Re: OT antique modem

[Kurt Buff]

I only had zeros - no ones, just zeros.

And I used homing pigeons.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 22:09, Ben Scott  wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
>  wrote:
>> My first was a 150, and then quickly to a 300.
>
>  Mine was a 2400, I think.  An ISA board for my Tandy 1000 SL.  I
> also had 40 megabyte hard card.  Screaming.  :)  I still miss
> Telemate...
>
>> Bulletin boards ...
>
>  "Press [ALT]+[H] now to a take an online IQ test!"
>
>> Back when DNS didnt exist and you had to keep and trade sheets of IP
>> addresses.
>
>  And you had to carry the packets to the hosts by hand.  Uphill.
> Both ways!  ;-)
>
> -- Ben
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Semi-OT: PowerShell

[Kurt Buff]

Holy shifting marketplace sands, Batman!

www.bookpool.com is a godaddy marker page now. I wonder what happened
them - the current unpleasantness has gobbled them, I guess.

That's entirely sad - I've bought more books from them than I can easily count.

Off to Amazon, I guess...

Kurt

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 21:25, Brian Desmond  wrote:
> The O'Reilly PowerShell Cookbook and Google actually were more than enough 
> for me to figure out how to implement a fairly significant script in it a 
> couple weekends ago with practically no prior experience.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian Desmond
> br...@briandesmond.com
>
> c - 312.731.3132
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:11 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Semi-OT: PowerShell
>
> Sounds likely - I suppose I'll have to actually start work on my
> powershell skills.
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 21:00, Brian Desmond  wrote:
>> Assuming you can talk to it from .Net (look for a ado.net provider), just 
>> find some sample Sql from PowerShell code and change out the class names. 
>> ADO.Net providers all follow the same pattern in terms of naming and syntax.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brian Desmond
>> br...@briandesmond.com
>>
>> c - 312.731.3132
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:57 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Semi-OT: PowerShell
>>
>> Anyone used it to talk with Postgresql?
>>
>> I ask because of the recent server monitoring thread, especially the
>> notes about polymon.
>>
>> I've seen this project - http://npgsql.projects.postgresql.org/ - but
>> don't have any experience with it, and thought about trying Postgresql
>> as a backend rather than MS SQL.
>>
>> Kurt
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Semi-OT: PowerShell

[Kurt Buff]

HA!

My two favorite resources.

I think I've been responsible for a significant fraction of ORA's
earnings in the past 10 years...

Thanks for the pointer. I hadn't seen that book yet. Another trip to
bookpool.com...

Kurt

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 21:25, Brian Desmond  wrote:
> The O'Reilly PowerShell Cookbook and Google actually were more than enough 
> for me to figure out how to implement a fairly significant script in it a 
> couple weekends ago with practically no prior experience.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian Desmond
> br...@briandesmond.com
>
> c - 312.731.3132
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:11 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Semi-OT: PowerShell
>
> Sounds likely - I suppose I'll have to actually start work on my
> powershell skills.
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 21:00, Brian Desmond  wrote:
>> Assuming you can talk to it from .Net (look for a ado.net provider), just 
>> find some sample Sql from PowerShell code and change out the class names. 
>> ADO.Net providers all follow the same pattern in terms of naming and syntax.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brian Desmond
>> br...@briandesmond.com
>>
>> c - 312.731.3132
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:57 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Semi-OT: PowerShell
>>
>> Anyone used it to talk with Postgresql?
>>
>> I ask because of the recent server monitoring thread, especially the
>> notes about polymon.
>>
>> I've seen this project - http://npgsql.projects.postgresql.org/ - but
>> don't have any experience with it, and thought about trying Postgresql
>> as a backend rather than MS SQL.
>>
>> Kurt
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: OT antique modem

[Ben Scott]

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
 wrote:
> My first was a 150, and then quickly to a 300.

  Mine was a 2400, I think.  An ISA board for my Tandy 1000 SL.  I
also had 40 megabyte hard card.  Screaming.  :)  I still miss
Telemate...

> Bulletin boards ...

  "Press [ALT]+[H] now to a take an online IQ test!"

> Back when DNS didnt exist and you had to keep and trade sheets of IP
> addresses.

  And you had to carry the packets to the hosts by hand.  Uphill.
Both ways!  ;-)

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Semi-OT: PowerShell

[Brian Desmond]

The O'Reilly PowerShell Cookbook and Google actually were more than enough for 
me to figure out how to implement a fairly significant script in it a couple 
weekends ago with practically no prior experience.

Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com

c - 312.731.3132


-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Semi-OT: PowerShell

Sounds likely - I suppose I'll have to actually start work on my
powershell skills.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 21:00, Brian Desmond  wrote:
> Assuming you can talk to it from .Net (look for a ado.net provider), just 
> find some sample Sql from PowerShell code and change out the class names. 
> ADO.Net providers all follow the same pattern in terms of naming and syntax.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian Desmond
> br...@briandesmond.com
>
> c - 312.731.3132
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:57 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Semi-OT: PowerShell
>
> Anyone used it to talk with Postgresql?
>
> I ask because of the recent server monitoring thread, especially the
> notes about polymon.
>
> I've seen this project - http://npgsql.projects.postgresql.org/ - but
> don't have any experience with it, and thought about trying Postgresql
> as a backend rather than MS SQL.
>
> Kurt
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Semi-OT: PowerShell

[Kurt Buff]

Sounds likely - I suppose I'll have to actually start work on my
powershell skills.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 21:00, Brian Desmond  wrote:
> Assuming you can talk to it from .Net (look for a ado.net provider), just 
> find some sample Sql from PowerShell code and change out the class names. 
> ADO.Net providers all follow the same pattern in terms of naming and syntax.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian Desmond
> br...@briandesmond.com
>
> c - 312.731.3132
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:57 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Semi-OT: PowerShell
>
> Anyone used it to talk with Postgresql?
>
> I ask because of the recent server monitoring thread, especially the
> notes about polymon.
>
> I've seen this project - http://npgsql.projects.postgresql.org/ - but
> don't have any experience with it, and thought about trying Postgresql
> as a backend rather than MS SQL.
>
> Kurt
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Semi-OT: PowerShell

[Brian Desmond]

Assuming you can talk to it from .Net (look for a ado.net provider), just find 
some sample Sql from PowerShell code and change out the class names. ADO.Net 
providers all follow the same pattern in terms of naming and syntax.

Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com

c - 312.731.3132

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Semi-OT: PowerShell

Anyone used it to talk with Postgresql?

I ask because of the recent server monitoring thread, especially the
notes about polymon.

I've seen this project - http://npgsql.projects.postgresql.org/ - but
don't have any experience with it, and thought about trying Postgresql
as a backend rather than MS SQL.

Kurt

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: OT antique modem

[Micheal Espinola Jr]

No good time for you!

--
ME2


On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Erik Goldoff  wrote:

>  I always prefered ATDT*w*8655309  
>
>  Erik Goldoff
>
> *IT  Consultant*
>
> *Systems, Networks, & Security *
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:00 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: OT antique modem
>
>  AT+++
>
> ATE1
>
> ATL1
>
> ATM1
>
> ATV1
>
> ATX4
>
> ATDT8675309
>
>
>
> …
>
>
>
> AT+++
>
> ATH0
>
>
>
> -sc
>
>
>
> *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:16 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: OT antique modem
>
>
>
> You know, I always do that.   Hayes 110!
>
> --
> ME2
>
>  On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Erik Goldoff  wrote:
>
> 150 ?  Or did you mean 110 ???  ( yep, I'm *that* old  )
>
>
> Erik Goldoff
>
> *IT  Consultant*
>
> *Systems, Networks, & Security *
>
>
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:37 PM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* Re: OT antique modem
>
> My first was a 150, and then quickly to a 300.  Bulletin boards and free
> Internet access via MIT mainframe servers pre-WWW (all you had to do was
> ask!).  Back when DNS didnt exist and you had to keep and trade sheets of IP
> addresses.
>
>
> --
> ME2
>
>  On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Reimer, Mark 
> wrote:
>
> I also had a 300, but on a Toshiba T1000, first Toshiba laptop (I think). I
> hit BB’s with it, didn’t do any surfing.
>
>
>
> Still hook up to a phone system for log downloads etc, at 300 baud, but
> using a 2400 to do it.
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> *From:* Daniel E. Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, June 01, 2009 6:02 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: OT antique modem
>
>
>
> Mine was a 300 but on a Vic-20.
>
> Daniel E. Rodriguez
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Semi-OT: PowerShell

[Kurt Buff]

Shiny!

Thanks!

Kurt

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 18:37, Michael B. Smith
 wrote:
> I wrote a five-part series on my blog on using PowerShell for accessing 
> different database platforms.
>
> http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/01/07/multi-platform-database-access-with-powershell.aspx
>
> Using those routines, it should be trivial to adapt to PostgresSQL.
>
> 
> From: Kurt Buff [kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:56 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Semi-OT: PowerShell
>
> Anyone used it to talk with Postgresql?
>
> I ask because of the recent server monitoring thread, especially the
> notes about polymon.
>
> I've seen this project - http://npgsql.projects.postgresql.org/ - but
> don't have any experience with it, and thought about trying Postgresql
> as a backend rather than MS SQL.
>
> Kurt
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: OT antique modem

[Steven M. Caesare]

Who should I turn to?

 

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT antique modem

 

That ain't Jenny's number...


 

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Erik Goldoff  wrote:

I always prefered ATDTw8655309  

 


Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

 



From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:00 PM 


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: OT antique modem

AT+++

ATE1

ATL1

ATM1

ATV1

ATX4

ATDT8675309

 

...

 

AT+++

ATH0

 

-sc

 

From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT antique modem

 

You know, I always do that.   Hayes 110!

--
ME2

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Erik Goldoff  wrote:

150 ?  Or did you mean 110 ???  ( yep, I'm *that* old  )

 


Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

 



From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:37 PM


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: OT antique modem

My first was a 150, and then quickly to a 300.  Bulletin boards and free
Internet access via MIT mainframe servers pre-WWW (all you had to do was
ask!).  Back when DNS didnt exist and you had to keep and trade sheets
of IP addresses. 


--
ME2

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Reimer, Mark 
wrote:

I also had a 300, but on a Toshiba T1000, first Toshiba laptop (I
think). I hit BB's with it, didn't do any surfing.

 

Still hook up to a phone system for log downloads etc, at 300 baud, but
using a 2400 to do it.

 

Mark

 

From: Daniel E. Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 6:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT antique modem

 

Mine was a 300 but on a Vic-20.

Daniel E. Rodriguez 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Semi-OT: PowerShell

[Michael B. Smith]

I wrote a five-part series on my blog on using PowerShell for accessing 
different database platforms.

http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/01/07/multi-platform-database-access-with-powershell.aspx

Using those routines, it should be trivial to adapt to PostgresSQL.


From: Kurt Buff [kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:56 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Semi-OT: PowerShell

Anyone used it to talk with Postgresql?

I ask because of the recent server monitoring thread, especially the
notes about polymon.

I've seen this project - http://npgsql.projects.postgresql.org/ - but
don't have any experience with it, and thought about trying Postgresql
as a backend rather than MS SQL.

Kurt

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: OT antique modem

[Jonathan Link]

That ain't Jenny's number...


On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Erik Goldoff  wrote:

>  I always prefered ATDT*w*8655309  
>
>  Erik Goldoff
>
> *IT  Consultant*
>
> *Systems, Networks, & Security *
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:00 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: OT antique modem
>
>AT+++
>
> ATE1
>
> ATL1
>
> ATM1
>
> ATV1
>
> ATX4
>
> ATDT8675309
>
>
>
> …
>
>
>
> AT+++
>
> ATH0
>
>
>
> -sc
>
>
>
> *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:16 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: OT antique modem
>
>
>
> You know, I always do that.   Hayes 110!
>
> --
> ME2
>
>  On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Erik Goldoff  wrote:
>
> 150 ?  Or did you mean 110 ???  ( yep, I'm *that* old  )
>
>
> Erik Goldoff
>
> *IT  Consultant*
>
> *Systems, Networks, & Security *
>
>
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:37 PM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* Re: OT antique modem
>
> My first was a 150, and then quickly to a 300.  Bulletin boards and free
> Internet access via MIT mainframe servers pre-WWW (all you had to do was
> ask!).  Back when DNS didnt exist and you had to keep and trade sheets of IP
> addresses.
>
>
> --
> ME2
>
>  On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Reimer, Mark 
> wrote:
>
> I also had a 300, but on a Toshiba T1000, first Toshiba laptop (I think). I
> hit BB’s with it, didn’t do any surfing.
>
>
>
> Still hook up to a phone system for log downloads etc, at 300 baud, but
> using a 2400 to do it.
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> *From:* Daniel E. Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, June 01, 2009 6:02 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: OT antique modem
>
>
>
> Mine was a 300 but on a Vic-20.
>
> Daniel E. Rodriguez
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: OT antique modem

[Erik Goldoff]

I always prefered ATDTw8655309  
 

Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

  _  

From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT antique modem



AT+++

ATE1

ATL1

ATM1

ATV1

ATX4

ATDT8675309

 

.

 

AT+++

ATH0

 

-sc

 

From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT antique modem

 

You know, I always do that.   Hayes 110!

--
ME2



On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Erik Goldoff  wrote:

150 ?  Or did you mean 110 ???  ( yep, I'm *that* old  )

 


Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

 

  _  

From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:37 PM


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: OT antique modem

My first was a 150, and then quickly to a 300.  Bulletin boards and free
Internet access via MIT mainframe servers pre-WWW (all you had to do was
ask!).  Back when DNS didnt exist and you had to keep and trade sheets of IP
addresses. 


--
ME2



On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Reimer, Mark 
wrote:

I also had a 300, but on a Toshiba T1000, first Toshiba laptop (I think). I
hit BB's with it, didn't do any surfing.

 

Still hook up to a phone system for log downloads etc, at 300 baud, but
using a 2400 to do it.

 

Mark

 

From: Daniel E. Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 6:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT antique modem

 

Mine was a 300 but on a Vic-20.

Daniel E. Rodriguez 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: server monitoring

[Erik Goldoff]

yep, but lots of overhead on the running system is all I meant, not a simple
thing like sAlive
 

Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

  _  

From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:12 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: server monitoring



SQL Express, also free.  It is a little more involved to set up than some
other products that use a single installer, but not too bad.  They have
instructions, even I managed to do it.

 

  _  

From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: server monitoring

 

haven't heard of that before ... just looked it up, and free, but heavy duty
requirement of SQL 2005, not a lightweight installation...  think I'll look
deeper at it tho

 


Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

 

  _  

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@owa.smithcons.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: server monitoring

Someone else mentioned it, but I'm using (more and more, but not
exclusively) Polymon.

 

It's pretty darned good. Especially for free!

 

  _  

From: Erik Goldoff [egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: server monitoring

haven't read ahead yet, but I'd be surprised if I'm the first one to
recommend Servers Alive ( sAlive! )

 


Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

 

  _  

From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: server monitoring

I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The issue
was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application servers
stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not print out.
He was not amused.)
Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.

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RE: OT antique modem

[Steven M. Caesare]

AT+++

ATE1

ATL1

ATM1

ATV1

ATX4

ATDT8675309

 

...

 

AT+++

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From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT antique modem

 

You know, I always do that.   Hayes 110!

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On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Erik Goldoff  wrote:

150 ?  Or did you mean 110 ???  ( yep, I'm *that* old  )

 


Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

 



From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:37 PM


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: OT antique modem

My first was a 150, and then quickly to a 300.  Bulletin boards and free
Internet access via MIT mainframe servers pre-WWW (all you had to do was
ask!).  Back when DNS didnt exist and you had to keep and trade sheets
of IP addresses. 


--
ME2



On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Reimer, Mark 
wrote:

I also had a 300, but on a Toshiba T1000, first Toshiba laptop (I
think). I hit BB's with it, didn't do any surfing.

 

Still hook up to a phone system for log downloads etc, at 300 baud, but
using a 2400 to do it.

 

Mark

 

From: Daniel E. Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 6:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT antique modem

 

Mine was a 300 but on a Vic-20.

Daniel E. Rodriguez 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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~   ~

Semi-OT: PowerShell

[Kurt Buff]

Anyone used it to talk with Postgresql?

I ask because of the recent server monitoring thread, especially the
notes about polymon.

I've seen this project - http://npgsql.projects.postgresql.org/ - but
don't have any experience with it, and thought about trying Postgresql
as a backend rather than MS SQL.

Kurt

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: server monitoring

[Benjamin Zachary - Lists]

I just deployed Servers Alive with the remote connector. On a LAN I wouldn't
use anything else to be honest. On a WAN I was searching for something good
for awhile and finally they made a wan connector which has been running well
for me now. 

 

From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: server monitoring

 

I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The issue
was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application servers
stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not print out.
He was not amused.)
Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.

  _  

HotmailR has ever-growing storage! Don't worry about storage limits. Check
it out.
  

 

 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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Re: OT antique modem

[Micheal Espinola Jr]

You know, I always do that.   Hayes 110!

--
ME2


On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Erik Goldoff  wrote:

>  150 ?  Or did you mean 110 ???  ( yep, I'm *that* old  )
>
>  Erik Goldoff
>
> *IT  Consultant*
>
> *Systems, Networks, & Security *
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:37 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: OT antique modem
>
> My first was a 150, and then quickly to a 300.  Bulletin boards and free
> Internet access via MIT mainframe servers pre-WWW (all you had to do was
> ask!).  Back when DNS didnt exist and you had to keep and trade sheets of IP
> addresses.
> --
> ME2
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Reimer, Mark wrote:
>
>>  I also had a 300, but on a Toshiba T1000, first Toshiba laptop (I
>> think). I hit BB’s with it, didn’t do any surfing.
>>
>>
>>
>> Still hook up to a phone system for log downloads etc, at 300 baud, but
>> using a 2400 to do it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Daniel E. Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Monday, June 01, 2009 6:02 AM
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* RE: OT antique modem
>>
>>
>>
>> Mine was a 300 but on a Vic-20.
>>
>> Daniel E. Rodriguez
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: server monitoring

[Ralph Smith]

SQL Express, also free.  It is a little more involved to set up than
some other products that use a single installer, but not too bad.  They
have instructions, even I managed to do it.

 



From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: server monitoring

 

haven't heard of that before ... just looked it up, and free, but heavy
duty requirement of SQL 2005, not a lightweight installation...  think
I'll look deeper at it tho

 


Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

 



From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@owa.smithcons.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: server monitoring

Someone else mentioned it, but I'm using (more and more, but not
exclusively) Polymon.

 

It's pretty darned good. Especially for free!

 



From: Erik Goldoff [egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: server monitoring

haven't read ahead yet, but I'd be surprised if I'm the first one to
recommend Servers Alive ( sAlive! )

 


Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

 



From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: server monitoring

I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The
issue was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application
servers stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not
print out.  He was not amused.)
Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.



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RE: OT antique modem

[Erik Goldoff]

150 ?  Or did you mean 110 ???  ( yep, I'm *that* old  )
 

Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

  _  

From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT antique modem


My first was a 150, and then quickly to a 300.  Bulletin boards and free
Internet access via MIT mainframe servers pre-WWW (all you had to do was
ask!).  Back when DNS didnt exist and you had to keep and trade sheets of IP
addresses. 

--
ME2



On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Reimer, Mark 
wrote:


I also had a 300, but on a Toshiba T1000, first Toshiba laptop (I think). I
hit BB’s with it, didn’t do any surfing.

 

Still hook up to a phone system for log downloads etc, at 300 baud, but
using a 2400 to do it.

 

Mark

 

From: Daniel E. Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 6:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT antique modem

 

Mine was a 300 but on a Vic-20.

Daniel E. Rodriguez 

 

 

 



 




 


 


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: server monitoring

[Erik Goldoff]

haven't heard of that before ... just looked it up, and free, but heavy duty
requirement of SQL 2005, not a lightweight installation...  think I'll look
deeper at it tho
 

Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

  _  

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@owa.smithcons.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: server monitoring


Someone else mentioned it, but I'm using (more and more, but not
exclusively) Polymon.
 
It's pretty darned good. Especially for free!
 
  _  

From: Erik Goldoff [egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: server monitoring


haven't read ahead yet, but I'd be surprised if I'm the first one to
recommend Servers Alive ( sAlive! )
 

Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

  _  

From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: server monitoring


I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The issue
was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application servers
stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not print out.
He was not amused.)
Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.


  _  

Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. Check
it out.
  

 

 

 

 

 


 


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~   ~

Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

[Ben Scott]

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:34 PM, John Hornbuckle
 wrote:
> Of course, just because a piece of equipment is technically spec’d to run at
> a high temp doesn’t mean that doing so won’t shorten its life.

  Exactly.

  The specifications just tell you the temperature above which the
equipment will not *operate*[1].

  "Do you feel lucky, punk?"

  It's generally accepted that for computers, cooler == better, within reason.

[1] Or at least, if it doesn't operate, it's not manufacture's
problem; if it does, you're taking your chances.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

[John Hornbuckle]

I remember us talking about this a while back-as I recall, Dell's operating 
specs are higher than one might think (above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, I believe).

Of course, just because a piece of equipment is technically spec'd to run at a 
high temp doesn't mean that doing so won't shorten its life. Because of that, 
we keep our servers running in the 70s.

And as others have mentioned, humidity is an even bigger problem that typically 
comes with cutting back the A/C.



John Hornbuckle
MIS Department
Taylor County School District
www.taylor.k12.fl.us




From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

Like many companies these days, we're looking to reduce our expenses. With the 
hot weather almost here in the Chicago area, I'm being asked to up the 
thermostat in our server room, to allow it to get warmer and thus save some 
money. We have been keeping the temperature around the mid 70's, and I'm 
concerned about higher temps in the server room causing servers to crash or at 
least reduce their lifetime. What od you think is the maximum operating 
temperature for a room with servers? We humans are not in the room that often, 
so it's strictly a case of a safe temperature for the hardware. There's no need 
to determine how many servers I have or how large the room is, just the 
temperature necessary to safely operate servers.


Murray






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~   ~

Re: Question re: ROUTE options

[Ben Scott]

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Salvador Manzo  wrote:
> ... multiple IPs on a server ...
[...]
> 10.0.0.1 Private Gateway
> 10.0.x.x Range
>
> Public
> 128.125.n.y Normal Public Gateway
> 128.125.x.x Range

  I'm going to assume you mean a server which is directly attached to
two different IP networks.  (It can be the same physical network
interface with multiple IP addresses assigned, or two separate
interfaces; that doesn't matter for present purposes.)

  Further, I will assume the IP topology looks something like this:

Network A = 10.0.0.0/24
Server Address B = 10.0.0.b
Gateway C = 10.0.0.1
Gateway C can reach the rest of 10.0/16

Network N = 128.125.n.0/24
Server Address P = 128.125.n.p
Gateway Y = 128.125.n.y
Gateway Y can reach the rest of 128.158/16

  Also, gateway C can reach the rest of the world, and is the gateway
you want to use for that purpose.

  (In the above, "rest of the world" can mean whatever you like.  It
can be a subset of the real world, if that's what you want.)

> ROUTE -p ADD 128.125.0.0 MASK 255.255.0.0 128.125.n.y METRIC 2 IF 2

  You're on the right track.  You don't actually need the "METRIC 2 IF
2" stuff, and I recommend omitting it.  It may confuse things (people
or computers), especially in the future if/when things change.  So:

ROUTE -p ADD 128.125.0.0 MASK 255.255.0.0 128.125.n.y

  You also need to make sure that you have **NOT** configured a
default route via anything *but* gateway C (10.0.0.1).  In particular,
do **NOT** configure 128.125.n.y as a "default gateway".

  That should do it.

=== MORE INFORMATION  ===

  Here's how it works:

  Once the IP addresses B and P are configured on the server, the
server will automatically have routes to the directly connected
networks (A and N).  You just need to tell the server how to reach
networks which are not directly connected.

  The route command above adds a static route.  That route tells the
server that 128.125/16 can be reached via gateway 128.125.n.y.  The
server already knows how to reach gateway 128.125.n.y, since it is
attached to network N via address P.

  Configuring a "default gateway" just creates a default route.  A
default route is simply a route which matches any destination (network
0.0.0.0, netmask 0.0.0.0, prefix length 0).  By configuring 10.0.0.1
as a "default gateway", you get a route that says, "the whole world
can be reached via the gateway at 10.0.0.1".

  The general IP routing algorithm prefers more specific routes.  So a
default route will only be used as a "last resort".  The route to
128.125.0.0/16 will be preferred over the route to 0/0.  The route to
128.125.n.0/24 will be preferred over the route to 128.125.0.0/16.

  The general IP routing algorithm is also recursive, so the server
knows that to reach gateway 128.125.n.y, it should use the route to
128.125.y.0/24 it has via the directly connected interface.

  The reason for my emphasis on default gateway configuration is:

  Default routes ("default gateways") are not actually associated with
network interfaces, as far as IP is concerned.  Routes live the
routing table, and tell the host's built-in software router where to
send packets.

  However, the configuration automation stuff Microsoft provides
*does* associate default routes with interfaces.  That is bogus.  It
happens to work for the common case, but it causes confusion whenever
things get the least bit complicated.  People tend to want to
configure a "default gateway" for every interface, but that's not
required, and usually wrong.

  In your case, you only want a single default gateway, 10.0.0.1.

  In fairness to Microsoft, plenty of other companies do the same
thing in their configuration automation stuff.  So it's a common
source of confusion.  Just remember: When you see a "default gateway"
option for an interface, keep in mind you're adding a default route to
the system-wide routing table, not just that interface.

  If you're not familiar with prefix notation, well, this message is
already too long, so I'll just say:

/24 = netmask 255.255.255.0
/16 = netmask 255.255.0.0
 /8 = netmask 255.0.0.0

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: server monitoring

[Jeremy Anderson]

Anyone have any comments on Uptime?

From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@owa.smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: server monitoring

Someone else mentioned it, but I'm using (more and more, but not exclusively) 
Polymon.

It's pretty darned good. Especially for free!


From: Erik Goldoff [egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: server monitoring

haven't read ahead yet, but I'd be surprised if I'm the first one to recommend 
Servers Alive ( sAlive! )

Erik Goldoff

IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security




From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: server monitoring

I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors 
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The issue was 
prompted because the print spooler on one of our application servers stopped.  
This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not print out.  He was not 
amused.)
Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to 
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.


Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. Check it 
out.













~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: OT antique modem

[Micheal Espinola Jr]

My first was a 150, and then quickly to a 300.  Bulletin boards and free
Internet access via MIT mainframe servers pre-WWW (all you had to do was
ask!).  Back when DNS didnt exist and you had to keep and trade sheets of IP
addresses.
--
ME2


On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Reimer, Mark wrote:

>  I also had a 300, but on a Toshiba T1000, first Toshiba laptop (I think).
> I hit BB’s with it, didn’t do any surfing.
>
>
>
> Still hook up to a phone system for log downloads etc, at 300 baud, but
> using a 2400 to do it.
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> *From:* Daniel E. Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, June 01, 2009 6:02 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: OT antique modem
>
>
>
> Mine was a 300 but on a Vic-20.
>
> Daniel E. Rodriguez
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Citrix MetaFrame Running on VM box - Thanks for your response

[Sherry Abercrombie]

Ditto on the performance issues with a P2V Citrix server.  When we built
from scratch as a VM performance issues virtually disappeared (LOL at my own
joke).;)

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE) <
joe.haral...@ge.com> wrote:

>  Thanks to all for your reply. We are looking to reinstall citrix from
> scratch on the VM Host. I will let you know how it goes.
>
>
> *Joe Haralson*
> ( Office: (847) 598-6737
> ( DC: : *8 837-6737
> 7 Fax: : (847) 585-5695
> ( Cell: : (630) 337-8034
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> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:49 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Citrix MetaFrame Running on VM box
>
> If you P2V the server or indeed the template you are building from, you
> will see some issues. We have some boxes like this and once they go over ten
> users or so they get nasty.
>
> With a clean build you should get 30 or so
>
> However, some applications we use cause Citrix to run slowly, physical or
> virtual.
>
> 2009/6/1 Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE) 
>
>>  Has anyone experience any issues with slowness after placing Citrix
>> Presentation Server 4.0 on a VM Box?
>>
>>
>> *Joe Haralson*
>> ***Network Infrastructure Team*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Sherry Abercrombie

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

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Broken LCD TV

[Ben Scott]

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Matthew W. Ross
 wrote:
> The LCD is damaged.

  You mean the glass itself?  If so, the whole LCD panel is ruined; it
can't be "repaired".  Since the LCD is the expensive part, the TV is
basically trash.  The rest of the electronics and the shell cost maybe
$50 to $100[1].  You might be able to sell it for parts on eBay, etc.
Someone who has a working LCD panel but a blown power supply or
whatever might buy it for parts.

  Sorry for the bad news.

[1] I made these figures up, but that's the general idea.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

[Phil Brutsche]

I've got a cheapskate boss so I've run them 95F+ for long periods of time.

They're not properly rackmounted - due to our crappy and proprietary
Panduit racks we have no choice but to use shelves - which may have
helped them survive.

Don't be surprised if you get warranty rejections from the excessive heat.

Murray Freeman wrote:
> Like many companies these days, we're looking to reduce our expenses.
> With the hot weather almost here in the Chicago area, I'm being asked to
> up the thermostat in our server room, to allow it to get warmer and thus
> save some money. We have been keeping the temperature around the mid
> 70's, and I'm concerned about higher temps in the server room causing
> servers to crash or at least reduce their lifetime. What od you think is
> the maximum operating temperature for a room with servers? We humans are
> not in the room that often, so it's strictly a case of a safe
> temperature for the hardware. There's no need to determine how many
> servers I have or how large the room is, just the temperature necessary
> to safely operate servers.

-- 

Phil Brutsche
p...@optimumdata.com

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

[Tim Vander Kooi]

The part that I find most admins miss in the specs mentioned is the humidity. 
When you are running the A/C in a room almost constantly the humidity tends to 
drop fairly quickly. Once the humidity in your data center goes below 40% the 
chance of static electricity building starts to climb fast. I have yet to see 
it snow in a server room, but I have seen plenty of servers over the years 
taken out by a static charge. I run my centers at 71 degrees F and 50% humidity.
TVK

From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

That depends.

I operate a data center in Phoenix, and it gets plenty hot here.

I was under the impression that a server room at 68 degrees was optimal, but 
when I conducted further research several months ago, it appears 85 degrees is 
just fine too assuming proper air flow, failovers, and architecture.

Personally, I stick to 74 degrees or so because I have older equipment.  I know 
Google runs at about 85 degrees, but they also use a commodity home-brew server 
per their own specs.

Links:

http://www.adc.com/Library/Literature/102264AE.pdf

 ASHRAE's "Thermal Guidelines for Data 
Processing 
Environments"[4] 
recommends a temperature range of 20-25 °C (68-75 °F) and humidity range of 
40-55% with a maximum dew point of 17°C as optimal for data center 
conditions.[5]

 http://wistechnology.com/articles/4074/

"Because the average temperature [in data centers] will rise from the standard 
68 [degrees Fahrenheit] to over 85 F in about 8.6 minutes when a problem arises 
from, for example, a power outage or an air-conditioning failure, the staff in 
charge must be alerted and take immediate action," Sigourney says. "With the 
critical shutdown threshold for most equipment is universally agreed to be at 
85 F, the best response would be to use the automatic server shut-down 
capabilities included with AVTECH's PageR Enterprise software to eliminate risk 
by shutting down the most expensive and critical hardware when extreme 
conditions occur."

and finally

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/03/23/will-server-warranties-get-hotter-too/


From: Murray Freeman [mfree...@alanet.org]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS
Like many companies these days, we're looking to reduce our expenses. With the 
hot weather almost here in the Chicago area, I'm being asked to up the 
thermostat in our server room, to allow it to get warmer and thus save some 
money. We have been keeping the temperature around the mid 70's, and I'm 
concerned about higher temps in the server room causing servers to crash or at 
least reduce their lifetime. What od you think is the maximum operating 
temperature for a room with servers? We humans are not in the room that often, 
so it's strictly a case of a safe temperature for the hardware. There's no need 
to determine how many servers I have or how large the room is, just the 
temperature necessary to safely operate servers.


Murray










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RE: OT antique modem

[Reimer, Mark]

I also had a 300, but on a Toshiba T1000, first Toshiba laptop (I
think). I hit BB's with it, didn't do any surfing.

 

Still hook up to a phone system for log downloads etc, at 300 baud, but
using a 2400 to do it.

 

Mark

 

From: Daniel E. Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 6:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT antique modem

 

Mine was a 300 but on a Vic-20.

Daniel E. Rodriguez 

 

 

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RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

[Klint Price - ArizonaITPro]

That depends.

I operate a data center in Phoenix, and it gets plenty hot here.

I was under the impression that a server room at 68 degrees was optimal, but 
when I conducted further research several months ago, it appears 85 degrees is 
just fine too assuming proper air flow, failovers, and architecture.

Personally, I stick to 74 degrees or so because I have older equipment.  I know 
Google runs at about 85 degrees, but they also use a commodity home-brew server 
per their own specs.

Links:

http://www.adc.com/Library/Literature/102264AE.pdf

 ASHRAE's "Thermal Guidelines for Data 
Processing 
Environments"[4] 
recommends a temperature range of 20–25 °C (68–75 °F) and humidity range of 
40–55% with a maximum dew point of 17°C as optimal for data center 
conditions.[5]

 http://wistechnology.com/articles/4074/

“Because the average temperature [in data centers] will rise from the standard 
68 [degrees Fahrenheit] to over 85 F in about 8.6 minutes when a problem arises 
from, for example, a power outage or an air-conditioning failure, the staff in 
charge must be alerted and take immediate action,” Sigourney says. “With the 
critical shutdown threshold for most equipment is universally agreed to be at 
85 F, the best response would be to use the automatic server shut-down 
capabilities included with AVTECH’s PageR Enterprise software to eliminate risk 
by shutting down the most expensive and critical hardware when extreme 
conditions occur.”

and finally

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/03/23/will-server-warranties-get-hotter-too/


From: Murray Freeman [mfree...@alanet.org]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

Like many companies these days, we're looking to reduce our expenses. With the 
hot weather almost here in the Chicago area, I'm being asked to up the 
thermostat in our server room, to allow it to get warmer and thus save some 
money. We have been keeping the temperature around the mid 70's, and I'm 
concerned about higher temps in the server room causing servers to crash or at 
least reduce their lifetime. What od you think is the maximum operating 
temperature for a room with servers? We humans are not in the room that often, 
so it's strictly a case of a safe temperature for the hardware. There's no need 
to determine how many servers I have or how large the room is, just the 
temperature necessary to safely operate servers.


Murray







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~   ~

RE: server monitoring

[Michael B. Smith]

Someone else mentioned it, but I'm using (more and more, but not exclusively) 
Polymon.

It's pretty darned good. Especially for free!


From: Erik Goldoff [egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: server monitoring

haven't read ahead yet, but I'd be surprised if I'm the first one to recommend 
Servers Alive ( sAlive! )

Erik Goldoff

IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security




From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: server monitoring

I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors 
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The issue was 
prompted because the print spooler on one of our application servers stopped.  
This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not print out.  He was not 
amused.)
Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to 
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.


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RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

[Maglinger, Paul]

I'd check the specifications for your servers.  They will give you the
temperature range they are rated to run in.  
Though from my experience as an electronic technician, cooler has always
been better to extend the life of electronics.
 
-Paul



From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS


Like many companies these days, we're looking to reduce our expenses.
With the hot weather almost here in the Chicago area, I'm being asked to
up the thermostat in our server room, to allow it to get warmer and thus
save some money. We have been keeping the temperature around the mid
70's, and I'm concerned about higher temps in the server room causing
servers to crash or at least reduce their lifetime. What od you think is
the maximum operating temperature for a room with servers? We humans are
not in the room that often, so it's strictly a case of a safe
temperature for the hardware. There's no need to determine how many
servers I have or how large the room is, just the temperature necessary
to safely operate servers.
 

Murray 

 

 

 


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

[Roger Wright]

I get a little nervous when the temp gets above 80 in my server vault.
Anything below that and I'm happy enough.

 

   

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

_  

 

From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

 

Like many companies these days, we're looking to reduce our expenses.
With the hot weather almost here in the Chicago area, I'm being asked to
up the thermostat in our server room, to allow it to get warmer and thus
save some money. We have been keeping the temperature around the mid
70's, and I'm concerned about higher temps in the server room causing
servers to crash or at least reduce their lifetime. What od you think is
the maximum operating temperature for a room with servers? We humans are
not in the room that often, so it's strictly a case of a safe
temperature for the hardware. There's no need to determine how many
servers I have or how large the room is, just the temperature necessary
to safely operate servers.

 

Murray 

 

 

 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: MS iSCSI Target NIC Config

[Joseph L. Casale]

Stuff to think about:

Bonding NICS doesn't give you the $aggregate bandwidth, you can simply load 
balance (with the right options) a total of $aggregate bandwidth.
So, you might have two luns balancing their IO on an aggregate link with one 
luns traffic maxing out eth0 while the other on eth1 etc...
MS doesn't recommend the use of the ini through a teamed adapter, yet recommend 
an MPIO config.

Your san 's config will obviously play a role in how you setup your host. As an 
example, I am building a Solaris target with ZFS under iSCSI for a pair of ESXi 
servers. ESXi has some cool new MP features that lacked before 4.0 so the 
target will have multiple interfaces not trunked and between splitting up luns 
and balancing IO through different NICs and switches, it _should_ work :)

If the host is performing all the IO for many guests through its management 
interfaces (this so depends on your topology) you might be trying to squeeze 
the IO of many guests through to small an interface. You might consider using 
an ini inside a guest as well on its data volume. Only you will know this and 
you'll need to do some testing.

WRT to flow control and jumbo's, that's highly specific to your nics and 
switches, don't assume enabling it will help. From what I have learned on the 
IET (target software) list, in reality its more common for that to impede 
performance than help currently.

FWIW, I am sending this email from a WinXP guest next to three Windows 2008x64 
Servers, a Freebsd server, a RHEL 5 Server and a Solaris Server all with rdm 
luns mapped via iSCSI on a shitty ML350G5 SATA server through a single gig nic. 
I wouldn't use it for too much more than the 6 users it caters to...

jlc

From: winsysadmin [mailto:winsysad...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:05 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: MS iSCSI Target NIC Config

I'm planning on using the MS iSCSI Target software on a Windows Server as VM 
guest storage (VHD's) for about 4 Hyper-V hosts in my test environment.
I'm wondering what is the best NIC configuration on the iSCSI target for best 
performance of the iSCSI traffic.







~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

[Murray Freeman]

Like many companies these days, we're looking to reduce our expenses.
With the hot weather almost here in the Chicago area, I'm being asked to
up the thermostat in our server room, to allow it to get warmer and thus
save some money. We have been keeping the temperature around the mid
70's, and I'm concerned about higher temps in the server room causing
servers to crash or at least reduce their lifetime. What od you think is
the maximum operating temperature for a room with servers? We humans are
not in the room that often, so it's strictly a case of a safe
temperature for the hardware. There's no need to determine how many
servers I have or how large the room is, just the temperature necessary
to safely operate servers.
 

Murray 

 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Dept delegations (AV/ patching)

[David Lum]

OS patches aren't a security team assignment? I would think AV and patching are 
slam dunk security team jobs. The organizational trick is who does the security 
team belong to? :). I agree on you SMS split - in our org, SMS is handled 
entirely by the "employee domain / workstation" team, but keep in mind this 
team has both Desktop Support and Systems Engineers.

So many ways to skin a cat...

Dave

From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:27 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Dept delegations (AV/ patching)

We have a similar setup. It can be confusing, and there is always talk of 
restructuring the management of the systems.

For example, here our SMS administration is divided. The Desktop team manages 
the desktops within SMS, and the server team manages the servers. But, 
technically the server team is responsible for the management of SMS globally.  
This is the same for package distribution and OS patches. Antivirus in our 
organization is handled by our Security team.

The larger the organization the more "political" decisions like this become.

YMMV


Chris Bodnar, MCSE
Sr. Systems Engineer
Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com
Phone: 610-807-6459
Fax: 610-807-6003


From: blazer...@gmail.com [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:19 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Dept delegations (AV/ patching)

I'd advocate for the Server / Workstation dichotomy in teams -- just as an 
example, if you don't do that then you have to make sure your workstation team 
understands what directories on a server must NOT be scanned by AV applications 
-- and that's not going to be their strength.




On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:23 AM, David Lum 
mailto:david@nwea.org>> wrote:

Quiz: Two domains - basically an employee-used one (all our user accounts, and 
the servers in it are file/print, Exchange, SharePoint, employee-used apps, 
etc. The other domain has just web and database servers in it.



Patching is delegated via one System Engineer team handles servers, the other 
team handles workstations.

All AV is handled by the "workstation" SE team - even on servers, but currently 
no AV in the web/database server domain.



After putting AV on the web server domainwouldn't it make sense to have 
patching and AV handled similarly? Make it all "server team" and "workstation 
team" or make it "employee domain" / "web domain"?



Certainly either way works, and our current environment would support jumping 
either direction - do any of you guys have a similar domain setup, and if so, 
how do you handle it?

David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764









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David

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RE: MS iSCSI Target NIC Config

[N Parr]

The answer to you question is very subjective to the rest of the
hardware and environment.  Switches, SAN, How many NICS, etc.  Generally
Speaking for a production environment you need multiple NICS and
switches for redundancy and Jumbo Frames turned on if all your hardware
supports them.  Then there's MPIO on the iSCSI connector you can play
with.



From: winsysadmin [mailto:winsysad...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 3:05 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: MS iSCSI Target NIC Config


I'm planning on using the MS iSCSI Target software on a Windows Server
as VM guest storage (VHD's) for about 4 Hyper-V hosts in my test
environment.
I'm wondering what is the best NIC configuration on the iSCSI target for
best performance of the iSCSI traffic.
 
 

 

 


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RE: Citrix MetaFrame Running on VM box - Thanks for your response

[Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE)]

Thanks to all for your reply. We are looking to reinstall citrix from
scratch on the VM Host. I will let you know how it goes.
 
Joe Haralson
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( DC: : *8 837-6737
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( Cell: : (630) 337-8034
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From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Citrix MetaFrame Running on VM box


If you P2V the server or indeed the template you are building from, you
will see some issues. We have some boxes like this and once they go over
ten users or so they get nasty.

With a clean build you should get 30 or so

However, some applications we use cause Citrix to run slowly, physical
or virtual.


2009/6/1 Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE) 


Has anyone experience any issues with slowness after placing
Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 on a VM Box? 



Joe Haralson
Network Infrastructure Team 

 



 


 

 


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RE: server monitoring

[Erik Goldoff]

haven't read ahead yet, but I'd be surprised if I'm the first one to
recommend Servers Alive ( sAlive! )
 

Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

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From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: server monitoring


I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The issue
was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application servers
stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not print out.
He was not amused.)
Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.


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~   ~

MS iSCSI Target NIC Config

[winsysadmin]

I'm planning on using the MS iSCSI Target software on a Windows Server as VM
guest storage (VHD's) for about 4 Hyper-V hosts in my test environment.
I'm wondering what is the best NIC configuration on the iSCSI target for
best performance of the iSCSI traffic.

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~   ~

RE: Explorer on W2k3R2 servers slow to come up after unlocking screen saver

[Maglinger, Paul]

Still getting the same thing, as far as the taskbar goes.  Desktop icons
are there, but all I see of the taskbar is the outline.  No buttons, no
Quick Links, not even the clock.  When it does come up and I bring up
the properties, if I make a change and click apply I get an hourglass.
If I close the properties window, Explorer appears to restart.



From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Explorer on W2k3R2 servers slow to come up after unlocking
screen saver


I checked the settings and the only thing on was to turn the monitor off
after 20 minutes.  Funny thing, when I brought it up this time, the
desktop icons were there and you could see the "outline" of the taskbar,
but no buttons.  I tried opening and closing task manager, then I opened
Explorer by double-clicking on My Computer.  When I closed the explorer,
then the taskbar looked normal.  I'll try it again after awhile and see
if the power setting change made a difference.



From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Explorer on W2k3R2 servers slow to come up after unlocking
screen saver



Have you checked the power settings in the screen saver section?  The
NIC properties?  Sometimes other parts of a system will be put into a
non-active state after a period.  Why this happens on a server OS is
beyond me, but I'd check those first. 

As to the shortage of fishing poles, some of us know of an admin
considering selling his fishing pole after having used it to through a
practice plug through a 42" LCD TV...
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"Maglinger, Paul"  wrote on 06/02/2009 10:55:59 AM:

> Has anyone had any issues with Windows 2003 R2 servers taking a long
> time for the desktop to come up after unlocking the console from a
> screen saver time out?  I'm seeing this on a few of our servers, but
> can't put my finger on exactly when it started happening.  I'm not
> seeing any of the resources getting pegged.  What I'm seeing is when I
> log in from a time-out, I show a blank desktop, no task-bar, no icons,
> nuttin'.  I can get the task manager to come up, and sometimes when I
> close out the task manager the desktop will go ahead and come up.
> Really weird... anyone else?
> 
>  
> If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd
> be a shortage of fishing poles. - Doug Larson 
>  
> 
> 
> Paul
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
> 


 

 

 

 


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~   ~

RE: Broken LCD TV

[Maglinger, Paul]

Bill Dance wannabe... :-)



From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Broken LCD TV


D'oh!


On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Matthew W. Ross
 wrote:


Surprisingly, no.

It did involve a fishing pole and a fake lure. The child was a
witness, though. Hopefully he learned a good lesson.

Sm:)e.



--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -

From: Sherry Abercrombie
[mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Tue, 02 Jun 2009

08:23:10 -0700
Subject: Re: Broken LCD TV



> I suspect it was a child and the Wii was involved..
>

> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Matthew W. Ross
> wrote:
>

> > The LCD is damaged. It was broken by a flying object. No,
it' wasn't me.
> > That's all I'll say about that.
> >
> > Being a $900 TV, I figured if I could repair it for $450, it
would be
> worth
> > repairing. For much more than that, it will be disposed of
> >
> > --Matt Ross
> > Ephrata School District
> >
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: Maglinger, Paul
> > [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> > Sent: Tue, 02 Jun 2009
> > 05:23:43 -0700
> > Subject: RE: Broken LCD TV
> >
> >
> > > You didn't specify how it is broken.  If it's missing
pixels or has
> > > lines it might be able to be repaired, but I have my
doubts.  If the
> > > display itself is physically broken or cracked, you're
probably out of
> > > luck.  Regardless, most repair shops replace the whole
thing.
> > >
> > > It's also been my experience that most of the cost of an
LCD monitor or
> > > tv was in the LCD itself, and will typically run more than
half the cost
> > > of new.
> > >
> > > -Paul
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
> > > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:33 PM
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Subject: OT: Broken LCD TV
> > >
> > > I have a broken LCD on my home 42" LCD tv. Backlight is
still working,
> > > it's just the LCD.
> > >
> > > Can anybody recommend a place to fix broken large LCDs?
> > >
> > >
> > > --Matt Ross
> > > Ephrata School District
> > >
> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a
resource hog! ~
> > > ~
  ~
> > >
> > >
> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a
resource hog! ~
> > > ~
  ~
> > >
> > >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource
hog! ~
> > ~
  ~
> >
> >
>
>

> --
> Sherry Abercrombie
>
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable
from magic."
> Arthur C. Clarke
> Sent from Haslet, TX, United States
>

> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource
hog! ~
> ~ 
~

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~
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RE: server monitoring

[Don Guyer]

We use Event Sentry here. It can be as detailed or as simple as you want
it to, depending on what you want to monitor. We use What's Up for
simple up/down monitoring and ES for disk usage, services, etc.

 

I'm not the resident expert on SE here, but if you want to forward any
questions offline, we'll do our best to help you out. That's if you want
to continue to use SE.

 

J

 

Don Guyer

Systems Engineer - Information Services

Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group

431 W. Lancaster Avenue

Devon, PA 19333

Direct: (610) 993-3299

Fax: (610) 650-5306

don.gu...@prufoxroach.com

 

From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: server monitoring

 

I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The
issue was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application
servers stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not
print out.  He was not amused.)
Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.



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Re: Broken LCD TV

[Jonathan Link]

D'oh!

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Matthew W. Ross
wrote:

> Surprisingly, no.
>
> It did involve a fishing pole and a fake lure. The child was a witness,
> though. Hopefully he learned a good lesson.
>
> Sm:)e.
>
>
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Sherry Abercrombie
> [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> Sent: Tue, 02 Jun 2009
> 08:23:10 -0700
> Subject: Re: Broken LCD TV
>
>
> > I suspect it was a child and the Wii was involved..
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Matthew W. Ross
> > wrote:
> >
>  > > The LCD is damaged. It was broken by a flying object. No, it' wasn't
> me.
> > > That's all I'll say about that.
> > >
> > > Being a $900 TV, I figured if I could repair it for $450, it would be
> > worth
> > > repairing. For much more than that, it will be disposed of
> > >
> > > --Matt Ross
> > > Ephrata School District
> > >
> > >
> > > - Original Message -
> > > From: Maglinger, Paul
> > > [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> > > Sent: Tue, 02 Jun 2009
> > > 05:23:43 -0700
> > > Subject: RE: Broken LCD TV
> > >
> > >
> > > > You didn't specify how it is broken.  If it's missing pixels or has
> > > > lines it might be able to be repaired, but I have my doubts.  If the
> > > > display itself is physically broken or cracked, you're probably out
> of
> > > > luck.  Regardless, most repair shops replace the whole thing.
> > > >
> > > > It's also been my experience that most of the cost of an LCD monitor
> or
> > > > tv was in the LCD itself, and will typically run more than half the
> cost
> > > > of new.
> > > >
> > > > -Paul
> > > >
> > > > -Original Message-
> > > > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
> > > > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:33 PM
> > > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > > Subject: OT: Broken LCD TV
> > > >
> > > > I have a broken LCD on my home 42" LCD tv. Backlight is still
> working,
> > > > it's just the LCD.
> > > >
> > > > Can anybody recommend a place to fix broken large LCDs?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --Matt Ross
> > > > Ephrata School District
> > > >
> > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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> > > >
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> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Sherry Abercrombie
> >
> > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
> > Arthur C. Clarke
> > Sent from Haslet, TX, United States
> >
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RE: server monitoring

[Neil Standley]

PRTG7 by Paessler

 

Demo here: https://prtg.paessler.com/index.htm 

 

Homepage: http://www.paessler.com/

 

The free version is available for home and commercial use and will
monitor up to 10 sensors split however you like.  I've used their older
product IPCheck v5 for several years, PRTG7 adds much more
functionality. 

Definitely worth a look.

 

 

Neil

 

From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:50 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: server monitoring

 

I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The
issue was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application
servers stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not
print out.  He was not amused.)
Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.



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RE: Dept delegations (AV/ patching)

[Christopher Bodnar]

We have a similar setup. It can be confusing, and there is always talk of
restructuring the management of the systems. 

 

For example, here our SMS administration is divided. The Desktop team
manages the desktops within SMS, and the server team manages the servers.
But, technically the server team is responsible for the management of SMS
globally.  This is the same for package distribution and OS patches.
Antivirus in our organization is handled by our Security team. 

 

The larger the organization the more "political" decisions like this
become. 

 

YMMV

 

Chris Bodnar, MCSE
Sr. Systems Engineer
Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com
Phone: 610-807-6459
Fax: 610-807-6003

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From: blazer...@gmail.com [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:19 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Dept delegations (AV/ patching)

 

I'd advocate for the Server / Workstation dichotomy in teams -- just as an
example, if you don't do that then you have to make sure your workstation
team understands what directories on a server must NOT be scanned by AV
applications -- and that's not going to be their strength.

 



 

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:23 AM, David Lum  wrote:

Quiz: Two domains - basically an employee-used one (all our user accounts,
and the servers in it are file/print, Exchange, SharePoint, employee-used
apps, etc. The other domain has just web and database servers in it.

 

Patching is delegated via one System Engineer team handles servers, the
other team handles workstations.

All AV is handled by the "workstation" SE team - even on servers, but
currently no AV in the web/database server domain.

 

After putting AV on the web server domain..wouldn't it make sense to have
patching and AV handled similarly? Make it all "server team" and
"workstation team" or make it "employee domain" / "web domain"?

 

Certainly either way works, and our current environment would support
jumping either direction - do any of you guys have a similar domain setup,
and if so, how do you handle it?

David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER 
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764

 

 

 






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Re: server monitoring

[Sean Martin]

We use EG Manager (Enterprise) for detailed monitoring, but its probably
overkill for your needs. If I remember correctly, it was quite expensive as
well. It looks like they have cheaper solutions for more specific needs. The
reporting aspect is probably one of the greatest features.

http://www.eginnovations.com/web/

- Sean

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:17 AM, John Aldrich
wrote:

>  WUG (What’s Up Gold) is pretty good. I’ve used it before to create custom
> monitors.  I haven’t really used it much lately, though… several years in
> fact.
>
>
>
> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools]
>
>
>
> *From:* richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:08 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: server monitoring
>
>
>
>
> We've been fairly happy with ServersAlive.  Their free version is crippled
> only in that it will do a total of 10 processes.  That is, it could do one
> process on 10 servers, 5 processes on 2 servers, etc.  The paid version is
> nearly without limits.
>
> One caveat.  Just because a monitor says a process is running does not mean
> it is functioning correctly.  One could probably set up a more rigorous
> battery of "tests" for checking on things.  Just something to be aware of...
>
> --
> Richard D. McClary
> Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group
>
> *ASPCA®*
> 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36
> Urbana, IL  61802
>
> richardmccl...@aspca.org
>
> P: 217-337-9761
> C: 217-417-1182
> F: 217-337-9761
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> paul chinnery  wrote on 06/02/2009 12:49:51 PM:
>
> > I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that
> > monitors servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
> > It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The
> > issue was prompted because the print spooler on one of our
> > application servers stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our
> > Rehab Dept to not print out.  He was not amused.)
> > Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard
> > to configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
> > I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.
> >
> > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits.
> > Check it out.
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Dept delegations (AV/ patching)

[David]

I'd advocate for the Server / Workstation dichotomy in teams -- just as an
example, if you don't do that then you have to make sure your workstation
team understands what directories on a server must NOT be scanned by AV
applications -- and that's not going to be their strength.




On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:23 AM, David Lum  wrote:

>  Quiz: Two domains – basically an employee-used one (all our user
> accounts, and the servers in it are file/print, Exchange, SharePoint,
> employee-used apps, etc. The other domain has just web and database servers
> in it.
>
>
>
> Patching is delegated via one System Engineer team handles servers, the
> other team handles workstations.
>
> All AV is handled by the “workstation” SE team – even on servers, but
> currently no AV in the web/database server domain.
>
>
>
> After putting AV on the web server domain….wouldn’t it make sense to have
> patching and AV handled similarly? Make it all “server team” and
> “workstation team” or make it “employee domain” / “web domain”?
>
>
>
> Certainly either way works, and our current environment would support
> jumping either direction – do any of you guys have a similar domain setup,
> and if so, how do you handle it?
>
> *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER
> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
> (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


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David

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with care and compassion.

 ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

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RE: server monitoring

[John Aldrich]

WUG (What's Up Gold) is pretty good. I've used it before to create custom
monitors.  I haven't really used it much lately, though. several years in
fact.

 

John-AldrichTile-Tools

 

From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: server monitoring

 


We've been fairly happy with ServersAlive.  Their free version is crippled
only in that it will do a total of 10 processes.  That is, it could do one
process on 10 servers, 5 processes on 2 servers, etc.  The paid version is
nearly without limits. 

One caveat.  Just because a monitor says a process is running does not mean
it is functioning correctly.  One could probably set up a more rigorous
battery of "tests" for checking on things.  Just something to be aware of...


-- 
Richard D. McClary 
Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group 
  
ASPCAR 
1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 
Urbana, IL  61802 
  
richardmccl...@aspca.org 
  
P: 217-337-9761 
C: 217-417-1182 
F: 217-337-9761 
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paul chinnery  wrote on 06/02/2009 12:49:51 PM:

> I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that 
> monitors servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
> It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The
> issue was prompted because the print spooler on one of our 
> application servers stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our 
> Rehab Dept to not print out.  He was not amused.)
> Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard
> to configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
> I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.
> 
> HotmailR has ever-growing storage! Don't worry about storage limits. 
> Check it out. 
>   
>   

 

 

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Re: Question re: ROUTE options

[Jeff Bunting]

Traffic is going to go to the defined default route if a specific route
doesn't exist for it, so it depends how you have things configured.

*route print* will show what routes are currently defined and which is
default (0.0.0.0)

Traffic not destined for either 10.0.x.x or 128.125.x.x is going to take the
default route.
You probably want to make 128.125.n.y the default gateway if there is public
access to this system.

Jeff

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Salvador Manzo  wrote:

> All,
> Quick question showcasing why being self-taught isn't always the best
> possible option.
>
> I have a situation where I will need to have multiple IPs on a server,
> with most traffic going through a private VPN EXCEPT for a single
> publicly addressable subnet.
>
> 10.0.0.1 Private Gateway
> 10.0.x.x Range
>
> Public
> 128.125.n.y Normal Public Gateway
> 128.125.x.x Range
>
> In this situation, would
>
> ROUTE -p ADD 128.125.0.0 MASK 255.255.0.0 128.125.n.y METRIC 2 IF 2
>
> put me in a place where all traffic NOT destined for the 128.125 IP
> range would go through the private gateway, but all traffic on the
> 128.125 range goes through the public gateway?
>
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Re: server monitoring

[RichardMcClary]

We've been fairly happy with ServersAlive.  Their free version is crippled 
only in that it will do a total of 10 processes.  That is, it could do one 
process on 10 servers, 5 processes on 2 servers, etc.  The paid version is 
nearly without limits.

One caveat.  Just because a monitor says a process is running does not 
mean it is functioning correctly.  One could probably set up a more 
rigorous battery of "tests" for checking on things.  Just something to be 
aware of...

--
Richard D. McClary
Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group
 
ASPCA®
1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36
Urbana, IL  61802
 
richardmccl...@aspca.org
 
P: 217-337-9761
C: 217-417-1182
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paul chinnery  wrote on 06/02/2009 12:49:51 PM:

> I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that 
> monitors servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
> It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The
> issue was prompted because the print spooler on one of our 
> application servers stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our 
> Rehab Dept to not print out.  He was not amused.)
> Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard
> to configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
> I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.
> 
> Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don?t worry about storage limits. 
> Check it out. 
> 
> 
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Re: server monitoring

[Sherry Abercrombie]

+1 for Nagios.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Andrew Greene
wrote:

>  I still love my Nagios + nsclient for this.
>
>
>
> Andrew Greene
>
> IS Technician / Webmaster
>
> City of Anderson
>
>
>
> *From:* paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* server monitoring
>
>
>
> I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors
> servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
> It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The issue
> was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application servers
> stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not print out.
> He was not amused.)
> Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to
> configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
> I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.
>  --
>
> Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. Check
> it 
> out.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


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

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RE: server monitoring

[Ralph Smith]

Also check out PolyMon (free) available from http://codeplex.com/polymon

 

Not the PolymonRT, which is just a real-time dashboard.

 

It does basically what ServersAlive does.  Also allows you to create
your own monitors using PowerShell, which is pretty nice.

 



From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:55 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: server monitoring

 

Check out Servers Alive from http://www.woodstone.nu.
It used to be free for a limited number of checks (10?)

Jeff

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:49 PM, paul chinnery 
wrote:

I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The
issue was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application
servers stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not
print out.  He was not amused.)
Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.

 



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Re: server monitoring

[Steven Peck]

Haven't used it but maybe System Center Essentials
http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/essentials/en/us/default.aspx


On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Sean Rector  wrote:
> You might also look at SpiceWorks {it’s free}.
>
>
>
> Sean Rector, MCSE
>
>
>
> From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: server monitoring
>
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>
> I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors
> servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
> It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The issue
> was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application servers
> stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not print out.
> He was not amused.)
> Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to
> configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
> I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.
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RE: server monitoring

[Christopher Bodnar]

Open Source Xymon:

 

http://www.xymon.com/

 

 

 

Chris Bodnar, MCSE
Sr. Systems Engineer
Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com
Phone: 610-807-6459
Fax: 610-807-6003

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From: pdw1...@hotmail.com [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: server monitoring

 

I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The issue
was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application servers
stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not print
out.  He was not amused.)
Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.

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Re: server monitoring

[Jeff Bunting]

Check out Servers Alive from http://www.woodstone.nu.
It used to be free for a limited number of checks (10?)

Jeff

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:49 PM, paul chinnery  wrote:

>  I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors
> servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
> It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The issue
> was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application servers
> stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not print out.
> He was not amused.)
> Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to
> configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
> I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.
>
> --
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> out.
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>
>
>
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RE: server monitoring

[Andrew Greene]

I still love my Nagios + nsclient for this.

 

Andrew Greene

IS Technician / Webmaster

City of Anderson

 

From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: server monitoring

 

I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The
issue was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application
servers stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not
print out.  He was not amused.)
Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.



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Check it out.
  

 

 

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RE: server monitoring

[Sean Rector]

You might also look at SpiceWorks {it's free}.

 

Sean Rector, MCSE

 

From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: server monitoring

 

I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The
issue was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application
servers stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not
print out.  He was not amused.)
Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.



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Check it out.
  

 

 

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Re: server monitoring

[David W. McSpadden]

servers alive?
  - Original Message - 
  From: paul chinnery 
  To: NT System Admin Issues 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:49 PM
  Subject: server monitoring


  I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors 
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
  It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The issue 
was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application servers 
stopped.  This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not print out.  He 
was not amused.)
  Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to 
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
  I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.


--
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out. 



 

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server monitoring

[paul chinnery]

I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors 
servers.  I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time.
It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The issue was 
prompted because the print spooler on one of our application servers stopped.  
This caused a doctor's orders to our Rehab Dept to not print out.  He was not 
amused.)
Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard to 
configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.)
I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product.

_
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RE: Question re: ROUTE options

[Richard Stovall]

Do you have multiple NICs?  If so, I don't think you even need to add a
static route if your default gateway is 10.0.0.1 on the correct NIC.
The route to 128.125.0.0/16 should be created automatically when you set
up the 2nd NIC.  (No default gateway needed on that NIC.)

Your name resolution could get wacky, however, if the DNS servers in one
subnet don't know anything about the other, or don't have a route out to
get public information.  You'll have to play with it a bit, I would
guess.



-Original Message-
From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:ma...@usc.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Question re: ROUTE options

All,
Quick question showcasing why being self-taught isn't always the best
possible option.

I have a situation where I will need to have multiple IPs on a server,
with most traffic going through a private VPN EXCEPT for a single
publicly addressable subnet.

10.0.0.1 Private Gateway
10.0.x.x Range

Public
128.125.n.y Normal Public Gateway
128.125.x.x Range

In this situation, would

ROUTE -p ADD 128.125.0.0 MASK 255.255.0.0 128.125.n.y METRIC 2 IF 2

put me in a place where all traffic NOT destined for the 128.125 IP
range would go through the private gateway, but all traffic on the
128.125 range goes through the public gateway?

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Dept delegations (AV/ patching)

[David Lum]

Quiz: Two domains - basically an employee-used one (all our user accounts, and 
the servers in it are file/print, Exchange, SharePoint, employee-used apps, 
etc. The other domain has just web and database servers in it.

Patching is delegated via one System Engineer team handles servers, the other 
team handles workstations.
All AV is handled by the "workstation" SE team - even on servers, but currently 
no AV in the web/database server domain.

After putting AV on the web server domainwouldn't it make sense to have 
patching and AV handled similarly? Make it all "server team" and "workstation 
team" or make it "employee domain" / "web domain"?

Certainly either way works, and our current environment would support jumping 
either direction - do any of you guys have a similar domain setup, and if so, 
how do you handle it?
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
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RE: Explorer on W2k3R2 servers slow to come up after unlocking screen saver

[Maglinger, Paul]

I checked the settings and the only thing on was to turn the monitor off
after 20 minutes.  Funny thing, when I brought it up this time, the
desktop icons were there and you could see the "outline" of the taskbar,
but no buttons.  I tried opening and closing task manager, then I opened
Explorer by double-clicking on My Computer.  When I closed the explorer,
then the taskbar looked normal.  I'll try it again after awhile and see
if the power setting change made a difference.



From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Explorer on W2k3R2 servers slow to come up after unlocking
screen saver



Have you checked the power settings in the screen saver section?  The
NIC properties?  Sometimes other parts of a system will be put into a
non-active state after a period.  Why this happens on a server OS is
beyond me, but I'd check those first. 

As to the shortage of fishing poles, some of us know of an admin
considering selling his fishing pole after having used it to through a
practice plug through a 42" LCD TV...
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"Maglinger, Paul"  wrote on 06/02/2009 10:55:59 AM:

> Has anyone had any issues with Windows 2003 R2 servers taking a long
> time for the desktop to come up after unlocking the console from a
> screen saver time out?  I'm seeing this on a few of our servers, but
> can't put my finger on exactly when it started happening.  I'm not
> seeing any of the resources getting pegged.  What I'm seeing is when I
> log in from a time-out, I show a blank desktop, no task-bar, no icons,
> nuttin'.  I can get the task manager to come up, and sometimes when I
> close out the task manager the desktop will go ahead and come up.
> Really weird... anyone else?
> 
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Question re: ROUTE options

[Salvador Manzo]

All,
Quick question showcasing why being self-taught isn't always the best
possible option.

I have a situation where I will need to have multiple IPs on a server,
with most traffic going through a private VPN EXCEPT for a single
publicly addressable subnet.

10.0.0.1 Private Gateway
10.0.x.x Range

Public
128.125.n.y Normal Public Gateway
128.125.x.x Range

In this situation, would

ROUTE -p ADD 128.125.0.0 MASK 255.255.0.0 128.125.n.y METRIC 2 IF 2

put me in a place where all traffic NOT destined for the 128.125 IP
range would go through the private gateway, but all traffic on the
128.125 range goes through the public gateway?

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RE: Exchange 03

[Kennedy, Jim]

And it might not fully re-attach until RUS has run.



> -Original Message-
> From: Kennedy, Jim
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:21 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Exchange 03
> 
> 
> Go into Exch Manager and right click the old mailbox and select re-
> attach.
> 
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:21 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Exchange 03
> >
> > I tried that once; but then how do I recreate his box? From within?
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:14 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Exchange 03
> >
> > Recreate the account without an email box..skip that step.
> >
> >
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Subject: Exchange 03
> > >
> > > I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back,
> the
> > > Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on
> > my
> > > Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his
> > > account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit
> with
> > > this, I know I have brought back accounts a long time ago, what am
> I
> > > doing wrong?
> > >
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RE: Exchange 03

[Kennedy, Jim]

Go into Exch Manager and right click the old mailbox and select re-attach.


> -Original Message-
> From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:21 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Exchange 03
> 
> I tried that once; but then how do I recreate his box? From within?
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:14 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Exchange 03
> 
> Recreate the account without an email box..skip that step.
> 
> 
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Exchange 03
> >
> > I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the
> > Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on
> my
> > Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his
> > account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit with
> > this, I know I have brought back accounts a long time ago, what am I
> > doing wrong?
> >
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RE: Exchange 03

[Holstrom, Don]

I'm not sure I'm spelling it out right, either... Sorry


-Original Message-
From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 03

Not sure I'm following this, but 

So you deleted the AD account but not the mailbox? Is that correct? If
so,
when you recreated the account (I'm guessing not a restore) you had the
option to create a new mailbox. If you did that the user would have a
new
mailbox with no data. If you recreated the user with a new mailbox and
you
still have the old mailbox, you need to remove the mail attributes and
delete the new mailbox. Then you can attach the old mailbox to the user
account. 

HTH



Chris Bodnar, MCSE
Sr. Systems Engineer
Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com
Phone: 610-807-6459
Fax: 610-807-6003


-Original Message-
From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Exchange 03

I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the
Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on my
Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his
account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit with
this, I know I have brought back accounts a long time ago, what am I
doing wrong?

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RE: Exchange 03

[Christopher Bodnar]

Not sure I'm following this, but 

So you deleted the AD account but not the mailbox? Is that correct? If so,
when you recreated the account (I'm guessing not a restore) you had the
option to create a new mailbox. If you did that the user would have a new
mailbox with no data. If you recreated the user with a new mailbox and you
still have the old mailbox, you need to remove the mail attributes and
delete the new mailbox. Then you can attach the old mailbox to the user
account. 

HTH



Chris Bodnar, MCSE
Sr. Systems Engineer
Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com
Phone: 610-807-6459
Fax: 610-807-6003


-Original Message-
From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Exchange 03

I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the
Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on my
Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his
account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit with
this, I know I have brought back accounts a long time ago, what am I
doing wrong?

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Enable particular Active X control via GPO

[Tom Miller]

Hi Folks,
 
Internally we are starting to use Terminal Services 2008 Web portal.  I'd like 
to be able to via GPO (or script) to enable the Terminal Services Add-On.  I 
can't see to find it. 
 
Suggestions?

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"Help and Support" Service in Server 2008, or lack there of.

[Owens, Michael]

All -

In Server 2003 there was a service that you could stop, or disable via group 
policy to disallow help on a terminal server. In server 2008, it appears to be 
missing. I googled it, and it says to disable it via a reg entry. I would 
rather not touch the registry if I don't have to. Does anyone have experience 
with disabling Help in Server 2008?

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RE: Exchange 03

[lists]

That means the mailbox is still connected to a user account. Once the
mailbox is disconnected from a user you (re)connect it to any user
account.  Couple of options here...

ExMerge the contents of his current mailbox to a PST, make the PST
available to the users machine then move the contents of the PST to the
new user account Outlook.

Or find the user account that is attached to his mailbox, remove that
users Exchange attributes then reconnect to the new user account.

Cheers.

-Original Message-
From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 03

That's grayed out...

-Original Message-
From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephan.b...@bdtechnology.org] On Behalf Of
lists
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 03

Is the mailbox still listed in the Information Store?  Check if the
reconnect option is available. If so reconnect to the user and good to
go.

Cheers.

-Original Message-
From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Exchange 03

I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the
Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on my
Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his
account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit with
this, I know I have brought back accounts a long time ago, what am I
doing wrong?

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RE: Exchange 03

[Richard Stovall]

You might need to run the Cleanup Agent before the connect option is
available on the old mailbox.  (Rt-click on "Mailboxes")

-Original Message-
From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 03

Not sure I'm following this, but 

So you deleted the AD account but not the mailbox? Is that correct? If
so,
when you recreated the account (I'm guessing not a restore) you had the
option to create a new mailbox. If you did that the user would have a
new
mailbox with no data. If you recreated the user with a new mailbox and
you
still have the old mailbox, you need to remove the mail attributes and
delete the new mailbox. Then you can attach the old mailbox to the user
account. 

HTH



Chris Bodnar, MCSE
Sr. Systems Engineer
Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com
Phone: 610-807-6459
Fax: 610-807-6003


-Original Message-
From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Exchange 03

I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the
Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on my
Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his
account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit with
this, I know I have brought back accounts a long time ago, what am I
doing wrong?

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RE: Exchange 03

[Holstrom, Don]

I tried that once; but then how do I recreate his box? From within?

-Original Message-
From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:14 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 03

Recreate the account without an email box..skip that step.



> -Original Message-
> From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Exchange 03
> 
> I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the
> Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on my
> Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his
> account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit with
> this, I know I have brought back accounts a long time ago, what am I
> doing wrong?
> 
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RE: Exchange 03

[Steven M. Caesare]

So you are creating a new user account (not bringing back), and the old
_mailbox_ (not account, as you said) is still on the exch server?

Correct?

If so, try creating the new account without a mailbox and try reconnect
then.

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:15 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Exchange 03
> 
> I'll take it either way, I would like to make it either live with the
> old e-mail, or I would be glad to import the old account into his
> new...
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Exchange 03
> 
> Define "bring back" his account.
> 
> -sc
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Exchange 03
> >
> > I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back,
the
> > Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on
> my
> > Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his
> > account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit
with
> > this, I know I have brought back accounts a long time ago, what am I
> > doing wrong?
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> > ~   ~
> 
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
> 
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Exchange 03

[Kennedy, Jim]

Recreate the account without an email box..skip that step.



> -Original Message-
> From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Exchange 03
> 
> I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the
> Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on my
> Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his
> account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit with
> this, I know I have brought back accounts a long time ago, what am I
> doing wrong?
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Exchange 03

[Holstrom, Don]

I'll take it either way, I would like to make it either live with the
old e-mail, or I would be glad to import the old account into his new...

-Original Message-
From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 03

Define "bring back" his account.

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Exchange 03
> 
> I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the
> Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on my
> Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his
> account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit with
> this, I know I have brought back accounts a long time ago, what am I
> doing wrong?
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Exchange 03

[Holstrom, Don]

That's grayed out...

-Original Message-
From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephan.b...@bdtechnology.org] On Behalf Of
lists
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 03

Is the mailbox still listed in the Information Store?  Check if the
reconnect option is available. If so reconnect to the user and good to
go.

Cheers.

-Original Message-
From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Exchange 03

I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the
Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on my
Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his
account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit with
this, I know I have brought back accounts a long time ago, what am I
doing wrong?

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Exchange 03

[Steven M. Caesare]

Define "bring back" his account.

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Exchange 03
> 
> I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the
> Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on my
> Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his
> account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit with
> this, I know I have brought back accounts a long time ago, what am I
> doing wrong?
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Exchange 03

[lists]

Is the mailbox still listed in the Information Store?  Check if the
reconnect option is available. If so reconnect to the user and good to
go.

Cheers.

-Original Message-
From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Exchange 03

I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the
Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on my
Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his
account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit with
this, I know I have brought back accounts a long time ago, what am I
doing wrong?

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Exchange 03

[Holstrom, Don]

I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the
Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on my
Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his
account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit with
this, I know I have brought back accounts a long time ago, what am I
doing wrong?

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Explorer on W2k3R2 servers slow to come up after unlocking screen saver

[RichardMcClary]

Have you checked the power settings in the screen saver section?  The NIC 
properties?  Sometimes other parts of a system will be put into a 
non-active state after a period.  Why this happens on a server OS is 
beyond me, but I'd check those first.

As to the shortage of fishing poles, some of us know of an admin 
considering selling his fishing pole after having used it to through a 
practice plug through a 42" LCD TV...
--
Richard D. McClary
Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group
 
ASPCA®
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"Maglinger, Paul"  wrote on 06/02/2009 10:55:59 AM:

> Has anyone had any issues with Windows 2003 R2 servers taking a long
> time for the desktop to come up after unlocking the console from a
> screen saver time out?  I'm seeing this on a few of our servers, but
> can't put my finger on exactly when it started happening.  I'm not
> seeing any of the resources getting pegged.  What I'm seeing is when I
> log in from a time-out, I show a blank desktop, no task-bar, no icons,
> nuttin'.  I can get the task manager to come up, and sometimes when I
> close out the task manager the desktop will go ahead and come up.
> Really weird... anyone else?
> 
> 
> If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd
> be a shortage of fishing poles. - Doug Larson 
> 
> 
> 
> Paul
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
> 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Explorer on W2k3R2 servers slow to come up after unlocking screen saver

[Maglinger, Paul]

Has anyone had any issues with Windows 2003 R2 servers taking a long
time for the desktop to come up after unlocking the console from a
screen saver time out?  I'm seeing this on a few of our servers, but
can't put my finger on exactly when it started happening.  I'm not
seeing any of the resources getting pegged.  What I'm seeing is when I
log in from a time-out, I show a blank desktop, no task-bar, no icons,
nuttin'.  I can get the task manager to come up, and sometimes when I
close out the task manager the desktop will go ahead and come up.
Really weird... anyone else?

 
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd
be a shortage of fishing poles. - Doug Larson 
 


Paul

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Broken LCD TV

[Matthew W. Ross]

Surprisingly, no.

It did involve a fishing pole and a fake lure. The child was a witness, though. 
Hopefully he learned a good lesson.

Sm:)e.


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: Sherry Abercrombie
[mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Tue, 02 Jun 2009
08:23:10 -0700
Subject: Re: Broken LCD TV


> I suspect it was a child and the Wii was involved..
> 
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Matthew W. Ross
> wrote:
> 
> > The LCD is damaged. It was broken by a flying object. No, it' wasn't me.
> > That's all I'll say about that.
> >
> > Being a $900 TV, I figured if I could repair it for $450, it would be
> worth
> > repairing. For much more than that, it will be disposed of
> >
> > --Matt Ross
> > Ephrata School District
> >
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: Maglinger, Paul
> > [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> > Sent: Tue, 02 Jun 2009
> > 05:23:43 -0700
> > Subject: RE: Broken LCD TV
> >
> >
> > > You didn't specify how it is broken.  If it's missing pixels or has
> > > lines it might be able to be repaired, but I have my doubts.  If the
> > > display itself is physically broken or cracked, you're probably out of
> > > luck.  Regardless, most repair shops replace the whole thing.
> > >
> > > It's also been my experience that most of the cost of an LCD monitor or
> > > tv was in the LCD itself, and will typically run more than half the cost
> > > of new.
> > >
> > > -Paul
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
> > > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:33 PM
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Subject: OT: Broken LCD TV
> > >
> > > I have a broken LCD on my home 42" LCD tv. Backlight is still working,
> > > it's just the LCD.
> > >
> > > Can anybody recommend a place to fix broken large LCDs?
> > >
> > >
> > > --Matt Ross
> > > Ephrata School District
> > >
> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> > > ~   ~
> > >
> > >
> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> > > ~   ~
> > >
> > >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> > ~   ~
> >
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Sherry Abercrombie
> 
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
> Arthur C. Clarke
> Sent from Haslet, TX, United States
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Broken LCD TV

[N Parr]

Sub 1k LCD's are pretty much throw away any more.  Especially if the
screen itself is broken.   

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:21 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Broken LCD TV

The LCD is damaged. It was broken by a flying object. No, it' wasn't me.
That's all I'll say about that.

Being a $900 TV, I figured if I could repair it for $450, it would be
worth repairing. For much more than that, it will be disposed of

--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: Maglinger, Paul
[mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Tue, 02 Jun 2009
05:23:43 -0700
Subject: RE: Broken LCD TV


> You didn't specify how it is broken.  If it's missing pixels or has 
> lines it might be able to be repaired, but I have my doubts.  If the 
> display itself is physically broken or cracked, you're probably out of

> luck.  Regardless, most repair shops replace the whole thing.
> 
> It's also been my experience that most of the cost of an LCD monitor 
> or tv was in the LCD itself, and will typically run more than half the

> cost of new.
> 
> -Paul
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:33 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT: Broken LCD TV
> 
> I have a broken LCD on my home 42" LCD tv. Backlight is still working,

> it's just the LCD.
> 
> Can anybody recommend a place to fix broken large LCDs?
> 
> 
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ 
>   ~
> 
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ 
>   ~
> 
> 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Broken LCD TV

[Roger Wright]

As in "Squirrels Gone Wild"?  

 

   

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

_  

 

From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:23 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Broken LCD TV

 

LOL, flying squirrels perhaps?

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Matthew W. Ross
 wrote:

The LCD is damaged. It was broken by a flying object. No, it' wasn't me.
That's all I'll say about that.

Being a $900 TV, I figured if I could repair it for $450, it would be
worth repairing. For much more than that, it will be disposed of


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District



- Original Message -
From: Maglinger, Paul
[mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues

[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Tue, 02 Jun 2009
05:23:43 -0700
Subject: RE: Broken LCD TV


> You didn't specify how it is broken.  If it's missing pixels or has
> lines it might be able to be repaired, but I have my doubts.  If the
> display itself is physically broken or cracked, you're probably out of
> luck.  Regardless, most repair shops replace the whole thing.
>
> It's also been my experience that most of the cost of an LCD monitor
or
> tv was in the LCD itself, and will typically run more than half the
cost
> of new.
>
> -Paul
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:33 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT: Broken LCD TV
>
> I have a broken LCD on my home 42" LCD tv. Backlight is still working,
> it's just the LCD.
>
> Can anybody recommend a place to fix broken large LCDs?
>
>
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

 

 

 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Broken LCD TV

[Steve Ens]

LOL, flying squirrels perhaps?

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Matthew W. Ross
wrote:

> The LCD is damaged. It was broken by a flying object. No, it' wasn't me.
> That's all I'll say about that.
>
> Being a $900 TV, I figured if I could repair it for $450, it would be worth
> repairing. For much more than that, it will be disposed of
>
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Maglinger, Paul
> [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> Sent: Tue, 02 Jun 2009
> 05:23:43 -0700
> Subject: RE: Broken LCD TV
>
>
> > You didn't specify how it is broken.  If it's missing pixels or has
> > lines it might be able to be repaired, but I have my doubts.  If the
> > display itself is physically broken or cracked, you're probably out of
> > luck.  Regardless, most repair shops replace the whole thing.
> >
> > It's also been my experience that most of the cost of an LCD monitor or
> > tv was in the LCD itself, and will typically run more than half the cost
> > of new.
> >
> > -Paul
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
> > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:33 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: OT: Broken LCD TV
> >
> > I have a broken LCD on my home 42" LCD tv. Backlight is still working,
> > it's just the LCD.
> >
> > Can anybody recommend a place to fix broken large LCDs?
> >
> >
> > --Matt Ross
> > Ephrata School District
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> > ~   ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> > ~   ~
> >
> >
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Broken LCD TV

[Sherry Abercrombie]

I suspect it was a child and the Wii was involved..

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Matthew W. Ross
wrote:

> The LCD is damaged. It was broken by a flying object. No, it' wasn't me.
> That's all I'll say about that.
>
> Being a $900 TV, I figured if I could repair it for $450, it would be worth
> repairing. For much more than that, it will be disposed of
>
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Maglinger, Paul
> [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> Sent: Tue, 02 Jun 2009
> 05:23:43 -0700
> Subject: RE: Broken LCD TV
>
>
> > You didn't specify how it is broken.  If it's missing pixels or has
> > lines it might be able to be repaired, but I have my doubts.  If the
> > display itself is physically broken or cracked, you're probably out of
> > luck.  Regardless, most repair shops replace the whole thing.
> >
> > It's also been my experience that most of the cost of an LCD monitor or
> > tv was in the LCD itself, and will typically run more than half the cost
> > of new.
> >
> > -Paul
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
> > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:33 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: OT: Broken LCD TV
> >
> > I have a broken LCD on my home 42" LCD tv. Backlight is still working,
> > it's just the LCD.
> >
> > Can anybody recommend a place to fix broken large LCDs?
> >
> >
> > --Matt Ross
> > Ephrata School District
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> > ~   ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> > ~   ~
> >
> >
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>


-- 
Sherry Abercrombie

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke
Sent from Haslet, TX, United States

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Broken LCD TV

[Matthew W. Ross]

The LCD is damaged. It was broken by a flying object. No, it' wasn't me. That's 
all I'll say about that.

Being a $900 TV, I figured if I could repair it for $450, it would be worth 
repairing. For much more than that, it will be disposed of

--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: Maglinger, Paul
[mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Tue, 02 Jun 2009
05:23:43 -0700
Subject: RE: Broken LCD TV


> You didn't specify how it is broken.  If it's missing pixels or has
> lines it might be able to be repaired, but I have my doubts.  If the
> display itself is physically broken or cracked, you're probably out of
> luck.  Regardless, most repair shops replace the whole thing.
> 
> It's also been my experience that most of the cost of an LCD monitor or
> tv was in the LCD itself, and will typically run more than half the cost
> of new.
> 
> -Paul 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:33 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT: Broken LCD TV
> 
> I have a broken LCD on my home 42" LCD tv. Backlight is still working,
> it's just the LCD.
> 
> Can anybody recommend a place to fix broken large LCDs?
> 
> 
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
> 
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
> 
> 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Random explorer.exe issue

[Don Guyer]

Don't know about a trace, but even if it doesn't fix this particular issue, I 
would roll the SIDs of any machines that were imaged as this will eventually 
rear its ugly head in some fashion. Usually on a Friday right before a long 
weekend.

:)

Don Guyer
Systems Engineer - Information Services
Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
431 W. Lancaster Avenue
Devon, PA 19333
Direct: (610) 993-3299
Fax: (610) 650-5306
don.gu...@prufoxroach.com


-Original Message-
From: Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov] 
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 5:44 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Random explorer.exe issue

Don,

Wouldn't there be some trace if there were duplicate SIDs detected?  I can 
believe this might be this issue, as we imaged these machines...
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Create Rule to notify when a daily email doesn't show in my inbox/folder

[David Lum]

"This is especially useful if I'm not at a computer most of that day and i 
badly need
to know about a missed job that my email archive didn't perform today"

How a out a BlackBerry or other device to check mail when not at your PC? Set 
an alarm for 7:45a to remind you to check your e-mail?

Not a complete solution per se, but a thought.
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
From: Ben Nordlander [mailto:bennordlan...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:56 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Create Rule to notify when a daily email doesn't show in my 
inbox/folder

I have several emails i get every day that notify when a job is finished;
some of these emails come from legacy systems that don't allow much control
for me.

Does anyone know of a method to create some type of notification in Outlook
(probably using rules) that would allow for some extra notification if one
of these daily emails don't get sent to me?

For instance, i receive a particular email from an email archive product
every morning at 7:30am. But if i don't receive it; i would like to create
some kind of rule that would implement an action of my choosing (even a
script of my choosing) to notify me that i didn't receive that email today.
This is especially useful if i'm not at a computer most of that day and i badly 
need
to know about a missed job that my email archive didn't perform today.

I've probably over explained this; but i think you guys might get the jist.


-BenN





~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Random explorer.exe issue

[Steven M. Caesare]

You will also get domain groups (i.e. Domain Admins), not correctly
nesting in local groups.

 

Also remember: you have to check the "generalize" box in the 2K8 flavor
of sysprep ... otherwise you have to run something like newsid...

 

-sc

 

From: andy [mailto:afo...@psu.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Random explorer.exe issue

 

Duplicate sids would give you machine errors of the type...
machine name not found
duplicate name
unable to join the domain
unable to contact the domain
or other type of errors.  Since I have been syspreping or sidwalking, I
have not seen these errors in a while.  So if the errors are not exactly
worded  I have not seen a duplicate SID cause you not to get a
desktop.

I would go with the virus or something else corrupting the logon
process.
It is possible that your machine was compromised and your virus scanner
did not restore the logon executable properly.  I had this happen a
couple of times.


Andy0



t 05:44 PM 6/1/2009, Joe Heaton wrote:



Don,

Wouldn't there be some trace if there were duplicate SIDs detected?  I
can believe this might be this issue, as we imaged these machines...
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 The real problem is that IP, a connectionless protocol, was never
developed to be the universal protocol. ATM was developed to serve that
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RE: OT: Broken LCD TV

[N Parr]

Ditto, stopped buying Viewsonics a few years ago and switched almost
totally to Samsungs.  Most of the Viewsonics have died off and the
Samsungs are still going.  



From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 8:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: Broken LCD TV


That's exactly the issue...the VA902B...garbage.  I won't buy Viewsonics
again. But I have the Samsungs failing on me as well.  Maybe it is time
to stick with TOshiba.


On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Steven M. Caesare 
wrote:


We have a crapload of failed 19" Viewsonics.

 

Backlight failure on ours in some cases... others just stop
seeing signal.

 

-sc

 

From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: Broken LCD TV

 

Sorry can't help (perhaps call the manufacturer).  On a similar
note, I am finding that my 19" LCD panels at work are starting to fail
too.  I wish they had the lasting power of the tubes.  I guess we will
find the right technology at some point. Luckily the last four have been
under warranty, but just barely.

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Matthew W. Ross
 wrote:

I have a broken LCD on my home 42" LCD tv. Backlight is still
working, it's just the LCD.

Can anybody recommend a place to fix broken large LCDs?


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District

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RE: Random explorer.exe issue

[andy]

Duplicate sids would give you machine errors of the type...
machine name not found
duplicate name
unable to join the domain
unable to contact the domain
or other type of errors.  Since I have been syspreping or sidwalking, 
I have not seen these errors in a while.  So if the errors are not 
exactly worded  I have not seen a duplicate SID cause you not to 
get a desktop.

I would go with the virus or something else corrupting the logon process.
It is possible that your machine was compromised and your virus 
scanner did not restore the logon executable properly.  I had this 
happen a couple of times.


Andy0



t 05:44 PM 6/1/2009, Joe Heaton wrote:
>Don,
>
>Wouldn't there be some trace if there were duplicate SIDs 
>detected?  I can believe this might be this issue, as we imaged 
>these machines...
>~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>~   ~



Andy-Ofalt---863-3449--405-Ag-Admin-Bldg--for more 
information go  to http://ict.cas.psu.edu/Contacts.html  -- 
My little blurb to eat up bandwidth and make your mail box even larger
+++
  The real problem is that IP, a connectionless protocol, was never 
developed to be the universal protocol. ATM was developed to serve 
that purpose and failed.
+++

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Broken LCD TV

[Maglinger, Paul]

You didn't specify how it is broken.  If it's missing pixels or has
lines it might be able to be repaired, but I have my doubts.  If the
display itself is physically broken or cracked, you're probably out of
luck.  Regardless, most repair shops replace the whole thing.

It's also been my experience that most of the cost of an LCD monitor or
tv was in the LCD itself, and will typically run more than half the cost
of new.

-Paul 

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Broken LCD TV

I have a broken LCD on my home 42" LCD tv. Backlight is still working,
it's just the LCD.

Can anybody recommend a place to fix broken large LCDs?


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District

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~   ~


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Re: Citrix MetaFrame Running on VM box

[James Rankin]

If you P2V the server or indeed the template you are building from, you will
see some issues. We have some boxes like this and once they go over ten
users or so they get nasty.

With a clean build you should get 30 or so

However, some applications we use cause Citrix to run slowly, physical or
virtual.

2009/6/1 Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE) 

>  Has anyone experience any issues with slowness after placing Citrix
> Presentation Server 4.0 on a VM Box?
>
>
> *Joe Haralson*
> ***Network Infrastructure Team*
>
>
>
>
>
>

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RE: Citrix MetaFrame Running on VM box

[Mike Semon]

Did you P2V this Citrix box? Have seen problems with Citrix boxes that have
been P2V'ed. Best to build them from template or scratch.

 

Mike

 

  _  

From: Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE) [mailto:joe.haral...@ge.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 5:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Citrix MetaFrame Running on VM box

 

Has anyone experience any issues with slowness after placing Citrix
Presentation Server 4.0 on a VM Box? 

 

Joe Haralson
Network Infrastructure Team 

 

 

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Re: Create Rule to notify when a daily email doesn't show in my inbox/folder

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

On 1 Jun 2009 at 9:55, Ben Nordlander  wrote:

> I have several emails i get every day that notify when a job is finished;
> some of these emails come from legacy systems that don't allow much control
> for me. 
> 
> Does anyone know of a method to create some type of notification in Outlook
> (probably using rules) that would allow for some extra notification if one of
> these daily emails don't get sent to me? 
> 
> For instance, i receive a particular email from an email archive product
> every morning at 7:30am. But if i don't receive it; i would like to create
> some kind of rule that would implement an action of my choosing (even a
> script of my choosing) to notify me that i didn't receive that email today.
> This is especially useful if i'm not at a computer most of that day and i
> badly need to know about a missed job that my email archive didn't perform
> today. 

Sure, here's the logic, you'll have to manipulate it to work for your 
situation.

One of the Actions that Outlook can take when an email comes in is "run a 
script".  Create a script that creates a flag-file, and run that script when 
the archive email arrives:

  echo ARCHIVE EMAIL CAME IN>"%temp%\ARCHIVE.TXT"

Now create a scheduled task that runs every day at 7:45 AM.  Run a batch file 
that checks to see if "%temp%\ARCHIVE.TXT" exists.  If it exists, delete it and 
exit.  If it doesn't exist, use BLAT to send an email to you.  Here's an 
untested sample batch-file:

  if exist "%temp%\ARCHIVE.TXT" goto ItRan
  echo Archive didn't run > "%temp%\ARCHIVE.TXT"
  blat "%temp%\ARCHIVE.TXT" -to bennordlan...@gmail.com -subject "No Archive"
  :ItRan
  del "%temp%\ARCHIVE.TXT"

Google or BING for BLAT, it's a very useful free tool.

HTH

A

--
Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
1-520-290-5038
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