Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!!
Good luck finding work up there I have been looking for a while and not seeing anything I would even nibble at, and I work for the state! Jon On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 3:22 PM, James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SOUTH FL is Yankee territory! FL is still the Gunshine State ya know! I plan on moving to North FL before the kids go to school. - Original Message - From: Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 3:09 PM Subject: RE: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! Florida is a yankee state that needs to be relocated off the coast of Maine. I live in Miamisheesh Shook -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! Come on now, I am somewhat of a white redneck myself, though I wasn't born here and I do live in Miami FL. But I do love me some redneck activities. - Original Message - From: Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:00 PM Subject: RE: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! What the heck is the 'z' for? White redneck doesn't understand... :) Shook -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! Me too! Christmas Vacation is the LOLz - Original Message - From: Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:42 PM Subject: RE: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! Dude! You need to watch this. I watch this and A Christmas Story every December... Shook -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! Heard of it, but never seen it. Chevy Chase hasn't been in anything good since he left SNL. On 4/30/08, Christopher J. Bosak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. And don't tell me you never heard of it. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 09:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! ?! On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey. If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is. Hallelujah. Holy shit. Where's the Tylenol? J Shook Shook-Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! A yearlong membership of the 'Jell-o of the Month' club? that's the gift that keeps on giving the whole year -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! They got the AC running last night so we are back in business this morning. Since I am preparing my budget for the next fiscal year, you can guess what I will be putting in my budget that I wasn't thinking about when I left work on Monday evening ;-) James - Original Message - From: James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:53 PM Subject: Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! We are two hours from the end of the day and I dont think anyone was
Cheap off-site storage
I had a request to find a cheap storage site to backup a small municipal building (approx 10 workstations). Anyone know of a good, cheap and easy one? Thought I saw someone talking about it a couple weeks ago but I couldn't find it in the archives. Thanks, Dennis ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Salary Advice
Depending on where you are at in the country, I hope you are getting over 6 figures for all that work. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Christos Ruci [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Salary Advice Good Afternoon, I need some advice on what you all think the relevant salary is for my current position. Currently I am the MIS (IT) Manager for a medical company with the following responsibilities. -9 offices -200 employees -2 technicians underneath -no network administrator -normal network management (Exchange,IIS, ISA, FTPS, Fax Serveretc) -in-house Web Application development/testing/hosting -Open 24 hours -Also manage the record management department (I created an in-house system to make all items electronicmember files, applications..etc) My salary is in review and I know they will be asking me what I think a fair salary is due to the upcoming changes that are to occur and the additional projects I am to complete. --I am heading a company move to another city and need do the wiring, design of the IT room, design of all the seating, moving of numbers, ordering of T1's/PRI's...etc --I am switching the company over to a VOIP system rather than a normal analog system. --I am also in the process of implementing a cyber center where we will be hosting all of our server with a DS3 connection back to corporate. (Due to being in Florida we needed something more secure for hurricane season) --I am also implementing redundant vendors for voice and data. Of course there is more but that is the jist of it. I should also include that I have been with the company for 3 years and 5 years prior experience. I have a BA in CIS and pursuing my MBA as well. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: New SQL Attack
SQL Injection usually is always a code-related issue, so it's the Programmers fault. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New SQL Attack I can see it right now, the IIS administrators blaming the programmers and the programmer blaming the IIS administrators... Then, they will come to the conclusion that it was the network administrator's fault because he or she allowed it to come through the router... From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: New SQL Attack It hit the intertubes over the last couple of weeks as a Big Thing until it finally came clear that this is all it was (SQL Injection with Cross Site Scripting faciliated by inadequate input validation). Coding that didn't meet Best Practices somehow became an unpatched IIS issue... On 4/28/08 12:07 PM, Kennedy, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It just seems like the same 'ol SQL injection with a bit of cross-site scripting to make it easier. From: Vue, Za [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New SQL Attack Has anyone seen this? http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/04/microsoft-datab.html Thank you, Za Vue 404-727-2801 This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). - Salvador Manzo [ 620 W. 35th St - Los Angeles, CA 90089 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Auxiliary Services IT, Datacenter University of Southern California 818-612-5112 Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things. - Robert A. Heinlein ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Time out issue
Guys and Ladies, I've got a problem that we cannot seem to resolve and need the knowledge of you fine folks. We provide application access to a remote site through a dedicated VPN. The application itself on OUR side is provided to US through another dedicated VPN to the California vendor hosting the application. At exactly 4 minutes (240 seconds), the telnet session this application uses terminates. We've checked all routing devices and cannot find any parameters set to 240 seconds. Power Management is turned off at all devices. We've called the application provider; they state there are no settings on their side either. This one remote site is the only one experiencing this anomaly. Any suggestion as to what might be causing this is appreciated. Thanks in advance, Tom ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Time out issue
Do you have keep alives setup on the tunnel to the left coast? In other words, when the app dies, is the VPN still up? Shook From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Time out issue Guys and Ladies, I've got a problem that we cannot seem to resolve and need the knowledge of you fine folks. We provide application access to a remote site through a dedicated VPN. The application itself on OUR side is provided to US through another dedicated VPN to the California vendor hosting the application. At exactly 4 minutes (240 seconds), the telnet session this application uses terminates. We've checked all routing devices and cannot find any parameters set to 240 seconds. Power Management is turned off at all devices. We've called the application provider; they state there are no settings on their side either. This one remote site is the only one experiencing this anomaly. Any suggestion as to what might be causing this is appreciated. Thanks in advance, Tom ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Cheap off-site storage
Amazon S3 may fit the bill. http://www.amazon.com/S3 -Original Message- From: Dennis Melahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 5:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Cheap off-site storage I had a request to find a cheap storage site to backup a small municipal building (approx 10 workstations). Anyone know of a good, cheap and easy one? Thought I saw someone talking about it a couple weeks ago but I couldn't find it in the archives. Thanks, Dennis ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Time out issue
Yes, VPN stays up. We even started a ping to an IP on the same subnet. Ping never blinked but at 4 minutes the Telnet session dies. I just spoke to TGA (Shook you know who I'm referencing) Jim stated: /QUOTE There is a timeout value for NAT translations and packet streams.. Here are the defaults from a configuration. timeout xlate 3:00:00 timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 icmp 0:00:02 timeout sunrpc 0:10:00 h323 0:05:00 h225 1:00:00 mgcp 0:05:00 mgcp-pat 0:05:00 timeout sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00 sip-invite 0:03:00 sip-disconnect 0:02:00 timeout uauth 0:05:00 absolute /QUOTE He will look into that in an hour or so. From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Time out issue Do you have keep alives setup on the tunnel to the left coast? In other words, when the app dies, is the VPN still up? Shook From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Time out issue Guys and Ladies, I've got a problem that we cannot seem to resolve and need the knowledge of you fine folks. We provide application access to a remote site through a dedicated VPN. The application itself on OUR side is provided to US through another dedicated VPN to the California vendor hosting the application. At exactly 4 minutes (240 seconds), the telnet session this application uses terminates. We've checked all routing devices and cannot find any parameters set to 240 seconds. Power Management is turned off at all devices. We've called the application provider; they state there are no settings on their side either. This one remote site is the only one experiencing this anomaly. Any suggestion as to what might be causing this is appreciated. Thanks in advance, Tom ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Pri Question...
Hi All, I have a quick PRI question. At one of our remote sites we have (2) Verizon PRIs for our Cisco Call Manager VOIP phone system. It was a new service build for Verizon (no oold circuits, fiber in the building etc.) and they have had some issues where both PRIs have gone down for 2, 10, 24, and even 48 hours a couple times so far due to equipment failure. Is there any way to have a backup from another vendor to take over if these PRIs go down again? Or is there a way to forward that site's calls over to our main site and start receiving calls there? We have a 50mbit mpls circuit between the 2 sites. It has happened during registration season and now they are worried it could happen again and we could lose business for those days it might go down. It has been stable for 6 months now and Verizon says everything is finally ok but the higher ups don't trust it and registration is coming again so they want to put in some failover. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. I don't think we can go with another carrier for failover because all our numbers are ported on the Verizon PRIs. Just looking for some ideas.. Thanks.. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Pri Question...
I have PRIs (with Paetec Communications) and they offer something called DTO (Direct Trunk Overflow). What this does is in the event that our PRI is down (or if all 24 channels are being utilized), Paetec forwards all incoming calls on that PRI to another number. Calls can be forwarded to ANY number we choose. See if they offer something like that. If not, it might be time to switch carriers. - Dave From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Pri Question... Hi All, I have a quick PRI question. At one of our remote sites we have (2) Verizon PRIs for our Cisco Call Manager VOIP phone system. It was a new service build for Verizon (no oold circuits, fiber in the building etc.) and they have had some issues where both PRIs have gone down for 2, 10, 24, and even 48 hours a couple times so far due to equipment failure. Is there any way to have a backup from another vendor to take over if these PRIs go down again? Or is there a way to forward that site's calls over to our main site and start receiving calls there? We have a 50mbit mpls circuit between the 2 sites. It has happened during registration season and now they are worried it could happen again and we could lose business for those days it might go down. It has been stable for 6 months now and Verizon says everything is finally ok but the higher ups don't trust it and registration is coming again so they want to put in some failover. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. I don't think we can go with another carrier for failover because all our numbers are ported on the Verizon PRIs. Just looking for some ideas.. Thanks.. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Pri Question...
Great.. thanks for the info..im calling them now. I assume there is a charge for that? From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Pri Question... I have PRIs (with Paetec Communications) and they offer something called DTO (Direct Trunk Overflow). What this does is in the event that our PRI is down (or if all 24 channels are being utilized), Paetec forwards all incoming calls on that PRI to another number. Calls can be forwarded to ANY number we choose. See if they offer something like that. If not, it might be time to switch carriers. - Dave From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Pri Question... Hi All, I have a quick PRI question. At one of our remote sites we have (2) Verizon PRIs for our Cisco Call Manager VOIP phone system. It was a new service build for Verizon (no oold circuits, fiber in the building etc.) and they have had some issues where both PRIs have gone down for 2, 10, 24, and even 48 hours a couple times so far due to equipment failure. Is there any way to have a backup from another vendor to take over if these PRIs go down again? Or is there a way to forward that site's calls over to our main site and start receiving calls there? We have a 50mbit mpls circuit between the 2 sites. It has happened during registration season and now they are worried it could happen again and we could lose business for those days it might go down. It has been stable for 6 months now and Verizon says everything is finally ok but the higher ups don't trust it and registration is coming again so they want to put in some failover. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. I don't think we can go with another carrier for failover because all our numbers are ported on the Verizon PRIs. Just looking for some ideas.. Thanks.. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Pri Question...
Yes. $20/month IIRC From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Pri Question... Great.. thanks for the info..im calling them now. I assume there is a charge for that? From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Pri Question... I have PRIs (with Paetec Communications) and they offer something called DTO (Direct Trunk Overflow). What this does is in the event that our PRI is down (or if all 24 channels are being utilized), Paetec forwards all incoming calls on that PRI to another number. Calls can be forwarded to ANY number we choose. See if they offer something like that. If not, it might be time to switch carriers. - Dave From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Pri Question... Hi All, I have a quick PRI question. At one of our remote sites we have (2) Verizon PRIs for our Cisco Call Manager VOIP phone system. It was a new service build for Verizon (no oold circuits, fiber in the building etc.) and they have had some issues where both PRIs have gone down for 2, 10, 24, and even 48 hours a couple times so far due to equipment failure. Is there any way to have a backup from another vendor to take over if these PRIs go down again? Or is there a way to forward that site's calls over to our main site and start receiving calls there? We have a 50mbit mpls circuit between the 2 sites. It has happened during registration season and now they are worried it could happen again and we could lose business for those days it might go down. It has been stable for 6 months now and Verizon says everything is finally ok but the higher ups don't trust it and registration is coming again so they want to put in some failover. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. I don't think we can go with another carrier for failover because all our numbers are ported on the Verizon PRIs. Just looking for some ideas.. Thanks.. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Dilbert Virus?
Anyone get this today? NOD32 went nuts when my Dilbert Widget loaded on iGoogle today. 5/1/2008 8:13:59 AM HTTP filter File: http://widgets.dilbert.com/o/478bf9182f409c7e/47b1abd4b866e47b/478cca4a3b6a0 51d/c17bbf56/-MAX/1/-PUR/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com probably unknown POLY.CRYPT.TSR.COM virus connection terminated - quarantined CYPHER\cbosakThreat was detected upon access to web by the application: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Salary Advice
Thanks Everyone! Well the thing is I started off as a network technician and only a network admin above me. The company was small then only about 60-70 employees and 2 offices. A few weeks after the network admin quit and I took over and here we are 3 years later and grew to 9 offices and over 200 employees.(We are thinknig about 50 more within the next year) So you can see the giant salary increase that occurred when all this happend. Now after 3 years its clear that I have proved myself and feel I should be making what the norm is for these duties and responsibilities. Management agrees I am just tyring to see what i should ask for and expect. Thanks for all your comments. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Salary Advice
You can always go to Dice.com and look at comparable salaries if you need it on paper. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ -Original Message- From: Christos R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary Advice Thanks Everyone! Well the thing is I started off as a network technician and only a network admin above me. The company was small then only about 60-70 employees and 2 offices. A few weeks after the network admin quit and I took over and here we are 3 years later and grew to 9 offices and over 200 employees.(We are thinknig about 50 more within the next year) So you can see the giant salary increase that occurred when all this happend. Now after 3 years its clear that I have proved myself and feel I should be making what the norm is for these duties and responsibilities. Management agrees I am just tyring to see what i should ask for and expect. Thanks for all your comments. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Salary Advice
My suggestion is to get some salary surveys of equivalent positions in the area and take that with you. Be a few thousand underneath and you can tell them that you appreciate the opportunity to grow into this position and you want to continue to help grow the business. Greg -Original Message- From: Christos R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary Advice Thanks Everyone! Well the thing is I started off as a network technician and only a network admin above me. The company was small then only about 60-70 employees and 2 offices. A few weeks after the network admin quit and I took over and here we are 3 years later and grew to 9 offices and over 200 employees.(We are thinknig about 50 more within the next year) So you can see the giant salary increase that occurred when all this happend. Now after 3 years its clear that I have proved myself and feel I should be making what the norm is for these duties and responsibilities. Management agrees I am just tyring to see what i should ask for and expect. Thanks for all your comments. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Salary Advice
Christos, I believe you are very passion about your job and took up all the responsibilities, I don't think management will turn a blind eye. I would prepare a good progress report of what you have done for the past years and identify your future goal for the company, from an IT point of view. Identify how many calls you get a month, the complexity of the calls, and the complexity will continues as the company continues to grow. Some employers have a technician to computer ratio. If you feel overwhelm ask them to hire a field technician but still ask for a raise. Compare your current salary with those found on the Internet and this forum, search the salary survey from Computerjobs.com. XXX years of experience and live in XXX city with BS degree with XXX certifications should make $70K. If you fall short then tell them. -Z.V. -Original Message- From: Christos R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary Advice Thanks Everyone! Well the thing is I started off as a network technician and only a network admin above me. The company was small then only about 60-70 employees and 2 offices. A few weeks after the network admin quit and I took over and here we are 3 years later and grew to 9 offices and over 200 employees.(We are thinknig about 50 more within the next year) So you can see the giant salary increase that occurred when all this happend. Now after 3 years its clear that I have proved myself and feel I should be making what the norm is for these duties and responsibilities. Management agrees I am just tyring to see what i should ask for and expect. Thanks for all your comments. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: SSH Server for Win2008 x64
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RSH…not SSH. RSH (remote shell) is clear-text (unencrypted), for those who don't know. It's basically like Telnet, except RSH is somewhat Unix-centric, while Telnet is intended to be platform independent. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: OT - IEEE Computer Society
been a = used my From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT - IEEE Computer Society I haven't been a member since college... From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT - IEEE Computer Society Is this thing any good? I am interested in if they have some good training materials. Anyone here a memeber or previous member care to comment? James ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Salary Advice
More makes you want to puke... -Original Message- From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary Advice I'm sort of semi retired. I Live in Bermuda...a Senior Tech here starts on around 80k. MCSE required I also have an engineer in California and pay him 200 an hour. Charge him out at 300. And I have a Citrix tech onsite in Miami and pay him 180. S -Original Message- From: Vue, Za [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary Advice Yeah I like to know too. What is the current salary of the manager/technician? Asking to go from $60K to $130K during a review you might as well start packing. If I am the employer I will hire two managers/technicians for $60K each to split your duties. -Z.V. -Original Message- From: Phil Guevara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary Advice Steve, would you mind sharing your demographics and qualifications? Id love to make 130 and want to know what I need for that. Best, Phil -Original Message- From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary Advice I wouldn't get out my bed for any less than 130K S -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary Advice Your company is a little bigger then mine, with more locations but it sounds like you have a job with around the same responsibilities as mine. It really depends on what you think you can get but somewhere is the high 60's sounds about right, maybe even the low 70s. I know that's what I would want to move to a company with more employees. I am in Miami so the salaries shouldn't be much different in Tampa I don't think. Some on this list will say more I'm sure. ;-) James - Original Message - From: Christos R [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:01 PM Subject: Re: Salary Advice Tampa, Fl. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Time out issue
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Tom Strader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We even started a ping to an IP on the same subnet. Ping never blinked but at 4 minutes the Telnet session dies. [...] There is a timeout value for NAT translations and packet streams.. ICMP is stateless; each Echo Request is independent from all the others. So if you're running ping -t, the NAT doesn't see that as a connection, it sees it as a bunch of individual Echo Request messages, over and over again. So that will be a different scenario vs Telnet. Telnet uses TCP, which is statefull -- there's a connection setup, which all following datagrams will be associated with. Are these Telnet sessions sitting idle (no keystrokes or screen updates)? I'm guessing there has been no activity, so no datagrams are being sent as part of that TCP connection. The NAT eventually decides the connection has died without being closed properly, and drops the state it uses to keep track of that TCP connection. If that's the problem, look for a feature in your Telnet software for something called keep alive. That will cause the system to send an occasional datagram, even though there's been no real activity. That should keep the NAT happy. If the NAT is just putting a hard limit of 4 minutes on even active connections, then the only solution is to adjust that limit. Most good NAT implementations let you adjust the limits independently. It's generally fine to have a very long (days, weeks, even months) limit for active sessions. As long as there's data flowing, we don't care how long that connection is being used for. But be cautious about setting the idle timeout too long. The NAT may accumulate a lot of state about dead connections, leading to resource exhaustion in the NAT. How long too long is depends on the capabilities of your NAT, the total load, and how often connections die without a proper TCP close. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Pri Question...
I agree. We also have Paetec and XO as redundant voice vendors. I have one as incoming and another as outbound calling. If one vendor goes down I go into our PBX and take out the trunk that is down so it will only utilize the trunk that is working. We also have it setup so that if the trunk does go down with both (they are both Verizon based so sometimes they both go down)then we forward the lines automatically (we do not do anything) to our emergency toll free numbers off site at our cybercenter. In your case you could send these lines to your main office to answer the calls. XO and Paetec do nto charge much to have this service. This many be a more cost effecive solution rather then paying for two vendors. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
User gets married...
What are the best practices for handling a user name change in Exchange/AD? I must not be putting in the right search string in Google... Environment is W2K3 and Exchange 2K3. Thanks in advance for any links/advice! Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~image001.gif
RE: Pri Question...
Do you know if Verizon is teamed with anyone to offer this service? -Original Message- From: Christos R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Pri Question... I agree. We also have Paetec and XO as redundant voice vendors. I have one as incoming and another as outbound calling. If one vendor goes down I go into our PBX and take out the trunk that is down so it will only utilize the trunk that is working. We also have it setup so that if the trunk does go down with both (they are both Verizon based so sometimes they both go down)then we forward the lines automatically (we do not do anything) to our emergency toll free numbers off site at our cybercenter. In your case you could send these lines to your main office to answer the calls. XO and Paetec do nto charge much to have this service. This many be a more cost effecive solution rather then paying for two vendors. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: User gets married...
right click the user, rename...it'll take you through the steps like magic. On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Bill Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the best practices for handling a user name change in Exchange/AD? I must not be putting in the right search string in Google… Environment is W2K3 and Exchange 2K3. Thanks in advance for any links/advice! *Bill Lambert* *Windows System Administrator* *Concuity* *A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. * *Phone 847-941-9206* *Fax 847-465-9147* *NASDAQ: TTPA*** *The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. *** ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~image001.gif
Re: User gets married...
Change the display name etc, and add a new smtp alias to her account that reflects the new name and make it the primary. This will effectively change everything to reflect her new name without having to change her user id (assuming the user id is some form of her name). It's really fun when they start getting divorced and remarried multiple times. On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Bill Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the best practices for handling a user name change in Exchange/AD? I must not be putting in the right search string in Google… Environment is W2K3 and Exchange 2K3. Thanks in advance for any links/advice! *Bill Lambert* *Windows System Administrator* *Concuity* *A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. * *Phone 847-941-9206* *Fax 847-465-9147* *NASDAQ: TTPA*** *The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. *** -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~image001.gif
RE: Outlook 'anywhere' (aka nowhere) and Exchange 2007
Oliver, When you try to connect, if you hold down the Ctrl key and right click the Outlook icon on the system tray, select Connection Status. There you will see what is connecting and what is not. You will need to make sure that you can connect to a GC server/DC and that the ports for both are open in your firewall. There is a KB article on how to setup RPC over HTTP but I cannot recall the number. Regards, Dave -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Outlook 'anywhere' (aka nowhere) and Exchange 2007 Hi chaps, I'm having a 'mare getting Outlook Anywhere working on an Exchange 2007 sp1 box running on 64bit 2003 and Outlook 2007 clients. I've installed RPC over HTTP on the server, I've enabled Outlook Anywhere in Exchange 2007, I've set up a self signed cert for the external name, and opened up port 443. When I set the the outlook clients up it just reports 'disconnected'. On the outlook end I've set it up the same way I would when using SBS or Exchange 2003. Everything *looks* ok on the server end. There's nothing apparent in either set of event logs. I guess I have two questions. Firstly, are there any logs somewhere I can check to see whats failing? Also, does 'outlook anywhere' *require* a cert to be used from a valid cert authority or should I be able to just install the self cert on each of the client machines for it to work ? Olly ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: User gets married...
I seem to be in some kind of strange time paradox. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 09:31 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: User gets married... What are the best practices for handling a user name change in Exchange/AD? I must not be putting in the right search string in Google. Environment is W2K3 and Exchange 2K3. Thanks in advance for any links/advice! Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~image002.pngimage003.gif
RE: User gets married...
Welcome to the wonderful world of Lyris. Happens to me all the time. It's kind of cool actually...knowing the answer before the question ever gets asked. :) Tim From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: User gets married... I seem to be in some kind of strange time paradox. [cid:image001.png@01C8AB72.F1066A10] Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 09:31 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: User gets married... What are the best practices for handling a user name change in Exchange/AD? I must not be putting in the right search string in Google... Environment is W2K3 and Exchange 2K3. Thanks in advance for any links/advice! Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 [cid:image002.gif@01C8AB72.F1066A10] NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~inline: image001.pnginline: image002.gif
Re: User gets married...
So that was you that pulled up in that car with gull wing doors...Delorean? On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Christopher J. Bosak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to be in some kind of strange time paradox. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] *You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue.* *- B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me* *From:* Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, May 01, 2008 09:31 hrs *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* User gets married... What are the best practices for handling a user name change in Exchange/AD? I must not be putting in the right search string in Google… Environment is W2K3 and Exchange 2K3. Thanks in advance for any links/advice! *Bill Lambert* *Windows System Administrator* *Concuity* *A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. * *Phone 847-941-9206* *Fax 847-465-9147* ** *NASDAQ: TTPA*** *The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. *** ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~image003.gifimage002.png
RE: User gets married...
Yeah, he finally stabilized the flux capacitor he's been working on... Shook From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: User gets married... ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: User gets married...
And that was a P.I.T.A. to pull off, mind you. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:33 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: User gets married... Yeah, he finally stabilized the flux capacitor he's been working on. Shook _ From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: User gets married... ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: User gets married...
SEE, SEE, it's happening to SHOOK too SO NAAH NAAH, it isn't MY fault!!! TVK you owe me an apology. ;-) From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: User gets married... Yeah, he finally stabilized the flux capacitor he's been working on... Shook From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: User gets married... ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Time out issue
Packet trace shows the CLIENT is resetting the connection to the SERVER. My junior tech says he DID find a time-out setting within the application finally. He's set it for 24 but it does not state if that's seconds, minutes or hours. The application vendor had told him that there was no need to set these parameters because the Universe database takes over after the connection is established. Apparently they are wrong because after making that change, the telnet session is staying up. Tom -Original Message- From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Time out issue Hi Ben, The ping we initiated was to see if the VPN itself was dropping. You are correct, this remote user has moments they have no activity on the telnet session. At five minutes, the connection terminates. I've gone through all TCP settings on both VPN devices. Everything is set beyond 5 minutes at 30 or 600 minutes. The telnet software itself doe NOT have a keep alive setting. Even if the user is in the middle of an order, typing, the connection gets dropped so it's not related to activity within the telnet session. We have clients on our side of the firewall that are NOT having this problem. This one remote user is the only connection that is experiencing this. I'm on the phone with Sonicwall techs now. They state everything is set correctly on my side. We're doing a packet trace now. Thanks, Tom -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Time out issue On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Tom Strader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We even started a ping to an IP on the same subnet. Ping never blinked but at 4 minutes the Telnet session dies. [...] There is a timeout value for NAT translations and packet streams.. ICMP is stateless; each Echo Request is independent from all the others. So if you're running ping -t, the NAT doesn't see that as a connection, it sees it as a bunch of individual Echo Request messages, over and over again. So that will be a different scenario vs Telnet. Telnet uses TCP, which is statefull -- there's a connection setup, which all following datagrams will be associated with. Are these Telnet sessions sitting idle (no keystrokes or screen updates)? I'm guessing there has been no activity, so no datagrams are being sent as part of that TCP connection. The NAT eventually decides the connection has died without being closed properly, and drops the state it uses to keep track of that TCP connection. If that's the problem, look for a feature in your Telnet software for something called keep alive. That will cause the system to send an occasional datagram, even though there's been no real activity. That should keep the NAT happy. If the NAT is just putting a hard limit of 4 minutes on even active connections, then the only solution is to adjust that limit. Most good NAT implementations let you adjust the limits independently. It's generally fine to have a very long (days, weeks, even months) limit for active sessions. As long as there's data flowing, we don't care how long that connection is being used for. But be cautious about setting the idle timeout too long. The NAT may accumulate a lot of state about dead connections, leading to resource exhaustion in the NAT. How long too long is depends on the capabilities of your NAT, the total load, and how often connections die without a proper TCP close. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Salary Advice
I would join SAGE and get their latest salary survey - www.sage.org. I find it to be well worth the money. On 5/1/08, Christos R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Everyone! Well the thing is I started off as a network technician and only a network admin above me. The company was small then only about 60-70 employees and 2 offices. A few weeks after the network admin quit and I took over and here we are 3 years later and grew to 9 offices and over 200 employees.(We are thinknig about 50 more within the next year) So you can see the giant salary increase that occurred when all this happend. Now after 3 years its clear that I have proved myself and feel I should be making what the norm is for these duties and responsibilities. Management agrees I am just tyring to see what i should ask for and expect. Thanks for all your comments. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Salary Advice
I'm in the Tampa area and if I had an opening, I'd hire someone with the skills you describe for about 80k. You said medical industry but I didn't see any mention of regulatory compliance. If you are responsible for that, maybe another 10k. On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Christos Ruci [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good Afternoon, I need some advice on what you all think the relevant salary is for my current position. Currently I am the MIS (IT) Manager for a medical company with the following responsibilities. -9 offices -200 employees -2 technicians underneath -no network administrator -normal network management (Exchange,IIS, ISA, FTPS, Fax Server….etc) -in-house Web Application development/testing/hosting -Open 24 hours -Also manage the record management department (I created an in-house system to make all items electronic….member files, applications..etc) My salary is in review and I know they will be asking me what I think a fair salary is due to the upcoming changes that are to occur and the additional projects I am to complete. --I am heading a company move to another city and need do the wiring, design of the IT room, design of all the seating, moving of numbers, ordering of T1's/PRI's…etc --I am switching the company over to a VOIP system rather than a normal analog system. --I am also in the process of implementing a cyber center where we will be hosting all of our server with a DS3 connection back to corporate. (Due to being in Florida we needed something more secure for hurricane season) --I am also implementing redundant vendors for voice and data. Of course there is more but that is the jist of it. I should also include that I have been with the company for 3 years and 5 years prior experience. I have a BA in CIS and pursuing my MBA as well. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs
It looks like an excerpt is available on the web http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/5567b.aspx Thanks for looking at this for me. Curt -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs The registry key is still valid. However, the preferred mechanism for 2003 and above is to use the Domain Policy. I don't think the document you are referring to is valid. There are no local groups on domain controllers. By definition. If it's available on the web, give me a link and I'll take a look. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jim Dandy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs I did go to ADUC. The thing that was concerning me was the command they said to use was Net localgroup ... It would appear that this command modifies a local group. Is the Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access found in ADUC a local group? The web page you directed me to appears to be for W2K. Is that still valid for W2k3? Thanks for your help. Curt -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs Huh? Open ADUC. Goto the Builtin container. Look in Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access. What's under the Members tab? Otherwise, you need to look at the RestrictAnonymous registry key and domain policy. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/246261/ for the registry key. Click around in Default Domain Policy for the policy. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jim Dandy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs Sorry for the long post. I'd appreciate it if you could hang in there and read through this. My question is, are anonymous connections eliminated? A document I have says After you upgrade all the servers in the domain hosting services that run as Local System and use Anonymous or null credentials when accessing a domain controller. Such as Windows NT 4.0 RAS servers, remove the Everyone and Anonymous Logon groups from the Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access built-in group. This task increases the security of your domain by preventing anonymous connections to the domain controllers. The document then suggests to do so with the command Net localgroup Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access groupname /delete I can't remember if I did this back when I upgraded from NT to Server 2003. I'm now running both the forest and domain in Server 2003 mode with all DCs running Server 2003. I logged onto my DC and executed the above command with Everyone substituted in for groupname. I got error System error 2 has occurred The system file cannot find the file specified Doing the same substituting in anonymous for groupname I got error There is no such global user or group: Anonymous I read you can test to see if anonymous access is disabled with the command Net user \\servername\ipc$ /u: I executed this command from another computer on the network and got Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. I also read you can test anonymous access with the command Net user \\ipc$ /u: I executed this command while logged on to the DC and got System error 67 has occurred. I wasn't sure if this command was actually valid so I retried with a slight modification Net user \\localhost\ipc$ /u: This time I got The command completed successfully. So the question is, is anonymous access still enabled or do I need to do something further to disable it? Thanks for your help. Curt ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: User gets married...
No I don't...I simply said that you often mess with our heads. I stand behind that statement 100%. :) From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: User gets married... SEE, SEE, it's happening to SHOOK too SO NAAH NAAH, it isn't MY fault!!! TVK you owe me an apology. ;-) From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: User gets married... Yeah, he finally stabilized the flux capacitor he's been working on... Shook From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: User gets married... ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: User gets married...
I only change the names of married people once per year, over the summer. If they divorce, I'll do it more quickly. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: User gets married... Change the display name etc, and add a new smtp alias to her account that reflects the new name and make it the primary. This will effectively change everything to reflect her new name without having to change her user id (assuming the user id is some form of her name). It's really fun when they start getting divorced and remarried multiple times. On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Bill Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the best practices for handling a user name change in Exchange/AD? I must not be putting in the right search string in Google... Environment is W2K3 and Exchange 2K3. Thanks in advance for any links/advice! Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~image001.gif
RE: remote reset of local admin password-SOLVED
For those of you playing along at home, I got this fixed. Nothing too glamorous though, I just (finally) hacked the local admin password. Yanked it out of the domain, rebooted, added back to domain, rebooted and I now feel pretty again. Now back to listening to White Lion's greatest hits! Shook From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: remote reset of local admin password Shook the XP box you got the CPU account a Virtual Image. Go into Virtual Control center and power it off. Then build a XP box, and add a drive, and point it to the VMDK if the virtual XP box that got wacked. It should boot with that drive as a slave, and then you can pull off the .SAM file load it into OPHCrack and do a brute force. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: remote reset of local admin password Tried to access XP box in question over the network and get continued access denied b\c it can't authenticate. Shook From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: remote reset of local admin password Can you attach the Image to another VM as a Disk drive, and Delete the SAM from the XP workstation, and see if it allows you to login when the new SAM is created? (Either that or you might be able to create another VM with a blank password copy its .SAM file over the other one. Either that or get the .SAM file and run that bugger through OPHCRACK with a brute-force to get the password. Throws shovel to you to smash junior Admin in head. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: remote reset of local admin password Scenario... Virtual XP Pro box on my ESX 3.5 cluster has had computer account deleted by a junior admin, whose arse I have already kicked. No problem, pull it our of the domain and re add, right. Yeah, well the local administrator password is not listed in my documentation. (My fault; did not do it at time of P2V b\c this dude was getting fired and I was in pucker mode trying to lock out a high end developer out of everything rather quickly.../end rant) S..I can't log in. Ok, boot machine to my ultimate boot cd and local admin password reset utility. But, utility can't find the SAM b\c it can't read the vmware virtual scsi drive. OK, mount the floppy image with the VMWare XP Pro driver for the scsi disk. No go; utilty is looking for a specific directory (/floppy/scsi). Tried creating /scsi directory on floppy image and coping driver into same, no go. Been piddling with this for a while and I can't get the driver loaded. Any pointers/ideas before I throw my mouse into the wall? TIA, Shook ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Cheap off-site storage
On 1 May 2008 at 5:32, Martin Blackstone wrote: Amazon S3 may fit the bill. http://www.amazon.com/S3 I use S3 and Jungledisk as off-site backup myself. Nice pair of products. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Network monitoring with SNMP
Should I be installing the WMI SNMP Provider as well as the SNMP service on my servers? Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring with SNMP I think you're in for a treat - mrtg, cacti, nagios and a host of other tools await, giving you all sorts of monitoring goodness. However, to be entirely clear, if you've got someone sniffing the wire, and you're using v1, even ridiculously long community strings won't help - it's all plain text. OTOH, if you never use private (i.e. read/write) strings, it might not be that big of a deal, though you can get an *awful* lot of information from SNMP under Windows. If you're limited to v1, and completely paranoid (and what proper sysadmin isn't?) you might be able to establish your SNMP over IPSec - I haven't tried that, but it seems doable. On 4/30/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry Kurt, I've actually never implemented SNMP before (I know, weird, huh?) However, the logical part of my brain was screaming at me that it was a DUH! type of question... Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 5:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring with SNMP On 4/29/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys don't use the default community strings with SNMP do you? These should be changed to something unique, correct? Um, the only word that comes to mind here is duh. Most implementations are still v1, which is completely plain text. Next most common, from my limited reading, are v2c and then v3 - and it's only with v3 that you get reasonable encryption, but staying away from the defaults is still the only way to go. Kurt ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Network monitoring with SNMP
Do you have a Windows Management Instrumentation client that will be accessing snmp information on this server? From: Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network monitoring with SNMP Should I be installing the WMI SNMP Provider as well as the SNMP service on my servers? Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring with SNMP I think you're in for a treat - mrtg, cacti, nagios and a host of other tools await, giving you all sorts of monitoring goodness. However, to be entirely clear, if you've got someone sniffing the wire, and you're using v1, even ridiculously long community strings won't help - it's all plain text. OTOH, if you never use private (i.e. read/write) strings, it might not be that big of a deal, though you can get an *awful* lot of information from SNMP under Windows. If you're limited to v1, and completely paranoid (and what proper sysadmin isn't?) you might be able to establish your SNMP over IPSec - I haven't tried that, but it seems doable. On 4/30/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry Kurt, I've actually never implemented SNMP before (I know, weird, huh?) However, the logical part of my brain was screaming at me that it was a DUH! type of question... Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 5:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring with SNMP On 4/29/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys don't use the default community strings with SNMP do you? These should be changed to something unique, correct? Um, the only word that comes to mind here is duh. Most implementations are still v1, which is completely plain text. Next most common, from my limited reading, are v2c and then v3 - and it's only with v3 that you get reasonable encryption, but staying away from the defaults is still the only way to go. Kurt ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Forcing a Dynamic disk to expand
Is it possible to force a dynamic disk in MS Virtual Server to expand? I have a virtual server that requires some software installed and the drive is only showing 7.4 MB free. Currently the drive is at 2.92GB and I have the limit set at 500GB. How can I force the drive to expand to enable the software to be installed? I tried google but all I get is ways to increase the total size and I don't need to do that, just force the dynamic expansion. Jonathan Gruber Network Administrator J.B. Long Inc. 610-944-8840 x.213 484-637-1978 direct ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Network monitoring with SNMP
Haven't used WMI before...would it be beneficial? Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network monitoring with SNMP Do you have a Windows Management Instrumentation client that will be accessing snmp information on this server? From: Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network monitoring with SNMP Should I be installing the WMI SNMP Provider as well as the SNMP service on my servers? Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring with SNMP I think you're in for a treat - mrtg, cacti, nagios and a host of other tools await, giving you all sorts of monitoring goodness. However, to be entirely clear, if you've got someone sniffing the wire, and you're using v1, even ridiculously long community strings won't help - it's all plain text. OTOH, if you never use private (i.e. read/write) strings, it might not be that big of a deal, though you can get an *awful* lot of information from SNMP under Windows. If you're limited to v1, and completely paranoid (and what proper sysadmin isn't?) you might be able to establish your SNMP over IPSec - I haven't tried that, but it seems doable. On 4/30/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry Kurt, I've actually never implemented SNMP before (I know, weird, huh?) However, the logical part of my brain was screaming at me that it was a DUH! type of question... Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 5:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring with SNMP On 4/29/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys don't use the default community strings with SNMP do you? These should be changed to something unique, correct? Um, the only word that comes to mind here is duh. Most implementations are still v1, which is completely plain text. Next most common, from my limited reading, are v2c and then v3 - and it's only with v3 that you get reasonable encryption, but staying away from the defaults is still the only way to go. Kurt ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Network monitoring with SNMP
It opens up the door for some flashier SNMP monitoring, but iirc, it's not as secure. I used nsclient to capture what vanilla SNMP misses... -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 1:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network monitoring with SNMP Haven't used WMI before...would it be beneficial? Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network monitoring with SNMP Do you have a Windows Management Instrumentation client that will be accessing snmp information on this server? From: Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network monitoring with SNMP Should I be installing the WMI SNMP Provider as well as the SNMP service on my servers? Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring with SNMP I think you're in for a treat - mrtg, cacti, nagios and a host of other tools await, giving you all sorts of monitoring goodness. However, to be entirely clear, if you've got someone sniffing the wire, and you're using v1, even ridiculously long community strings won't help - it's all plain text. OTOH, if you never use private (i.e. read/write) strings, it might not be that big of a deal, though you can get an *awful* lot of information from SNMP under Windows. If you're limited to v1, and completely paranoid (and what proper sysadmin isn't?) you might be able to establish your SNMP over IPSec - I haven't tried that, but it seems doable. On 4/30/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry Kurt, I've actually never implemented SNMP before (I know, weird, huh?) However, the logical part of my brain was screaming at me that it was a DUH! type of question... Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 5:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring with SNMP On 4/29/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys don't use the default community strings with SNMP do you? These should be changed to something unique, correct? Um, the only word that comes to mind here is duh. Most implementations are still v1, which is completely plain text. Next most common, from my limited reading, are v2c and then v3 - and it's only with v3 that you get reasonable encryption, but staying away from the defaults is still the only way to go. Kurt ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Network monitoring with SNMP
Heh, well thats kind of like saying do you need smtp on a server? If you need it, its rather helpfull:) My guess if you don't know about it, you arent in need of leveraging it. It allows you to do exactly what I asked if you were doing, poll snmp via wmi. I would assume you are not doing this. jlc From: Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network monitoring with SNMP Haven't used WMI before...would it be beneficial? Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network monitoring with SNMP Do you have a Windows Management Instrumentation client that will be accessing snmp information on this server? From: Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network monitoring with SNMP Should I be installing the WMI SNMP Provider as well as the SNMP service on my servers? Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring with SNMP I think you're in for a treat - mrtg, cacti, nagios and a host of other tools await, giving you all sorts of monitoring goodness. However, to be entirely clear, if you've got someone sniffing the wire, and you're using v1, even ridiculously long community strings won't help - it's all plain text. OTOH, if you never use private (i.e. read/write) strings, it might not be that big of a deal, though you can get an *awful* lot of information from SNMP under Windows. If you're limited to v1, and completely paranoid (and what proper sysadmin isn't?) you might be able to establish your SNMP over IPSec - I haven't tried that, but it seems doable. On 4/30/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry Kurt, I've actually never implemented SNMP before (I know, weird, huh?) However, the logical part of my brain was screaming at me that it was a DUH! type of question... Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 5:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring with SNMP On 4/29/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys don't use the default community strings with SNMP do you? These should be changed to something unique, correct? Um, the only word that comes to mind here is duh. Most implementations are still v1, which is completely plain text. Next most common, from my limited reading, are v2c and then v3 - and it's only with v3 that you get reasonable encryption, but staying away from the defaults is still the only way to go. Kurt ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Forcing a Dynamic disk to expand
Use diskpart from Support tools? Shook -Original Message- From: Jonathan Gruber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Forcing a Dynamic disk to expand Is it possible to force a dynamic disk in MS Virtual Server to expand? I have a virtual server that requires some software installed and the drive is only showing 7.4 MB free. Currently the drive is at 2.92GB and I have the limit set at 500GB. How can I force the drive to expand to enable the software to be installed? I tried google but all I get is ways to increase the total size and I don't need to do that, just force the dynamic expansion. Jonathan Gruber Network Administrator J.B. Long Inc. 610-944-8840 x.213 484-637-1978 direct ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs
Well, I learned something today. Localgroup on a DC refers to domain local. Amazing that in 13 years of Windows, I've never run into that before... Regardless, the contents of your Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access group is now correct. Insofar as anonymous access...Start the Administrative Tools - Domain Security Policy. Drill down Security Settings - Local Policies - Security Options. There are a number of relevant options under Network access, perhaps the most important 3: Network access: Allow anonymous SID/name translation Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jim Dandy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs It looks like an excerpt is available on the web http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/5567b.aspx Thanks for looking at this for me. Curt -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs The registry key is still valid. However, the preferred mechanism for 2003 and above is to use the Domain Policy. I don't think the document you are referring to is valid. There are no local groups on domain controllers. By definition. If it's available on the web, give me a link and I'll take a look. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jim Dandy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs I did go to ADUC. The thing that was concerning me was the command they said to use was Net localgroup ... It would appear that this command modifies a local group. Is the Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access found in ADUC a local group? The web page you directed me to appears to be for W2K. Is that still valid for W2k3? Thanks for your help. Curt -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs Huh? Open ADUC. Goto the Builtin container. Look in Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access. What's under the Members tab? Otherwise, you need to look at the RestrictAnonymous registry key and domain policy. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/246261/ for the registry key. Click around in Default Domain Policy for the policy. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jim Dandy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs Sorry for the long post. I'd appreciate it if you could hang in there and read through this. My question is, are anonymous connections eliminated? A document I have says After you upgrade all the servers in the domain hosting services that run as Local System and use Anonymous or null credentials when accessing a domain controller. Such as Windows NT 4.0 RAS servers, remove the Everyone and Anonymous Logon groups from the Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access built-in group. This task increases the security of your domain by preventing anonymous connections to the domain controllers. The document then suggests to do so with the command Net localgroup Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access groupname /delete I can't remember if I did this back when I upgraded from NT to Server 2003. I'm now running both the forest and domain in Server 2003 mode with all DCs running Server 2003. I logged onto my DC and executed the above command with Everyone substituted in for groupname. I got error System error 2 has occurred The system file cannot find the file specified Doing the same substituting in anonymous for groupname I got error There is no such global user or group: Anonymous I read you can test to see if anonymous access is disabled with the command Net user \\servername\ipc$ /u: I executed this command from another computer on the network and got Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. I also read you can test anonymous access with the command Net user \\ipc$ /u: I executed this command while logged on to the DC and got System error 67 has occurred. I wasn't sure if this command was actually valid so I retried with a slight modification Net user \\localhost\ipc$ /u: This time I got The command
RE: Forcing a Dynamic disk to expand
Should be able to do it from within Computer Management - Disk Management. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Forcing a Dynamic disk to expand Use diskpart from Support tools? Shook -Original Message- From: Jonathan Gruber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Forcing a Dynamic disk to expand Is it possible to force a dynamic disk in MS Virtual Server to expand? I have a virtual server that requires some software installed and the drive is only showing 7.4 MB free. Currently the drive is at 2.92GB and I have the limit set at 500GB. How can I force the drive to expand to enable the software to be installed? I tried google but all I get is ways to increase the total size and I don't need to do that, just force the dynamic expansion. Jonathan Gruber Network Administrator J.B. Long Inc. 610-944-8840 x.213 484-637-1978 direct ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: remote reset of local admin password-SOLVED
/sing are you feeling down are you all alone have your dreams been shattered have you lost all hope all you need is music it's your destiny, it sets you free whoh, ohh, ohh, ohh all you need is rock'n'roll /end-sing :P From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: remote reset of local admin password-SOLVED For those of you playing along at home, I got this fixed. Nothing too glamorous though, I just (finally) hacked the local admin password. Yanked it out of the domain, rebooted, added back to domain, rebooted and I now feel pretty again. Now back to listening to White Lion's greatest hits! Shook _ From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: remote reset of local admin password Shook the XP box you got the CPU account a Virtual Image. Go into Virtual Control center and power it off. Then build a XP box, and add a drive, and point it to the VMDK if the virtual XP box that got wacked. It should boot with that drive as a slave, and then you can pull off the .SAM file load it into OPHCrack and do a brute force. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: remote reset of local admin password Tried to access XP box in question over the network and get continued access denied b\c it can't authenticate. Shook _ From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: remote reset of local admin password Can you attach the Image to another VM as a Disk drive, and Delete the SAM from the XP workstation, and see if it allows you to login when the new SAM is created? (Either that or you might be able to create another VM with a blank password copy its .SAM file over the other one. Either that or get the .SAM file and run that bugger through OPHCRACK with a brute-force to get the password. Throws shovel to you to smash junior Admin in head. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: remote reset of local admin password Scenario. Virtual XP Pro box on my ESX 3.5 cluster has had computer account deleted by a junior admin, whose arse I have already kicked. No problem, pull it our of the domain and re add, right. Yeah, well the local administrator password is not listed in my documentation. (My fault; did not do it at time of P2V b\c this dude was getting fired and I was in pucker mode trying to lock out a high end developer out of everything rather quickly./end rant) S..I can't log in. Ok, boot machine to my ultimate boot cd and local admin password reset utility. But, utility can't find the SAM b\c it can't read the vmware virtual scsi drive. OK, mount the floppy image with the VMWare XP Pro driver for the scsi disk. No go; utilty is looking for a specific directory (/floppy/scsi). Tried creating /scsi directory on floppy image and coping driver into same, no go. Been piddling with this for a while and I can't get the driver loaded. Any pointers/ideas before I throw my mouse into the wall? TIA, Shook ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: remote reset of local admin password-SOLVED
Wait! On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of you playing along at home, I got this fixed. Nothing too glamorous though, I just (finally) hacked the local admin password. Yanked it out of the domain, rebooted, added back to domain, rebooted and I now feel pretty again. Now back to listening to White Lion's greatest hits! Shook -- *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:50 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: remote reset of local admin password Shook the XP box you got the CPU account a Virtual Image. Go into Virtual Control center and power it off. Then build a XP box, and add a drive, and point it to the VMDK if the virtual XP box that got wacked. It should boot with that drive as a slave, and then you can pull off the .SAM file load it into OPHCrack and do a brute force. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:19 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: remote reset of local admin password Tried to access XP box in question over the network and get continued access denied b\c it can't authenticate. Shook -- *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:12 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: remote reset of local admin password Can you attach the Image to another VM as a Disk drive, and Delete the SAM from the XP workstation, and see if it allows you to login when the new SAM is created? (Either that or you might be able to create another VM with a blank password copy its .SAM file over the other one. Either that or get the .SAM file and run that bugger through OPHCRACK with a brute-force to get the password. Throws shovel to you to smash junior Admin in head. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:50 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* remote reset of local admin password Scenario… Virtual XP Pro box on my ESX 3.5 cluster has had computer account deleted by a junior admin, whose arse I have already kicked. No problem, pull it our of the domain and re add, right. Yeah, well the local administrator password is not listed in my documentation. (My fault; did not do it at time of P2V b\c this dude was getting fired and I was in pucker mode trying to lock out a high end developer out of everything rather quickly…/end rant) S..I can't log in. Ok, boot machine to my ultimate boot cd and local admin password reset utility. But, utility can't find the SAM b\c it can't read the vmware virtual scsi drive. OK, mount the floppy image with the VMWare XP Pro driver for the scsi disk. No go; utilty is looking for a specific directory (/floppy/scsi). Tried creating /scsi directory on floppy image and coping driver into same, no go. Been piddling with this for a while and I can't get the driver loaded. Any pointers/ideas before I throw my mouse into the wall? TIA, Shook ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Forcing a Dynamic disk to expand
Yeah...Well...diskpart is cooler. Ptbb! Shook -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Forcing a Dynamic disk to expand Should be able to do it from within Computer Management - Disk Management. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Forcing a Dynamic disk to expand Use diskpart from Support tools? Shook -Original Message- From: Jonathan Gruber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Forcing a Dynamic disk to expand Is it possible to force a dynamic disk in MS Virtual Server to expand? I have a virtual server that requires some software installed and the drive is only showing 7.4 MB free. Currently the drive is at 2.92GB and I have the limit set at 500GB. How can I force the drive to expand to enable the software to be installed? I tried google but all I get is ways to increase the total size and I don't need to do that, just force the dynamic expansion. Jonathan Gruber Network Administrator J.B. Long Inc. 610-944-8840 x.213 484-637-1978 direct ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: remote reset of local admin password-SOLVED
Nice 80's hair band. LOL On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Steve Ens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wait! On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of you playing along at home, I got this fixed. Nothing too glamorous though, I just (finally) hacked the local admin password. Yanked it out of the domain, rebooted, added back to domain, rebooted and I now feel pretty again. Now back to listening to White Lion's greatest hits! Shook -- *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:50 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: remote reset of local admin password Shook the XP box you got the CPU account a Virtual Image. Go into Virtual Control center and power it off. Then build a XP box, and add a drive, and point it to the VMDK if the virtual XP box that got wacked. It should boot with that drive as a slave, and then you can pull off the .SAM file load it into OPHCrack and do a brute force. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:19 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: remote reset of local admin password Tried to access XP box in question over the network and get continued access denied b\c it can't authenticate. Shook -- *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:12 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: remote reset of local admin password Can you attach the Image to another VM as a Disk drive, and Delete the SAM from the XP workstation, and see if it allows you to login when the new SAM is created? (Either that or you might be able to create another VM with a blank password copy its .SAM file over the other one. Either that or get the .SAM file and run that bugger through OPHCRACK with a brute-force to get the password. Throws shovel to you to smash junior Admin in head. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:50 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* remote reset of local admin password Scenario… Virtual XP Pro box on my ESX 3.5 cluster has had computer account deleted by a junior admin, whose arse I have already kicked. No problem, pull it our of the domain and re add, right. Yeah, well the local administrator password is not listed in my documentation. (My fault; did not do it at time of P2V b\c this dude was getting fired and I was in pucker mode trying to lock out a high end developer out of everything rather quickly…/end rant) S..I can't log in. Ok, boot machine to my ultimate boot cd and local admin password reset utility. But, utility can't find the SAM b\c it can't read the vmware virtual scsi drive. OK, mount the floppy image with the VMWare XP Pro driver for the scsi disk. No go; utilty is looking for a specific directory (/floppy/scsi). Tried creating /scsi directory on floppy image and coping driver into same, no go. Been piddling with this for a while and I can't get the driver loaded. Any pointers/ideas before I throw my mouse into the wall? TIA, Shook -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Exchange 2003 dismounts due to log file in use
Chaps, Is there a way that I can find out what file has tried to access E00.log and caused my db to dismount ? It's happened twice in two weeks now. After the first time we even turned off the file AV scanner (though the edb and mdb locations where excluded from the scan) but still it happened. Theres little running on this box, its SBS 2003, it has ESET (spit on the floor anyone?) and thats about it. Any ideas ? Olly ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
XP SP3 pulled back?
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/05/software-glitch.html ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: XP SP3 pulled back?
Tom Strader reported that to the list on Tuesday. - Andy O. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: XP SP3 pulled back? http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/05/software-glitch.html ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: XP SP3 pulled back?
Oh? I remember seeing that it was available - but not that it had been taken off. Thx -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: XP SP3 pulled back? Tom Strader reported that to the list on Tuesday. - Andy O. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: XP SP3 pulled back? http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/05/software-glitch.html ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: XP SP3 pulled back?
It was pulled because it broke Dynamics. -Original Message- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: XP SP3 pulled back? Oh? I remember seeing that it was available - but not that it had been taken off. Thx -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: XP SP3 pulled back? Tom Strader reported that to the list on Tuesday. - Andy O. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: XP SP3 pulled back? http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/05/software-glitch.html ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: XP SP3 pulled back?
I can't imagine how that got missed in testing... Especially being a MS product. -Original Message- From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: XP SP3 pulled back? It was pulled because it broke Dynamics. -Original Message- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: XP SP3 pulled back? Oh? I remember seeing that it was available - but not that it had been taken off. Thx -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: XP SP3 pulled back? Tom Strader reported that to the list on Tuesday. - Andy O. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: XP SP3 pulled back? http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/05/software-glitch.html ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: XP SP3 pulled back?
I think it breaks Bob too. Not sure how they missed that either. I think it is obvious that Microsoft doesn't actually use Dynamics. ;-) On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Sam Cayze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't imagine how that got missed in testing... Especially being a MS product. -Original Message- From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: XP SP3 pulled back? It was pulled because it broke Dynamics. -Original Message- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: XP SP3 pulled back? Oh? I remember seeing that it was available - but not that it had been taken off. Thx -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: XP SP3 pulled back? Tom Strader reported that to the list on Tuesday. - Andy O. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: XP SP3 pulled back? http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/05/software-glitch.html ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Exchange 2003 dismounts due to log file in use
Process explorer? file level auditing? We had an issue a few years ago, and more recently, where McAffee file level scanning did not properly honor wild card exclusions per their docs and it grabbed the edb a few times. We found this out by opening up and just watching the real time scanning in McAffee, then disabling it on the server after watching it grab the file twice. Other things to check maybe, disk io latency. If you are having momentary time outs/lags that exceed the limits that could kill the Exchange service as well, something else we had issue with as well. Learning experiences are awesome sometimes, other times, not so much. Steven On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Oliver Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chaps, Is there a way that I can find out what file has tried to access E00.log and caused my db to dismount ? It's happened twice in two weeks now. After the first time we even turned off the file AV scanner (though the edb and mdb locations where excluded from the scan) but still it happened. Theres little running on this box, its SBS 2003, it has ESET (spit on the floor anyone?) and thats about it. Any ideas ? Olly ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Exchange 2003 dismounts due to log file in use
oh also, file level backups maybe? On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Steven Peck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Process explorer? file level auditing? We had an issue a few years ago, and more recently, where McAffee file level scanning did not properly honor wild card exclusions per their docs and it grabbed the edb a few times. We found this out by opening up and just watching the real time scanning in McAffee, then disabling it on the server after watching it grab the file twice. Other things to check maybe, disk io latency. If you are having momentary time outs/lags that exceed the limits that could kill the Exchange service as well, something else we had issue with as well. Learning experiences are awesome sometimes, other times, not so much. Steven On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Oliver Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chaps, Is there a way that I can find out what file has tried to access E00.log and caused my db to dismount ? It's happened twice in two weeks now. After the first time we even turned off the file AV scanner (though the edb and mdb locations where excluded from the scan) but still it happened. Theres little running on this box, its SBS 2003, it has ESET (spit on the floor anyone?) and thats about it. Any ideas ? Olly ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs
So, it sounds like you are saying that the Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access group they refer to is the one I see in my ADUC domain\Builtin folder. That group only has Authenticated Users and Exchange Domain Servers as members. They recommend that the Everyone and Anonymous groups be removed. Since they aren't there, it sounds like I'm OK with respect to what the article is addressing. So, the net user test I referenced earlier - what's that testing? Is that testing something different that what is being referenced in this article? Thanks for sticking with me through this. Curt -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs Well, I learned something today. Localgroup on a DC refers to domain local. Amazing that in 13 years of Windows, I've never run into that before... Regardless, the contents of your Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access group is now correct. Insofar as anonymous access...Start the Administrative Tools - Domain Security Policy. Drill down Security Settings - Local Policies - Security Options. There are a number of relevant options under Network access, perhaps the most important 3: Network access: Allow anonymous SID/name translation Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jim Dandy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs It looks like an excerpt is available on the web http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/5567b.aspx Thanks for looking at this for me. Curt -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs The registry key is still valid. However, the preferred mechanism for 2003 and above is to use the Domain Policy. I don't think the document you are referring to is valid. There are no local groups on domain controllers. By definition. If it's available on the web, give me a link and I'll take a look. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jim Dandy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs I did go to ADUC. The thing that was concerning me was the command they said to use was Net localgroup ... It would appear that this command modifies a local group. Is the Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access found in ADUC a local group? The web page you directed me to appears to be for W2K. Is that still valid for W2k3? Thanks for your help. Curt -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs Huh? Open ADUC. Goto the Builtin container. Look in Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access. What's under the Members tab? Otherwise, you need to look at the RestrictAnonymous registry key and domain policy. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/246261/ for the registry key. Click around in Default Domain Policy for the policy. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jim Dandy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Eliminating Anonymous connections to DCs Sorry for the long post. I'd appreciate it if you could hang in there and read through this. My question is, are anonymous connections eliminated? A document I have says After you upgrade all the servers in the domain hosting services that run as Local System and use Anonymous or null credentials when accessing a domain controller. Such as Windows NT 4.0 RAS servers, remove the Everyone and Anonymous Logon groups from the Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access built-in group. This task increases the security of your domain by preventing anonymous connections to the domain controllers. The document then suggests to do so with the command Net localgroup Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access groupname /delete I can't remember if I did this back when I upgraded from NT to Server 2003. I'm now running both the forest and domain in Server 2003 mode with all
Re: User gets married...
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Bill Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the best practices for handling a user name change in Exchange/AD? BOFHHack in to their home PC and plant fabricated evidence that their spouse is cheating on them on, so they'll end up divorcing quickly and want their old name back./BOFH -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
BSD?
Any particular version people are using? I was looking at FreeBSD, and was wondering if I needed the i386 version, or the AMD64 version. Initially I thought i386, but then read that the amd64 version was for Intel Core2 Duo chips also... Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: BSD?
i386 = 32-bit, AMD64=64-bit. Last time I installed 64-bit FreeBSD, I had some issues with app compatibility and ended up reinstalling with the i386 version. That was a few years ago though, it may be better now. Thanks, Jeremy Phillips Senior Messaging Engineer Azaleos Corporation T: 206.926.1945 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: BSD? Any particular version people are using? I was looking at FreeBSD, and was wondering if I needed the i386 version, or the AMD64 version. Initially I thought i386, but then read that the amd64 version was for Intel Core2 Duo chips also... Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: BSD?
You want 32 or 64bit? BSD skunks the Penguin!!! On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any particular version people are using? I was looking at FreeBSD, and was wondering if I needed the i386 version, or the AMD64 version. Initially I thought i386, but then read that the amd64 version was for Intel Core2 Duo chips also... Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: BSD?
I'm fairly proficient in FreeBSD, and like it a lot. The AMD64 version is indeed good for advanced Intel multi-core chips, though I haven't implemented it yet - haven't been allowed a machine that good yet. OpenBSD is my next target platform, though - I figure between the two I'll have most situations covered, as FreeBSD is all about productivity, and OpenBSD is all about security. On 5/1/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any particular version people are using? I was looking at FreeBSD, and was wondering if I needed the i386 version, or the AMD64 version. Initially I thought i386, but then read that the amd64 version was for Intel Core2 Duo chips also... Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: User gets married...
Thanks, all for the tips! But I have to say that I like Ben's the best! Bill Lambert Concuity 847-941-9206 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: User gets married... On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Bill Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the best practices for handling a user name change in Exchange/AD? BOFHHack in to their home PC and plant fabricated evidence that their spouse is cheating on them on, so they'll end up divorcing quickly and want their old name back./BOFH -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Salary Advice
The salary game is always a funny question to me. What some people would value as 100k others would value at 70k so you sometimes cant compare salaries. My theory is if i really think i am worth 150k and it wont be a pain to move then i will chase that money. However if i think i know i can get more somewhere else but life and work circumstances mean moving is not advisable or possible then i will be happy with what i get. To me the place i work is just as important as what i do and the money i get paid.. Incidentally today is my last day at my current job.. :) From: Kevin Lundy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 2:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary Advice I'm in the Tampa area and if I had an opening, I'd hire someone with the skills you describe for about 80k. You said medical industry but I didn't see any mention of regulatory compliance. If you are responsible for that, maybe another 10k. On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Christos Ruci [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good Afternoon, I need some advice on what you all think the relevant salary is for my current position. Currently I am the MIS (IT) Manager for a medical company with the following responsibilities. -9 offices -200 employees -2 technicians underneath -no network administrator -normal network management (Exchange,IIS, ISA, FTPS, Fax Server….etc) -in-house Web Application development/testing/hosting -Open 24 hours -Also manage the record management department (I created an in-house system to make all items electronic….member files, applications..etc) My salary is in review and I know they will be asking me what I think a fair salary is due to the upcoming changes that are to occur and the additional projects I am to complete. --I am heading a company move to another city and need do the wiring, design of the IT room, design of all the seating, moving of numbers, ordering of T1's/PRI's…etc --I am switching the company over to a VOIP system rather than a normal analog system. --I am also in the process of implementing a cyber center where we will be hosting all of our server with a DS3 connection back to corporate. (Due to being in Florida we needed something more secure for hurricane season) --I am also implementing redundant vendors for voice and data. Of course there is more but that is the jist of it. I should also include that I have been with the company for 3 years and 5 years prior experience. I have a BA in CIS and pursuing my MBA as well. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Salary Advice
Well, good luck at the new gig dude. - Original Message - From: Greg Mulholland To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 5:49 PM Subject: RE: Salary Advice The salary game is always a funny question to me. What some people would value as 100k others would value at 70k so you sometimes cant compare salaries. My theory is if i really think i am worth 150k and it wont be a pain to move then i will chase that money. However if i think i know i can get more somewhere else but life and work circumstances mean moving is not advisable or possible then i will be happy with what i get. To me the place i work is just as important as what i do and the money i get paid.. Incidentally today is my last day at my current job.. :) -- From: Kevin Lundy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 2:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary Advice I'm in the Tampa area and if I had an opening, I'd hire someone with the skills you describe for about 80k. You said medical industry but I didn't see any mention of regulatory compliance. If you are responsible for that, maybe another 10k. On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Christos Ruci [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good Afternoon, I need some advice on what you all think the relevant salary is for my current position. Currently I am the MIS (IT) Manager for a medical company with the following responsibilities. -9 offices -200 employees -2 technicians underneath -no network administrator -normal network management (Exchange,IIS, ISA, FTPS, Fax Server….etc) -in-house Web Application development/testing/hosting -Open 24 hours -Also manage the record management department (I created an in-house system to make all items electronic….member files, applications..etc) My salary is in review and I know they will be asking me what I think a fair salary is due to the upcoming changes that are to occur and the additional projects I am to complete. --I am heading a company move to another city and need do the wiring, design of the IT room, design of all the seating, moving of numbers, ordering of T1's/PRI's…etc --I am switching the company over to a VOIP system rather than a normal analog system. --I am also in the process of implementing a cyber center where we will be hosting all of our server with a DS3 connection back to corporate. (Due to being in Florida we needed something more secure for hurricane season) --I am also implementing redundant vendors for voice and data. Of course there is more but that is the jist of it. I should also include that I have been with the company for 3 years and 5 years prior experience. I have a BA in CIS and pursuing my MBA as well. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Salary Advice
Thanks .. i am really looking forward to it.. large dell shop and get some real hand on exp with ESX and just about everything else ive been doing for the last few years just on a larger scale. Plus there are some nice carrots for the next year, OCS, OPSmgr, Win2k8 etc.. oh and they money is a bonus :) From: James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 7:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary Advice Well, good luck at the new gig dude. - Original Message - From: Greg Mulhollandmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issuesmailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 5:49 PM Subject: RE: Salary Advice The salary game is always a funny question to me. What some people would value as 100k others would value at 70k so you sometimes cant compare salaries. My theory is if i really think i am worth 150k and it wont be a pain to move then i will chase that money. However if i think i know i can get more somewhere else but life and work circumstances mean moving is not advisable or possible then i will be happy with what i get. To me the place i work is just as important as what i do and the money i get paid.. Incidentally today is my last day at my current job.. :) From: Kevin Lundy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 2:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary Advice I'm in the Tampa area and if I had an opening, I'd hire someone with the skills you describe for about 80k. You said medical industry but I didn't see any mention of regulatory compliance. If you are responsible for that, maybe another 10k. On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Christos Ruci [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good Afternoon, I need some advice on what you all think the relevant salary is for my current position. Currently I am the MIS (IT) Manager for a medical company with the following responsibilities. -9 offices -200 employees -2 technicians underneath -no network administrator -normal network management (Exchange,IIS, ISA, FTPS, Fax Server….etc) -in-house Web Application development/testing/hosting -Open 24 hours -Also manage the record management department (I created an in-house system to make all items electronic….member files, applications..etc) My salary is in review and I know they will be asking me what I think a fair salary is due to the upcoming changes that are to occur and the additional projects I am to complete. --I am heading a company move to another city and need do the wiring, design of the IT room, design of all the seating, moving of numbers, ordering of T1's/PRI's…etc --I am switching the company over to a VOIP system rather than a normal analog system. --I am also in the process of implementing a cyber center where we will be hosting all of our server with a DS3 connection back to corporate. (Due to being in Florida we needed something more secure for hurricane season) --I am also implementing redundant vendors for voice and data. Of course there is more but that is the jist of it. I should also include that I have been with the company for 3 years and 5 years prior experience. I have a BA in CIS and pursuing my MBA as well. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Vista password re-set?
I have a user that has forgotten his Administrator password. Anyone know a way to reset it without a wipe and reinstall? THANKS!! Jim ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Salary Advice
OGC :) From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary Advice Thanks .. i am really looking forward to it.. large dell shop and get some real hand on exp with ESX and just about everything else ive been doing for the last few years just on a larger scale. Plus there are some nice carrots for the next year, OCS, OPSmgr, Win2k8 etc.. oh and they money is a bonus :) From: James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 7:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary Advice Well, good luck at the new gig dude. - Original Message - From: Greg Mulhollandmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issuesmailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 5:49 PM Subject: RE: Salary Advice The salary game is always a funny question to me. What some people would value as 100k others would value at 70k so you sometimes cant compare salaries. My theory is if i really think i am worth 150k and it wont be a pain to move then i will chase that money. However if i think i know i can get more somewhere else but life and work circumstances mean moving is not advisable or possible then i will be happy with what i get. To me the place i work is just as important as what i do and the money i get paid.. Incidentally today is my last day at my current job.. :) From: Kevin Lundy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 2:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary Advice I'm in the Tampa area and if I had an opening, I'd hire someone with the skills you describe for about 80k. You said medical industry but I didn't see any mention of regulatory compliance. If you are responsible for that, maybe another 10k. On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Christos Ruci [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good Afternoon, I need some advice on what you all think the relevant salary is for my current position. Currently I am the MIS (IT) Manager for a medical company with the following responsibilities. -9 offices -200 employees -2 technicians underneath -no network administrator -normal network management (Exchange,IIS, ISA, FTPS, Fax Serveretc) -in-house Web Application development/testing/hosting -Open 24 hours -Also manage the record management department (I created an in-house system to make all items electronicmember files, applications..etc) My salary is in review and I know they will be asking me what I think a fair salary is due to the upcoming changes that are to occur and the additional projects I am to complete. --I am heading a company move to another city and need do the wiring, design of the IT room, design of all the seating, moving of numbers, ordering of T1's/PRI's...etc --I am switching the company over to a VOIP system rather than a normal analog system. --I am also in the process of implementing a cyber center where we will be hosting all of our server with a DS3 connection back to corporate. (Due to being in Florida we needed something more secure for hurricane season) --I am also implementing redundant vendors for voice and data. Of course there is more but that is the jist of it. I should also include that I have been with the company for 3 years and 5 years prior experience. I have a BA in CIS and pursuing my MBA as well. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Salary Advice
LOL -- you have to explain in-jokes... related article: http://news.hereisthecity.com/news/business_news/7806.cntns Besides aren't you supposed to be in hospital?? From: Steve Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 8:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary Advice OGC :) From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary Advice Thanks .. i am really looking forward to it.. large dell shop and get some real hand on exp with ESX and just about everything else ive been doing for the last few years just on a larger scale. Plus there are some nice carrots for the next year, OCS, OPSmgr, Win2k8 etc.. oh and they money is a bonus :) From: James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 7:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary Advice Well, good luck at the new gig dude. - Original Message - From: Greg Mulhollandmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issuesmailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 5:49 PM Subject: RE: Salary Advice The salary game is always a funny question to me. What some people would value as 100k others would value at 70k so you sometimes cant compare salaries. My theory is if i really think i am worth 150k and it wont be a pain to move then i will chase that money. However if i think i know i can get more somewhere else but life and work circumstances mean moving is not advisable or possible then i will be happy with what i get. To me the place i work is just as important as what i do and the money i get paid.. Incidentally today is my last day at my current job.. :) From: Kevin Lundy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 2:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary Advice I'm in the Tampa area and if I had an opening, I'd hire someone with the skills you describe for about 80k. You said medical industry but I didn't see any mention of regulatory compliance. If you are responsible for that, maybe another 10k. On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Christos Ruci [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good Afternoon, I need some advice on what you all think the relevant salary is for my current position. Currently I am the MIS (IT) Manager for a medical company with the following responsibilities. -9 offices -200 employees -2 technicians underneath -no network administrator -normal network management (Exchange,IIS, ISA, FTPS, Fax Server….etc) -in-house Web Application development/testing/hosting -Open 24 hours -Also manage the record management department (I created an in-house system to make all items electronic….member files, applications..etc) My salary is in review and I know they will be asking me what I think a fair salary is due to the upcoming changes that are to occur and the additional projects I am to complete. --I am heading a company move to another city and need do the wiring, design of the IT room, design of all the seating, moving of numbers, ordering of T1's/PRI's…etc --I am switching the company over to a VOIP system rather than a normal analog system. --I am also in the process of implementing a cyber center where we will be hosting all of our server with a DS3 connection back to corporate. (Due to being in Florida we needed something more secure for hurricane season) --I am also implementing redundant vendors for voice and data. Of course there is more but that is the jist of it. I should also include that I have been with the company for 3 years and 5 years prior experience. I have a BA in CIS and pursuing my MBA as well. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: BSD?
I'm actually interested in knowing what BSD offers today over Linux? What compels someone to use BSD now instead? Thanks! jlc From: Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: BSD? I'm fairly proficient in FreeBSD, and like it a lot. The AMD64 version is indeed good for advanced Intel multi-core chips, though I haven't implemented it yet - haven't been allowed a machine that good yet. OpenBSD is my next target platform, though - I figure between the two I'll have most situations covered, as FreeBSD is all about productivity, and OpenBSD is all about security. On 5/1/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any particular version people are using? I was looking at FreeBSD, and was wondering if I needed the i386 version, or the AMD64 version. Initially I thought i386, but then read that the amd64 version was for Intel Core2 Duo chips also... Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: BSD?
IMHO - FreeBSD offers sanity, an engineered approach to computing, vs. Linux's chaos. It feels more like home to me. Here's one view of it, in what I consider a *very* nice essay: http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux1.php On 5/1/08, Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm actually interested in knowing what BSD offers today over Linux? What compels someone to use BSD now instead? Thanks! jlc From: Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: BSD? I'm fairly proficient in FreeBSD, and like it a lot. The AMD64 version is indeed good for advanced Intel multi-core chips, though I haven't implemented it yet - haven't been allowed a machine that good yet. OpenBSD is my next target platform, though - I figure between the two I'll have most situations covered, as FreeBSD is all about productivity, and OpenBSD is all about security. On 5/1/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any particular version people are using? I was looking at FreeBSD, and was wondering if I needed the i386 version, or the AMD64 version. Initially I thought i386, but then read that the amd64 version was for Intel Core2 Duo chips also... Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
.NET developer
My company is a web based agency for NGOs and some companies in the DC area. If you are interested, have a look at www.threespot.com/jobs/ and forward me your resume so I can forward it to our HR department. Miguel ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Salary Advice
I am, waiting on medi-vac... From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary Advice LOL -- you have to explain in-jokes... related article: http://news.hereisthecity.com/news/business_news/7806.cntns Besides aren't you supposed to be in hospital?? From: Steve Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 8:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary Advice OGC :) From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary Advice Thanks .. i am really looking forward to it.. large dell shop and get some real hand on exp with ESX and just about everything else ive been doing for the last few years just on a larger scale. Plus there are some nice carrots for the next year, OCS, OPSmgr, Win2k8 etc.. oh and they money is a bonus :) From: James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 7:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary Advice Well, good luck at the new gig dude. - Original Message - From: Greg Mulhollandmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issuesmailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 5:49 PM Subject: RE: Salary Advice The salary game is always a funny question to me. What some people would value as 100k others would value at 70k so you sometimes cant compare salaries. My theory is if i really think i am worth 150k and it wont be a pain to move then i will chase that money. However if i think i know i can get more somewhere else but life and work circumstances mean moving is not advisable or possible then i will be happy with what i get. To me the place i work is just as important as what i do and the money i get paid.. Incidentally today is my last day at my current job.. :) From: Kevin Lundy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 2:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary Advice I'm in the Tampa area and if I had an opening, I'd hire someone with the skills you describe for about 80k. You said medical industry but I didn't see any mention of regulatory compliance. If you are responsible for that, maybe another 10k. On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Christos Ruci [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good Afternoon, I need some advice on what you all think the relevant salary is for my current position. Currently I am the MIS (IT) Manager for a medical company with the following responsibilities. -9 offices -200 employees -2 technicians underneath -no network administrator -normal network management (Exchange,IIS, ISA, FTPS, Fax Serveretc) -in-house Web Application development/testing/hosting -Open 24 hours -Also manage the record management department (I created an in-house system to make all items electronicmember files, applications..etc) My salary is in review and I know they will be asking me what I think a fair salary is due to the upcoming changes that are to occur and the additional projects I am to complete. --I am heading a company move to another city and need do the wiring, design of the IT room, design of all the seating, moving of numbers, ordering of T1's/PRI's...etc --I am switching the company over to a VOIP system rather than a normal analog system. --I am also in the process of implementing a cyber center where we will be hosting all of our server with a DS3 connection back to corporate. (Due to being in Florida we needed something more secure for hurricane season) --I am also implementing redundant vendors for voice and data. Of course there is more but that is the jist of it. I should also include that I have been with the company for 3 years and 5 years prior experience. I have a BA in CIS and pursuing my MBA as well. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: BSD?
Also, SFU/SUA have a BSD installation option. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: BSD? IMHO - FreeBSD offers sanity, an engineered approach to computing, vs. Linux's chaos. It feels more like home to me. Here's one view of it, in what I consider a *very* nice essay: http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux1.php On 5/1/08, Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm actually interested in knowing what BSD offers today over Linux? What compels someone to use BSD now instead? Thanks! jlc From: Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: BSD? I'm fairly proficient in FreeBSD, and like it a lot. The AMD64 version is indeed good for advanced Intel multi-core chips, though I haven't implemented it yet - haven't been allowed a machine that good yet. OpenBSD is my next target platform, though - I figure between the two I'll have most situations covered, as FreeBSD is all about productivity, and OpenBSD is all about security. On 5/1/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any particular version people are using? I was looking at FreeBSD, and was wondering if I needed the i386 version, or the AMD64 version. Initially I thought i386, but then read that the amd64 version was for Intel Core2 Duo chips also... Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Exchange 2003 dismounts due to log file in use
Process monitor and set it on the single file. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2003 dismounts due to log file in use Chaps, Is there a way that I can find out what file has tried to access E00.log and caused my db to dismount ? It's happened twice in two weeks now. After the first time we even turned off the file AV scanner (though the edb and mdb locations where excluded from the scan) but still it happened. Theres little running on this box, its SBS 2003, it has ESET (spit on the floor anyone?) and thats about it. Any ideas ? Olly ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Vista password re-set?
James Edwards wrote: I have a user that has forgotten his Administrator password. Anyone know a way to reset it without a wipe and reinstall? THANKS!! Jim ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ There is a software in the rescuecd live cd to reset any windows password. It might work with Vista too. It worked for me for Windows 2000 Miguel ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Vista password re-set?
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/ On 5/1/08, James Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a user that has forgotten his Administrator password. Anyone know a way to reset it without a wipe and reinstall? THANKS!! Jim ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Vista password re-set?
ERD 2005 can do it. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: James Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vista password re-set? I have a user that has forgotten his Administrator password. Anyone know a way to reset it without a wipe and reinstall? THANKS!! Jim ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Using 3rd-party LTO-3 tapes in HP autoloader
I need to order more tapes for one of our HP StorageWorks 1x8 autoloaders with the Ultrium/LTO-3 drive. We've had these for a couple of years and love them, but have always used the tapes from HP. Now I see good deals on 20-packs of LTO-3 tapes from TDK. Anyone used these in HP LTO drives? Any problems? TIA Bob Peitzke Senior IT Manager Colony Advisors, LLC Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Forcing a Dynamic disk to expand
I think there's something wrong if it's only showing 7.4MB free - it should be showing whatever is left. You can just copy a file into the VM if you need to expand the actual VHD file on the disk (e.g. copy a service pack .exe or similar). And then delete it. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Jonathan Gruber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 4:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Forcing a Dynamic disk to expand Is it possible to force a dynamic disk in MS Virtual Server to expand? I have a virtual server that requires some software installed and the drive is only showing 7.4 MB free. Currently the drive is at 2.92GB and I have the limit set at 500GB. How can I force the drive to expand to enable the software to be installed? I tried google but all I get is ways to increase the total size and I don't need to do that, just force the dynamic expansion. Jonathan Gruber Network Administrator ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Desktop Backup
Hi, My client would like to have a desktop/laptop backup solution. They have about 1000 users. May I know for those who has done this before, what have you recommended and for those who have done it, how did you do it? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu __ Yahoo! Singapore Answers Real people. Real questions. Real answers. Share what you know at http://answers.yahoo.com.sg ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup
What exactly do you want to back up from the clients? Z.V. -Original Message- From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Desktop Backup Hi, My client would like to have a desktop/laptop backup solution. They have about 1000 users. May I know for those who has done this before, what have you recommended and for those who have done it, how did you do it? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu __ Yahoo! Singapore Answers Real people. Real questions. Real answers. Share what you know at http://answers.yahoo.com.sg ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Desktop Backup
The client is looking into 2 options. One is to backup everything and the other is to backup data only. Wei Yu - Original Message From: Vue, Za [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 9:28:00 Subject: RE: Desktop Backup What exactly do you want to back up from the clients? Z.V. -Original Message- From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Desktop Backup Hi, My client would like to have a desktop/laptop backup solution. They have about 1000 users. May I know for those who has done this before, what have you recommended and for those who have done it, how did you do it? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu __ Yahoo! Singapore Answers Real people. Real questions. Real answers. Share what you know at http://answers.yahoo.com.sg ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ __ Search, browse and book your hotels and flights through Yahoo! Travel. http://sg.travel.yahoo.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Using 3rd-party LTO-3 tapes in HP autoloader
I rarely used HP tapes in my hp loader:) jlc From: Bob Peitzke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Using 3rd-party LTO-3 tapes in HP autoloader I need to order more tapes for one of our HP StorageWorks 1x8 autoloaders with the Ultrium/LTO-3 drive. We've had these for a couple of years and love them, but have always used the tapes from HP. Now I see good deals on 20-packs of LTO-3 tapes from TDK. Anyone used these in HP LTO drives? Any problems? TIA Bob Peitzke Senior IT Manager Colony Advisors, LLC Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Using 3rd-party LTO-3 tapes in HP autoloader
I use Fuji, Dell, and HP tapes in my Dell loader. No problems. :) (Anyway, Dell OEM from Fuji for their tapes) WY - Original Message From: Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 9:52:52 Subject: RE: Using 3rd-party LTO-3 tapes in HP autoloader I rarely used HP tapes in my hp loader:) jlc From: Bob Peitzke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Using 3rd-party LTO-3 tapes in HP autoloader I need to order more tapes for one of our HP StorageWorks 1x8 autoloaders with the Ultrium/LTO-3 drive. We've had these for a couple of years and love them, but have always used the tapes from HP. Now I see good deals on 20-packs of LTO-3 tapes from TDK. Anyone used these in HP LTO drives? Any problems? TIA Bob Peitzke Senior IT Manager Colony Advisors, LLC Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movies is all you need http://sg.movies.yahoo.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Desktop Backup
I highly recommend backuppc. For the last 3 years I have been using it to back up over 1500 workstations (about 600 laptops). it is free and just plain works. ski On 5/1/08, Active Elk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, My client would like to have a desktop/laptop backup solution. They have about 1000 users. May I know for those who has done this before, what have you recommended and for those who have done it, how did you do it? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu __ Yahoo! Singapore Answers Real people. Real questions. Real answers. Share what you know at http://answers.yahoo.com.sg ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it connected to the entire universeJohn Muir Chris Ski Kacoroski, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 206-501-9803 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Any experience with Unicenter Patch Management Non Windows OS Support
Hey all, Just evaluating patching solutions and one of them ones we are considering investigating is Unicenter Patch Management. Just curious if anyone out there is using this and can comment on its good and bad points. One of the primary points in interested in is wether is supports Patch Remediation on Unix based OS, ie Redhat, Sun, SUSE, etc. Any feedback would be appreciated. Cheers Ryan McBride Senior Systems Engineer D3S Enterprise Services A:Level 2, Building 314 Cowper Wharf Road Garden Island NSW 2011 T: 02 9562 2205 M:0413 984 819 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: www.thalesgroup.com.au http://www.thalesgroup.com.au/ DISCLAIMER:--- This e-mail transmission and any documents, files and previous e-mail messages attached to it are private and confidential. They may contain proprietary or copyright material or information that is subject to legal professional privilege. They are for the use of the intended recipient only. Any unauthorised viewing, use, disclosure, copying, alteration, storage or distribution of, or reliance on, this message is strictly prohibited. No part may be reproduced, adapted or transmitted without the written permission of the owner. If you have received this transmission in error, or are not an authorised recipient, please immediately notify the sender by return email, delete this message and all copies from your e-mail system, and destroy any printed copies. Receipt by anyone other than the intended recipient should not be deemed a waiver of any privilege or protection. Thales Australia does not warrant or represent that this e-mail or any documents, files and previous e-mail messages attached are error or virus free. -- ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~image001.jpg
RE: Desktop Backup
Personally I think it is an overkill backing up everything. What is it that the client want to accomplish? We are talking about 1000 machines with an average of 3-5GB disk space requirement min. What about the employee who loaded 5 GB of music files to his My Documents folder? Now you have illegal copy of music files on your network. Does the client want to back those up? Too much resources are required to accomplish a task that I think it is not necessary or practical. Workstations=Use one single ghost image for identical machines. Same for laptops. If the client runs Vista then you don't even need that many images. Perhaps one for workstations and one for laptops. Enable Shadow Copy on file servers and redirect My Documents folder to the network with GPO. Someone deleted a file it takes a few seconds to restore it from yesterday. If a machine dies, reimage. -Z.V. -Original Message- From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup The client is looking into 2 options. One is to backup everything and the other is to backup data only. Wei Yu - Original Message From: Vue, Za [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 9:28:00 Subject: RE: Desktop Backup What exactly do you want to back up from the clients? Z.V. -Original Message- From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Desktop Backup Hi, My client would like to have a desktop/laptop backup solution. They have about 1000 users. May I know for those who has done this before, what have you recommended and for those who have done it, how did you do it? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu __ Yahoo! Singapore Answers Real people. Real questions. Real answers. Share what you know at http://answers.yahoo.com.sg ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ __ Search, browse and book your hotels and flights through Yahoo! Travel. http://sg.travel.yahoo.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
