We're doing the same thing with our Cisco ASA over web based SSL VPN for less than 1K. It's our poor man's terminal server. And we set the landing page on the ASA to publish links to other internal resources like Intranet, webmail, etc. Niles From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 3:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RAS appliances I'm pretty happy with my new Sonicwall SSL 2000 VPN appliance $2000.00. I chose it because I wanted to allow remote access to remote desktop hosts on my network without having to worry too much about the integrity of the remote user's machine. I disabled all the networking on the appliance and only allow RDP connections. Only the appliance actually contacts the Remote Desktop Host, and the user sees the proxy in ActiveX or Java. I can allow my accountants to access sensitive data since I can control copying and printing to the remote user's machine. I've only had it up for a month, and I only have 20 users, but so far so good. The users love it because they can use pretty much any computer and don't have to worry about lugging their own machine around just in case they might need access. Also there is no VPN software to install, run, or troubleshoot. Any browser from any platform that can handle Java or ActiveX will do. It will even run from a live Linux CD. (pclinuxos 2009) Set up was a little less than intuitive, but I had it running and validating user logins against AD in a few hours. Bill From: Chinnery, Paul [mailto:pa...@mmcwm.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RAS appliances We're currently using a managed service for our remote access. We've no complaints except for the cost. It's used for doctors' offices and staff to connect; about 120 users at this time. I am looking into alternatives. Can someone tell me what they're using and how they like it? Thanks, Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Memorial Medical Center 231-845-2319 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: RAS appliances
Microsoft IAG (N Appliance) SSL VPN with ISA 2006 on it. Very configurable but does take a little reading to get it right. It does endpoint checks for a slew of possibilities that you decide upon like AV update/Scan minimums, Windows updates, etc... A little overkill for some but it works well for us. Oh, and it'll publish Sharepoint as well as several other apps. Not cheap but you get what you pay for. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ From: Chinnery, Paul [mailto:pa...@mmcwm.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 7:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RAS appliances We're currently using a managed service for our remote access. We've no complaints except for the cost. It's used for doctors' offices and staff to connect; about 120 users at this time. I am looking into alternatives. Can someone tell me what they're using and how they like it? Thanks, Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Memorial Medical Center 231-845-2319 CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: RAS appliances
I'm at the mercy of the nerds at Sonicwall for the info since I don't have a big enough propeller to test it myself, but they assured me that since the remote client is connecting to a server page on the Sonicwall VPN device, and the Sonicwall is making a separate connection to the RDP host, no traffic actually connects the infected client to the secure RDP host. They said that it all falls apart if I enable any of the networking features on the Sonicwall VPN device, but as long as I only run the RDP client, it works like a proxy that blocks any pass-through traffic. I'd be grateful if anyone knew how to test their assertion. Bill From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 1:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RAS appliances How do you ensure the remote PC's are properly protected and not infected with some virii/malware/spyware that could infiltrate your network? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Bill Songstad (WCUL) administra...@waleague.org wrote: I'm pretty happy with my new Sonicwall SSL 2000 VPN appliance $2000.00. I chose it because I wanted to allow remote access to remote desktop hosts on my network without having to worry too much about the integrity of the remote user's machine. I disabled all the networking on the appliance and only allow RDP connections. Only the appliance actually contacts the Remote Desktop Host, and the user sees the proxy in ActiveX or Java. I can allow my accountants to access sensitive data since I can control copying and printing to the remote user's machine. I've only had it up for a month, and I only have 20 users, but so far so good. The users love it because they can use pretty much any computer and don't have to worry about lugging their own machine around just in case they might need access. Also there is no VPN software to install, run, or troubleshoot. Any browser from any platform that can handle Java or ActiveX will do. It will even run from a live Linux CD. (pclinuxos 2009) Set up was a little less than intuitive, but I had it running and validating user logins against AD in a few hours. Bill From: Chinnery, Paul [mailto:pa...@mmcwm.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RAS appliances We're currently using a managed service for our remote access. We've no complaints except for the cost. It's used for doctors' offices and staff to connect; about 120 users at this time. I am looking into alternatives. Can someone tell me what they're using and how they like it? Thanks, Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Memorial Medical Center 231-845-2319 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: RAS appliances
You might consider preventing resource redirection as well then via GPO. From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 3:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RAS appliances I'm at the mercy of the nerds at Sonicwall for the info since I don't have a big enough propeller to test it myself, but they assured me that since the remote client is connecting to a server page on the Sonicwall VPN device, and the Sonicwall is making a separate connection to the RDP host, no traffic actually connects the infected client to the secure RDP host. They said that it all falls apart if I enable any of the networking features on the Sonicwall VPN device, but as long as I only run the RDP client, it works like a proxy that blocks any pass-through traffic. I'd be grateful if anyone knew how to test their assertion. Bill From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 1:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RAS appliances How do you ensure the remote PC's are properly protected and not infected with some virii/malware/spyware that could infiltrate your network? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Bill Songstad (WCUL) administra...@waleague.orgmailto:administra...@waleague.org wrote: I'm pretty happy with my new Sonicwall SSL 2000 VPN appliance $2000.00. I chose it because I wanted to allow remote access to remote desktop hosts on my network without having to worry too much about the integrity of the remote user's machine. I disabled all the networking on the appliance and only allow RDP connections. Only the appliance actually contacts the Remote Desktop Host, and the user sees the proxy in ActiveX or Java. I can allow my accountants to access sensitive data since I can control copying and printing to the remote user's machine. I've only had it up for a month, and I only have 20 users, but so far so good. The users love it because they can use pretty much any computer and don't have to worry about lugging their own machine around just in case they might need access. Also there is no VPN software to install, run, or troubleshoot. Any browser from any platform that can handle Java or ActiveX will do. It will even run from a live Linux CD. (pclinuxos 2009) Set up was a little less than intuitive, but I had it running and validating user logins against AD in a few hours. Bill From: Chinnery, Paul [mailto:pa...@mmcwm.commailto:pa...@mmcwm.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RAS appliances We're currently using a managed service for our remote access. We've no complaints except for the cost. It's used for doctors' offices and staff to connect; about 120 users at this time. I am looking into alternatives. Can someone tell me what they're using and how they like it? Thanks, Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Memorial Medical Center 231-845-2319 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Barracuda stuff?
So some where in Canada a system that is using the barracuda software is blocking you. It could be that barracuda as evaluated the emails you are sending and decided it didn't like them for whatever reason. If that is the case then following the link they provided and appealing the listing should get you delisted. If it is just this 1 barracuda device then it might be the administrator at that site that has blocked, and appealing via the link they provide will probably do you no good. I know if I have to personally block a site it is generally for good reason, and I am a very hard person to convience to unblock one that I have manually blocked. I don't get what you mean by Somehow, it seems to be tracing beyond our SMTP host, finding our firewall, and then refusing the connection: The barracuda device is not tracing to or past anything on your network and then block the connection. All the barracuda device is doing is accepting your inital connection, then most likely doing a Reverse DNS lookup of your IP address and plugging in the fg400-1.calgaryzoo.ab.ca for the hostname, and since the barracuda database has 12.15.29.130 listed as an address not to allow message through for it kicks out the error 554 message. They are not doing anything funny to try and get by smtp host or firewall. -Mike - Original Message - From: richardmccl...@aspca.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:27 AM Subject: Barracuda stuff? Greetings! Our Notes server is on a private network behind a firewall. A year or two ago, we found that spam filters were not able to get to our actual SMTP server, so most mail (including hundreds of medical case records) was bouncing. We contracted with Postini for hosted SMTP services... Somewhere in Canada, there is a Barracuda system blocking us. Somehow, it seems to be tracing beyond our SMTP host, finding our firewall, and then refusing the connection: Error transferring to OUTBOUNDS5.GA.OBSMTP.COM; SMTP Protocol Returned a Permanent Error 554 Service unavailable; Client host [fg400-1.calgaryzoo.ab.ca] blocked using Barracuda Reputation; http://bbl.barracudacentral.com/q.cgi?ip=12.15.29.130; This error is unique to this institution, and it is repeatable. I have followed the link and then made my appeal through that web site, but...??? -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
Yep, I love it. I've done quite a few deployments and as long as it is planned out properly there shouldn't be many issues with it. Thanks, Jeremy Phillips Managing Consultant | Cohesive Logic LLC | M: 540-322-7980 | D: 425-949-1337 | BB PIN: 318A6889 From: Brumbaugh, Luke [luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 7:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup Software Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete… directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven’t heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Software
To clarify I'm talking about DPM. Didn't initially see CommVault as a choice there. For CommVault, I've supported it for a few customers and it seems very full featured with relatively few issues. Thanks, Jeremy Phillips Managing Consultant | Cohesive Logic LLC | M: 540-322-7980 | D: 425-949-1337 | BB PIN: 318A6889 From: Jeremy Phillips [jere...@cohesivelogic.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 3:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software Yep, I love it. I've done quite a few deployments and as long as it is planned out properly there shouldn't be many issues with it. Thanks, Jeremy Phillips Managing Consultant | Cohesive Logic LLC | M: 540-322-7980 | D: 425-949-1337 | BB PIN: 318A6889 From: Brumbaugh, Luke [luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 7:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup Software Guys, I am really hating backupexec. I have done many DR tests and have used these backups to more servers to different hardware. But it is a constant fight to make sure that the backups complete successfully.The latest thing is that on all DCs in the sysvol it will not backup the Do_Not_Delete… directory. Constant email db failures. Etc.My boss and I have looked at Commvault, but haven’t heard anything except from salesman and salesman pointed to customers.Then there is Microsoft system center data protection manager 2007. Anybody have any luck with a backup software? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Disappearing program
I use VNC to control my servers. Today I went to update them. I updated one of them and all went well. Then I updated the next server. When I restarted I went to launch the VNC and the desktop shortcut AND the program in Program Files disappeared. I reinstalled VNC and the same thing happened. Running Vista Ultimate, Real VNC to Server 2003. Any suggestions?? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Disappearing program
Use RDP? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:47 PM, James Edwards jedwa...@mail.sdsu.eduwrote: I use VNC to control my servers. Today I went to update them. I updated one of them and all went well. Then I updated the next server. When I restarted I went to launch the VNC and the desktop shortcut AND the program in Program Files disappeared. I reinstalled VNC and the same thing happened. Running Vista Ultimate, Real VNC to Server 2003. Any suggestions?? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Disappearing program
James Edwards wrote: Any suggestions?? I downloaded the new version of Viewer and it works. Would be interested in what was going on though as I've never seenthis before. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Active Directory Responsibility question
Question for you guysand this is geared to the people who work in a bit larger IT/IS Organizations. What team within your IT/IS org has responsibility of your active directory environment? I think it's typically in the System Administration realm, but if it's in another group/team i.e. Security - why? Thanks. - John Barsodi ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Active Directory Responsibility question
In my experiences it varies by the organization. I've only once seen a security team involved in directory administration and I didn't ever ask them why. In very large organizations there is usually a dedicated directory services team for whatever that is worth. Thanks, Jeremy Phillips Managing Consultant | Cohesive Logic LLC | M: 540-322-7980 | BB PIN: 318A6889 From: Barsodi.John [john.bars...@igt.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Active Directory Responsibility question Question for you guys….and this is geared to the people who work in a bit larger IT/IS Organizations. What team within your IT/IS org has responsibility of your active directory environment? I think it’s typically in the System Administration realm, but if it’s in another group/team i.e. Security – why? Thanks. - John Barsodi ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Active Directory Responsibility question
Don't know what you mean by bit larger, we have a little over 20K regular users, only a SMB to some. I am one of 2.5 FTE's dedicated for AD support, we are in what is now called Windows Server Services under Computing Services which is under Infrastructure Services. Sr. Director has all IT Infrastructure, under her is our Director who has all Computing from the mainframes down to the handhelds.. My manager is responsible for all elements of ~1800 Wintel servers, my team lead has us AD folks, Exchange, BES, VMWARE, UNITY, the various product managers, a couple of system solution design types (we can't call them engineers anymore) and a couple of specialized services such as the Call and Billing Center services. Then there are other separate teams for responsible for deployment, field operations and data center ops under Windows. There are similar manager level teams for mainframe, *nix, Web-cross platform and storage. From what I have seen it varies according to the organization, I know of one large (~30 in the Fortune 500) financial Co in the US that has the Security department govern everything related to AD as they are extremely risk-avoidance driven and their IT process maturity is very high. They have their processes so developed they run their high level AD groups empty. There was a good discussion of this very subject on activedir in 2007 with some people responsible for large orgs weighing in. You can find in the www.activedir.org archives under Active Directory Team Placement in an Organization http://www.activedir.org/ListArchives/tabid/55/forumid/1/tpage/1/view/to pic/postid/23697/Default.aspx#23697 Brian D supports some very big environments, maybe he will weigh in From: Barsodi.John [mailto:john.bars...@igt.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Active Directory Responsibility question Question for you guysand this is geared to the people who work in a bit larger IT/IS Organizations. What team within your IT/IS org has responsibility of your active directory environment? I think it's typically in the System Administration realm, but if it's in another group/team i.e. Security - why? Thanks. - John Barsodi ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Net port bonding
One quick note to add here... There are several different kinds of adapter teaming. The simplest kind involves no switch configuration but is also the least effective. It takes advantage of ARP spoofing to load-balance on a per-session or a per-connection basis. For one client talking to one server, it would not help matters at all. It comes in handy when there are multi-point connections, so on the server side you could see some gains if there are multiple users beating up the server at the same time. A true bonding setup will load balance packet-by-packet and can improve throughput in all scenarios. RM On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:27 +0100, Oliver Marshall oliver.marsh...@g2support.com wrote: Hi chaps, We have a client whose workers do mainly cad based rendering and shovel massive files around the network (TB files aren't uncommon). Certain workers need more network throughput than their aging gigabit network can offer them. The options appear to be fibre, though for workstations, and just a handful, this seems to involved a large setup cost and may be overkill, and also bonding of ports. I like the last idea as it would allow certain workstations to bond multiple GB network ports together to get more throughput. Has anyone else done anything similar to this on the workstation end? Any words of wisdom ? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Disappearing program
Any suggestions?? Quarantined by av? Most believe its malware... But like Done said, wtf are you using vnc for and not rdp? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
