RE: Children warned name of first pet should contain 8 characters and a digit
Use a name of an Icelandic volcano, you should be covered ;-) From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: 10 July 2012 22:23 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Children warned name of first pet should contain 8 characters and a digit Unfortunately, we now have to make up different birth cities, maiden names, and pet names for different accounts. It would be nice if we could just make up a single unique word that would allow us to pass into each account. What should we call it? hmmm From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Children warned name of first pet should contain 8 characters and a digit And adding my reply: Unless it's an actual official form (School, Doctor's etc) it doesn't matter what you put down. I certainly didn't use my mother's maiden name for the phone/power/cable company. All that really matters is that it match when you tell them the answer. Yes, I was born in 'brownbox, ca' * Her maiden name was 'somethingelse' * My first pet's name was 'pinetree' * * Note, actual answers my vary from person to person and this is only a representitive sample. Please consult an IT professional or your nearest humour center if this is confusing. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote: http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2012/06/08/children-warned-name-of-first-pet-shou ld-contain-8-characters-and-a-digit/ I'll cheat and copy my comments when I saw this in another forum: What's really hard is back-dating the legal documents to change your mother's maiden name. I love these systems that require an 8 character password, with upper/lower/digit/punctuation, changed every 90 days, but will also unlock given information available in the public record. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Basic Disaster Recovery Plan Template
To be honest, there is no standard template that you can just drop in and use. The reason for this is that every business is different and the reason for having a recovery plan will be different for each business as a result. I can however give a few sage pointers given my greying, balding scalp and a few years putting stuff together lol! First of all, define which IT resources are mission critical to the business, which ones are important, but if they were out of action for a bit you could cope, and which ones are, well, you might notice if you could not access them. So start dividing apps into buckets like that. Next question, why are they not available? Actually, it does not matter, flood, fire, data corruption, the reason is irrelevant, the key issue is that you cannot get to the applications or data. So forget the why, and simplify your planning ;-) Now for the two most important questions in designing your plan. The acronyms are RTO and RPO (Recovery Time Objective and Recovery Point Objective). Basically how long can a business survive without a function provided by IT (think a recruitment company without Exchange), and also how much data can realistically be lost. So if your power goes out at 4:00 PM and you have uncommitted transactions in SQL, can you afford to lose them. The beauty here is this is not up to you to decide, you need sponsorship from business management to determine this. So you need to explain where you are now, how long it would take to recover, and how much data you might lose based on your current situation, and pose the question around where does management want to be in terms of RPO and RTO. If it's a few days for both, your tape solution is fine, if not, then you need to start looking at off-site replication technologies, disk syncing, and provisioning WAN connectivity to allow for the loss of a single service all the way up to an entire data centre or office. Because you went to management and had them make the decision around RPO/RTO you can now go back to them and say if this is what you want, here's your financial outlay to achieve it. It's an insurance policy, and nothing more, so it's up to them to pay the premium or not. BUT I hate it when a business give DR to IT. Why? They are missing the real picture here, which is business continuity (of which DR is only a part). Press communication, staff communication, consumer and supplier confidence, there is a whole host of things that need to go into this, and when a company puts it all on IT, that is plain wrong. Last bit of advice for your DR Plan, put a communication plan in it, and state clearly that whoever is executing the plan when the need arises is not to be disturbed, have someone else on point to relay information about the recovery process back to the business and leave the person implementing the recovery free to do so. (take their phone away) And whatever you do, keep the plan up to date, test and retest, and have multiple copies in printed form at various locations so that neither corruption of the electronic copy, nor fire or flood can destroy the only printed copy you have. Hope that helps. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: 07 March 2011 17:44 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Basic Disaster Recovery Plan Template On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:33 AM, gro...@beachcomp.com wrote: Does anyone have a basic (5 pages or so) disaster recovery plan or template they wouldn't mind sharing with me? http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=Basic+Disaster+Recovery+Plan+Template Thanks Ben.. but I already went through the first 5 pages before posting here. I found several templates in the results. Since you're apparently not happy with any of those, you obviously need to better specify your requirements for the template you want. You haven't given members of this list any more information then I just gave Google. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Basic Disaster Recovery Plan Template
Pleasure :-) got tasked with DR stuff starting back in 98, was a rabbit in the headlights, so if that was helpful then that's awesome as I know how daunting it can be if you don't break it down :-) C -Original Message- From: gro...@beachcomp.com [mailto:gro...@beachcomp.com] Sent: 07 March 2011 19:37 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Basic Disaster Recovery Plan Template Clayton, An absolute goldmine. Thank you very much for your thoughts, valuable advice and the time you took to share it. Dave -Original Message- From: Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 1:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Basic Disaster Recovery Plan Template To be honest, there is no standard template that you can just drop in and use. The reason for this is that every business is different and the reason for having a recovery plan will be different for each business as a result. I can however give a few sage pointers given my greying, balding scalp and a few years putting stuff together lol! First of all, define which IT resources are mission critical to the business, which ones are important, but if they were out of action for a bit you could cope, and which ones are, well, you might notice if you could not access them. So start dividing apps into buckets like that. Next question, why are they not available? Actually, it does not matter, flood, fire, data corruption, the reason is irrelevant, the key issue is that you cannot get to the applications or data. So forget the why, and simplify your planning ;-) Now for the two most important questions in designing your plan. The acronyms are RTO and RPO (Recovery Time Objective and Recovery Point Objective). Basically how long can a business survive without a function provided by IT (think a recruitment company without Exchange), and also how much data can realistically be lost. So if your power goes out at 4:00 PM and you have uncommitted transactions in SQL, can you afford to lose them. The beauty here is this is not up to you to decide, you need sponsorship from business management to determine this. So you need to explain where you are now, how long it would take to recover, and how much data you might lose based on your current situation, and pose the question around where does management want to be in terms of RPO and RTO. If it's a few days for both, your tape solution is fine, if not, then you need to start looking at off-site replication technologies, disk syncing, and provisioning WAN connectivity to allow for the loss of a single service all the way up to an entire data centre or office. Because you went to management and had them make the decision around RPO/RTO you can now go back to them and say if this is what you want, here's your financial outlay to achieve it. It's an insurance policy, and nothing more, so it's up to them to pay the premium or not. BUT I hate it when a business give DR to IT. Why? They are missing the real picture here, which is business continuity (of which DR is only a part). Press communication, staff communication, consumer and supplier confidence, there is a whole host of things that need to go into this, and when a company puts it all on IT, that is plain wrong. Last bit of advice for your DR Plan, put a communication plan in it, and state clearly that whoever is executing the plan when the need arises is not to be disturbed, have someone else on point to relay information about the recovery process back to the business and leave the person implementing the recovery free to do so. (take their phone away) And whatever you do, keep the plan up to date, test and retest, and have multiple copies in printed form at various locations so that neither corruption of the electronic copy, nor fire or flood can destroy the only printed copy you have. Hope that helps. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: 07 March 2011 17:44 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Basic Disaster Recovery Plan Template On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:33 AM, gro...@beachcomp.com wrote: Does anyone have a basic (5 pages or so) disaster recovery plan or template they wouldn't mind sharing with me? http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=Basic+Disaster+Recovery+Plan+Template Thanks Ben.. but I already went through the first 5 pages before posting here. I found several templates in the results. Since you're apparently not happy with any of those, you obviously need to better specify your requirements for the template you want. You haven't given members of this list any more information then I just gave Google. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful
Network does not initialise after Windows Update
Hi all, over the past few months I have noticed that subsequent to installing a patch on to Windows 2003 servers (SP2 or 2) on HP hardware that the box will reboot, the network driver will initialise, but the box will log an event stating the network cable is unplugged. A cold boot always resolves it. Has anyone come across this, and if so do you know the root cause and resolution? Many thanks Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Network does not initialise after Windows Update
It's a mish mash of HP kit, G3 - G5, and in terms of the patches yesterday SP2 did it twice, few weeks back an update to the MPIO.sys driver on both nodes in a cluster did it From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: 22 July 2010 13:54 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network does not initialise after Windows Update Which model HP Server? I haven't seen this on my DL models ( 360-380, 580) or ML models. Using latest drivers/Firmware? Also which patch is applied? Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 7:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Network does not initialise after Windows Update Hi all, over the past few months I have noticed that subsequent to installing a patch on to Windows 2003 servers (SP2 or 2) on HP hardware that the box will reboot, the network driver will initialise, but the box will log an event stating the network cable is unplugged. A cold boot always resolves it. Has anyone come across this, and if so do you know the root cause and resolution? Many thanks Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Holy PAC-MAN Batman!
AWESOME - just what I needed for a Friday night, honey, I'll be with you in a sec LMAO From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: 21 May 2010 20:52 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Holy PAC-MAN Batman! Google has officially made today the least productive day around the globe. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 3:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Holy PAC-MAN Batman! Yes, seen that earlier J Z Edward Ziots CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA Network Engineer Lifespan Organization 401-639-3505 ezi...@lifespan.org From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Holy PAC-MAN Batman! oh boy. here we go... 99% of my users have google as their home page... I can hear the sirens now...LOL _ From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Holy PAC-MAN Batman! Is anyone else getting a playable PAC-MAN on the Google home page? . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 and DHCP puzzler
Are all of the Windows 7 boxes built off of the same base image? From: James Hill [mailto:james.h...@superamart.com.au] Sent: 15 January 2010 00:30 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 and DHCP puzzler Haven't seen that issue but any firewall/AV products on the machines? That would be my first suspect. From: Eisenberg, Wayne [mailto:wayne.eisenb...@pbvllc.com] Sent: Friday, 15 January 2010 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 and DHCP puzzler Has anyone noticed any problems with Windows 7 getting an IP address from DHCP? In our pilot testing, we are noticing that a significant portion (30%) of our users are not successfully getting an IP address from the local DHCP server. It happens with wired and/or wireless, across make and model, different antivirus programs. It can happen if the DHCP server is on the same subnet and also if it is on a different subnet (ip helper address configured in the router). No firewalls turned on. Everything was fine for a while, and then some laptop users started having problems getting an address from their home router. Some folks can get an address at home, but have trouble getting it at the office. If you give them a static IP, they can work. That is obviously not a viable solution. We need DHCP to work no matter where they are - just like it works for XP. :) BTW, none of our XP users have any problems at all. This is strictly a Win7 issue. We've tried removing some MS patches among other things, but nothing fixes it across the board. Any ideas? Points and ice cream will be awarded to anyone who can come up with an answer. :) Thanks, Wayne ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: I need to buy a DSLAM in Vancouver area
There's a store called Future Shop that might be able to help - moved away from Vancouver 11 years ago so not sure on the specific shops there these days, maybe radio shack? Should be lots of places around though - depending on where in Van your guy is - god I miss home - somebody give me a job there!! Lol ;-) Hope that is some use anyways From: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:nisgo...@gmx.de] Sent: 08 January 2010 01:12 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: I need to buy a DSLAM in Vancouver area Hello, We have a person working in Vancouver ( Canada ) this month, and boss has decided this person needs to find and buy a DSLAM there, for using in lab testing and training. Nothing fancy, 16 ports at least, supporting ADSL2+. Of course possibilities of upgrades to other standards are welcome. Could anyone recomend some place, either online or real, physical stores ? Second hand is also accecptable, if one of you has something like this gathering dust in a closet... Thanks. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Slightly OT question about oldcmp.exe
Sorry for the slight OT here. I am using oldcmp to do some analysis of user accounts on a large domain. I did a report on disabled users with password ages over 365 days. I note that many of the results come back as -1 for pwdage, as opposed to a number greater than 365, and I am wondering if any of you fine folks know how to interpret this value. Many thanks from snowy England. Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Slightly OT question about oldcmp.exe
Cool, thanks From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: 06 January 2010 12:47 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Slightly OT question about oldcmp.exe Means the password was never set Thanks, Brian Desmond mailto:br...@briandesmond.com br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Slightly OT question about oldcmp.exe Sorry for the slight OT here. I am using oldcmp to do some analysis of user accounts on a large domain. I did a report on disabled users with password ages over 365 days. I note that many of the results come back as -1 for pwdage, as opposed to a number greater than 365, and I am wondering if any of you fine folks know how to interpret this value. Many thanks from snowy England. Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Win7 God mode?
Thanks - like it J From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: 06 January 2010 15:33 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win7 God mode? IMO God Mode = The missing Control Panel. I remember when settings were so much easier to find... _ From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Win7 God mode? Anyone? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10423985-56.html David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: OT: VLAN question
Separate VLAN absolutely, and in fact you can run the DHCP scope for that VLAN off of the same Windows DHCP server (dependant on the phone system and supported scope options) - you would just need to add the scope options into that scope to tell the phones what IP address the controller lives on - but if your phone guy can do that for you all the better. You might need to do some switch config as well so the switch is aware of the two VLANs given your phones and PC's use the same switch port. From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: 18 December 2009 00:30 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: VLAN question You're right, I shouldn't say they can't. I should say they shouldn't comingle. Best practice separates them because in theory it's easier to control and segment the traffic... On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: Separate them logically or physically? I have to disagree that they CAN'T comingle - in a well-designed and implemented system they can. We support a site that runs voice and data over the same network for about 40 users (currently) and it works pretty well for the most part. Voice over IP is not really a very high bandwidth operation. Unless you're really underbuilt on your infrastructure you should be able to support it. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ b...@rolandschorr.com -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: VLAN question Always separate voice and data. Your network guy isn't very astute if he thinks the can comingle... On 12/17/09, Evan Brastow ebras...@automatedemblem.com wrote: Preface: I have no idea what I'm talking about. With that out of the way, I have a network consultant and a phone supplier that are a little bit at odds. We just purchased an Allworx IP phone system. All was going well until it was made active today and because apparent that voice quality was horrible. The IP part is only internal... External calls go over standard analog lines. But the problem is with internal calls as well as external. The Allworx phones share a 100Mbps network with the computers. We're a small company (smaller than ever) with about 25 computers and 19 phones, BUT, a lot of those phones and computers are out in production areas and receive VERY little use (i.e., someone will log in/out of a job once every few hours, and make a phone call once a day out there.) There are probably only about 8-10 active computers, and fewer active phones. The way it's configured is that the phone sits on the same cable as the computer. It goes from the wall jack to the phone, and then from the phone to the computer. The phone are on the same subnet as, and get IP addresses from the same DHCP server as the computer network. When phone calls are made, there's echoing, latency, static, etc... The switch is an HP ProCurve 2810-48G. Cabling is all CAT5 at least. The phone supplier is telling me that the way to segment the traffic to make sure there are no voice quality issues is to create a VLAN on the switch. But my IT consultant is saying, What's to segment? Everything's on the same cable and on the same subnet? It appears now that the phone supplier is saying that he can create a VLAN, and then they would use the Allworx phone system server as a DHCP server for the phones, which would put them on their own subnet, thereby making all the traffic flow better and the calls clearer. He said he'd have to link the two VLANS together as there are computer apps that interface with the phone system. So, my question is (because I don't know much about this end of networking,) does this sound like creating a separate VLAN is really going to help improve bandwidth and increase call quality? Thanks so much J Evan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Sent from my mobile device ~ 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/ ~
RE: VLAN question
Great post J From: Rohyans, Aaron [mailto:arohy...@dpsciences.com] Sent: 18 December 2009 00:37 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VLAN question Short answer - yes! What your phone vendor is referring to is simply VLAN segmentation and it is an *essential* part of a well performing IP Telephony system. The phones likely have the capability to run an 802.1q trunk to your HP switch. What this essentially does, is allow the phone to 'tag' its traffic using 802.1q headers for a specific VLAN (i.e. your new Voice VLAN) as well as tag it with a specific Class of Service (CoS) value (i.e. 802.1p - CS3 or CS5). blah blah blah blah blah. The PC sends it's traffic normally (un-'tagged') through the phone and into the 'Native' VLAN of the switch (Native = your Data VLAN). Now, what this means to you is that your PCs will operate normally as they did before, but your phone will LOGICALLY separate its traffic from the rest of your network. Although it rides over the same cable, the traffic will be logically separate as it enters/leaves the switch. The fact that your phone tags its traffic with CS3/CS5 (Media = CS5, Signaling = CS3) also allows you to establish proper Quality of Service (QoS) trust boundaries as well as provide proper Queuing/Policing/Priority mechanisms to ensure that your phone traffic maintains precedence over your data traffic. Remember, phones are unforgiving to network latency/packet loss. So, anytime we have the opportunity to 'screw' over normal PCs by shoving phone traffic ahead of them - we should do it - their traffic is much more forgiving to latency/packet loss. Advantages to what your phone vendor is proposing: . Creates a separate broadcast domain for your phones - phones are very chatty (no pun intended J) and tend to broadcast A LOT. why should your PCs have to listen to these broadcasts when it doesn't pertain to them - and vice versa? . VLANs provide a decent level of protection in the event you suffer from a broadcast storm on one of your subnets - i.e. you loop your network by accident and the most you'll do is kill that one VLAN. As it is now, if you were to accidentally loop your network, you'd kill both phones and PCs. With VLAN segmentation, hopefully the most you'll kill is your PC side - leaving your phones unharmed J . The ability to build in QoS mechanisms (YES, you NEED QoS even in a LAN environment) based on 802.1p tags or VLAN assignment (although, you *could* provide QoS without VLANs using 802.1p tagging. but that's no fun J) . Easier traffic management (even for traffic outside of phones - perhaps now you could put those 'chatty' printers into a VLAN by themselves!) . With proper QoS, your phones will no longer 'compete' for the wire with your PC - they'll be given preferential treatment Disadvantages: . A more complicated (but well performing) network . More subnets to manage/account for/route . Really all you need is LAN QoS (proper trust boundaries and priority queues setup in your switches) to resolve your issues here.. VLANs *will* add complexity . You will have graduated from $50 switches, to $500 switches overnight All in all, I would completely agree with your phone vendor. As it stands right now, your phones are sharing the same media/broadcast domain as your PCs and, thus ,'competing' for access to your network. VLANs are mechanism used to thwart this competition. If you have the ability, have your vendor reconfigure the Voice Gateway to operate in a new test VLAN. place one or more phones into this test VLAN (on unused switchports) and test your call quality. I think you'll see the difference! Hope this helps! Aaron T. Rohyans Senior Network Engineer CCIE #21945, CCSP, CCNA, CQS-Firewall, CQS-IPS, CQS-VPN, ISSP, CISP, JNCIA-ER DPSciences Corporation 7400 N. Shadeland Ave., Suite 245 Indianapolis, IN 46250 Office: (317) 348-0099 Fax: (317) 849-7134 arohy...@dpsciences.com http://www.dpsciences.com/ I want an Anti-Virus system that sends Arnold back in time to kill the hacker as a small child before he invents the virus... There are 10 kinds of people in this world... those who can read binary, and those who can't From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 6:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: VLAN question Preface: I have no idea what I'm talking about. With that out of the way, I have a network consultant and a phone supplier that are a little bit at odds. We just purchased an Allworx IP phone system. All was going well until it was made active today and because apparent that voice quality was horrible. The IP part is only internal. External calls go over standard analog lines. But the problem is with internal calls as well as external. The Allworx phones share a 100Mbps network with the computers. We're a small company (smaller than ever)
RE: tsadmin console
Wild guess, perhaps the desc comes from ADUC as opposed to TSAdmin, and TSAdmin is just pulling it, dunno, late night guess From: James Hill [mailto:james.h...@superamart.com.au] Sent: 01 November 2009 23:57 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: tsadmin console Can't say I've ever seen that. Can we see the screenshot? J From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:li...@levelfive.us] Sent: Friday, 30 October 2009 1:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: tsadmin console I have a 2003 ts server that was recently re-done. The admin swears (with screen shot) that previously when they ran the tsadmin option the Users Description was listed there and now its not there. I poked around for it and tried a little google-fu without success. Basically all the users have a Description (this is a stand alone server) sorted by company name and made it easy for the admin to find particular users by sorting by the description field. I would say it cant happen because Ive never seen it but Im staring at a screenshot with it J ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Server Hardware migration Tools
Hi all, I am considering using Double Take Move to migrate some servers off of old hardware, and on to newer faster boxes. before I commit i was hoping some of you could tell me what you have used to achieve this in the past The advanatages I see with the Double Take product are: - cost (£207 GBP RRP) - hardware agnostic - replicates data, system state, applications on to an exisiting OS that already has the required drivers - no downtime for migration of data - 5 minute cut over - no data loss (snapshots can leave new data behind) So I would be really interested in hearing if you have experienced any other products that compare to these features :-) many thanks Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Server Hardware migration Tools
it's possible, but I have a client who has a bunch of ML form factor machines he wants converted to rack - so he has some ML 3** boxes, and I thought DTM would be a good way to get him where he needs to go - P2V would be cool, but I am not sure if that is an option given that the existing DL's would not support multipe OS's given their resources. 2009/10/23 Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com Considering migration to VMs? *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Clayton Doige clayton.do...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, I am considering using Double Take Move to migrate some servers off of old hardware, and on to newer faster boxes. before I commit i was hoping some of you could tell me what you have used to achieve this in the past The advanatages I see with the Double Take product are: - cost (£207 GBP RRP) - hardware agnostic - replicates data, system state, applications on to an exisiting OS that already has the required drivers - no downtime for migration of data - 5 minute cut over - no data loss (snapshots can leave new data behind) So I would be really interested in hearing if you have experienced any other products that compare to these features :-) many thanks Clayton -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Server Hardware migration Tools
Hi all, the only reason I am replying to my own is because of the time difference between the UK and various parts of the US - now that America is online I thought I would repost in case the shift deleters amongst you missed this earlier :-) 2009/10/23 Clayton Doige clayton.do...@gmail.com it's possible, but I have a client who has a bunch of ML form factor machines he wants converted to rack - so he has some ML 3** boxes, and I thought DTM would be a good way to get him where he needs to go - P2V would be cool, but I am not sure if that is an option given that the existing DL's would not support multipe OS's given their resources. 2009/10/23 Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com Considering migration to VMs? *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Clayton Doige clayton.do...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, I am considering using Double Take Move to migrate some servers off of old hardware, and on to newer faster boxes. before I commit i was hoping some of you could tell me what you have used to achieve this in the past The advanatages I see with the Double Take product are: - cost (£207 GBP RRP) - hardware agnostic - replicates data, system state, applications on to an exisiting OS that already has the required drivers - no downtime for migration of data - 5 minute cut over - no data loss (snapshots can leave new data behind) So I would be really interested in hearing if you have experienced any other products that compare to these features :-) many thanks Clayton -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
One Script to rule them all
Hi all, Windows 2003 R1 domain, 45 sites, 80 subnets, 340 MB sysvol share due to bloated group policies and legacy scripts, bald sysadmin trying to manage havin been with the company 6 months - talk about group policy inheritance! in the process of cleaning up the AD in general (104 OU's containing computers accounts, 2000 computer accounts have not reset their domain password in the last 90 days, twice that number in AD) deep joy I would like to go old school on things to clean up AD so that I can start to kill policies so I am creating a new structure and am going to migrate objects into the new structure - for users and computers the structure will be based on site So... I'd like to create a script that will assign various settings based on the subnet the user is logging on to In the main the existing group polices simply set Important URL's in IE and set the proxy settings (seriously) Important URLS I am happy to stick at the root of the users OU, however for the proxy settings I would like to have the computer import a site.reg file at logon based on the ip range - I don't know how to do this Trying to avoid the 'if member' route because the group structure in this AD is even more messed up than the OU structure What do those of you with multiple sites do to manage the size of your sysvol whilst making sure all of your site specific requirements are met? Is there a nice script that says 'if ipconfig 192.168.100.1 and 192.168.100.100 \\dc\sysvol\site.reg file://dc/sysvol/site.reg or similar? and then from there if i wanted to specify drive mappings for the site etc? Thanks for any advice! Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: mail server DR ?
Double Take - will have you up in running in 5 minutes 2009/10/13 Davies,Matt mdav...@generalatlantic.com Maybe I'm missing the point here, but 45 minute downtime can be achieved, but how many minutes/hours of data are you prepared to lose ? Given that money is a problem so some form of asyn replication is used. Matt -Original Message- From: wjh [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: 13 October 2009 14:38 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: mail server DR ? Hi all, So the VP of one of our clients wants to be able to guarantee a 45 minute window of downtime if there is a critical failure of their mail server. They are using exchange 2003 enterprise in standalone on a HP DL360 with a StorageWorks connected by scsi. The mdbdata folder is 450GB. This is for less than 200 users. They currently have no retention policy and no limit on mailbox sizes. They have 100 users with blackberries on a BES 5.0 server. Very important that BBs stay workable. Backup Exec does incremental to disk and fulls to tape(LTO4) for offsite storage. They have a metro Ethernet connection providing a 100 meg connection to the internet at a data center. What would you consider a reasonable solution for DR within 45 minutes? They supposedly had no money for projects/capital expenditures remaining this year, but then he asked for this. Thanks for any thoughts/advice. Bill ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ _ This e-mail (including all attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify us immediately at h...@generalatlantic.com . Thank You. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: mail server DR ?
ask him how much it will cost to be down for more than 45 miutes ;-) 2009/10/13 Jay Dale jd...@xpresstel.com Too expensive for what he’s looking for. Jay *From:* Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:11 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: mail server DR ? Double Take - will have you up in running in 5 minutes 2009/10/13 Davies,Matt mdav...@generalatlantic.com Maybe I'm missing the point here, but 45 minute downtime can be achieved, but how many minutes/hours of data are you prepared to lose ? Given that money is a problem so some form of asyn replication is used. Matt -Original Message- From: wjh [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: 13 October 2009 14:38 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: mail server DR ? Hi all, So the VP of one of our clients wants to be able to guarantee a 45 minute window of downtime if there is a critical failure of their mail server. They are using exchange 2003 enterprise in standalone on a HP DL360 with a StorageWorks connected by scsi. The mdbdata folder is 450GB. This is for less than 200 users. They currently have no retention policy and no limit on mailbox sizes. They have 100 users with blackberries on a BES 5.0 server. Very important that BBs stay workable. Backup Exec does incremental to disk and fulls to tape(LTO4) for offsite storage. They have a metro Ethernet connection providing a 100 meg connection to the internet at a data center. What would you consider a reasonable solution for DR within 45 minutes? They supposedly had no money for projects/capital expenditures remaining this year, but then he asked for this. Thanks for any thoughts/advice. Bill ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ _ This e-mail (including all attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify us immediately at h...@generalatlantic.com . Thank You. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
DSQuery
Hi all, ust a quick one, I'd like to get information out of AD that tells me which OU's contain computer accounts in a 2K3 domain. I can't seem to get what i am looking for from DSQuery, so am just wondering if anyone out there has done something non scripty that pulls this information out of AD? Thanks Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: DSQuery
thanks, that's what I had to do, with excel as well, a bit messy due to the way this AD structure was originally set up, major housekeeping required lol: 104 OU's contain computer accounts, and 4400 computer objects in AD, some are nexted 5 OU's deep, madness (tring getting Excel to accurately dedupe that lol) thanks again! 2009/8/26 Christopher Bodnar christopher_bod...@glic.com I just did this with Dsquery and it required very little cleanup with Excel to pull out the names of the OUs from the output. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 -- *From:* Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:33 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: DSQuery Clayton, If you pull a list of computer accounts using dsquery, it will include the OU information by default. Dsquery computer computers.csv I was just messing with this command yesterday If you Google dsquery there’s a ton of info. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:47 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: DSQuery Have you tried adfind? http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/index.htm 2009/8/26 Clayton Doige clayton.do...@gmail.com Hi all, ust a quick one, I'd like to get information out of AD that tells me which OU's contain computer accounts in a 2K3 domain. I can't seem to get what i am looking for from DSQuery, so am just wondering if anyone out there has done something non scripty that pulls this information out of AD? Thanks Clayton -- On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. http://raythestray.blogspot.com -- *This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. * -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
OT: enabling remote desktop on vista home prem
Hi all, sorry for the noise - I have a creaky laptop with vista home premium installed, and I want to consign it to running as a media centre box, but would still like to rdp on to it while the missus is watching her favourite tv shows I have seen a few download hacks, reticent to go down that route, so am wondering if one of you kind folks could recommend the safest bestest way to get my cake and eat it too! For clarification: Laptop Docking Station AV system and Network - so I guess I would need both the ability to rdp on to the laptop, but also the ability to not interrupt the locally logged in session too All suggestions and tips are greatly appreciated! Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: enabling remote desktop on vista home prem
So I take it this is a no go then? http://digg.com/microsoft/Remote_Desktop_Hack_for_Vista_Home_Premium Thanks for the replies thus far :-) -Original Message- From: Michael Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] Sent: 26 August 2009 18:51 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: enabling remote desktop on vista home prem What do you actually need to RDP in to do? Accessing files and Media can all be done over the network, and changing settings will interrupt the movie playing. The hacks usually involve installing a now 6 year old dll file which was part of the Beta for the time when Microsoft were thinking about 2 users on 2 screens but one set of hardware - and you really don't want to install that on a stable system. VNC would work, and if you upgrade to Windows 7 then you can stream the media to other machines (or Xboxes or certain TVs) - great fun in the office on a slow day. Mike -Original Message- From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: 26 August 2009 6:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: enabling remote desktop on vista home prem Good point, missus won't be watching TV while VNC has taken over the console... Even Ultimate which supports remove desktop won't allow that. Carl -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: enabling remote desktop on vista home prem Can you even have multiple user sessions being actively used on Vista (any edition)? I thought RDP, and the other remote access solutions for that matter, will give you either a console view or at a minimum lock the session of the currently logged on user while you are remotely accessing it. - Andy O. From: Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: enabling remote desktop on vista home prem Hi all, sorry for the noise - I have a creaky laptop with vista home premium installed, and I want to consign it to running as a media centre box, but would still like to rdp on to it while the missus is watching her favourite tv shows I have seen a few download hacks, reticent to go down that route, so am wondering if one of you kind folks could recommend the safest bestest way to get my cake and eat it too! For clarification: Laptop Docking Station AV system and Network - so I guess I would need both the ability to rdp on to the laptop, but also the ability to not interrupt the locally logged in session too All suggestions and tips are greatly appreciated! Clayton ~ 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/ ~
RE: Windows two factor auth quick poll
This is a slightly different twist, but is a cost effective method assuming your firewall supports this: my experience was with Watchguard. Watchguard firewall have the ability to force people to log in to the firewall before they open a port - typically you would use this if you wanted to restrict web browsing by user, however it works from the outside in as well. So the process was simple: set up a separate username and password on the firewall for a user, and before they can access your OWA, or Terminal Server farm, whatever, they have to authenticate to the firewall. Next, when they wish to access the actual resource they are after they have to use the Windows password etc to do so. It's not pure two factor in that both levels are 'something the user knows' as opposed to something they know and something have and something they are etc, but it's effective, and cheap to implement. If you have multiple sites, take some of those old Windows 2000 Server CD's you have and create a virtual domain controller in a separate Windows 2000 domain at each site (assuming you're licensed of course), and then let the domain controllers sync up so the user only has one firewall password for the whole estate, as opposed to one for each site. Point the firewall authentication at that active directory, and you're done -Original Message- From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: 30 July 2009 03:46 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows two factor auth quick poll I'm throwing this out into the ether 'cause I really don't know where to start. I'm looking for strong remote access / user authentication for a Windows 2003 functional level domain. RSA SecureID -or- Aladdin SafeWord -or- Entrust IdentityGuard -or- Authenex-ASAS -or- Quest Defender -or- something else? Desired features are: 1) minimal cost (naturally) 2) minimal installation footprint 3) flexibility (different rules depending on where the user is physically located) 4) ease of management 5) upgrade-ready (to future AD versions, etc.) All thoughts and experiences are welcome. Thanks, RS ~ 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/ ~
RE: R: Windows 7 edition comparison
++ Used it since beta 2, although my experiences of Windows 7 are that it seems to be a much better OS thus far From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: 26 July 2009 18:00 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: R: Windows 7 edition comparison + On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:56 AM, HELP_PC g...@enter.it wrote: I also agree that Vista is stable and not bad at all . I and my customers in SBS world didn't have any compatibility issue generally speaking. The only thing you can blame the OS is the high resources request for runnig decently ; so only very new Dual or Quad core and a plenty of RAM and 64 bit if you can afford. GuidoElia HELPPC _ Da: Eric Wittersheim [mailto:eric.wittersh...@gmail.com] Inviato: domenica 26 luglio 2009 14.12 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: Re: Windows 7 edition comparison ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: List Statistics - WAS: Re: What does it take to get off this mailing list?
I'll bite: 1998 (November) and counting (Mr Bond) On a completely different tack, but somewhat apropos to both this thread and one other recently: Are Sunbelt keeping track of things like average tenancy on the list, top posters, oldest tenancy, etc? It would be interesting to know some of those things... Kurt ~ 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/ ~
LDAP Help
Hi all, my LDAP is poor so apologies if this is a relatively div questions. The network I am working on has an AD that has not been looked after properly over the years, servers and desktops were simply shut off, and not properly removed from AD, so there are over 5000 computer objects floating around in an environment that has under 2000 live hosts. I would like to construct an LDAP search that will display all the machines which have not talked to a domain controller in over say 3 months, and I have no idea how to syntax the query, or what attributes to reference in the query to ul,l the information out. Any help will be greatly appreciated (Windows 2003 domain) Many thanks in advance Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: LDAP Help
cool, thanks, works a treat! 2009/7/17 James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com +1 Oldcmp is the proverbial mutt's nuts for this problem 2009/7/17 Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com Happy to give you a query, but this tool does everything you need (AFAICT): http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/oldcmp/index.htm Cheers Ken -- *From:* Clayton Doige [clayton.do...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, 17 July 2009 7:42 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* LDAP Help Hi all, my LDAP is poor so apologies if this is a relatively div questions. The network I am working on has an AD that has not been looked after properly over the years, servers and desktops were simply shut off, and not properly removed from AD, so there are over 5000 computer objects floating around in an environment that has under 2000 live hosts. I would like to construct an LDAP search that will display all the machines which have not talked to a domain controller in over say 3 months, and I have no idea how to syntax the query, or what attributes to reference in the query to ul,l the information out. Any help will be greatly appreciated (Windows 2003 domain) Many thanks in advance Clayton -- On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. http://raythestray.blogspot.com -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Xen 5.5 diagram
I'd be interested in seeing that too :-) 2009/7/14 Webster carlwebs...@gmail.com *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] *Subject:* Xen 5.5 diagram Looking for a logical architectural diagram of XenServer 5.5 that shows how the different components are laid out within the various tiers of a virtual infrastructure. Citrix’s training stuff is way lame and I wanted to see if anyone knew of such an animal. 5.5 documentation is “a little lean” to be polite. As usual, I took care of my Shooky Baby! J Webster -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
DHCP Event 1065
The problem described here http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/32508208/dhcp-problems--event-id.aspx happened to us today. I am wondering if anyone out there has seen this and can enlighten me as to what would cause a Windows 2003 GC running DHCP to suddenly lose scope options and IP Address ranges? Thanks Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Free Server Virtualization Options: VMware Server, ESXi, XenServer, Hyper-V, and others...
Hi all, jumping in this thread a little late. Xen Server rocks, used it for a year now (even got CCA'd on it), easy to use, full enterprise features, stable, expandable, all sorts, and then there is also the fact that you can run EverRun VM on top of it. Take two Xen Servers, install EverRun and the VM's you want, EverRun mirrors the VM's across the two servers = no down time or data loss due to hardware or host failure. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/jan09/01-09MarathonPR.mspx 2009/6/12 Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com Yeah, that didn't come out right. Without VC or a SAN, the process doesn't to seem to be any harder than ESXi. On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: I may not have played with HyperV very much, but I didn't find moving VM's to be any easier than with ESXi. Of course with a SAN and/or VirtualCenter moving VM's is fairly trivial. On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: No to VMWare server. Qualified yes to ESXi - it's damned painful if you have to move VMs between machines, and getting SSH running is not terribly intuitive, but it's definitely doable. Sun has a virtualization product called VirtualBox, but I don't know its licensing status or capabilities, and there's also Virtual Iron, which I've heard good things about but haven't used, and also don't know the licensing for. This is a decent place to start looking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_virtualization On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 14:15, Matthew W. Rossmr...@ephrataschools.org wrote: Greetings, List. There are so many available Virtual Server solutions available now, and it's time for us to look at moving from our current VMWare 1.0 server solution. As our budget has been greatly reduced, we are currently looking at the free products: VMWare Server 2.0 ESXi XenServer Hyper-V Any others I've missed. I'm wondering if anybody can vouch for or against any of these products, and express any useful experiences you've had. Thanks all, --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ 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/ ~ -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
WSUS WAN Advice
Hi all, I am hoping some of you can offer some advice with regards to deploying Child WSUS server in a Windows 2003 server/XP Professional environment when the organisation is spread across multiple sites connected by slow WAN/VPN links. How do you manage the deployment of patches to child servers at the sites, how are you setting up computer groups (via group policy or WSUS itself). I am just looking to get an idea of the best way to deploy the Child sites to minimise the impact of update downloads on the WAN links really. Not urgent, just seeking any advice, experience and gotchas I might want to be aware of. Many thanks Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: WSUS WAN Advice
Great, thanks for this, just the kind of thing I was looking for! 2009/6/10 tony patton tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com Hiya, Our setup is as follows, but our links are 100mb between sites, not sure if thats classed as slow or not. Main WSUS server in HQ 6 remote sites with downstream servers Downstream servers sync with the master between 2 and 3 AM, so there is no intersite traffic during working hours, unless I approve something then I manually sync it, but it wouldn't be a massive size. The servers and desktops were recently seperated onto their own WSUS servers, the servers are managed by a single WSUS in HQ. We have the desktops managed by GPO into their target groups with install time set to 4pm, which actually runs at 3pm due to daylight bloody savings time. Reboot prompts are set to 30 minute intervals. Main gotcha I came across when setting it up was that the downstream servers need to manally sync quite a number of times before they get all the updates downloaded. Just run the server cleanup wizard on the master before setting up the downstreams, otherwise you;ll be transferring updates that aren't needed. HTH Tony Patton Desktop Operations Cavan Ext 8078 Direct Dial 049 435 2878 email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com *Clayton Doige clayton.do...@gmail.com* 10/06/2009 09:37 Please respond to NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com cc Subject WSUS WAN Advice Hi all, I am hoping some of you can offer some advice with regards to deploying Child WSUS server in a Windows 2003 server/XP Professional environment when the organisation is spread across multiple sites connected by slow WAN/VPN links. How do you manage the deployment of patches to child servers at the sites, how are you setting up computer groups (via group policy or WSUS itself). I am just looking to get an idea of the best way to deploy the Child sites to minimise the impact of update downloads on the WAN links really. Not urgent, just seeking any advice, experience and gotchas I might want to be aware of. Many thanks Clayton http://www.quinn-insurance.com This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. The contents should not be copied nor disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of QUINN-Insurance, unless otherwise specifically stated . As internet communications are not secure, QUINN-Insurance is not responsible for the contents of this message nor responsible for any change made to this message after it was sent by the original sender. Although virus scanning is used on all inbound and outbound e-mail, we advise you to carry out your own virus check before opening any attachment. We cannot accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of any software viruses. QUINN-Life Direct Limited is regulated by the Financial Regulator. QUINN-Insurance Limited is regulated by the Financial Regulator and regulated by the Financial Services Authority for the conduct of UK business. QUINN-Life Direct Limited is registered in Ireland, registration number 292374 and is a private company limited by shares. QUINN-Insurance Limited is registered in Ireland, registration number 240768 and is a private company limited by shares. Both companies have their head office at Dublin Road, Cavan, Co. Cavan. -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: server duplication
Have a look at Double Take's Full Failover Option. It replicates data and system state to your new server as long as the SP levels etc match, so you don't have driver issues. Once your data is replicated you click a failover button, Double Take powers off your source server and exectues the failover. I have done this a few times successfully. It is y understanding that Double Take now sell this as a 60 day product, so you don't have to pafull pop for buying something you are o nly going to use for a week. 2009/4/20 Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com Yep. Ive done that before. With the Universal restore option you can add drivers during the cloning process which you may need for the RAID controller. *From:* John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] *Sent:* Monday, April 20, 2009 6:27 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: server duplication Acronis True Image with Universal restore. *John W. Cook* *Systems Administrator* *Partnership For Strong Families* *315 SE 2nd Ave* *Gainesville, Fl 32601* *Office (352) 393-2741 x320* *Cell (352) 215-6944* *Fax (352) 393-2746* *MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+* *From:* chipsh...@comcast.net [mailto:chipsh...@comcast.net] *Sent:* Monday, April 20, 2009 9:22 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* server duplication I have an older Dell 2400 in a remote office that is on it's last legs. Running Standard server 2003 SP1. This is a DC, DHCP, DNS and VPN server. I've got a new Dell server coming that is marked to replace it. I could be hallucinating but is there a program/tool that will duplicate all server settings, configs, etc from the old to the new server. Thanks. Steve -- CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Vipre
Few months back there was a comparisson matrix for Vipre versus other AV vendors, anyone have any idea where I can find that? Thanks Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Vipre
exactly what I was looking for, thanks :-) 2009/4/15 Axcess Mailing List ml...@axcess.us Clayton: http://www.vipreantivirus.com/Stats/ Regards, Jim *From:* Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, April 15, 2009 08:48 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Vipre Few months back there was a comparisson matrix for Vipre versus other AV vendors, anyone have any idea where I can find that? Thanks Clayton -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
OT
Barbie = 50 Madonna = 50 hmm ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Friday Funny
That's hilarious 2009/3/6 Roger Wright rwri...@evatone.com http://deadspin.com/5164205/entire-state-of-maryland-roped-into-online-prank-war Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 [image: ET E-mail Signature Logo] _ I've never recognized any elevation above that of salesman. - Thomas Watson, IBM's first president -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image003.jpg
W2K3 Windows Updates Taking Ages to install
Hi all, I am wondering if anyone has come across this. Click Install Updates and ShutDown from the security dialogue box on a Windows 2003 SP2 server, and it is taking about three hours to install. Users are able to access the server, but obviously when the updates finish the box is going to shut down, and transactions might be lost. My thought would be kill the box now and reboot to LKG, but just wondering if anyone has seen this recently and has any ideas as to what is causing this. Many thanks Clayton Doige Project Management Consultant Green IT Solutions Ltd clay...@greenit.co.uk mailto:clay...@greenit.co.uk 01277844943 07949255062 www.greenit.co.uk http://www.greenit.co.uk Internet communications are not secure and Green IT Solutions Ltd does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Green IT Solutions Ltd. Although Green IT Solutions Ltd operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Telephone communications and replies to this email may be monitored by Green IT Solutions Ltd for operational or training purposes. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: W2K3 Windows Updates Taking Ages to install
cup of coffee, muffin ;-) SQL 2000 2009/2/18 Michael B. Smith mich...@theessentialexchange.com What's on the box? *From:* Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@greenit.co.uk] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:23 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* W2K3 Windows Updates Taking Ages to install Hi all, I am wondering if anyone has come across this. Click Install Updates and ShutDown from the security dialogue box on a Windows 2003 SP2 server, and it is taking about three hours to install. Users are able to access the server, but obviously when the updates finish the box is going to shut down, and transactions might be lost. My thought would be kill the box now and reboot to LKG, but just wondering if anyone has seen this recently and has any ideas as to what is causing this. Many thanks *Clayton Doige* *Project Management Consultant* *Green IT Solutions Ltd* clay...@greenit.co.uk 01277844943 07949255062 www.greenit.co.uk Internet communications are not secure and Green IT Solutions Ltd does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Green IT Solutions Ltd. Although Green IT Solutions Ltd operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Telephone communications and replies to this email may be monitored by Green IT Solutions Ltd for operational or training purposes. -- Regards, Clayton clay...@alsipius.com http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Backup/restore of ESX using Citrix XenServer
Tom, get your mitts on Marathon EverRun VM, it the perfect solution for you, and installs just above the Xen Server Hypervisor, gives you all of the failover capabilities of VMotion without the need for shared storage www.marathontechnologies.com From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: 18 February 2009 14:47 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup/restore of ESX using Citrix XenServer On the EMC side you have MirrorView, SAN Copy, SnapView. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup/restore of ESX using Citrix XenServer Hi Folks, We are starting to use an ESX AX4 unit. I'm using Citrix XenServer for the virtual platform host. I'm looking for recommendations as to disaster recovery and replication, aside from the usual backup licenses I'd need for each host. The unit will host machines for file and print, SQL systems, and various storage servers. I've used Double-Take in the past for an active-active fail over scenario, and that's one thing I'm considering for data replication to our off-site offices where I'd have similar virtual machines configured. Our new enterprise system will be housed on the SAN, so fail over and fall back are pretty high on the list of necessary features. Recommendations? Thanks, Tom Miller Engineer, Information Technology Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board 757-788-0528 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. This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Terminal Services: Printing over WAN Links
Hi there, I am curious to know what 3rd party tools people are using for printing to a local network printer, such as a large Canon multi function unit people have had success with in a Windows 2003 terminal services environment. So if you have say 25 users at a remote office, all using terminal services to connect to a data centre, what kinds of solutions will prevent the sessions from dying when a large print job is spooled and sent down the wire back to the remote office? Thanks in advance Clayton Doige Project Management Consultant Green IT Solutions Ltd clay...@greenit.co.uk mailto:clay...@greenit.co.uk 01277844943 07949255062 www.greenit.co.uk http://www.greenit.co.uk Internet communications are not secure and Green IT Solutions Ltd does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Green IT Solutions Ltd. Although Green IT Solutions Ltd operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Telephone communications and replies to this email may be monitored by Green IT Solutions Ltd for operational or training purposes. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Terminal Services: Printing over WAN Links
Thanks for the replies J From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: 15 January 2009 13:13 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Services: Printing over WAN Links I am using UniPrint (www.uniprint.net) for several T/S and Citrix clients. I can't say enough good things about it. It's not cheap, but it isn't exorbitantly priced, either. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php From: Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@greenit.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 7:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Terminal Services: Printing over WAN Links Hi there, I am curious to know what 3rd party tools people are using for printing to a local network printer, such as a large Canon multi function unit people have had success with in a Windows 2003 terminal services environment. So if you have say 25 users at a remote office, all using terminal services to connect to a data centre, what kinds of solutions will prevent the sessions from dying when a large print job is spooled and sent down the wire back to the remote office? Thanks in advance Clayton Doige Project Management Consultant Green IT Solutions Ltd clay...@greenit.co.uk 01277844943 07949255062 www.greenit.co.uk Internet communications are not secure and Green IT Solutions Ltd does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Green IT Solutions Ltd. Although Green IT Solutions Ltd operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Telephone communications and replies to this email may be monitored by Green IT Solutions Ltd for operational or training purposes. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: SharePoint Web Server farms
that's fair comment for sure, and thanks for that. We have 40 users, with a bunch of team sites in one collection. I thought of using a farm as opposed to setting up some sort of formal DR Process (currently have a batch file using stsadm to take back ups, and could use the same for a restore to a target dr server, and do the necessary from there). thanks again 2008/12/9 David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1, it's easy to **set it up**. The trick is to understand how you want to deploy it to the organization. Do you want multiple web apps, or just one? Multiple site collections, or just one collection with a bunch of team sites underneath? When it comes to restoring data you need to keep in mind how you design your SharePoint infrastructure has an effect on this as well as how granular you can delegate permissions. If you have a small company then it's not a problem, one site will likely cover your needs, but if you have 500+ users, you might need more than one. *Maybe*. Think of SharePoint as you would Active Directory – you can get it going without any planning, but it will work better for you if you have it mapped out ahead of time. I **highly** recommend a class on SharePoint before just throwing it out there. For me, SharePoint took more than just reading on the web to get my hands around some of the concepts. *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, December 09, 2008 5:34 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: SharePoint Web Server farms Just follow the bouncing balls? :-P Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michaelhttp://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php *From:* Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, December 09, 2008 4:41 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* SharePoint Web Server farms Hi there, yes I am being lazy, so apologies from the off. I am going to google, but if anyone can point me to some step by step guides for setting up W2K3 SharePoint (free version) in a farm (is this possible?) I would be grateful J *Clayton Doige* IT Project Manager *C**M**E** Development Corporation* T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Alex Eckelberry - A Shining Star...
well done!!! 2008/11/27 Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wow! Impressive work. Seriously. You should be very proud of yourself. *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, November 27, 2008 5:59 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Alex Eckelberry - A Shining Star... http://www.cio.com/article/print/466478 WAY TO GO ALEX! Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michaelhttp://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
Dusting off some DOS and drawing a mind blank. Wrote a short little batch file with the idea being that everything (files and folders) within in a certain directory is blown out everyday. Goes like this: del c:\directory\ *.* /Q /S this proceeds to delete every file in every subdirectory without user intervention, however it leaves the subfolders in place. What switch do I use to get rid of the folders as well? Thanks Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Smile For a Monday Morning
http://www.funny-city.com/templates/content/this-is-sparta/this-is-sparta-4. jpg ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
403.6 - Forbidden
Hi all. I have an SBS 2003 server which a home worker is connecting to via VPN. When they attempt to access http://server/companyweb/default.aspx the 406.3 error is returned stating that the web site has a list of denied IP .Addresses etc I have killed that to allow all IP Addresses, and at the suggestion of one of the google hits I found enabled basic authentication on the site. Even after a reboot the 403.6 still comes up when accessing via the vpn tunnel. I noticed that the defaulo website has the ip address restrictions in place, but then sites like /exchange don't and the exchange site loads for this same user. I was, after a couple fruitless hours of googling for myself, hoping somebody can enlighten me as to what needs tweaking to get this working? Thanks Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: $700B?
Going down the good old conspiracy theory route I tend to believe this whole thing is engineered for the gain of a very very few already wealthy individuals (watch what banks buy other banks in the coming weeks for example). Your dollar will disappear and become the Amero (same in Canada and Mexico), the free trade will open up between nations, and cheap imports will flood into Mexico and head north without the checks untaken in Canada and the US, wages will go down in those two countries, while the cost of living will increase with the national debts. The whole financial system needs chucking out and a new one where interest is not the prime mechanism needs to replace it (think about it, interest represents money that never existed in the first place, so where do you find the money to pay it back?) /end_rant From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 15:35 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: $700B? Devin Meade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/26/2008 10:28:41 AM: 700 Billion / 300 Million = $2,333. Thats what every resident (legal and non-legal) will be paying to bail out the crooks. How bout sending US a check instead. Shutting up now. Well, some are crooks. More are just stupidly incompetant (as opposed to intelligently incompetant, I suppose ...) and willfully blind. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: [OT] SNMP, Watchguard and MRTG
Have used solar winds very successfully for this exact purpose. We get real time stats of in and outbound on gauges in the Solar Winds package, all we needed to do was get the SNMP Communities set up. We went very cryptic on community names for obvious reasons. We have the Fireware pro package installed so we have three ISP connections, a DMZ and a private interface on the box, and we monitor usage for all 5 ports. 2008/8/13 Oliver Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone have any experience of monitoring the bandwidth usage of a watchguard unit via something like MRTG or similar ? I want to know the bandwidth usage at a few of our sites so that we can upgrade the lines. They are serviced office units which inevitable means that no one knows whats going on and the management company don't keep bandwidth usage stats, so it's up to us to sell ourselves an upgrade. I've had a look around but there's nothing on the web that I can see that might help. The units are X55e ones, nothing fancy. Olly __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3350 (20080812) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Remote Network Monitoring Software
Hi all, this is more targetting at those of you on list that work for consultancy firms, as opposed to in house folks. I am surfing around looking at various network monitoring tools, but the key things that I am looking for are ones that allow a consultancy firm to remotely monitor several networks simulteneously, and securely. The idea being we can have a dashboard in our office showing our various client's networks and alerting us to any issues. So this obviously mean mutilple domains, subnets, SNMP communities and the like. What are folks using, and how happy are you with it? Thanks Clayton ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: People that keep scanning my firewall
Hey, a lot of those scans will be script kiddies and the like, it is summer holidays after all. Annoying to be sure, but it does show your firewall up to management as a target, and that could work in your favour if you need budget for additional security in the future? Just a thought... -Original Message- From: David W. McSpadden [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 July 2008 19:10 To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: People that keep scanning my firewall Does anyone want to share a list of jerkoffs that keep scanning the outside interface of their firewalls? I want to just blast these IP's that keep filling up my Management reports. They are a bother and have no real value but I am required to get the board an unaltered report. Data Security is everyone's responsibility. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Sharepoint 3.0 VS MOS 07
Workflow building and customisation is the biggie from what I can tell 2008/7/25 Dennis Rogov [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi everyone My firm currently utilizes Sharepoint 3.0 services as our internet intranet. What are the new features in the new sharepoint? Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE *P**eer* GROUP *an informed medical communications company* 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: IPhone in a windows exxchange shop?
In Sunday's show the went to Japan, May and Hammond on the bullet train, and Clarkson in a new Nissan, quite funny. The speed cameras in Japan need to both get the license plate and your face, so Clarkson was holding up a mask everythime he passed one. 2008/7/16 Steve Ens [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The specials are good, just saw then race across Botswana...and then there is the one when they go to the North Pole...on a truck. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Kelsay, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love when he talks about American cars. Mark *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 16 July 2008 04:30 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: IPhone in a windows exxchange shop? LOL sorry too busy watching Top Gear...Clarkson really cracks me up. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even better http://www.robichaux.net/blog/2008/07/the-iphone-as-a-mail-device.php -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: IPhone in a windows exxchange shop?
Hammond going fastin a straight line, always interesting ;-) Best ever joint favs: Darts with Cars, and that Space Shuttle thing 2008/7/16 Steve Ens [EMAIL PROTECTED]: LOL, I don't have that one yet...the race between the bugatti and that jet fighter was awesome too. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Clayton Doige [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Sunday's show the went to Japan, May and Hammond on the bullet train, and Clarkson in a new Nissan, quite funny. The speed cameras in Japan need to both get the license plate and your face, so Clarkson was holding up a mask everythime he passed one. 2008/7/16 Steve Ens [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The specials are good, just saw then race across Botswana...and then there is the one when they go to the North Pole...on a truck. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Kelsay, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love when he talks about American cars. Mark *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 16 July 2008 04:30 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: IPhone in a windows exxchange shop? LOL sorry too busy watching Top Gear...Clarkson really cracks me up. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even better http://www.robichaux.net/blog/2008/07/the-iphone-as-a-mail-device.php -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: IPhone in a windows exxchange shop?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4WzWFKQ20 2008/7/16 Clayton Doige [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hammond going fastin a straight line, always interesting ;-) Best ever joint favs: Darts with Cars, and that Space Shuttle thing 2008/7/16 Steve Ens [EMAIL PROTECTED]: LOL, I don't have that one yet...the race between the bugatti and that jet fighter was awesome too. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Clayton Doige [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Sunday's show the went to Japan, May and Hammond on the bullet train, and Clarkson in a new Nissan, quite funny. The speed cameras in Japan need to both get the license plate and your face, so Clarkson was holding up a mask everythime he passed one. 2008/7/16 Steve Ens [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The specials are good, just saw then race across Botswana...and then there is the one when they go to the North Pole...on a truck. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Kelsay, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love when he talks about American cars. Mark *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 16 July 2008 04:30 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: IPhone in a windows exxchange shop? LOL sorry too busy watching Top Gear...Clarkson really cracks me up. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even better http://www.robichaux.net/blog/2008/07/the-iphone-as-a-mail-device.php -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: OT Monday Humor: How Many Forum Members Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb?
I think you forgot the 23.5 'how do I unsubscribe' people ;-) 2008/7/14 Ziots, Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wut a Light Bulb? Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -- *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, July 14, 2008 8:58 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* OT Monday Humor: How Many Forum Members Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb? -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Wednesday funny
5 miles uphill in 6 feet of snow both ways huh? 2008/7/8 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Way back when I passed 50 (years of age, that is; I believe the prep had me passing way more than 50!), ya' had to drink a half-liter of that [EMAIL PROTECTED] every 15 minutes totally 4 liters. (And we LIKED it...?) -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org Jon Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/08/2008 10:13:33 AM: The new stuff is already liquid and the taste is worse. That said the Vodka would make it easier to get through the day. Jon On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Eldridge, Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL I wish he would come out of his self imposed leave and write about current events. I'll have to remember the vodka J From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Wednesday funny Dave Barry's Colonoscopy Journal: .. I called my friend Andy Sable, a gastroenterologist, to make anappointment for a colonoscopy. A few days later, in his office, Andy showed me a color diagram of the colon, a lengthy organ that appears to go all over the place, at one point passing briefly through Minneapolis . Then Andy explained the colonoscopy procedure to me in a thorough, reassuring and patient manner. I nodded thoughtfully, but I didn't really hear anything he said, because my brain was shrieking, quote, 'HE'S GOING TO STICK A TUBE 17,000 FEET UP YOUR BEHIND!' I left Andy's office with some written instructions, and a prescription for a product called 'MoviPrep,' which comes in a box large enough to hold a microwave oven. I will discuss MoviPrep in detail later; for now suffice it to say that we must never allow it to fall into the hands of America 's enemies. I spent the next several days productively sitting around being nervous. Then, on the day before my colonoscopy, I began my preparation. In accordance with my instructions, I didn't eat any solid food that day; all I had was chicken broth, which is basically water, only with less flavor. Then, in the evening, I took the MoviPrep. You mix two packets of powder together in a one-liter plastic jug, then you fill it with lukewarm water. (For those unfamiliar with the metric system, a liter is about 32 gallons.) Then you have to drink the whole jug. This takes about an hour, because MoviPrep tastes - and here I am being kind - like a mixture of goat spit and urinal cleanser, with just a hint of lemon. The instructions for MoviPrep, clearly written by somebody with a great sense of humor, state that after you drink it, 'a loose watery bowel movement may result.' This is kind of like saying that after you jump off your roof, you may experience contact with the ground. MoviPrep is a nuclear laxative. I don't want to be too graphic, here, but: Have you ever seen a space-shuttle launch? This is pretty much the MoviPrep experience, with you as the shuttle. There are times when you wish the commode had a seat belt. You spend several hours pretty much confined to the bathroom, spurting violently. You eliminate everything. And then, when you figure you must be totally empty, you have to drink another liter of MoviPrep, at which point, as far as I can tell, your bowels travel into the future and start eliminating food that you have not even eaten yet. After an action-packed evening, I finally got to sleep. The next morning my wife drove me to the clinic. I was very nervous. Not only was I worried about the procedure, but I had been experiencing occasional return bouts of MoviPrep spurtage. I was thinking, 'What if I spurt on Andy?' How do you apologize to a friend for something like that? Flowers would not be enough. At the clinic I had to sign many forms acknowledging that I understood and totally agreed with whatever the heck the forms said. Then they led me to a room full of other colonoscopy people, where I went inside a little curtained space and took off my clothes and put on one of those hospital garments designed by sadist perverts, the kind that, when you put it on, makes you feel even more naked than when you are actually naked. Then a nurse named Eddie put a little needle in a vein in my left hand. Ordinarily I would have fainted, but Eddie was very good, and I was already lying down. Eddie also told me that some people put vodka in their MoviPrep. At first was ticked off that I hadn't thought of this, but then I pondered what would happen if you got yourself too tipsy to make it to the bathroom, so you were staggering around in full Fire Hose Mode. You would have
64 Bit Trial Questions
Hi there, I have been testing out 64 bit W2K3 R2 with SP2 integrated. Is there a way to convert it to a non trial version without having to blow the box away, say run the install over top and do a repair with good media and product code? TIA -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: ISA Server 2006 SP1
LOL, erm no, but I do use group policy to disable the user's ability to make my life miserable... 2008/5/26 Greg Mulholland [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. What's good for the goose is not good for the gander and such... We use it, we love it, do you run your workstations on a 'cut down' linux kernel as well? G -Original Message- From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 27 May 2008 5:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ISA Server 2006 SP1 I am not sure if ISA is the firewall of choice for a pure Microsoft environment Tom. There are plenty of other boxes I would trust more, maybe I am being old skool and need edukatin, but it's still a software firewall. Don't get me wrong, I use the product, but that's to secure things like Windows Mobile etc, and even then I plop in the DMZ behind another hardware box. -Original Message- From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 May 2008 20:22 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ISA Server 2006 SP1 I don't think that's fair. If you have an all UNIX or Linx environment, there are plenty of good firewalls out there. ISA is the firewall of choice only when you're running mostly Windows clients and servers. If you're running mostly *IX clients and servers, you might be happy with another firewall. HTH, Tom -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 10:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ISA Server 2006 SP1 If it's not ISA, it's crap! -Original Message- From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 8:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: FW: ISA Server 2006 SP1 From another list http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/05/23/isa-server-2006-serv ice- pack-1-features.aspx ~ 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 ~ -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: ISA Server 2006 SP1
I am not sure if ISA is the firewall of choice for a pure Microsoft environment Tom. There are plenty of other boxes I would trust more, maybe I am being old skool and need edukatin, but it's still a software firewall. Don't get me wrong, I use the product, but that's to secure things like Windows Mobile etc, and even then I plop in the DMZ behind another hardware box. -Original Message- From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 May 2008 20:22 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ISA Server 2006 SP1 I don't think that's fair. If you have an all UNIX or Linx environment, there are plenty of good firewalls out there. ISA is the firewall of choice only when you're running mostly Windows clients and servers. If you're running mostly *IX clients and servers, you might be happy with another firewall. HTH, Tom -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 10:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ISA Server 2006 SP1 If it's not ISA, it's crap! -Original Message- From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 8:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: FW: ISA Server 2006 SP1 From another list http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/05/23/isa-server-2006-serv ice- pack-1-features.aspx ~ 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 ~
RE: ISA Server 2006 SP1
Lol :P you know what I mean, dedicated box, not one based on a standard windows OS (yes I know loads of others use a linux kernel, but it's cut down) -Original Message- From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin Sent: 26 May 2008 20:40 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ISA Server 2006 SP1 There is another type of firewall that doesn't use software? :) -Original Message- From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 4:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ISA Server 2006 SP1 I am not sure if ISA is the firewall of choice for a pure Microsoft environment Tom. There are plenty of other boxes I would trust more, maybe I am being old skool and need edukatin, but it's still a software firewall. Don't get me wrong, I use the product, but that's to secure things like Windows Mobile etc, and even then I plop in the DMZ behind another hardware box. -Original Message- From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 May 2008 20:22 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ISA Server 2006 SP1 I don't think that's fair. If you have an all UNIX or Linx environment, there are plenty of good firewalls out there. ISA is the firewall of choice only when you're running mostly Windows clients and servers. If you're running mostly *IX clients and servers, you might be happy with another firewall. HTH, Tom -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 10:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ISA Server 2006 SP1 If it's not ISA, it's crap! -Original Message- From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 8:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: FW: ISA Server 2006 SP1 From another list http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/05/23/isa-server-2006-serv ice- pack-1-features.aspx ~ 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 ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Need opinion on Blade Servers
the backplane can be a nasty single point of failure as well On 22/04/2008, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My opinion only… Blades are overkill for you situation. If the guy in charge wants expansion options, then look into virtualization. It sounds like you've got more than enough (physical) horsepower. Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook -- *From:* Sharie Breaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:45 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Need opinion on Blade Servers Our company is in the process of dividing the business into two. Two principals are staying at the current location and the other two are moving to a new location. It is my job to purchase the server for the two that are moving (of which I am going with them as well). We have four servers now: Primary (which is the one I am replacing now), SQL (of which I will replace in early 2009), Exchange a Backup server. One of the principals is pushing blade servers. He feels there is a smaller footprint, more room for growth for the future, you only need one UPS and there is less power consumption. There is only going to be 8 people at the new company with room to expand to 4 more. The current Primary server is more than adequate for the 20 people that are at the company now. There is no temperature controlled server room. There is an IT closet where the wiring will be (Phone Data) which is basically only 8' wide x 30 deep with louvered doors in the common supply room. He suggested putting the servers in the closet sideways of which I am against and said no. I will be putting them in my cubicle with me as it makes it easier to manage them. Since I do not know that much about blade servers, I need all of your opinions. Sharie Breaux Systems Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Where do you want to be in 5 years? -- CIO, Manager, Same position???
assuming you want to stay in IT you wanna think about what you enjoy, its not just about the title, or even the money (to a certain extent of course). I had a spell managing, and did not enjoy it compared to being more hands on, and not having to fuss over sick time, lateness, holiday scheduling and all that more mundane stuff, seeing someone achieve on a task is a reward for sure, but the mundane stuff was not for me. (as an example) where you want to be in 5 years is doing what you enjoy for a decent salary, because more important is life outside of work and I think most people lose sight of that and define themselves by what they do and not who they are: you won't see too many coworkers at a funeral, and those who do go do so to honour the person, not the job title (sorry to be morbid) in 5 years I want to enjoy my job, feel I have done something worthwhile each day, but go home at the end of the day to live my real life, not vastly different from what I do now, just in the wrong country lol those 5 year questions are there to test you on goal setting and other similar motivational work related factors, and if you don't know where you want to be, that could be fair, if you think it could hurt your career, guess what they want to hear and lie lol because you are the only one who will look after you anyways ;-) On 15/04/2008, Rob Bonfiglio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Like when you realize that everyone you work with is an idiot? On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes being that guy even has its drawbacks... On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Jonathan Link [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I want to be the tech guy all the other tech guys come to when they have a question. Keep the users away... On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trust me, you do NOT want be that guy... On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:19 AM, David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same job, just better more knowledgable at it! I want to be the guy *everyone* goes to when they have a tech question... (He says, during a lull in an MS Exchange 2K7 class.). Dave 42, but not retiring this year... Lum -Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Where do you want to be in 5 years? -- CIO, Manager, Same position??? Personally, I would love to be a CTO someday, but that requires working for a company that is large enough to have a CTO which is something I'm not big on. (I prefer working for SMBs much more than larger corps. Way less politics, way more action.) I would rather stay where I'm at than move towards CIO though. I consider myself more an architect than an interior designer. Tim -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 7:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Where do you want to be in 5 years? -- CIO, Manager, Same position??? Someone asked me today where I want to be in 5 years and I have no idea. I'm curious where youguys want to be in 5 years... Do you have aspirations to become a CIO, or a network manager, or start your own consulting practice? Really, I'm looking for more ideas of where to go from here. Right now I'm a Sr. Systems Administrator. Is this as high as people go, or is there another step? . ~ 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 ~ __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3027 (20080415) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3027 (20080415) __ 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 ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~
RE: Naming convention for Servers
The only reason you might want to stay away from a naming convention is security. If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your servers they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after. From: Rishi Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 April 2008 14:39 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Naming convention for Servers I have a general question that I'd like to put up for discussion. I work for a medium size company with about 50 servers. Most of our domain controllers and exchange servers have random names(These are not real) but something like George, Gertrude, etc... I am one of TWO system admins... or let's say 3 sys admins, including my supervisor. I have been pleading to start using a naming convention for the last several months as it is now getting confusing to remember which sever performs which function and which office it is located. (We have 7 different office locations throughout the country). Is there really a good reason to NOT have a naming convention? This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals computer viruses. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Naming convention for Servers
No doubt a 'good' hacker will rip through in no time, as someone else said there are loadsa of tools that help enumerate a network, all I was pointing out is that making it easier for a hacker would be the only real reason to avoid a naming convention, and not to avoid a naming convention at all costs. Besides I like weird names for servers like Chef and Kenny or whatever, but then I am lucky that I have a good memory and know what each server does, and their IP Addresses etc etc etc, and that's not just for one company, but for all my key clients (brag brag lol) -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 April 2008 16:45 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Clayton Doige [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your servers they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after. Or they could just query Active Directory for a list of Exchange servers. That's the point of AD, after all -- to keep track of all this stuff. I have to assume anyone performing a targeted attack is going to make use of it. -- Ben ~ 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: Naming convention for Servers
Quite right, if they know what they are doing, but mr happy hacker is not going to spend a minute or two breaking into your network and will have spent a good deal of time gathering all the information they need BEFORE they attack, but someone internal who has been paid to try and steal stuff might not have that skill set, even if they do have the permissions to get places. I'm just paranoid, and like avoiding giving anything away. No hack happens in 30 seconds. Every wall you put up makes things take more time, and the more time someone has to take increases the chances of them making a mistaking and leaving a trace of the hack, which is all a sysadmin can hope for in terms of defense. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 April 2008 15:53 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Naming convention for Servers Mr. Happy Hacker will defeat this obscurity in about 30 seconds with nmap, or other port scanning tool of choice. On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Clayton Doige [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only reason you might want to stay away from a naming convention is security. If a hacker gets on your network and can enumerate your servers they will see E2K3FE or SQL05CRM (for example) and know what they are hitting, thus making it easier for them to find what they are after. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
MOSS Licensing (OT?)
Hi all, just got a quote back for MOSS 2007 and am a little shocked. How much should I expect to pay for a standalone instance of MOSS2007 with 100 users? I am in the UK, but interested in US prices as well. Thanks Clayton Doige Project Management Consultant Green IT Solutions Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 01277844943 07949255062 www.greenit.co.uk http://www.greenit.co.uk Internet communications are not secure and Green IT Solutions Ltd does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Green IT Solutions Ltd. Although Green IT Solutions Ltd operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Telephone communications and replies to this email may be monitored by Green IT Solutions Ltd for operational or training purposes. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: MOSS Licensing (OT?)
The quote I got basically just replaces the $ with a £, what a rip off, does anyone else in the UK pay £4k for the software and £75 for the cal??? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 April 2008 14:40 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MOSS Licensing (OT?) SharePoint Licensing - The Toughest Licensing of the UC Products http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/01/30/SharePoint-Licensing.aspx Around USD $15,000 for 100 users (no Search, just MOSS Standard). Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MOSS Licensing (OT?) Hi all, just got a quote back for MOSS 2007 and am a little shocked. How much should I expect to pay for a standalone instance of MOSS2007 with 100 users? I am in the UK, but interested in US prices as well. Thanks Clayton Doige Project Management Consultant Green IT Solutions Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01277844943 07949255062 www.greenit.co.uk Internet communications are not secure and Green IT Solutions Ltd does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Green IT Solutions Ltd. Although Green IT Solutions Ltd operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Telephone communications and replies to this email may be monitored by Green IT Solutions Ltd for operational or training purposes. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
OT? Vista + Watchguard VPN Client
Sorry if this OT, I am having an issue an am hoping someone out there might have a fix. Trying to get a stable VPN on Vista using the Watchguard VPN software version 10. I read an article about making an exception on the Vista firewall for UDP port 4500 which I have done, and have also added the .exe for the VPN client as an allowed app, but with the firewall enabled the connection drops after about 3 minutes (VPN Client states it is connected, but no traffic is flowing). If I turn the firewall off the tunnel is stable. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Regards Clayton Doige Project Management Consultant Green IT Solutions Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 01277844943 07949255062 www.greenit.co.uk http://www.greenit.co.uk Internet communications are not secure and Green IT Solutions Ltd does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Green IT Solutions Ltd. Although Green IT Solutions Ltd operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Telephone communications and replies to this email may be monitored by Green IT Solutions Ltd for operational or training purposes. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Good Friday Morning
If anything changes for your users mail merge a letter for them and put it on their keyboards. Users don't notice all the crap you have gone through to make changes they don't see, but if thier printers and desktop shortcuts are right, they will um let you know. Also, set up an email address on the server for them to report any issues to, rather than the help desk or whatever system you use, so it keeps the moving issues separate from the day to day stuff. Loadsa coffee, and lots of breaks to clear your head out a little. Do have fun, I don't envy your weekend, but do envy the overtime you should get! On 22/02/2008, David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Data center move? Have a lot of coffee on hand, and if you wear a product I saw advertised on SNL (oops I crapped my pants) you don't need to stop for potty breaks. Also, I hear Z LOVES to do data center moves, hire his help… * * *Dave Lum* - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ***When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands *** *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, February 22, 2008 5:51 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Good Friday Morning List, Today is moving day for me, I will be relocating our data center to our brand, spanking new building starting at noon and going until the job is complete. Your tips, tricks, thoughts and prayers are coveted during this time, as my list involvement will be next to nothing over the weekend. TVK is a fart-knocker, Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Good Friday Morning
ack, oh well, time off is good too On 22/02/2008, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm salary, dude…but I will get comp time. Andy -- *From:* Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, February 22, 2008 9:03 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Good Friday Morning -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: OT: for all you virtual ships... er, shops out there
I have Dilbert on RSS, I swear it is a ghost writer from one of my clients! On 12/02/2008, Christopher J. Bosak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do'h! Nice strip though. *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, February 12, 2008 08:17 hrs *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: for all you virtual ships out there Ships = shops. Whoops. Andy -- *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:13 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* OT: for all you virtual ships out there Today's Dilbert is classic… http://www.dilbert.com/ Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Document management solutions - recommendations
You might want to consider SharePoint 2007. Lots of companies are creating Document Management solutions based on SharePoint document libraries, and custom policies etc. This would then give you a platform to provide other functionality (assuming you don't have SharePoint already) with minimal extra investment. C On 01/02/2008, Glen Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've been using a system called DocStar for about 2 years and so far it has worked well, although I don't use it, just keep the server going and install the client when new workstations or deployed. *From:* Neil Standley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 4:40 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Document management solutions - recommendations My employer has asked me to investigate potential solutions for document management/archival/paperless, I've started googling for options but wanted to see what your recommendations, experiences are on this topic. Thanks, Neil -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
EMC vs NetApp
Looking for centralised storage, the usual, Exchange, SQL, File, Sharepoint. 100 users, 1TB of data, want the ability to replicate to the DR site, and the ability to expand the solution in terms of both storage and processing power as the needs arise. Was hoping for some feedback as to preferences on devices. Thanks in advance -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: EMC vs NetApp
Dell? Ack! lol On 31/01/2008, Eric E Eskam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Clayton Doige [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/31/2008 09:01:42 AM: Looking for centralised storage, the usual, Exchange, SQL, File, Sharepoint. 100 users, 1TB of data, want the ability to replicate to the DR site, and the ability to expand the solution in terms of both storage and processing power as the needs arise. http://www.equallogic.com/ That was fast, the Dell logo is now there... Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it. - P. B. Medawar -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: OT - Now it's cold...
There's always Fredericton if you need to cool down... On Jan 26, 2008 11:54 AM, Jon Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys thanks for the sampler of the cool weather but could you send more please may be a month or so of it? I would love to move up there but my wife hates it when the temps are below 80 and I hate it when it is above 60. Sent from sunny Central Florida with a temperature of 63 outside. Jon On Jan 25, 2008 7:04 PM, Eric Woodford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the ice (cream) and snow (cones) came delivered by a guy driving a truck playing dixie land music over the loud speaker and a bunch of kids running after him... On Jan 24, 2008 2:32 PM, Jacob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some places in LA got ice/snow this morning. From: Rick Corgiat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT - Now it's cold... 10 below this morning, almost 30 below wind chill. Now it's football weather. Rick ~ 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 ~
VMWare Server Disk Config Questions
Dear all, sorry if this is either off topic, or marginally stupid. I am about to spec out a box that will host 3 virtual machines for DR purposes. I wanted to run my thoughts past the list to see where the error in my thought process is, as I am sure there is one (or more) lol. The physical machine will have a RAID 5 set up with 0.5 TB usable space. I plan to partition the array as follows: Container 1, 20 GB, Host OS Container 2, 100GB, VM1 (1 virtual disk for OS, 1 virtual disk for apps/data) Container 3, 200 GB, VM2 (1 virtual disk for OS, 1 virtual disk for apps/data) Container 4, 200 GB, VM3 (1 virtual disk for OS, 1 virtual disk for apps/data) Is there anything glaringly wrong with this set up? TIA Clayton Doige Project Management Consultant Green IT Solutions Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 01277844943 07949255062 www.greenit.co.uk http://www.greenit.co.uk Internet communications are not secure and Green IT Solutions Ltd does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Green IT Solutions Ltd. Although Green IT Solutions Ltd operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Telephone communications and replies to this email may be monitored by Green IT Solutions Ltd for operational or training purposes. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions
Thanks all for the responses. Bearing in mind that this configuration is being designed as a disaster recovery system, where for that main, the only IO will be incoming Double Take bit level replication, would I be right in saying that if I partition the system so that there is say 30GB for the base OS, and then put everything else on one container I will be better off than my original spec below? Thanks Clayton From: René de Haas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 January 2008 13:01 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions Since all your Virtual Disks are on the same RAID set I don't see how you avoid problems with heavy disk IO. But this is just my thought and I am not a VMware expert by any means. From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 1:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions My opinion is that if that array degrades, each vm is effected and the rebuild will take forever if its busy. Also, if one vm sees heavy disc IO, the whole system suffers. Not a lot of isolation there... jlc From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 4:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions Dear all, sorry if this is either off topic, or marginally stupid. I am about to spec out a box that will host 3 virtual machines for DR purposes. I wanted to run my thoughts past the list to see where the error in my thought process is, as I am sure there is one (or more) lol. The physical machine will have a RAID 5 set up with 0.5 TB usable space. I plan to partition the array as follows: Container 1, 20 GB, Host OS Container 2, 100GB, VM1 (1 virtual disk for OS, 1 virtual disk for apps/data) Container 3, 200 GB, VM2 (1 virtual disk for OS, 1 virtual disk for apps/data) Container 4, 200 GB, VM3 (1 virtual disk for OS, 1 virtual disk for apps/data) Is there anything glaringly wrong with this set up? TIA Clayton Doige Project Management Consultant Green IT Solutions Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01277844943 07949255062 www.greenit.co.uk Internet communications are not secure and Green IT Solutions Ltd does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Green IT Solutions Ltd. Although Green IT Solutions Ltd operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Telephone communications and replies to this email may be monitored by Green IT Solutions Ltd for operational or training purposes. *** The information in this e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender by return e-mail delete this e-mail and refrain from any disclosure or action based on the information. *** ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: New Worm on the loose
Poor sod Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I Gameday International N.V. Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New Worm on the loose I have! A few times... -Original Message- From: Mark L. Kelsay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 6:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New Worm on the loose Someone has been to London and rode the tubes!! Mark -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 6:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New Worm on the loose Mind the Gap! -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 3:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New Worm on the loose Hi ! (notice the space) (notice the space is not part of the subject) -Original Message- From: Jay Woody [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 2:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: New Worm on the loose Is there a subject line? JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/27/01 03:46PM Sorry about the cross posting. We don't have a lot of specifics on it, but there appears to be a new worm on the loose. The payload is a typical Melissa-style worm, where its only action is to send mail to all members of the GAL, with the following message: Hi, how are you ? I am fine here. Please read the page http://pcControl.tripod.com/ to get some knowledge and prevent somebody hack you. Forword this mail to help all your friends too. Its plain text, and carries no executables with it, but I haven't visited the website yet. More info to follow, but there is zero information on the web about it at this point. Roger -- Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE MCT Senior Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems Atlanta, GA http://www.peregrine.com http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Icelandic Keyboard
Title: Message Was in Alaska in June of 97. It snowed 8 inches in Denali on the 2nd , the next day it was 80 degrees in Fairbanks. Anchorage was considerably colder than that when we went. Do you also need special keyboards up there with really big keys cause your fingers are so cold? Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I GamedayInternational N.V. Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Icelandic Keyboard What's heat? ;o) It's a sizzling 58 degrees today. Regards, Sean Martin, MCSE Network Administrator Ribelin Lowell Company Insurance Brokers, Inc. 3111 C Street, Suite 300 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Ph: (907) 561-1250 Fax: (907) 561-4315 Cell: (907) 229-0885 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 11:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Icelandic Keyboard Yeah, it's a little bit like that. Except for the volcanic heat. ;o) Both areas are quite beautiful though. :o) -Original Message- From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 12:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Icelandic Keyboard Sounds like Alaska Regards, Sean Martin, MCSE Network Administrator Ribelin Lowell Company Insurance Brokers, Inc. 3111 C Street, Suite 300 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Ph: (907) 561-1250 Fax: (907) 561-4315 Cell: (907) 229-0885 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Adrian Cooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 11:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Icelandic Keyboard It is a totally awesome place believe me - nowhere else like it in the world. Driving along with volcanic smoke coming out of the sides of the road, incredible waterfalls, hot geysers, warm water lakes and lagoons, among the best salmon and trout fishing in the world, a tremendous rift valley, and so it goes on. The volcanic scenery and activity is unreal - has to be seen tobe believed - the entire island housing is heated by thermal energy piped from underground volcanic activity, and it is cold weather there for much of the year. Oh yes - in the summer it never gets really dark - it was light outside at 02:00 in the morning, and people were out and about! Apologies for going on about Iceland - well worth a visit! Adrian Cooper. - Original Message - From: Lefkovics, William To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 8:00 PM Subject: RE: Icelandic Keyboard It is beautiful there. I know someone there, but have yet to visit. :o( -Original Message- From: Networking Team [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Icelandic Keyboard What a beautiful country, I was there for 2 yearsand unless you know someone there, I would think it would quite diffucult to find the keyboard -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 7:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Icelandic Keyboard Iceland? -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 6:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Icelandic Keyboard Does anyone know where I can order an Icelandic Keyboard? I guess it is a 102-key international keyboard, ISO 8859-1. I'm in the US by the way, but this is for one of our machines that we are selling. Thanks for any help. http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm DO NOT read, copy or disseminate this communication unless you are the intended addressee. This e-mail communication contains confidential and/or privileged information intended only for the addressee. If you have received this communication in error, please call us immediately at (907) 561-1250 and ask to speak to the sender of the communication. Also, please e-mail the sender and notify the sender immediately that you have received the communication in error. http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm DO NOT read, copy or disseminate this communication unless you are the intended addressee. This e-mail communication contains confidential and/or privileged information intended only for the addressee. If you have received this communication in error, please call us immediately
RE: Upgrading from NT Domain to Win2K Domain
I replied in answer to this thread, and then had a thought. In my previous job, I had the problem I described in the other mail where by my server name and domain names were different (server.domain.com in the domain location.domain.com) this meant that everytime we tried to add anything to that domain, the no domain controller could be found error popped up. Am I right in guessing that if I had of made the appropriate changes in DNS to point all applicable SRV records to server.domain.com, that I would have effectively solved my problem, even thought the domain in the computer name did not match the actual DNS domain name? Is that clear as mud? As it was dealt with months ago, it is not an issue to me now, but having gone through a lot of work to get my network sorted out at the time, I am very curious to know if I could have got around it in the way I have just thought of. Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I Gameday International N.V. Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 11:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Upgrading from NT Domain to Win2K Domain We choose to make ours slightly different internally. Using your example our external in widgets.com and our internal root is internal.widgets.com. From that root placeholder we then built our domestic and international domains where the users and resources are. So our domestic internal domain is domestic.internal.widgets.com for example. Thanks Diane Beckham diane.beckham@dptechnTo: NT System Admin Issues ology.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: 08/22/2001 10:26 AM Subject: RE: Upgrading from NT Domain to Win2K Domain Please respond to NT System Admin Issues From what I have read (I haven't done it yet, but I will), that is what MS recommends, just so you can make it easy for your users. Diane -Original Message- From: Montagna, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 5:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Upgrading from NT Domain to Win2K Domain Hello all, I actually sent this yesterday, but I wanted to rephrase a few things. When upgrading our NT Network to a 2000 Domain, we are trying to understand if we need to distinguish our internal network domain name from our external FQDN www.widgets.com. For example in NT our current internal domain name is widgets and our external website is widgets.com. When we upgrade to Win2k what are the ramifications of keeping our internal 2000 domain widgets.com and our external FQDN, widgets.com. Should we change our internal domain to widgetscorp.com or something comparable when we upgrade to win2k, and if we don't what happens. Widgets.com is currently hosted on our internal NT domain on an IIS 4.0 server, behind a raptor firewall, using redirection on the firewall, with DNS at our ISP. Once upgraded to 2000 it will continue to be located internally on our network behind the firewall with AD integrated DNS internally and external internet DNS at our ISP. Thanks for any help or suggestions in advance. http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Quick Launch toolbar
Title: RE: Quick Launch toolbar Cool, thanks... Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I GamedayInternational N.V. Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Donna Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 12:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Quick Launch toolbar Actually, you can install active desktop and quick launch toolbar with the following command. Just navigate to directory where you have IE installed and run this command: ie5setup.exe /q /c:ie5wzd /I:Y /S:#e Someone posted it to this list a few months ago, and it worked perfectly for me. Donna Jackson, MCSE Network Manager Shark Technology, Inc. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jeff Schuckert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 1:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Quick Launch toolbar I've restaged an NT 4.0 Server (ugh) for testing a software package we want to use. It's a fresh copy of NT, applied SP6a and all upgrades, hotfixes I could find, but I cannot find out how to activate or add the option for the Quick Launch toolbar. I've searched the archives technet and found nothing pertaining to this. Does anyone know how I can set it up? Thanks! http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Floppy doesn't show up in fresh install
Were both of the floppies used on the HCL? Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I Gameday International N.V. Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Marty Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 12:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Floppy doesn't show up in fresh install Ok, here's the problem...I just built a box, and installed NT server. Great, however, when I go to My Computer, the floppy does not show up. It lists all of my other drives, except A:. I've reinstalled server, even installed workstation, but to no avail. I can boot to the floppy drive, poke around, and all works well. There's nothing in the event log, and I even tried a different floppy drive. I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have Thanks, Marty http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Upgrading from NT Domain to Win2K Domain
Yup, demote them both. Promote one of them, and confirm you computer and domain names. Check all of your event logs, the DNS log in particular, and troubleshoot any stop errors. Once you have clean event logs, then worry about the second server. Get the first one purring, and go slow with any additions after that... Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I Gameday International N.V. Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Brian Judge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 12:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Upgrading from NT Domain to Win2K Domain Okay. I'll study up on it and try and do it this weekend. I shouldn't lost too much as I haven't moved most of my users over yet. Here's my situation. I have two DCs. Should I demote both of them, change the domain name and then promote them both again and add in user accounts etc? Thanks all. I'm glad this thread came up before I moved everyone over! -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 August 2001 21:11 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Upgrading from NT Domain to Win2K Domain That would be a very good idea. Anything along that line... Kevinm WLKMMAS*TM, QWSZC, VRY+Y, NFH, SAD-VF, DERSDESDFG ~~~ More letters after my name makes me Smarter. ~~~ This space has been rented by: Http://www.tiggercam.co.uk For all your tigger needs You 2 can rent this space if you need it. -Original Message- From: Diane Beckham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Upgrading from NT Domain to Win2K Domain What if you named it widgets.int for the internal DNS and widgets.com for the external DNS? Diane -Original Message- From: Brian Judge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Upgrading from NT Domain to Win2K Domain I've inherited a slightly different variation of the above examples. Our web site (which is hosted externally), is widgets.com. But our internal network is widgets (no .com). I'm reluctant to change it, as I'm not sure of the ramifications, but I was wondering does anyone know what type of problems I'm likely to encounter with this setup? Cheers, Brian Judge. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 August 2001 17:02 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Upgrading from NT Domain to Win2K Domain We choose to make ours slightly different internally. Using your example our external in widgets.com and our internal root is internal.widgets.com. From that root placeholder we then built our domestic and international domains where the users and resources are. So our domestic internal domain is domestic.internal.widgets.com for example. Thanks Diane Beckham diane.beckham@dptechnTo: NT System Admin Issues ology.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: 08/22/2001 10:26 AM Subject: RE: Upgrading from NT Domain to Win2K Domain Please respond to NT System Admin Issues From what I have read (I haven't done it yet, but I will), that is what MS recommends, just so you can make it easy for your users. Diane -Original Message- From: Montagna, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 5:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Upgrading from NT Domain to Win2K Domain Hello all, I actually sent this yesterday, but I wanted to rephrase a few things. When upgrading our NT Network to a 2000 Domain, we are trying to understand if we need to distinguish our internal network domain name from our external FQDN www.widgets.com. For example in NT our current internal domain name is widgets and our external website is widgets.com. When we upgrade to Win2k what are the ramifications of keeping our internal 2000 domain widgets.com and our external FQDN, widgets.com. Should we change our internal domain to widgetscorp.com or something comparable when we upgrade to win2k, and if we don't what happens. Widgets.com is currently hosted on our internal NT domain on an IIS 4.0 server, behind a raptor firewall, using redirection on the firewall, with DNS at our ISP. Once upgraded to 2000 it will continue to be located internally on our network behind the firewall with AD integrated DNS internally and external internet DNS at our ISP. Thanks for any help or suggestions
RE: Network Audit
SMS works quite well, and enables me to track hardware and software on the LAN. If you are not familiar with it, then do have a look on the MS site, as it does more than just inventory. Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I Gameday International N.V. Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: David Elebute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network Audit Is Pcinfo a GUI? Where can I get Pcinfo? Also there was a reference to SMS, how well does it work in your current environment? David Elebute Director of MIS SuperClubs U.S. Office Direct - 954.929.8487 U.S. - 954.925.0925 Ext. 5631 or 800.467.8737 JA - 800.417.5288 Ext. 5631 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or delebute@ inetmail.att.net U.S. Pager: 954.469.1646 U.S. Cellular Phone: 954.803.5790 JA Cellular Phone: 876.995.6476 BR Cellular Phone: 5571-91223890 Fax: 954.921.7105 This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SuperClubs. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender. -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 01:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network Audit I have used a little util called Pcinfo that you can run from a login script. Gathers all the information. Kevinm WLKMMAS*TM, QWSZC, VRY+Y, NFH, SAD-VF, DERSDESDFG ~~~ More letters after my name makes me Smarter. ~~~ please respond back to rent this ad space for your needs -Original Message- From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 7:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network Audit SMS? Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I Gameday International N.V. Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: David Elebute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 4:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Network Audit Does anyone have a recommendation on NT/Win2K audit software? I am looking for a good application with little network overhead that will gather information on OS, Desktop Apps, BIOS info etc from within a an NT domain. Thanks to all in advance. David Elebute Director of MIS SuperClubs http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Change Admins Password
Title: RE: 2000 Server SP2 Blue dump with 512mb memory Do any of your service accounts use this account for start up? You will need to change the password there as well, and then restart those services. Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I GamedayInternational N.V. Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Mal Sasalu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Change Admins Password Hey guys, I think it is about time for me to change the built in Domain administrator password. We have NT domain controllers and couple of W2K servers. Is there anything that I have to look into closely, before I go about doing this. Thanks in advance for all your help. Mal http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Completely Removing Winvnc
Have you made a copy of the registry key, stored it somewhere, and blown the original away? Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I Gameday International N.V. Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ben Berkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Completely Removing Winvnc I need to have winvnc running on a machine here but due to a previous corrupt install I cannot start the winvnc service. When I attempt to configure the service, (put on the password so it can actually be used). I get the following: No existing instance of WinVNC could be contacted WinVNC service is running just like every other machine where this works. I think its caused by the following registry key, left over from a failed install. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_WINVNC\ I have tried everything I can thing of, and as far as I know the Enum\Root section is dynamic, and is built from somewhere else. But I cant figure out where this information is built from. If I cant figure out how to get vnc installed soon, I am going to have to reformat the hard drive. Ugh I hate the thought of killing windows because vnc wont install. Thanks in advance. Ben Berkey Academic Computing University of Hawaii at Hilo http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Hourly Wage for web designers
What? No certifications? Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I GamedayInternational N.V. Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 4:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Hourly Wage for web designers Howdy folks, I'm just wondering what the average hourly wage for a Web Designer is these days. I had a college kid design an Intranet site for our agency and he did an exceptionally good job. He's in his 3rd year of college working on his Computer Science degree. He holds no certifications, but that does not change the fact that he's talented. He put in roughly 100 hours on this project and I want to pay him what's fair. Any suggestions?? Regards, Sean Martin, MCSE Network Administrator Ribelin Lowell Company Insurance Brokers, Inc. 3111 C Street, Suite 300 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Ph: (907) 561-1250 Fax: (907) 561-4315 Cell: (907) 229-0885 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm DO NOT read, copy or disseminate this communication unless you are the intended addressee. This e-mail communication contains confidential and/or privileged information intended only for the addressee. If you have received this communication in error, please call us immediately at (907) 561-1250 and ask to speak to the sender of the communication. Also, please e-mail the sender and notify the sender immediately that you have received the communication in error.
RE: Message Tracking
Who do you have undeliverable mails forwarded to internally? If you have this set up, you should be able to see the message header there. Also, as mentioned, if you have message tracking enabled, it will have a record of it in there. Good luck Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I Gameday International N.V. Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Network Issues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 1:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Message Tracking I was wondering if anyone can tell me how I can find out the email address of an individual that sent an email to one of our users. The inbound email address was incorrectly spelled and Exchange forwarded a NDR to the sender, however there is no record of the senders address. My user would like to know the sender's address. TIA Ron http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
