Looking for packet shaping/viewer appliance/sotware
At one of my clients we have the need to try and determine how the internet is being utilized. The 10mb is constantly swamped and I have a hard time believing it's for work-related reasons. I'm looking at putting in some kind of software/device that analyzes the internet traffic and can tell me how much is being used for basic web surfing, streaming video, webcam usage, p2p programs, internet radio, or whatever else might be happening. I know packeteer has a product that does this, but we are NOT looking to shape the bandwidth at this time, merely view it so we can make a determination of what to do from there. They used to have a viewer product in the past long ago called PacketPup but I'm not sure if they do anymore... Any recommendations on how I can determine what the internet is being used for as it relates to Applications? Thanks JR myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
tape/disk speed
I've been doing backup to disk backups and backup to tape backups for a long time. I've always liked backup to disk because restores can occur so much quicker when restoring a single file or two. However, the other day I was doing some testing and found that my backup to tape backups are a LOT faster than disk. Backing up 25GB of data to tape (LTO3) takes me about 25 minutes at 2,855MB/min. Backing up the same 25GB of data to disk takes about 2 hours at 460MB/min. Is this what most others are seeing, or is my disk backups just performing slow? mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: tape/disk speed
the B2D folders are residing on the BackupExec server itself. The server is a ML310 with RAID5 array made up of 4 sata disks. Original Message: - From: Dallas Burnworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:31:39 -0800 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: tape/disk speed Is your disk VTL or just a RAID array? Dallas -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 7:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: tape/disk speed I've been doing backup to disk backups and backup to tape backups for a long time. I've always liked backup to disk because restores can occur so much quicker when restoring a single file or two. However, the other day I was doing some testing and found that my backup to tape backups are a LOT faster than disk. Backing up 25GB of data to tape (LTO3) takes me about 25 minutes at 2,855MB/min. Backing up the same 25GB of data to disk takes about 2 hours at 460MB/min. Is this what most others are seeing, or is my disk backups just performing slow? mail2web.com - Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft(r) Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IT Departmental Meetings
Unfortunately I see many companies which have dysfunctional inter and intradepartmental communication. For some meetings = donuts. Mike Original Message: - From: Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:51:14 -0800 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: IT Departmental Meetings +1 From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Departmental Meetings I gotta tell you guys - I go into lots of companies where one of their major issues is a lack of interdepartmental communications (and in some case, intradepartmental communications). I often encourage them to have healthy meetings. Once the meetings go away - people claim to know NOTHING about whatever else is going on, leading to information silos. That's a bad thing. Just IMHO. YMMV. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Departmental Meetings Interesting. im taking some notes. thanks.. _ From: Andy Crellin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Departmental Meetings We have just changed the way we do things because of exactly this same problem. We normally have full team meetings every 2 or 3 months (20 odd people) and do something interesting like an away day somewhere or get a departmental director/head/etc to come in a talk about what the business is doing in different areas. We then have 2 or 3 groups working for an hour or two on ideas to help that particular department make better use of IT. If the ideas we come up with are worth running with then they'll be turned into projects and done. It's mainly a social gathering though as large meetings like that are pretty much ineffective. I also meet with my opposite numbers (3 other areas of IT) and boss (Head of MIS) every month/6 weeks and we discuss general strategic stuff, major issues, problems etc etc. These meetings are generally very useful as information filters down from our boss to us and from us to our staff (and, of course, upwards as well). The 4 of us then meet with our teams once a week where possible to manage the tactical side of things. HTH. Andy Crellin Technical Services Manager Leonard Cheshire Disability Telephone: 01904 479200 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 November 2008 13:30 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IT Departmental Meetings Hi Everyone, Right now we have the most boring meetings for our IT Dept. We have weekly meetings with 15 members of our staff in them from the CIO to lower level techs and everyone in between. We fill out an agenda with what we are working on etc. The meeting lasts forever and the DBAs don't want to hear what the Network guys are doing and the techs don't want to hear what the systems guys are doing etc. etc. just awful meetings and nothing gets accomplished. We were told since we don't like the meetings and they are highly ineffective to come up with a better way to hold them. I was thinking about every 2 weeks have the CIO meet with the management in each division together so we still know what is going on with the team. Every week is way too often and doesn't give enough time to report on completed projects etc. I was wondering how dept. meetings are held at your places of employment for the IT dept. Thanks..BC Internet communications are not secure and therefore Leonard Cheshire Disability does not accept any liability for the content of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Leonard Cheshire Disability. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact the sender and delete it immediately. Leonard Cheshire Disability is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no: 552847, and a registered charity no: 218186 (England Wales) and no: SC005117 (Scotland) VAT no: 899 3223 75. Registered office: 66 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RL. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: ESX backup solutions?
Also using esXpress for a year or so now at several different clients of mine. Very happy with the results. We also do data backups via BackupExec as well. The hot-backups of the VMs with esXpress are done for extra piece of mind but we don't rely on them. Still, so far, they have proven to be a good tool. Using the Professional version at 3 different places now. The free one is okay, but limited by speed, no auto-delete of old backups, etc. JR Original Message: - From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 09:30:20 -0500 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: ESX backup solutions? 2nd Vote for EsXpress. We've been using it for the past year and I have to say it rocks, As noted you can download a free copy of their basic product and a 30 eval. The basic free copy only allows you to do Full's which is not bad if you have the space / speed. Their Enterprise version comes with everything and it's $1999 List , which is not bad at all The setup we have is Site one back's up all the VM's on Three hosts to Site two by FTP every night, we do Delta's nightly and Full's on the weekends, The Host's on Site Two scans the FTP backup Dir and restores the VMDK's from the night before every morning, so to us it's pretty much BCP on Site two. While the program doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles it's does one thing and does it well. Their next version comes with Dedup, block level stuff and central management coming in Dec. For the price it's very hard to beat From: Jeff Frantz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ESX backup solutions? Damien, I've used esXpress for about 1.5 years and I highly recommend it. All in all, it's a fast, inexpensive, and easy to use product. I back up to an 8TB NAS box via FTP then copy full backups to external USB drives weekly for off-site storage. You can backup to a VMFS volume, or use FTP, NFS, or SMB. esXpress has always worked flawlessly, it's easy to configure, and you don't need the program to restore a backup. The delta backups are executable with code to restore themselves. I purchased their file level backup (FLB) option about 7 months ago which allows you to zip up files and/or directories within a Windows VM client. I use it for keeping archives of files such. The FLB isn't sophisticated but it works well. They also have great support forums. Usually questions are answered by the esXpress staff within minutes of being posted. You may want to read through some of the forum questions. It's a good resource and it may give you a better idea of what others are doing with the product. I highly suggest you try it out. You can download a free copy of esXpress from their website. It will take you about 10 minutes to set up and it won't pollute your ESX host should you decide not to use it. -Jeff From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 5:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ESX backup solutions? We are looking at some packages for backups and the like of ESX guests. Most things I've seen say that VCB comes up a bit short, and the two products I've seen much about are vRanger, and esXpress. Any experiences, anecdotes, etc on either of these? Other options worth looking into? Damien Solodow, MCSE Senior System Administrator Infrastructure Services Group Information Services Indiana Business College [EMAIL PROTECTED] Direct - (317) 217-6881 We are the Foundation of how Business Gets Done! _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
CA 2003 Enteprise
This has me baffled. I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise server running as a CA. I need to find a way to setup computer based certificates on non-XP machine (Mac OS 10.5). I cannot seem to figure out how to create machine certificates properly or even request them. I've been able to get XP machines (that are part of the domain) a computer certificate through group policy and auto enrollment. However, I'm not sure how to manually request a computer based certificate. Going through the web interface (http://ip-addr/certsrv) does not allow you to request a computer based cert. Does anyone know how to (or has anyone successfully done this) setup a computer based certificate on a computer on a non-XP box to a Win 2k3 Enterprise CA? Reading the MS whitepages on CA makes my head spin. JR mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: $700B?
I think they need to make accommodations for those on Wall Street that are responsible for this... at Leavenworth Prison! -Mike Original Message: - From: Vue, Za [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:33:01 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: $700B? This sounds more like a ransom from the master of evil for wanting to take over Earth or a Lewis Farrakhan lawsuit. -Z.V. This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: $700B?
I am not for bail out. I am for Bail in or no Bail. Show them to nearest prison. Original Message: - From: David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:23:49 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: $700B? (First off, I appreciate Stu and Sunbelt not forcing this topic off-list, I for one, appreciate this thread). +1 times 10! We have met the enemy, and he is us. Years ago I used to have the mentality If I can afford the payment, then I can afford it. Luckily 15 years ago I decided that wasn't such a good plan. Here's a test that I came across rather accidentally - ask someone how much of a raise it would take for them to be able to buy cash for a car, or have to finance it for only six months. The answer should hopefully be none, because $1500 - $2000 (no missing zeroes there) will buy you a reliable car...some people have a hard time giving up their keep up w/ Joneses mentality to buy things they can actually afford :-). I make $100K/yr, I DESERVE better than my parents and their paid-for 1995-whatever Many people when asked that Q will think you mean new car - which tells me they aren't thinking outside Jonses box IMO. I have a friend who bought a modest house about 15 years ago, he called it his Taco Bell house, because if he lost his job, he could make the payments if he was stuck working at Taco Bell...if most people thought that way, we wouldn't have this mess, regardless of banks actions. I'd rather spend $700B on our education system, it would pay better long-term dividends than bailing out flawed financial thinking...teach these kids how to handle money, and they will make fewer of these mistakes I'd bet. Too late for that option... Dave -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 9:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: $700B? I would argue that the rascals include not only greedy lenders, but also greedy borrowers. These folks just couldn't stand to live in a modest home, so they bought more than they could afford in an effort to keep up with the Joneses. Shame on me, but I feel a little good that it has come back to bite them in the butt. My wife and I bought a modest home. When we were in the market, we calculated our payment ability based on just one of our incomes--not both. This was so we could afford to make the payments if one of us ended up out of work. We also stayed far away from ARMs and interest-only loans. All the while, I watched people in our age and income brackets building nice, big new houses. And yes, I'll admit to a bit of envy. Now, though, I'm mostly just relaxing. The economy sucks, but I can still make my mortgage payment every month. And if my wife or I lose our job, I'll *still* be able to make the payment every month. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: $700B? Track down as many loan officers as possible and play grab ass-et with them! (Hundred million $ bonuses/salaries for screwing up???) Then disappear 'em to Gitmo... rantHere's the thing. Let's suppose I'm super wealthy. (If I were, I'd not be a sysadmin!) I pay cash for a new house and car. I still have a substantial sum in mutual funds, money market accounts, and CDs... Now, some hucksters come up with creative financing and convince $30k/yr folks they can take out a $350k loan. It will be at, say, 1% interest, and their payment (wild guess here) is $350/month. They're told it's an ARM, and the rate will go up a point. Not to worry - houses are going up in value; they can re-finance against the increased value. Well, the buyer thinks, a 1% increase in my $350 payment is only $3.50. WRONG! The 1% increase means that 1% interest now becomes 2% - his payment doubles! Meanwhile, other hucksters keep paving over the world's greatest farmland for more McMansions. Other hucksters buy up all these sub-prime 1% loans, package them, and put them on the world market. They're sold to dang near every major financial institution in the world because what actually happened was never considered... SO, with all those McMansions, the population ran out of people who would buy them, so they sit empty. Someone does want to buy a house, and these new empty structures have had their prices slashed - supply far excedes demand. Meanwhile, this drags down the value of any and all houses. Those sub-primers find that, at the time their $350 payment becomes $700, their $350,000 McMansion is now worth only, say, $175,000 (but they owe $350,000). They walk away (literally), so the house is now vacant. Folks default on mortgages, so there is no more money to be lent (for not only mortgages but for business loans as well.) Meanwhile, the house for which I paid cash has also gone way down in value. If my neigbors are all moving out, leaving their houses vacant
ntfs perms
I was asked to create a folder on the server where students are: ALLOWED TO: Create files and edit their own files NOT ALLOWED TO: Open/edit files that were NOT created by them. This was achieved by basically giving them list permission to the folder and the create files/folders perimission. Then giving creator/owner permission to write data and append data. This works great... Students can create files in the folder, and edit their own files, but can't see the data in other files of other students. BUT. Now i'm also being asked to set up that same folder so that students can't see the contents of the folder, except their OWN files. I cannot figure out how to do this -- I don't think it can be done. If I remove List access to the folder, they can't even get into the folder. Any ideas? or is this just not possible... Rather not have to create subfolders for each student and manually assign permissions to each folder -- too many students to do this for... mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: ntfs perms
This worked great. Thanks for the tip! Original Message: - From: Kennedy, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:13:45 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: ntfs perms Access-based Enumeration should fix you up. Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=04A563D9-78D9-4342- A485-B030AC442084displaylang=en Docs: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/abe.mspx -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ntfs perms I was asked to create a folder on the server where students are: ALLOWED TO: Create files and edit their own files NOT ALLOWED TO: Open/edit files that were NOT created by them. This was achieved by basically giving them list permission to the folder and the create files/folders perimission. Then giving creator/owner permission to write data and append data. This works great... Students can create files in the folder, and edit their own files, but can't see the data in other files of other students. BUT. Now i'm also being asked to set up that same folder so that students can't see the contents of the folder, except their OWN files. I cannot figure out how to do this -- I don't think it can be done. If I remove List access to the folder, they can't even get into the folder. Any ideas? or is this just not possible... Rather not have to create subfolders for each student and manually assign permissions to each folder -- too many students to do this for... mail2web.com - What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Printer Login Script Help
Are you running R2? It has the ability to push out printers via GPOs. Original Message: - From: Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:05:11 -0600 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Printer Login Script Help I need some help guys, While I am deploying everything, I am thinking that the *last* thing I had planned to fix was the way the previous guy setup printers. I have one print server with a handful of queues I need to add to every profile. I need to do this via group membership. Anyone have anything canned they can spare me? Its gonna be a late one :P Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: AD maintenance?
I've used Hyena many times in the past to purge old computer accounts. You can run querys on it very easily that will tell you the last time the machine pswd was changed. JR Original Message: - From: David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:44:08 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: AD maintenance? How do you guys with larger org's handle keeping AD tidy and not having a bunch on non-existent system, user and group accounts? I work for a mid-size org and am almost certainly the only Systems Engineer here who is willing to take the time to try and maintain AD. If I do an AD query of systems with description has a value I come up with 191 objects. A search of computers with description has a no value comes up with 811, and since NWEA has ~250 employees and 140-ish servers I'm pretty sure there is a ton of clutter in there. Ferreting out the invalid desktops/laptops is the bigger issue of the two. Suggestions? David Lum SYSTEMS ENGINEER // NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION [EMAIL PROTECTED] // 971.222.1025 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Citrix issue
This article may help you locate where Pass-thru Authentiation is failing. http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX368624 Original Message: - From: James Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:18:04 +0100 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Citrix issue Yes, but a) it doesn't work, and b) when I reboot the server, it defaults back to Prompt again 2008/8/29 Mike Semon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you enabled pass thru authentication on the Citrix Web Interface and under properties of PNAgent? Mike -- *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, August 29, 2008 5:17 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Citrix issue ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: AV on *all* servers...or no?
IMHO, it isn't needed on all servers, or even the majority of them, *IF* your clients are up to date with AV software. I sometimes don't want the extra overhead on my servers of having AV installed, management of the software, patching of software, the all-too-often conflict of AV with other software, etc. But, OTOH, I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing to have AV installed on all servers in certain circumstances when done right. Just not NEEDED (IMHO). JR Original Message: - From: David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:53:12 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: AV on *all* servers...or no? [Cross posted here and on the Vipre Enterprise list] There is some debate among my fellow IS staff here weather AV should be on all 200+ of our servers. From my standpoint my question would be Why not? - put it on all servers and exclude what's necessary We are SQL heavy and I'm sure performance is the primary concern , but is there any compelling reason to completely leave it off of some servers? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer 971-222-1025 Northwest Evaluation Association - www.nwea.org ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: ESX and NetApp best practice question
i think what you are getting at is the swapfile policy for virtual machines. The default is in the same directory as the virtual machines. The second option is to store the swapfile in a datstore specified by host. A big black warning tells you that a host specified datastore may degrade vmotion performance for the affected virtual machines. -Mike Original Message: - From: Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:29:36 -0600 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: ESX and NetApp best practice question Netapp didn't mean OS swap :) They aren't aware of what OS is inside of your vm's or if it has a swap. BTW, if the swap disappears under windows it will BSOD for sure. They were referring to the host swap, heh... jlc From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 12:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ESX and NetApp best practice question List, Friend of mine is implementing ESX 3.5 on a filer and he is asking me if he should follow NetApp's advice on separating out the swap files on a different LUN to better manage snapshots. Now, I'm not a NetApp dude but I don't by this for the following reasons: 1. Another layer of complexity 2. Properly sized VMs (RAM) shouldn't be tapping the page file that much 3. Something happens to that swap LUN and performance tanks and/or OS blue screens 4. Recovery issues. (This maybe a stretch) I say keep the swap\temp directory on the same volume unless some non-standard requirements come into play Any of you NetApp\ESX admins have any feedback? Shook ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup Exec 12 VMs
What this boils down to is a image vs file level backup. Products such as Vizioncore ESX vRanger do Image level and file level backups. Installing agent inside each VM does not guarantee recovery. This is not the preferred method because if you try to back up a bunch of VM's with agents installed you could have problems with CPU and memory on ESX host. The preferred method is setting up a backup proxy with VCB and the backup software of your choice that works with ESX. This allows for snapshots and fixes the open file problem. Also, this a LAN free backup wheras with an agent installed in each VM your are backing up over the network. Installing agent in host not recommeded either unless you have small number of VM's. Can adversely affect ESX host performance. Also have to maintain scripts with that method. Mike Original Message: - From: Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:29:45 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 VMs I understand and good advice. I'm just thinking about using this on basic application servers without active databases, and even then, only as an secondary alternative to using the agent on each VM. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 VMs That's a pretty 'harsh' way to copy a server. If there are databases or anything running on the guest, I would expect some corruption on a restore. It's the equivalent of unplugging a live server, and powering it back on again. I wouldn't do backup the virtual machines that way unless they are suspended. From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 VMs Yep, version 12 agents include the ability to capture open files. So then I should be good to go, right? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Exec 12 VMs Do you have the open file option for your BE? If so, then I see no reason why that would not work. On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just did a test. Last night I backed up the Virtual Machines folder on the host box as part of my normal backup routine. The single VM was running at the time. This morning I deleted that entire folder and restored it from the backup. I was able to restart the VM without a problem. So it appears that recovery of VMs will be relatively easy as long as I don't require recovery of individual files within the VM. Am I missing something here? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Exec 12 VMs To back up the VMDK files, you will need a different tool. I think BE has an option now for that, but we use RangerPro, which, as you said, basically encapsulates the VM and can spot restore the entire VM to any host. It is made by Vizioncore. They also make a vReplicator product to do live replication of VMs. On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So the agent on the host will not backup the .vm* files? It would seem that backing up these would allow for easier DR. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 VMs if only 1 Guest, and if you have spare BE agent license, I would just throw the agent on the guest and back it up directly. Don't really ever need to backup the host. (Assuming all the host does is VMware Server). BE agents on the host can't backup guests out of the box. But they can, if you get creative and start sceduling/scripting snapshots/suspends. Worth investigating once you start getting more Guests running on one hosts. From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup Exec 12 VMs Okay, I've just deployed my first VM using VMware Server - a non-essential server so I could get a feel for the process - and it's running well. Now... what do I need to do to back up this and any future machines with Backup Exec? Does the host BE agent cover the guests or do I need to place an agent on each? Or is that only necessary if I wish to restore files/folders within the VM? Roger Wright Network Administrator
RE: iSCSI SAN for esx and general use
Th HP MSA 1510 is a relatively inexpensive iSCSI SAN. I think you can add either 2 or 4 shelves to it. Configuration is not that difficult. Mike Original Message: - From: Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:53:51 -0600 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: iSCSI SAN for esx and general use I need some more IO and don't have time to roll my own solution as I cant afford the testing interval. Looking at some cheap Netapp S550's right now. Anyone got any experiences/reco's they can share? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: After-hours work
I think it all depends. I am well compensated and don't mind doing on call rotation. Fortunately we don't get to many calls in the evenings and weekends. When I worked for a consulting company after 5 and weekends was time and half. Mike Original Message: - From: David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:04:55 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: After-hours work For my full-time day gig, we (err, they) get compensated ~$200 for the week they carry the pager. It's not quite #2 because you do get more pay if your on-call time includes a holiday, for example. It is a very fair system IMO. As a consultant I include monitoring as part of my support, but there's no additional fee unless I need to go onsite at which time I charge 150% of my normal onsite rate - in my contracts it's Emergency onsite support. None of my clients require 24x7 so I am never woke up by the monitoring systems. Alerting consists of text messages going to my phone which does not beep when a message comes in. At my last day job it was #1. Dave From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: After-hours work Hey all, Taking a little informal poll about compensation for after hours / weekend works. This is mostly geared at consultants, so if you're an onsite IT guy, please indicate. If you work after-hours on-call, or are expected to carry the beeper, how are you compensated? 1. None, just man up and be an IT cowboy and glad you have a job. 2. Flat fee for being on-call. 3. Overtime or time-and-a-half bonus for hours actually worked. 4. Straight hourly at my normal rate 5. Flex time - no extra compentation, but I come in late the next day / take a day off later in the week. Thanks all. Yes, I'm on the beeper this weekend (OK, there's no actual beeper) so it's on my mind. :) -- Durf -- -- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.
We are synchronizing our guests with ESX hosts. ESX hosts are synchornizing with NTP server. Exception are domain controllers. Mike Original Message: - From: Greg Mulholland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:27:56 -0300 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again. Only if yours guests are synchronising time with your esx hosts. not sure why you would want to do that? From: Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 15 August 2008 12:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again. If you are running a DC virtualized, setting the clock back could have an impact. ...Tim -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again. Dang... vmware makes one little small mistake and the world unleashes an arse kicking on them. MS makes many big mistakes all the time and we don't even flinch? Maybe vmware should drop the ball daily and we would be happier? Man, that's life! Software has bugs, all I know is my history w/ esx has always been extremely positive, and even this bug was trivial! Set clock back, turn on vm's, set clock forward, **NO** harm done. Wow... -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again. Hopefully they unbugged it with the new update accordingly, so you don't reapply faulty SP... Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: N Parr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again. http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Any ESX guru's out there
Does VMotion and DRS work? What's your switch configuration like? Mike Original Message: - From: Ziots, Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:20:29 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Any ESX guru's out there Latest VC 2.5x and 3.5i, Getting HA Agent on (ESX HOST NAME) in Cluster (NAMEOFCLUSTER) in SITE(NAME OF SITE) has an error. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 10:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Any ESX guru's out there What's the error? Version of ESX and VC? From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Any ESX guru's out there Hey Gang, I am trying to figure out why one of my ESX hosts has a HA Agent error on it, and I have tried to Reconfigure for HA still no luck. I have restarted Service Mgmt and vpxa services no no dice. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
MX record confirmation
We're going to be switching from a hosted email service to hosting email internally with Exchange on SBS. Our MX record obviously points to the hosted service IP right now. When Exchange is setup and running, I want email to come there instead. However, I still want to leave the old MX record in there just incase theres problems with the new server, but at a lesser MX priority. So, do I basically just have the ISP change the DNS host table and create a new MX record for Exchange server with a HIGHER priority number than the current MX record? example... If my current dns table shows: IN MX 10 mail.outsourced-email.com. I should have the ISP change it to: IN MX 20 mail.myinternalmail.com. IN MX 10 mail.outsourced-email.com. Is that correct? Thanks. mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: VMWare and Exchange
Exchange 2007 is more friendly for virtualization since in runs primarily in memory where Exchange 2003 did more writing to disk. I/O issues have been reported by some where others it has not been a problem. Part of that mostly likely is due to your network and SAN setup. Are you going to be clustering Exchange in your VMware environment? Mike Original Message: - From: Fogarty Richard MR - CONTR - Team EITC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:15:51 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: VMWare and Exchange Has anyone virtualized their whole Exchange environment? Any issues? Has anyone had issue particularly with a backend box being virtualized? What about if it is clustered with MS Clustering services. Rick Fogarty Team EITC, Senior Systems Engineer Planning Systems Engineering Coordinator US Army Special Operations Command (910) 396-0501 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Copying VHD Files
ESXi is just the embedded version of ESX. A lot of this is hype. Still need to purchase Enterprise to get VMotion, DRS, HA an all of the goodies. Basically it is just a scaled down version of ESX with a 32 MG footprint. Suppose to be more secure and does away with the service console. Mike Original Message: - From: Ken Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:37:22 +1000 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Copying VHD Files Well, VMWare has just announced that ESXi will be free, so that cuts some of the price differential. SCVMM 2008 -vs- Vi is another debate. Certainly for larger shops, there is no competition for VMotion, DRS, StorageMotion etc. Cheers Ken From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 24 July 2008 8:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copying VHD Files Yes but the cost is so much better as is the administration of the base hardware. By the end of the year I am suppose to be down to 3 physical boxes from 5 and no new boxes scheduled for purchase before I retire. One of the physicals will be an external Web server. Jon On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:45 AM, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's what I ended up doing, and it seems to have worked fine. Hyper-V assigned a new MAC address to the new server, and sysprep took care of the SID. I'm absolutely loving Hyper-V. I don't have any experience with VMWare, so I can't compare them, but as a server virtualization noob I have to say this is just the coolest. Of course, if my physical server that's hosting multiple virtual servers konks out, I'll probably end up cussing the technology and longing for the days when one server being down only meant that one server was down rather than many... From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Copying VHD Files You don't need to do any of that (the export/import stuff) Just create your base machine, and shut it down (e.g. after sysprep) Then copy/rename the VHD file. Create a new machine in Hyper-V, and say to use an existing hard disk. Point it to the VHD you copied. Run NewSID if you didn't sysprep your base image. Cheers Ken From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 24 July 2008 1:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copying VHD Files Simple answer yes but you do have some loops to go through to use the machine as separate machines. You will have to export them base machine and then re-import the machine. Done right is not too bad. Jon ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: terminal server
That depends if you downloaded per user or per device cals from the Microsoft clearing house. What does it say in your agreement from Microsoft? Just changing it on the server will not fix this if you downloaded and installed per device cals from Microsoft and your Terminal Server License Server. Original Message: - From: Paul Everett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:53:36 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: terminal server Isn't the reason I've been issued temporary CALs because my TS is per device and I don't have any 2003 per device CALs? I've already got 25 per user CALs, plus like you said, they are not tracked in the Licensing Server. Seems like if I convert this last Server to per user like the rest of them, the issue with my temporary CALs expiring will go away. Is that right? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: terminal server You have to match what you dowonloaded from Microsoft. If you downloaded per device Cals then you need to set per device cal on your Terminal Server. Same goes for per user. If you want to change from per device to per user cals you need to have the TS Cals reallocated from Microsoft clearing house and reinstalled on license server. Original Message: - From: Paul Everett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:35:15 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: terminal server I don't think I wanted the fourth TS to be Per Device. Do I just change that one from Per Device to Per User and I'm good? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: terminal server A license server can support both per user and per device, however, I would choose one or the other to save your sanity and keep things consistant. Also a license server can support both Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 TS cals. You can change your license one time to per user or device. The TS license server on the DC is the preferred method. Why would you want to change to per device instead of using per user? Original Message: - From: Paul Everett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:25:16 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: terminal server Here is what's confusing to me (amongst other things); 1. I have 4 Terminal Servers, 2 are load balancing and the other two are supporting different applications each. 2. 3 are configured Per User and the fourth (the one in question) is Per Device. 3. My Licensing Server shows TypeTotal AvaiIssued Existing Windows 2000 License built-inunlim unlim 19 Temp Lic. Serv 2003 Per Device CAL Temp- - 15 2000 Server CAL Per Device Open3 3 0 2000 Server CAL Per Device Open3 3 0 2000 Server CAL Per Device Open3 3 0 2000 TS Client Access License Open1 1 0 2003 TS Per User CALOpen25 25 N/A Can a Licensing Server only support one type of CAL, per user or per device? Is that why it shows N/A for number of per user cals issued? Do I just need to change from per device to per user on the fourth TS? If so are my per user CALs useless? I haven't confirmed yet if the 25 CALs are actually User CALs or not, but if so and I wanted Device CALs can they be exchanged? My Licensing Server is my DC, not one of the TS's. Most of my users have XP, but a few 2000 and Thin Clients. I have closer to 60 users who access these TS's. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: terminal server I believe you are allowed a one time change to per user. The advantage of per user is that the cals are not tracked and you don't have to deal with all the nonsense of licenses being stored in the users registry and having to return licenses to the pool after 90 days. Original Message: - From: Miller Bonnie L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:14:33 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: terminal server Sounds like your TS server is in per-device mode but your owned licenses are per-user. OR, you purchased per-device licenses and when the TS licenses were installed, the wrong type was picked. You really need to know what kind of licenses you're supposed to have first and get that sorted. On your TS, launch Terminal services configuration, look in the Server Settings node at Licensing to see what mode the server is set to. I seem to remember there might be an issue with switching this one way (as in, you change
RE: terminal server
How many TS cals did you purchase? Did you purchase per user or per device Cals? Check to make sure it is set correctly on your Terminal Servers under Terminal Services Server settings Licensing. The 25 licenses that are per user should be fine, however, the 15 temp licenses that are expiring are the issue. Check your agreement to see what you purchased and what Tscal licensing packs you downloaded. You can contact the TS licensing group without charge if you need to reissue your TScals without charge. Just go through the wizard like your are installing cals and the phone number is there. Mike Original Message: - From: Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:02:44 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: terminal server My understanding is the temp licenses are issued for approximately 120-day period or until you activate your installed licenses. You terminal server will need to connect to a license server (could be itself) in order to activate the installed license pack. Roger Wright Network Administrator 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Paul Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: terminal server On my Licensing Server it shows that I have 25 2003 per user cals available, and it's showing 15 temporary 2003 per device cals. The temporary cals expire next week. I'm so confused with this, I think I screwed something up. Can I get some advice? Paul Everett IS Dept. Lee Mental Health Center 239-791-1551 Lee Mental Health Center, Inc. providing services through Ruth Cooper Center for Behavioral Health Care and VISTA Behavioral Crisis Services. Visit our website at www.leementalhealth.org blocked::http://www.leementalhealth.org/ to learn more. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: terminal server
I believe you are allowed a one time change to per user. The advantage of per user is that the cals are not tracked and you don't have to deal with all the nonsense of licenses being stored in the users registry and having to return licenses to the pool after 90 days. Original Message: - From: Miller Bonnie L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:14:33 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: terminal server Sounds like your TS server is in per-device mode but your owned licenses are per-user. OR, you purchased per-device licenses and when the TS licenses were installed, the wrong type was picked. You really need to know what kind of licenses you're supposed to have first and get that sorted. On your TS, launch Terminal services configuration, look in the Server Settings node at Licensing to see what mode the server is set to. I seem to remember there might be an issue with switching this one way (as in, you change it and it can't be changed back), so be careful and google it first-maybe someone else can jump in if they know the answer on that. -Bonnie From: Paul Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: terminal server On my Licensing Server it shows that I have 25 2003 per user cals available, and it's showing 15 temporary 2003 per device cals. The temporary cals expire next week. I'm so confused with this, I think I screwed something up. Can I get some advice? Paul Everett IS Dept. Lee Mental Health Center 239-791-1551 Lee Mental Health Center, Inc. providing services through Ruth Cooper Center for Behavioral Health Care and VISTA Behavioral Crisis Services. Visit our website at www.leementalhealth.orgblocked::http://www.leementalhealth.org/ to learn more. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: So I have this app called Great Plains....
That's why they call it Great Pains! We had issues with Great Plains installation and removal and had trouble getting support through Microsoft. Had to call one the Great Pains partners to get help. Mike Original Message: - From: David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:01:37 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: So I have this app called Great Plains The uninstaller tells me it requires Microsoft Dexterity Shared Components 10.0 to be INSTALLED in order to proceed. Wellthat is installed but the GP uninstaller refuses to play nice. Does anyone know how to trick Great Plains into uninstalling? The other option is manually hacking it out of the registry, but there are probably HUNDREDS of entries based on a cursory search. Ideas? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside - JFK ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Copying VHD Files
That is correct. The nice part of ESX and virtual center is that you install sysprep once to c:\documents and settings\Allusers\Application Data\VMware\Virtual Center\Windows\Resources\sysprep. Customize using the guest customization wizard will be grayed out in Virtual Center if not installed. Be careful when moving a VM to another host because of UUID issue. mike Original Message: - From: Jon Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:47:21 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Copying VHD Files I didn't and have seen no problems yet but then I am not activating it prior to the export import process either. Jon On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 12:02 PM, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Googling this, I'm finding recommendations to run sysprep on the machine I'm cloning prior to cloning it *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:52 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Copying VHD Files Simple answer yes but you do have some loops to go through to use the machine as separate machines. You will have to export them base machine and then re-import the machine. Done right is not too bad. Jon On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:37 AM, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I've mentioned before, I'm a noob when it comes to server virtualization. Forgive me if this is a dumb question. I need to create a couple of virtual servers in Hyper-V with the same OS. Can I create a VHD, install the OS to it and patch it up, then just make copies of that VHD to use in multiple virtual servers? Obviously in each virtual server I'd rename the machine. Are there any problems with doing this? Like the kinds of things you'd see with cloning hard drives with Windows client OS's (e.g., duplicate SIDs)? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Windows - No Disk
Windows - No Disk
Exception processing message c013 Parameters
75a851d8fef8e6dc75a851d875a851d8
Cancel, Try Again, Continue
This pop up box routinely occurs on my SBS2003 box. I've done quite a bit
of research on this and can't see to shake the issue. Doesn't seem to be a
USB drive issue either.
To try and track this down, I've also waited for the msg to appear, then
run filemon.exe, then hit try again and the error reappears. However, I
don't see anyhting in filemon.exe that clues me in except this:
188 10:05:35 AM store.exe:1584 OPENC:\WINNT\TEMP\ SUCCESS
Options: Open
Directory Access: 0011
189 10:05:35 AM store.exe:1584 OPENC:\WINNT\TEMP\ SUCCESS
Options: Open
Directory Access: 0011
190 10:05:35 AM store.exe:1584 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\TEMP\ NO SUCH
FILEFileBothDirectoryInformation:
{42D2756E-8650-4053-A1BA-143D0DDAA926}WIN32READ.dat
191 10:05:35 AM store.exe:1584 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\TEMP\ NO SUCH
FILEFileBothDirectoryInformation:
{0B856260-DD89-43C4-BC95-1225259A}WIN32READ.dat
192 10:05:35 AM store.exe:1584 CLOSE C:\WINNT\TEMP\ SUCCESS
193 10:05:35 AM store.exe:1584 CLOSE C:\WINNT\TEMP\ SUCCESS
I'm not sure if this is the 'issue' or not. Anyone have any ideas?
The error pops up every couple days or so it seems... for as long as I can
remember.
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RE: terminal server
A license server can support both per user and per device, however, I would choose one or the other to save your sanity and keep things consistant. Also a license server can support both Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 TS cals. You can change your license one time to per user or device. The TS license server on the DC is the preferred method. Why would you want to change to per device instead of using per user? Original Message: - From: Paul Everett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:25:16 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: terminal server Here is what's confusing to me (amongst other things); 1. I have 4 Terminal Servers, 2 are load balancing and the other two are supporting different applications each. 2. 3 are configured Per User and the fourth (the one in question) is Per Device. 3. My Licensing Server shows TypeTotal Available Issued Existing Windows 2000 License built-inunlim unlim 19 Temp Lic. Serv 2003 Per Device CAL Temp- - 15 2000 Server CAL Per Device Open3 3 0 2000 Server CAL Per Device Open3 3 0 2000 Server CAL Per Device Open3 3 0 2000 TS Client Access License Open1 1 0 2003 TS Per User CALOpen25 25 N/A Can a Licensing Server only support one type of CAL, per user or per device? Is that why it shows N/A for number of per user cals issued? Do I just need to change from per device to per user on the fourth TS? If so are my per user CALs useless? I haven't confirmed yet if the 25 CALs are actually User CALs or not, but if so and I wanted Device CALs can they be exchanged? My Licensing Server is my DC, not one of the TS's. Most of my users have XP, but a few 2000 and Thin Clients. I have closer to 60 users who access these TS's. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: terminal server I believe you are allowed a one time change to per user. The advantage of per user is that the cals are not tracked and you don't have to deal with all the nonsense of licenses being stored in the users registry and having to return licenses to the pool after 90 days. Original Message: - From: Miller Bonnie L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:14:33 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: terminal server Sounds like your TS server is in per-device mode but your owned licenses are per-user. OR, you purchased per-device licenses and when the TS licenses were installed, the wrong type was picked. You really need to know what kind of licenses you're supposed to have first and get that sorted. On your TS, launch Terminal services configuration, look in the Server Settings node at Licensing to see what mode the server is set to. I seem to remember there might be an issue with switching this one way (as in, you change it and it can't be changed back), so be careful and google it first-maybe someone else can jump in if they know the answer on that. -Bonnie From: Paul Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: terminal server On my Licensing Server it shows that I have 25 2003 per user cals available, and it's showing 15 temporary 2003 per device cals. The temporary cals expire next week. I'm so confused with this, I think I screwed something up. Can I get some advice? Paul Everett IS Dept. Lee Mental Health Center 239-791-1551 Lee Mental Health Center, Inc. providing services through Ruth Cooper Center for Behavioral Health Care and VISTA Behavioral Crisis Services. Visit our website at www.leementalhealth.orgblocked::http://www.leementalhealth.org/ to learn more. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web LIVE - Free email based on Microsoft(r) Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm
RE: terminal server
You have to match what you dowonloaded from Microsoft. If you downloaded per device Cals then you need to set per device cal on your Terminal Server. Same goes for per user. If you want to change from per device to per user cals you need to have the TS Cals reallocated from Microsoft clearing house and reinstalled on license server. Original Message: - From: Paul Everett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:35:15 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: terminal server I don't think I wanted the fourth TS to be Per Device. Do I just change that one from Per Device to Per User and I'm good? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: terminal server A license server can support both per user and per device, however, I would choose one or the other to save your sanity and keep things consistant. Also a license server can support both Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 TS cals. You can change your license one time to per user or device. The TS license server on the DC is the preferred method. Why would you want to change to per device instead of using per user? Original Message: - From: Paul Everett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:25:16 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: terminal server Here is what's confusing to me (amongst other things); 1. I have 4 Terminal Servers, 2 are load balancing and the other two are supporting different applications each. 2. 3 are configured Per User and the fourth (the one in question) is Per Device. 3. My Licensing Server shows TypeTotal Available Issued Existing Windows 2000 License built-inunlim unlim 19 Temp Lic. Serv 2003 Per Device CAL Temp- - 15 2000 Server CAL Per Device Open3 3 0 2000 Server CAL Per Device Open3 3 0 2000 Server CAL Per Device Open3 3 0 2000 TS Client Access License Open1 1 0 2003 TS Per User CALOpen25 25 N/A Can a Licensing Server only support one type of CAL, per user or per device? Is that why it shows N/A for number of per user cals issued? Do I just need to change from per device to per user on the fourth TS? If so are my per user CALs useless? I haven't confirmed yet if the 25 CALs are actually User CALs or not, but if so and I wanted Device CALs can they be exchanged? My Licensing Server is my DC, not one of the TS's. Most of my users have XP, but a few 2000 and Thin Clients. I have closer to 60 users who access these TS's. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: terminal server I believe you are allowed a one time change to per user. The advantage of per user is that the cals are not tracked and you don't have to deal with all the nonsense of licenses being stored in the users registry and having to return licenses to the pool after 90 days. Original Message: - From: Miller Bonnie L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:14:33 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: terminal server Sounds like your TS server is in per-device mode but your owned licenses are per-user. OR, you purchased per-device licenses and when the TS licenses were installed, the wrong type was picked. You really need to know what kind of licenses you're supposed to have first and get that sorted. On your TS, launch Terminal services configuration, look in the Server Settings node at Licensing to see what mode the server is set to. I seem to remember there might be an issue with switching this one way (as in, you change it and it can't be changed back), so be careful and google it first-maybe someone else can jump in if they know the answer on that. -Bonnie From: Paul Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: terminal server On my Licensing Server it shows that I have 25 2003 per user cals available, and it's showing 15 temporary 2003 per device cals. The temporary cals expire next week. I'm so confused with this, I think I screwed something up. Can I get some advice? Paul Everett IS Dept. Lee Mental Health Center 239-791-1551 Lee Mental Health Center, Inc. providing services through Ruth Cooper Center for Behavioral Health Care and VISTA Behavioral Crisis Services. Visit our website at www.leementalhealth.orgblocked::http://www.leementalhealth.org/ to learn more. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized
RE: Fax Server that integrates with Exchange
GFI Faxmaker is good. Captaris (formerly Right Fax) is fine also. Mike Original Message: - From: Phil Guevara [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:49:10 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Fax Server that integrates with Exchange Anyone know of or use a fax server that integrates with exchange? So that we can have email to fax ability? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Excahnge Setup
We are running ESX 3.5. It sounds like you are recommending using the raw device mapping which makes sense for clustered servers in VMware. Do you see a big performance difference between physical and virtual? Original Message: - From: Ken Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:26:22 +1000 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Excahnge Setup SCR generally gives you a bit more flexibility than CCR. See: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/06/28/445538.aspx for a list of differences You can certainly run Exchange in a VM. Just be aware that virtualisation always adds overhead of some level, so if you are currently I/O constrained (i.e. I/O is bottlenecking your systems) then virtualising will just make the situation worse. Now, the higher end virtualisation products all allow direct disk access (i.e. you can add a LUN as a disk to the VM), and the overhead is reasonably low (around 10%). If you can provide enough spindles and LUNs, then you can get Exchange working in VMs with respect to the performance issues. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 12 July 2008 2:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Excahnge Setup Can any of you Exchange guys comment on your preference for using Stanby Continuous Replication or Cluster continuous replication? Also, running Exchange as VM's. some prefer not to run Exchange as VM's because of the I/O contention problems. That is why we are running Notes on physical boxes. Mike ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Excahnge Setup
No SBS in our environment. We have 150+ servers. For storage we have EMC FC. Original Message: - From: Jim Slattery [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:42:14 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Excahnge Setup I've been sent in to clean up a couple installations where they put SBS on a VM, including the data store volumes. In both of these cases, ended up with 474 errors in ESE... which according to MS is generally caused by a hardware (disk subsystem) problem. There being no physical disk subsystem that the VM sees, I'm thinking it's a problem with I/O delay that causes store database corruption. So, don't do that. Use external storage of some sort. (iSCSI has been very good to me). Sorry if this seems like a simple no-brainer, but I know someone out there is doing it wrong, at least twice that I've seen and had to fix. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:26:22 +1000 Subject: RE: Excahnge Setup SCR generally gives you a bit more flexibility than CCR. See: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/06/28/445538.aspx for a list of differences You can certainly run Exchange in a VM. Just be aware that virtualisation always adds overhead of some level, so if you are currently I/O constrained (i.e. I/O is bottlenecking your systems) then virtualising will just make the situation worse. Now, the higher end virtualisation products all allow direct disk access (i.e. you can add a LUN as a disk to the VM), and the overhead is reasonably low (around 10%). If you can provide enough spindles and LUNs, then you can get Exchange working in VMs with respect to the performance issues. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 12 July 2008 2:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Excahnge Setup Can any of you Exchange guys comment on your preference for using Stanby Continuous Replication or Cluster continuous replication? Also, running Exchange as VM's. some prefer not to run Exchange as VM's because of the I/O contention problems. That is why we are running Notes on physical boxes. Mike ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Blade systems
We have the HP c7000 Bladesystem which holds 8 fullheight or 16 half-height blades. You could look at the c3000 Bladesystem if you are interested in HP Blades. It holds 4 full height or 8 half-height blades. VMware ESX server is running on all 16 blades. We have Terminal Server /Citrix servers, Domain controllers , file servers, and lots of other servers running as VM's. Terminal Server /Citrix servers will run fine, however, they will not scale like physical servers. If you are getting 80 on a physical box, you are probably going to get around 40 on a Citrix VM. Mike Original Message: - From: Tom Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:15:40 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Blade systems Hi Folks: I'm in the market for a new blade chassis and eventually blades to fill up the chassis. I am not partial to any particular vendor although most of our equipment is Dell. We currently have a Dell blade chassis that is full and holds nine blades. When I contacted Dell the newest version is a chassis that holds up to 16 blades. That's great except the chassis is now three times more costly than what I paid for a chassis two years ago. At $15,000 for a basic chassis configuration, that's a lot to spend for a mid-sized non-profit agency. Acknowledging the redundency and power efficiency, I could instead purchase several servers for that amount. Recommendations? I'd like to get a new blade system but I need to afford it. These blades will be file and print, application. No attached storage or SAN/clustering (at least now). Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Excahnge Setup
Can any of you Exchange guys comment on your preference for using Stanby Continuous Replication or Cluster continuous replication? Also, running Exchange as VM's. some prefer not to run Exchange as VM's because of the I/O contention problems. That is why we are running Notes on physical boxes. Mike myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Lotus Notes to Exchange conversion
Can anyone recommend a good Notes to Exchange conversion Tool? Thanks, Mike mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Lotus Notes to Exchange conversion
We have over 1000+ users and need not just to convert nsf files to pst. We need a product robust enough to convert things like contacts, calandars, databases, etc. Original Message: - From: Ken Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:57:46 +1000 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Lotus Notes to Exchange conversion Depends what you're migrating (Mail, Apps) Depends on the complexity of what you're migrating Depends on how much you want OOB and how much elbow grease you want to put in yourself. Microsoft has free tool (dunno if it's only available for partners, but it's free to sign up as a partner). Quest has a good paid-for tool. We (Avanade) have a much more sophisticated multi-threaded tool that runs alongside the Quest tool. And so on. All depends on what you want to do, and how quickly you want to do it. :-) Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 10 July 2008 11:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Lotus Notes to Exchange conversion Can anyone recommend a good Notes to Exchange conversion Tool? Thanks, Mike ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Lotus Notes to Exchange conversion
We have over 1000+ and we do have Sharepoint developers. We are using iNotes templates. Have 6 Notes /Domino servers. We will be migrating to Clustered Exchange 2007 and be moving databases to SAN environment. Would like to look at an email archive solution too. Any suggestions? Thx, Mike Original Message: - From: Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:06:41 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Lotus Notes to Exchange conversion Why Shookie, that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me! :-) To the OP: Ken gave you a great answer. If I were going in as a consultant for this type of engagement, the first thing I would do would be to survey the existing Notes environment - how many servers, what capabilities of Notes are being used, how much workflow is being used, whether iNotes is in use, etc. etc. Then, you crunch the numbers and decide what pain level you are willing to absorb. ;-) In this case, pain includes the dollars to spend on automation, the dollars to spend on SharePoint development, user training, etc. etc. Now, if your company has 10 people, that's a really different discussion than if your company has 1,000 people or 10,000 people. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:EM/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lotus Notes to Exchange conversion Yeah, Michael B. Smith, but he's not a tool. :) Shook -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Lotus Notes to Exchange conversion Can anyone recommend a good Notes to Exchange conversion Tool? Thanks, Mike mail2web.com - Microsoft(r) Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Lotus Notes to Exchange conversion
Looks interesting. Says it has the features of Symantec enterprise Vault. Original Message: - From: Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:19:59 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Lotus Notes to Exchange conversion Take a look at SEA from our list host. http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Business/Sunbelt-Exchange-Archiver/ Andy Shook Decision Support LLC Direct:704.844.1848 Fax:704.847.4875 www.decisionsupport.com This message with attachments (message) may be privileged, confidential or proprietary, and if you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, do not use or share it, and delete it. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any product or service. Subject to applicable law, Decision Support LLC may monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lotus Notes to Exchange conversion We have over 1000+ and we do have Sharepoint developers. We are using iNotes templates. Have 6 Notes /Domino servers. We will be migrating to Clustered Exchange 2007 and be moving databases to SAN environment. Would like to look at an email archive solution too. Any suggestions? Thx, Mike Original Message: - From: Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:06:41 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Lotus Notes to Exchange conversion Why Shookie, that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me! :-) To the OP: Ken gave you a great answer. If I were going in as a consultant for this type of engagement, the first thing I would do would be to survey the existing Notes environment - how many servers, what capabilities of Notes are being used, how much workflow is being used, whether iNotes is in use, etc. etc. Then, you crunch the numbers and decide what pain level you are willing to absorb. ;-) In this case, pain includes the dollars to spend on automation, the dollars to spend on SharePoint development, user training, etc. etc. Now, if your company has 10 people, that's a really different discussion than if your company has 1,000 people or 10,000 people. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:EM/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lotus Notes to Exchange conversion Yeah, Michael B. Smith, but he's not a tool. :) Shook -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Lotus Notes to Exchange conversion Can anyone recommend a good Notes to Exchange conversion Tool? Thanks, Mike mail2web.com - Microsoft(r) Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft(r) Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Printers in TS
Typically in the Terminal Server /Citrix world this is caused by the user having admin or power user rights on the box. Check your permissions. Mike Original Message: - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:59:41 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Printers in TS Good afternoon, When connected to my TS, if I open printers, I see a ton of printer listed. It looks like every printer installed on every workstation is displayed. The users printers look like this: Pcl5c on SCHEDULECOPY (from DEK04) in session 1,20 Is there any way to filter this so I, and my other users, only see relevant printers? I only want to see printers installed on the server, and my local machine. I'm prolly just not googling the right terms, but I'm coming up empty. Thanks, Eric ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Printers in TS
Check local groups on TS box or use a tool like filemon or Regmon ot see where elevated permissions are coming from. Original Message: - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:36:02 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Printers in TS The users in question are only members of the TS group to give them the right to logon and the Domain User group. You're right though. They certainly have elevated rights when logged into the TS box, and I can't figure out why. Any suggestions tracking down where they are being inherited from? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 1:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Printers in TS Typically in the Terminal Server /Citrix world this is caused by the user having admin or power user rights on the box. Check your permissions. Mike Original Message: - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:59:41 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Printers in TS Good afternoon, When connected to my TS, if I open printers, I see a ton of printer listed. It looks like every printer installed on every workstation is displayed. The users printers look like this: Pcl5c on SCHEDULECOPY (from DEK04) in session 1,20 Is there any way to filter this so I, and my other users, only see relevant printers? I only want to see printers installed on the server, and my local machine. I'm prolly just not googling the right terms, but I'm coming up empty. Thanks, Eric ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft(r) Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
WMI Query
Looking for help with WMI query for an application (TSM). On Error Resume Next strComputer = Server1 Server2 Server3 Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts:\\ strComputer \root\cimv2) Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(Select * from Win32_ProgramGroup,,48) For Each objItem in colItems Wscript.Echo Caption: objItem.Caption Wscript.Echo Description: objItem.Description Wscript.Echo GroupName: objItem.GroupName Wscript.Echo Name: TSM objItem.Name Wscript.Echo SettingID: objItem.SettingID Wscript.Echo UserName: objItem.UserName Next Can anyone help? Thanks, Mike mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: WMI Query
That's closer. Trying to query to see if TSM is installed. Can I just add Wscript.Echo GroupName: Tivoli Storage Manager To see if TSM is installed? Original Message: - From: Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:18:19 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: WMI Query Eh, you probably mean something like this: On Error Resume Next strComputers = Array (Server1, Server2, Server3) For i = LBound (strComputers) To UBound(strComputers) strcomputer = strcomputers[i] Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts:\\ strComputer \root\cimv2) Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(Select * from Win32_ProgramGroup,,48) For Each objItem in colItems Wscript.Echo Caption: objItem.Caption Wscript.Echo Description: objItem.Description Wscript.Echo GroupName: objItem.GroupName Wscript.Echo Name: TSM objItem.Name Wscript.Echo SettingID: objItem.SettingID Wscript.Echo UserName: objItem.UserName Next set colItems = Nothing set objWMIService = Nothing Next Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:EM/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WMI Query Looking for help with WMI query for an application (TSM). On Error Resume Next strComputer = Server1 Server2 Server3 Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts:\\ strComputer \root\cimv2) Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(Select * from Win32_ProgramGroup,,48) For Each objItem in colItems Wscript.Echo Caption: objItem.Caption Wscript.Echo Description: objItem.Description Wscript.Echo GroupName: objItem.GroupName Wscript.Echo Name: TSM objItem.Name Wscript.Echo SettingID: objItem.SettingID Wscript.Echo UserName: objItem.UserName Next Can anyone help? Thanks, Mike mail2web LIVE - Free email based on MicrosoftR Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: WMI Query
If strComputer can't be a muti-valued property, how would you query mutiple servers? Original Message: - From: Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:26:59 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: WMI Query Well, it won't work. strComputer can't be a multi-valued property in WMI. Also, this particular line has obvious problems: Wscript.Echo Name: TSM objItem.Name Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:EM/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WMI Query What info are you looking to retrieve? Are you saying this does or doesn't work? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WMI Query Looking for help with WMI query for an application (TSM). On Error Resume Next strComputer = Server1 Server2 Server3 Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts:\\ strComputer \root\cimv2) Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(Select * from Win32_ProgramGroup,,48) For Each objItem in colItems Wscript.Echo Caption: objItem.Caption Wscript.Echo Description: objItem.Description Wscript.Echo GroupName: objItem.GroupName Wscript.Echo Name: TSM objItem.Name Wscript.Echo SettingID: objItem.SettingID Wscript.Echo UserName: objItem.UserName Next Can anyone help? Thanks, Mike mail2web LIVE - Free email based on MicrosoftR Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: WYSE Terminal thin clients
I have worked with the S90 which has the embedded XP. It is fine for that right environment. Places like manufacturing or Kiosk are a great place. The drawbacks in the corporate environment are that they have to be managed like any other device so you need another tool which for Wyse is WDM. Also if you need to install small programs on the device there is not alot of room to work. I think it is like 512-1MB local storage. You can have them customize a build for you. Test printing before you make your decision. Installing local print drivers can cause problems. The thing to look at is buying thin clients going to save money in the long run if they cost about the same as PC's? A desktop locked down with group policy offers the same functionality and more flexibility. Mike Original Message: - From: Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:51:02 -0600 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: WYSE Terminal thin clients Shawn, If its ok to you, keep it on list :P I may be buying some too... jlc From: Shawn Everett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 5:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WYSE Terminal thin clients Hi All, Is there anyone on the list with experience with XP on Wyse thin clients? Could someone drop me a note off list? Aside from some general concept knowledge I don't know much about them and would like to understand them better. Shawn ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
ghost and drivers
I could have sworn that there was a software program (which might have even been discussed on this list?) that works with Symantec Ghost for the purpose of providing a driver database for imaging machines across different hardware models. I know this can be done with sysprep, but I thougth I read something about a new program (not made by Symantec I think) that eases ghost imaging across multiple hardware... Does this ring a bell by anyone? Discussed on the list perhaps 3-8 months ago? I did a search by couldn't find anything. Thanks. Jesse mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: ghost and drivers
I think I found what I was thinking of... http://www.binaryresearch.net/products/the_universal_imaging_utility Original Message: - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:16:54 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: ghost and drivers I could have sworn that there was a software program (which might have even been discussed on this list?) that works with Symantec Ghost for the purpose of providing a driver database for imaging machines across different hardware models. I know this can be done with sysprep, but I thougth I read something about a new program (not made by Symantec I think) that eases ghost imaging across multiple hardware... Does this ring a bell by anyone? Discussed on the list perhaps 3-8 months ago? I did a search by couldn't find anything. Thanks. Jesse mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: VMWare / Virtualization
Lots of varied opinions on this subject... I (personally) will virtualize almost anything (SQL, Exchange, File/Print, etc.). The only things I shy away from virtualizing are the FMSO role DC, Oracle (because of their cpu pricing model), or other servers that are very cpu intense. Aside from that, I'm willing to virtualize most any box. I really like the added DR it provides me (we backup data/files on each server via Backup Exec (VM or physical) but in addition, we also backup the entire VM flat-file every night (basically an image backup of the server). Restoring the entire VM flat-file can be done in 20 minutes flat, whereas rebuilding a crashed server and restoring the data can take hours or more. Low overhead boxes are typically the best candidate to virtualize (IMO) but if you have a very robust virtual host, you can get away with virtualizing database servers, etc. as well. JR Original Message: - From: Fogarty Richard MR - CONTR - Team EITC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:47:32 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: VMWare / Virtualization When virtualizing a datacenter is there a stand fast rule on what one can/cannot virtualize? For example, we're not scheduled to upgrade to E2k7 for some time, so I'd like to virtualize our E2k3 boxes. We've used the capacity planner and very little of our existing infrastructure is being taxed. Our SQL boxes run with all of our DBs on a SAN with fiber channel (as do all of our Exchange stores) - so I'm assuming that most should be fine. I know I've heard some of you say that you'd never virtualize everything, so are DCs the only systems you'd leave on a physical box? (Mind you, this is outside the obvious systems where you'd get no ROI) Comments? Thanks in advance, Rick ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: (0T) Ports needed for MetaFrame Presentation Server Web Client
if you are using Web Interface and Presentation server you can utilize port 443, however, you must have Web Interface setup to use port 443 and have a certificate. You would have to have a cert with the FQDN setup to resolve to the external IP address on the firewall. If you are NAT'ing a public to private address on your firewall without SSL then you will need 1494 or 2598 depending if you are using session reliability. Mike Original Message: - From: lists [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 14:19:26 -0500 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: (0T) Ports needed for MetaFrame Presentation Server Web Client 1494/2598 if memory serves along with 80. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 2:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: (0T) Ports needed for MetaFrame Presentation Server Web Client A user would like to be able to use some Citrix client to help manage his Church. I would like to allow him to do so, but I can't seem to get it to connect on our network. It connects fine on our Sprint EVDO Data cards, so it must be our firewall. I have talked with the software provider for the church, and they keep telling me that all I need is port 443 open. Well, we obviously have that open... I can't find any docs outlying the requirements to run this software. Do you guys that might actually know something about Citrix be able to clue us in? Thanks, Sam ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Support fee
You can sell them a block of time at x dollars per hour or maybe a managed services contract. Managed services is the way to go because you have a guaranteed revenue stream. You can charge them based on level of service or SLA. Base your cost on the number of workstations and servers. Mike Mike Original Message: - From: Liu, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 08:53:20 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Support fee Average 8-12 calls. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Support fee I would want to know how many calls. Depending on the userbase, 40 people can either consume almost-none of my time or 100% of my time. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Liu, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Support fee A question for the consultants/support for-hire folks out there: What's the ballpark monthly fee you wd charge for a userbase of 40 in California (30 PC/10 Macs) , 90% desktop support + level one call fielding, 10% light maintenance on 3 Windows File Server, 1 DC, 1 Print Server (e..g powercycling boxes if they cannot be brought up after a remote reboot, basic AD user administration of locking/unlocking accts, tape rotations given most AD administration/maintenance/support is done centrally at the headquarters) ? Do you charge per head or per machine? I'm asking as we are currently faced with having to renew a contract with an outside vendor I want to see what's considered reasonable market price for CA. Thanks in advance for your input, ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Support fee
8-12 calls per day for a 40 person staff is a lot. I would do a network assessment because if their network is always on fire or their users are exceptionally needy you will be spending a lot of time there. Original Message: - From: Liu, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 09:08:41 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Support fee A day, I wish it were per month :) David Liu Answering from my blackberry. I'm on the move -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wed May 28 09:06:43 2008 Subject: RE: Support fee A day? A week? A month? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Liu, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 8:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Support fee Average 8-12 calls. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Support fee I would want to know how many calls. Depending on the userbase, 40 people can either consume almost-none of my time or 100% of my time. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Liu, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Support fee A question for the consultants/support for-hire folks out there: What's the ballpark monthly fee you wd charge for a userbase of 40 in California (30 PC/10 Macs) , 90% desktop support + level one call fielding, 10% light maintenance on 3 Windows File Server, 1 DC, 1 Print Server (e..g powercycling boxes if they cannot be brought up after a remote reboot, basic AD user administration of locking/unlocking accts, tape rotations given most AD administration/maintenance/support is done centrally at the headquarters) ? Do you charge per head or per machine? I'm asking as we are currently faced with having to renew a contract with an outside vendor I want to see what's considered reasonable market price for CA. Thanks in advance for your input, ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Citrix question
Same applies for published desktop. Create an AD group and that group of users only access to that published desktop. Original Message: - From: James Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 13:55:17 +0100 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Citrix question I already have the application published, but because they are accessing via a published desktop, I need them to log on to the published desktop on the same server that the Excel plugin is installed on. The application doesn't play nicely via a published desktop unless it is the same server. I was just wondering if there was some sort of preferred server flag that could be set, but it doesn't look too hopeful. 2008/5/27 David Mazzaccaro [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Create a new published app, called something like Execel - Server2. Publish it on only server2, and only give permission to that group of people. -- *From:* Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, May 27, 2008 7:28 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Citrix question You could create AD groups and publish the application to that particular group of users, however, that may be a lot of trouble if you are going to change things back once you have plug-in fixed. Mike -- *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, May 27, 2008 3:49 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Citrix question ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Citrix and redirected My Documents
That's what I was thinking. Here is a good link that suggests how to do this. http://www.dabcc.com/miab/miab30/Implementation-Phase-11.-5.-How-to-Publish- Windows-Explorer-MIAB-3.aspx Original Message: - From: Tom Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 12:44:32 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Citrix and redirected My Documents Can you just publish Explorer? I do that here. You might need to modify your login script to accommodate it, though. David Mazzaccaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/27/2008 11:52 AM Since we on the subject of Citrixâ¦. I have a 2003 domain, withâMy Documentsâredirecting to\\server\share\username ( file://server/share/username )for everyone. Each userâsâMy Documentsâis a different location (ie. \\server\share\SmithJ ( file://server/share/SmithJ ),\\server\share\DoeJ ( file://server/share/DoeJ )) For Citrix, we use Web Interface as our client. Users simply open a browser and goto:âcitrixâ. Is there a way to havethe usersââMy Documentsâappear along with theirotherpublishedapplications? Right now, usershaveto launch Excel, then goto FILEOPEN to get theirâMy Documentsâto open an Excel file. Then they have to open Word, then goto FILEOPEN to get totheirâMy Documentsâto open aWordfile. If they could go straight toâMy Documentsâthat would be great! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dave Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
preventing users from hiding files
Is there an easy way (group policy perhaps?) to prevent people from hiding files? I beleive it can be done from NTFS permissions and setting a folder so that the Write Attributes permission is denied, but this seems a bit time consuming to setup on every single folder I want this done for... We have 1500+ user accounts that have home directories we do NOT want them to be able to hide anything in those home directories. There's also some network shares we don't want these users to be able to hide files/folders inside them as well. I'm hoping or a GPO alternative to settings the NTFS perms all all these folders/drives/files, etc. I'm going to see if maybe disabling the context windows (the menu that appears from right clicking on a file or folder) does the trick -- the users do not have access to CMD.exe so they cannot use the .exe command on a file/folder. Thanks. JR myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: preventing users from hiding files
... going with this option. I created a ADM file for GP that will make all hidden files/folders viewable. Now there shouldn't be any point in hiding files since everyone will be able to see them anyways. Good idea. JR Original Message: - From: Eric Woodford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 11:24:07 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: preventing users from hiding files How about turning on the permission that says show hidden files for everyone?.. That way its pointless to do so. On 5/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there an easy way (group policy perhaps?) to prevent people from hiding files? I beleive it can be done from NTFS permissions and setting a folder so that the Write Attributes permission is denied, but this seems a bit time consuming to setup on every single folder I want this done for... We have 1500+ user accounts that have home directories we do NOT want them to be able to hide anything in those home directories. There's also some network shares we don't want these users to be able to hide files/folders inside them as well. I'm hoping or a GPO alternative to settings the NTFS perms all all these folders/drives/files, etc. I'm going to see if maybe disabling the context windows (the menu that appears from right clicking on a file or folder) does the trick -- the users do not have access to CMD.exe so they cannot use the .exe command on a file/folder. Thanks. JR myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft(R) Windows(R) and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Citrix question
I have worked on numerous server farms and have seen both. PNAgent works great on locked down published desktops. Users see only applications published that they have permission to access. Remote users almost exclusivley web client. Mike Original Message: - From: Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:40 -0500 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Citrix question -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Citrix question The UPD works for about 80-90 percent of printing issues. It is actually designed for 95% functionality. I have yet to find anyone who uses the UPD who has problems with it. BUT - there are thousands of printing devices and I obviously haven't worked with them all. You can use PnAgent, Web Client or Full PN client for both PS 4 and PS 4.5. Citrix is discouraging using the full PN client and moving people to PNAgent or Web Client. According to my dealing with Citrix tech Support, fewer than 5% of installs do not use the Web Interface exclusively. I have worked on well over 100 Citrix farms and have never met anyone using PNAgent in production. Some will test it or play around with it, but no one that I have worked with uses it in production. Webster ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Citrix problem with install
What kind of problem are you having with .Net 2.0? This was a problem with PS 4.0 and Web Interface, however, this was fixed in version 4.5 or 4.6. Version 4.5 and 4.6 should be able to work with .Net 2.0? Mike Original Message: - From: Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 11:07:18 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Citrix problem with install I actually fixed this one too... The CD I was using was scratched, lol. I burned a new one, and got everything installed. The wall I'm working around now is an issue with Web Interface and .Net 2.0. Is it possible to uninstall .Net 2.0? I went into Add/Remove, see .Net 2.0 Service Pack 1, try to uninstall it and it tells me it can't because it would affect other applications. I did find a CTX doc showing a possible work-around, I'll let everyone know if that works. Joe Heaton From: Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 10:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Citrix problem with install What error or errors are you getting installing PS? Webster From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Citrix problem with install Licensing is resolved. I uninstalled Licensing and IIS, re-installed, and I can now access the LMC. Now, I'm hitting my next wall, which is errors trying to install the actual Presentation Server. I'll be back! (In best Governator voice) Joe Heaton ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Citrix problem with install
Can you reinstall IIS then Citrix license Manager? I have seen issues where I had to reinstall IIS and LMC to fix problem. Mike Original Message: - From: Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 07:27:22 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Citrix problem with install I looked at the httperr.log. It is showing the following: 2008-05-14 22:17:42 127.0.0.1 1215 127.0.0.1 80 HTTP/1.1 GET /lmc/index.jsp 400 - Hostname - 2008-05-14 22:18:19 127.0.0.1 1238 127.0.0.1 80 HTTP/1.1 GET /lmc/index.jsp 400 - Hostname - 2008-05-14 22:58:50 127.0.0.1 1356 127.0.0.1 80 HTTP/1.1 GET /lmc/index.jsp 400 - Hostname - So the reason is Hostname? Which would point to what you were saying about not accepting localhost. I'm poking around in IIS Manager, trying to find where to tell it to accept localhost. Time to break out my google-fu. Thanks Ken. Joe Heaton From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Citrix problem with install a) 400 = Bad Request. Probably occurring because you aren't sending the correct Host HTTP header to the IIS server (it's configured to listen for the servername, and not localhost as a header. You can change the IIS config to accept localhost as well as the servername. Look in the httperr.log error log file to find out why you are getting Bad Request b) If you want to view something over HTTPS you need a certificate. Did you install a cert into the website or configure IIS to use an existing server authentication certificate? You can use SelfSSL.exe (part of the Res Kit tools) to generate a self-signed certificate to test. Cheers Ken From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 15 May 2008 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Citrix problem with install Nope, only 80 is shown. I did find that I had 2 NICs, both set to DHCP. I disabled one, and put a static address on the other, reinstalled LMC, and now I'm getting a 400 error, when using localhost. If I change that to the server name, then I get the message saying it needs to be viewed over https. Joe Heaton From: Mike Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Citrix problem with install Does your default web site in IIS have the SSL port on it? I know mine is blank. On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's what I thought. So I'm right where I started. Install seems to go fine, but the web app won't open. Is there anything I need to change in the security settings for IE? Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Citrix problem with install No, you can add license file anytime. Default location is Program Files\Citrix\Licensing\MyFiles directory. Original Message: - From: Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:38:25 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Citrix problem with install Yep, that's how I'm trying to access it. Does the license file have to be in place before running the install? I thought I remembered installing LMC first with 4.5 in class, then loading in the actual license file. Joe Heaton ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Citrix problem with install
Did you have IIS installed before you installed license server? Have seen some different issues with license server. If you have problem with it just uninstall since you can run license server installation separate from PS 4.5 installation. It only takes about 5-10 minutes and make sure license file is in correct location. Mike Original Message: - From: Tom Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 14:21:13 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Citrix problem with install I have PS 4.5 running and the license console points to http://localhost/lmc/index.jsp - not sure if it's the same on 4 but you could give it a try. I don't think this is a web site - just web app. In IIS I only see my Web and PN Agent sites. Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/14/2008 1:52 PM Hoping there's a few Citrix guys out there that can tell me where to look. I am trying to install Licensing Management Console for PS 4. The install seems to go well, but I can't connect to the webpage. Also, when I look in IIS, there's no lmc folder under the default website. Any ideas where to look, or what I can do to fix this? I really need to get this new Citrix server going, and I can't even get past the licensing install...Oy vey! Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Citrix problem with install
No, you can add license file anytime. Default location is Program Files\Citrix\Licensing\MyFiles directory. Original Message: - From: Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:38:25 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Citrix problem with install Yep, that's how I'm trying to access it. Does the license file have to be in place before running the install? I thought I remembered installing LMC first with 4.5 in class, then loading in the actual license file. Joe Heaton From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Citrix problem with install From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 2:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Citrix problem with install Yep, that's the same as the link created in 4.0. But when I try it, my IE tells me I have to use https, then when I do that, it says it can't display the page, because I'm not on the internet... Joe Heaton From: Tom Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Citrix problem with install I have PS 4.5 running and the license console points to http://localhost/lmc/index.jsp - not sure if it's the same on 4 but you could give it a try. I don't think this is a web site - just web app. In IIS I only see my Web and PN Agent sites. Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/14/2008 1:52 PM Hoping there's a few Citrix guys out there that can tell me where to look. I am trying to install Licensing Management Console for PS 4. The install seems to go well, but I can't connect to the webpage. Also, when I look in IIS, there's no lmc folder under the default website. Any ideas where to look, or what I can do to fix this? I really need to get this new Citrix server going, and I can't even get past the licensing install...Oy vey! Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Why XP is doomed
It has just become ridiculous how much memory you need for a workstation. I remember upgrading workstations to 32MB of memory and then 64MB and we thought that was a lot. Servers back then only had 1-2GB of memory. I remember the old Novell servers running with 512MB of memory. Mike Original Message: - From: Jon Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:29:37 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Why XP is doomed Amen. Jon On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could run Windows 2000 Pro in 64 MB. It really liked 128 MB, but 64 MB worked fine. Couldn't do that with XP. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why XP is doomed Funny, I have to disagree with XP needing 2X the memory Windows 2000 does, I ran both Windows 2000 and XP with 1GB RAM on same machine with no issues. ( Win2k SP4 Pro, then wiped and rebuilt with XP SP2, still fine performance) Its when you short-change the system with like 512MB and through a ton of applications on the system that are memory intensive is when you run into issues. If that is one favor you can do with any Microsoft OS, DON'T skimp on the RAM, your computer will be happy you did, and you will too. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: David Houston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why XP is doomed But ever new OS needs drivers. Every new os has always had greater requirements than the last. Vista has had issues, oems providing quality drivers being one. Vista compatable being another. XP neeed double the memory of Windows 2000. XP sp2 needed double again over XP sp0, and broke hardware if the bios was not up to date. It has its good points and its bad points. I use it and would not go back. Regards, David Houston Dame Computers Ltd. Office: +35312873159 Mobile: +353876810844 Suppprt: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: 11/05/08 08:44 Subject: RE: Why XP is doomed Hold on there... If an OS requires new drivers and more horsepower... we can't blame the new OS? Oh yes we can. --Matt ross _ From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Vista wasn't perfect out of the gate, but it's not the piece of junk people think it is, either. A huge reason Vista has a negative image is that the hardware OEMs have been releasing buggy drivers for it--if they released drivers for it at all--and have been shipping Vista computers that either don't have enough horsepower or are bloated with crapware or bad drivers (or all three). It all adds up to a bad experience for users, and the OS gets the blame. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Why XP is doomed
I don't think price is the point. I have 4GB on my workstation so I can run VMware workstation. Is the reason for needing so much memory just code bloat or crappy coding? Original Message: - From: Ziots, Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:42:01 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Why XP is doomed Hell Memory these days is cheap. I got 4GB in my XP machine, and will be running Vmworkstation and a few hacking tools from home on 2k8 and Nix Os's in VM's, and still runs like a champ. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Why XP is doomed It has just become ridiculous how much memory you need for a workstation. I remember upgrading workstations to 32MB of memory and then 64MB and we thought that was a lot. Servers back then only had 1-2GB of memory. I remember the old Novell servers running with 512MB of memory. Mike Original Message: - From: Jon Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:29:37 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Why XP is doomed Amen. Jon On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could run Windows 2000 Pro in 64 MB. It really liked 128 MB, but 64 MB worked fine. Couldn't do that with XP. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why XP is doomed Funny, I have to disagree with XP needing 2X the memory Windows 2000 does, I ran both Windows 2000 and XP with 1GB RAM on same machine with no issues. ( Win2k SP4 Pro, then wiped and rebuilt with XP SP2, still fine performance) Its when you short-change the system with like 512MB and through a ton of applications on the system that are memory intensive is when you run into issues. If that is one favor you can do with any Microsoft OS, DON'T skimp on the RAM, your computer will be happy you did, and you will too. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: David Houston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why XP is doomed But ever new OS needs drivers. Every new os has always had greater requirements than the last. Vista has had issues, oems providing quality drivers being one. Vista compatable being another. XP neeed double the memory of Windows 2000. XP sp2 needed double again over XP sp0, and broke hardware if the bios was not up to date. It has its good points and its bad points. I use it and would not go back. Regards, David Houston Dame Computers Ltd. Office: +35312873159 Mobile: +353876810844 Suppprt: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: 11/05/08 08:44 Subject: RE: Why XP is doomed Hold on there... If an OS requires new drivers and more horsepower... we can't blame the new OS? Oh yes we can. --Matt ross _ From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Vista wasn't perfect out of the gate, but it's not the piece of junk people think it is, either. A huge reason Vista has a negative image is that the hardware OEMs have been releasing buggy drivers for it--if they released drivers for it at all--and have been shipping Vista computers that either don't have enough horsepower or are bloated with crapware or bad drivers (or all three). It all adds up to a bad experience for users, and the OS gets the blame. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft(r) Windows(r) and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm
RE: Me so stupid..
Yes, you should have a domain controller that hosts your FSMO roles and DNS on physical hardware, however, you can have other domain controllers which are virtual. Also, you can cluster domain controller and make other server virtual. This makes since because if you reboot your Virtual Server and the domain controller is on virtual server then that will cause issues. Mike Original Message: - From: David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:51:46 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Me so stupid.. I'm reading up on virtualizing domain controllers and found this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888794 It says, in part: We recommend that you locate critical server roles on domain controllers that are installed directly on physical hardware. Critical server roles include the following: * Global catalog servers * Domain Name System (DNS) servers * Operations master roles, also known as flexible single master operations (FSMO) How do you have a domain controller that doesn't have a FSMO role associated with it? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Citrix question
The printing engine was completely redesigned for Presentation Server 4.0. So Presentation Server 4 and 4.5 use the same printing engine and can take advantage of the same printing polices and Universal Printer driver technology. The UPD works for about 80-90 percent of printing issues. You can use PnAgent, Web Client or Full PN client for both PS 4 and PS 4.5. Citrix is discouraging using the full PN client and moving people to PNAgent or Web Client. Mike Original Message: - From: Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 08:49:42 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Citrix question Don't know if anyone here can answer this for me but here goes: Does anyone know what version of Presentation Server finally fixed the printing issues? I know 4.5 is ok, but is 4.0? Meaning that in 4.5 you are not supposed to install any print drivers on the Citrix server. Printing is done completely from the client machine. Is that also true in 4.0? Also, what client access options are there for 4.0? Is PN Agent available, or is it still plain old PN? Thanks for any help, off to try my Google-Fu, while I wait for an answer here. Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Citrix question
You are not the only one. Still see plenty of Metaframe 1.8/XP out in the field. Look at the positive way. You got your money's worth:) Original Message: - From: Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 10:15:31 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Citrix question Thanks Tom and Mike. I just finished a 4.5 class a few weeks ago, and didn't remember if the issues were resolved with 4.0. Really appreciate the info. I did know about moving away from PN, but currently we're using, get this, MetaFrame 1.8. Yep, I'm not kidding... Just did a PC upgrade last week at one of our remote offices, and now they are having major printing issues, with the existing Citrix server not releasing the temporary Client printer session. So, my top priority has been shifted to getting the 4.0 version that the agency bought back in '06 up and running. Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Citrix question The printing engine was completely redesigned for Presentation Server 4.0. So Presentation Server 4 and 4.5 use the same printing engine and can take advantage of the same printing polices and Universal Printer driver technology. The UPD works for about 80-90 percent of printing issues. You can use PnAgent, Web Client or Full PN client for both PS 4 and PS 4.5. Citrix is discouraging using the full PN client and moving people to PNAgent or Web Client. Mike Original Message: - From: Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 08:49:42 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Citrix question Don't know if anyone here can answer this for me but here goes: Does anyone know what version of Presentation Server finally fixed the printing issues? I know 4.5 is ok, but is 4.0? Meaning that in 4.5 you are not supposed to install any print drivers on the Citrix server. Printing is done completely from the client machine. Is that also true in 4.0? Also, what client access options are there for 4.0? Is PN Agent available, or is it still plain old PN? Thanks for any help, off to try my Google-Fu, while I wait for an answer here. Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft(r) Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: R: R: Why XP is doomed
If it is two years, that's fine. I have no urgency to upgrade to Vista. Basically for a an OS I just want a stable platform for my applications, drivers, tools, etc. In the workplace I don't need all of the extra bells and whistle's. Windows XP is just a jumping off point for me to manage the rest of the network(RDP, VI client, etc) For my clients, if they could convince me that Vista is easier to deploy, more stable, increases productivity, more secure, etc,. then it would justify the ROI. Vista does have some nice new features, however, I don't see anything compeling other then Microsoft is going to stop selling and supporting XP. Lot's of costs associated with new OS's deployment's; hardware, images, training, IT resources etc,. Original Message: - From: Jon Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 14:30:28 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: R: R: Why XP is doomed Personally I doubt that Windows 7 will be released when the pundits think/say it will be. If Microsoft is true to form and I see that they will be so far then you will be waiting about 2+ years beyond the current scheduled release date. YMMV and that is very strictly a personal observation. Jon On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Mike Semon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am going to stay with XP as long as I can. Vista does not bring anything new to the party to justify the upgrade. Five years between operating systems is not too long. Big companies typically refresh workstations after 36 months and laptops 24 months. So a minimum of 36 months between new operating systems is acceptable. I think everyone expected more after waiting 5 yrs for a new operating system. Vista does not justify the additional expense and training required. I like many large companies are waiting on the side lines for Windows 7. Hopefully this one will be ready for prime time. Mike -- *From:* Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:40 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* FW: R: R: Why XP is doomed XP isn't doomed, WE ARE I've been in this racket for nearly 44 years, and I've seen a lot. I go back to hand wiring boards to program something. When the personal computer appeared, it was wonderful. Over the years we went from DOS to Windows thru 9X and finally to NT (win2K) and finally to XP. I have no intention of EVER going to Vista, when it really adds nothing to the way I use a computer. And as Micheal says, we keep having to buy newer faster hardware to just keep up with our productivity. LONG LIVE XP!!! Murray ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Job title - Systems Engineer, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator
The difference is about 10-15K :) I have seen these terms used interchangeably, however, System Engineer usually implies a higher level of responsibility such as design whereas Administrator is more of a maintenance role. Mike Original Message: - From: Jon D [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:22:49 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Job title - Systems Engineer, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator I'm searching the internet and can't find a distinction between Systems Engineer, Systems Administrator, and Network Administrator. Is there a definite difference between these job titles? Or are they simply 3 names for the same job? Thanks, Jon . ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Job title - Systems Engineer, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator
I don't care what they call me as long as they pay my bill rate! They can address me as hey you for all I care. Original Message: - From: Tom Strader [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:47:23 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Job title - Systems Engineer, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator I'd be on your team any day Sherry, I don't give a dang WHAT you call me!! _ From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Job title - Systems Engineer, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3007 (20080407) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: expanding RAID array and logical drive IN the array
Yes. Smart start 7.60. I did not see anything in there to expand the logical drive. Only expand the array itself to add more physical disks. ?? Original Message: - From: Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 07:20:35 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: expanding RAID array and logical drive IN the array Are you using SmartStart for this operation? I think there's a step in there that does what you're wanting to do... Joe Heaton From: Jesse Rink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 6:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: expanding RAID array and logical drive IN the array I have an ML350 G3 server with 5 internal drives (array #1 is (2) drives with RAID1, array #2 is (3) drives with RAID5). I have just added a 6th drive to the server and gone into the HP ACU to extend array #2 from 3 physical drives to 4 physical drives. The array #2 was extended, however, it didn't extend the logical drive IN the array. Instead, it just shows the old logical drive (144GB), and (72GB) of free space in the array. I want to take that 72GB of free space in the array and extend the current (144GB) logical drive in that array to 216GB. Can this be done? Or do I have to just delete the 144GB logical drive in the array and recreate a new one that uses the maximum space (216GB)? I would think there's a way to extend the logical drive IN the array. JR ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: expanding RAID array and logical drive IN the array
532 controller. I did not see anything in the ACU about extending the logical drive... Smart Start 7.60. Original Message: - From: Webb, Brian (Corp) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:21:38 -0500 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: expanding RAID array and logical drive IN the array I've done what you are asking about many times. Just extend the logical drive in the ACU - should be an on-line event. I did this last month on a 370 G3 so I would expect it work on a 350 G3. Which array controller do you have? -Brian From: Jesse Rink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: expanding RAID array and logical drive IN the array I have an ML350 G3 server with 5 internal drives (array #1 is (2) drives with RAID1, array #2 is (3) drives with RAID5). I have just added a 6th drive to the server and gone into the HP ACU to extend array #2 from 3 physical drives to 4 physical drives. The array #2 was extended, however, it didn't extend the logical drive IN the array. Instead, it just shows the old logical drive (144GB), and (72GB) of free space in the array. I want to take that 72GB of free space in the array and extend the current (144GB) logical drive in that array to 216GB. Can this be done? Or do I have to just delete the 144GB logical drive in the array and recreate a new one that uses the maximum space (216GB)? I would think there's a way to extend the logical drive IN the array. JR ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Secure Web access to AD Home Folder for students...
I've implemented this over SSL using WebDev in IIS. Works great! JR Original Message: - From: Matthew W. Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:41:42 -0800 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Secure Web access to AD Home Folder for students... Hey list, Students and Staff at my school are wanting to have access to their files from home. I'm looking for a good solution to allow this, while maintaining security. One thing that had come to mind would be some kind of application or web-based access to the user's AD home folder. Doing a bit of googling, I first came up with FileWay from Everywhere Networks. Has anybody had experience with this program? Or are there others which I should consider? If we were to implement this, I would like to have the following features: 1. Robust security 2. Adheres to MS Filesystem quotas. 3. Good logging. I want to know who's account downloaded which file at what time using which IP. 4. Protection from Brute Force attacks. If a brute force is detected, I would like to be informed, and the attempts to be automatically blocked. I'm hoping somebody on this list knows of some software which does this and is proven to be effective. Or, if some alternative can be suggested, I'd be interested in those as well. Thanks all. --Matt Ross ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
swapping HDs in servers
Been awhile since I done this... any reason this shouldn't work? I have an HP ML350 G3 server (about 3-4 years ago) that is acting up. I think it's hardware related. I have an unused (retired) HP ML350 G3 server laying around. I'd like to take the (2) physical hard drives from the problematic server (configured as RAID1) and install them in the unused retired server. I'm thinking the second server should recongnize a RAID1 configuration on the drive and boot up without a problem. Any problems with this theory? J mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
On Access AV scanning of servers
Just curious as to people's thoughts about installing AV software on servers. I've sorta been against this in the past, ASSUMING that our clients have up-to-date AV software on them. I don't care for the idea of AV software on a server being setup for On Access so that everytime someone accesses/reads a file, AV checks it. Especially on ANY server that has a DB such as Exchange, SQL, MSDE, etc. Any reason I should change my mind about that? Do you typically install On Access AV scanning on all your servers? JR mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Determining duplex of cisco router interface?
How about show running-config or sh run? Mike Original Message: - From: Jon D [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:42:06 -0500 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Determining duplex of cisco router interface? I've got a router that is running at 10mb half duplex. I'm planning on trying to force it to full duplex, but I'm wondering if there's a way to tell what duplex it is before I try to force it to full? I would ASSUME that no card sold in the last 10 years would be only half duplex? Thanks, Jon . ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Determining duplex of cisco router interface?
I think sh run or sh ip interfaces will get this for you. Mike Original Message: - From: Jon D [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:42:06 -0500 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Determining duplex of cisco router interface? I've got a router that is running at 10mb half duplex. I'm planning on trying to force it to full duplex, but I'm wondering if there's a way to tell what duplex it is before I try to force it to full? I would ASSUME that no card sold in the last 10 years would be only half duplex? Thanks, Jon . ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Deploy/Push Registry Permission Changes
I've deployed permission changes on registry and files/folders via a GPO. Works pretty good. JR Original Message: - From: Sam Cayze [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:05:57 -0600 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Deploy/Push Registry Permission Changes I need to change the permissions of a reg key on a bunch of PCs. Anyone know of an easy way?GPO, Script? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
exchange db/restore Q
I vaguely recall a 'best practice' theory of making sure whatever drive (volume) your exchange databases are installed on that it's a good idea the drive space of that volume is at least 2x the size of your databases -- this is because of space needed for doing restores or something like that. For example. If my exchange dbs are on my e: drive and the exchange dbs are approximately 20gb, then i should make sure i have at least a 50gb e: drive to accommodate for space neccessary if I performed a complete exchange restore. Does this ring a bell or am I thinking of something else? J mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: exchange db/restore Q
excellent. when i read that, the light bulb went off in my head... it's definitely the defrag i was thinking about as i have gone down that route a couple times in the past. thanks for the response. Original Message: - From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:09:01 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: exchange db/restore Q it is needed if you want to do a manual defrag of the database and/or mount a recovery store. For a simple backup and restore it is not necessary. Klint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I vaguely recall a 'best practice' theory of making sure whatever drive (volume) your exchange databases are installed on that it's a good idea the drive space of that volume is at least 2x the size of your databases -- this is because of space needed for doing restores or something like that. For example. If my exchange dbs are on my e: drive and the exchange dbs are approximately 20gb, then i should make sure i have at least a 50gb e: drive to accommodate for space neccessary if I performed a complete exchange restore. Does this ring a bell or am I thinking of something else? J mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Installing a Terminal Server
I second the motion. Unless you know all drivers and apps work with x64. Mike Original Message: - From: Tom Strader [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:28:46 -0500 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Installing a Terminal Server I would stay with x32 Jim. My 2 cents, Tom From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Installing a Terminal Server I'm installing a new Terminal Server for a client and I'm wondering if it would be better to install x32 or the x64 version of 2003 R2 as the base operating system. It will be hosting Office 2007 Pro and an Accounting Ap. That is currently only 32 bit. (The database is still on an SQL 2000 server, and won't be upgraded to SQL 2003 until June. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
DFS Root
A couple months ago we started using DFS in our Windows 2003 domain environment. When DFS was intially setup last year, it was setup from Server A at Site C. We did this because Server A at Site C was the first Windows 2003 DC in the domain. Since then, all over the other DCs at the other 9 sites are now running Windows 2003 as well. I want to move the DFS Root Target from Server A at Site C to Server A at Site A. Can this be done easily? Any idea how? I find the MS documentation for DFS to be very wordy and sometimes difficult to understand. JR myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Can I maintain data drives after virus reinstall?
Concerning this nimda beast: My head is hurting from chasing it for the past eight days. I need some thoughts on areinstall ofMS NT4 and 2000on my clusters. I would have to rebuild all the shares, reinstall the SQL, andrestore the databases, to say the least. However, my databases all point to gigabytes of source files. Will l have to reformat the data drives and restore data also, or will I be able to maintain my data drives? Tony Zona Erie, PA. Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
