RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Greg Mulholland]

Wow.. 21 esx servers, that's a fair whack!

Running on what hardware if I may ask!

From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 8:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

Joe,

I would look to make Vmware your development/test environment, we do here, 
along with various production systems, and its paying nice dividends. Using ESX 
3.5i at the moment with about 21 ESX servers in the farm and once VDI gets here 
we going to be growing even more with our new Blade Centers.

Z

Edward E. Ziots
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA
Phone: 401-639-3505
-Original Message-
From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 5:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

I wish our organization had the funding to do separate 
Production/Development/Testing environments.  We're just starting to breach 
that issue.  We've got one server at the moment that has VmWare Server on it, 
with about 3 VMs for development in different apps.  We don't have a true 
testing environment yet, but hopefully, I can get us in that direction within 
the next few years.

Joe Heaton



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS
Try running Citrix for a significant number of users. That can add to your 
overall numbers very quickly. For those of us implementing high availability 
for most applications (along with Testing/Development environments), without 
using VMWare, servers numbers can increase exponentially as well.

- Sean


On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for...

Joe Heaton



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS


It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build procedure.  I have 
~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With VMWare, that number is always 
fluctuating.)

No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.  Not for a lack of 
trying on our part, but the Network guys have been rather resistant to making 
that change, so we do what we can, with what we've got.
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless you have <30 
systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP set up - a range for 
servers, another for each floor in our building.  We have so much server churn 
here manual IP is simply impractical - I have built probably 20 servers and 
repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last 12 months. If I can get 
SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then I'd be sittin' pretty (err, handsome-er).



I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP setting, I'd just as 
soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working for you, I can't 'dis' it!



Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"



From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS



Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a specific IP 
ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations get DHCP, printers 
get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of IP addresses statically 
assigned to them.  None of them overlap.   Actually, in my server IP range it 
is even further segmented to Production servers, Development and Test, and each 
of those environments is further segmented into physical or virutal ,and then 
there is the DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Static.you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you mean static at 
the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple IP's for some reason 
:).



Shook:

1: No

2: DHCP duration - 8 days

3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh and refresh intervals 
(at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS MMC) it is set not to 
scavenge at all.





From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS



I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to renew their lease.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Questions

1. Is the DC in question a member

RE: Miami Salary survey?

[Benjamin Zachary]

Wow, with those numbers I would hire more people myself!

 

I haven't seen anyone decent for less than 75-80k in quite a long time.  

 

So you have a vmware certified guy making 55k/year? Can I talk to them J

 

I'll take a look at a  CCNA or CISP if you have some of those too !! J

 

 

 

From: Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Miami Salary survey?

 

Hey Greg.

 

This is what we have found and base salaries on:

 

. Level 1 - Standard desktop support, MS Office apps, password
reset, hardware install / support, light MS Server, light networking = $
32,000 / $ 34,000 + Full Insurance 50% covered by company / 401K + 2 weeks
vac + 1 week sick time + Bday off

. Level 2 - MS Server knowledge (all versions), MS Exchange
knowledge (all versions), Networking (DNS, router, firewall, etc) = $ 40,000
/ $ 45,000 + Full Insurance 50% covered by company / 401K + 2 weeks vac + 1
week sick time + Bday off

. Level 3 - Specialized in specific applications and or solutions,
VMware knowledge, VoIP knowledge = $ 50,000 / $ 55,000 + Full Insurance 50%
covered by company / 401K + 2 weeks vac + 1 week sick time + Bday off

 

Level 2 encompasses level 1 and so forth.

 

As per the use of the word knowledge, it is meant that the individual must
have the capability to design, install, configure, and support at
operational levels not expert levels on the solution.  Certifications on any
products or IT related solutions would bring additional benefit.

 

We have been told by some that our base salaries and benefits are a bit high
but we feel it meets the needs we face.

 

Thoughts..

CAR

 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Miami Salary survey?

 

Hey guys and gals,

 

What would be a fair salary for someone in the Miami area who service
primarily the downtown and surrounding area.  They would have to be fairly
strong in Small Business Server, Windows server, overall general network
understanding.  IP, switching, nothing too crazy.  Have good desktop support
skills and be able to interface with clients taking technical jargon down to
a client level.  Some more advanced understanding would be great, but
primarily just a support technician that has a working understanding on
server level stuff.

 

Thanks


Greg

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Miami Salary survey?

[Cesare' A. Ramos]

Hey Greg.

 

This is what we have found and base salaries on:

 

* Level 1 - Standard desktop support, MS Office apps, password
reset, hardware install / support, light MS Server, light networking = $
32,000 / $ 34,000 + Full Insurance 50% covered by company / 401K + 2
weeks vac + 1 week sick time + Bday off

* Level 2 - MS Server knowledge (all versions), MS Exchange
knowledge (all versions), Networking (DNS, router, firewall, etc) = $
40,000 / $ 45,000 + Full Insurance 50% covered by company / 401K + 2
weeks vac + 1 week sick time + Bday off

* Level 3 - Specialized in specific applications and or
solutions, VMware knowledge, VoIP knowledge = $ 50,000 / $ 55,000 + Full
Insurance 50% covered by company / 401K + 2 weeks vac + 1 week sick time
+ Bday off

 

Level 2 encompasses level 1 and so forth.

 

As per the use of the word knowledge, it is meant that the individual
must have the capability to design, install, configure, and support at
operational levels not expert levels on the solution.  Certifications on
any products or IT related solutions would bring additional benefit.

 

We have been told by some that our base salaries and benefits are a bit
high but we feel it meets the needs we face.

 

Thoughts..

CAR

 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Miami Salary survey?

 

Hey guys and gals,

 

What would be a fair salary for someone in the Miami area who service
primarily the downtown and surrounding area.  They would have to be
fairly strong in Small Business Server, Windows server, overall general
network understanding.  IP, switching, nothing too crazy.  Have good
desktop support skills and be able to interface with clients taking
technical jargon down to a client level.  Some more advanced
understanding would be great, but primarily just a support technician
that has a working understanding on server level stuff.

 

Thanks


Greg

 

 

 

 

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RE: MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues

[Cesare' A. Ramos]

Agreed..

 

The verdict is reinstall..

 

TY

 

CAR

 

From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues

 

If it takes you 30 minutes to do a reinstall and it works, that probably
saves you lots of time troubleshooting.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Cesare' A. Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Wanted to leave that as the last option but figured to explore other
options.

 

CAR

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:17 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues

 

Have you tried removing and reinstalling Outlook?

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Cesare' A. Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Hello all.

We are stumped on 3 issues with MS Outlook 2007.  All with same user,
and the best part is that it is the president of the company.

1) Whenever the user starts MS Outlook 2007, they are prompted that MS
Outlook 2007 is not the default client.  We have verified all settings
in IE options, also changed and let MS Outlook prompt and we forced
reset.  We also used an app by the name of DefaultMail to set.  All
attempts have lead to the same results.  The user is still prompted with
the message.

2) Searching within MS Outlook provides no results.  We installed the
latest MS Search tool and ran the index but no change in results.

3) On trying to import / export in MS Outlook, the message Internal
translation system error is displayed.


Thoughts please.

CAR

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Arthur C. Clarke 

 

 


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RE: Looking for a good Sharepoint Hosting site

[Cesare' A. Ramos]

Sorry for the delayed post but catching up..

www.intermedia.net

CAR

-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 11:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Looking for a good Sharepoint Hosting site

I use and recommend 123Together.com.

If you access them through my blog, I get a tiny commission, always
appreciated:

http://theessentialexchange.com/

Another good option is 1and1.com, although I understand their support
can be
iffy at times.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

-Original Message-
From: Han, Jimmy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Looking for a good Sharepoint Hosting site

Can someone recommend a good Sharepoint hosting site.  A simple site to
manage contacts and documents etc..  1GB of disk space and simple web
parts will do.

Thanks in advance,
Jimmy

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Re: 2003 Server DNS

[Kurt Buff]

No need for that.

psexec and netsh will take care of this issue quite nicely.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless you have <30
> systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP set up – a range
> for servers, another for each floor in our building.  We have so much server
> churn here manual IP is simply impractical – I have built probably 20
> servers and repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last 12 months. If I
> can get SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then I'd be sittin' pretty (err,
> handsome-er).
>
>
>
> I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP setting, I'd just
> as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working for you, I can't 'dis'
> it!
>
>
>
>
> Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
>  [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
>  "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"
>
>
>
>
> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM
>
>
>  To: NT System Admin Issues
>  Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS
>
>
>
>
>
> Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.
>
>  I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a specific
> IP ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations get DHCP,
> printers get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of IP addresses
> statically assigned to them.  None of them overlap.   Actually, in my server
> IP range it is even further segmented to Production servers, Development and
> Test, and each of those environments is further segmented into physical or
> virutal ,and then there is the DMZ..
>
>  Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> Static…..you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you mean static at
> the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple IP's for some
> reason J.
>
>
>
> Shook:
>
> 1: No
>
> 2: DHCP duration - 8 days
>
> 3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh and refresh
> intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS MMC) it is set
> not to scavenge at all.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM
>
>
>
>  To: NT System Admin Issues
>  Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS
>
>
>
>
> I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to renew their
> lease.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Questions
>
>  1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
>  2. What is the lease length on an address?
>  3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the zone files?
>
>  Shook
>  http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  -Original Message-
>  From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:54 PM
>  To: NT System Admin Issues
>
>
> Subject: 2003 Server DNS
>
>  Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS client
>  registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that seem to
>  lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.  DNS and DHCP
>  reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone
>  explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003 Server
>  SP2.
>
>  Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process will help
>  me immensely.
>
>  TIA,
>  Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
>  [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
>  "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"
>
>
>
>
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>
>  --
>  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
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: Why Domain GPO gets applied to the Non-domain NIC?

[Ben Scott]

On 4/14/08, Ajay Kulsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> LAN NIC is getting IP and DNS suffix from corporate DHCP server
> and should have firewall disabled but the wireless NICs are getting
> IP and non-corp DNS suffix from a DSL router, but the firewall is
> still disabled (grayed out) on these wireless NICs.

  As far as I know, the GPO firewall controls basically turn the
entire firewall on or off.  So when the laptop gets a DNS suffix that
matches your AD domain, it shuts off the firewall.  When it doesn't
have a NIC with such a suffix, it turns the firewall on.  All or
nothing.

-- Ben

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RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Joe Heaton]

I have heard that VDI has its own headaches associated with it.

-Original Message-
From: "Ziots, Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Sent: 4/14/08 4:00 PM
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

Actually if you host app local, the 512K might do it for just RDP
traffic Joe. 

 

But honestly I have Admined both V1.8 and V3.0 and didn't really enjoy
it much, just too much admin work to get apps running or even supported.
Looking to do Win2k8 TSE with Softgrid or VDI and get rid of the Citrix
nightmare once and for-all. 

 

Z

 

Edward E. Ziots

Network Engineer

Lifespan Organization

MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA

Phone: 401-639-3505

-Original Message-
From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 5:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

 

Funny you should mention that Sean.  I just went to a PS 4.5 class last
week.  At the moment, we only have a single Citrix server, with one
published app, but my boss has "ideas" about other things we could be
doing with it.  I just hope I can stop her short of going to thin
clients in our remote offices.  None of those offices have more than
512K to the outside, so I dread trying to do all network traffic over
those links...

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

Try running Citrix for a significant number of users. That can add to
your overall numbers very quickly. For those of us implementing high
availability for most applications (along with Testing/Development
environments), without using VMWare, servers numbers can increase
exponentially as well.

 

- Sean

 

On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for...

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

 

It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build procedure.  I
have ~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With VMWare, that number
is always fluctuating.)

No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.  Not for a
lack of trying on our part, but the Network guys have been rather
resistant to making that change, so we do what we can, with what we've
got.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless you have
<30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP set up - a
range for servers, another for each floor in our building.  We have so
much server churn here manual IP is simply impractical - I have built
probably 20 servers and repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last
12 months. If I can get SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then I'd be
sittin' pretty (err, handsome-er).

 

I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP setting, I'd
just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working for you, I
can't 'dis' it! 

 

Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM 


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.  

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a
specific IP ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations
get DHCP, printers get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of
IP addresses statically assigned to them.  None of them overlap.
Actually, in my server IP range it is even further segmented to
Production servers, Development and Test, and each of those environments
is further segmented into physical or virutal ,and then there is the
DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Static.you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you mean
static at the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple IP's
for some reason :-).

 

Shook:

1: No

2: DHCP duration - 8 days

3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh and refresh
intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS MMC) it is
set not to scavenge at all.

 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to renew
their lease.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Questions

1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
2. What is the lease length on an address?
3. How often is your DNS server(s) set 

RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Joe Heaton]

That's a huge roll-out...

-Original Message-
From: "Ken Schaefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Sent: 4/14/08 4:23 PM
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

I worked on a project were we deployed just over 1000 new Domain Controllers 
alone (let alone all the other types of servers)

Cheers
Ken

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 14 April 2008 1:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for...

Joe Heaton



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS
It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build procedure.  I have 
~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With VMWare, that number is always 
fluctuating.)

No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.  Not for a lack of 
trying on our part, but the Network guys have been rather resistant to making 
that change, so we do what we can, with what we've got.
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless you have <30 
systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP set up - a range for 
servers, another for each floor in our building.  We have so much server churn 
here manual IP is simply impractical - I have built probably 20 servers and 
repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last 12 months. If I can get 
SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then I'd be sittin' pretty (err, handsome-er).



I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP setting, I'd just as 
soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working for you, I can't 'dis' it!



Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"



From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS



Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a specific IP 
ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations get DHCP, printers 
get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of IP addresses statically 
assigned to them.  None of them overlap.   Actually, in my server IP range it 
is even further segmented to Production servers, Development and Test, and each 
of those environments is further segmented into physical or virutal ,and then 
there is the DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation



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RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Joe Heaton]

So you're publishing the desktop to the thin clients?  How many clients are you 
able to serve per server that way?

-Original Message-
From: "Sean Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Sent: 4/14/08 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

Citrix has it's uses. I believe we're seeing advantages from it. I work for
a fairly large financial institution and we're supporting 60+ remote office
across the US. We're running 175 servers currently (includes all
application, data collectors, data store, web interface servers, etc.). We
have 8 different application Silos, most running at least 2 or more
applications. This environment services about 1000 concurrent users daily.

We run thin clients in all of our remote offices. With Windows XPe, there's
definitely a learning curve and you're hard pressed to get much out of the
devices with the default image most vendors load. However, using Altiris and
other tools, we've been able to customize the OS to serve most of our needs
(ICA Client versions, Printer/Scanner support, etc.). The most important
thing to keep in mind is they don't run a full fledge operating system, so
you shouldn't try to get the capabilities out of them that you would with a
standard PC. We've attempted to push that line numerous times only to create
more headaches.


On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  Funny you should mention that Sean.  I just went to a PS 4.5 class last
> week.  At the moment, we only have a single Citrix server, with one
> published app, but my boss has "ideas" about other things we could be doing
> with it.  I just hope I can stop her short of going to thin clients in our
> remote offices.  None of those offices have more than 512K to the outside,
> so I dread trying to do all network traffic over those links...
>
> Joe Heaton
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 2:03 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: 2003 Server DNS
>
>  Try running Citrix for a significant number of users. That can add to
> your overall numbers very quickly. For those of us implementing high
> availability for most applications (along with Testing/Development
> environments), without using VMWare, servers numbers can increase
> exponentially as well.
>
> - Sean
>
>
> On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >  Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for...
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> >
> >  --
> > *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* RE: 2003 Server DNS
> >
> >
> >  It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build procedure.  I
> > have ~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With VMWare, that number is
> > always fluctuating.)
> >
> > No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.  Not for a
> > lack of trying on our part, but the Network guys have been rather resistant
> > to making that change, so we do what we can, with what we've got.
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >  Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless you
> > > have <30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP set up 
> > > –
> > > a range for servers, another for each floor in our building.  We have so
> > > much server churn here manual IP is simply impractical – I have built
> > > probably 20 servers and repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last 
> > > 12
> > > months. If I can get SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then I'd be sittin'
> > > pretty (err, handsome-er).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP setting, I'd
> > > just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working for you, I can't
> > > 'dis' it!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *Dave Lum*  - Systems Engineer
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
> > > *"**When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands**"**
> > > *
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM
> > >
> > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > > *Subject:* Re: 2003 Server DNS
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.
> > >
> > > I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a
> > > specific IP ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations 
> > > get
> > > DHCP, printers get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of IP
> > > addresses statically assigned to them.  None of them overlap.   Actually, 
> > > in
> > > my server IP range it is even further segmented to Production servers,
> > > Development and Test, and each of those environments is further segmented
> > > into physical or virutal ,and then there is the DMZ..
> > >
> > > Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation

RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Ken Schaefer]

I worked on a project were we deployed just over 1000 new Domain Controllers 
alone (let alone all the other types of servers)

Cheers
Ken

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 14 April 2008 1:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for...

Joe Heaton



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS
It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build procedure.  I have 
~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With VMWare, that number is always 
fluctuating.)

No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.  Not for a lack of 
trying on our part, but the Network guys have been rather resistant to making 
that change, so we do what we can, with what we've got.
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless you have <30 
systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP set up - a range for 
servers, another for each floor in our building.  We have so much server churn 
here manual IP is simply impractical - I have built probably 20 servers and 
repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last 12 months. If I can get 
SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then I'd be sittin' pretty (err, handsome-er).



I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP setting, I'd just as 
soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working for you, I can't 'dis' it!



Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"



From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS



Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a specific IP 
ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations get DHCP, printers 
get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of IP addresses statically 
assigned to them.  None of them overlap.   Actually, in my server IP range it 
is even further segmented to Production servers, Development and Test, and each 
of those environments is further segmented into physical or virutal ,and then 
there is the DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation



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RE: color printer???

[Jeff Frantz]

We have an HP 2605dn at home which my wife uses for her small business.  The 
prints are nothing short of spectacular but my wife says heavy card stock 
(>100# text) tends to get stuck.  Looking at the paper path through the manual 
feed, I can see why.

Take some samples of your cardstock to Staples/Officemax/Office Depot and run 
some tests.

-Jeff


From: Adam Greene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 4:56 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: color printer???

OK,

Here's the monthly color printer question to this list 

Looking for a reliable color printer that can print on card stock and do legal 
size paper. Less than 200 pages per month. Color images need to come out with 
good quality. Network-attached rather than PC-attached.

So far the HP 2600n seems to have good reviews out there. HP itself directed us 
to the CP1510 which seems slightly better.

We would probably go with Brother because we've had good experience with a 
monochrome MFC. However, they told us they can't support cardstock. Seems hard 
to believe.

Would not repeat Lexmark -- we have a c720 that's a beast, takes forever, and 
has cost us lots of money in replacement parts.

Thanks for any advice, guys.

Adam








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Re: 2003 Server DNS

[Sean Martin]

Citrix has it's uses. I believe we're seeing advantages from it. I work for
a fairly large financial institution and we're supporting 60+ remote office
across the US. We're running 175 servers currently (includes all
application, data collectors, data store, web interface servers, etc.). We
have 8 different application Silos, most running at least 2 or more
applications. This environment services about 1000 concurrent users daily.

We run thin clients in all of our remote offices. With Windows XPe, there's
definitely a learning curve and you're hard pressed to get much out of the
devices with the default image most vendors load. However, using Altiris and
other tools, we've been able to customize the OS to serve most of our needs
(ICA Client versions, Printer/Scanner support, etc.). The most important
thing to keep in mind is they don't run a full fledge operating system, so
you shouldn't try to get the capabilities out of them that you would with a
standard PC. We've attempted to push that line numerous times only to create
more headaches.


On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  Funny you should mention that Sean.  I just went to a PS 4.5 class last
> week.  At the moment, we only have a single Citrix server, with one
> published app, but my boss has "ideas" about other things we could be doing
> with it.  I just hope I can stop her short of going to thin clients in our
> remote offices.  None of those offices have more than 512K to the outside,
> so I dread trying to do all network traffic over those links...
>
> Joe Heaton
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 2:03 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: 2003 Server DNS
>
>  Try running Citrix for a significant number of users. That can add to
> your overall numbers very quickly. For those of us implementing high
> availability for most applications (along with Testing/Development
> environments), without using VMWare, servers numbers can increase
> exponentially as well.
>
> - Sean
>
>
> On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >  Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for...
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> >
> >  --
> > *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* RE: 2003 Server DNS
> >
> >
> >  It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build procedure.  I
> > have ~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With VMWare, that number is
> > always fluctuating.)
> >
> > No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.  Not for a
> > lack of trying on our part, but the Network guys have been rather resistant
> > to making that change, so we do what we can, with what we've got.
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >  Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless you
> > > have <30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP set up 
> > > –
> > > a range for servers, another for each floor in our building.  We have so
> > > much server churn here manual IP is simply impractical – I have built
> > > probably 20 servers and repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last 
> > > 12
> > > months. If I can get SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then I'd be sittin'
> > > pretty (err, handsome-er).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP setting, I'd
> > > just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working for you, I can't
> > > 'dis' it!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *Dave Lum*  - Systems Engineer
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
> > > *"**When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands**"**
> > > *
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM
> > >
> > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > > *Subject:* Re: 2003 Server DNS
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.
> > >
> > > I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a
> > > specific IP ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations 
> > > get
> > > DHCP, printers get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of IP
> > > addresses statically assigned to them.  None of them overlap.   Actually, 
> > > in
> > > my server IP range it is even further segmented to Production servers,
> > > Development and Test, and each of those environments is further segmented
> > > into physical or virutal ,and then there is the DMZ..
> > >
> > > Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Static…..you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you mean
> > > static at the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple IP's 
> > > for
> > >

RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Joe Heaton]

That's what I'd like to go to, but it's going to be a tough sell on the
hardware, seeing as you need a minimum of 2GB of RAM per VM, etc...
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS



Joe, 

 

I would look to make Vmware your development/test environment, we do
here, along with various production systems, and its paying nice
dividends. Using ESX 3.5i at the moment with about 21 ESX servers in the
farm and once VDI gets here we going to be growing even more with our
new Blade Centers. 

 

Z

 

Edward E. Ziots

Network Engineer

Lifespan Organization

MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA

Phone: 401-639-3505

-Original Message-
From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 5:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

 

I wish our organization had the funding to do separate
Production/Development/Testing environments.  We're just starting to
breach that issue.  We've got one server at the moment that has VmWare
Server on it, with about 3 VMs for development in different apps.  We
don't have a true testing environment yet, but hopefully, I can get us
in that direction within the next few years.

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

Try running Citrix for a significant number of users. That can add to
your overall numbers very quickly. For those of us implementing high
availability for most applications (along with Testing/Development
environments), without using VMWare, servers numbers can increase
exponentially as well.

 

- Sean

 

On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for...

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

 

It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build procedure.  I
have ~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With VMWare, that number
is always fluctuating.)

No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.  Not for a
lack of trying on our part, but the Network guys have been rather
resistant to making that change, so we do what we can, with what we've
got.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless you have
<30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP set up - a
range for servers, another for each floor in our building.  We have so
much server churn here manual IP is simply impractical - I have built
probably 20 servers and repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last
12 months. If I can get SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then I'd be
sittin' pretty (err, handsome-er).

 

I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP setting, I'd
just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working for you, I
can't 'dis' it! 

 

Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM 


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.  

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a
specific IP ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations
get DHCP, printers get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of
IP addresses statically assigned to them.  None of them overlap.
Actually, in my server IP range it is even further segmented to
Production servers, Development and Test, and each of those environments
is further segmented into physical or virutal ,and then there is the
DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Static.you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you mean
static at the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple IP's
for some reason :-).

 

Shook:

1: No

2: DHCP duration - 8 days

3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh and refresh
intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS MMC) it is
set not to scavenge at all.

 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to renew
their lease.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Questions

1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
2. What is the lease length on an 

RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Ziots, Edward]

Joe, 

 

I would look to make Vmware your development/test environment, we do
here, along with various production systems, and its paying nice
dividends. Using ESX 3.5i at the moment with about 21 ESX servers in the
farm and once VDI gets here we going to be growing even more with our
new Blade Centers. 

 

Z

 

Edward E. Ziots

Network Engineer

Lifespan Organization

MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA

Phone: 401-639-3505

-Original Message-
From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 5:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

 

I wish our organization had the funding to do separate
Production/Development/Testing environments.  We're just starting to
breach that issue.  We've got one server at the moment that has VmWare
Server on it, with about 3 VMs for development in different apps.  We
don't have a true testing environment yet, but hopefully, I can get us
in that direction within the next few years.

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

Try running Citrix for a significant number of users. That can add to
your overall numbers very quickly. For those of us implementing high
availability for most applications (along with Testing/Development
environments), without using VMWare, servers numbers can increase
exponentially as well.

 

- Sean

 

On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for...

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

 

It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build procedure.  I
have ~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With VMWare, that number
is always fluctuating.)

No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.  Not for a
lack of trying on our part, but the Network guys have been rather
resistant to making that change, so we do what we can, with what we've
got.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless you have
<30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP set up - a
range for servers, another for each floor in our building.  We have so
much server churn here manual IP is simply impractical - I have built
probably 20 servers and repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last
12 months. If I can get SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then I'd be
sittin' pretty (err, handsome-er).

 

I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP setting, I'd
just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working for you, I
can't 'dis' it! 

 

Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM 


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.  

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a
specific IP ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations
get DHCP, printers get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of
IP addresses statically assigned to them.  None of them overlap.
Actually, in my server IP range it is even further segmented to
Production servers, Development and Test, and each of those environments
is further segmented into physical or virutal ,and then there is the
DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Static.you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you mean
static at the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple IP's
for some reason :-).

 

Shook:

1: No

2: DHCP duration - 8 days

3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh and refresh
intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS MMC) it is
set not to scavenge at all.

 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to renew
their lease.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Questions

1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
2. What is the lease length on an address?
3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the zone files?

Shook
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook

 

 -Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: 2003 Server DNS

Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windo

RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Ziots, Edward]

Actually if you host app local, the 512K might do it for just RDP
traffic Joe. 

 

But honestly I have Admined both V1.8 and V3.0 and didn't really enjoy
it much, just too much admin work to get apps running or even supported.
Looking to do Win2k8 TSE with Softgrid or VDI and get rid of the Citrix
nightmare once and for-all. 

 

Z

 

Edward E. Ziots

Network Engineer

Lifespan Organization

MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA

Phone: 401-639-3505

-Original Message-
From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 5:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

 

Funny you should mention that Sean.  I just went to a PS 4.5 class last
week.  At the moment, we only have a single Citrix server, with one
published app, but my boss has "ideas" about other things we could be
doing with it.  I just hope I can stop her short of going to thin
clients in our remote offices.  None of those offices have more than
512K to the outside, so I dread trying to do all network traffic over
those links...

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

Try running Citrix for a significant number of users. That can add to
your overall numbers very quickly. For those of us implementing high
availability for most applications (along with Testing/Development
environments), without using VMWare, servers numbers can increase
exponentially as well.

 

- Sean

 

On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for...

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

 

It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build procedure.  I
have ~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With VMWare, that number
is always fluctuating.)

No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.  Not for a
lack of trying on our part, but the Network guys have been rather
resistant to making that change, so we do what we can, with what we've
got.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless you have
<30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP set up - a
range for servers, another for each floor in our building.  We have so
much server churn here manual IP is simply impractical - I have built
probably 20 servers and repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last
12 months. If I can get SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then I'd be
sittin' pretty (err, handsome-er).

 

I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP setting, I'd
just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working for you, I
can't 'dis' it! 

 

Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM 


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.  

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a
specific IP ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations
get DHCP, printers get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of
IP addresses statically assigned to them.  None of them overlap.
Actually, in my server IP range it is even further segmented to
Production servers, Development and Test, and each of those environments
is further segmented into physical or virutal ,and then there is the
DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Static.you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you mean
static at the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple IP's
for some reason :-).

 

Shook:

1: No

2: DHCP duration - 8 days

3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh and refresh
intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS MMC) it is
set not to scavenge at all.

 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to renew
their lease.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Questions

1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
2. What is the lease length on an address?
3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the zone files?

Shook
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook

 

 -Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues

Sub

RE: Naming convention for Servers

[Bill Songstad (WCUL)]

One thing nobody has mentioned in this thread is the affect obscure
names have on your auditors.  I got written up over ntserv2.  Thor was
fine.

 

Bill Songstad

 

-Original Message-
From: Rishi Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 6:39 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Naming convention for Servers

 

I have a general question that I'd like to put up for discussion.  

 

I work for a medium size company with about 50 servers.  

 

Most of our domain controllers and exchange servers have random
names(These are not real) but something like George, Gertrude,
etc...

 

I am one of TWO system admins... or let's say 3 sys admins, including my
supervisor.  

 

I have been pleading to start using a naming convention for the last
several months as it is now getting confusing to remember which sever
performs which function and which office it is located.  (We have 7
different office locations throughout the country).  

 

Is there really a good reason to NOT have a naming convention?  

 

 






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Re: [OT] Nagios folks

[Matthew W. Ross]

Oops... my bad.

--Matt

- Original Message -
From: Kurt Buff
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon, 14 Apr 2008
14:38:43 -0700
Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks


> Uh, I was referring to the system center ops manager - I know nagios
> is free, and intend on setting either it or zenoss up to monitor my
> infrastructure. I like Servers Alive, but I think the OSS stuff is the
> way to go now.
> 
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Matthew W. Ross
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Free and Open Source. You can pay for the service, but I wouldn't.
> >
> >  http://www.nagios.org/
> >
> >  3.0 isn't anywhere on anybody repositories yet, so you will have to build
> it yourself (They have a good howto on their site)... if you have any *nix
> experience, it shouldn't be too difficult.
> >
> >  --Matt
> >
> >
> >  - Original Message -
> >  From: Kurt Buff
> >  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >  To: NT System Admin Issues
> >
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >  Sent: Mon, 14 Apr 2008
> >
> >
> > 14:06:28 -0700
> >  Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks
> >
> >
> >  > Is it free, or as low cost as Servers Alive? If not, I'm not terribly
> >  > interested.
> >  >
> >  > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Greg Mulholland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >  > wrote:
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > Speaking of nagios.. anyone who is running it or even servers alive
> or
> >  > > anything similar, have you given any thoughts towards system center
> ops
> >  > > manager. I have started to think down these lines as it will allow
> the
> >  > > management of the forefront bits and pieces for exchange, moss and
> new
> >  > isa.
> >  > > It might give us a chance to replace our nagios box..
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > Greg
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >  > >  Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 5:03 AM
> >  > >
> >  > >  To: NT System Admin Issues
> >  > >  Subject: RE: [OT] Nagios folks
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > I like my nagios with cheese, and a lot of it!
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > Joe Heaton
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >  
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >  > >  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:59 AM
> >  > >
> >  > >  To: NT System Admin Issues
> >  > >  Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > And you probably deserve it too.
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >  JK ;)
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Tom Strader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > I get enough Nagious at home from my wife, sheesh!
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >  
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >  > >  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:52 PM
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >  To: NT System Admin Issues
> >  > >
> >  > > Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >  __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
> >  > signature
> >  > > database 3025 (20080414) __
> >  > >
> >  > >  The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
> >  > >
> >  > >  http://www.eset.com
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
> >  > signature
> >  > > database 3025 (20080414) __ The message was checked by ESET
> Smart
> >  > > Security. http://www.eset.com
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >  --
> >  > >  Sherry Abercrombie
> >  > >
> >  > >  "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
> magic."
> >  > >  Arthur C. Clarke
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  >
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Re: [OT] Nagios folks

[Kurt Buff]

Uh, I was referring to the system center ops manager - I know nagios
is free, and intend on setting either it or zenoss up to monitor my
infrastructure. I like Servers Alive, but I think the OSS stuff is the
way to go now.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Matthew W. Ross
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Free and Open Source. You can pay for the service, but I wouldn't.
>
>  http://www.nagios.org/
>
>  3.0 isn't anywhere on anybody repositories yet, so you will have to build it 
> yourself (They have a good howto on their site)... if you have any *nix 
> experience, it shouldn't be too difficult.
>
>  --Matt
>
>
>  - Original Message -
>  From: Kurt Buff
>  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  To: NT System Admin Issues
>
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: Mon, 14 Apr 2008
>
>
> 14:06:28 -0700
>  Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks
>
>
>  > Is it free, or as low cost as Servers Alive? If not, I'm not terribly
>  > interested.
>  >
>  > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Greg Mulholland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  > wrote:
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Speaking of nagios.. anyone who is running it or even servers alive or
>  > > anything similar, have you given any thoughts towards system center ops
>  > > manager. I have started to think down these lines as it will allow the
>  > > management of the forefront bits and pieces for exchange, moss and new
>  > isa.
>  > > It might give us a chance to replace our nagios box..
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Greg
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  > >  Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 5:03 AM
>  > >
>  > >  To: NT System Admin Issues
>  > >  Subject: RE: [OT] Nagios folks
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > I like my nagios with cheese, and a lot of it!
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Joe Heaton
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  > >  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:59 AM
>  > >
>  > >  To: NT System Admin Issues
>  > >  Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > And you probably deserve it too.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  JK ;)
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Tom Strader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > I get enough Nagious at home from my wife, sheesh!
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  > >  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:52 PM
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  To: NT System Admin Issues
>  > >
>  > > Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
>  > signature
>  > > database 3025 (20080414) __
>  > >
>  > >  The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>  > >
>  > >  http://www.eset.com
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
>  > signature
>  > > database 3025 (20080414) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart
>  > > Security. http://www.eset.com
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  --
>  > >  Sherry Abercrombie
>  > >
>  > >  "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
>  > >  Arthur C. Clarke
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  >
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RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Joe Heaton]

I wish our organization had the funding to do separate
Production/Development/Testing environments.  We're just starting to
breach that issue.  We've got one server at the moment that has VmWare
Server on it, with about 3 VMs for development in different apps.  We
don't have a true testing environment yet, but hopefully, I can get us
in that direction within the next few years.
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS


Try running Citrix for a significant number of users. That can add to
your overall numbers very quickly. For those of us implementing high
availability for most applications (along with Testing/Development
environments), without using VMWare, servers numbers can increase
exponentially as well.
 
- Sean

 
On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for...
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

 

It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build
procedure.  I have ~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With
VMWare, that number is always fluctuating.)

No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.
Not for a lack of trying on our part, but the Network guys have been
rather resistant to making that change, so we do what we can, with what
we've got.  


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:


Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech
(unless you have <30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have
our DHCP set up - a range for servers, another for each floor in our
building.  We have so much server churn here manual IP is simply
impractical - I have built probably 20 servers and repurposed
(re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last 12 months. If I can get SCCM/BDD
enough of a priority then I'd be sittin' pretty (err, handsome-er).

 

I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an
IP setting, I'd just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's
working for you, I can't 'dis' it! 

 

Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's
hands" 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM 

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS







 

Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.  

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little
segments with a specific IP ranges for servers, workstations and
printers.  Workstations get DHCP, printers get DHCP reservations,
servers get their own range of IP addresses statically assigned to them.
None of them overlap.   Actually, in my server IP range it is even
further segmented to Production servers, Development and Test, and each
of those environments is further segmented into physical or virutal ,and
then there is the DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network
segmentation

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Static.you mean static via DHCP reservation, right?
If you mean static at the server I declare you insane unless you need
multiple IP's for some reason J.

 

Shook:

1: No

2: DHCP duration - 8 days

3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh
and refresh intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS
MMC) it is set not to scavenge at all.

 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

I assign my servers a static ip address so they never
have to renew their lease.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Questions

1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy
group?
2. What is the lease length on an address?
3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the
zone files?

Sho

RE: [OT] Nagios folks

[Matthew W. Ross]

If you're looking to do this for each server, then I would do a DNS check for 
each host... You specciffy what FQDN to query, and check for the correct 
response. If it doesn't respond, or respond with the wrong IP, you'll get a 
service failure, or at least a warning.

--Matt

- Original Message -
From: David Lum
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon, 14 Apr 2008
12:49:18 -0700
Subject: RE: [OT] Nagios folks


> Pinging by IP doesn't find the time the system is alive but doesn't have
> a DNS entry. Doing it the way I stated means if DNS fails then it
> doesn't check by host name.
> 
> Hmm...it does mean if the DNS service stops then none of the hosts will
> even bother to get checked...grr...
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:25 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks
> 
> It's been a while since I've used Nagios, so things may have changed...
> 
> What you want to do is check the servers via IP, not FQDN... Just like
> you're doing. But also check that your DNS servers are returning what
> you are expecting using the Nagios check_DNS plugin.
> 
> If you did it the other way, then all your servers would appear to be
> down to Nagios if your DNS failed. This way, your servers will still
> respond as alive, but your DNS will come up failed. It's a more accurate
> discription of the problem.
> 
> As for the "Tedious as Hell" part, that's why I stopped using Nagios.
> Haven't found anything better (For the price), but I was too busy to
> keep the extremely long config files up to date. I'm interested in
> Nagios 3.0 which was recently released, hoping they made it easier on
> the configuration side... I'll be checking that out later.
> 
> --Matt Ross
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: David Lum
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Mon, 14 Apr 2008
> 10:03:19 -0700
> Subject: [OT] Nagios folks
> 
> 
> > We have tests for about 70 servers for being online. Currently they
> are
> > all checking a specific IP, but we'd like to change them to look for
> an
> > FQDN and make that test dependant on our DNS's servers DNS service to
> be
> > running. Is there a reasonably painless (read: not tedious as hell)
> way
> > to make this change - namely the dependencies?
> > 
> > I'm not our Nagios guy, but figured I'd see if I can find him some
> > help...
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
> > "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Re: [OT] Nagios folks

[Matthew W. Ross]

Free and Open Source. You can pay for the service, but I wouldn't.

http://www.nagios.org/

3.0 isn't anywhere on anybody repositories yet, so you will have to build it 
yourself (They have a good howto on their site)... if you have any *nix 
experience, it shouldn't be too difficult.

--Matt

- Original Message -
From: Kurt Buff
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon, 14 Apr 2008
14:06:28 -0700
Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks


> Is it free, or as low cost as Servers Alive? If not, I'm not terribly
> interested.
> 
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Greg Mulholland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Speaking of nagios.. anyone who is running it or even servers alive or
> > anything similar, have you given any thoughts towards system center ops
> > manager. I have started to think down these lines as it will allow the
> > management of the forefront bits and pieces for exchange, moss and new
> isa.
> > It might give us a chance to replace our nagios box..
> >
> >
> >
> > Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts
> >
> >
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >  Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 5:03 AM
> >
> >  To: NT System Admin Issues
> >  Subject: RE: [OT] Nagios folks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I like my nagios with cheese, and a lot of it!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> >
> > From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:59 AM
> >
> >  To: NT System Admin Issues
> >  Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks
> >
> >
> > And you probably deserve it too.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  JK ;)
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Tom Strader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I get enough Nagious at home from my wife, sheesh!
> >
> >
> >
> >  ____
> >
> >
> > From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:52 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  To: NT System Admin Issues
> >
> > Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
> signature
> > database 3025 (20080414) __
> >
> >  The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
> >
> >  http://www.eset.com
> >
> >
> > __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
> signature
> > database 3025 (20080414) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart
> > Security. http://www.eset.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  --
> >  Sherry Abercrombie
> >
> >  "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
> >  Arthur C. Clarke
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Joe Heaton]

Funny you should mention that Sean.  I just went to a PS 4.5 class last
week.  At the moment, we only have a single Citrix server, with one
published app, but my boss has "ideas" about other things we could be
doing with it.  I just hope I can stop her short of going to thin
clients in our remote offices.  None of those offices have more than
512K to the outside, so I dread trying to do all network traffic over
those links...
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS


Try running Citrix for a significant number of users. That can add to
your overall numbers very quickly. For those of us implementing high
availability for most applications (along with Testing/Development
environments), without using VMWare, servers numbers can increase
exponentially as well.
 
- Sean

 
On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for...
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

 

It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build
procedure.  I have ~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With
VMWare, that number is always fluctuating.)

No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.
Not for a lack of trying on our part, but the Network guys have been
rather resistant to making that change, so we do what we can, with what
we've got.  


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:


Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech
(unless you have <30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have
our DHCP set up - a range for servers, another for each floor in our
building.  We have so much server churn here manual IP is simply
impractical - I have built probably 20 servers and repurposed
(re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last 12 months. If I can get SCCM/BDD
enough of a priority then I'd be sittin' pretty (err, handsome-er).

 

I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an
IP setting, I'd just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's
working for you, I can't 'dis' it! 

 

Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's
hands" 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM 

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS







 

Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.  

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little
segments with a specific IP ranges for servers, workstations and
printers.  Workstations get DHCP, printers get DHCP reservations,
servers get their own range of IP addresses statically assigned to them.
None of them overlap.   Actually, in my server IP range it is even
further segmented to Production servers, Development and Test, and each
of those environments is further segmented into physical or virutal ,and
then there is the DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network
segmentation

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Static.you mean static via DHCP reservation, right?
If you mean static at the server I declare you insane unless you need
multiple IP's for some reason J.

 

Shook:

1: No

2: DHCP duration - 8 days

3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh
and refresh intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS
MMC) it is set not to scavenge at all.

 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

I assign my servers a static ip address so they never
have to renew their lease.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Questions

1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy
group?
2. What is the lease length on an address?
3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the
z

RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Ziots, Edward]

Try running Citrix for a significant number of users. That can add to
your overall numbers very quickly. For those of us implementing high
availability for most applications (along with Testing/Development
environments), without using VMWare, servers numbers can increase
exponentially as well.
 
- Sean

 
On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for...
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS

 

It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build
procedure.  I have ~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With
VMWare, that number is always fluctuating.)

No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.
Not for a lack of trying on our part, but the Network guys have been
rather resistant to making that change, so we do what we can, with what
we've got.  


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:


Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech
(unless you have <30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have
our DHCP set up - a range for servers, another for each floor in our
building.  We have so much server churn here manual IP is simply
impractical - I have built probably 20 servers and repurposed
(re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last 12 months. If I can get SCCM/BDD
enough of a priority then I'd be sittin' pretty (err, handsome-er).

 

I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an
IP setting, I'd just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's
working for you, I can't 'dis' it! 

 

Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's
hands" 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM 

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS





 

Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.  

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little
segments with a specific IP ranges for servers, workstations and
printers.  Workstations get DHCP, printers get DHCP reservations,
servers get their own range of IP addresses statically assigned to them.
None of them overlap.   Actually, in my server IP range it is even
further segmented to Production servers, Development and Test, and each
of those environments is further segmented into physical or virutal ,and
then there is the DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network
segmentation

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Static.you mean static via DHCP reservation, right?
If you mean static at the server I declare you insane unless you need
multiple IP's for some reason J.

 

Shook:

1: No

2: DHCP duration - 8 days

3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh
and refresh intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS
MMC) it is set not to scavenge at all.

 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

I assign my servers a static ip address so they never
have to renew their lease.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Questions

1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy
group?
2. What is the lease length on an address?
3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the
zone files?

Shook
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook

 

 -Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: 2003 Server DNS

Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server
DNS client
registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers
that seem to
lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.
DNS and DHCP
 

VMWare (was RE: 2003 Server DNS)

[David Lum]

VMWare.LOVE that. I put Workstation on a PC last week, bring able to
P2V a  system while the source is still running is the total shiznit (or
whatever the hell kids half my age are sayin'...)

 

Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 

 

 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:24 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build procedure.  I
have ~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With VMWare, that number
is always fluctuating.)

No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.  Not for a
lack of trying on our part, but the Network guys have been rather
resistant to making that change, so we do what we can, with what we've
got.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless you have
<30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP set up - a
range for servers, another for each floor in our building.  We have so
much server churn here manual IP is simply impractical - I have built
probably 20 servers and repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last
12 months. If I can get SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then I'd be
sittin' pretty (err, handsome-er).

 

I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP setting, I'd
just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working for you, I
can't 'dis' it! 

 

Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.  

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a
specific IP ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations
get DHCP, printers get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of
IP addresses statically assigned to them.  None of them overlap.
Actually, in my server IP range it is even further segmented to
Production servers, Development and Test, and each of those environments
is further segmented into physical or virutal ,and then there is the
DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Static.you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you mean
static at the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple IP's
for some reason J.

 

Shook:

1: No

2: DHCP duration - 8 days

3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh and refresh
intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS MMC) it is
set not to scavenge at all.

 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to renew
their lease.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Questions

1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
2. What is the lease length on an address?
3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the zone files?

Shook
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook

 

 -Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: 2003 Server DNS

Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS client
registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that seem to
lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.  DNS and DHCP
reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone
explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003 Server
SP2.

Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process will help
me immensely.

TIA,
Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"




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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." 
Arthur C. Clarke 

 




-- 
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 


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RE: LTO Ultrium 2 Tape question

[Joseph L. Casale]

>How do I get 400 GB of compressed
>data on these?

Backup text files :)
Seriously depends on the type of data. Highly compressed or incompressible data 
can actually increase in size when compressed.

>Would this be a setting in Arcserve and then the data is
>compressed during the backup to fit more data?

You will have an option for software or hardware compression somewhere I 
assume, but I never used that app before.

>If this is possible, would this slow down restore time if data is compressed
>on the tape?

You wont notice an increase in time, but under some scenarios you are writing 
to less linear tape length, so it can speed it up actually.

jlc







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Re: color printer???

[Micheal Espinola Jr]

Xerox Phaser 6180 DN, or the like?

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Adam Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> OK,
>
> Here's the monthly color printer question to this list 
>
> Looking for a reliable color printer that can print on card stock and do
> legal size paper. Less than 200 pages per month. Color images need to come
> out with good quality. Network-attached rather than PC-attached.
>
> So far the HP 2600n seems to have good reviews out there. HP itself directed
> us to the CP1510 which seems slightly better.
>
> We would probably go with Brother because we've had good experience with a
> monochrome MFC. However, they told us they can't support cardstock. Seems
> hard to believe.
>
> Would not repeat Lexmark -- we have a c720 that's a beast, takes forever,
> and has cost us lots of money in replacement parts.
>
> Thanks for any advice, guys.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>



-- 
ME2

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RE: color printer???

[Terry Dickson]

Check carefully, some of the Xerox printer have more stringent
requirements on card stock than other brands.  However I have found if
you contact a Xerox rep directly they will many times bring you out a
printer to test for a period of time.  That usually helps make the sell,
unless it just does not work.



-Original Message-
From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 4:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: color printer???

There also Xerox color printers, formerly known as Tektronix. I love HP
printers but I have never used a color HP since all our color work is
done by our color copiers.
 
James

- Original Message - 
From: Adam Greene   
To: NT System Admin Issues
  
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 4:55 PM
Subject: color printer???

OK, 
 
Here's the monthly color printer question to this list  
 
Looking for a reliable color printer that can print on card
stock and do legal size paper. Less than 200 pages per month. Color
images need to come out with good quality. Network-attached rather than
PC-attached.
 
So far the HP 2600n seems to have good reviews out there. HP
itself directed us to the CP1510 which seems slightly better. 
 
We would probably go with Brother because we've had good
experience with a monochrome MFC. However, they told us they can't
support cardstock. Seems hard to believe.
 
Would not repeat Lexmark -- we have a c720 that's a beast, takes
forever, and has cost us lots of money in replacement parts.
 
Thanks for any advice, guys.
 
Adam
 
 
 
 








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Re: color printer???

[James Kerr]

There also Xerox color printers, formerly known as Tektronix. I love HP 
printers but I have never used a color HP since all our color work is done by 
our color copiers.

James
  - Original Message - 
  From: Adam Greene 
  To: NT System Admin Issues 
  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 4:55 PM
  Subject: color printer???


  OK, 

  Here's the monthly color printer question to this list  

  Looking for a reliable color printer that can print on card stock and do 
legal size paper. Less than 200 pages per month. Color images need to come out 
with good quality. Network-attached rather than PC-attached.

  So far the HP 2600n seems to have good reviews out there. HP itself directed 
us to the CP1510 which seems slightly better. 

  We would probably go with Brother because we've had good experience with a 
monochrome MFC. However, they told us they can't support cardstock. Seems hard 
to believe.

  Would not repeat Lexmark -- we have a c720 that's a beast, takes forever, and 
has cost us lots of money in replacement parts.

  Thanks for any advice, guys.

  Adam










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LTO Ultrium 2 Tape question

[Bill Krumel]

I have a tape device that takes LTO Ultrium 2 tapes.

The tapes say 200 GB / 400 GB Compressed.  

 

As of now I know that I am only getting 200 GB on each

tape.  My question is about getting the 400 GB compressed.

 

I use ArcServe 11.5 for my backups.  How do I get 400 GB of compressed

data on these?  Would this be a setting in Arcserve and then the data is

compressed during the backup to fit more data?  

 

If this is possible, would this slow down restore time if data is
compressed

on the tape?

 

thanks!


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RE: color printer???

[Mike Gill]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828118197

 

We use this and put about 3K+ per month on it. It's been great and the
quality it very good.

 

-- 
Mike Gill

 

From: Adam Greene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:56 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: color printer???

 

OK, 

 

Here's the monthly color printer question to this list  

 

Looking for a reliable color printer that can print on card stock and do
legal size paper. Less than 200 pages per month. Color images need to come
out with good quality. Network-attached rather than PC-attached.

 

So far the HP 2600n seems to have good reviews out there. HP itself directed
us to the CP1510 which seems slightly better. 

 

We would probably go with Brother because we've had good experience with a
monochrome MFC. However, they told us they can't support cardstock. Seems
hard to believe.

 

Would not repeat Lexmark -- we have a c720 that's a beast, takes forever,
and has cost us lots of money in replacement parts.

 

Thanks for any advice, guys.

 

Adam

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Re: [OT] Nagios folks

[Kurt Buff]

Is it free, or as low cost as Servers Alive? If not, I'm not terribly
interested.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Greg Mulholland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Speaking of nagios.. anyone who is running it or even servers alive or
> anything similar, have you given any thoughts towards system center ops
> manager. I have started to think down these lines as it will allow the
> management of the forefront bits and pieces for exchange, moss and new isa.
> It might give us a chance to replace our nagios box..
>
>
>
> Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts
>
>
>
> Greg
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 5:03 AM
>
>  To: NT System Admin Issues
>  Subject: RE: [OT] Nagios folks
>
>
>
>
> I like my nagios with cheese, and a lot of it!
>
>
>
>
> Joe Heaton
>
>
>
>
>
>  
>
>
> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:59 AM
>
>  To: NT System Admin Issues
>  Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks
>
>
> And you probably deserve it too.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  JK ;)
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Tom Strader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> I get enough Nagious at home from my wife, sheesh!
>
>
>
>  
>
>
> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:52 PM
>
>
>
>
>  To: NT System Admin Issues
>
> Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>  --
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>
>  "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
>  Arthur C. Clarke
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: 2003 Server DNS

[Sean Martin]

Try running Citrix for a significant number of users. That can add to your
overall numbers very quickly. For those of us implementing high availability
for most applications (along with Testing/Development environments), without
using VMWare, servers numbers can increase exponentially as well.

- Sean


On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for...
>
> Joe Heaton
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: 2003 Server DNS
>
>
>  It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build procedure.  I
> have ~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With VMWare, that number is
> always fluctuating.)
>
> No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.  Not for a
> lack of trying on our part, but the Network guys have been rather resistant
> to making that change, so we do what we can, with what we've got.
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >  Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless you
> > have <30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP set up –
> > a range for servers, another for each floor in our building.  We have so
> > much server churn here manual IP is simply impractical – I have built
> > probably 20 servers and repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last 12
> > months. If I can get SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then I'd be sittin'
> > pretty (err, handsome-er).
> >
> >
> >
> > I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP setting, I'd
> > just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working for you, I can't
> > 'dis' it!
> >
> >
> >
> > *Dave Lum*  - Systems Engineer
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
> > *"**When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands**"** *
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM
> >
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* Re: 2003 Server DNS
> >
> >
> >
> > Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.
> >
> > I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a
> > specific IP ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations get
> > DHCP, printers get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of IP
> > addresses statically assigned to them.  None of them overlap.   Actually, in
> > my server IP range it is even further segmented to Production servers,
> > Development and Test, and each of those environments is further segmented
> > into physical or virutal ,and then there is the DMZ..
> >
> > Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Static…..you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you mean static
> > at the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple IP's for some
> > reason J.
> >
> >
> >
> > Shook:
> >
> > 1: No
> >
> > 2: DHCP duration - 8 days
> >
> > 3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh and refresh
> > intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS MMC) it is set
> > not to scavenge at all.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM
> >
> >
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* Re: 2003 Server DNS
> >
> >
> >
> > I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to renew
> > their lease.
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook <
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Questions
> >
> > 1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
> > 2. What is the lease length on an address?
> > 3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the zone files?
> >
> > Shook
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook
> >
> >
> >
> >  -Original Message-
> > From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:54 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> >
> > Subject: 2003 Server DNS
> >
> > Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS client
> > registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that seem to
> > lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.  DNS and DHCP
> > reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone
> > explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003 Server
> > SP2.
> >
> > Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process will help
> > me immensely.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
> > "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~
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Re: Naming convention for Servers

[James Kerr]

We used to name servers after stars but after a while the only ones left were 
really weird names. The we started with cartoon characters but when a server 
had the same name as one of the directors another director didn't like that. 
From now on I will just name them after the asset tags like our workstations. 
We can quickly lookup the info on any asset tag from our inventory.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Greg Mulholland 
  To: NT System Admin Issues 
  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 4:45 PM
  Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers


  Do you do field trips to the zoo when you start to run out? :p



  From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 1:33 AM
  To: NT System Admin Issues
  Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers



  It depends on how you do it. J

  At my last place, we had well over 50 servers and we still had lots of 
animals.



  From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:31 AM
  To: NT System Admin Issues
  Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers



  Surely this starts to break down once you have 50-100 (or more servers)?



  Cheers

  Ken



  From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Monday, 14 April 2008 8:12 AM
  To: NT System Admin Issues
  Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers



  My preference has always been to use names with some kind of theme (animals, 
gems, etc) and to make sure they are pronounceable and something that can be 
spelled. 



  It's much easier to tell the Helpdesk that what they're looking for is on 
"sapphire" then on "inusfsrv01"



  From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:07 AM
  To: NT System Admin Issues
  Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers



  Farm animals, now that's funny.  Back in the day of Novell servers around 
here we had one named HAL.

  On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Rankin, James R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

  Which means you can keep contractors like myself happy by calling your
  Exchange 2007 server "EXCHANGE2007", instead of UKZZ3242B1

  However I quite like the idea of my current company, whose Citrix farm
  servers are named after farm animals.


  -Original Message-
  From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: 14 April 2008 15:53
  To: NT System Admin Issues

  Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

  Mr. Happy Hacker will defeat this obscurity in about 30 seconds with
  nmap, or other port scanning tool of choice.

  On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Clayton Doige
  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > The only reason you might want to stay away from a naming convention is
  > security. If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your servers
  > they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are
  > hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after.
  >
  >
  >
  >

 

 

 







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RE: Naming convention for Servers

[Damien Solodow]

Nah, between google and Wikipedia could usually turn up something.
Besides, we added bugs to the list of critters.

 

From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 4:45 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

 

Do you do field trips to the zoo when you start to run out? :p

 

From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 1:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

 

It depends on how you do it. J

At my last place, we had well over 50 servers and we still had lots of
animals.

 

From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

 

Surely this starts to break down once you have 50-100 (or more servers)?

 

Cheers

Ken

 

From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, 14 April 2008 8:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

 

My preference has always been to use names with some kind of theme
(animals, gems, etc) and to make sure they are pronounceable and
something that can be spelled. 

 

It's much easier to tell the Helpdesk that what they're looking for is
on "sapphire" then on "inusfsrv01"

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

 

Farm animals, now that's funny.  Back in the day of Novell servers
around here we had one named HAL.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Rankin, James R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Which means you can keep contractors like myself happy by calling your
Exchange 2007 server "EXCHANGE2007", instead of UKZZ3242B1

However I quite like the idea of my current company, whose Citrix farm
servers are named after farm animals.


-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 14 April 2008 15:53
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

Mr. Happy Hacker will defeat this obscurity in about 30 seconds with
nmap, or other port scanning tool of choice.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Clayton Doige
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> The only reason you might want to stay away from a naming convention
is
> security. If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your
servers
> they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are
> hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after.
>
>
>
>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Joe Heaton]

Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for...
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS


It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build procedure.  I
have ~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With VMWare, that number
is always fluctuating.)

No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.  Not for a
lack of trying on our part, but the Network guys have been rather
resistant to making that change, so we do what we can, with what we've
got.  


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless
you have <30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP
set up - a range for servers, another for each floor in our building.
We have so much server churn here manual IP is simply impractical - I
have built probably 20 servers and repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30
in the last 12 months. If I can get SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then
I'd be sittin' pretty (err, handsome-er).

 

I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP
setting, I'd just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working
for you, I can't 'dis' it! 

 

Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM 

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS



 

Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.  

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with
a specific IP ranges for servers, workstations and printers.
Workstations get DHCP, printers get DHCP reservations, servers get their
own range of IP addresses statically assigned to them.  None of them
overlap.   Actually, in my server IP range it is even further segmented
to Production servers, Development and Test, and each of those
environments is further segmented into physical or virutal ,and then
there is the DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Static.you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you
mean static at the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple
IP's for some reason J.

 

Shook:

1: No

2: DHCP duration - 8 days

3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh and
refresh intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS MMC)
it is set not to scavenge at all.

 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to
renew their lease.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Questions

1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
2. What is the lease length on an address?
3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the zone
files?

Shook
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook

 

 -Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: 2003 Server DNS

Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS
client
registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that
seem to
lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.  DNS
and DHCP
reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone
explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003
Server
SP2.

Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process
will help
me immensely.

TIA,
Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"




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magic." 
   

RE: [OT] Nagios folks

[Greg Mulholland]

Speaking of nagios.. anyone who is running it or even servers alive or anything 
similar, have you given any thoughts towards system center ops manager. I have 
started to think down these lines as it will allow the management of the 
forefront bits and pieces for exchange, moss and new isa. It might give us a 
chance to replace our nagios box..

Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts

Greg

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 5:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: [OT] Nagios folks

I like my nagios with cheese, and a lot of it!

Joe Heaton



From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks
And you probably deserve it too.

















JK ;)
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Tom Strader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]>> wrote:

I get enough Nagious at home from my wife, sheesh!





From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:52 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks






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RE: Naming convention for Servers

[Greg Mulholland]

Do you do field trips to the zoo when you start to run out? :p

From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 1:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

It depends on how you do it. :)
At my last place, we had well over 50 servers and we still had lots of animals.

From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

Surely this starts to break down once you have 50-100 (or more servers)?

Cheers
Ken

From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 14 April 2008 8:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

My preference has always been to use names with some kind of theme (animals, 
gems, etc) and to make sure they are pronounceable and something that can be 
spelled.

It's much easier to tell the Helpdesk that what they're looking for is on 
"sapphire" then on "inusfsrv01"

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

Farm animals, now that's funny.  Back in the day of Novell servers around here 
we had one named HAL.
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Rankin, James R <[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]> wrote:
Which means you can keep contractors like myself happy by calling your
Exchange 2007 server "EXCHANGE2007", instead of UKZZ3242B1

However I quite like the idea of my current company, whose Citrix farm
servers are named after farm animals.

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 14 April 2008 15:53
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

Mr. Happy Hacker will defeat this obscurity in about 30 seconds with
nmap, or other port scanning tool of choice.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Clayton Doige
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> The only reason you might want to stay away from a naming convention is
> security. If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your servers
> they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are
> hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after.
>
>
>
>









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~   ~

RE: Naming convention for Servers

[Greg Mulholland]

Internally it's a different matter, but if an external hacker can gain access 
to you internal servers, there are plenty of ways I can enumerate what's 
running where without giving away the server name. Internally there are lots of 
other methods that can and should be taken anyway.

We use

Mail-country  (ie mail-au.domainname.com, file-au, dns-uk, dns-us, mx-us, 
mx-au) which helps us identify quickly which server role we are talking about 
and which location we are talking about.

Greg

From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 2:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

Quite right, if they know what they are doing, but mr happy hacker is not going 
to spend a minute or two breaking into your network and will have spent a good 
deal of time gathering all the information they need BEFORE they attack, but 
someone internal who has been paid to try and steal stuff might not have that 
skill set, even if they do have the permissions to get places.

I'm just paranoid, and like avoiding giving anything away. No hack happens in 
30 seconds. Every wall you put up makes things take more time, and the more 
time someone has to take increases the chances of them making a mistaking and 
leaving a trace of the hack, which is all a sysadmin can hope for in terms of 
defense.

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 14 April 2008 15:53
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

Mr. Happy Hacker will defeat this obscurity in about 30 seconds with
nmap, or other port scanning tool of choice.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Clayton Doige
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> The only reason you might want to stay away from a naming convention is
> security. If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your servers
> they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are
> hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after.
>
>
>
>












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~   ~

RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Ziots, Edward]

It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build procedure.  I
have ~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With VMWare, that number
is always fluctuating.)

No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.  Not for a
lack of trying on our part, but the Network guys have been rather
resistant to making that change, so we do what we can, with what we've
got.  


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless
you have <30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP
set up - a range for servers, another for each floor in our building.
We have so much server churn here manual IP is simply impractical - I
have built probably 20 servers and repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30
in the last 12 months. If I can get SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then
I'd be sittin' pretty (err, handsome-er).

 

I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP
setting, I'd just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working
for you, I can't 'dis' it! 

 

Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.  

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with
a specific IP ranges for servers, workstations and printers.
Workstations get DHCP, printers get DHCP reservations, servers get their
own range of IP addresses statically assigned to them.  None of them
overlap.   Actually, in my server IP range it is even further segmented
to Production servers, Development and Test, and each of those
environments is further segmented into physical or virutal ,and then
there is the DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Static.you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you
mean static at the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple
IP's for some reason J.

 

Shook:

1: No

2: DHCP duration - 8 days

3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh and
refresh intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS MMC)
it is set not to scavenge at all.

 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to
renew their lease.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Questions

1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
2. What is the lease length on an address?
3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the zone
files?

Shook
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook

 

 -Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: 2003 Server DNS

Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS
client
registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that
seem to
lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.  DNS
and DHCP
reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone
explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003
Server
SP2.

Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process
will help
me immensely.

TIA,
Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"




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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
magic." 
Arthur C. Clarke 

 




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Sherry Abercrombie

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
magic." 
Arthur C. Clarke 











-- 
Sherry Aber

Re: 2003 Server DNS

[Sherry Abercrombie]

It's not a problem, it's just part of our standard build procedure.  I have
~200 servers at any given point in time.  (With VMWare, that number is
always fluctuating.)

No Shook, the segmentation is not done on subnet boundaries.  Not for a lack
of trying on our part, but the Network guys have been rather resistant to
making that change, so we do what we can, with what we've got.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless you have
> <30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP set up – a
> range for servers, another for each floor in our building.  We have so much
> server churn here manual IP is simply impractical – I have built probably 20
> servers and repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last 12 months. If I
> can get SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then I'd be sittin' pretty (err,
> handsome-er).
>
>
>
> I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP setting, I'd
> just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working for you, I can't
> 'dis' it!
>
>
>
> *Dave Lum*  - Systems Engineer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
> *"**When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands**"** *
>
>
>
> *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: 2003 Server DNS
>
>
>
> Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.
>
> I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a specific
> IP ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations get DHCP,
> printers get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of IP addresses
> statically assigned to them.  None of them overlap.   Actually, in my server
> IP range it is even further segmented to Production servers, Development and
> Test, and each of those environments is further segmented into physical or
> virutal ,and then there is the DMZ..
>
> Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Static…..you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you mean static
> at the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple IP's for some
> reason J.
>
>
>
> Shook:
>
> 1: No
>
> 2: DHCP duration - 8 days
>
> 3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh and refresh
> intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS MMC) it is set
> not to scavenge at all.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: 2003 Server DNS
>
>
>
> I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to renew their
> lease.
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Questions
>
> 1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
> 2. What is the lease length on an address?
> 3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the zone files?
>
> Shook
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook
>
>
>
>  -Original Message-
> From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:54 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>
> Subject: 2003 Server DNS
>
> Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS client
> registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that seem to
> lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.  DNS and DHCP
> reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone
> explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003 Server
> SP2.
>
> Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process will help
> me immensely.
>
> TIA,
> Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
> "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"
>
>
>
>
> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~
> ~   ~
>
> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~
> ~   ~
>
>
>
>
> --
> 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
>
>


-- 
Sherry Abercrombie

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke

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RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Andy Shook]

Sounds really good but is your segmentation done along subnet
boundaries? 

 

H...

 

Shook

http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook  



From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:13 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

 


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RE: 2003 Server DNS

[David Lum]

Do if you add a DNS sever you RDP to each system? Yeech (unless you have
<30 systems) The segmentation you use is how we have our DHCP set up - a
range for servers, another for each floor in our building.  We have so
much server churn here manual IP is simply impractical - I have built
probably 20 servers and repurposed (re-imaged) another 20-30 in the last
12 months. If I can get SCCM/BDD enough of a priority then I'd be
sittin' pretty (err, handsome-er).

 

I just hate having to KVM to each machine to change an IP setting, I'd
just as soon do it from a single MMC, but if it's working for you, I
can't 'dis' it! 

 

Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:13 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.  

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a
specific IP ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations
get DHCP, printers get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of
IP addresses statically assigned to them.  None of them overlap.
Actually, in my server IP range it is even further segmented to
Production servers, Development and Test, and each of those environments
is further segmented into physical or virutal ,and then there is the
DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Static.you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you mean
static at the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple IP's
for some reason J.

 

Shook:

1: No

2: DHCP duration - 8 days

3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh and refresh
intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS MMC) it is
set not to scavenge at all.

 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to renew
their lease.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Questions

1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
2. What is the lease length on an address?
3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the zone files?

Shook
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook

 

 -Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: 2003 Server DNS

Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS client
registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that seem to
lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.  DNS and DHCP
reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone
explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003 Server
SP2.

Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process will help
me immensely.

TIA,
Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"




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Arthur C. Clarke 

 




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Re: server room ceiling tiles

[James Kerr]

Maybe what you are looking for is an air return tile with filter.

James


- Original Message - 
From: "Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: server room ceiling tiles


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Dennis Melahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
Anyone ever seen ceiling tiles that allow heat to pass through them yet 
keep dust and

insulation from dropping into your server room?


 I've seen ceiling "tiles" which were really vent grills.  Maybe
that's what you're after?

the local Lowes and Home Depot look at me like I have a third eye when I 
asked.


 That may not be a good metric.  I've had people at those places look
at me like that when I asked where the wood screws were.

-- Ben

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RE: [OT] Nagios folks

[Tom Strader]

Yeah, your probably right, hahahaha

 

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From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:59 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks

 

 
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Re: [OT] Nagios folks

[Kurt Buff]

use "host" to do name lookups, or dig, or whatever else is handy. It's
a separate check.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:49 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pinging by IP doesn't find the time the system is alive but doesn't have
>  a DNS entry. Doing it the way I stated means if DNS fails then it
>  doesn't check by host name.
>
>  Hmm...it does mean if the DNS service stops then none of the hosts will
>  even bother to get checked...grr...
>
>
>  -Original Message-
>  From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:25 AM
>  To: NT System Admin Issues
>  Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks
>
>
> It's been a while since I've used Nagios, so things may have changed...
>
>  What you want to do is check the servers via IP, not FQDN... Just like
>  you're doing. But also check that your DNS servers are returning what
>  you are expecting using the Nagios check_DNS plugin.
>
>  If you did it the other way, then all your servers would appear to be
>  down to Nagios if your DNS failed. This way, your servers will still
>  respond as alive, but your DNS will come up failed. It's a more accurate
>  discription of the problem.
>
>  As for the "Tedious as Hell" part, that's why I stopped using Nagios.
>  Haven't found anything better (For the price), but I was too busy to
>  keep the extremely long config files up to date. I'm interested in
>  Nagios 3.0 which was recently released, hoping they made it easier on
>  the configuration side... I'll be checking that out later.
>
>  --Matt Ross
>
>  - Original Message -
>  From: David Lum
>  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>
>
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: Mon, 14 Apr 2008
>  10:03:19 -0700
>  Subject: [OT] Nagios folks
>
>
>  > We have tests for about 70 servers for being online. Currently they
>  are
>  > all checking a specific IP, but we'd like to change them to look for
>  an
>  > FQDN and make that test dependant on our DNS's servers DNS service to
>  be
>  > running. Is there a reasonably painless (read: not tedious as hell)
>  way
>  > to make this change - namely the dependencies?
>  >
>  > I'm not our Nagios guy, but figured I'd see if I can find him some
>  > help...
>  >
>  > Thanks,
>  > Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
>  > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
>  > "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"
>  >
>  >
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RE: [OT] Nagios folks

[David Lum]

Pinging by IP doesn't find the time the system is alive but doesn't have
a DNS entry. Doing it the way I stated means if DNS fails then it
doesn't check by host name.

Hmm...it does mean if the DNS service stops then none of the hosts will
even bother to get checked...grr...

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:25 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks

It's been a while since I've used Nagios, so things may have changed...

What you want to do is check the servers via IP, not FQDN... Just like
you're doing. But also check that your DNS servers are returning what
you are expecting using the Nagios check_DNS plugin.

If you did it the other way, then all your servers would appear to be
down to Nagios if your DNS failed. This way, your servers will still
respond as alive, but your DNS will come up failed. It's a more accurate
discription of the problem.

As for the "Tedious as Hell" part, that's why I stopped using Nagios.
Haven't found anything better (For the price), but I was too busy to
keep the extremely long config files up to date. I'm interested in
Nagios 3.0 which was recently released, hoping they made it easier on
the configuration side... I'll be checking that out later.

--Matt Ross

- Original Message -
From: David Lum
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon, 14 Apr 2008
10:03:19 -0700
Subject: [OT] Nagios folks


> We have tests for about 70 servers for being online. Currently they
are
> all checking a specific IP, but we'd like to change them to look for
an
> FQDN and make that test dependant on our DNS's servers DNS service to
be
> running. Is there a reasonably painless (read: not tedious as hell)
way
> to make this change - namely the dependencies?
> 
> I'm not our Nagios guy, but figured I'd see if I can find him some
> help...
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
> "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Naming convention for Servers

[Kurt Buff]

Not really true. Everything you do has a cost, and one (of many!) of
the costs of bad naming conventions is the risk of doing the right
thing to the wrong server. Nothing is ever perfect, so keeping things
as clear as possible to administrative staff is a *good thing*.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Andy Crellin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  My point is, if he only has 29 seconds then you have mitigated that
>  particular vector. I know, I know, obfuscation is not a hardening method
>  when it comes to a determined hacker, but _anything_ you can do to help
>  yourself is good. This merely prevents an over-the-shoulder casual
>  observer from quickly working out what that machine is running if they
>  see its name. Only a small - and maybe unlikely - attack method, but
>  you've helped mitigate it nonetheless.
>
>
>  Andy Crellin
>  Technical Services Manager
>  Leonard Cheshire Disability
>  Telephone: 01904 479200
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>
>
> -Original Message-
>  From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: 14 April 2008 15:53
>  To: NT System Admin Issues
>  Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers
>
>  Mr. Happy Hacker will defeat this obscurity in about 30 seconds with
>  nmap, or other port scanning tool of choice.
>
>  On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Clayton Doige
>  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > The only reason you might want to stay away from a naming convention
>  is
>  > security. If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your
>  servers
>  > they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are
>  > hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > From: Rishi Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >  Sent: 14 April 2008 14:39
>  >
>  > To: NT System Admin Issues
>  >  Subject: Naming convention for Servers
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>
> > I have a general question that I'd like to put up for discussion.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > I work for a medium size company with about 50 servers.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Most of our domain controllers and exchange servers have random
>  > names(These are not real) but something like George, Gertrude,
>  etc...
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > I am one of TWO system admins... or let's say 3 sys admins, including
>  my
>  > supervisor.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > I have been pleading to start using a naming convention for the last
>  several
>  > months as it is now getting confusing to remember which sever performs
>  which
>  > function and which office it is located.  (We have 7 different office
>  > locations throughout the country).
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Is there really a good reason to NOT have a naming convention?
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
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>  >
>  >
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Re: MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues

[Steve Ens]

If it takes you 30 minutes to do a reinstall and it works, that probably
saves you lots of time troubleshooting.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Cesare' A. Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Wanted to leave that as the last option but figured to explore other
> options.
>
>
>
> *CAR*
>
>
>
> *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 3:17 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues
>
>
>
> Have you tried removing and reinstalling Outlook?
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Cesare' A. Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> Hello all.
>
> We are stumped on 3 issues with MS Outlook 2007.  All with same user, and
> the best part is that it is the president of the company.
>
> 1) Whenever the user starts MS Outlook 2007, they are prompted that MS
> Outlook 2007 is not the default client.  We have verified all settings in IE
> options, also changed and let MS Outlook prompt and we forced reset.  We
> also used an app by the name of DefaultMail to set.  All attempts have lead
> to the same results.  The user is still prompted with the message.
>
> 2) Searching within MS Outlook provides no results.  We installed the
> latest MS Search tool and ran the index but no change in results.
>
> 3) On trying to import / export in MS Outlook, the message Internal
> translation system error is displayed.
>
>
> Thoughts please.
>
> CAR
>
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RE: MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues

[Terry Dickson]

We had one user that recently got a new Windows Load and had the same
problem.  It was at a time I did not have any time to troubleshoot so I
promoted the user to local admin, Logged in, started Outlook which asked
if it could be the default.  Then Demoted the user back to regular user
and now everything is fine.  Not sure why it happened to just that one
user/PC but I had 4 other fires to put out at that time.



-Original Message-
From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:19 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues

Have you tried an uninstall/reinstall of Outlook?  Does this happen on
only one specific PC, what happens when he logs onto a different PC with
his profile?


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Cesare' A. Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:


Hello all.

We are stumped on 3 issues with MS Outlook 2007.  All with same
user, and the best part is that it is the president of the company.

1) Whenever the user starts MS Outlook 2007, they are prompted
that MS Outlook 2007 is not the default client.  We have verified all
settings in IE options, also changed and let MS Outlook prompt and we
forced reset.  We also used an app by the name of DefaultMail to set.
All attempts have lead to the same results.  The user is still prompted
with the message.

2) Searching within MS Outlook provides no results.  We
installed the latest MS Search tool and ran the index but no change in
results.

3) On trying to import / export in MS Outlook, the message
Internal translation system error is displayed.


Thoughts please.

CAR

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RE: MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues

[Cesare' A. Ramos]

Wanted to leave that as the last option but figured to explore other
options.

 

CAR

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:17 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues

 

Have you tried removing and reinstalling Outlook?

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Cesare' A. Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Hello all.

We are stumped on 3 issues with MS Outlook 2007.  All with same user,
and the best part is that it is the president of the company.

1) Whenever the user starts MS Outlook 2007, they are prompted that MS
Outlook 2007 is not the default client.  We have verified all settings
in IE options, also changed and let MS Outlook prompt and we forced
reset.  We also used an app by the name of DefaultMail to set.  All
attempts have lead to the same results.  The user is still prompted with
the message.

2) Searching within MS Outlook provides no results.  We installed the
latest MS Search tool and ran the index but no change in results.

3) On trying to import / export in MS Outlook, the message Internal
translation system error is displayed.


Thoughts please.

CAR

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Arthur C. Clarke 


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Re: MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues

[Steve Ens]

Have you tried an uninstall/reinstall of Outlook?  Does this happen on only
one specific PC, what happens when he logs onto a different PC with his
profile?

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Cesare' A. Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> We are stumped on 3 issues with MS Outlook 2007.  All with same user, and
> the best part is that it is the president of the company.
>
> 1) Whenever the user starts MS Outlook 2007, they are prompted that MS
> Outlook 2007 is not the default client.  We have verified all settings in IE
> options, also changed and let MS Outlook prompt and we forced reset.  We
> also used an app by the name of DefaultMail to set.  All attempts have lead
> to the same results.  The user is still prompted with the message.
>
> 2) Searching within MS Outlook provides no results.  We installed the
> latest MS Search tool and ran the index but no change in results.
>
> 3) On trying to import / export in MS Outlook, the message Internal
> translation system error is displayed.
>
>
> Thoughts please.
>
> CAR
>
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Re: MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues

[Sherry Abercrombie]

Have you tried removing and reinstalling Outlook?

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Cesare' A. Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> We are stumped on 3 issues with MS Outlook 2007.  All with same user, and
> the best part is that it is the president of the company.
>
> 1) Whenever the user starts MS Outlook 2007, they are prompted that MS
> Outlook 2007 is not the default client.  We have verified all settings in IE
> options, also changed and let MS Outlook prompt and we forced reset.  We
> also used an app by the name of DefaultMail to set.  All attempts have lead
> to the same results.  The user is still prompted with the message.
>
> 2) Searching within MS Outlook provides no results.  We installed the
> latest MS Search tool and ran the index but no change in results.
>
> 3) On trying to import / export in MS Outlook, the message Internal
> translation system error is displayed.
>
>
> Thoughts please.
>
> CAR
>
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MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues

[Cesare' A. Ramos]

Hello all.

We are stumped on 3 issues with MS Outlook 2007.  All with same user, and the 
best part is that it is the president of the company.

1) Whenever the user starts MS Outlook 2007, they are prompted that MS Outlook 
2007 is not the default client.  We have verified all settings in IE options, 
also changed and let MS Outlook prompt and we forced reset.  We also used an 
app by the name of DefaultMail to set.  All attempts have lead to the same 
results.  The user is still prompted with the message.

2) Searching within MS Outlook provides no results.  We installed the latest MS 
Search tool and ran the index but no change in results.

3) On trying to import / export in MS Outlook, the message Internal translation 
system error is displayed.


Thoughts please.

CAR

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RE: Naming convention for Servers

[Cesare' A. Ramos]

We use the following syntax:

 

Company Initials  * Server function * Production or Development * Server
#.

 

We have added location to company initials in some cases.

 

Ie. Acme Corp with a production and 2 development e-Mail servers.

 

ACMAILPRD01

ACMAILDEV01

ACMAILDEV02

 

CAR

 

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:12 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

 

I've used Superheroes and Golf terms.  At my present job, we're using
server functions...

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:57 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

A former company I worked at used names of food.  Lettuce, Bacon, and
Spaghetti, are some notable ones that come to mind.

 

 

Phillip Partipilo

Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107

 

 

 

 



From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

My preference has always been to use names with some kind of theme
(animals, gems, etc) and to make sure they are pronounceable and
something that can be spelled. 

 

It's much easier to tell the Helpdesk that what they're looking for is
on "sapphire" then on "inusfsrv01"

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

 

Farm animals, now that's funny.  Back in the day of Novell servers
around here we had one named HAL.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Rankin, James R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Which means you can keep contractors like myself happy by calling your
Exchange 2007 server "EXCHANGE2007", instead of UKZZ3242B1

However I quite like the idea of my current company, whose Citrix farm
servers are named after farm animals.


-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 14 April 2008 15:53
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

Mr. Happy Hacker will defeat this obscurity in about 30 seconds with
nmap, or other port scanning tool of choice.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Clayton Doige
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> The only reason you might want to stay away from a naming convention
is
> security. If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your
servers
> they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are
> hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Rishi Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: 14 April 2008 14:39
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>  Subject: Naming convention for Servers
>
>
>
>
> I have a general question that I'd like to put up for discussion.
>
>
>
> I work for a medium size company with about 50 servers.
>
>
>
> Most of our domain controllers and exchange servers have random
> names(These are not real) but something like George, Gertrude,
etc...
>
>
>
> I am one of TWO system admins... or let's say 3 sys admins, including
my
> supervisor.
>
>
>
> I have been pleading to start using a naming convention for the last
several
> months as it is now getting confusing to remember which sever performs
which
> function and which office it is located.  (We have 7 different office
> locations throughout the country).
>
>
>
> Is there really a good reason to NOT have a naming convention?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>



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Splitting files across DVDs

[Adam Meixler]

Hi all, I'm having a heck of a time thinking of a solution to a very simple 
problem.

We have a directory of 45gb and want to burn it to 6 DVDs, individual files are 
about 100mb. (tape would fix everything but isn't an option)

We're looking for something that can be used to split this directory into the 
correct ISOs in an ongoing basis. The CDs should be the partial directory 
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RE: [OT] Nagios folks

[Joe Heaton]

I like my nagios with cheese, and a lot of it!
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks


And you probably deserve it too.   

















JK ;)


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Tom Strader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:


I get enough Nagious at home from my wife, sheesh!

 





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Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:52 PM 

To: NT System Admin Issues

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Why Domain GPO gets applied to the Non-domain NIC?

[Ajay Kulsh]

We hava laptops with wired and wireless NICs. These laptops are member of the 
'Corp' domain. This domain has GPO that should "Prohibit use of internet 
connection firewall on your DNS domain". LAN NIC is getting IP and DNS suffix 
from corporate DHCP server and should have firewall disabled but the wireless 
NICs are getting IP and non-corp DNS suffix from a DSL router, but the firewall 
is still disabled (grayed out) on these wireless NICs.

Why should GPO apply to these wireless NICs if they are neither on a Corp 
subnet nor have corp DNS suffix? How can we enable firewall on these wireless 
connections? Thanks.

Jay
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Re: [OT] Nagios folks

[Sherry Abercrombie]

And you probably deserve it too.

















JK ;)

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Tom Strader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  I get enough Nagious at home from my wife, sheesh!
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 2:52 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: [OT] Nagios folks
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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RE: [OT] Nagios folks

[Tom Strader]

I get enough Nagious at home from my wife, sheesh!

 

  _  

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: [OT] Nagios folks

 

 
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Re: [OT] Nagios folks

[Sherry Abercrombie]

I'm not the Nagios queen at our place but we use it extensively, and I think
that Matthew is correct, do your check based on IP and use the plug in for
that and I think that you tell Nagios what answer you are expecting.  Tell
your Nagios guy to go to the Nagios site and look at the plug ins that are
available.  There are tons of them, and more are being added regularly.

Tedious, yeah, but boy is it configurable to suit your needs.

Got HP servers?  Look for some Nagios plug ins that tie into HP's System
Insight Manager.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Matthew W. Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> It's been a while since I've used Nagios, so things may have changed...
>
> What you want to do is check the servers via IP, not FQDN... Just like
> you're doing. But also check that your DNS servers are returning what you
> are expecting using the Nagios check_DNS plugin.
>
> If you did it the other way, then all your servers would appear to be down
> to Nagios if your DNS failed. This way, your servers will still respond as
> alive, but your DNS will come up failed. It's a more accurate discription of
> the problem.
>
> As for the "Tedious as Hell" part, that's why I stopped using Nagios.
> Haven't found anything better (For the price), but I was too busy to keep
> the extremely long config files up to date. I'm interested in Nagios 3.0
> which was recently released, hoping they made it easier on the configuration
> side... I'll be checking that out later.
>
> --Matt Ross
>
> - Original Message -
> From: David Lum
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Mon, 14 Apr 2008
> 10:03:19 -0700
> Subject: [OT] Nagios folks
>
>
> > We have tests for about 70 servers for being online. Currently they are
> > all checking a specific IP, but we'd like to change them to look for an
> > FQDN and make that test dependant on our DNS's servers DNS service to be
> > running. Is there a reasonably painless (read: not tedious as hell) way
> > to make this change - namely the dependencies?
> >
> > I'm not our Nagios guy, but figured I'd see if I can find him some
> > help...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
> > "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [OT] Nagios folks

[Ben Scott]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:03 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a reasonably painless (read: not tedious as hell) way to make this
> change - namely the dependencies?

  I don't use Nagios much, but the Unix Way is to run a search/replace
tool across the configuration files to make mass changes like that.
Use the text processing tool of your choice -- sed, awk, Perl, Emacs,
KFileReplace, etc.

-- Ben

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Re: [OT] Nagios folks

[Matthew W. Ross]

It's been a while since I've used Nagios, so things may have changed...

What you want to do is check the servers via IP, not FQDN... Just like you're 
doing. But also check that your DNS servers are returning what you are 
expecting using the Nagios check_DNS plugin.

If you did it the other way, then all your servers would appear to be down to 
Nagios if your DNS failed. This way, your servers will still respond as alive, 
but your DNS will come up failed. It's a more accurate discription of the 
problem.

As for the "Tedious as Hell" part, that's why I stopped using Nagios. Haven't 
found anything better (For the price), but I was too busy to keep the extremely 
long config files up to date. I'm interested in Nagios 3.0 which was recently 
released, hoping they made it easier on the configuration side... I'll be 
checking that out later.

--Matt Ross

- Original Message -
From: David Lum
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon, 14 Apr 2008
10:03:19 -0700
Subject: [OT] Nagios folks


> We have tests for about 70 servers for being online. Currently they are
> all checking a specific IP, but we'd like to change them to look for an
> FQDN and make that test dependant on our DNS's servers DNS service to be
> running. Is there a reasonably painless (read: not tedious as hell) way
> to make this change - namely the dependencies?
> 
> I'm not our Nagios guy, but figured I'd see if I can find him some
> help...
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
> "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: 2003 Server DNS

[Sherry Abercrombie]

Static via DHCP = NO.  Static assigned at the server.

I have my network IP's carved up into nice little segments with a specific
IP ranges for servers, workstations and printers.  Workstations get DHCP,
printers get DHCP reservations, servers get their own range of IP addresses
statically assigned to them.  None of them overlap.   Actually, in my server
IP range it is even further segmented to Production servers, Development and
Test, and each of those environments is further segmented into physical or
virutal ,and then there is the DMZ..

Say, that sounds a little bit like network segmentation

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Static…..you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you mean static
> at the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple IP's for some
> reason J.
>
>
>
> Shook:
>
> 1: No
>
> 2: DHCP duration - 8 days
>
> 3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh and refresh
> intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS MMC) it is set
> not to scavenge at all.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: 2003 Server DNS
>
>
>
> I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to renew their
> lease.
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Questions
>
> 1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
> 2. What is the lease length on an address?
> 3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the zone files?
>
> Shook
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook
>
>
>  -Original Message-
> From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:54 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: 2003 Server DNS
>
> Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS client
> registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that seem to
> lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.  DNS and DHCP
> reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone
> explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003 Server
> SP2.
>
> Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process will help
> me immensely.
>
> TIA,
> Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
> "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"
>
>
>
>
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RE: Naming convention for Servers

[Joe Heaton]

I've used Superheroes and Golf terms.  At my present job, we're using
server functions...
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:57 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers


A former company I worked at used names of food.  Lettuce, Bacon, and
Spaghetti, are some notable ones that come to mind.
 
 
Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107
 
 
 



From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers



My preference has always been to use names with some kind of theme
(animals, gems, etc) and to make sure they are pronounceable and
something that can be spelled. 

 

It's much easier to tell the Helpdesk that what they're looking for is
on "sapphire" then on "inusfsrv01"

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

 

Farm animals, now that's funny.  Back in the day of Novell servers
around here we had one named HAL.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Rankin, James R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Which means you can keep contractors like myself happy by calling your
Exchange 2007 server "EXCHANGE2007", instead of UKZZ3242B1

However I quite like the idea of my current company, whose Citrix farm
servers are named after farm animals.


-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 14 April 2008 15:53
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

Mr. Happy Hacker will defeat this obscurity in about 30 seconds with
nmap, or other port scanning tool of choice.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Clayton Doige
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> The only reason you might want to stay away from a naming convention
is
> security. If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your
servers
> they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are
> hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Rishi Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: 14 April 2008 14:39
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>  Subject: Naming convention for Servers
>
>
>
>
> I have a general question that I'd like to put up for discussion.
>
>
>
> I work for a medium size company with about 50 servers.
>
>
>
> Most of our domain controllers and exchange servers have random
> names(These are not real) but something like George, Gertrude,
etc...
>
>
>
> I am one of TWO system admins... or let's say 3 sys admins, including
my
> supervisor.
>
>
>
> I have been pleading to start using a naming convention for the last
several
> months as it is now getting confusing to remember which sever performs
which
> function and which office it is located.  (We have 7 different office
> locations throughout the country).
>
>
>
> Is there really a good reason to NOT have a naming convention?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>



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Re: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

[Sherry Abercrombie]

No, it's the ITTabs addon.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Joe Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Sherry:
>
>  I remember that being an addon called IETab - has the functionality to
> switch rendering engines been built into FireFox now?
>
> Thanks.
> Joe
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Tim Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >  And using Google to search their site.
> >
> >
> >
> > …Tim
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 9:25 AM
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* Re: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**
> >
> >
> >
> > Joy!!!  Life is good.  Don't know if you can tell, but I have an intense
> > dislike of IE also.  I get a kick out of searching Microsoft's support site
> > from Firefox.
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I don't know if it is because I logged in in IE, or what, but the site
> > is working at the moment in Firefox.
> >
> >
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  --
> >
> > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 9:09 AM
> >
> >
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> >
> > *Subject:* Re: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**
> >
> > You can (shudder) try to use Firefox in IE mode (the little firefox
> > emblem in the very bottom right-hand corner will allow you to switch
> > rendering engine for that tab only, all the other tabs will stay with the
> > firefox engine.)
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I guess the website doesn't like Firefox, as I was able to login using
> > IE7.  Wish I didn't dislike IE so much...
> >
> >
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  --
> >
> > *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 8:59 AM
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
> >
> > Update:
> >
> >
> >
> > I went through the registration process again.  Filled out my name,
> > e-mail, etc.  Hit submit, got a screen saying "Here's the username assigned
> > to you.  Gives me a password entry, where I input my desired password, and
> > verify it.  Then I hit submit again, and get the following error:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'
> >
> > Type mismatch: 'LogOnToForum'
> >
> > /registration/reg_code.asp, line 84
> >
> >
> >
> > Any ideas on this?  I am using Firefox, if that makes a difference.
> >
> >
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  --
> >
> > *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 8:34 AM
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
> >
> > Sorry about the delay in response, I was in class all last week.  When I
> > try to login using the credentials that the registration process "gave" me,
> > I get an error saying either the user name or password is incorrect.
> >
> >
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  --
> >
> > *From:* Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 5:09 PM
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* Re: MyITforum
> >
> > Joe, have you attempted to log in with that ID and password? It sounds
> > like that already exists but isn't being caught properly. If that's the
> > case, you should be able to log in.
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >  - Original Message -
> >
> > *From:* Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues 
> >
> > *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 6:59 PM
> >
> > *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
> >
> >
> >
> > I went through the registration process, got a username, assigned a
> > password and got a database error.
> >
> >
> >
> > Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e2f'
> >
> >
> >
> > Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'Mem'. Cannot insert duplicate key
> > in object 'pgd_Members'.
> >
> >
> >
> > /inc/reg_myitreg.asp, line 22
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  --
> >
> > *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 3:36 PM
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
> >
> > Hmmm…
> >
> >
> >
> > Where are you having issues at, specifically?
> >
> >
> >
> > Here?
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.myITforum.com/registration
> >
> >
> >
> > Rod Trent
> >
> > CEO, myITforum.com, Inc. 
> >
> > my myITforum.com 
> > Profile
> >
> > myITforum.com LinkedIn 
> > Group
> >
> > Join the Social 
> >
> > my LinkedIn 
> >
> >
> >
> > [image: 140x70_static_final] 
> >
> > *MMS 2008 – Las Vegas*
> >
> > *April 28th  -  May 2nd 2008*
> >
> > *BOOTH #

RE: Naming convention for Servers

[Phillip Partipilo]

A former company I worked at used names of food.  Lettuce, Bacon, and
Spaghetti, are some notable ones that come to mind.
 
 
Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107
 
 
 

  _  

From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers



My preference has always been to use names with some kind of theme (animals,
gems, etc) and to make sure they are pronounceable and something that can be
spelled. 

 

It's much easier to tell the Helpdesk that what they're looking for is on
"sapphire" then on "inusfsrv01"

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

 

Farm animals, now that's funny.  Back in the day of Novell servers around
here we had one named HAL.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Rankin, James R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Which means you can keep contractors like myself happy by calling your
Exchange 2007 server "EXCHANGE2007", instead of UKZZ3242B1

However I quite like the idea of my current company, whose Citrix farm
servers are named after farm animals.


-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 14 April 2008 15:53
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

Mr. Happy Hacker will defeat this obscurity in about 30 seconds with
nmap, or other port scanning tool of choice.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Clayton Doige
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> The only reason you might want to stay away from a naming convention is
> security. If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your servers
> they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are
> hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Rishi Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: 14 April 2008 14:39
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>  Subject: Naming convention for Servers
>
>
>
>
> I have a general question that I'd like to put up for discussion.
>
>
>
> I work for a medium size company with about 50 servers.
>
>
>
> Most of our domain controllers and exchange servers have random
> names..(These are not real) but something like George, Gertrude, etc.
>
>
>
> I am one of TWO system admins. or let's say 3 sys admins, including my
> supervisor.
>
>
>
> I have been pleading to start using a naming convention for the last
several
> months as it is now getting confusing to remember which sever performs
which
> function and which office it is located.  (We have 7 different office
> locations throughout the country).
>
>
>
> Is there really a good reason to NOT have a naming convention?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


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RE: Naming convention for Servers

[Joe Heaton]

Or better yet, "Sorry Sir, you caught me with MyPants down."
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:40 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers



Funniest one I ever saw mentioned as an idea for a server name was
"MyPants".  So when the server is down, or need to be kicked, rebooted,
upgraded, connected to, remotely controlled...

 

"Sorry sir, we haven't monitored services on MyPants for a long time..."

 

Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 

 

From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:26 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

 

Neptune?

 



From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

 

Agreed but never use the planets.  Anyone remember the old Sharky
newsletter about the helpdesk call b\c a user was having problems
connecting to the 8th planet? 

 

Shook

http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook  



From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

 

My preference has always been to use names with some kind of theme
(animals, gems, etc) and to make sure they are pronounceable and
something that can be spelled. 

 

It's much easier to tell the Helpdesk that what they're looking for is
on "sapphire" then on "inusfsrv01"

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

 

Farm animals, now that's funny.  Back in the day of Novell servers
around here we had one named HAL.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Rankin, James R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Which means you can keep contractors like myself happy by calling your
Exchange 2007 server "EXCHANGE2007", instead of UKZZ3242B1

However I quite like the idea of my current company, whose Citrix farm
servers are named after farm animals.


-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 14 April 2008 15:53
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

Mr. Happy Hacker will defeat this obscurity in about 30 seconds with
nmap, or other port scanning tool of choice.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Clayton Doige
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> The only reason you might want to stay away from a naming convention
is
> security. If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your
servers
> they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are
> hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Rishi Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: 14 April 2008 14:39
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>  Subject: Naming convention for Servers
>
>
>
>
> I have a general question that I'd like to put up for discussion.
>
>
>
> I work for a medium size company with about 50 servers.
>
>
>
> Most of our domain controllers and exchange servers have random
> names(These are not real) but something like George, Gertrude,
etc...
>
>
>
> I am one of TWO system admins... or let's say 3 sys admins, including
my
> supervisor.
>
>
>
> I have been pleading to start using a naming convention for the last
several
> months as it is now getting confusing to remember which sever performs
which
> function and which office it is located.  (We have 7 different office
> locations throughout the country).
>
>
>
> Is there really a good reason to NOT have a naming convention?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>



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> viruses.
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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RE: Naming convention for Servers

[David Lum]

Funniest one I ever saw mentioned as an idea for a server name was
"MyPants".  So when the server is down, or need to be kicked, rebooted,
upgraded, connected to, remotely controlled...

 

"Sorry sir, we haven't monitored services on MyPants for a long time..."

 

Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 

 

From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:26 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

 

Neptune?

 



From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

 

Agreed but never use the planets.  Anyone remember the old Sharky
newsletter about the helpdesk call b\c a user was having problems
connecting to the 8th planet? 

 

Shook

http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook  



From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

 

My preference has always been to use names with some kind of theme
(animals, gems, etc) and to make sure they are pronounceable and
something that can be spelled. 

 

It's much easier to tell the Helpdesk that what they're looking for is
on "sapphire" then on "inusfsrv01"

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

 

Farm animals, now that's funny.  Back in the day of Novell servers
around here we had one named HAL.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Rankin, James R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Which means you can keep contractors like myself happy by calling your
Exchange 2007 server "EXCHANGE2007", instead of UKZZ3242B1

However I quite like the idea of my current company, whose Citrix farm
servers are named after farm animals.


-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 14 April 2008 15:53
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

Mr. Happy Hacker will defeat this obscurity in about 30 seconds with
nmap, or other port scanning tool of choice.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Clayton Doige
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> The only reason you might want to stay away from a naming convention
is
> security. If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your
servers
> they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are
> hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Rishi Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: 14 April 2008 14:39
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>  Subject: Naming convention for Servers
>
>
>
>
> I have a general question that I'd like to put up for discussion.
>
>
>
> I work for a medium size company with about 50 servers.
>
>
>
> Most of our domain controllers and exchange servers have random
> names(These are not real) but something like George, Gertrude,
etc...
>
>
>
> I am one of TWO system admins... or let's say 3 sys admins, including
my
> supervisor.
>
>
>
> I have been pleading to start using a naming convention for the last
several
> months as it is now getting confusing to remember which sever performs
which
> function and which office it is located.  (We have 7 different office
> locations throughout the country).
>
>
>
> Is there really a good reason to NOT have a naming convention?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>



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>  PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals &
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RE: 2003 Server DNS

[David Lum]

Static.you mean static via DHCP reservation, right? If you mean
static at the server I declare you insane unless you need multiple IP's
for some reason J.

 

Shook:

1: No

2: DHCP duration - 8 days

3: Zone in question is set to 1 day for both no-refresh and refresh
intervals (at the zone) but at the server level (in the DNS MMC) it is
set not to scavenge at all.

 

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to renew
their lease.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Questions

1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
2. What is the lease length on an address?
3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the zone files?

Shook
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook


 -Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: 2003 Server DNS

Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS client
registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that seem to
lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.  DNS and DHCP
reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone
explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003 Server
SP2.

Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process will help
me immensely.

TIA,
Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"




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Re: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

[Joe Fox]

Sherry:

 I remember that being an addon called IETab - has the functionality to
switch rendering engines been built into FireFox now?

Thanks.
Joe

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Tim Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  And using Google to search their site.
>
>
>
> …Tim
>
>
>
> *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 9:25 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**
>
>
>
> Joy!!!  Life is good.  Don't know if you can tell, but I have an intense
> dislike of IE also.  I get a kick out of searching Microsoft's support site
> from Firefox.
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I don't know if it is because I logged in in IE, or what, but the site is
> working at the moment in Firefox.
>
>
>
> Joe Heaton
>
>
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 9:09 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* Re: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**
>
> You can (shudder) try to use Firefox in IE mode (the little firefox emblem
> in the very bottom right-hand corner will allow you to switch rendering
> engine for that tab only, all the other tabs will stay with the firefox
> engine.)
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I guess the website doesn't like Firefox, as I was able to login using
> IE7.  Wish I didn't dislike IE so much...
>
>
>
> Joe Heaton
>
>
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 8:59 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
>
> Update:
>
>
>
> I went through the registration process again.  Filled out my name,
> e-mail, etc.  Hit submit, got a screen saying "Here's the username assigned
> to you.  Gives me a password entry, where I input my desired password, and
> verify it.  Then I hit submit again, and get the following error:
>
>
>
>
>
> Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'
>
> Type mismatch: 'LogOnToForum'
>
> /registration/reg_code.asp, line 84
>
>
>
> Any ideas on this?  I am using Firefox, if that makes a difference.
>
>
>
> Joe Heaton
>
>
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 8:34 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
>
> Sorry about the delay in response, I was in class all last week.  When I
> try to login using the credentials that the registration process "gave" me,
> I get an error saying either the user name or password is incorrect.
>
>
>
> Joe Heaton
>
>
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 5:09 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: MyITforum
>
> Joe, have you attempted to log in with that ID and password? It sounds
> like that already exists but isn't being caught properly. If that's the
> case, you should be able to log in.
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>  - Original Message -
>
> *From:* Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues 
>
> *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 6:59 PM
>
> *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
>
>
>
> I went through the registration process, got a username, assigned a
> password and got a database error.
>
>
>
> Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e2f'
>
>
>
> Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'Mem'. Cannot insert duplicate key in
> object 'pgd_Members'.
>
>
>
> /inc/reg_myitreg.asp, line 22
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Joe Heaton
>
>
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 3:36 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
>
> Hmmm…
>
>
>
> Where are you having issues at, specifically?
>
>
>
> Here?
>
>
>
> http://www.myITforum.com/registration
>
>
>
> Rod Trent
>
> CEO, myITforum.com, Inc. 
>
> my myITforum.com 
> Profile
>
> myITforum.com LinkedIn Group
>
> Join the Social 
>
> my LinkedIn 
>
>
>
> [image: 140x70_static_final] 
>
> *MMS 2008 – Las Vegas*
>
> *April 28th  -  May 2nd 2008*
>
> *BOOTH #235*
>
>
>
> *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 6:33 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* MyITforum
>
>
>
> Anyone have difficulty registering for the myitforum.com site?  I can't
> seem to be able to do it, and when I ask for help, no e-mails ever come...
>
>
>
> Joe Heaton
>
> AISA
>
> Employment Training Panel
>
> 1100 J Street, 4th Floor
>
> Sacramento, CA  95814
>
> (916) 327-5276
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sherry Abercrombie
>
> "Any 

Re: 2003 Server DNS

[Sherry Abercrombie]

LOL, not really Tom, I'm "so electrifying" because I am a redhead and have
the attitude to go with it ;)

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Tom Strader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  A, so THAT'S why you are so electrifying Sherry???
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 1:02 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: 2003 Server DNS
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Images not displaying correctly in Outlook 2003 - Problem not solved fro everyone!

[Micheal Espinola Jr]

Here's some kixtart code to clear that folder:

$O2K3OSTF=ReadValue
("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security",
"OutlookSecureTempFolder")
Del "$O2K3OSTF\*.*"


On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The problem isnt your temp folder.  Its the folder that is specified here:
> >
> >  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security,
> >  OutlookSecureTempFolder
>
>  We use the VBScript below to clean out that folder on a semi-regular basis.
>
>  (Outlook doesn't always clean up after itself when it saves a file
> to that folder.  Our ERP system always uses the same file name when
> generating certain reports which get emailed to other people.  When
> Outlook encounters the existing file name, it renames the new
> attachment to "Whatever (1)",  "Whatever (2)", etc.  Once it hits
> "Whatever (99)", Outlook starts to puke when the user tries to open
> said reports.)
>
>
> ' PurgeOutlookTempFiles.VBS - delete contents of Outlook's "secure
> temp folder" file attachment directory
> '
> Option Explicit
> '
> Const WshShellRunShow = 1
> Const WshShellRunWait = True
> Const dq = 
> '
> Const AttachFolderRegPath =
> "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security\OutlookSecureTempFolder"
> '
> Dim WshShell
> Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
> '
> Dim AttachFolderPath
> AttachFolderPath = WshShell.RegRead(AttachFolderRegPath)
> '
> ' Make sure path contains expected sub-strings
> If (InStr(AttachFolderPath, "Documents and Settings") = 0) _
> Or (InStr(AttachFolderPath, "Temporary Internet Files") = 0) Then
>WScript.Echo _
>"Outlook attachment folder path looks strange." & vbNewLine & _
>"Path = <" & AttachFolderPath & ">" & vbNewLine & _
>"Aborting."
>WScript.Quit
> End If
> '
> Dim cmd
> cmd = "CMD.EXE /C DEL /F/A " & dq & AttachFolderPath & dq
> '
> ' run DEL *.* in a foreground window (so user gets prompted)
> WshShell.Run cmd, WshShellRunShow, WshShellRunWait
>
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[OT] Nagios folks

[David Lum]

We have tests for about 70 servers for being online. Currently they are
all checking a specific IP, but we'd like to change them to look for an
FQDN and make that test dependant on our DNS's servers DNS service to be
running. Is there a reasonably painless (read: not tedious as hell) way
to make this change - namely the dependencies?

I'm not our Nagios guy, but figured I'd see if I can find him some
help...

Thanks,
Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 




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RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Mike Semon]

You might also check the DHCP client service

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/264539

Mike

-Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: 2003 Server DNS

Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS client
registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that seem to
lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.  DNS and DHCP
reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone
explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003 Server
SP2.

Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process will help
me immensely.

TIA,
Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 




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RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Tom Strader]

A, so THAT'S why you are so electrifying Sherry???

 

  _  

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:02 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS

 

 
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Re: 2003 Server DNS

[Sherry Abercrombie]

I assign my servers a static ip address so they never have to renew their
lease.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Questions
>
> 1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
> 2. What is the lease length on an address?
> 3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the zone files?
>
> Shook
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook
>
>  -Original Message-
> From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:54 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: 2003 Server DNS
>
> Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS client
> registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that seem to
> lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.  DNS and DHCP
> reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone
> explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003 Server
> SP2.
>
> Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process will help
> me immensely.
>
> TIA,
> Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
> "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"
>
>
>
>
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Arthur C. Clarke

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RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Troy Meyer]

David,

Devil's advocate here, why are servers renewing DHCP reservations? Static IPs 
should fix this issue and are well worth the setup effort when troubleshooting 
connection issues.

-troy



-Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: 2003 Server DNS

Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS client
registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that seem to
lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.  DNS and DHCP
reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone
explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003 Server
SP2.

Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process will help
me immensely.

TIA,
Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands"




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RE: 2003 Server DNS

[Andy Shook]

Questions

1. Is the DC in question a member of the DNSUpdateProxy group?
2. What is the lease length on an address?
3. How often is your DNS server(s) set to clean up the zone files?

Shook
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook

  -Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: 2003 Server DNS

Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS client
registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that seem to
lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.  DNS and DHCP
reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone
explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003 Server
SP2.

Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process will help
me immensely.

TIA,
Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 




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2003 Server DNS

[David Lum]

Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS client
registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that seem to
lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP.  DNS and DHCP
reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone
explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003 Server
SP2.

Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process will help
me immensely.

TIA,
Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
"When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" 




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Re: Naming convention for Servers

[Ben Scott]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Clayton Doige
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ... someone internal who has been paid to try and steal stuff
> might not have that skill set, even if they do have the permissions to get
> places.

  Textbook definition of "security through obscurity".

> Every wall you put up makes things take more time ...

  So why not just unplug all the network cables, and access your
servers by copying things around on floppy disk?

  From a risk management perspective, choosing names specifically to
obscure function has a cost and little to no realized benefit.  That
makes it bad security.  (You're costing resources that could be spent
on actually making things more secure.)

-- Ben

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RE: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

[Tim Evans]

And using Google to search their site.

 

...Tim

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:25 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

 

Joy!!!  Life is good.  Don't know if you can tell, but I have an intense
dislike of IE also.  I get a kick out of searching Microsoft's support
site from Firefox.  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I don't know if it is because I logged in in IE, or what, but the site
is working at the moment in Firefox.

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:09 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

You can (shudder) try to use Firefox in IE mode (the little firefox
emblem in the very bottom right-hand corner will allow you to switch
rendering engine for that tab only, all the other tabs will stay with
the firefox engine.)  

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I guess the website doesn't like Firefox, as I was able to login using
IE7.  Wish I didn't dislike IE so much...

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum

Update:

 

I went through the registration process again.  Filled out my name,
e-mail, etc.  Hit submit, got a screen saying "Here's the username
assigned to you.  Gives me a password entry, where I input my desired
password, and verify it.  Then I hit submit again, and get the following
error:

 

 

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d' 

Type mismatch: 'LogOnToForum' 

/registration/reg_code.asp, line 84 

 

Any ideas on this?  I am using Firefox, if that makes a difference.

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum

Sorry about the delay in response, I was in class all last week.  When I
try to login using the credentials that the registration process "gave"
me, I get an error saying either the user name or password is incorrect.

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 5:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MyITforum

Joe, have you attempted to log in with that ID and password? It sounds
like that already exists but isn't being caught properly. If that's the
case, you should be able to log in.

 

Steve

- Original Message - 

From: Joe Heaton   

To: NT System Admin Issues
  

Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:59 PM

Subject: RE: MyITforum

 

I went through the registration process, got a username,
assigned a password and got a database error.

 

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e2f'

 

Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'Mem'. Cannot insert
duplicate key in object 'pgd_Members'.

 

/inc/reg_myitreg.asp, line 22 

 

 

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum

Hmmm...

 

Where are you having issues at, specifically?

 

Here?

 

http://www.myITforum.com/registration 

 

Rod Trent

CEO, myITforum.com, Inc.  

my myITforum.com Profile
 

myITforum.com LinkedIn Group
 

Join the Social    

my LinkedIn  

 

   

MMS 2008 - Las Vegas

April 28th  -  May 2nd 2008

BOOTH #235

 

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: MyITforum

 

Anyone have difficulty registering for the myitforum.com site?
I can't seem to be able to do it, and when I ask for help, no e-mails
ever come...

 

Joe Heaton

AISA

Employment Training Panel

1100 J Street, 4th Floor

Sacramento, CA  95814

(916) 327-5276

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




-- 
Sherry Abercrombie

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." 
Arthur C. Clarke 

 

RE: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

[Rod Trent]

Sounds like a cookie security issue, but I could be wrong.

 

 

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:31 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

 

Ya, I don't know what the issue was Rod.  I went through the registration
process again today, got the SQL error again, but also got an email with the
credentials, including the password that I typed in.  Tried to login using
Firefox first, got an error.  Logged in using IE, and was successful, and
since, have been successful a couple times using Firefox.  One oddity, when
I logout, the little window says I'm logged out, but the site itself still
says Welcome Joe, and the option is to Logout.  Clicking on either of the
Logout links, however, gets me the login screen...

 

Joe Heaton

 

 

  _  

From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:26 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

The site should work fine with Firefox.  In fact, we have a Firefox search
component available for installation.

 

 

 

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:02 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

 

I guess the website doesn't like Firefox, as I was able to login using IE7.
Wish I didn't dislike IE so much...

 

Joe Heaton

 

 

  _  

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum

Update:

 

I went through the registration process again.  Filled out my name, e-mail,
etc.  Hit submit, got a screen saying "Here's the username assigned to you.
Gives me a password entry, where I input my desired password, and verify it.
Then I hit submit again, and get the following error:

 

 

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d' 

Type mismatch: 'LogOnToForum' 

/registration/reg_code.asp, line 84 

 

Any ideas on this?  I am using Firefox, if that makes a difference.

 

Joe Heaton

 

 

  _  

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum

Sorry about the delay in response, I was in class all last week.  When I try
to login using the credentials that the registration process "gave" me, I
get an error saying either the user name or password is incorrect.

 

Joe Heaton

 

 

  _  

From: Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 5:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MyITforum

Joe, have you attempted to log in with that ID and password? It sounds like
that already exists but isn't being caught properly. If that's the case, you
should be able to log in.

 

Steve

- Original Message - 

From: Joe Heaton   

To: NT System Admin Issues   

Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:59 PM

Subject: RE: MyITforum

 

I went through the registration process, got a username, assigned a password
and got a database error.

 

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e2f'

 

Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'Mem'. Cannot insert duplicate key in
object 'pgd_Members'.

 

/inc/reg_myitreg.asp, line 22 

 

 

 

Joe Heaton

 

 

  _  

From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum

Hmmm.

 

Where are you having issues at, specifically?

 

Here?

 

http://www.myITforum.com/registration 

 

Rod Trent

CEO, myITforum.com, Inc.  

my   myITforum.com
Profile

myITforum.com   LinkedIn
Group

Join the Social    

my LinkedIn  

 

  140x70_static_final

MMS 2008 - Las Vegas

April 28th  -  May 2nd 2008

BOOTH #235

 

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: MyITforum

 

Anyone have difficulty registering for the myitforum.com site?  I can't seem
to be able to do it, and when I ask for help, no e-mails ever come...

 

Joe Heaton

AISA

Employment Training Panel

1100 J Street, 4th Floor

Sacramento, CA  95814

(916) 327-5276

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

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RE: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

[Joe Heaton]

Ya, I don't know what the issue was Rod.  I went through the
registration process again today, got the SQL error again, but also got
an email with the credentials, including the password that I typed in.
Tried to login using Firefox first, got an error.  Logged in using IE,
and was successful, and since, have been successful a couple times using
Firefox.  One oddity, when I logout, the little window says I'm logged
out, but the site itself still says Welcome Joe, and the option is to
Logout.  Clicking on either of the Logout links, however, gets me the
login screen...
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:26 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**



The site should work fine with Firefox.  In fact, we have a Firefox
search component available for installation.

 

 

 

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:02 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

 

I guess the website doesn't like Firefox, as I was able to login using
IE7.  Wish I didn't dislike IE so much...

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum

Update:

 

I went through the registration process again.  Filled out my name,
e-mail, etc.  Hit submit, got a screen saying "Here's the username
assigned to you.  Gives me a password entry, where I input my desired
password, and verify it.  Then I hit submit again, and get the following
error:

 

 

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d' 

Type mismatch: 'LogOnToForum' 

/registration/reg_code.asp, line 84 

 

Any ideas on this?  I am using Firefox, if that makes a difference.

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum

Sorry about the delay in response, I was in class all last week.  When I
try to login using the credentials that the registration process "gave"
me, I get an error saying either the user name or password is incorrect.

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 5:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MyITforum

Joe, have you attempted to log in with that ID and password? It sounds
like that already exists but isn't being caught properly. If that's the
case, you should be able to log in.

 

Steve

- Original Message - 

From: Joe Heaton   

To: NT System Admin Issues
  

Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:59 PM

Subject: RE: MyITforum

 

I went through the registration process, got a username,
assigned a password and got a database error.

 

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e2f'

 

Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'Mem'. Cannot insert
duplicate key in object 'pgd_Members'.

 

/inc/reg_myitreg.asp, line 22 

 

 

 

Joe Heaton

 

 



From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum

Hmmm...

 

Where are you having issues at, specifically?

 

Here?

 

http://www.myITforum.com/registration 

 

Rod Trent

CEO, myITforum.com, Inc.  

my myITforum.com Profile
 

myITforum.com LinkedIn Group
 

Join the Social    

my LinkedIn  

 

   

MMS 2008 - Las Vegas

April 28th  -  May 2nd 2008

BOOTH #235

 

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: MyITforum

 

Anyone have difficulty registering for the myitforum.com site?
I can't seem to be able to do it, and when I ask for help, no e-mails
ever come...

 

Joe Heaton

AISA

Employment Training Panel

1100 J Street, 4th Floor

Sacramento, CA  95814

(916) 327-5276

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






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RE: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

[Rod Trent]

The site should work fine with Firefox.  In fact, we have a Firefox search
component available for installation.

 

 

 

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:02 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

 

I guess the website doesn't like Firefox, as I was able to login using IE7.
Wish I didn't dislike IE so much...

 

Joe Heaton

 

 

  _  

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum

Update:

 

I went through the registration process again.  Filled out my name, e-mail,
etc.  Hit submit, got a screen saying "Here's the username assigned to you.
Gives me a password entry, where I input my desired password, and verify it.
Then I hit submit again, and get the following error:

 

 

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d' 

Type mismatch: 'LogOnToForum' 

/registration/reg_code.asp, line 84 

 

Any ideas on this?  I am using Firefox, if that makes a difference.

 

Joe Heaton

 

 

  _  

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum

Sorry about the delay in response, I was in class all last week.  When I try
to login using the credentials that the registration process "gave" me, I
get an error saying either the user name or password is incorrect.

 

Joe Heaton

 

 

  _  

From: Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 5:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MyITforum

Joe, have you attempted to log in with that ID and password? It sounds like
that already exists but isn't being caught properly. If that's the case, you
should be able to log in.

 

Steve

- Original Message - 

From: Joe Heaton   

To: NT System Admin Issues   

Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:59 PM

Subject: RE: MyITforum

 

I went through the registration process, got a username, assigned a password
and got a database error.

 

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e2f'

 

Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'Mem'. Cannot insert duplicate key in
object 'pgd_Members'.

 

/inc/reg_myitreg.asp, line 22 

 

 

 

Joe Heaton

 

 

  _  

From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum

Hmmm.

 

Where are you having issues at, specifically?

 

Here?

 

http://www.myITforum.com/registration 

 

Rod Trent

CEO, myITforum.com, Inc.  

my   myITforum.com
Profile

myITforum.com   LinkedIn
Group

Join the Social    

my LinkedIn  

 

  140x70_static_final

MMS 2008 - Las Vegas

April 28th  -  May 2nd 2008

BOOTH #235

 

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: MyITforum

 

Anyone have difficulty registering for the myitforum.com site?  I can't seem
to be able to do it, and when I ask for help, no e-mails ever come...

 

Joe Heaton

AISA

Employment Training Panel

1100 J Street, 4th Floor

Sacramento, CA  95814

(916) 327-5276

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Re: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

[Sherry Abercrombie]

Joy!!!  Life is good.  Don't know if you can tell, but I have an intense
dislike of IE also.  I get a kick out of searching Microsoft's support site
from Firefox.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  I don't know if it is because I logged in in IE, or what, but the site is
> working at the moment in Firefox.
>
> Joe Heaton
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 9:09 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**
>
> You can (shudder) try to use Firefox in IE mode (the little firefox emblem
> in the very bottom right-hand corner will allow you to switch rendering
> engine for that tab only, all the other tabs will stay with the firefox
> engine.)
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >  I guess the website doesn't like Firefox, as I was able to login using
> > IE7.  Wish I didn't dislike IE so much...
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> >
> >  --
> > *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 8:59 AM
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
> >
> >  Update:
> >
> > I went through the registration process again.  Filled out my name,
> > e-mail, etc.  Hit submit, got a screen saying "Here's the username assigned
> > to you.  Gives me a password entry, where I input my desired password, and
> > verify it.  Then I hit submit again, and get the following error:
> >
> >
> >
> > Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'
> >
> > Type mismatch: 'LogOnToForum'
> >
> > /registration/reg_code.asp, line 84
> >
> >
> >
> > Any ideas on this?  I am using Firefox, if that makes a difference.
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> >
> >  --
> > *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 8:34 AM
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
> >
> >  Sorry about the delay in response, I was in class all last week.  When
> > I try to login using the credentials that the registration process "gave"
> > me, I get an error saying either the user name or password is incorrect.
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> >
> >  --
> > *From:* Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 5:09 PM
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* Re: MyITforum
> >
> >  Joe, have you attempted to log in with that ID and password? It sounds
> > like that already exists but isn't being caught properly. If that's the
> > case, you should be able to log in.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > *From:* Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues 
> > *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 6:59 PM
> > *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
> >
> > I went through the registration process, got a username, assigned a
> > password and got a database error.
> >
> > Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e2f'
> >
> > Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'Mem'. Cannot insert duplicate key
> > in object 'pgd_Members'.
> >
> > /inc/reg_myitreg.asp, line 22
> >
> >
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> >
> >  --
> > *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 3:36 PM
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
> >
> >  Hmmm…
> >
> >
> >
> > Where are you having issues at, specifically?
> >
> >
> >
> > Here?
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.myITforum.com/registration
> >
> >
> >
> > Rod Trent
> >
> > CEO, myITforum.com, Inc. 
> >
> > my myITforum.com 
> > Profile
> >
> > myITforum.com LinkedIn 
> > Group
> >
> > Join the Social 
> >
> > my LinkedIn 
> >
> >
> >
> > [image: 140x70_static_final] 
> >
> > *MMS 2008 – Las Vegas*
> >
> > *April 28th  -  May 2nd 2008*
> >
> > *BOOTH #235*
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 6:33 PM
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* MyITforum
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyone have difficulty registering for the myitforum.com site?  I can't
> > seem to be able to do it, and when I ask for help, no e-mails ever come...
> >
> >
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> > AISA
> >
> > Employment Training Panel
> >
> > 1100 J Street, 4th Floor
> >
> > Sacramento, CA  95814
> >
> > (916) 327-5276
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> 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

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Re: FW: Tape drive - Tandberg?

[Sherry Abercrombie]

The formula's still generally apply.  The information regarding the
comparison of harddrives (metal) to tape technology (plastic) is valid no
matter what the tape format is (I use LTO3).  The number of passes on a tape
is the key, not the amount of data stored on it.  I don't want to be caught
with a bad tape from a monthly backup tape from 2 years ago when a restore
of critical information is requested so I make sure that my tapes are well
within the minimum life expectancy.  My company policy/SLA states that we
will keep a monthly backup of data for a total of 7 years, after that, the
tapes can be destroyed.  We use an off-site tape storage facility with a
bi-weekly pickup/delivery of our daily and weekly tapes.  Monthly tapes are
kept off-site until time for destruction.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Evan Brastow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>  Hi Sherry,
>
>
>
> Thanks for the article. It seems that most of the tapes mentioned in the
> article are fairly old standards. The closest for my application, LTO2,
> shows a life of greater than 30 years if I archive 10 GB/weekly. Now, of
> course, the reason I'm leaning toward this drive is the ability not to
> archive 10GB per week, but 864 GB per hour. The chart doesn't really
> indicate the lifespan under those conditions (and it doesn't go as high as
> LTO4 anyway,) but from my past experience my LTO2 tape have lasted over 3
> years when used once weekly (like these tapes would be.)
>
>
>
> I mean, unless I'm missing something in the article, I still think I can
> get away with seven tapes, and that they'll last for a few years?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Evan
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 10:00 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: FW: Tape drive - Tandberg?
>
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Sherry Abercrombie

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke

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RE: What is it about these names?

[Joe Heaton]

Bad thing is, in my environment, we actually run Foxfire.  It's a
reporting utility used with Foxpro...
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What is it about these names?



Foxfire users aren't the smartest folks.

 



 

 

From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 4:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What is it about these names?

 

I hear ya.  If I had a dime for every time my users said foxfire...
lol.

 

From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 3:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: What is it about these names?

 

I'm can't get over how many people around me mispronounce Firefox;
Foxfire, and Linksys; Linsky (as in ski). Am I the only one? I mean they
literally look as the word and say it wrong.

 

-- 
Mike Gill

 

 

 

 

 






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RE: An error message I have to enquire

[Glen Johnson]

Camcorder pointed at the screen might be revealing.

 

 

From: Nitsan Reznik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: An error message I have to enquire

 

Hi chaps,

 

Whenever I'm shutting down or Restarting the computer,  an error message
appear for 1 second, and being closed as quick as lightning.

Is there anyway I can collect information about this error beside Event
Viewer.

Details: windows xp sp2, Norton anti-security 2007, office 2000.

 

Nitsan Reznik.

 




 

 







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RE: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

[Joe Heaton]

I don't know if it is because I logged in in IE, or what, but the site
is working at the moment in Firefox.
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**


You can (shudder) try to use Firefox in IE mode (the little firefox
emblem in the very bottom right-hand corner will allow you to switch
rendering engine for that tab only, all the other tabs will stay with
the firefox engine.)  


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I guess the website doesn't like Firefox, as I was able to login
using IE7.  Wish I didn't dislike IE so much...
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum


Update:
 
I went through the registration process again.  Filled out my
name, e-mail, etc.  Hit submit, got a screen saying "Here's the username
assigned to you.  Gives me a password entry, where I input my desired
password, and verify it.  Then I hit submit again, and get the following
error:
 
 
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d' 

Type mismatch: 'LogOnToForum' 

/registration/reg_code.asp, line 84 

 

Any ideas on this?  I am using Firefox, if that makes a
difference.

 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum


Sorry about the delay in response, I was in class all last week.
When I try to login using the credentials that the registration process
"gave" me, I get an error saying either the user name or password is
incorrect.
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 5:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MyITforum


Joe, have you attempted to log in with that ID and password? It
sounds like that already exists but isn't being caught properly. If
that's the case, you should be able to log in.
 
Steve

- Original Message - 
From: Joe Heaton   
To: NT System Admin Issues
  
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:59 PM
Subject: RE: MyITforum

I went through the registration process, got a username,
assigned a password and got a database error.
 
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error
'80040e2f'
 
Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'Mem'. Cannot insert
duplicate key in object 'pgd_Members'.
 
/inc/reg_myitreg.asp, line 22 
 
 
 
Joe Heaton
 




From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum



Hmmm...

 

Where are you having issues at, specifically?

 

Here?

 

http://www.myITforum.com/registration 

 

Rod Trent

CEO, myITforum.com, Inc.  

my myITforum.com Profile
 

myITforum.com LinkedIn Group
 

Join the Social 


my LinkedIn  

 

   

MMS 2008 - Las Vegas

April 28th  -  May 2nd 2008

BOOTH #235

 

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: MyITforum

 

Anyone have difficulty registering for the myitforum.com
site?  I can't seem to be able to do it, and when I ask for help, no
e-mails ever come...

 

Joe Heaton

AISA

Employment Training Panel

110

Re: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

[Sherry Abercrombie]

You can (shudder) try to use Firefox in IE mode (the little firefox emblem
in the very bottom right-hand corner will allow you to switch rendering
engine for that tab only, all the other tabs will stay with the firefox
engine.)

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  I guess the website doesn't like Firefox, as I was able to login using
> IE7.  Wish I didn't dislike IE so much...
>
> Joe Heaton
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 8:59 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
>
>  Update:
>
> I went through the registration process again.  Filled out my name,
> e-mail, etc.  Hit submit, got a screen saying "Here's the username assigned
> to you.  Gives me a password entry, where I input my desired password, and
> verify it.  Then I hit submit again, and get the following error:
>
>
>
> Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'
>
> Type mismatch: 'LogOnToForum'
>
> /registration/reg_code.asp, line 84
>
>
>
> Any ideas on this?  I am using Firefox, if that makes a difference.
>
> Joe Heaton
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 8:34 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
>
>  Sorry about the delay in response, I was in class all last week.  When I
> try to login using the credentials that the registration process "gave" me,
> I get an error saying either the user name or password is incorrect.
>
> Joe Heaton
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 5:09 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: MyITforum
>
>  Joe, have you attempted to log in with that ID and password? It sounds
> like that already exists but isn't being caught properly. If that's the
> case, you should be able to log in.
>
> Steve
>
> - Original Message -
> *From:* Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues 
> *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 6:59 PM
> *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
>
> I went through the registration process, got a username, assigned a
> password and got a database error.
>
> Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e2f'
>
> Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'Mem'. Cannot insert duplicate key in
> object 'pgd_Members'.
>
> /inc/reg_myitreg.asp, line 22
>
>
>
> Joe Heaton
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 3:36 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: MyITforum
>
>  Hmmm…
>
>
>
> Where are you having issues at, specifically?
>
>
>
> Here?
>
>
>
> http://www.myITforum.com/registration
>
>
>
> Rod Trent
>
> CEO, myITforum.com, Inc. 
>
> my myITforum.com 
> Profile
>
> myITforum.com LinkedIn Group
>
> Join the Social 
>
> my LinkedIn 
>
>
>
> [image: 140x70_static_final] 
>
> *MMS 2008 – Las Vegas*
>
> *April 28th  -  May 2nd 2008*
>
> *BOOTH #235*
>
>
>
> *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Friday, April 04, 2008 6:33 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* MyITforum
>
>
>
> Anyone have difficulty registering for the myitforum.com site?  I can't
> seem to be able to do it, and when I ask for help, no e-mails ever come...
>
>
>
> Joe Heaton
>
> AISA
>
> Employment Training Panel
>
> 1100 J Street, 4th Floor
>
> Sacramento, CA  95814
>
> (916) 327-5276
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Sherry Abercrombie

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke

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RE: MyITforum **Solved, I guess**

[Joe Heaton]

I guess the website doesn't like Firefox, as I was able to login using
IE7.  Wish I didn't dislike IE so much...
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum


Update:
 
I went through the registration process again.  Filled out my name,
e-mail, etc.  Hit submit, got a screen saying "Here's the username
assigned to you.  Gives me a password entry, where I input my desired
password, and verify it.  Then I hit submit again, and get the following
error:
 
 
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d' 

Type mismatch: 'LogOnToForum' 

/registration/reg_code.asp, line 84 

 

Any ideas on this?  I am using Firefox, if that makes a difference.

 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum


Sorry about the delay in response, I was in class all last week.  When I
try to login using the credentials that the registration process "gave"
me, I get an error saying either the user name or password is incorrect.
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 5:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MyITforum


Joe, have you attempted to log in with that ID and password? It sounds
like that already exists but isn't being caught properly. If that's the
case, you should be able to log in.
 
Steve

- Original Message - 
From: Joe Heaton   
To: NT System Admin Issues
  
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:59 PM
Subject: RE: MyITforum

I went through the registration process, got a username,
assigned a password and got a database error.
 
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e2f'
 
Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'Mem'. Cannot insert
duplicate key in object 'pgd_Members'.
 
/inc/reg_myitreg.asp, line 22 
 
 
 
Joe Heaton
 




From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum



Hmmm...

 

Where are you having issues at, specifically?

 

Here?

 

http://www.myITforum.com/registration 

 

Rod Trent

CEO, myITforum.com, Inc.  

my myITforum.com Profile
 

myITforum.com LinkedIn Group
 

Join the Social    

my LinkedIn  

 

   

MMS 2008 - Las Vegas

April 28th  -  May 2nd 2008

BOOTH #235

 

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: MyITforum

 

Anyone have difficulty registering for the myitforum.com site?
I can't seem to be able to do it, and when I ask for help, no e-mails
ever come...

 

Joe Heaton

AISA

Employment Training Panel

1100 J Street, 4th Floor

Sacramento, CA  95814

(916) 327-5276

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

 

 














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RE: Naming convention for Servers

[Clayton Doige]

Quite right, if they know what they are doing, but mr happy hacker is
not going to spend a minute or two breaking into your network and will
have spent a good deal of time gathering all the information they need
BEFORE they attack, but someone internal who has been paid to try and
steal stuff might not have that skill set, even if they do have the
permissions to get places. 

 

I'm just paranoid, and like avoiding giving anything away. No hack
happens in 30 seconds. Every wall you put up makes things take more
time, and the more time someone has to take increases the chances of
them making a mistaking and leaving a trace of the hack, which is all a
sysadmin can hope for in terms of defense.


-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 14 April 2008 15:53
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

Mr. Happy Hacker will defeat this obscurity in about 30 seconds with
nmap, or other port scanning tool of choice.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Clayton Doige
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> The only reason you might want to stay away from a naming convention
is
> security. If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your
servers
> they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are
> hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after.
>
>
>
>

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: MyITforum

[Joe Heaton]

Update:
 
I went through the registration process again.  Filled out my name,
e-mail, etc.  Hit submit, got a screen saying "Here's the username
assigned to you.  Gives me a password entry, where I input my desired
password, and verify it.  Then I hit submit again, and get the following
error:
 
 
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d' 

Type mismatch: 'LogOnToForum' 

/registration/reg_code.asp, line 84 

 

Any ideas on this?  I am using Firefox, if that makes a difference.

 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum


Sorry about the delay in response, I was in class all last week.  When I
try to login using the credentials that the registration process "gave"
me, I get an error saying either the user name or password is incorrect.
 
Joe Heaton
 



From: Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 5:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MyITforum


Joe, have you attempted to log in with that ID and password? It sounds
like that already exists but isn't being caught properly. If that's the
case, you should be able to log in.
 
Steve

- Original Message - 
From: Joe Heaton   
To: NT System Admin Issues
  
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:59 PM
Subject: RE: MyITforum

I went through the registration process, got a username,
assigned a password and got a database error.
 
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e2f'
 
Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'Mem'. Cannot insert
duplicate key in object 'pgd_Members'.
 
/inc/reg_myitreg.asp, line 22 
 
 
 
Joe Heaton
 




From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MyITforum



Hmmm...

 

Where are you having issues at, specifically?

 

Here?

 

http://www.myITforum.com/registration 

 

Rod Trent

CEO, myITforum.com, Inc.  

my myITforum.com Profile
 

myITforum.com LinkedIn Group
 

Join the Social    

my LinkedIn  

 

   

MMS 2008 - Las Vegas

April 28th  -  May 2nd 2008

BOOTH #235

 

From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: MyITforum

 

Anyone have difficulty registering for the myitforum.com site?
I can't seem to be able to do it, and when I ask for help, no e-mails
ever come...

 

Joe Heaton

AISA

Employment Training Panel

1100 J Street, 4th Floor

Sacramento, CA  95814

(916) 327-5276

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

 

 













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RE: Naming convention for Servers

[Clayton Doige]

No doubt a 'good' hacker will rip through in no time, as someone else
said there are loadsa of tools that help enumerate a network, all I was
pointing out is that making it easier for a hacker would be the only
real reason to avoid a naming convention, and not to avoid a naming
convention at all costs.

Besides I like weird names for servers like Chef and Kenny or whatever,
but then I am lucky that I have a good memory and know what each server
does, and their IP Addresses etc etc etc, and that's not just for one
company, but for all my key clients (brag brag lol)

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 14 April 2008 16:45
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Clayton Doige
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your servers
> they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are
> hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after.

  Or they could just query Active Directory for a list of Exchange
servers.  That's the point of AD, after all -- to keep track of all
this stuff.  I have to assume anyone performing a targeted attack is
going to make use of it.

-- Ben

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RE: Naming convention for Servers

[Michael B. Smith]

At a former employer, we were using small towns in our state. After several
hundred were used, we still had thousands to go. ;-)

 

It does indeed start to break down when you can't keep the entire server
matrix in your head. Then you need a spreadsheet that identifies what each
server is for. And at that point - well, you may as well start naming the
servers by functionality, eh?

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

MCSE/Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

 

Surely this starts to break down once you have 50-100 (or more servers)?

 

Cheers

Ken

 

From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, 14 April 2008 8:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Naming convention for Servers

 

My preference has always been to use names with some kind of theme (animals,
gems, etc) and to make sure they are pronounceable and something that can be
spelled. 

 

It's much easier to tell the Helpdesk that what they're looking for is on
"sapphire" then on "inusfsrv01"

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

 

Farm animals, now that's funny.  Back in the day of Novell servers around
here we had one named HAL.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Rankin, James R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Which means you can keep contractors like myself happy by calling your
Exchange 2007 server "EXCHANGE2007", instead of UKZZ3242B1

However I quite like the idea of my current company, whose Citrix farm
servers are named after farm animals.


-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 14 April 2008 15:53
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers

Mr. Happy Hacker will defeat this obscurity in about 30 seconds with
nmap, or other port scanning tool of choice.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Clayton Doige
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> The only reason you might want to stay away from a naming convention is
> security. If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your servers
> they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are
> hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after.
>
>
>
>

 

 

 

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Re: server room ceiling tiles

[Ben Scott]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Dennis Melahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone ever seen ceiling tiles that allow heat to pass through them yet keep 
> dust and
> insulation from dropping into your server room?

  I've seen ceiling "tiles" which were really vent grills.  Maybe
that's what you're after?

> the local Lowes and Home Depot look at me like I have a third eye when I 
> asked.

  That may not be a good metric.  I've had people at those places look
at me like that when I asked where the wood screws were.

-- Ben

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Re: Naming convention for Servers

[Ben Scott]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Clayton Doige
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your servers
> they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are
> hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after.

  Or they could just query Active Directory for a list of Exchange
servers.  That's the point of AD, after all -- to keep track of all
this stuff.  I have to assume anyone performing a targeted attack is
going to make use of it.

-- Ben

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Re: server room ceiling tiles

[Sherry Abercrombie]

Don't think that Home Depot or Lowes is going to have that kind of thing
around.  Try Googling for "Computer Room Ceiling Tiles" or "Clean Room"
I think that's what you're looking for.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Dennis Melahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Anyone ever seen ceiling tiles that allow heat to pass through them yet
> keep dust and insulation from dropping into your server room? (I'm trying to
> keep customers from removing ceiling tiles as a form of cooling.) I had an
> integrator tell me he's seen them yet the local Lowes and Home Depot look at
> me like I have a third eye when I asked.
>
> Dennis
>
>
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke

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Re: Do you run AV on your file servers?

[Ben Scott]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Jon D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm wondering who runs anti-virus software on their file servers?

http://www.mail-archive.com/ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com/msg14180.html

-- Ben

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