date:20100624

On 24 Jun 2010 at 9:22, Oliver Marshall  wrote:

> Can anyone recommend an FTP tool that I can use to schedule uploads on a
> Windows server and that will log to the event log when it succeeds or fails? 

Automated FTP client. ScriptFTP
http://www.scriptftp.com/

Features:

- Automated FTP and secure FTP transfers.
- Powerful and easy script language. Many examples.
- Upload/Download a set of files or directories.
- Synchronization. Transfer only modified files.
- Script Scheduling. Execute your transfers periodically.
- ZIP file creation for automated backups.
- Report script results via email.
- Batch integration.
- File logging. Log all the transfer details on a text file.
- Error handling. Make your scripts fault tolerant.

No personal experience with it (I use batch-files with standard Windows FTP and 
don't worry about logging), but it sure looks like it meets your stated needs.

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Re: Low-budget SBS 2003 Exchange spam-filter?

On 24 Jun 2010 at 20:55, Steve Ens  wrote:

> Vipre mail security will be about right, priced per user. It'll be 
> cheap. And good.

On 25 Jun 2010 at 1:57, greg.swe...@actsconsulting.ne  wrote:

> 5 pack of Vipre for Exchange?  With AV engines built in its like $203.45
> retail.  Not sure there is anything cheaper that you will get with the
> support from Sunbelt, group forum support and its a lot, and the
> recommendations you will get from this group.

I suppose you chaps mean "VIPRE Email Security for Exchange" ... Thanks.  I'll 
have to see if that fits their budget.  I see it's $41/seat for the first year 
in qty 5.  That's high compared to the products they compared themselves to in 
the Osterman Research comparison PDF they provide on their website.  

The way I read the pricing page for GFI Mail Essentials, it looks like they're 
$21/seat in qty 10-24, or about half the price.  McAfee SaaS Email Filtering is 
$22/seat, and McAfee Email Protection (adds AV) is $26/seat for the 1st year.

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Re: Low-budget SBS 2003 Exchange spam-filter?

Consider: http://www.vamsoft.com/



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On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote:

> All
>
> I have a very small client (3 workstations, SBS 2003 Server running
> Exchange
> with OWA) who is looking for a spam-prevention solution since they are
> using
> Blackberries to access their OWA and deleting the spam is a PITA.  Their
> budget
> is minimal as their industry is in the tank right now.  Looking for
> something
> like Popfile for Exchange.  Ideas welcome.
>
> Angus
>
> --
> Angus Scott-Fleming
> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
> 1-520-290-5038
> Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/
>
>
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>

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Re: TrueCrypt

On 23 Jun 2010 at 10:02, Jeff Brown  wrote:

> one of the owners wants the answer to this question: "If a drive 
> becomes unusable(physical issue with the drive) will this make it 
> impossible for us to recover data from that drive?"

If the drive is recognized in the BIOS, you can run SpinRite against it. 
SpinRite works below the OS, at the sector level, and can recover data there.  
Once SpinRite has done its magic recovering the bad sectors, you should be able 
to boot the OS again.

--
Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
1-520-290-5038
Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/

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Re: Gotoassist vs LogMeIn

On 24 Jun 2010 at 7:00, Brian Desmond  wrote:

> 
> Since everyone else is joining the recommend something other than A or B
> above game, I use the Easy Assist client which is bundled with LiveMeeting
> from Microsoft. Same tool PSS uses if you call them. 

GBridge is another possibility.

Gbridge is a free software that lets you remotely control PCs, sync 
folders, share files, and chat securely and easily. An extension of 
Google's gtalk service, Gbridge automatically forms a collaborative, 
encrypted VPN (Virtual Private Network) that connects your computers and 
your friends' computers directly and securely with patented technology. 
Gbridge has many unique features.

http://www.gbridge.com/

--
Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
1-520-290-5038
Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/

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Re: Questionable files

On 23 Jun 2010 at 10:51, John Aldrich  wrote:

> Hey, guys... I am cleaning up a computer and found a couple questionable
> files. The file names are ml1.srt and ml2.srt. Anyone know what these files
> are and if they are safe? I tried to submit to Sunbelt´s sandbox, but they
> only scan executable files. L 

Submit to VirusTotal?  Rename "ml1.exe" and "ml2.exe" and resubmit to Sunbelt?

--
Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
1-520-290-5038
Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/





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Re: OT: Google Voice

On 23 Jun 2010 at 14:56, Daniel Rodriguez  wrote:

> I'm using Google Voice. I live in the 812 area code, but have a 502 area 
> code for Google Voice. But, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that 
> you could have multiple accounts in Google Voice? Up to five, if I 
> remember. I can't see why you couldn't setup your phone numbers to 
> access the same cell or land line.

Each real number can only be attached to one GV number.  I have 3 GV #s but can 
only have one of them ring my cell.


--
Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
1-520-290-5038
Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/





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RE: Low-budget SBS 2003 Exchange spam-filter?

2010-06-24 Thread greg.sweers

5 pack of Vipre for Exchange?  With AV engines built in its like $203.45 
retail.  Not sure there is anything cheaper that you will get with the support 
from Sunbelt, group forum support and its a lot, and the recommendations you 
will get from this group.

Greg

-Original Message-
From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Low-budget SBS 2003 Exchange spam-filter?

All

I have a very small client (3 workstations, SBS 2003 Server running Exchange 
with OWA) who is looking for a spam-prevention solution since they are using 
Blackberries to access their OWA and deleting the spam is a PITA.  Their budget 
is minimal as their industry is in the tank right now.  Looking for something 
like Popfile for Exchange.  Ideas welcome.

Angus

--
Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
1-520-290-5038
Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/





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Re: Low-budget SBS 2003 Exchange spam-filter?

2010-06-24 Thread Steve Ens

Vipre mail security will be about right, priced per user.  It'll be cheap.
And good.

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote:

> All
>
> I have a very small client (3 workstations, SBS 2003 Server running
> Exchange
> with OWA) who is looking for a spam-prevention solution since they are
> using
> Blackberries to access their OWA and deleting the spam is a PITA.  Their
> budget
> is minimal as their industry is in the tank right now.  Looking for
> something
> like Popfile for Exchange.  Ideas welcome.
>
> Angus
>
> --
> Angus Scott-Fleming
> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
> 1-520-290-5038
> Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/
>
>
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>

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

Low-budget SBS 2003 Exchange spam-filter?

All

I have a very small client (3 workstations, SBS 2003 Server running Exchange 
with OWA) who is looking for a spam-prevention solution since they are using 
Blackberries to access their OWA and deleting the spam is a PITA.  Their budget 
is minimal as their industry is in the tank right now.  Looking for something 
like Popfile for Exchange.  Ideas welcome.

Angus

--
Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
1-520-290-5038
Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/





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~   ~

Re: Small Business Server 2008 Security

2010-06-24 Thread Burian, Matthew J. (mjb)

Thanks for the responses confirming that they work well together.  I
will probably be deploying this solution based on the positive
feedback.

Matt

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On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:33 PM,   wrote:
> We have dozens and dozens of SBS 2003/2008 servers running this exactly and
> they work very well.
>
>
>
> From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 4:12 PM
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Small Business Server 2008 Security
>
>
>
> I’m running both on our SBS 2008 box with no issues.
>
>
>
> Jay Dale
>
> I.T. Manager, 3GiG
>
> Mobile: 713.299.2541
>
> Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
> From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:11 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Small Business Server 2008 Security
>
>
>
> I run those in tandem on a couple of SBS machines.  THey work well
> together.  And they are not expensive.
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Burian, Matthew J. (mjb) 
> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I am looking to secure a Windows Small Business Server 2008 system
> which is running email and providing local services to client
> computers.  Would a combination of Sunbelt Vipre Enterprise Antivirus
> and Vipre Email Security for Exchange be my best bet?  Or is there
> anything more effective or more affordable?  Thanks.
>
> Matt
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
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RE: Small Business Server 2008 Security

2010-06-24 Thread greg.sweers

We have dozens and dozens of SBS 2003/2008 servers running this exactly and 
they work very well.

From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 4:12 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Small Business Server 2008 Security

I'm running both on our SBS 2008 box with no issues.

Jay Dale
I.T. Manager, 3GiG
Mobile: 713.299.2541
Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com

Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain 
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the information contained herein, is strictly prohibited. If you are not the 
intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended 
recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of 
this message.

From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Small Business Server 2008 Security

I run those in tandem on a couple of SBS machines.  THey work well together.  
And they are not expensive.
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Burian, Matthew J. (mjb) 
mailto:m...@burianit.com>> wrote:
Greetings,

I am looking to secure a Windows Small Business Server 2008 system
which is running email and providing local services to client
computers.  Would a combination of Sunbelt Vipre Enterprise Antivirus
and Vipre Email Security for Exchange be my best bet?  Or is there
anything more effective or more affordable?  Thanks.

Matt

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~   ~

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RE: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-24 Thread greg.sweers

There are brackets for both the SFF and USFF.  I have not seen Dell branded 
brackets for their larger machines.  Because of the number of models some of 
them are actually 3rd party brackets instead of Dell branded versions.  Your 
sales rep can find them for you.  If not send me an email with your service tag 
and I will get you a part number.

Greg

From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 6:55 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PC Bracket/holder

If they are Dell's they sell some mounting brackets but I would think they only 
fit certain size of SFF machines.

Jon
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:53 PM, James Kerr 
mailto:cluster...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Yeah I did, no luck with them.
- Original Message -
From: Daniel Rodriguez
To: NT System Admin Issues
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: PC Bracket/holder

Have you checked out BlackBox? They usually have stuff like that.
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:06 PM, James Kerr 
mailto:cluster...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Heh guys, I'm looking to be able to mount some small form factor PCs to the 
side of desks, so I guess I'm looking for a kinda J shaped bracket to mount to 
the desk then place the PC on its side on the bracket. I know I've seen them 
around at hospitals and such but I having trouble finding one. Anyone use 
anything like that on this list that could help out?

James



















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Re: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-24 Thread Jon Harris

If they are Dell's they sell some mounting brackets but I would think they
only fit certain size of SFF machines.

Jon

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:53 PM, James Kerr  wrote:

>  Yeah I did, no luck with them.
>
>  - Original Message -
> *From:* Daniel Rodriguez 
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues 
>   *Sent:* Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:30 PM
> *Subject:* Re: PC Bracket/holder
>
> Have you checked out BlackBox? They usually have stuff like that.
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:06 PM, James Kerr  wrote:
>
>>  Heh guys, I'm looking to be able to mount some small form factor PCs to
>> the side of desks, so I guess I'm looking for a kinda J shaped bracket to
>> mount to the desk then place the PC on its side on the bracket. I know I've
>> seen them around at hospitals and such but I having trouble finding one.
>> Anyone use anything like that on this list that could help out?
>>
>> James
>>
>>
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>
>
>
>
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Re: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-24 Thread Ben Scott

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:56 PM, James Kerr  wrote:
> Unfortunately all those seem to mount from the top. I need to mount it on
> the side. Argh!

  I don't know if you've already bought the PCs, but if not, there are
cases which include their own mounting brackets.  Dell even has some.
We've got a couple of the Optiplex FX160's that we've been pretty
happy with so far.

-- Ben

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Re: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-24 Thread Roger Wright

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JSnF5D1FYU


Die dulci fruere!

Roger Wright
___




On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:56 PM, James Kerr  wrote:
> Unfortunately all those seem to mount from the top. I need to mount it on
> the side. Argh! Might be able to rig something with one of them though,
> maybe I'll have some ideas tomorrow, right now I'm burnt, its been a hectic
> day.
>
> James
>
>
> - Original Message - From: "Roger Wright" 
> To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:08 PM
> Subject: Re: PC Bracket/holder
>
>
> Or for under desk installation:
> http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=1762#page=page-1
>
>
> Die dulci fruere!
>
> Roger Wright
> ___
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Matthew W. Ross
>  wrote:
>>
>> Cyberguys...
>>
>> http://www.cyberguys.com/product-listings/?categoryid=932
>>
>>
>> --Matt Ross
>> Ephrata School District
>>
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: James Kerr
>> [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
>> Sent: Thu, 24 Jun 2010
>> 11:06:30 -0700
>> Subject: PC Bracket/holder
>>
>>
>>> Heh guys, I'm looking to be able to mount some small form factor PCs to
>>> the
>>> side of desks, so I guess I'm looking for a kinda J shaped bracket to
>>> mount
>>> to the desk then place the PC on its side on the bracket. I know I've
>>> seen
>>> them around at hospitals and such but I having trouble finding one.
>>> Anyone
>>> use anything like that on this list that could help out?
>>>
>>> James
>>> ~ 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! ~
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Re: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-24 Thread James Kerr

Unfortunately all those seem to mount from the top. I need to mount it on 
the side. Argh! Might be able to rig something with one of them though, 
maybe I'll have some ideas tomorrow, right now I'm burnt, its been a hectic 
day.


James


- Original Message - 
From: "Roger Wright" 

To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: PC Bracket/holder


Or for under desk installation:
http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=1762#page=page-1


Die dulci fruere!

Roger Wright
___




On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Matthew W. Ross
 wrote:

Cyberguys...

http://www.cyberguys.com/product-listings/?categoryid=932


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: James Kerr
[mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Thu, 24 Jun 2010
11:06:30 -0700
Subject: PC Bracket/holder


Heh guys, I'm looking to be able to mount some small form factor PCs to 
the
side of desks, so I guess I'm looking for a kinda J shaped bracket to 
mount
to the desk then place the PC on its side on the bracket. I know I've 
seen
them around at hospitals and such but I having trouble finding one. 
Anyone

use anything like that on this list that could help out?

James
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Re: TrueCrypt

2010-06-24 Thread Kurt Buff

Shakespeare had it right...

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 14:31, Andrew S. Baker  wrote:

> Depending on the case and jurisdiction, it may be sufficient to undermine
> any argument that information that was inappropriately passed on was done so
> unknowingly.
>
> In general, however, I agree that it's dumb. Yet, lawyers continue to get
> paid at rates that typically exceed our own.  So, take that.
>
> -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Kurt Buff  wrote:
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>> Sigh.
>>
>> I hate stupid email disclaimers - oh, wait. That's a redundancy..
>>
>> Kurt
>>
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Re: TrueCrypt

Depending on the case and jurisdiction, it may be sufficient to undermine
any argument that information that was inappropriately passed on was done so
unknowingly.

In general, however, I agree that it's dumb. Yet, lawyers continue to get
paid at rates that typically exceed our own.  So, take that.

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker


On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Kurt Buff  wrote:

> *This written advice is not intended or written to be used, and can not be
> used, by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be
> imposed on the taxpayer.*
>
>> Norman, Jones, Enlow & Co.  - CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION
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>>
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>> Really? Can Not? How do you intend to enforce this?
>
> Sigh.
>
> I hate stupid email disclaimers - oh, wait. That's a redundancy..
>
> Kurt
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: TrueCrypt

2010-06-24 Thread Kurt Buff

*This written advice is not intended or written to be used, and can not be
used, by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be
imposed on the taxpayer.*

> Norman, Jones, Enlow & Co.  - CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION
>
> This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic
> Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Sections 2510-2521, is
> confidential, and is intended solely for the use of the individuals or
> entities to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or
> the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient,
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> Really? Can Not? How do you intend to enforce this?

Sigh.

I hate stupid email disclaimers - oh, wait. That's a redundancy..

Kurt

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Re: DR Plan

2010-06-24 Thread Ben Scott

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Charlie Kaiser
 wrote:
> Actually, far in advance of any of the stuff you've mentioned, a BCP
> (Business Continuity Plan) is necessary.

  I see the process as about the same.  "Resources" need not be
limited to computer stuff.  E.g., resource = building, threat = fire,
counter-measure = stand-by facility, etc.  That said, the point is
well made that IT shouldn't be the only department involved in
planning.

-- Ben

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Re: Redundant Mail and Web

2010-06-24 Thread Cameron

Well, we have 1 Terego connection left and I am looking at getting rid of
that as well. A year ago, I had 6 Terego lines and they were BRUTAL to deal
with. Their customer service was terrible and when you needed something
repaired it took quite a while. It was always a fight with them. Now, having
said that...when the service worked, it worked ok. Weather was also a factor
. When they were World Without Wire they were
great, but since they got bought out.

Just my .02, but I would never recommend them to anyone.

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Stefan Jafs  wrote:

> Yes I'm in Richmond Hill and my provider have a 100 Meg Bell connection
> down to 151 Front St.
> I'm thinking of going with TeraGo, they use their own backbone  not relying
> on Bell.
>
> Stefan
>
>  On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Cameron wrote:
>
>> You must be hooked to Bell, I'm having the same issues with a site in
>> Concord. Our connection there has been brutal since the 15th. They are
>> blaming their core switches and the bandwidth being taken up by the Soccer.
>>
>>
>>  On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Stefan Jafs wrote:
>>
>>> We currently have a 10Mbps /10 Mbps Internet connection, we have had some
>>> down time in the last few days, and the carrier is blaming it on the G8/G20
>>> Summit (I'm in Toronto) and Soccer. Anyhow I'm thinking about having an
>>> other redundant Internet connection, what's the best way to accomplish this,
>>> preferably automatically.
>>>
>>> Internet browsing is relatively easy to switch pats in my Router if 1
>>> connection goes down but how about Mail and our web site, since these are
>>> incoming connections.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stefan Jafs
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Stefan Jafs
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

Re: Cloud Based Finance?

What size organization?

Quicken and PeachTree have cloud based offerings...

Here's somethign from a year ago:
http://stopbuyingservers.com/2009/03/peachtree-in-the-cloud/

Also see:

   - http://us.intacct.com/
   - http://www.netsuite.com/portal/products/netsuite/financials/main.shtml
   -
   
http://businessfinancemag.com/article/wiredfinance-rise-cloud-based-financial-software-0208


I don't know of anyone who is using these products, however.

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker


On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Sam Cayze  wrote:

> Starting to think Great Plains is too big of a package for this small
> company…
>
> I want to put a feeler out there for any Cloud Based/Hosted solutions that
> people have had success with.
>
>
>
> TIA!
>
>
>
> Sam
>
>
>
>
>
>

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~   ~

RE: Cloud Based Finance?

Ahh, thought they did finance too...:)

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From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:29 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Cloud Based Finance?

SalesForce is a CRM and sales automation tool, not a finance package, per se.

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Jay Dale 
mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com>> wrote:
Since we're currently trying them out, Salesforce?

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From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:21 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Cloud Based Finance?

Starting to think Great Plains is too big of a package for this small company...
I want to put a feeler out there for any Cloud Based/Hosted solutions that 
people have had success with.

TIA!

Sam














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Re: Cloud Based Finance?

SalesForce is a CRM and sales automation tool, not a finance package, per
se.

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker


On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Jay Dale  wrote:

>  Since we’re currently trying them out, Salesforce?
>
>
>
> *Jay Dale*
>
> I.T. Manager, 3GiG
>
> Mobile: 713.299.2541
>
> Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com
>
>
>
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>
> *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:21 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Cloud Based Finance?
>
>
>
> Starting to think Great Plains is too big of a package for this small
> company…
>
> I want to put a feeler out there for any Cloud Based/Hosted solutions that
> people have had success with.
>
>
>
> TIA!
>
>
>
> Sam
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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~   ~

RE: Cloud Based Finance?

Since we're currently trying them out, Salesforce?

Jay Dale
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From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Cloud Based Finance?

Starting to think Great Plains is too big of a package for this small company...
I want to put a feeler out there for any Cloud Based/Hosted solutions that 
people have had success with.

TIA!

Sam





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~   ~

Cloud Based Finance?

2010-06-24 Thread Sam Cayze

Starting to think Great Plains is too big of a package for this small
company...

I want to put a feeler out there for any Cloud Based/Hosted solutions
that people have had success with.

 

TIA!

 

Sam


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~   ~

RE: Small Business Server 2008 Security

I'm running both on our SBS 2008 box with no issues.

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From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Small Business Server 2008 Security

I run those in tandem on a couple of SBS machines.  THey work well together.  
And they are not expensive.
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Burian, Matthew J. (mjb) 
mailto:m...@burianit.com>> wrote:
Greetings,

I am looking to secure a Windows Small Business Server 2008 system
which is running email and providing local services to client
computers.  Would a combination of Sunbelt Vipre Enterprise Antivirus
and Vipre Email Security for Exchange be my best bet?  Or is there
anything more effective or more affordable?  Thanks.

Matt

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Re: Small Business Server 2008 Security

2010-06-24 Thread Steve Ens

I run those in tandem on a couple of SBS machines.  THey work well
together.  And they are not expensive.

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Burian, Matthew J. (mjb)
wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I am looking to secure a Windows Small Business Server 2008 system
> which is running email and providing local services to client
> computers.  Would a combination of Sunbelt Vipre Enterprise Antivirus
> and Vipre Email Security for Exchange be my best bet?  Or is there
> anything more effective or more affordable?  Thanks.
>
> Matt
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>

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

Re: DR Plan

Not exactly...

DR is a component of BCP.

How your business continues functioning in an emergency is dependent on
technology, more than likely, and so your BCP should have a technology
component, of which the DR plan will form a significant portion.

The requirements that drive the business will be outlined in the BCP so that
you know what to prioritize in the DR plan.

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker


On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Jay Dale  wrote:

>  So what I’m gathering is a DR Plan is separate from a BCP, but a BCP is
> necessary for the company to have initially and the DR plan to act as a
> branch of that plan.  Since we don’t have either, I assume that I will need
> to come up with both since this has been addressed to me directly.
> Everywhere I’ve looked online in pulling up “disaster recovery planning” has
> directed me to BCP, which I initially started.  Should I skip the BCP and go
> directly to the DR?  Or do I need to complete the BCP and then the DR?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Jay
>
>
>
> *Jay Dale*
>
> I.T. Manager, 3GiG
>
> Mobile: 713.299.2541
>
> Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com
>
>
>
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>
>
>
> *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:55 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: DR Plan
>
>
>
> +1,
>
>
>
> Simon has hit the mark on this..
>
>
>
> Only thing I can add is the DR plan is not the BCP plan. But BCP drives DR
> Planning, and should have been completed well before DR planning is started.
>
>
>
>
> Again what can the business tolerate in downtime before they are out of
> business. For some its hours, others days, and even others minutes.
>
>
>
> Z
>
>
>
> Edward Ziots
>
> CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA
>
> Network Engineer
>
> Lifespan Organization
>
> 401-639-3505
>
> ezi...@lifespan.org
>
>
>
> *From:* Simon Butler [mailto:si...@sembee.co.uk]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:20 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: DR Plan
>
>
>
> DR plans is something I hear about a lot, but I am of the opinion that IT
> are the wrong people to drive this.
>
> DR should be part of the business, and the business needs to tell IT what
> they need.
>
> IT cannot make the decision on what is and is not important. Do you know
> how much downtime you can tolerate as a business?
>
>
>
> However the starting point I always make is the same. It is a DR plan of
> sorts, one that is already in place and that most staff will know at least
> the basics of. It is something that many overlook.
>
>
>
> Simply, what do you do in the event of a power failure?
>
>
>
> That will give you a good grounding as to what sort of things have to be
> considered. If the business has justified the outlay for a UPS that requires
> its own room and a generator the size of a small van in the car park, then
> you may have an idea of the kind of business continuity that may well be
> required.
>
>
>
> You then look at the location. What I would have in a plan for a company in
> the centre of London is very different to what I would have in the Scottish
> mountains.
>
>
>
> Although the fact that many people in IT don’t know where to start is a
> good thing, because that means their business haven’t made the decisions and
> it needs to be pushed back to them. For some reason it is thought that DR is
> just about IT, but it isn’t. IT is just the facilitator.  In effect, the
> business is their client and as such their business needs to make the
> decisions. Only then can IT turn round and say “we can do that, but it will
> cost you X”, and it is seen as part of the overall business continuity,
> which will need to involve telephones, buildings, access etc.
>
>
>
> Although the best DR plan I have ever seen was summed up in two words – Go
> Home.
> They were located in central London, inside the former terrorist road block
> area. As such their entire IT environment was configured so that the
> business continuity plan didn’t have to be activated, it was already in
> progress. Staff simply had to relocate. As long as they had the internet,
> they could operate – all Citrix based with the servers outside of London in
> a secure Data Centre called The Bunker. The company would only lose
> printers, but even that was managed, with everything going through an
> interim system for printing, so if the printers were not available the jobs
> queued indefinitely for printing later.
>
>
>
> Si

Small Business Server 2008 Security

2010-06-24 Thread Burian, Matthew J. (mjb)

Greetings,

I am looking to secure a Windows Small Business Server 2008 system
which is running email and providing local services to client
computers.  Would a combination of Sunbelt Vipre Enterprise Antivirus
and Vipre Email Security for Exchange be my best bet?  Or is there
anything more effective or more affordable?  Thanks.

Matt

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

RE: DR Plan

2010-06-24 Thread Jacob

Exactly.. not just an IT thing, it is a business plan.  Executives and upper
management need to be onboard.  If they are not, forget it. you are wasting
your time.

From: Simon Butler [mailto:si...@sembee.co.uk] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DR Plan

DR plans is something I hear about a lot, but I am of the opinion that IT
are the wrong people to drive this. 

DR should be part of the business, and the business needs to tell IT what
they need. 

IT cannot make the decision on what is and is not important. Do you know how
much downtime you can tolerate as a business? 

However the starting point I always make is the same. It is a DR plan of
sorts, one that is already in place and that most staff will know at least
the basics of. It is something that many overlook. 

Simply, what do you do in the event of a power failure?

That will give you a good grounding as to what sort of things have to be
considered. If the business has justified the outlay for a UPS that requires
its own room and a generator the size of a small van in the car park, then
you may have an idea of the kind of business continuity that may well be
required. 

You then look at the location. What I would have in a plan for a company in
the centre of London is very different to what I would have in the Scottish
mountains. 

Although the fact that many people in IT don't know where to start is a good
thing, because that means their business haven't made the decisions and it
needs to be pushed back to them. For some reason it is thought that DR is
just about IT, but it isn't. IT is just the facilitator.  In effect, the
business is their client and as such their business needs to make the
decisions. Only then can IT turn round and say "we can do that, but it will
cost you X", and it is seen as part of the overall business continuity,
which will need to involve telephones, buildings, access etc. 

Although the best DR plan I have ever seen was summed up in two words - Go
Home. 
They were located in central London, inside the former terrorist road block
area. As such their entire IT environment was configured so that the
business continuity plan didn't have to be activated, it was already in
progress. Staff simply had to relocate. As long as they had the internet,
they could operate - all Citrix based with the servers outside of London in
a secure Data Centre called The Bunker. The company would only lose
printers, but even that was managed, with everything going through an
interim system for printing, so if the printers were not available the jobs
queued indefinitely for printing later. 

Simon.

--
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MVP: Exchange, MCSE
Sembee Ltd.

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Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0?
http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ for certificates from just $23.99.
Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/ 

Exchange Resources: http://exbpa.com/ 

From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] 
Sent: 24 June 2010 19:01
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DR Plan

Let me know what you find. We have a D/R plan, of sorts, but I think it's
woefully inadequate, but like you, I don't really know where to start.

John-AldrichTile-Tools

From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:23 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: DR Plan

Hey all,

I've been assigned to create a DR plan for our company, but I've never
actually had to come up with one before.  Does anyone have any ideas,
templates, examples, or sites that can help me with this?  Basically it
needs to cover our current infrastructure, if we purchase a SAN in the
future, and if we change our existing backup strategy from a local backup to
an offsite replication backup.

Thanks!

Jay Dale

I.T. Manager, 3GiG

Mobile: 713.299.2541

Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com

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RE: DR Plan

So what I'm gathering is a DR Plan is separate from a BCP, but a BCP is 
necessary for the company to have initially and the DR plan to act as a branch 
of that plan.  Since we don't have either, I assume that I will need to come up 
with both since this has been addressed to me directly.  Everywhere I've looked 
online in pulling up "disaster recovery planning" has directed me to BCP, which 
I initially started.  Should I skip the BCP and go directly to the DR?  Or do I 
need to complete the BCP and then the DR?

Thanks,

Jay

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I.T. Manager, 3GiG
Mobile: 713.299.2541
Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com

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From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:55 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DR Plan

+1,

Simon has hit the mark on this..

Only thing I can add is the DR plan is not the BCP plan. But BCP drives DR 
Planning, and should have been completed well before DR planning is started.

Again what can the business tolerate in downtime before they are out of 
business. For some its hours, others days, and even others minutes.

Z

Edward Ziots
CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
401-639-3505
ezi...@lifespan.org

From: Simon Butler [mailto:si...@sembee.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DR Plan

DR plans is something I hear about a lot, but I am of the opinion that IT are 
the wrong people to drive this.
DR should be part of the business, and the business needs to tell IT what they 
need.
IT cannot make the decision on what is and is not important. Do you know how 
much downtime you can tolerate as a business?

However the starting point I always make is the same. It is a DR plan of sorts, 
one that is already in place and that most staff will know at least the basics 
of. It is something that many overlook.

Simply, what do you do in the event of a power failure?

That will give you a good grounding as to what sort of things have to be 
considered. If the business has justified the outlay for a UPS that requires 
its own room and a generator the size of a small van in the car park, then you 
may have an idea of the kind of business continuity that may well be required.

You then look at the location. What I would have in a plan for a company in the 
centre of London is very different to what I would have in the Scottish 
mountains.

Although the fact that many people in IT don't know where to start is a good 
thing, because that means their business haven't made the decisions and it 
needs to be pushed back to them. For some reason it is thought that DR is just 
about IT, but it isn't. IT is just the facilitator.  In effect, the business is 
their client and as such their business needs to make the decisions. Only then 
can IT turn round and say "we can do that, but it will cost you X", and it is 
seen as part of the overall business continuity, which will need to involve 
telephones, buildings, access etc.

Although the best DR plan I have ever seen was summed up in two words - Go Home.
They were located in central London, inside the former terrorist road block 
area. As such their entire IT environment was configured so that the business 
continuity plan didn't have to be activated, it was already in progress. Staff 
simply had to relocate. As long as they had the internet, they could operate - 
all Citrix based with the servers outside of London in a secure Data Centre 
called The Bunker. The company would only lose printers, but even that was 
managed, with everything going through an interim system for printing, so if 
the printers were not available the jobs queued indefinitely for printing later.

Simon.


--
Simon Butler
MVP: Exchange, MCSE
Sembee Ltd.

e: si...@sembee.co.uk
w: http://www.sembee.co.uk/
w: http://www.amset.info/
w: http://blog.sembee.co.uk/

Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0?
http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ for 
certificates from just $23.99.
Need a domain for your certificate? 
http://DomainsForExchange.net/

Exchange Resources: http://exbpa.com/



From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: 24 June 2010 19:01
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DR Plan

Let me know what you find. We have a D/R plan, of sorts, but I think it's 
woefully

RE: Redundant Mail and Web

The technical way to do this is with something called BGP. It will require some 
config work on your end, coordination with technical resources at your ISPs, 
and some higher-end gear. In order to get your mail and web working seamlessly 
across both you're going to need this and they'll have to give you a /24 that 
you can announce over BGP.

If you're a smaller shop you might just look at an appliance that can handle 
two connections and put a low TTL on the website DNS record and you can 
manually update it. It might also just be (probably) cheaper to put the website 
in a facility somewhere and deal with mail with two MX records and be done with 
it.

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

c   - 312.731.3132

From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:31 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Redundant Mail and Web

We currently have a 10Mbps /10 Mbps Internet connection, we have had some down 
time in the last few days, and the carrier is blaming it on the G8/G20 Summit 
(I'm in Toronto) and Soccer. Anyhow I'm thinking about having an other 
redundant Internet connection, what's the best way to accomplish this, 
preferably automatically.

Internet browsing is relatively easy to switch pats in my Router if 1 
connection goes down but how about Mail and our web site, since these are 
incoming connections.

Any ideas?

--
Stefan Jafs





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

Re: Redundant Mail and Web

2010-06-24 Thread Stefan Jafs

Yes I'm in Richmond Hill and my provider have a 100 Meg Bell connection down
to 151 Front St.
I'm thinking of going with TeraGo, they use their own backbone  not relying
on Bell.

Stefan

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Cameron  wrote:

> You must be hooked to Bell, I'm having the same issues with a site in
> Concord. Our connection there has been brutal since the 15th. They are
> blaming their core switches and the bandwidth being taken up by the Soccer.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Stefan Jafs wrote:
>
>> We currently have a 10Mbps /10 Mbps Internet connection, we have had some
>> down time in the last few days, and the carrier is blaming it on the G8/G20
>> Summit (I'm in Toronto) and Soccer. Anyhow I'm thinking about having an
>> other redundant Internet connection, what's the best way to accomplish this,
>> preferably automatically.
>>
>> Internet browsing is relatively easy to switch pats in my Router if 1
>> connection goes down but how about Mail and our web site, since these are
>> incoming connections.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> --
>> Stefan Jafs
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Stefan Jafs

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

RE: DR Plan

2010-06-24 Thread Ziots, Edward

+1, 

 

Simon has hit the mark on this..

 

Only thing I can add is the DR plan is not the BCP plan. But BCP drives
DR Planning, and should have been completed well before DR planning is
started. 

 

Again what can the business tolerate in downtime before they are out of
business. For some its hours, others days, and even others minutes. 

 

Z

 

Edward Ziots

CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA

Network Engineer

Lifespan Organization

401-639-3505

ezi...@lifespan.org

 

From: Simon Butler [mailto:si...@sembee.co.uk] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DR Plan

 

DR plans is something I hear about a lot, but I am of the opinion that
IT are the wrong people to drive this. 

DR should be part of the business, and the business needs to tell IT
what they need. 

IT cannot make the decision on what is and is not important. Do you know
how much downtime you can tolerate as a business? 

 

However the starting point I always make is the same. It is a DR plan of
sorts, one that is already in place and that most staff will know at
least the basics of. It is something that many overlook. 

 

Simply, what do you do in the event of a power failure?

 

That will give you a good grounding as to what sort of things have to be
considered. If the business has justified the outlay for a UPS that
requires its own room and a generator the size of a small van in the car
park, then you may have an idea of the kind of business continuity that
may well be required. 

 

You then look at the location. What I would have in a plan for a company
in the centre of London is very different to what I would have in the
Scottish mountains. 

 

Although the fact that many people in IT don't know where to start is a
good thing, because that means their business haven't made the decisions
and it needs to be pushed back to them. For some reason it is thought
that DR is just about IT, but it isn't. IT is just the facilitator.  In
effect, the business is their client and as such their business needs to
make the decisions. Only then can IT turn round and say "we can do that,
but it will cost you X", and it is seen as part of the overall business
continuity, which will need to involve telephones, buildings, access
etc. 

 

Although the best DR plan I have ever seen was summed up in two words -
Go Home. 
They were located in central London, inside the former terrorist road
block area. As such their entire IT environment was configured so that
the business continuity plan didn't have to be activated, it was already
in progress. Staff simply had to relocate. As long as they had the
internet, they could operate - all Citrix based with the servers outside
of London in a secure Data Centre called The Bunker. The company would
only lose printers, but even that was managed, with everything going
through an interim system for printing, so if the printers were not
available the jobs queued indefinitely for printing later. 

 

Simon.

 

 

--
Simon Butler
MVP: Exchange, MCSE
Sembee Ltd.

e: si...@sembee.co.uk
w: http://www.sembee.co.uk/
w: http://www.amset.info/

w: http://blog.sembee.co.uk/

Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile
5.0?
http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ for certificates from just $23.99.
Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/ 

 

Exchange Resources: http://exbpa.com/ 

 

 

 

From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] 
Sent: 24 June 2010 19:01
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DR Plan

 

Let me know what you find. We have a D/R plan, of sorts, but I think
it's woefully inadequate, but like you, I don't really know where to
start.

 

  

 

From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:23 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: DR Plan

 

Hey all,

 

I've been assigned to create a DR plan for our company, but I've never
actually had to come up with one before.  Does anyone have any ideas,
templates, examples, or sites that can help me with this?  Basically it
needs to cover our current infrastructure, if we purchase a SAN in the
future, and if we change our existing backup strategy from a local
backup to an offsite replication backup.

 

Thanks!

 

Jay Dale

I.T. Manager, 3GiG

Mobile: 713.299.2541

Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com

 

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Re: DR Plan

IT can drive the Disaster Recovery plan so long as the business has already
driven the Business Continuity Plan.

DR is but a small subset of BCP.

No point in having all the technology functioning on the other side of the
globe if there is no provision for how people will actually work in said
emergency.

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker


On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Simon Butler  wrote:

> DR plans is something I hear about a lot, but I am of the opinion that IT
> are the wrong people to drive this.
>
> DR should be part of the business, and the business needs to tell IT what
> they need.
>
> IT cannot make the decision on what is and is not important. Do you know
> how much downtime you can tolerate as a business?
>
>
>
> However the starting point I always make is the same. It is a DR plan of
> sorts, one that is already in place and that most staff will know at least
> the basics of. It is something that many overlook.
>
>
>
> Simply, what do you do in the event of a power failure?
>
>
>
> That will give you a good grounding as to what sort of things have to be
> considered. If the business has justified the outlay for a UPS that requires
> its own room and a generator the size of a small van in the car park, then
> you may have an idea of the kind of business continuity that may well be
> required.
>
>
>
> You then look at the location. What I would have in a plan for a company in
> the centre of London is very different to what I would have in the Scottish
> mountains.
>
>
>
> Although the fact that many people in IT don’t know where to start is a
> good thing, because that means their business haven’t made the decisions and
> it needs to be pushed back to them. For some reason it is thought that DR is
> just about IT, but it isn’t. IT is just the facilitator.  In effect, the
> business is their client and as such their business needs to make the
> decisions. Only then can IT turn round and say “we can do that, but it will
> cost you X”, and it is seen as part of the overall business continuity,
> which will need to involve telephones, buildings, access etc.
>
>
>
> Although the best DR plan I have ever seen was summed up in two words – Go
> Home.
> They were located in central London, inside the former terrorist road block
> area. As such their entire IT environment was configured so that the
> business continuity plan didn’t have to be activated, it was already in
> progress. Staff simply had to relocate. As long as they had the internet,
> they could operate – all Citrix based with the servers outside of London in
> a secure Data Centre called The Bunker. The company would only lose
> printers, but even that was managed, with everything going through an
> interim system for printing, so if the printers were not available the jobs
> queued indefinitely for printing later.
>
>
>
> Simon.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Simon Butler
> MVP: Exchange, MCSE
> Sembee Ltd.
>
> e: si...@sembee.co.uk
> w: http://www.sembee.co.uk/
> w: http://www.amset.info/
>
> w: http://blog.sembee.co.uk/
>
> Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0?
> http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ for 
> certificates from just $23.99.
> Need a domain for your certificate? 
> http://DomainsForExchange.net/
>
>
>
> Exchange Resources: http://exbpa.com/
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
> *Sent:* 24 June 2010 19:01
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: DR Plan
>
>
>
> Let me know what you find. We have a D/R plan, of sorts, but I think it’s
> woefully inadequate, but like you, I don’t really know where to start.
>
>
>
> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools]
>
>
>
> *From:* Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:23 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* DR Plan
>
>
>
> Hey all,
>
>
>
> I’ve been assigned to create a DR plan for our company, but I’ve never
> actually had to come up with one before.  Does anyone have any ideas,
> templates, examples, or sites that can help me with this?  Basically it
> needs to cover our current infrastructure, if we purchase a SAN in the
> future, and if we change our existing backup strategy from a local backup to
> an offsite replication backup.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> *Jay Dale*
>
> I.T. Manager, 3GiG
>
> Mobile: 713.299.2541
>
> Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com
>
>
>
>

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

Re: Redundant Mail and Web

One of your best options would involve a BGP-capable router or firewall.

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker


On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Stefan Jafs  wrote:

> We currently have a 10Mbps /10 Mbps Internet connection, we have had some
> down time in the last few days, and the carrier is blaming it on the G8/G20
> Summit (I'm in Toronto) and Soccer. Anyhow I'm thinking about having an
> other redundant Internet connection, what's the best way to accomplish this,
> preferably automatically.
>
> Internet browsing is relatively easy to switch pats in my Router if 1
> connection goes down but how about Mail and our web site, since these are
> incoming connections.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> --
> Stefan Jafs
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

Re: Redundant Mail and Web

2010-06-24 Thread Cameron

You must be hooked to Bell, I'm having the same issues with a site in
Concord. Our connection there has been brutal since the 15th. They are
blaming their core switches and the bandwidth being taken up by the Soccer.

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Stefan Jafs  wrote:

> We currently have a 10Mbps /10 Mbps Internet connection, we have had some
> down time in the last few days, and the carrier is blaming it on the G8/G20
> Summit (I'm in Toronto) and Soccer. Anyhow I'm thinking about having an
> other redundant Internet connection, what's the best way to accomplish this,
> preferably automatically.
>
> Internet browsing is relatively easy to switch pats in my Router if 1
> connection goes down but how about Mail and our web site, since these are
> incoming connections.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> --
> Stefan Jafs
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

RE: Redundant Mail and Web

2010-06-24 Thread N Parr

Lots of options.  Buy a $500 ASA and do auto failover to secondary
connection.  Have MX records on both.  Or a link balancer if you want to
use both at the same time and put it in front of your existing firewall.
We are going to try out the Barracuda in the next couple weeks in
conjunction with our VM View rollout.



From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:31 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Redundant Mail and Web


We currently have a 10Mbps /10 Mbps Internet connection, we have had
some down time in the last few days, and the carrier is blaming it on
the G8/G20 Summit (I'm in Toronto) and Soccer. Anyhow I'm thinking about
having an other redundant Internet connection, what's the best way to
accomplish this, preferably automatically. 
 
Internet browsing is relatively easy to switch pats in my Router if 1
connection goes down but how about Mail and our web site, since these
are incoming connections.
 
Any ideas?

-- 
Stefan Jafs


 

 


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

Redundant Mail and Web

2010-06-24 Thread Stefan Jafs

We currently have a 10Mbps /10 Mbps Internet connection, we have had some
down time in the last few days, and the carrier is blaming it on the G8/G20
Summit (I'm in Toronto) and Soccer. Anyhow I'm thinking about having an
other redundant Internet connection, what's the best way to accomplish this,
preferably automatically.

Internet browsing is relatively easy to switch pats in my Router if 1
connection goes down but how about Mail and our web site, since these are
incoming connections.

Any ideas?

-- 
Stefan Jafs

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

Re: DR Plan

2010-06-24 Thread Steven Peck

and to add to my email I just sent, what Simon said!

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Simon Butler  wrote:

> DR plans is something I hear about a lot, but I am of the opinion that IT
> are the wrong people to drive this.
>
> DR should be part of the business, and the business needs to tell IT what
> they need.
>
> IT cannot make the decision on what is and is not important. Do you know
> how much downtime you can tolerate as a business?
>
>
>
> However the starting point I always make is the same. It is a DR plan of
> sorts, one that is already in place and that most staff will know at least
> the basics of. It is something that many overlook.
>
>
>
> Simply, what do you do in the event of a power failure?
>
>
>
> That will give you a good grounding as to what sort of things have to be
> considered. If the business has justified the outlay for a UPS that requires
> its own room and a generator the size of a small van in the car park, then
> you may have an idea of the kind of business continuity that may well be
> required.
>
>
>
> You then look at the location. What I would have in a plan for a company in
> the centre of London is very different to what I would have in the Scottish
> mountains.
>
>
>
> Although the fact that many people in IT don’t know where to start is a
> good thing, because that means their business haven’t made the decisions and
> it needs to be pushed back to them. For some reason it is thought that DR is
> just about IT, but it isn’t. IT is just the facilitator.  In effect, the
> business is their client and as such their business needs to make the
> decisions. Only then can IT turn round and say “we can do that, but it will
> cost you X”, and it is seen as part of the overall business continuity,
> which will need to involve telephones, buildings, access etc.
>
>
>
> Although the best DR plan I have ever seen was summed up in two words – Go
> Home.
> They were located in central London, inside the former terrorist road block
> area. As such their entire IT environment was configured so that the
> business continuity plan didn’t have to be activated, it was already in
> progress. Staff simply had to relocate. As long as they had the internet,
> they could operate – all Citrix based with the servers outside of London in
> a secure Data Centre called The Bunker. The company would only lose
> printers, but even that was managed, with everything going through an
> interim system for printing, so if the printers were not available the jobs
> queued indefinitely for printing later.
>
>
>
> Simon.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Simon Butler
> MVP: Exchange, MCSE
> Sembee Ltd.
>
> e: si...@sembee.co.uk
> w: http://www.sembee.co.uk/
> w: http://www.amset.info/
>
> w: http://blog.sembee.co.uk/
>
> Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0?
> http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ for 
> certificates from just $23.99.
> Need a domain for your certificate? 
> http://DomainsForExchange.net/
>
>
>
> Exchange Resources: http://exbpa.com/
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
> *Sent:* 24 June 2010 19:01
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: DR Plan
>
>
>
> Let me know what you find. We have a D/R plan, of sorts, but I think it’s
> woefully inadequate, but like you, I don’t really know where to start.
>
>
>
> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools]
>
>
>
> *From:* Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:23 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* DR Plan
>
>
>
> Hey all,
>
>
>
> I’ve been assigned to create a DR plan for our company, but I’ve never
> actually had to come up with one before.  Does anyone have any ideas,
> templates, examples, or sites that can help me with this?  Basically it
> needs to cover our current infrastructure, if we purchase a SAN in the
> future, and if we change our existing backup strategy from a local backup to
> an offsite replication backup.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> *Jay Dale*
>
> I.T. Manager, 3GiG
>
> Mobile: 713.299.2541
>
> Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: DR Plan

2010-06-24 Thread Steven Peck

First question.  What is needed for the business to continue to operate.

Everything else stems from that basic question.  Don't drive yourself nuts
with weird scenarios and what if's yet.  Work with your management to *
define* what your company needs to operate (i.e. make money and continue
<_ahem_ to pay you>).  List all that out.  Everything, even silly sounding
things that you may forget like 'a room with lights and power but can be a
small room because we will have vpn').  Once you have defined that which is
needed to generate revenue, you can do all the other things.

Don't think in terms of recovery starting out, think in terms of what your
company does that allows it to continue to function.  Once you have all that
you can decide what things are important and how important.  Then you can
start assigning values and costs from which everything else will flow.  Once
you have that, you can then start defining 'likely scenarios' (flooding,
tornado, earthquake, robbery, riot, snow) and implement based on budget and
feasibility.

Now you may just be tasked with 'IT Disaster' but frankly doing a DR plan
without the business involvement of what is actually important to continuing
revenue (i.e. HR system because if we don't pay people they will fail to
show up and we will stop generating revenue) your DR plan may look pretty
bound up in a folder but will be a complete fail.

The link others gave you will be useful, but really, there is only one
question.  After that, it's planning and what risk level the business is
willing to accept.

Steven

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:01 AM, John Aldrich  wrote:

>  Let me know what you find. We have a D/R plan, of sorts, but I think it’s
> woefully inadequate, but like you, I don’t really know where to start.
>
>
>
> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools]
>
>
>
> *From:* Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:23 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* DR Plan
>
>
>
> Hey all,
>
>
>
> I’ve been assigned to create a DR plan for our company, but I’ve never
> actually had to come up with one before.  Does anyone have any ideas,
> templates, examples, or sites that can help me with this?  Basically it
> needs to cover our current infrastructure, if we purchase a SAN in the
> future, and if we change our existing backup strategy from a local backup to
> an offsite replication backup.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> *Jay Dale*
>
> I.T. Manager, 3GiG
>
> Mobile: 713.299.2541
>
> Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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RE: 4th Tuesday

Math is a 4-letter word! Actually it was/is one of my favorite subjects as is 
geometry...being a car guy it makes sense.

Somehow I missed the prior references to the second release date (if this was 
admin_misc that's be a 50 reply thread right there...)

Dave

-Original Message-
From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 4th Tuesday

Math:  Not just something you have to learn for school.  Real life
uses as well and.. "knowing is half the battle!"

The second release date has been mentioned on this list several times
which is how I learned of it a while ago.

Steven

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:23 AM, David Lum  wrote:
> LOL Michael!
>
>
>
> Actually this explains the WSUS e-mails that I get that aren't on the 2nd
> Tuesday, I never put 2+2 together. DOH!
>
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> From: tony patton [mailto:tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:52 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: 4th Tuesday
>
>
>
> I only pay attention when our WSUS server email me that new updates are
> available :)
>
> Regards
>
> Tony Patton
> Desktop Operations Cavan
> Ext 8078
> Direct Dial 049 435 2878
> email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com
>
>
>
> From:        David Lum 
> To:        "NT System Admin Issues" 
> Date:        24/06/2010 15:15
> Subject:        4th Tuesday
> 
>
>
> "Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month is
> when Microsoft usually releases non-security updates"
> http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061
>
> Uh no, not until today..please tell me I'm not the only one who didn't know.
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RE: DR Plan

2010-06-24 Thread Simon Butler

DR plans is something I hear about a lot, but I am of the opinion that IT are 
the wrong people to drive this.
DR should be part of the business, and the business needs to tell IT what they 
need.
IT cannot make the decision on what is and is not important. Do you know how 
much downtime you can tolerate as a business?

However the starting point I always make is the same. It is a DR plan of sorts, 
one that is already in place and that most staff will know at least the basics 
of. It is something that many overlook.

Simply, what do you do in the event of a power failure?

That will give you a good grounding as to what sort of things have to be 
considered. If the business has justified the outlay for a UPS that requires 
its own room and a generator the size of a small van in the car park, then you 
may have an idea of the kind of business continuity that may well be required.

You then look at the location. What I would have in a plan for a company in the 
centre of London is very different to what I would have in the Scottish 
mountains.

Although the fact that many people in IT don't know where to start is a good 
thing, because that means their business haven't made the decisions and it 
needs to be pushed back to them. For some reason it is thought that DR is just 
about IT, but it isn't. IT is just the facilitator.  In effect, the business is 
their client and as such their business needs to make the decisions. Only then 
can IT turn round and say "we can do that, but it will cost you X", and it is 
seen as part of the overall business continuity, which will need to involve 
telephones, buildings, access etc.

Although the best DR plan I have ever seen was summed up in two words - Go Home.
They were located in central London, inside the former terrorist road block 
area. As such their entire IT environment was configured so that the business 
continuity plan didn't have to be activated, it was already in progress. Staff 
simply had to relocate. As long as they had the internet, they could operate - 
all Citrix based with the servers outside of London in a secure Data Centre 
called The Bunker. The company would only lose printers, but even that was 
managed, with everything going through an interim system for printing, so if 
the printers were not available the jobs queued indefinitely for printing later.

Simon.


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From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: 24 June 2010 19:01
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DR Plan

Let me know what you find. We have a D/R plan, of sorts, but I think it's 
woefully inadequate, but like you, I don't really know where to start.

[cid:image001.jpg@01CB13DA.997A52C0][cid:image002@01cb13da.997a52c0]

From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:23 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: DR Plan

Hey all,

I've been assigned to create a DR plan for our company, but I've never actually 
had to come up with one before.  Does anyone have any ideas, templates, 
examples, or sites that can help me with this?  Basically it needs to cover our 
current infrastructure, if we purchase a SAN in the future, and if we change 
our existing backup strategy from a local backup to an offsite replication 
backup.

Thanks!

Jay Dale
I.T. Manager, 3GiG
Mobile: 713.299.2541
Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com

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Re: 4th Tuesday

2010-06-24 Thread Steven Peck

Math:  Not just something you have to learn for school.  Real life
uses as well and.. "knowing is half the battle!"

The second release date has been mentioned on this list several times
which is how I learned of it a while ago.

Steven

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:23 AM, David Lum  wrote:
> LOL Michael!
>
>
>
> Actually this explains the WSUS e-mails that I get that aren’t on the 2nd
> Tuesday, I never put 2+2 together. DOH!
>
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> From: tony patton [mailto:tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:52 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: 4th Tuesday
>
>
>
> I only pay attention when our WSUS server email me that new updates are
> available :)
>
> Regards
>
> Tony Patton
> Desktop Operations Cavan
> Ext 8078
> Direct Dial 049 435 2878
> email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com
>
>
>
> From:        David Lum 
> To:        "NT System Admin Issues" 
> Date:        24/06/2010 15:15
> Subject:        4th Tuesday
> 
>
>
> “Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month is
> when Microsoft usually releases non-security updates”
> http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061
>
> Uh no, not until today….please tell me I’m not the only one who didn’t know…
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Re: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-24 Thread Roger Wright

Or for under desk installation:
http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=1762#page=page-1


Die dulci fruere!

Roger Wright
___




On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Matthew W. Ross
 wrote:
> Cyberguys...
>
> http://www.cyberguys.com/product-listings/?categoryid=932
>
>
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: James Kerr
> [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> Sent: Thu, 24 Jun 2010
> 11:06:30 -0700
> Subject: PC Bracket/holder
>
>
>> Heh guys, I'm looking to be able to mount some small form factor PCs to the
>> side of desks, so I guess I'm looking for a kinda J shaped bracket to mount
>> to the desk then place the PC on its side on the bracket. I know I've seen
>> them around at hospitals and such but I having trouble finding one. Anyone
>> use anything like that on this list that could help out?
>>
>> James
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
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Re: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-24 Thread Matthew W. Ross

Cyberguys...

http://www.cyberguys.com/product-listings/?categoryid=932


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: James Kerr
[mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Thu, 24 Jun 2010
11:06:30 -0700
Subject: PC Bracket/holder


> Heh guys, I'm looking to be able to mount some small form factor PCs to the
> side of desks, so I guess I'm looking for a kinda J shaped bracket to mount
> to the desk then place the PC on its side on the bracket. I know I've seen
> them around at hospitals and such but I having trouble finding one. Anyone
> use anything like that on this list that could help out?
> 
> James
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~

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~   ~

Re: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-24 Thread James Kerr

Yeah I did, no luck with them.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Daniel Rodriguez 
  To: NT System Admin Issues 
  Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:30 PM
  Subject: Re: PC Bracket/holder

  Have you checked out BlackBox? They usually have stuff like that.

  On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:06 PM, James Kerr  wrote:

Heh guys, I'm looking to be able to mount some small form factor PCs to the 
side of desks, so I guess I'm looking for a kinda J shaped bracket to mount to 
the desk then place the PC on its side on the bracket. I know I've seen them 
around at hospitals and such but I having trouble finding one. Anyone use 
anything like that on this list that could help out?

James

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Re: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-24 Thread Daniel Rodriguez

Have you checked out BlackBox? They usually have stuff like that.

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:06 PM, James Kerr  wrote:

>  Heh guys, I'm looking to be able to mount some small form factor PCs to
> the side of desks, so I guess I'm looking for a kinda J shaped bracket to
> mount to the desk then place the PC on its side on the bracket. I know I've
> seen them around at hospitals and such but I having trouble finding one.
> Anyone use anything like that on this list that could help out?
>
> James
>
>
>
>
>
>

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RE: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-24 Thread David W. McSpadden

My maintenance guys found that vcr/dvr brackets work wonders on sff cpu's.

 

 

  _  

From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:07 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: PC Bracket/holder

 

Heh guys, I'm looking to be able to mount some small form factor PCs to the
side of desks, so I guess I'm looking for a kinda J shaped bracket to mount
to the desk then place the PC on its side on the bracket. I know I've seen
them around at hospitals and such but I having trouble finding one. Anyone
use anything like that on this list that could help out?

 

James

 

 

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

PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-24 Thread James Kerr

Heh guys, I'm looking to be able to mount some small form factor PCs to the 
side of desks, so I guess I'm looking for a kinda J shaped bracket to mount to 
the desk then place the PC on its side on the bracket. I know I've seen them 
around at hospitals and such but I having trouble finding one. Anyone use 
anything like that on this list that could help out?

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

RE: DR Plan

Let me know what you find. We have a D/R plan, of sorts, but I think it's
woefully inadequate, but like you, I don't really know where to start.

 

John-AldrichTile-Tools

 

From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:23 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: DR Plan

 

Hey all,

 

I've been assigned to create a DR plan for our company, but I've never
actually had to come up with one before.  Does anyone have any ideas,
templates, examples, or sites that can help me with this?  Basically it
needs to cover our current infrastructure, if we purchase a SAN in the
future, and if we change our existing backup strategy from a local backup to
an offsite replication backup.

 

Thanks!

 

Jay Dale

I.T. Manager, 3GiG

Mobile: 713.299.2541

Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com

 

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RE: We're a .ORG, how do we leverage this?

Well since they signed the .org zone you can sign yours. You're going to have 
to work with your hosted DNS service though as I don't really see anything on 
google when searching on EasyDNS DNSSEC.

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

c   - 312.731.3132

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: We're a .ORG, how do we leverage this?

How do we get NWEA.ORG to leverage DNSSEC? I'm guessing our authoritative 
servers for NWEA.ORG need to support DNSSEC (this 2008 R2) andwork with our 
registrar?

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178434/Dot_org_domains_can_now_be_protected_by_DNSSEC?taxonomyId=85

This helps, but doesn't quite get me there. I think Network Solutions is out 
registrar but their website tells me nothing about DNSSEC.
http://www.verisign.com/domain-name-services/domain-information-center/dnssec-resource-center/implementation/index.html

Is our next step to work with our registrar?

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






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~   ~

Re: DR Plan

2010-06-24 Thread Erik Goldoff

Check out the web site from an organization I belong to :
http://www.scpa-us.org
and go to the BCP Links there.
Lots of good information, DRII has good info on their site, etc ...

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Jay Dale  wrote:

>  Hey all,
>
>
>
> I’ve been assigned to create a DR plan for our company, but I’ve never
> actually had to come up with one before.  Does anyone have any ideas,
> templates, examples, or sites that can help me with this?  Basically it
> needs to cover our current infrastructure, if we purchase a SAN in the
> future, and if we change our existing backup strategy from a local backup to
> an offsite replication backup.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> *Jay Dale*
>
> I.T. Manager, 3GiG
>
> Mobile: 713.299.2541
>
> Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Shared spreadsheet freezes

2010-06-24 Thread Kevin Lundy

But the beauty of Sharepoint *may* be that you don't need to use the same
document.

Does your spreadsheet have complex calculations?  Based on your limited
description below, I suspect Sharepoint will work, and might even provide a
better solution.  If you can sanitize a copy of the spreadsheet and send it
to me, I'd be glad to look and give you an opinion.

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Cameron Cooper  wrote:

>  What we would need sharepoint or access to do is the following:
>
>
>
> -  Allow multiple users access to the same form or document
>
> -  Users assign orders to researchers (allows the users to see
> what has been assigned to a certain researcher – so users need to be able to
> see what the other users have entered in and what to assign to who)
>
>
>
> _
>
> *Cameron Cooper*
>
> *Network Administrator **| CompTIA A+ Certified***
>
> Aurico Reports, Inc
>
> Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
>
> ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:51 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Shared spreadsheet freezes
>
>
>
> depending on how complex this spreadsheet is, Sharepoint may be a perfect
> solution.
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Cameron Cooper 
> wrote:
>
> The way we have the spreadsheet setup now is that all six people can open
> and edit it.  Then when one person saves it will update any cells that
> another person may have saved in.
>
>
>
> I agree with you that excel is being stretched to it’s capabilities and we
> need to move to something different that won’t be such an issue.  Looking
> into sharepoint to see what would work within that.  Access would be a last
> ditch effort, since I really don’t want to deal with those headaches quite
> yet.
>
>
>
> _
>
> *Cameron Cooper*
>
> *Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified*
>
> Aurico Reports, Inc
>
> Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
>
> ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:00 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* RE: Shared spreadsheet freezes
> *Sensitivity:* Confidential
>
>
>
> *So I thought for some reason Excel didn’t let you do some sort of row
> level locking e.g. if one guy opens the spreadsheet then the others are in
> read-only?*
>
> * *
>
> *In any case this is either a) an Excel issue or b) a server issue. When
> the file grows in size you’ve got file system level locking on the server
> side and depending if something is hosed up on the file server you might
> just be causing little hangs like this that Excel handles poorly. *
>
> * *
>
> *All that said I’d agree with others that your customer is stretching the
> purpose of Excel a bit and they ought to get some sort of solution a bit
> more designed for this. SharePoint might work or Access (as much as a
> disaster as that can be).*
>
> * *
>
> *Thanks,*
>
> *Brian Desmond*
>
> *br...@briandesmond.com*
>
> * *
>
> *c - 312.731.3132*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *From:* Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:34 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Shared spreadsheet freezes
> *Sensitivity:* Confidential
>
>
>
> We have a research dept. that uses an Excel spreadsheet to enter in which
> orders are assigned to different researchers.  Currently the spreadsheet is
> shared between 6 people (which all have it open and make changes to it
> throughout the day) and is stored on a network drive.  The issue is
> throughout the day the spreadsheet grows in file size, which in turn causes
> it to freeze or crash.
>
>
>
> Without using google apps or office apps online, is there another method
> that we can use (ie Access, sharepoint)?
>
>
>
> _
>
> *Cameron Cooper*
>
> *Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified*
>
> Aurico Reports, Inc
>
> Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
>
> ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

We're a .ORG, how do we leverage this?

How do we get NWEA.ORG to leverage DNSSEC? I'm guessing our authoritative 
servers for NWEA.ORG need to support DNSSEC (this 2008 R2) andwork with our 
registrar?

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178434/Dot_org_domains_can_now_be_protected_by_DNSSEC?taxonomyId=85

This helps, but doesn't quite get me there. I think Network Solutions is out 
registrar but their website tells me nothing about DNSSEC.
http://www.verisign.com/domain-name-services/domain-information-center/dnssec-resource-center/implementation/index.html

Is our next step to work with our registrar?

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


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

RE: Shared spreadsheet freezes

2010-06-24 Thread Cameron Cooper

What we would need sharepoint or access to do is the following:

 

-  Allow multiple users access to the same form or document

-  Users assign orders to researchers (allows the users to see
what has been assigned to a certain researcher - so users need to be
able to see what the other users have entered in and what to assign to
who)

 

_

Cameron Cooper

Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Inc

Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896

ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com

 

From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:51 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Shared spreadsheet freezes

 

depending on how complex this spreadsheet is, Sharepoint may be a
perfect solution.

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Cameron Cooper 
wrote:

The way we have the spreadsheet setup now is that all six people can
open and edit it.  Then when one person saves it will update any cells
that another person may have saved in.

 

I agree with you that excel is being stretched to it's capabilities and
we need to move to something different that won't be such an issue.
Looking into sharepoint to see what would work within that.  Access
would be a last ditch effort, since I really don't want to deal with
those headaches quite yet.

 

_

Cameron Cooper

Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Inc

Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896

ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com  

 

From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:00 AM 


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Shared spreadsheet freezes
Sensitivity: Confidential 

 

So I thought for some reason Excel didn't let you do some sort of row
level locking e.g. if one guy opens the spreadsheet then the others are
in read-only?

 

In any case this is either a) an Excel issue or b) a server issue. When
the file grows in size you've got file system level locking on the
server side and depending if something is hosed up on the file server
you might just be causing little hangs like this that Excel handles
poorly. 

 

All that said I'd agree with others that your customer is stretching the
purpose of Excel a bit and they ought to get some sort of solution a bit
more designed for this. SharePoint might work or Access (as much as a
disaster as that can be).

 

Thanks,

Brian Desmond

br...@briandesmond.com

 

c - 312.731.3132

 

 

From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Shared spreadsheet freezes
Sensitivity: Confidential

 

We have a research dept. that uses an Excel spreadsheet to enter in
which orders are assigned to different researchers.  Currently the
spreadsheet is shared between 6 people (which all have it open and make
changes to it throughout the day) and is stored on a network drive.  The
issue is throughout the day the spreadsheet grows in file size, which in
turn causes it to freeze or crash.

 

Without using google apps or office apps online, is there another method
that we can use (ie Access, sharepoint)?

 

_

Cameron Cooper

Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Inc

Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896

ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

RE: DR Plan

2010-06-24 Thread Charlie Kaiser

Actually, far in advance of any of the stuff you've mentioned, a BCP
(Business Continuity Plan) is necessary. Basics include identifying disaster
scenarios and what triggers they have, determining what parts of the
business are the most important to have back up and running quickly (and I'm
not talking about tech here; it's business units); which ones need to be
back up in 24/48/72/240 hrs, where will the business go if the location is
destroyed, which employees will still need to work, how they will
communicate, etc. There are a lot more.
My experience has been that this is one of the tougher things to nail down;
most businesses larger than 50 employees don't have a clue about this stuff.
Once you get everyone together on it, nail down all those parameters, and
get management signoff on it, then you can start dealing with what
data/applications/infrastructure need attention.
The plans I've done in the past focus on tiered recovery; getting the
critical stuff available first and adding to it as time goes on.
I've also found that most businesses are stunned by the costs involved in
recovering their businesses even with long time frames. Thorough planning
and documentation, starting with the business architecture, is critical to
selling management on even the most basic DR plan. As you gather data, the
matrix required for the different scenarios becomes quite complex indeed...

The reality for many businesses becomes exactly what the Dilbert cartoon
shows...

***
Charlie Kaiser
charl...@golden-eagle.org
Kingman, AZ
***  

> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:10 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: DR Plan
> 
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Jay Dale  wrote:
> > I've been assigned to create a DR plan for our company ...
> 
> http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/dilbert_disaster_recovery_plan.jpg
> 
> > I've never actually had to come up with one before.
> 
>   There's two major parts, the analysis/cost planning part, 
> and the technical/procedural planning part.
> 
>   The basics of analysis are:
> 
> A1. Identify resources
> A2. Obtain figures for what non-availability of each resource 
> costs A3. Identify threats to resources (such as disk 
> failure, building fire, etc.) A4. Identify possible 
> counter-measures for each threat, and costs of same A5. 
> Compare cost of downtime with cost of counter-measures, 
> taking into account the likelihood of each threat.  This 
> tells you what counter-measures are worth it to your situation.
> 
>   Planning the technical/procedural is also conceptually simple:
> 
> B1. Figure out how to do what you decided on in A5 (read the 
> manual, etc.) B2. Write everything from B1 down B3. Test 
> everything in B2 B4. Take what you learned in B3 and apply it 
> to B2; repeat B2 and B2 as needed B5. Once you've got a good 
> plan, practice it periodically B6. Keep an eye on everything 
> and repeat all steps as needed
> 
>   The devil is in the details, as usual.  Entire shelves 
> worth of books have been written on the subject.
> 
> -- Ben
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource 
> hog! ~ ~ 
>   ~
> 

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RE: TrueCrypt

2010-06-24 Thread Kyle Plummer

TrueCrypt works very well for us. I have it installed on all computers,
and on a number of external USB hard drives and flash drives. Even when
VIPRE quarantined critical system files a while back and the PC wouldn't
boot, it wasn't difficult to get around. I pulled the drive, slapped it
into a Black Widow external dock, mounted the drive, and copied the
files back. Took about 15 minutes per machine and was a lot faster than
reimaging.

 

You do lose any centralized management, and you can't remote boot the
computer (well you can, but you can't get past the encryption screen
remotely) - but for $0 vs. $100-$150 per seat, it was an acceptable
tradeoff for us.

 

Kyle B. Plummer

 

From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:18 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: TrueCrypt

 

Bitlocker is good, but comes with a very limited number of Win7
deployments, like ultra and the SA version only.  That wasn't going to
work for us in this environment.

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Brian Desmond 
wrote:

So disclaimer, I've not used TrueCrypt, but if you have Win7 or Vista,
Bitlocker + AD is a good management story. It's also all in the box and
you've got someone to call when it breaks. 

 

Thanks,

Brian Desmond

br...@briandesmond.com

 

c - 312.731.3132

 

 

From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:03 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: TrueCrypt

 

After watching the very interesting thread a week or so ago about
encrypting laptops we decided it was time for us to get that done here.
We looked at several options, but honestly chose TrueCrypt based on the
number of folks in this group who use it and gave if favorable reviews.
We have it installed on 3 laptops so far and have no complaints, but one
of the owners wants the answer to this question:  "If a drive becomes
unusable(physical issue with the drive) will this make it impossible for
us to recover data from that drive?"

 

anyone out there able to speak to this question?

 

thanks for any help.

 

Jeff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Re: DR Plan

2010-06-24 Thread Ben Scott

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Jay Dale  wrote:
> I’ve been assigned to create a DR plan for our company ...

http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/dilbert_disaster_recovery_plan.jpg

> I’ve never actually had to come up with one before.

  There's two major parts, the analysis/cost planning part, and the
technical/procedural planning part.

  The basics of analysis are:

A1. Identify resources
A2. Obtain figures for what non-availability of each resource costs
A3. Identify threats to resources (such as disk failure, building fire, etc.)
A4. Identify possible counter-measures for each threat, and costs of same
A5. Compare cost of downtime with cost of counter-measures, taking
into account the likelihood of each threat.  This tells you what
counter-measures are worth it to your situation.

  Planning the technical/procedural is also conceptually simple:

B1. Figure out how to do what you decided on in A5 (read the manual, etc.)
B2. Write everything from B1 down
B3. Test everything in B2
B4. Take what you learned in B3 and apply it to B2; repeat B2 and B2 as needed
B5. Once you've got a good plan, practice it periodically
B6. Keep an eye on everything and repeat all steps as needed

  The devil is in the details, as usual.  Entire shelves worth of
books have been written on the subject.

-- Ben

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Re: DR Plan

2010-06-24 Thread Bill Songstad

You need to start with a Business Impact Analysis and clear expectation of
recovery point objective and your recovery time objective.  Your recovery
strategy and budget will be dramatically different depending on the results
of those things.

-Bill

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Jay Dale  wrote:

>  Hey all,
>
>
>
> I’ve been assigned to create a DR plan for our company, but I’ve never
> actually had to come up with one before.  Does anyone have any ideas,
> templates, examples, or sites that can help me with this?  Basically it
> needs to cover our current infrastructure, if we purchase a SAN in the
> future, and if we change our existing backup strategy from a local backup to
> an offsite replication backup.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> *Jay Dale*
>
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>
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>
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RE: 4th Tuesday

LOL Michael!

Actually this explains the WSUS e-mails that I get that aren't on the 2nd 
Tuesday, I never put 2+2 together. DOH!

Dave

From: tony patton [mailto:tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:52 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 4th Tuesday

I only pay attention when our WSUS server email me that new updates are 
available :)

Regards

Tony Patton
Desktop Operations Cavan
Ext 8078
Direct Dial 049 435 2878
email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com

From:David Lum 
To:"NT System Admin Issues" 
Date:24/06/2010 15:15
Subject:4th Tuesday

"Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month is when 
Microsoft usually releases non-security updates"
http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061

Uh no, not until todayplease tell me I'm not the only one who didn't know...
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DR Plan

Hey all,

I've been assigned to create a DR plan for our company, but I've never actually 
had to come up with one before.  Does anyone have any ideas, templates, 
examples, or sites that can help me with this?  Basically it needs to cover our 
current infrastructure, if we purchase a SAN in the future, and if we change 
our existing backup strategy from a local backup to an offsite replication 
backup.

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RE: 4th Tuesday

That makes sense. Still, nice to know about the 2nd schedule.

Dave

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:32 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 4th Tuesday

Yeah, they've been doing this for a while, but not with as much fanfare.

And they don't always have a non-security update to release.

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:26 AM, David Mazzaccaro 
mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com>> wrote:
I didn't know this.
Thanks for info!

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:15 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: 4th Tuesday
"Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month is when 
Microsoft usually releases non-security updates"
http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061

Uh no, not until todayplease tell me I'm not the only one who didn't know...
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RE: Need help nailing down Kerberos errors

2010-06-24 Thread Maglinger, Paul

Let me take a crack at it first.  Thanks!

-Original Message-
From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:00 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Need help nailing down Kerberos errors

So if you get a network trace with Netmon or Wireshark which reproduces
the problem and send it to me offline with the offending IPs to filter
on I can look at it. 

I'm looking at your problem description though and I don't see where the
delegation is involved. Delegation is when a user presents a ticket to a
service and then that service accesses another service on the user's
behalf (by requesting a service ticket for the user without their TGT).
The common example is a web server and a SQL server. User X logs in to
the web app with their domain creds and then the web server (IIS)
accesses the SQL server in the context of the user. The delegation here
is from the web app (http/mywebsrv.mycorp.com) to SQL
(mssqlsvc/sqlbox.mycorp.com:1433). 

Having reread your message are you stating that the storage server has
the ability to present a remote NFS share as a local share on the
storage server e.g. as a proxy/gateway? If so yes that sounds like a
delegation problem. Capture the trace on the storage server so you can
obtain all of the traffic needed. 

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

c - 312.731.3132

-Original Message-
From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Need help nailing down Kerberos errors

These are the instructions that keep coming up:

The SPN to which the client is attempting to delegate credentials is not
in its Allowed-to-delegate-to list.

Resolution

1.
Use Network Monitor to determine the SPN to which the client is
attempting to delegate credentials. You will need this information in a
later step.
- HOW???

2.
Click Start, click Run, and then open Active Directory Users and
Computers by typing the following:

dsa.msc

3.
Right-click the user or service account that has problems
authenticating, and then click Properties.

4.
Click the Delegation tab.

5.
The Allowed-to-delegate-to list is the list of servers shown under the
heading, Services to which this account can present delegated
credentials.

6.
Add the SPN the client is attempting to delegate to (information from
the captured data you obtained in Step 1) to the Allowed-to-delegate-to
list for that client. This will tell the KDC that this client is indeed
allowed to authenticate to this service. The KDC will then grant the
client the appropriate ticket.

-Paul

-Original Message-
From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Need help nailing down Kerberos errors

Some background here.  We're running a Windows 2003 Server environment.
We have a Windows 2003 Storage Server that is serving both the Windows
servers through file shares and our HP-UX servers using NFS.  We started
seeing some problems with RPC and disk I/O errors when copying from the
HP-UX machines.  From the Windows machines, Explorer sometimes takes a
long time to display directory contents on the shared directories.
Because of the RPC errors, I was thinking that it was taking awhile to
authenticate and timing out.  While trying to troubleshoot this, I
changed the primary DNS server in the network settings and that seemed
to improve things quite a bit.  This led me to think to look at checking
out communication between the domain controllers.

It was at this time that something led me to turn on logging for
Kerberos.  After doing that, I'm getting event ID 3 errors from source
Kerberos.  The error code is either 0x7 KDC_ERR_S_PRINCIPAL_UNKNOWN or
0xd KDC_ERR_BADOPTION.

Googling has brought back that is caused by SPN that is not registered.
There were several sites that recommended using the Network Monitor to
find the offending SPN and then gave the instructions to authenticate
it.  Unfortunely, I am unclear on what to look for in the Network
Monitor to determine the bad SPN.  And it seems that a lot of the sites
I went to just copied and pasted the same instructions.  

So to sum it up, how do I use Network Monitor to determine the SPN that
needs to be authenticated?

-Paul

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RE: Need help nailing down Kerberos errors

2010-06-24 Thread Maglinger, Paul

Thanks for the links.  That helped a lot.  I'm going to go through my
captures and see what I can find.  If I get stuck I'll post an update.

-Paul

-Original Message-
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Need help nailing down Kerberos errors

Hi,

Go to:
http://www.adopenstatic.com/cs/blogs/ken/archive/2008/05/12/17533.aspx
and grab the packet capture that's there.
You'll need Wireshark or similar to view it.
Go to packet 8. You can see, in the KRB5 TGS request packet the service
that the user is requesting a ticket for:

Server Name (Service and Instance): HTTP/svr03-r2-web-1.domaina.local

If a  ticket is being requested for a non-existant service, then you'll
get the KDC_ERR_S_PRINCIPAL_UNKNOWN errors.

NOTE: this has nothing to do with delegation. No idea why you've got
instructions on how to fix that up. But if you read through my Kerberos
FAQ: http://www.adopenstatic.com/faq you can get an understanding of
Kerberos vs Delegation. I don't think you need the latter.

Cheers
Ken

-Original Message-
From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 23 June 2010 10:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Need help nailing down Kerberos errors

These are the instructions that keep coming up:

The SPN to which the client is attempting to delegate credentials is not
in its Allowed-to-delegate-to list.

Resolution

1.
Use Network Monitor to determine the SPN to which the client is
attempting to delegate credentials. You will need this information in a
later step.
- HOW???

2.
Click Start, click Run, and then open Active Directory Users and
Computers by typing the following:

dsa.msc

3.
Right-click the user or service account that has problems
authenticating, and then click Properties.

4.
Click the Delegation tab.

5.
The Allowed-to-delegate-to list is the list of servers shown under the
heading, Services to which this account can present delegated
credentials.

6.
Add the SPN the client is attempting to delegate to (information from
the captured data you obtained in Step 1) to the Allowed-to-delegate-to
list for that client. This will tell the KDC that this client is indeed
allowed to authenticate to this service. The KDC will then grant the
client the appropriate ticket.

-Paul

-Original Message-
From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Need help nailing down Kerberos errors

Some background here.  We're running a Windows 2003 Server environment.
We have a Windows 2003 Storage Server that is serving both the Windows
servers through file shares and our HP-UX servers using NFS.  We started
seeing some problems with RPC and disk I/O errors when copying from the
HP-UX machines.  From the Windows machines, Explorer sometimes takes a
long time to display directory contents on the shared directories.
Because of the RPC errors, I was thinking that it was taking awhile to
authenticate and timing out.  While trying to troubleshoot this, I
changed the primary DNS server in the network settings and that seemed
to improve things quite a bit.  This led me to think to look at checking
out communication between the domain controllers.

It was at this time that something led me to turn on logging for
Kerberos.  After doing that, I'm getting event ID 3 errors from source
Kerberos.  The error code is either 0x7 KDC_ERR_S_PRINCIPAL_UNKNOWN or
0xd KDC_ERR_BADOPTION.

Googling has brought back that is caused by SPN that is not registered.
There were several sites that recommended using the Network Monitor to
find the offending SPN and then gave the instructions to authenticate
it.  Unfortunely, I am unclear on what to look for in the Network
Monitor to determine the bad SPN.  And it seems that a lot of the sites
I went to just copied and pasted the same instructions.  

So to sum it up, how do I use Network Monitor to determine the SPN that
needs to be authenticated?

-Paul

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  ~

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  ~

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Re: 4th Tuesday

2010-06-24 Thread tony patton

I only pay attention when our WSUS server email me that new updates are 
available :)

Regards

Tony Patton
Desktop Operations Cavan
Ext 8078
Direct Dial 049 435 2878
email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com



From:   David Lum 
To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Date:   24/06/2010 15:15
Subject:4th Tuesday



?Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month is 
when Microsoft usually releases non-security updates?
http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061
 
Uh no, not until today?.please tell me I?m not the only one who didn?t 
know?
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RE: 4th Tuesday

2010-06-24 Thread Michael B. Smith

You are. :-P

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: 4th Tuesday

"Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month is when 
Microsoft usually releases non-security updates"
http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061

Uh no, not until todayplease tell me I'm not the only one who didn't know...
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764






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RE: 4th Tuesday

2010-06-24 Thread Michael B. Smith

Some SBS people are reporting issues. Those are the only ones I've seen so far.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 4th Tuesday

I've installed it on several test systems and my desktops/laptops, and I 
haven't seen any issues.

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Stefan Jafs 
mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com>> wrote:
And how about the .NET v4, did anyone install yet? Anything to worry about will 
it break something?

Stefan
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:14 AM, David Lum 
mailto:david@nwea.org>> wrote:
"Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month is when 
Microsoft usually releases non-security updates"
http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061

Uh no, not until todayplease tell me I'm not the only one who didn't know...
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764







--
Stefan Jafs










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RE: 4th Tuesday

2010-06-24 Thread David Mazzaccaro

Installed, yes.
Problems, none (yet).
 
Gotta love this 37MB update...
 
;)
 



From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:40 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 4th Tuesday


And how about the .NET v4, did anyone install yet? Anything to worry
about will it break something?
 
Stefan


On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:14 AM, David Lum  wrote:


"Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the
month is when Microsoft usually releases non-security updates"

http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061

 

Uh no, not until todayplease tell me I'm not the only one
who didn't know...

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

 

 


 








-- 
Stefan Jafs


 

 


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

Re: 4th Tuesday

I've installed it on several test systems and my desktops/laptops, and I
haven't seen any issues.

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker


On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Stefan Jafs  wrote:

> And how about the .NET v4, did anyone install yet? Anything to worry about
> will it break something?
>
> Stefan
>
>  On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:14 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>
>>  “Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month is
>> when Microsoft usually releases non-security updates”
>>
>> http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061
>>
>>
>>
>> Uh no, not until today….please tell me I’m not the only one who didn’t
>> know…
>>
>> *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>> (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Stefan Jafs
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

Re: 4th Tuesday

2010-06-24 Thread Stefan Jafs

And how about the .NET v4, did anyone install yet? Anything to worry about
will it break something?

Stefan

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:14 AM, David Lum  wrote:

>  “Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month is
> when Microsoft usually releases non-security updates”
>
> http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061
>
>
>
> Uh no, not until today….please tell me I’m not the only one who didn’t
> know…
>
> *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER
> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
> (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764
>
>
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-- 
Stefan Jafs

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Re: 4th Tuesday

Yeah, they've been doing this for a while, but not with as much fanfare.

And they don't always have a non-security update to release.

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker


On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:26 AM, David Mazzaccaro <
david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com> wrote:

>  I didn't know this.
> Thanks for info!
>
>
>  --
> *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:15 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* 4th Tuesday
>
>“Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month
> is when Microsoft usually releases non-security updates”
>
> http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061
>
>
>
> Uh no, not until today….please tell me I’m not the only one who didn’t
> know…
>
> *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER
> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
> (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> .
>
>
>
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>

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RE: 4th Tuesday

Nope, you're not the only one. 

 

John-AldrichTile-Tools

 

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: 4th Tuesday

 

"Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month is
when Microsoft usually releases non-security updates"

http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061

 

Uh no, not until today..please tell me I'm not the only one who didn't know.

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

 

 

 

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RE: 4th Tuesday

2010-06-24 Thread David Mazzaccaro

I didn't know this.
Thanks for info!
 



From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: 4th Tuesday



"Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month is
when Microsoft usually releases non-security updates"

http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061

 

Uh no, not until todayplease tell me I'm not the only one who didn't
know...

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

 

 

 


.
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Re: TrueCrypt

2010-06-24 Thread Jeff Brown

Bitlocker is good, but comes with a very limited number of Win7 deployments,
like ultra and the SA version only.  That wasn't going to work for us in
this environment.

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Brian Desmond wrote:

> *So disclaimer, I’ve not used TrueCrypt, but if you have Win7 or Vista,
> Bitlocker + AD is a good management story. It’s also all in the box and
> you’ve got someone to call when it breaks. *
>
> * *
>
> *Thanks,*
>
> *Brian Desmond*
>
> *br...@briandesmond.com*
>
> * *
>
> *c - 312.731.3132*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *From:* Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:03 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* TrueCrypt
>
>
>
> After watching the very interesting thread a week or so ago about
> encrypting laptops we decided it was time for us to get that done here.  We
> looked at several options, but honestly chose TrueCrypt based on the number
> of folks in this group who use it and gave if favorable reviews.  We have it
> installed on 3 laptops so far and have no complaints, but one of the owners
> wants the answer to this question:  "If a drive becomes unusable(physical
> issue with the drive) will this make it impossible for us to recover data
> from that drive?"
>
>
>
> anyone out there able to speak to this question?
>
>
>
> thanks for any help.
>
>
>
> Jeff
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>
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4th Tuesday

"Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month is when 
Microsoft usually releases non-security updates"
http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061

Uh no, not until todayplease tell me I'm not the only one who didn't know...
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764


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Re: Shared spreadsheet freezes

2010-06-24 Thread tony patton

Think that's bad, this whole company is run on excel spreadsheets.
We deal with corrupt spreadsheets on a weekly basis.

We have a few Access databases with over 40 simultaneous users, and they 
wonder why it runs slow.

Things are very slow to change about here.

Regards

Tony Patton
Desktop Operations Cavan
Ext 8078
Direct Dial 049 435 2878
email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com



From:   Kevin Lundy 
To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Date:   24/06/2010 13:51
Subject:Re: Shared spreadsheet freezes



depending on how complex this spreadsheet is, Sharepoint may be a perfect 
solution.

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Cameron Cooper  
wrote:
The way we have the spreadsheet setup now is that all six people can open 
and edit it.  Then when one person saves it will update any cells that 
another person may have saved in.
 
I agree with you that excel is being stretched to it?s capabilities and we 
need to move to something different that won?t be such an issue.  Looking 
into sharepoint to see what would work within that.  Access would be a 
last ditch effort, since I really don?t want to deal with those headaches 
quite yet.
 
_
Cameron Cooper
Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified
Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com
 
From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:00 AM 

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Shared spreadsheet freezes
Sensitivity: Confidential 
 
So I thought for some reason Excel didn?t let you do some sort of row 
level locking e.g. if one guy opens the spreadsheet then the others are in 
read-only?
 
In any case this is either a) an Excel issue or b) a server issue. When 
the file grows in size you?ve got file system level locking on the server 
side and depending if something is hosed up on the file server you might 
just be causing little hangs like this that Excel handles poorly. 
 
All that said I?d agree with others that your customer is stretching the 
purpose of Excel a bit and they ought to get some sort of solution a bit 
more designed for this. SharePoint might work or Access (as much as a 
disaster as that can be).
 
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com
 
c - 312.731.3132
 
 
From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Shared spreadsheet freezes
Sensitivity: Confidential
 
We have a research dept. that uses an Excel spreadsheet to enter in which 
orders are assigned to different researchers.  Currently the spreadsheet 
is shared between 6 people (which all have it open and make changes to it 
throughout the day) and is stored on a network drive.  The issue is 
throughout the day the spreadsheet grows in file size, which in turn 
causes it to freeze or crash.
 
Without using google apps or office apps online, is there another method 
that we can use (ie Access, sharepoint)?
 
_
Cameron Cooper
Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified
Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
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Re: Avocent setup

IIRC, it won't.  Check the Avocent site for the pinout of the cable it
needs.

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker


On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Jeff Bunting wrote:

> Anyone know if a cisco console cable will work to configure an Avocent
> DSR-2035?  I thought I did this in the past, but nothing seems to be working
> on this particular unit I'm trying.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Avocent setup

2010-06-24 Thread Jeff Bunting

Anyone know if a cisco console cable will work to configure an Avocent
DSR-2035?  I thought I did this in the past, but nothing seems to be working
on this particular unit I'm trying.

Thanks,
Jeff

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RE: Backing up SAN to tape

I’m not sure if LTO5 is on the market yet or not. However, Dell is advertising 
tape libraries with LTO5 drives… *shrug*

 

John-AldrichTile-Tools

 

From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 5:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backing up SAN to tape

 


If you are a small shop, I'd buy a cheap NAS for backing it up. Or even a 
server/PC with swappable big SATA drives that you can take offsite if you need 
to.

As Brian stated, using a tape to a NAS can be pricey and cumbersome. We have 
Netbackup over here and works like a champ.

I'm not sure over there in the US, but LTO5 is not in the market yet.

Miguel

--- El jue, 24/6/10, Brian Desmond  escribió:


De: Brian Desmond 
Asunto: RE: Backing up SAN to tape
Para: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Fecha: jueves, 24 de junio, 2010 03:00

Pick your poison with that stuff – none of them are exactly great to deal with. 
I have a lot more experience with BE so that’d be where I’d lean as a matter of 
convenience, personally.

 

That said just to check here you realize there’s some hardware investment here 
and quite likely licensing on the SAN side depending on what you bought. Also 
depending on the apps you’re looking at potentially doing backups with agents 
from the hosts themselves so you’re not streaming all this stuff over the SAN 
to the network than back out to tape. You’re also going to need to get the tape 
drives on the SAN probably which is a hardware investment likely in excess of 
what you’re proposing. This isn’t cheap if you intend to do it in a remotely 
scalable fashion. 

 

Thanks,

Brian Desmond

br...@briandesmond.com

 

c - 312.731.3132

 

 

From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:04 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Backing up SAN to tape

 

Ok… looking for software suggestions for backing up a SAN to tape. Yes, I know 
it would take forever to restore several terabytes of data, but I’d like to 
have some sort of “oh, crap! My san died” back up. J Speed of restore is not an 
issue, simply being able to restore is the issue.

 

I’m looking at a Dell LTO5 tape library and the two options for backup software 
that *they* offer are CommVault and Symantec Backup Exec. Which of those two 
would you prefer to use, and which *specific* variety of the specified software 
would you recommend for backing up a SAN?

 

We will likely be using the SAN for the back-end storage for email 
(eventually,) but will likely NOT be using MS Exchange (we’re a small shop – 
less than 200 email addresses, and Exchange is too pricey for us!) We will 
likely be using Kerio Mail Server whenever we bring email in-house. Other than 
that, it’s mainly going to be people’s “My Documents” redirected to the shared 
storage on the SAN, install archives for software and such.

 

John-AldrichTile-Tools

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

RE: Backing up SAN to tape

The SAN I am looking at (have not bought any yet) has snapshots, etc
built-in to the price. The SAN I'm seriously looking at right now is Silicon
Mechanics. The only problem I have with it is that it's a single-controller.
That being said, I can link two or three of them so that if one fails, the
other picks up right where the failed SAN left off. At least that's what SM
is telling me. J

 

John-AldrichTile-Tools

 

From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:00 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backing up SAN to tape

 

Pick your poison with that stuff - none of them are exactly great to deal
with. I have a lot more experience with BE so that'd be where I'd lean as a
matter of convenience, personally.

 

That said just to check here you realize there's some hardware investment
here and quite likely licensing on the SAN side depending on what you
bought. Also depending on the apps you're looking at potentially doing
backups with agents from the hosts themselves so you're not streaming all
this stuff over the SAN to the network than back out to tape. You're also
going to need to get the tape drives on the SAN probably which is a hardware
investment likely in excess of what you're proposing. This isn't cheap if
you intend to do it in a remotely scalable fashion. 

 

Thanks,

Brian Desmond

br...@briandesmond.com

 

c - 312.731.3132

 

 

From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:04 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Backing up SAN to tape

 

Ok. looking for software suggestions for backing up a SAN to tape. Yes, I
know it would take forever to restore several terabytes of data, but I'd
like to have some sort of "oh, crap! My san died" back up. J Speed of
restore is not an issue, simply being able to restore is the issue.

 

I'm looking at a Dell LTO5 tape library and the two options for backup
software that *they* offer are CommVault and Symantec Backup Exec. Which of
those two would you prefer to use, and which *specific* variety of the
specified software would you recommend for backing up a SAN?

 

We will likely be using the SAN for the back-end storage for email
(eventually,) but will likely NOT be using MS Exchange (we're a small shop -
less than 200 email addresses, and Exchange is too pricey for us!) We will
likely be using Kerio Mail Server whenever we bring email in-house. Other
than that, it's mainly going to be people's "My Documents" redirected to the
shared storage on the SAN, install archives for software and such.

 

John-AldrichTile-Tools

 

 

 

 

 

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

Re: Shared spreadsheet freezes

2010-06-24 Thread Kevin Lundy

depending on how complex this spreadsheet is, Sharepoint may be a perfect
solution.

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Cameron Cooper  wrote:

>  The way we have the spreadsheet setup now is that all six people can open
> and edit it.  Then when one person saves it will update any cells that
> another person may have saved in.
>
>
>
> I agree with you that excel is being stretched to it’s capabilities and we
> need to move to something different that won’t be such an issue.  Looking
> into sharepoint to see what would work within that.  Access would be a last
> ditch effort, since I really don’t want to deal with those headaches quite
> yet.
>
>
>
> _
>
> *Cameron Cooper*
>
> *Network Administrator **| CompTIA A+ Certified***
>
> Aurico Reports, Inc
>
> Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
>
> ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:00 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Shared spreadsheet freezes
> *Sensitivity:* Confidential
>
>
>
> *So I thought for some reason Excel didn’t let you do some sort of row
> level locking e.g. if one guy opens the spreadsheet then the others are in
> read-only?*
>
> * *
>
> *In any case this is either a) an Excel issue or b) a server issue. When
> the file grows in size you’ve got file system level locking on the server
> side and depending if something is hosed up on the file server you might
> just be causing little hangs like this that Excel handles poorly. *
>
> * *
>
> *All that said I’d agree with others that your customer is stretching the
> purpose of Excel a bit and they ought to get some sort of solution a bit
> more designed for this. SharePoint might work or Access (as much as a
> disaster as that can be).*
>
> * *
>
> *Thanks,*
>
> *Brian Desmond*
>
> *br...@briandesmond.com*
>
> * *
>
> *c - 312.731.3132*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *From:* Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:34 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Shared spreadsheet freezes
> *Sensitivity:* Confidential
>
>
>
> We have a research dept. that uses an Excel spreadsheet to enter in which
> orders are assigned to different researchers.  Currently the spreadsheet is
> shared between 6 people (which all have it open and make changes to it
> throughout the day) and is stored on a network drive.  The issue is
> throughout the day the spreadsheet grows in file size, which in turn causes
> it to freeze or crash.
>
>
>
> Without using google apps or office apps online, is there another method
> that we can use (ie Access, sharepoint)?
>
>
>
> _
>
> *Cameron Cooper*
>
> *Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified*
>
> Aurico Reports, Inc
>
> Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
>
> ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

RE: Shared spreadsheet freezes

2010-06-24 Thread Cameron Cooper

The way we have the spreadsheet setup now is that all six people can
open and edit it.  Then when one person saves it will update any cells
that another person may have saved in.

 

I agree with you that excel is being stretched to it's capabilities and
we need to move to something different that won't be such an issue.
Looking into sharepoint to see what would work within that.  Access
would be a last ditch effort, since I really don't want to deal with
those headaches quite yet.

 

_

Cameron Cooper

Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Inc

Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896

ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com

 

From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:00 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Shared spreadsheet freezes
Sensitivity: Confidential

 

So I thought for some reason Excel didn't let you do some sort of row
level locking e.g. if one guy opens the spreadsheet then the others are
in read-only?

 

In any case this is either a) an Excel issue or b) a server issue. When
the file grows in size you've got file system level locking on the
server side and depending if something is hosed up on the file server
you might just be causing little hangs like this that Excel handles
poorly. 

 

All that said I'd agree with others that your customer is stretching the
purpose of Excel a bit and they ought to get some sort of solution a bit
more designed for this. SharePoint might work or Access (as much as a
disaster as that can be).

 

Thanks,

Brian Desmond

br...@briandesmond.com

 

c - 312.731.3132

 

 

From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Shared spreadsheet freezes
Sensitivity: Confidential

 

We have a research dept. that uses an Excel spreadsheet to enter in
which orders are assigned to different researchers.  Currently the
spreadsheet is shared between 6 people (which all have it open and make
changes to it throughout the day) and is stored on a network drive.  The
issue is throughout the day the spreadsheet grows in file size, which in
turn causes it to freeze or crash.

 

Without using google apps or office apps online, is there another method
that we can use (ie Access, sharepoint)?

 

_

Cameron Cooper

Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Inc

Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896

ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com

 

 

 

 

 

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

RE: Gotoassist vs LogMeIn

2010-06-24 Thread Michael B. Smith

Huh. I didn't know that.

I should investigate that Live Meeting subscription more closely.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:00 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Gotoassist vs LogMeIn

Since everyone else is joining the recommend something other than A or B above 
game, I use the Easy Assist client which is bundled with LiveMeeting from 
Microsoft. Same tool PSS uses if you call them.

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

c - 312.731.3132


From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 1:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Gotoassist vs LogMeIn

Hey, guys... since I'm having to support remote users by phone, I thought I 
might be able to do a better job if I had some sort of way to log into the 
user's computer from remote. Since I'm behind a firewall and some users may be 
behind a router, I figure something like GoToAssist or LogMeIn Rescue might be 
the answer. It looks like GTA is less expensive than LMIR. Any thoughts as to 
which would be the better option for a single tech to support lots of remote 
users?

[John-Aldrich][Tile-Tools]










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~   ~<><>

Re: FTp scheduling with event logging

2010-06-24 Thread Richard Stovall

Powershell?


On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:22 AM, Oliver Marshall <
oliver.marsh...@g2support.com> wrote:

>  Hi chaps
>
>
>
> Can anyone recommend an FTP tool that I can use to schedule uploads on a
> Windows server and that will log to the event log when it succeeds or fails?
>
>
>
> Olly
>
>
>
>
>
>Network Support
> Online Backups
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>
> Tel: 0845 307 3443
>
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>
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>
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>
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>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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If you are a small shop, I'd buy a cheap NAS for backing it up. Or even a server/PC with swappable big SATA drives that you can take offsite if you need to.As Brian stated, using a tape to a NAS can be pricey and cumbersome. We have Netbackup over here and works like a champ.I'm not sure over there in the US, but LTO5 is not in the market yet.Miguel--- El jue, 24/6/10, Brian Desmond escribió:De: Brian Desmond Asunto: RE: Backing up SAN to tapePara: "NT System Admin Issues" Fecha: jueves, 24 de junio, 2010 03:00Pick your poison with that stuff – none of them are exactly great to deal with. I have a lot more experience with BE so that’d be where I’d lean as a matter of convenience, personally. That said just to check here you realize there’s some hardware investment here and quite likely licensing on the SAN side depending on what you bought. Also depending on the apps you’re looking at potentially doing backups with agents from the hosts themselves so you’re not streaming all this stuff over the SAN to the network than back out to tape. You’re also going to need to get the tape drives on the SAN probably which is a hardware investment likely in excess of what you’re proposing. This isn’t
cheap if you intend to do it in a remotely scalable fashion. Thanks,Brian Desmondbr...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:04 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: Backing up SAN to tape Ok… looking for software suggestions for backing up a SAN to tape. Yes, I know it would take forever to restore several terabytes of data, but I’d like to have some sort of “oh, crap! My san died” back up. J Speed of restore is not an issue, simply being able to restore is the issue. I’m looking at a Dell LTO5 tape library and the two options for backup software that *they* offer are
CommVault and Symantec Backup Exec. Which of those two would you prefer to use, and which *specific* variety of the specified software would you recommend for backing up a SAN? We will likely be using the SAN for the back-end storage for email (eventually,) but will likely NOT be using MS Exchange (we’re a small shop – less than 200 email addresses, and Exchange is too pricey for us!) We will likely be using Kerio Mail Server whenever we bring email in-house. Other than that, it’s mainly going to be people’s “My Documents” redirected to the shared storage on the SAN, install archives for software and such.

FTp scheduling with event logging

2010-06-24 Thread Oliver Marshall

Hi chaps

Can anyone recommend an FTP tool that I can use to schedule uploads on a 
Windows server and that will log to the event log when it succeeds or fails?

Olly

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RE: Backing up SAN to tape

Pick your poison with that stuff - none of them are exactly great to deal with. 
I have a lot more experience with BE so that'd be where I'd lean as a matter of 
convenience, personally.

That said just to check here you realize there's some hardware investment here 
and quite likely licensing on the SAN side depending on what you bought. Also 
depending on the apps you're looking at potentially doing backups with agents 
from the hosts themselves so you're not streaming all this stuff over the SAN 
to the network than back out to tape. You're also going to need to get the tape 
drives on the SAN probably which is a hardware investment likely in excess of 
what you're proposing. This isn't cheap if you intend to do it in a remotely 
scalable fashion.

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

c - 312.731.3132


From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:04 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Backing up SAN to tape

Ok... looking for software suggestions for backing up a SAN to tape. Yes, I 
know it would take forever to restore several terabytes of data, but I'd like 
to have some sort of "oh, crap! My san died" back up. :) Speed of restore is 
not an issue, simply being able to restore is the issue.

I'm looking at a Dell LTO5 tape library and the two options for backup software 
that *they* offer are CommVault and Symantec Backup Exec. Which of those two 
would you prefer to use, and which *specific* variety of the specified software 
would you recommend for backing up a SAN?

We will likely be using the SAN for the back-end storage for email 
(eventually,) but will likely NOT be using MS Exchange (we're a small shop - 
less than 200 email addresses, and Exchange is too pricey for us!) We will 
likely be using Kerio Mail Server whenever we bring email in-house. Other than 
that, it's mainly going to be people's "My Documents" redirected to the shared 
storage on the SAN, install archives for software and such.

[John-Aldrich][Tile-Tools]






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RE: Shared spreadsheet freezes

So I thought for some reason Excel didn't let you do some sort of row level 
locking e.g. if one guy opens the spreadsheet then the others are in read-only?

In any case this is either a) an Excel issue or b) a server issue. When the 
file grows in size you've got file system level locking on the server side and 
depending if something is hosed up on the file server you might just be causing 
little hangs like this that Excel handles poorly.

All that said I'd agree with others that your customer is stretching the 
purpose of Excel a bit and they ought to get some sort of solution a bit more 
designed for this. SharePoint might work or Access (as much as a disaster as 
that can be).

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

c - 312.731.3132


From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Shared spreadsheet freezes
Sensitivity: Confidential

We have a research dept. that uses an Excel spreadsheet to enter in which 
orders are assigned to different researchers.  Currently the spreadsheet is 
shared between 6 people (which all have it open and make changes to it 
throughout the day) and is stored on a network drive.  The issue is throughout 
the day the spreadsheet grows in file size, which in turn causes it to freeze 
or crash.

Without using google apps or office apps online, is there another method that 
we can use (ie Access, sharepoint)?

_
Cameron Cooper
Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified
Aurico Reports, Inc
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RE: Windows Compatibility website.

The technical term is SVVP. I forget what it expands to but it’s their third 
party vm validation program.

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

c - 312.731.3132


From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 8:04 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Windows Compatibility website.

http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Amicrosoft.com+virtualization+support
(1st link – has links to what I think you want)

Cheers
Ken

From: Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 21 June 2010 10:46 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Windows Compatibility website.

All:

There is a microsoft website that allows you to determine whether or not any of 
their technologies is supported on several platforms, one being ESX. I can't 
find the site for the life of me this morning and my Google-Fu is failing me. I 
need to confirm whether SQL 2008 is supported under VMware Vsphere 4 U1. I 
remember using the website to determine if Exchange 2010 was supported, which 
it was.


Thanks,











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RE: Gotoassist vs LogMeIn

Since everyone else is joining the recommend something other than A or B above 
game, I use the Easy Assist client which is bundled with LiveMeeting from 
Microsoft. Same tool PSS uses if you call them.

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

c - 312.731.3132


From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 1:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Gotoassist vs LogMeIn

Hey, guys... since I'm having to support remote users by phone, I thought I 
might be able to do a better job if I had some sort of way to log into the 
user's computer from remote. Since I'm behind a firewall and some users may be 
behind a router, I figure something like GoToAssist or LogMeIn Rescue might be 
the answer. It looks like GTA is less expensive than LMIR. Any thoughts as to 
which would be the better option for a single tech to support lots of remote 
users?

[John-Aldrich][Tile-Tools]






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RE: TrueCrypt

So disclaimer, I've not used TrueCrypt, but if you have Win7 or Vista, 
Bitlocker + AD is a good management story. It's also all in the box and you've 
got someone to call when it breaks.

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

c - 312.731.3132


From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: TrueCrypt

After watching the very interesting thread a week or so ago about encrypting 
laptops we decided it was time for us to get that done here.  We looked at 
several options, but honestly chose TrueCrypt based on the number of folks in 
this group who use it and gave if favorable reviews.  We have it installed on 3 
laptops so far and have no complaints, but one of the owners wants the answer 
to this question:  "If a drive becomes unusable(physical issue with the drive) 
will this make it impossible for us to recover data from that drive?"

anyone out there able to speak to this question?

thanks for any help.

Jeff





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RE: Need help nailing down Kerberos errors