Re: Automating Account Creation
I am sure this could be done quite easily by using the net user, net group and dsquery commands in some sort of batch script. You can get the username provided by set /p If I wasn't in the middle of a migration to a completely new domain, I would see what I could come up with :-( 2008/7/29 Dennis Rogov [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello All My team on daily basics suffers tasks of creating AD accounts for 2 OU's for 10-15 users which are thin clients. Every user for these OU's has the same settings with exception of their username which is their first letter of their name and 4 letters of their last. I was wondering if anyone has a script that can automate this whole process for me. I am running windows 2003 native domain. Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE *P**eer* GROUP *an informed medical communications company* 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Symantec Endpoint Protection
Come on Edward, government jobs are the pits! Good luck Joe. Jon On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Ziots, Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wows that is a seriously wacked situation, I wish you the best of luck with that. And maybe its time to head to a new vertical, because it looks like Govt Jobs arent where its at out there. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -- *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:47 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection Just had a union workplace meeting today at lunch, with our union's bargaining team. One of them said that on the way back to the office yesterday after a rally at the capitol, she passed a homeless guy on the street. He stopped her, asking if she was a state worker. She says yes, and he says I feel sorry for you…you guys'll never make it on $6.55/hour. I make more than that begging on the street. Really makes you think… I'm not too worried right now, but let's see what's going on in a couple of weeks. Once the budget is passed, we're supposed to get the rest of our pay, retroactively, so in reality we're not really losing anything, except possible credit ratings, getting behind on car payments/mortgage, etc. The credit unions in the area have also come out saying that if this does happen, they will issue low-to-no interest loans, making up the difference in our paychecks, which could save a lot of people. Joe Heaton -- *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2008 1:41 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection I see your point, Arnie is a weird one anyways J Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -- *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:40 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection Exactly. It's all a political ploy, but our unions are massively up in arms at the moment. He was supposed to sign the Executive Order this morning, but has delayed that until Thursday. Once he signs it, pretty much every union in the state will file injunctions against it in court. The State Controller has also come out publicly disagreeing with Arnie about how much cash the state has (which is supposedly the reason behind this. Arnie thinks the state will run out of cash around mid-September, and the Controller says we're good through the end of September), and the Controller has already stated that he will ignore the order and pay us anyway. It's just a scare tactic, to get the public angry so that we get on the legislature to pass the darn budget. It's only a month and a half late as it is… Joe Heaton -- *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2008 1:34 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection How the hell can you live in CA at 6.55 a hr? SO he wants to put all the Govt workers in card-board boxes because earning that much an hr you be better off working at MCdonalds Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -- *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:28 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection Well, seems that our support with Symantec isn't up until December, so I don't think I'm going to be able to push anything else until around then. We don't have any money until the stupid legislature passes the budget anyway. The Governator is even reducing all state workers' salaries to Federal minimum wage until the budget is passed, effective August 1. That means that I'll be making a whopping $6.55/hour. Isn't that lovely? Joe Heaton -- *From:* Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, July 28, 2008 6:24 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Cc:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Subject:* RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection Hey, and don't forget Sunbelt's Ninja for the exchange server. http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/ While we are talking, VIPRE Enterprise on the desktop will prevent those insanely long boot times as well. http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ Simon, ask for a quote. Will make you an offer you cannot refuse. Warm regards, Stu -- *From:* Simon Butler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, July 28, 2008 6:30 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:*
Re: Symantec Endpoint Protection
Lucky you at 30 years Florida only pays 48% of your average best 3 years as retirement with a guarantee of a 3% pay increase each year. I have less than 2 years for retirement and just hope I can hold out that long. This will be the second year in a row with no pay increase for us. Jon On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got into the govt job last October. I'm at an age now where job hopping is not a very good option. I've got just over 20 years to retirement age, and if I stay in govt, I'll get a retirement check for the rest of my life, of more than half of whatever salary I'm getting at the point of retirement. That may not sound like much, but to me, at my age, it's really something to keep in mind. Joe Heaton -- *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2008 1:53 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection Wows that is a seriously wacked situation, I wish you the best of luck with that. And maybe its time to head to a new vertical, because it looks like Govt Jobs arent where its at out there. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -- *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:47 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection Just had a union workplace meeting today at lunch, with our union's bargaining team. One of them said that on the way back to the office yesterday after a rally at the capitol, she passed a homeless guy on the street. He stopped her, asking if she was a state worker. She says yes, and he says I feel sorry for you…you guys'll never make it on $6.55/hour. I make more than that begging on the street. Really makes you think… I'm not too worried right now, but let's see what's going on in a couple of weeks. Once the budget is passed, we're supposed to get the rest of our pay, retroactively, so in reality we're not really losing anything, except possible credit ratings, getting behind on car payments/mortgage, etc. The credit unions in the area have also come out saying that if this does happen, they will issue low-to-no interest loans, making up the difference in our paychecks, which could save a lot of people. Joe Heaton -- *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2008 1:41 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection I see your point, Arnie is a weird one anyways J Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -- *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:40 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection Exactly. It's all a political ploy, but our unions are massively up in arms at the moment. He was supposed to sign the Executive Order this morning, but has delayed that until Thursday. Once he signs it, pretty much every union in the state will file injunctions against it in court. The State Controller has also come out publicly disagreeing with Arnie about how much cash the state has (which is supposedly the reason behind this. Arnie thinks the state will run out of cash around mid-September, and the Controller says we're good through the end of September), and the Controller has already stated that he will ignore the order and pay us anyway. It's just a scare tactic, to get the public angry so that we get on the legislature to pass the darn budget. It's only a month and a half late as it is… Joe Heaton -- *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2008 1:34 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection How the hell can you live in CA at 6.55 a hr? SO he wants to put all the Govt workers in card-board boxes because earning that much an hr you be better off working at MCdonalds Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -- *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:28 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection Well, seems that our support with Symantec isn't up until December, so I don't think I'm going to be able to push anything else until around then. We don't have any money until the stupid legislature passes the budget anyway. The Governator is even reducing all state workers' salaries to Federal minimum wage until the budget is passed, effective August 1. That means that I'll be making a
Re: Outlook oddity: mysterious resolution changes
Outlook is running in Compatibility Mode. Right-click your shortcut and check out the Compatibility Tab. Disable the check box. On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Edward B. DREGER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings all, I have an Outlook 2002 problem that has left me scratching my head: Whenever Outlook is launched, it changes the screen resolution to 640x480. Upon exit, the resolution is restored. If the resolution is reset while Outlook is running, opening an attachment (PDF, XLS, etc.) also drops the resolution to 640x480. When attachment-associated application exits, the resolution is restored. If Acrobat Reader or Excel is launched from Explorer, be it directly or to open a file, the resolution change does not occur. i.e.: Any time Outlook creates a new window, the resolution is set to 640x480. Whenever said window is closed, the resolution goes back to what it was previously. No other application exhibits this behavior. I've disabled all Outlook plugins, checked for malicious ActiveX controls and BHOs... nothing. Any ideas? It seems like it should be simple enough, but thus far my theories and Google-fu have turned up bubkes. As always, TIA! Eddy -- Everquick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked. Ditto for broken OOO autoresponders and foolish AV software backscatter. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Remote Desktop of Death
Nope! As I've said, it's only happened about 4 times total, and it does not seem to be repeatable. I'm guessing a plugged-up local DNS cache. Thanks! -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/29/2008 05:36:59 PM: Are you running any loopbacks for vpn or SSH? Klint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am on my XP desktop, and I run mstsc.exe to open a session on a server. (In the most recent case, the server was a VM, so remote session is the only real possibility.) Again, I am logged into my XP desktop as my personal account, and I try to log into a remote server with a different, administrative account. My warning message is that the remote server already has my personal, non-admin account logged into a session on it. -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org Ken Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/29/2008 07:39:51 AM: Can you clarify this? I need to open a remote desktop session on a server. Is this: a) you are running mstsc.exe on your local Vista machine, and (trying to) open a session to a server -or- b) you are on a server (console or RD) and you need to open a remote desktop session somewhere else? Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2008 10:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Remote Desktop of Death OK, why does this happen on occasion? All our servers are Win2003, most are R2 SP2. Our desktops are all XP Pro, SP2... I need to open a remote desktop session on a server. I attempt to log in as a local administrator on that machine (not the account running on my desktop system). I am told that I (that is, the account on my local desktop) is currently logged into this server - do I want to log him off? When I hit the Yes button, I watch in horror as all my currently running desktop apps shut down, one by one, until I am logged off my desktop session. This has happened perhaps 4 times to me. Now that I've lost a precious 5 minutes getting back up and running (got a project engineer arriving shortly), any ideas as to why this happens? Once I learn to recognize the signs of This will hose you!, is there a good way to back out and get a functional term session? ~ 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: Symantec Endpoint Protection
Jon, Luckily, I'm still at the point of step increases, as this is my first year, but there's no raises for anyone here either. Joe Heaton From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Symantec Endpoint Protection No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1579 - Release Date: 7/29/2008 6:43 AM ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Symantec Endpoint Protection
We have never gotten step increases unless you are a teacher. Jon On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon, Luckily, I'm still at the point of step increases, as this is my first year, but there's no raises for anyone here either. Joe Heaton -- *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:49 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Symantec Endpoint Protection No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1579 - Release Date: 7/29/2008 6:43 AM ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Mutliple Floor building
My desires/reasons: 1. As close to center of building and/or telco feeds as possible. 2. Away from any wet-walls (walls that feed plumbing.) 3. Not on the ground floor or top floor because of potential flooding or leaking from external environments. 4. Try to avoid windowed rooms, or anything that could be easily B/E'd. On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:57 AM, David W. McSpadden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have a Multiple Floor building where is the preferred placement of the IS/Data Center? Case in point: 3 level building Ground Level and 2 floor above. We are being told we will be in the Ground Level but we kind of wanted the 2nd Floor. Any ideas? Data Security is everyone's responsibility. -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection
Wow, I came here from a school district, as a classified employee, and we got step raises there too. Each year for the first five, then at the 10, 15 and 20 year points. Joe Heaton From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Symantec Endpoint Protection No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1579 - Release Date: 7/29/2008 6:43 AM ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Backup DHCP server
I would like to have a backup DHCP server for one domain on one subnet for redundancy purposes. I was thinking about having each handle half of the scope or maybe 60/40 mix. Any thoughts? James ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Backup DHCP server
Keep in mind that the secondary dhcp only works when the first one is offline, so if you do a 60/40 you need to make sure the 60 has enough addresses. If you run out of ip's on the primary dhcp scope and a computer requests when it will simply get denied and it will keep trying, it doesn't goto the 2nd dhcp server and ask again. I would say your just as well as setting your dhcp timeout to the default of 8 days which means you can be without dhcp for 7 days and not have an issue.. My opinion only . _ From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup DHCP server I would like to have a backup DHCP server for one domain on one subnet for redundancy purposes. I was thinking about having each handle half of the scope or maybe 60/40 mix. Any thoughts? James ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Backup DHCP server
James, That's the way to do, along with your ip helpers at the L3 interface, however, one question. If you split the scope in half, will each DHCP server have enough addresses to handle all the nodes on the subnet in question? If so, you're golden... Shook From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup DHCP server I would like to have a backup DHCP server for one domain on one subnet for redundancy purposes. I was thinking about having each handle half of the scope or maybe 60/40 mix. Any thoughts? James ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Automating Account Creation
I found a VB script which should do the job. Thanks for the feedbacks. Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.peergroupinc.com http://www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Automating Account Creation ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Backup DHCP server
Great, thanks for the advice Ben and Andy. - Original Message - From: Andy Shook To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:28 AM Subject: RE: Backup DHCP server James, That's the way to do, along with your ip helpers at the L3 interface, however, one question. If you split the scope in half, will each DHCP server have enough addresses to handle all the nodes on the subnet in question? If so, you're golden. Shook -- From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup DHCP server I would like to have a backup DHCP server for one domain on one subnet for redundancy purposes. I was thinking about having each handle half of the scope or maybe 60/40 mix. Any thoughts? James ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Server room temp
I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Server room temp
The general consensus was that if the room was at 90F, the internal temp of the equipment was MUCH too hot. Sorry, no official documentation. From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Server room temp
We had this discussion internally at the start of summer vacation. As a cost-cutting plan, the intention was to turn off A/C units at all the schools over the weekends. My argument was that 95 degrees was the absolute max, but that since we didn't want to push our hardware to the max we should limit temps to 85 degrees max. Also, note that there are max humidity thresholds as well. Here in Florida, that was a concern for us, and another reason to not turn off the A/C units completely. And then there's the fact that the hotter the servers get, the higher their fans run-and the more electricity they consume, somewhat offsetting the cost savings of having higher temps. There is no doubt in my mind that a server kept in a cool, dry environment will generally last longer than one kept in a hot, humid environment-even if that environment doesn't technically exceeded the range the manufacturer allows. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
R: Server room temp
I keep my customers' server rooms at 20-22 Celsius degrees (68-71.5 F) GuidoElia HELPPC _ Da: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Inviato: mercoledì 30 luglio 2008 18.14 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Server room temp
http://safari.ibmpressbooks.com/0130473936/ch08lev1sec2 A snippet from a Enterprise Data Center Design and Methodology by Rob Snevely. Maybe find about 5 or 6 resources stating what the idea temp. should be. 95 degrees.wow. From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Server room temp
That is way too hot. Although I don't have any documentation. Just because the operating temp says 50-95, I wouldn't want to stay on the high side for long. The Liebert at one of my remote sites quit working the other day and the room went from 68 to 118 degrees within minutes. Servers shut themselves down before we could shut them down gracefully. Your friend is hovering at the damage equipment line in my opinion. They are certainly shortening the life of the equipment. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Server room temp
We have our server room set at 66F. If it rises above 76F, an alarm sounds and I get notified. As was mentioned, if the room is 90F, the internal temps will be above that. Also, what happens if the A/C goes out and the room temp is already at 90F? It is going to go up pretty darn quick. I haven't seen an official docs either but it just seems to be common sense that you need to room much cooler than the top operating temp listed in the dell docs. Craig From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp The general consensus was that if the room was at 90F, the internal temp of the equipment was MUCH too hot. Sorry, no official documentation. From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Cisco content filtering comments needed
Cisco doesn't provide content filtering with any of their firewall products, regardless of whether it's a PIX, ASA, FWSM (firewall service module for Catalyst 6500-series switches) or IOS router w/the firewall feature set (ie 85x and 87x series routers). All Cisco does is provide a way for the firewall to communicate with a content filtering service like Secure Computing SmartFilter or Websense. The previously-mentioned firewall products will also transparently work with some generic web proxies (some of which have content filtering mechanisms) via WCCP. Those products are the ones you should be researching. Thomas Mullins wrote: Has anyone used the Cisco content filtering that is available for the 5500 series ASA Firewalls? If so, I welcome your comments. We are interested in how well the content filtering works, any reporting aspects, how well it blocks anonymous proxies and any other comments you have. -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Server room temp
Your specs from server mfg should be your guideline. Whatever the ambient temp is in the room is NOT what the internal temps are on the servers, so whatever it takes for the ambient room temp to keep the internal server temps at acceptable operating ranges should be what you need to set your AC at. You need to be monitoring the temps inside the servers. (Most servers have utilities that will do that from the mfg) I can guarantee you that if my server room ambient temp is 90+ degrees that the internal temps on the servers are at least 20-30 degrees hotter, and that I've already gone into emergency shutdown mode to protect hardware. We keep our AC unit set at about 65 degrees. You've got to have some kind of time buffer for yourself in the event that the AC fails so that you can safely shutdown to save hardware. On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:13 AM, David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot – does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? *Dave Lum* - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 *..*remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside*** - JFK*** -- 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 ~
RE: Server room temp
Our Server room temp is set at 60 and it stays about 63-65 during the day. The cost of the Air running a little harder is a lot less than having to replace a server a lot sooner than expected. http://www.openxtra.co.uk/articles/recommended-server-room-temperature.php From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Fronk Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp That is way too hot. Although I don't have any documentation. Just because the operating temp says 50-95, I wouldn't want to stay on the high side for long. The Liebert at one of my remote sites quit working the other day and the room went from 68 to 118 degrees within minutes. Servers shut themselves down before we could shut them down gracefully. Your friend is hovering at the damage equipment line in my opinion. They are certainly shortening the life of the equipment. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Server room temp
Thanks everyonefunny, I have already linked that exact page, as well as what Jacob sent, as well as Bob and Sherry's e-mails... I also recommended setting thermal shutdown temps in BIOS if possible, as well as a USB temp monitoring/notification device. They are notoriously low on money, but geez... These guys don't have AC, and I'm telling them they need it. Dave From: Derik Peek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp Our Server room temp is set at 60 and it stays about 63-65 during the day. The cost of the Air running a little harder is a lot less than having to replace a server a lot sooner than expected. http://www.openxtra.co.uk/articles/recommended-server-room-temperature.php From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Fronk Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp That is way too hot. Although I don't have any documentation. Just because the operating temp says 50-95, I wouldn't want to stay on the high side for long. The Liebert at one of my remote sites quit working the other day and the room went from 68 to 118 degrees within minutes. Servers shut themselves down before we could shut them down gracefully. Your friend is hovering at the damage equipment line in my opinion. They are certainly shortening the life of the equipment. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Server room temp
There is no doubt in my mind that a server kept in a cool, dry environment will generally last longer ... as long as that dry cool environment doesn't cause static discharge problems... _ From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp We had this discussion internally at the start of summer vacation. As a cost-cutting plan, the intention was to turn off A/C units at all the schools over the weekends. My argument was that 95 degrees was the absolute max, but that since we didn’t want to push our hardware to the max we should limit temps to 85 degrees max. Also, note that there are max humidity thresholds as well. Here in Florida, that was a concern for us, and another reason to not turn off the A/C units completely. And then there’s the fact that the hotter the servers get, the higher their fans run—and the more electricity they consume, somewhat offsetting the cost savings of having higher temps. There is no doubt in my mind that a server kept in a cool, dry environment will generally last longer than one kept in a hot, humid environment—even if that environment doesn’t technically exceeded the range the manufacturer allows. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they’re OK. They point to Dell’s server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot – does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.7/1581 - Release Date: 7/30/2008 6:56 AM ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Server room temp
As others mentioned ambient temp is not server temp. We had power issues over a weekend and the AC did not power back on. When the ambient temp hit 85-90, all servers autoshutdown because the server temp was too high. Maybe you can get away with something in the 70's, but I would not even recommend that. If I see ambient temp above 70, I call my HVAC ASAP to see what the issue is and plan on taking the servers down if it goes above 80. Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Sauvigne, Craig M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp We have our server room set at 66F. If it rises above 76F, an alarm sounds and I get notified. As was mentioned, if the room is 90F, the internal temps will be above that. Also, what happens if the A/C goes out and the room temp is already at 90F? It is going to go up pretty darn quick. I haven't seen an official docs either but it just seems to be common sense that you need to room much cooler than the top operating temp listed in the dell docs. Craig From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp The general consensus was that if the room was at 90F, the internal temp of the equipment was MUCH too hot. Sorry, no official documentation. From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Defrag servers
What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Server room temp
If they don't have AC and those servers are in a closed room that room will get a lot hotter then the rest of the building due to the heat output of the servers. My Prolients are speced to 95 also. They will even keep running at 98, I know because its happened and not just for a few hours. Your certainly shortening the life of the equipment. I just had to replace a HDD in a server and I am now looking to replace our firewall which now freezes all the time. We have AC issues, ongoing AC issues, it sucks :-( - Original Message - From: David Lum To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:54 PM Subject: RE: Server room temp Thanks everyone..funny, I have already linked that exact page, as well as what Jacob sent, as well as Bob and Sherry's e-mails. I also recommended setting thermal shutdown temps in BIOS if possible, as well as a USB temp monitoring/notification device. They are notoriously low on money, but geez. These guys don't have AC, and I'm telling them they need it. Dave From: Derik Peek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp Our Server room temp is set at 60 and it stays about 63-65 during the day. The cost of the Air running a little harder is a lot less than having to replace a server a lot sooner than expected. http://www.openxtra.co.uk/articles/recommended-server-room-temperature.php From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Fronk Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp That is way too hot. Although I don't have any documentation. Just because the operating temp says 50-95, I wouldn't want to stay on the high side for long. The Liebert at one of my remote sites quit working the other day and the room went from 68 to 118 degrees within minutes. Servers shut themselves down before we could shut them down gracefully. Your friend is hovering at the damage equipment line in my opinion. They are certainly shortening the life of the equipment. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Defrag servers
PerfectDisk from Raxco (www.raxco.comhttp://www.raxco.com). Centrally managed defrag. For smaller shops I just use the free tool DIRMS (www.dirms.comhttp://www.dirms.com) and throw it in the scheduler. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Defrag servers
Diskeeper -Original Message- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Server room temp
I haven't seen/read it, but have noticed a reference to ASHRAE's TC 9.9 in this exchange: http://communities.intel.com/openport/blogs/server/2007/11/21/data-centre-efficiency-its-about-more-than-electrical-power which mentions The current range is 20-25C and we do expect that to be broadened somewhat. It's a start, anyway. On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:13 AM, David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot – does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Defrag servers
+1 From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers PerfectDisk from Raxco (www.raxco.com). Centrally managed defrag. For smaller shops I just use the free tool DIRMS (www.dirms.com) and throw it in the scheduler. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Names in the News company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Defrag servers
To answer your first question: JKDefrag. To answer the question you didn't ask: if you are going to defrag your Exchange volume, stop Exchange first. I doubt it'll provide you any benefit though. (Some people claim it does, what do I know?) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Server room temp
Sucks when an A/C freezes up, we piped the output of two separate A/C units into our server room for redundancy; one of those pieces of junk is always freezing up every so often. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 _ From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp That is way too hot. Although I don't have any documentation. Just because the operating temp says 50-95, I wouldn't want to stay on the high side for long. The Liebert at one of my remote sites quit working the other day and the room went from 68 to 118 degrees within minutes. Servers shut themselves down before we could shut them down gracefully. Your friend is hovering at the damage equipment line in my opinion. They are certainly shortening the life of the equipment. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK _ If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpamId=ODEzNjQ6NzAzNjQ4MTIyO nBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Defrag servers
JKDefrag On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To answer your first question: JKDefrag. To answer the question you didn't ask: if you are going to defrag your Exchange volume, stop Exchange first. I doubt it'll provide you any benefit though. (Some people claim it does, what do I know?) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:07 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Defrag servers
I love this list...I'd never heard of this one, sweet! Dave From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Defrag servers JKDefrag On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To answer your first question: JKDefrag. To answer the question you didn't ask: if you are going to defrag your Exchange volume, stop Exchange first. I doubt it'll provide you any benefit though. (Some people claim it does, what do I know?) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Defrag servers
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Defrag servers . what do I know? U, quite a lot about a lot. You even know how to spell SQL. J Webster ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Defrag servers
How does this program handle open files, SQL and Exchange? I was thinking about something like this the other day. (I have received junk mail from the vendor, but have not looked at it, but seeing this thread makes me wonder) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: David L Herrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers +1 From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers PerfectDisk from Raxco (www.raxco.com). Centrally managed defrag. For smaller shops I just use the free tool DIRMS (www.dirms.com) and throw it in the scheduler. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Names in the News. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Defrag servers
what? It's not sequel? Webster wrote: *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Subject:* RE: Defrag servers ... what do I know? U, quite a lot about a lot. You even know how to spell SQL. J Webster ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: R: Server room temp
You might want to take into consider that the temperature inside and near the rack are hotter compare to the room temperature. On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:14 AM, HELP_PC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and humidity not below 25% *GuidoElia* *HELPPC* -- *Da:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Inviato:* mercoledì 30 luglio 2008 18.46 *A:* NT System Admin Issues *Oggetto:* RE: Server room temp There is no doubt in my mind that a server kept in a cool, dry environment will generally last longer ... as long as that dry cool environment doesn't cause static discharge problems... -- *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:31 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Server room temp We had this discussion internally at the start of summer vacation. As a cost-cutting plan, the intention was to turn off A/C units at all the schools over the weekends. My argument was that 95 degrees was the absolute max, but that since we didn't want to push our hardware to the max we should limit temps to 85 degrees max. Also, note that there are max humidity thresholds as well. Here in Florida, that was a concern for us, and another reason to not turn off the A/C units completely. And then there's the fact that the hotter the servers get, the higher their fans run—and the more electricity they consume, somewhat offsetting the cost savings of having higher temps. There is no doubt in my mind that a server kept in a cool, dry environment will generally last longer than one kept in a hot, humid environment—even if that environment doesn't technically exceeded the range the manufacturer allows. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us *From:* David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot – does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? *Dave Lum* - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 *..*remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside*** - JFK* No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.7/1581 - Release Date: 7/30/2008 6:56 AM ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Cisco content filtering comments needed
Thanks Phil, Shane -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Cisco content filtering comments needed Cisco doesn't provide content filtering with any of their firewall products, regardless of whether it's a PIX, ASA, FWSM (firewall service module for Catalyst 6500-series switches) or IOS router w/the firewall feature set (ie 85x and 87x series routers). All Cisco does is provide a way for the firewall to communicate with a content filtering service like Secure Computing SmartFilter or Websense. The previously-mentioned firewall products will also transparently work with some generic web proxies (some of which have content filtering mechanisms) via WCCP. Those products are the ones you should be researching. Thomas Mullins wrote: Has anyone used the Cisco content filtering that is available for the 5500 series ASA Firewalls? If so, I welcome your comments. We are interested in how well the content filtering works, any reporting aspects, how well it blocks anonymous proxies and any other comments you have. -- Phil Brutsche [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: Automating Account Creation
Care to share? On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Dennis Rogov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found a VB script which should do the job. Thanks for the feedbacks. Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE *P**eer* GROUP *an informed medical communications company* 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] -- *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:07 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Automating Account Creation ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Server room temp
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:13 AM, David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot – does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? OK - I just did a bit of googling, and found this: http://tc99.ashraetcs.org/ and from there I found this: Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments http://resourcecenter.ashrae.org/store/ashrae/newstore.cgi?itemid=21074view=itemcategoryid=174categoryparent=174page=1loginid=595434 But, I'm not going to pay $43.00 p+ S/H to get it. I'll take the word of the correspondents that I cited in my previous message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Defrag servers
oh yeah? Can anyone else comment on the +/- effects of defragging Exchange disks? thx From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers To answer your first question: JKDefrag. To answer the question you didn't ask: if you are going to defrag your Exchange volume, stop Exchange first. I doubt it'll provide you any benefit though. (Some people claim it does, what do I know?) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Dell NVidia GPU problem
THANKS! We are a Dell shop and have D630's etc. Thank you thank you. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK From: René de Haas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 4:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell NVidia GPU problem A little heads up: http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2008/07/25/nvidia-gpu-update-for-dell-laptop-owners.aspx If the problem isn't with the D830 or D430 I hardly have a problem, but we'll see. Regards René *** The information in this e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender by return e-mail delete this e-mail and refrain from any disclosure or action based on the information. *** ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Defrag servers
I've never defragged an Exchange server (been running it since 4.0) and have never heard of a good argument for trying it. Since Exchange is, in essence, a database (or multiple databases) the benefits of doing a defrag would be minimal IMHO. Although MBS would be better able to tell you than anyone. TVK From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers oh yeah? Can anyone else comment on the +/- effects of defragging Exchange disks? thx From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers To answer your first question: JKDefrag. To answer the question you didn't ask: if you are going to defrag your Exchange volume, stop Exchange first. I doubt it'll provide you any benefit though. (Some people claim it does, what do I know?) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Server room temp
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:13 AM, David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot – does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Hah. Found it. Near the top of this web site http://tc99.ashraetcs.org/ there is a link to download a presentation. On slide 29 is the following table: Environmental Conditions ASHRAE Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments Table 2.1 Equipment Environment Specifications Class | Allowable | Recommended | Allowable | Recommended | Dry Bulb | Dry Bulb| % Relative | % Relative | (°C) | (°C) | Humidity | Humidity 1 | 15 to 32 | 20 to 25| 20 to 80 | 40 to 55 2 | 10 to 35 | 20 to 80| 20 to 80 | 40 to 55 3 | 5 to 35 |NA | 8 to 80 |NA 4 | 5 to 40 |NA | 8 to 80 |NA Unfortunately, the classification of facilities is not discussed, but I'll assume for the moment that most folks are interested in the Class 1 facility recommendation, as the line for Class 2 seems a bit absurd, and the Class 3 and 4 lines are way out of scope, IMHO Kurt ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Mount ISO on server
Hello everyone, What application would you recommend for mounting ISO on a 2003 server? I used to be a fan daemon tools but not anymore :( Thanks ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Hyper-v
Hello I want to be sure on something if someone would help me please. I only have one network attached to hype-v as internal Is it safe to assume to capture an image from a domain controller, restore it to the virtual machine which is only connected to internal network and leave the host connected to domain? Basically my point is anything I do on VM will not be replicated to real environment. Appreciated ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Mount ISO on server
I've used this with great luck. http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2004/01/15/58918.aspx or http://tinyurl.com/63udp Jon Lewis -Original Message- From: Ara Avvali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Mount ISO on server Hello everyone, What application would you recommend for mounting ISO on a 2003 server? I used to be a fan daemon tools but not anymore :( Thanks ~ 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: Mount ISO on server
What happened with Daemon tools? - Original Message - From: Ara Avvali [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:51 PM Subject: Mount ISO on server Hello everyone, What application would you recommend for mounting ISO on a 2003 server? I used to be a fan daemon tools but not anymore :( Thanks ~ 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: Defrag servers
Hum, DIRMS supported systems = Windows2000 and Windows XP on their website. No mention of server support. From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers PerfectDisk from Raxco (www.raxco.com). Centrally managed defrag. For smaller shops I just use the free tool DIRMS (www.dirms.com) and throw it in the scheduler. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Mount ISO on server
MagicISO wurks grate! It creates a virtual drive that can open/play your ISO files without extraction. http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ -Original Message- From: Ara Avvali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Mount ISO on server Hello everyone, What application would you recommend for mounting ISO on a 2003 server? I used to be a fan daemon tools but not anymore :( Thanks ~ 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: Mount ISO on server
Works fine here. Don Guyer Systems Engineer Information Services Department Prudential Fox Roach/ Trident 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Ph: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 www.prufoxroach.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Mount ISO on server What happened with Daemon tools? - Original Message - From: Ara Avvali [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:51 PM Subject: Mount ISO on server Hello everyone, What application would you recommend for mounting ISO on a 2003 server? I used to be a fan daemon tools but not anymore :( Thanks ~ 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 ~ /pre table width=100%trtd class=body This email and any files transmitted with it are confidentialbr and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity tobr whom they are addressed. It may contain information protected by br state and federal privacy and intellectual property laws.br If you have received this email in error pleasebr notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail frombr your system. If you are not the named addressee you shouldbr not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail, and you arebr notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking anybr action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.br /td/tr/table ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Hyper-v
I think an internal network only allows Hyper-V VMs to talk to each other plus the host machine (or parent partition, as they call it): http://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2008/06/17/hyper-v-what-are-the -uses-for-different-types-of-virtual-networks.aspx So I think you should be safe. But I'm new to virtualization and have only been using Hyper-V for a week or so, so caveat emptor... :-) John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Ara Avvali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hyper-v Hello I want to be sure on something if someone would help me please. I only have one network attached to hype-v as internal Is it safe to assume to capture an image from a domain controller, restore it to the virtual machine which is only connected to internal network and leave the host connected to domain? Basically my point is anything I do on VM will not be replicated to real environment. Appreciated ~ 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 ~
Sprint/Good Outage?
Anyone on Sprint, perhaps using GOOD? Good is telling me that Sprint is reporting nationwide outages. Anybody noticing anything? or are they just feeding me a line again to get me off the phone? Sam ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Defrag servers
so should I not be concerned that Windows Defrag shows my drive at 45% fragmentation? From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers I've never defragged an Exchange server (been running it since 4.0) and have never heard of a good argument for trying it. Since Exchange is, in essence, a database (or multiple databases) the benefits of doing a defrag would be minimal IMHO. Although MBS would be better able to tell you than anyone. TVK From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers oh yeah? Can anyone else comment on the +/- effects of defragging Exchange disks? thx From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers To answer your first question: JKDefrag. To answer the question you didn't ask: if you are going to defrag your Exchange volume, stop Exchange first. I doubt it'll provide you any benefit though. (Some people claim it does, what do I know?) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Server 2008 DNS / Firewall Problem
I have a separate DNS server here for external queries. That server isn't AD-integrated, and only contains a handful of records for hosts that need to be reached from the outside world. This task has been handled by a Server 2003 server. I've shut down DNS on that server and moved its IP address to a new Server 2008 server. But for some reason, the Server 2008 machine is blocking all DNS queries from any other machine (on our network or off). Windows Firewall is configured to allow inbound and outbound TCP/UDP traffic on port 53, so that doesn't seem to be the issue. But I get a ton of these in the Security Log: = The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a connection. Application Information: Process ID: 1404 Application Name: \device\harddiskvolume1\windows\system32\dns.exe Network Information: Direction: Inbound Source Address: 150.176.37.178 Source Port: 53 Destination Address: 150.176.37.163 Destination Port: 58058 Protocol: 17 Filter Information: Filter Run-Time ID: 0 Layer Name: Receive/Accept Layer Run-Time ID: 44 = The 150.176.37.178 machine is the DNS server, and the 150.176.37.163 machine is I'm trying to do a query from using nslookup. But I've also got lots of entries like these from other hosts trying to query the server. I'm stumped as to why this traffic is being blocked. Any ideas? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Server 2008 DNS / Firewall Problem
John try shutting down the firewall and see if they go away. If so then you may have the same issue I had this morning with IIS v7. It appears that there is something in the internal firewall that does not like certain features, and no I have not had time to trouble shoot this yet. It might also be that you have the machine using IP v6 and IP v4. I had to shutdown IP v6 on my DNS/DS because I did not have a fixed IP v6 address for the machine. Another trouble shooting thing for me to do. Jon On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:33 PM, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a separate DNS server here for external queries. That server isn't AD-integrated, and only contains a handful of records for hosts that need to be reached from the outside world. This task has been handled by a Server 2003 server. I've shut down DNS on that server and moved its IP address to a new Server 2008 server. But for some reason, the Server 2008 machine is blocking all DNS queries from any other machine (on our network or off). Windows Firewall is configured to allow inbound and outbound TCP/UDP traffic on port 53, so that doesn't seem to be the issue. But I get a ton of these in the Security Log: = The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a connection. Application Information: Process ID: 1404 Application Name: \device\harddiskvolume1\windows\system32\dns.exe Network Information: Direction: Inbound Source Address: 150.176.37.178 Source Port: 53 Destination Address: 150.176.37.163 Destination Port: 58058 Protocol: 17 Filter Information: Filter Run-Time ID: 0 Layer Name: Receive/Accept Layer Run-Time ID: 44 = The 150.176.37.178 machine is the DNS server, and the 150.176.37.163 machine is I'm trying to do a query from using nslookup. But I've also got lots of entries like these from other hosts trying to query the server. I'm stumped as to why this traffic is being blocked. Any ideas? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ 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: Defrag servers
Is the server performing poorly? If so, is it due to fragmentation of the drive or CPU overload, low memory or paging to disk? If you have a server that is running slow due to the disk being fragmented, then you should be concerned, otherwise you shouldn't worry about it. Just my opinion, TVK From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers so should I not be concerned that Windows Defrag shows my drive at 45% fragmentation? From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers I've never defragged an Exchange server (been running it since 4.0) and have never heard of a good argument for trying it. Since Exchange is, in essence, a database (or multiple databases) the benefits of doing a defrag would be minimal IMHO. Although MBS would be better able to tell you than anyone. TVK From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers oh yeah? Can anyone else comment on the +/- effects of defragging Exchange disks? thx From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers To answer your first question: JKDefrag. To answer the question you didn't ask: if you are going to defrag your Exchange volume, stop Exchange first. I doubt it'll provide you any benefit though. (Some people claim it does, what do I know?) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Server 2008 DNS / Firewall Problem
Yeah, I forgot to mention that I had tried that. I shut down the firewall service completely, but these errors continued to be logged. Also, I have IPv6 disabled on the server. Crazy. From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server 2008 DNS / Firewall Problem John try shutting down the firewall and see if they go away. If so then you may have the same issue I had this morning with IIS v7. It appears that there is something in the internal firewall that does not like certain features, and no I have not had time to trouble shoot this yet. It might also be that you have the machine using IP v6 and IP v4. I had to shutdown IP v6 on my DNS/DS because I did not have a fixed IP v6 address for the machine. Another trouble shooting thing for me to do. Jon On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:33 PM, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a separate DNS server here for external queries. That server isn't AD-integrated, and only contains a handful of records for hosts that need to be reached from the outside world. This task has been handled by a Server 2003 server. I've shut down DNS on that server and moved its IP address to a new Server 2008 server. But for some reason, the Server 2008 machine is blocking all DNS queries from any other machine (on our network or off). Windows Firewall is configured to allow inbound and outbound TCP/UDP traffic on port 53, so that doesn't seem to be the issue. But I get a ton of these in the Security Log: = The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a connection. Application Information: Process ID: 1404 Application Name: \device\harddiskvolume1\windows\system32\dns.exe Network Information: Direction: Inbound Source Address: 150.176.37.178 http://150.176.37.178/ Source Port: 53 Destination Address: 150.176.37.163 http://150.176.37.163/ Destination Port: 58058 Protocol: 17 Filter Information: Filter Run-Time ID: 0 Layer Name: Receive/Accept Layer Run-Time ID: 44 = The 150.176.37.178 http://150.176.37.178/ machine is the DNS server, and the 150.176.37.163 http://150.176.37.163/ machine is I'm trying to do a query from using nslookup. But I've also got lots of entries like these from other hosts trying to query the server. I'm stumped as to why this traffic is being blocked. Any ideas? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us/ ~ 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 ~
OT: Re: Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw
Matti, Was this a misprint in the article? Did they mean to say Haack-ers obtained the exploit :O) Cool domain name by the way. Klint Matti Haack wrote: The article is useless. Patch where? Who should be patching? Everyone with a (BIND) Nameserver: http://www.caughq.org/exploits/CAU-EX-2008-0002.txt But yes, the article could be al ittle more detailed :) Matti -- Matti Haack - Hit Haack IT Service Gmbh Poltlbauer Weg 4, D-94036 Passau +49 851 50477-22 Fax: +49 851 50477-29 http://www.haack-it.de Registergericht Passau HRB 5678 USt. ID: DE195625715 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Sprint/Good Outage?
FYI - I got the following earlier today: ___ Bb-Outage mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bb-outage http://www.dataoutages.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bb-outage - Bb-Outage mailing list is sponsored by HorizonWirelessOnline.com. http://www.horizonwirelessonline.com/cat/index.php?main_page=pageid=20; chapter=0zenid=3338687a6882c1ee89eaf4994dda65c1 Sprint has confirmed that there is a Nation Wide outage for BlackBerry smart phones only. The outage includes issues with Sending/Receiving Email and Internet Access. There is no ETR and no Problem ticket has been escalated internally through Sprint for the issue. Sprint stated that users experiencing any issues should take out the battery while the device is still on and leave the battery out for 1 minute, then place the battery back into the device. This may also take more then 1 Reboot of the device to alleviate the issue until it is resolved. I will follow up with more information later on. ~ Pretty generic, but maybe confirms a problem w/ Sprint? (I am on Sprint w/ a BES w/ no problems today) -Dave From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Sprint/Good Outage? Anyone on Sprint, perhaps using GOOD? Good is telling me that Sprint is reporting nationwide outages. Anybody noticing anything? or are they just feeding me a line again to get me off the phone? Sam ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Defrag servers
nope... humming along nicely. thx From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers Is the server performing poorly? If so, is it due to fragmentation of the drive or CPU overload, low memory or paging to disk? If you have a server that is running slow due to the disk being fragmented, then you should be concerned, otherwise you shouldn't worry about it. Just my opinion, TVK From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers so should I not be concerned that Windows Defrag shows my drive at 45% fragmentation? From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers I've never defragged an Exchange server (been running it since 4.0) and have never heard of a good argument for trying it. Since Exchange is, in essence, a database (or multiple databases) the benefits of doing a defrag would be minimal IMHO. Although MBS would be better able to tell you than anyone. TVK From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers oh yeah? Can anyone else comment on the +/- effects of defragging Exchange disks? thx From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers To answer your first question: JKDefrag. To answer the question you didn't ask: if you are going to defrag your Exchange volume, stop Exchange first. I doubt it'll provide you any benefit though. (Some people claim it does, what do I know?) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Server room temp
Yea.. nothing like being zapped when you touch a hard drive ;-) From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp There is no doubt in my mind that a server kept in a cool, dry environment will generally last longer ... as long as that dry cool environment doesn't cause static discharge problems... _ From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp We had this discussion internally at the start of summer vacation. As a cost-cutting plan, the intention was to turn off A/C units at all the schools over the weekends. My argument was that 95 degrees was the absolute max, but that since we didn't want to push our hardware to the max we should limit temps to 85 degrees max. Also, note that there are max humidity thresholds as well. Here in Florida, that was a concern for us, and another reason to not turn off the A/C units completely. And then there's the fact that the hotter the servers get, the higher their fans run-and the more electricity they consume, somewhat offsetting the cost savings of having higher temps. There is no doubt in my mind that a server kept in a cool, dry environment will generally last longer than one kept in a hot, humid environment-even if that environment doesn't technically exceeded the range the manufacturer allows. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.7/1581 - Release Date: 7/30/2008 6:56 AM ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Server 2008 DNS / Firewall Problem
At the moment then I am out of ideas. I am having fun moving and decommissioning a 2003 web/ftp/print server and bringing up a replacement 2008 one in it's place. Trouble shooting has to wait until I have enough done to justify the time since not of these problems affect anyone but me at the moment. I only have 2 more stubborn printers to get installed on the server and then go and touch all the clients and make sure they are getting the new printers. XP machines seem to be having the most issues with the new print server. Web and ftp are done and golden. If you find something before I do please post back to the list. Jon On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:43 PM, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I forgot to mention that I had tried that. I shut down the firewall service completely, but these errors continued to be logged. Also, I have IPv6 disabled on the server. Crazy. *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:42 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Server 2008 DNS / Firewall Problem John try shutting down the firewall and see if they go away. If so then you may have the same issue I had this morning with IIS v7. It appears that there is something in the internal firewall that does not like certain features, and no I have not had time to trouble shoot this yet. It might also be that you have the machine using IP v6 and IP v4. I had to shutdown IP v6 on my DNS/DS because I did not have a fixed IP v6 address for the machine. Another trouble shooting thing for me to do. Jon On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:33 PM, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a separate DNS server here for external queries. That server isn't AD-integrated, and only contains a handful of records for hosts that need to be reached from the outside world. This task has been handled by a Server 2003 server. I've shut down DNS on that server and moved its IP address to a new Server 2008 server. But for some reason, the Server 2008 machine is blocking all DNS queries from any other machine (on our network or off). Windows Firewall is configured to allow inbound and outbound TCP/UDP traffic on port 53, so that doesn't seem to be the issue. But I get a ton of these in the Security Log: = The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a connection. Application Information: Process ID: 1404 Application Name: \device\harddiskvolume1\windows\system32\dns.exe Network Information: Direction: Inbound Source Address: 150.176.37.178 Source Port: 53 Destination Address: 150.176.37.163 Destination Port: 58058 Protocol: 17 Filter Information: Filter Run-Time ID: 0 Layer Name: Receive/Accept Layer Run-Time ID: 44 = The 150.176.37.178 machine is the DNS server, and the 150.176.37.163 machine is I'm trying to do a query from using nslookup. But I've also got lots of entries like these from other hosts trying to query the server. I'm stumped as to why this traffic is being blocked. Any ideas? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ 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: Server 2008 DNS / Firewall Problem
Will do. I've also posted on a couple of TechNet forums. So far everyone is stumped, but I have to make this work, so I'll keep plugging away. I'm doing the same as you, decommissioning several end-of-life 2003 servers. I only have one 2008 server, though, and am running Hyper-V to have multiple VMs taking on the roles of the old servers. Consolidating is a pain, but will be worth it in the end. I've moved several functions off of older 2003 servers, but I still haven't been able to shut one down completely yet because there are still a few lingering tasks. From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server 2008 DNS / Firewall Problem At the moment then I am out of ideas. I am having fun moving and decommissioning a 2003 web/ftp/print server and bringing up a replacement 2008 one in it's place. Trouble shooting has to wait until I have enough done to justify the time since not of these problems affect anyone but me at the moment. I only have 2 more stubborn printers to get installed on the server and then go and touch all the clients and make sure they are getting the new printers. XP machines seem to be having the most issues with the new print server. Web and ftp are done and golden. If you find something before I do please post back to the list. Jon On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:43 PM, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I forgot to mention that I had tried that. I shut down the firewall service completely, but these errors continued to be logged. Also, I have IPv6 disabled on the server. Crazy. From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server 2008 DNS / Firewall Problem John try shutting down the firewall and see if they go away. If so then you may have the same issue I had this morning with IIS v7. It appears that there is something in the internal firewall that does not like certain features, and no I have not had time to trouble shoot this yet. It might also be that you have the machine using IP v6 and IP v4. I had to shutdown IP v6 on my DNS/DS because I did not have a fixed IP v6 address for the machine. Another trouble shooting thing for me to do. Jon On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:33 PM, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a separate DNS server here for external queries. That server isn't AD-integrated, and only contains a handful of records for hosts that need to be reached from the outside world. This task has been handled by a Server 2003 server. I've shut down DNS on that server and moved its IP address to a new Server 2008 server. But for some reason, the Server 2008 machine is blocking all DNS queries from any other machine (on our network or off). Windows Firewall is configured to allow inbound and outbound TCP/UDP traffic on port 53, so that doesn't seem to be the issue. But I get a ton of these in the Security Log: = The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a connection. Application Information: Process ID: 1404 Application Name: \device\harddiskvolume1\windows\system32\dns.exe Network Information: Direction: Inbound Source Address: 150.176.37.178 http://150.176.37.178/ Source Port: 53 Destination Address: 150.176.37.163 http://150.176.37.163/ Destination Port: 58058 Protocol: 17 Filter Information: Filter Run-Time ID: 0 Layer Name: Receive/Accept Layer Run-Time ID: 44 = The 150.176.37.178 http://150.176.37.178/ machine is the DNS server, and the 150.176.37.163 http://150.176.37.163/ machine is I'm trying to do a query from using nslookup. But I've also got lots of entries like these from other hosts trying to query the server. I'm stumped as to why this traffic is being blocked. Any ideas? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us/ ~ 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: Defrag servers
As long as it is dedicated to Exchange - nope. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers so should I not be concerned that Windows Defrag shows my drive at 45% fragmentation? _ From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers I've never defragged an Exchange server (been running it since 4.0) and have never heard of a good argument for trying it. Since Exchange is, in essence, a database (or multiple databases) the benefits of doing a defrag would be minimal IMHO. Although MBS would be better able to tell you than anyone. TVK From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers oh yeah? Can anyone else comment on the +/- effects of defragging Exchange disks? thx _ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers To answer your first question: JKDefrag. To answer the question you didn't ask: if you are going to defrag your Exchange volume, stop Exchange first. I doubt it'll provide you any benefit though. (Some people claim it does, what do I know?) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Sprint/Good Outage?
Thanks David. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Sprint/Good Outage? FYI - I got the following earlier today: ___ Bb-Outage mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bb-outage http://www.dataoutages.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bb-outage - Bb-Outage mailing list is sponsored by HorizonWirelessOnline.com. http://www.horizonwirelessonline.com/cat/index.php?main_page=pageid=20; chapter=0zenid=3338687a6882c1ee89eaf4994dda65c1 Sprint has confirmed that there is a Nation Wide outage for BlackBerry smart phones only. The outage includes issues with Sending/Receiving Email and Internet Access. There is no ETR and no Problem ticket has been escalated internally through Sprint for the issue. Sprint stated that users experiencing any issues should take out the battery while the device is still on and leave the battery out for 1 minute, then place the battery back into the device. This may also take more then 1 Reboot of the device to alleviate the issue until it is resolved. I will follow up with more information later on. ~ Pretty generic, but maybe confirms a problem w/ Sprint? (I am on Sprint w/ a BES w/ no problems today) -Dave From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Sprint/Good Outage? Anyone on Sprint, perhaps using GOOD? Good is telling me that Sprint is reporting nationwide outages. Anybody noticing anything? or are they just feeding me a line again to get me off the phone? Sam ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Defrag servers
Indeed it is. thx From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers As long as it is dedicated to Exchange - nope. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers so should I not be concerned that Windows Defrag shows my drive at 45% fragmentation? From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers I've never defragged an Exchange server (been running it since 4.0) and have never heard of a good argument for trying it. Since Exchange is, in essence, a database (or multiple databases) the benefits of doing a defrag would be minimal IMHO. Although MBS would be better able to tell you than anyone. TVK From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers oh yeah? Can anyone else comment on the +/- effects of defragging Exchange disks? thx From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers To answer your first question: JKDefrag. To answer the question you didn't ask: if you are going to defrag your Exchange volume, stop Exchange first. I doubt it'll provide you any benefit though. (Some people claim it does, what do I know?) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
DNS Vulnerability
Is this a valid test for the recently disclosed DNS cache poisoning vulnerability? http://www.doxpara.com/ Do I understand correctly that this will test my internal and external DNS servers? Internal clients point to my internal DNS servers which then point to my ISP's (ATT) name servers. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: DNS Vulnerability
I think it will only check your external Name Server. And I think it's the only test. From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DNS Vulnerability Is this a valid test for the recently disclosed DNS cache poisoning vulnerability? http://www.doxpara.com/ Do I understand correctly that this will test my internal and external DNS servers? Internal clients point to my internal DNS servers which then point to my ISP's (ATT) name servers. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Mount ISO on server
Many Servers have outofband management cards that support virtual CD Drivers, and allow you to connect to the ISO or CD over the network. Lifesaver when u need to boot of a CD remotely, when the CD is not onsite, and neither are you. Or, ISO mount it on a workstation, and share that drive. Then you don't have to install anything on the server, which is always encouraged. -Original Message- From: Ara Avvali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Mount ISO on server Hello everyone, What application would you recommend for mounting ISO on a 2003 server? I used to be a fan daemon tools but not anymore :( Thanks ~ 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: DNS Vulnerability
It tests the DNS server(s) which appear(s) under IPCONFIG /ALL. It does not check the DNS server(s) that are identified in the whois information for your domain. Carl From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DNS Vulnerability Is this a valid test for the recently disclosed DNS cache poisoning vulnerability? http://www.doxpara.com/ Do I understand correctly that this will test my internal and external DNS servers? Internal clients point to my internal DNS servers which then point to my ISP's (ATT) name servers. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Defrag servers
Gotta poke around a little... GetLicenseCode (you must have the .NET framework installed, for Windows NT 2000, XP, 2003) http://www.dirms.com/home/docs/downloads.asp They don't explicitly list 2003 anywhere else, but I can confirm I've had no problems whatsoever in 3 years on 2003 / 2003R2 servers. Runs every Friday, before the backups kick off :) Dave From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers Hum, DIRMS supported systems = Windows2000 and Windows XP on their website. No mention of server support. From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers PerfectDisk from Raxco (www.raxco.comhttp://www.raxco.com). Centrally managed defrag. For smaller shops I just use the free tool DIRMS (www.dirms.comhttp://www.dirms.com) and throw it in the scheduler. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: DNS Vulnerability
I don't think that's right. On my system here, IPCONFIG /ALL shows our internal DNS servers. When I run the test at DoxPara.com, it reports on the external forwarders that my DNS servers point to. Given that my DNS servers are NATted behind a firewall, I'm not sure how it could check them anyway. I can see how it might check for vulnerabilities in the NAT part of my firewall, but that's not the address it reports. ...Tim From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DNS Vulnerability It tests the DNS server(s) which appear(s) under IPCONFIG /ALL. It does not check the DNS server(s) that are identified in the whois information for your domain. Carl From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DNS Vulnerability Is this a valid test for the recently disclosed DNS cache poisoning vulnerability? http://www.doxpara.com/ Do I understand correctly that this will test my internal and external DNS servers? Internal clients point to my internal DNS servers which then point to my ISP's (ATT) name servers. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: DNS Vulnerability
Actually, it seems to only check your primary forwarder. I have multiple forwarders, and in order to check them all, I have to move them to the top of the list, one at a time. Joe Heaton From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DNS Vulnerability I don't think that's right. On my system here, IPCONFIG /ALL shows our internal DNS servers. When I run the test at DoxPara.com, it reports on the external forwarders that my DNS servers point to. Given that my DNS servers are NATted behind a firewall, I'm not sure how it could check them anyway. I can see how it might check for vulnerabilities in the NAT part of my firewall, but that's not the address it reports. ...Tim From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DNS Vulnerability It tests the DNS server(s) which appear(s) under IPCONFIG /ALL. It does not check the DNS server(s) that are identified in the whois information for your domain. Carl From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DNS Vulnerability Is this a valid test for the recently disclosed DNS cache poisoning vulnerability? http://www.doxpara.com/ Do I understand correctly that this will test my internal and external DNS servers? Internal clients point to my internal DNS servers which then point to my ISP's (ATT) name servers. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.7/1581 - Release Date: 7/30/2008 6:56 AM ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: DNS Vulnerability
OK It checks the *eventual* DNS server that actually resolves the query and is the vulnerable point in resolving DNS information for the machine whose keyboard you are using. The major point being, it doesn't check the public DNS servers for your own domains. From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 5:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DNS Vulnerability I don't think that's right. On my system here, IPCONFIG /ALL shows our internal DNS servers. When I run the test at DoxPara.com, it reports on the external forwarders that my DNS servers point to. Given that my DNS servers are NATted behind a firewall, I'm not sure how it could check them anyway. I can see how it might check for vulnerabilities in the NAT part of my firewall, but that's not the address it reports. .Tim From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DNS Vulnerability It tests the DNS server(s) which appear(s) under IPCONFIG /ALL. It does not check the DNS server(s) that are identified in the whois information for your domain. Carl From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DNS Vulnerability Is this a valid test for the recently disclosed DNS cache poisoning vulnerability? http://www.doxpara.com/ Do I understand correctly that this will test my internal and external DNS servers? Internal clients point to my internal DNS servers which then point to my ISP's (ATT) name servers. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Backup DHCP server
Huh? That's not how DHCP works at all All DHCP servers that see the initial request for an IP address, and have spare IP addresses, will respond with an offer. The client will then choose to accept one of the offers (it should be the first one received) Cheers Ken From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 31 July 2008 1:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup DHCP server Keep in mind that the secondary dhcp only works when the first one is offline, so if you do a 60/40 you need to make sure the 60 has enough addresses. If you run out of ip's on the primary dhcp scope and a computer requests when it will simply get denied and it will keep trying, it doesn't goto the 2nd dhcp server and ask again. I would say your just as well as setting your dhcp timeout to the default of 8 days which means you can be without dhcp for 7 days and not have an issue.. My opinion only ... From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup DHCP server I would like to have a backup DHCP server for one domain on one subnet for redundancy purposes. I was thinking about having each handle half of the scope or maybe 60/40 mix. Any thoughts? James ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Defrag servers
+1, but use Raxco for Exchange defrags (very rarely). On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To answer your first question: JKDefrag. To answer the question you didn't ask: if you are going to defrag your Exchange volume, stop Exchange first. I doubt it'll provide you any benefit though. (Some people claim it does, what do I know?) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag servers What do you guys use to defrag your server's hard drives? I have RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays and have used Windows Defrag utility, but I am sure there is something better (and that can be scheduled to run after hours) I have an Exchange 2003 server that is showing 45% fragmented on D: (RAID 5 - also where the store is). Thanks. -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
