file backup and DR

[Miguel Gonzalez]

Hi,

  I´m looking for a free or open source tool to do file backups and system DR 
backups all in one.

  I found Drive XML and seems to do the job but before start installing and 
evaluating other software.

  My intention is to backup 3-4 machines at home and have a backup of our files 
and a DR just in case we need to reinstall.

  It doesn´t seem that there is any free or open source tool that fit the bill. 
Or they are just for file backups or just for DR backups (normally through a 
live CD or PXE).

  If I have to go for a commercial tool, at work we have tested BESR from 
Symantec and have those two things for a cheap price and also allows to recover 
an image of a machine over a different hardware.

 Anyone knows about any free or open source tool?


  Miguel

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RE: Resources for consultants

[Michael B. Smith]

Yes, I probably should've said "inexpensive" instead of cheap. :)

Regards,

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

From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 6:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Resources for consultants

But she's NOT easy!!!  :)
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Michael B. Smith 
mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote:
Gosh, lady, you are CHEAP! :)

Regards,

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

From: Kat Aylward Langan 
[mailto:messagel...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 3:34 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Resources for consultants

I have sent this before but will share again as it is relevant:

I have been asked a number of times recently by people moving from being an FTE 
to new Contracting gigs how I come up with a Contracting Rate.

I decided to write down my process.  This has been fine tuned over 20 year of 
contracting, and works pretty well.

Feel free to use or forward as you see fit.

I figure there are 2080 working hours in a normal year (2088 in a Leap year but 
I just use 2080)

exclude 320 hours a year for "vacations, sick leave, holidays, and other days 
you are not working due to kid stuff and mental health days"
exclude 320 hours a year for "training, education, testing new stuff in the 
home lab, etc"
exclude 320 hours a year for "job hunting, interview time, networking, etc"
exclude 320 hours a year for "just plain I can't find any kind of work time"
Now you have 1000 hours left in the year that you will actually "work".

I normally worked as a W2 worker so that the contracting agency took care of 
paying my taxes, worker's comp, and other stuff that can impact you later (like 
unemployment insurance).   This is a VERY good thing!!

Figure out how much you need to make in a year to pay your bills as your low 
end number.

I usually started with a Gross Income number because I knew what my previous 
income was and I could figure a percentage of what I needed to pay bills. So...
Gross income of 60,000/yr equals $60/hr W2
Takehome income of 60,000/yr equals $85-90/hr W2 because the agency will take 
about 25-30% for taxes etc.
The good thing about doing it this way is that if you work more than 1000 hours 
in a calendar year, you are good to go.  You have figured out what you NEED to 
pay the bills, and anything else I think of as a Bonus.  In the Bay Area, I 
usually could get between 60-65/hour W2 as a PM, and about the same for an 
Exchange Geek.

Always quote a higher rate for a shorter contract and you can go lower on a 
longer contract.  If they offer you a 12 month contract, and you dont have to 
worry about these two time blocks, you can ask for a slightly lower rate:
exclude 320 hours a year for "job hunting, interview time, networking, etc"
exclude 320 hours a year for "just plain I can't find any kind of work time"
In this case, I might ask for 65 and drop to a 59 rate as a "goodwill gesture" 
to the agency.  They can sometimes give you an idea of what the client is 
willing to pay, and I usually know up front if it is a rate I could work with.

If you are going 1099, all this changes...  I then usually tack on 40% onto the 
W2 rate, so if it was a 60/W2, it would be $100 on a 1099 contract.  You are 
then responsible for paying all your taxes and you HAVE to make sure you are 
working with an accountant to make sure you are holding enough $ aside during 
the year.  I didnt like 1099 because with all that $ coming in, I paid off a 
lot of bills and had to come up with the tax money the following April.  I will 
never do that again without an accountant telling me what to make payments on 
during the year.   This is why I now go only W2 for contracts.
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Michael B. Smith 
mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote:
Don't know your rate structure, but when I was starting out I used 
guru.com quite a bit, and a little later, 
crossloop.com.

Regards,

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

-Original Message-
From: kz2...@googlemail.com 
[mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 9:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Resources for consultants

Been getting a few bits of consultancy work recently, and am getting a bit keen 
to develop this a bit more. Are there any online resources or groups where you 
can get more leads or openings for bits of consultancy work? Obviously I am in 
contact with former workplaces and colleagues, using LinkedIn and similar 
resources, just wondering if there are any more useful sites or groups that 
might help me develop this side of things a bit? I know most of you out there 
are US-based but any tips or hints would all be appreciated. Just done an 
AppSense cert

Re: CSVDE is killing me

[Ben Scott]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Brian Desmond  wrote:
>> Turns out tab delimited is an undocumented (not in adfind
>> advanced help /??) “\t” switch.
>
> \t is the control code for a tab. If all you’re doing is passing–csvdelim
> “\t”, then I’d say it’s perfectly documented.

  Well, the documentation for the "-csvdelim" just says "Delimiter to
use for separating attributes in CSV output, default (,)."  I don't
find any discussion of control character syntax; the docs never
mention that backslash has any special meaning.  "\t" is by no means
universal or automatic; programs have to implement it explicitly.  The
user has no way of knowing that.  Other syntax might be used (^T for
example), or none at all.

  However, six lines previous in the documentation, this is given:

-jtsv Combines -csv -csvdelim \t -csvmvdelim |

  So it gets used in an example.  But you'd have to know to go to look
for it, or happen to notice it, or read every single line, to know
that "\t" means something special.  And we still don't know if, say,
"\n" or "\f" might also be interpreted specially.

  So I wouldn't call it "undocumented", but I wouldn't call it
"perfectly documented", either.  :)

(Reference: http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/usage.htm)

-- Ben

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