RE: Redirect Outlook Recover Deleted Items

[Edwards, David]

How about just doing a system recovery from a previous date?

 

Regards, 

Dave

From: Todd Arnett [mailto:tarn...@lastar.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 2:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Redirect Outlook Recover Deleted Items

 

Does anyone know of away to redirect Recover deleted items to another
folder, specifically a PST. I have a user who allowed her husband to
work on her computer and he drug about 150mb of e-mail out into her
deleted items. I am wanting to recover this for her to sift through.
Thanks in advance for any help.

 

Thanks,

 

Todd

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: DHCP bad_address issue

[Edwards, David]

I have seen this issue when a system is connected to an external test
board (engineering shop). The system the board is connected to hands out
or picks up an address for the board. We also see this on our PBX
management console PC. It seems to try to pick up addresses for the PBX
ports for some reason. We just delete the Bad address entries. 

 

Regards, 

Dave

From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:36 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: DHCP bad_address issue

 

W2K3 AD domain:

 

Got an odd DHCP issue. We have a DHCP scope that is used just for
automated server builds. Getting a bunch of BAD_ADDRESS conflicts in the
DHCP console. The Unique ID field shows an 8 digit string not the 12 of
a MAC address. I can not ping any of the IP addresses that are
supposedly in use, that DHCP thinks are bad. I've found a few posts that
talk about this being Wireless Access Points or possibly a OS X client
that is configured incorrectly. Of course our network guys insist it's
none of those things and it must be a Windows server. I don't see any
reference in the Event Logs or the DHCP logs that indicate what these
machines are? This post is similar to what we are seeing:

 

 

 

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Windows_Networking/Q_22032213
.html

 

 

Any suggestions? 

 

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

 

 

 

 



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RE: Symantec NetBackup vs Iron Mountain's Connected Backup/PC

[Edwards, David]

I tested their Puredisk product in house and was unable to get it to backup a 
Linux or Solaris host at all. Tech support was unacceptable. On the other hand, 
my experience with Iron Mountain was also bad but we did not use them for 
anything other than off site tape and document storage. They couldn't even do 
that well so we moved to SafeSite for that service. 

Regards, 
Dave

-Original Message-
From: Hitesh Wadhwani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 12:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Symantec NetBackup vs Iron Mountain's Connected Backup/PC

Guys,

Do any of you have any experience with the two products? How do they compare 
for laptop/desktop backups? Also how does Altiris Recovery Solution compare to 
both products and are there any other products you can recommend over either 
Symantec or Iron Mountain for PC Backups?

Just looking for information on this.

Thanks
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Java applets via a Proxy

[Edwards, David]

We have occasionally had an issue where a user will try to run a java
web application such as GoToMeeting and the application will not run
even though the user already has the client installed locally. By not
run I mean the user cannot connect to an existing meeting or start a new
one. We have seen this with other web meeting applications as well and
some other java web applications.

 

We currently use a .pac file to point to one of three geographically
placed proxy servers. Based on the IP address of the client, it will use
the closest proxy server. All of which are configured identically. 

 

We have found that if we let the browser use the .pac file the java
applet will not always run, yet when we point the browser directly to
the proxy server, via FQDN/IP:port, we have no issues running the java
app. Once this has been done, we change the browser back to using the
.pac file (Auto detect), close the browser and reopen it, and the java
application seems to work correctly from that point on. At least we have
not had a case of a user complaining that the app stops working
afterwards.

 

We use GP to force the proxy settings to "Automatically detect" and have
all the appropriate DHCP/DNS settings in place to allow the browser, IE
6 or 7, to find the .pac/wpad.dat file and resolve the proxy and access
the Internet.  No issues with normal web browsing at all. Only when
using the .pac file to run a java based web application and not every
user is affected.

 

We do have exclusions in the .pac file to bypass for local subnets and
to use the proxy for certain systems in our DMZ. This also works
correctly. 

 

Has anyone seen this behavior before? 

 

David Edwards

 

 


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RE: Impression on AVAMAR from EMC

[Edwards, David]

Ditto for Data Domain. We had an eval unit in house for a couple of
weeks backing up a copy of our 1.2 TB of data. Compression was 50:1
after the 3rd for 4th backup. Also only unique, compressed data gets
transferred across the wire to the main office. Excellent product. 

 

Regards, 

Dave



From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 9:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Impression on AVAMAR from EMC

 

Take a look at Data Domain.

 

From: Andrew Leong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 6:51 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Impression on AVAMAR from EMC

 

Hi all,

We are considering Avamar form EMC to provide backup and recovery
support for our branches. Our branches have only a single file server
with 100-200 G of user files and some have lotus notes servers with
30-50G of data. 

I realize the "gotcha" with respect to system recovery at a branch. What
we like to know is your experience/opinion with respect to
functionality, administrative, ease of use .. from a system admin point
of view. lastly is the user self file restore feature useable, as
advertised.

Thanks.

Andrew

 

 

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RE: How to logon to 2 domains question

[Edwards, David]

If the link goes down, each system will have cached the login ID and
access rights(SID). This will allow you to login to the system. You can
verify this by disconnecting from the WAN. Your SID at that time of WAN
interruption still has your access rights for any local resources in the
local trusted domain. Anything that happens on the Corp domain while the
WAN is down will not take effect until the connection is restored and
changes are replicated. 

 

This is how laptop users are able to login while not connected to the
network and then make a VPN connection. 

 

Regards, 

Dave



From: KenM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: How to logon to 2 domains question

 

 


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RE: Web Server Spec Question...

[Edwards, David]

Where is the content coming from? Local drives or back end servers? We
have a frontend server hosting the web site on mirrored disks with
redundant backend servers serving up the content. Traffic on the site is
on the low end but still no issues with performance or down time. We
only bring the servers down to patch for MS updates. If you cannot have
them down for that, or any other type of maintenance, you will want to
load balance the front end and back end servers. 

 

Regards, 

Dave



From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 7:42 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Web Server Spec Question...

 

We currently have our web site hosted off site on a partner's network.
We are now brining it to our site for hosting.  We have to buy a web
server etc.  it is going to run under IIS and needs 99.999% uptime.
Would you cluster the server, just rely on redundant power, raid on the
hds etc, or ???.

 

Alos is it best to have the content be on a Raid 1 disk set?  Just
looking for some opinions etc.

 

 

Thanks..Bob

 

 

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RE: File Archive + Aging Software Recommendations

[Edwards, David]

I am about to test some software from a new company in the next week or
two. I will let you know how it goes. I can't remember the company name
right now but when I get back to the office I will forward it on. By the
way CommVault does this but it can be pricy.

 

Regards, 

Dave



From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 12:58 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: File Archive + Aging Software Recommendations

 

Hey All;

 

Any recommendation for a program that would take a file server share and
according to some parameters you place would age the data in it and move
to another spot, While keeping NTFS perms and Shares? something kind of
like Securecopy, but not as expensive. Maybe something that might leave
some sort of Symlink to the actual file? So I could target all data that
was 1.5 years old and move to less expensive storage

 

thx!

 

Carlos Garcia-Moran

Server / Storage Engineer

Sprague Energy

www.spragueenergy.com  

P: 603-430-5355

C: 857-234-0343

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RE: Mac on 2003 Domain

[Edwards, David]

Our policy is that if the user wants a non standard system, he is on his
own for support. We give him the tools like VPN clients, and access
information but beyond that, it is his/her problem. Our management backs
that approach, they don't want us spinning our wheels and the user
loosing productivity by not using a company standard system. Yeah, it
took some convincing at first but when an Exec. VP wasted a day trying
to get his MAC to do something a WINPC already could do, it was a no
brainer. 

 

Regards, 

Dave



From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 5:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Mac on 2003 Domain

 

 


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RE: Word Crashes

[Edwards, David]

Deleting Normal.dot seems to have corrected the issue. Thanks Martin.
You deserve a nice long weekend. Enjoy. :)
 
Regards, 
Dave
 



From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 4:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Word Crashes



Try deleting the normal.dot and see what happens

 

From: Edwards, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 2:46 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Word Crashes

 

I have an issue where when executing MSWord 2003 I get the error MSWord
has encountered a problem and needs to close. I then have the option to
Send error Report or Don't send. Then I get a Recovering Word Documents
progress bar and then again I get an error that word must be closed. I
have logged off and logged in as the local administrator and can open
word with no problem so it appears to be a Profile issue. Has anyone
seen this before and if so, how did you fix the problem. I would really
rather not delete my profile and create a new one if at all possible. 

 

TIA, 

 

Dave

 

 






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RE: preventing users from hiding files

[Edwards, David]

In my opinion, letting users view hidden files is an invitation delete
what they want. Not good. Better make sure they have only User rights
and nothing more powerful. I would find out what they are hiding and
then block those file types using the 2003/8 File Server Resource
Manager. That way they can't write the files at all. Also you can have
an alert sent to their manager and whom ever else you want, including
them, to let them know that your on to their antics. I love f__king with
DEUs when I can do it without getting in trouble myself. Their the enemy
and they are everywhere. :)   


Regards, 
Dave

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 2:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: preventing users from hiding files

... going with this option.  I created a ADM file for GP that will make
all hidden files/folders viewable.  Now there shouldn't be any point in
hiding files since everyone will be able to see them anyways.  Good
idea.

JR


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From: Eric Woodford [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 11:24:07 -0700
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Subject: Re: preventing users from hiding files


How about turning on the permission that says "show hidden files" for
everyone?.. That way its pointless to do so.


On 5/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there an easy way (group policy perhaps?) to prevent people from 
> hiding files?  I beleive it can be done from NTFS permissions and 
> setting a
folder
> so that the Write Attributes permission is denied, but this seems a 
> bit time consuming to setup on every single folder I want this done
for...
>
> We have 1500+ user accounts that have home directories we do NOT want 
> them to be able to hide anything in those home directories.  There's 
> also some network shares we don't want these users to be able to hide 
> files/folders inside them as well.  I'm hoping or a GPO alternative to

> settings the NTFS perms all all these folders/drives/files, etc.
>
> I'm going to see if maybe disabling the context windows (the menu that

> appears from right clicking on a file or folder) does the trick -- the

> users do not have access to CMD.exe so they cannot use the .exe 
> command on a file/folder.
>
> Thanks.
> JR
>
>
> 
> myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft(R) Windows(R) and Linux web and
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Word Crashes

[Edwards, David]

I have an issue where when executing MSWord 2003 I get the error MSWord
has encountered a problem and needs to close. I then have the option to
Send error Report or Don't send. Then I get a Recovering Word Documents
progress bar and then again I get an error that word must be closed. I
have logged off and logged in as the local administrator and can open
word with no problem so it appears to be a Profile issue. Has anyone
seen this before and if so, how did you fix the problem. I would really
rather not delete my profile and create a new one if at all possible. 
 
TIA, 
 
Dave

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RE: Terminal Server Cals issue

[Edwards, David]

How do you have the server configured for licensing, User or Device?
Device CALs are tracked by the license server, User CALs are not. Your
on the honor system for those. I would think that if you have it
configured for User, a Device CAL would not be issued. 
 
Regards, 
Dave
 



From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 6:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Terminal Server Cals issue



Well that's my thinking now.. originally we had a 2k licensing server
and had enterprise agreement cals. We upgraded the licensing server
(rebuilt-new box) to win2k3. This article
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837211/)  seems to suggest that there
is an issue there however it's a pre sp1 hotfix and we are at sp2. 

 

>From the way that I figure if anyone with an existing license is fine
but new connections would get a win2k3 temp license and not a 2k
license. So what we would need to do it install 2k3 cals as part of our
ent agreement. Trying to find some lit to support this theory though. 

 

From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, 22 May 2008 6:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Terminal Server Cals issue

 

I am not a TS person but can you even use Windows 2000 licenses on a
Windows 2003 server?

 

Jon

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:56 AM, Greg Mulholland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

We have a win2k3 r2 TS Server/licensing server. If I look at that, all I
see is that it has issued temp licenses and not used any of the 100
device cals. Consequently we have a user who is reporting that he gets a
"your temp license will expire in 4 days".

As far as I can gather this is correct as from my understating the first
connection gets a grace period cal for 90 days. This would seem right
cos his temp license has 4 days until the expiration and has been valid
form 3 months ago (minus 4 days).

The things that's getting me is that we have 34 temp licenses been
issued and none of Windows 2000 Server - TS Per Device CAL of which we
have 100 provided by our ent agreement Volume license are in use or
being issued.


The following article (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822134)  is
interesting but im yet to make much sense of it or confirm what is
happening. Very interestingly if I go into TS configuration\Server
Settings \ Licensing mode it is set for Remote Desktop fro
Administration which to me doesn't seem right, I would have thought it
should say either per device or per user.

One more thing I would through into the mix is that our previous license
server was win2k, however this is a new box.

Lastly if I start an app via nfuse/citrix and then go and check the
licensing server there seems to be no license issued to me.

I'm not much on TS and Citrix yet so any pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks

G

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RE: Remote Control Application

[Edwards, David]

Remote Desktop does not require a user to confirm access. Remote
Assistance does. Both are available on XP. All that is required for
Remote Desktop is to be authorized. Local Administrators are by default
granted access if Remote Desktop is enabled. 

 

Regards, 

Dave



From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:48 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remote Control Application

 

Is it true that with Microsoft's remote assistance, the user on the
remote computer always has to initiate the connection?

As with UltraVNC, I can remote connect to any computer with or without
the end user being there.

 

 



From: Edwards, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 9:32 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remote Control Application

 

Assuming you have VPN or some sort of remote connectivity to their
network, RDP works great. I use it daily from home and remote locations
to access my work computer. Also it is free and supported by MS. Make
sure the remote computer does not have any power saving, sleep mode,
etc. enabled. 

 

Regards, 

Dave



From: tom lohrmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 6:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Remote Control Application

 

I help manage a network across town.  There resides a pc on their
network that has a specialized application for printing.  I need to be
able to gain access of the display, keyboard and mouse from my office or
my home to access that application periodically during the week without
any user intervention on their side.   

 

We currently use "gotomeeting.com" but that requires them to start a
meeting and since the pc is in a distant location in their building they
don't like it. 

 

Anyone have a good solution?  Anyone have a GREAT Solution? 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Remote Control Application

[Edwards, David]

Assuming you have VPN or some sort of remote connectivity to their
network, RDP works great. I use it daily from home and remote locations
to access my work computer. Also it is free and supported by MS. Make
sure the remote computer does not have any power saving, sleep mode,
etc. enabled. 

 

Regards, 

Dave



From: tom lohrmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 6:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Remote Control Application

 

I help manage a network across town.  There resides a pc on their
network that has a specialized application for printing.  I need to be
able to gain access of the display, keyboard and mouse from my office or
my home to access that application periodically during the week without
any user intervention on their side.   

 

We currently use "gotomeeting.com" but that requires them to start a
meeting and since the pc is in a distant location in their building they
don't like it. 

 

Anyone have a good solution?  Anyone have a GREAT Solution? 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Sharepoint in the DMZ

[Edwards, David]

Good question. I have been dealing with MS on some licensing issues and
it seems that there is a client license (CAL) for everything. There is a
CAL for Server that would need to be purchased for every user/device you
expect to connect to this system plus the server license itself. I
believe they have a CAL that would enable an unlimited number of
Internet users access this system but I am not sure what it is called. I
would contact your MS rep or your MS reseller to be sure.  

 

Regards, 

Dave



From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 8:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Sharepoint in the DMZ

 

 


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RE: Sharepoint in the DMZ

[Edwards, David]

You will need to license the server properly with Microsoft to be legal.
They have additional licensing rules for Internet facing Sharepoint
Systems. Accounts can be created in Sharepoint outside of AD. 

 

Regards, 

Dave



From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Sharepoint in the DMZ

 

 


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RE: WebEx alternatives

[Edwards, David]

You can also check out www.webduddle.com  .
The even let you download and setup your own hosting server if you want.
Not as pretty as the others but functional. 

 

Regards, 

Dave



From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: WebEx alternatives

 

List,

Just wanted to solicit feedback on what everyone is using instead of
WebEx.  I like WebEx's functionality, I just don't like the price.  All
I'm looking to do with it are sales presentations and demo's along with
the occasional remote support.  I'm still assessing needs within our
firm and I apprecialove any comments.  

 

Shook

 

 

 

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RE: Outlook 'anywhere' (aka nowhere) and Exchange 2007

[Edwards, David]

Oliver, 

When you try to connect, if you hold down the Ctrl key and right click
the Outlook icon on the system tray, select Connection Status. There you
will see what is connecting and what is not. You will need to make sure
that you can connect to a GC server/DC and that the ports for both are
open in your firewall. There is a KB article on how to setup RPC over
HTTP but I cannot recall the number. 

Regards, 
Dave

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From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:48 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Outlook 'anywhere' (aka nowhere) and Exchange 2007

Hi chaps,

I'm having a 'mare getting Outlook Anywhere working on an Exchange 2007
sp1 box running on 64bit 2003 and Outlook 2007 clients. 

I've installed RPC over HTTP on the server, I've enabled Outlook
Anywhere in Exchange 2007, I've set up a self signed cert for the
external name, and opened up port 443.

When I set the the outlook clients up it just reports 'disconnected'. On
the outlook end I've set it up the same way I would when using SBS or
Exchange 2003. Everything *looks* ok on the server end. There's nothing
apparent in either set of event logs.

I guess I have two questions. Firstly, are there any logs somewhere I
can check to see whats failing? Also, does 'outlook anywhere' *require*
a cert to be used from a valid cert authority or should I be able to
just install the self cert on each of the client machines for it to work
?

Olly

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RE: File Server Migration Question

[Edwards, David]

If your running W2k3 or higher, all you need to do is "import" foreign
disk that are discovered on boot or a rescan. Initialize will definitely
wipe out data. We did the same process with our file server, all data,
rights where maintained on the SAN disks. The cut over only took a few
minutes. 

Regards, 
Dave

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From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 10:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: File Server Migration Question

Initialize means, Device Manager --> Storage Management --> Rescan Disks
--> Initialize disk. Which basically registers the disks on the hosts. 
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RE: mapped drives - having no FREE space

[Edwards, David]

You might also try to copy the user account and see if the issue still
exists. 

Regards, 
Dave

-Original Message-
From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: mapped drives - having no FREE space

What happens if you provide the user with a temporary different account
and have them log in? I would start with default user group membership
first and then add the same group memberships as the other account.

When you disabled the quotas, did you remap the drives/restart the
client PC? Also, as someone else posted, what happens if you try to copy
a larger file to that share? With quotas enabled and then
disabled/remapped? Quota info stays in place when quotas are disabled.
The quota just isn't enforced.

What does the quota properties show for this user?
There's also some good quota troubleshooting info at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/win2003/quotas.mspx


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-Original Message-
From: Jeff Gottlieb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 6:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: mapped drives - having no FREE space

Fascinating question David,

The same exact results do come when the user logs onto other computers.
That was covered in the original email I posted below.  The ISO image as
a drive was an interesting question...unfortunately the user has no such
devices connected.  Thanks. - Jeff

>-Original Message-
>From: Edwards, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 2:28 PM
>To: NT System Admin Issues
>Subject: RE: mapped drives - having no FREE space
>
>What if the user logs into another system? Has the user loaded any
software
>that supports mounting ISO images as drives or maybe a USB drive/s is
>installed and is acquiring the same drive letter/s as the mapped drive?
>
>Regards,
>Dave
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Jeff Gottlieb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:12 PM
>To: NT System Admin Issues
>Subject: RE: mapped drives - having no FREE space
>
>I think a Disk Quota or use of the "File Server Resource Manager" in
any
>event has Global consequences, but in this case only one user is being
>affected. -Jeff
>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: Mike French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:36 AM
>>To: NT System Admin Issues
>>Subject: RE: mapped drives - having no FREE space
>>
>>Disk Quota on the file server?
>>
>>
>>From: Jeff Gottlieb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:29 PM
>>To: NT System Admin Issues
>>Subject: mapped drives - having no FREE space
>>
>>We are having a nightmare!  All 3 mapped drives for one user indicates
>36.0
>>KB.  This is not a global issue.  It happened overnight.  Other users
are
>>OK...with plenty of drive space coming from the same mapped drives off
the
>>same server.  Ironically, the roaming profile failed to connect to the
>>server during startup too.  Roaming profiles for this user were then
>turned
>>off.  The user's desktop (local) profile was completely rebuilt from
>>ground-up., but the same problem exists.
>>
>>The same problem follows only this user even when logged on to other
>>computers...perhaps something in AD.  We are bashing our heads against
the
>>wall and would certainly appreciate a recommendation.  Cheers. -Jeff
>>

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RE: mapped drives - having no FREE space

[Edwards, David]

What if the user logs into another system? Has the user loaded any software 
that supports mounting ISO images as drives or maybe a USB drive/s is installed 
and is acquiring the same drive letter/s as the mapped drive? 

Regards, 
Dave

-Original Message-
From: Jeff Gottlieb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:12 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: mapped drives - having no FREE space

I think a Disk Quota or use of the "File Server Resource Manager" in any event 
has Global consequences, but in this case only one user is being affected. -Jeff

>-Original Message-
>From: Mike French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:36 AM
>To: NT System Admin Issues
>Subject: RE: mapped drives - having no FREE space
>
>Disk Quota on the file server?
>
>
>From: Jeff Gottlieb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:29 PM
>To: NT System Admin Issues
>Subject: mapped drives - having no FREE space
>
>We are having a nightmare!  All 3 mapped drives for one user indicates 36.0
>KB.  This is not a global issue.  It happened overnight.  Other users are
>OK...with plenty of drive space coming from the same mapped drives off the
>same server.  Ironically, the roaming profile failed to connect to the
>server during startup too.  Roaming profiles for this user were then turned
>off.  The user's desktop (local) profile was completely rebuilt from
>ground-up., but the same problem exists.
>
>The same problem follows only this user even when logged on to other
>computers...perhaps something in AD.  We are bashing our heads against the
>wall and would certainly appreciate a recommendation.  Cheers. -Jeff
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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RE: Looking for a recommendation on a power cycle device

[Edwards, David]

You could use an APC PDU that has Ethernet built in. We have one that
has 8 outlets, each outlet can be turned off or on remotely via a web
interface. http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=70 

 

Regards, 

Dave



From: Lee, Damon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:21 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Looking for a recommendation on a power cycle device

 

Hi all, I'm looking for a device I can use to power cycle a cable modem
in a remote location. So I only need one outlet and I have network and
phone access in the same room.  I've found several, but have no
experience with these boxes and I wanted to see if anyone has one in
place and or any recommendations.

 

Thanks.

 

 

Damon Lee

The Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation
 

144-45 87th Avenue

Briarwood, NY 11435

718.480.4009

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

 

 

 

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RE: Commvault resumability question

[Edwards, David]

They wouldn't let you do an onsite demo? My Austin area rep had no
problem with it. I am nearing the end of my POC with them and some other
vendors. They have been very helpful in proving that their software will
do what they say it will. You should push them on that one. But to
answer you question, it will pause and resume a job on request or on the
fly if a restore is started and there are no drives available to do the
restore. Restores have priority over backups so the backup is paused,
tape ejected, restore tape inserted and read, then the backup tape is
reinserted and the backup job continues from where it left off. Very
cool. 

Regards, 
Dave

-Original Message-
From: Jeremy Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Commvault resumability question

I just attended a Commvault demo yesterday at their Oceanport HQ 
yesterday and had a chance to go over a lot of their features.  So far 
I'm very happy with what I've seen.  Not having an in house demo install

(something they are very reluctant to give us) is a sticking point so I 
need to reach out to others for practical feedback.

They talk about their ability to resume backups based on checkpoints of 
data blocks already processed to tape (or another location).  This is 
something that would really matter to me.  For one thing I wouldn't need

to purchase a spare tape drive that sits idle waiting for restore 
operations like I currently have and would have to buy in my new 
library.  Since restores are a higher priority the backup or duplication

job would pause, the tape being written to would eject, the restore tape

would load and run and then the previous operation would start where it 
left off.

I questioned Commvault heavily about this feature and they swear it 
works as advertised.  I've since had an external source say that it kind

of works but not nearly as well as Commvault claims.  Who has experience

with this feature and what are your thoughts on it?

- Jer

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RE: NTFS take ownership question

[Edwards, David]

Are you connecting remotely to view security or locally. Do you have a
backup? 

Regards, 
Dave

-Original Message-
From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 1:45 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: NTFS take ownership question

Hi,

Need help in resolving this issue on our Common/Public drive. A
directory is showing as NO permission even for Administrator. the NTFS
permission security tab is absolutely blank. 

Current owner of this shows "Unable to display current owner."
If I tried to take ownership - it displays access denied and nothing
happens.

Help please..

Thanks,
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RE: My most ignorant question to date.

[Edwards, David]

So what I picture in my mind of your configuration is simply two RAID
arrays on one channel. Each drive having a different SCSI ID yet grouped
together into two separate arrays. I assume you are not also mirroring
the two arrays (RAID 10) and they contain different data. 

In my experience with Compaq RAID controllers, you should be able to add
the second controller connect the desired array and during post of the
controller, read the RAID configuration from the disk to the controller
memory to speed up the RAID array move to the new controller. Of course
you want a good backup anyway but the older Compaq RAID controllers had
that ability. Even some of the Dell Perc controllers can do this as
well. 

 

Regards, 

Dave



From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 3:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: My most ignorant question to date.

 

I know it is hard to believe but here goes.

I have a RAID array attached to a RAID array attached to a Smart Array
controller.

This works but I believe I have an idea to make things faster by backing
up RAID array 1 then

adding a second Smart Array controller.  Moving RAID array 1 to Smart
Array controller 2.

Then restore data to new Logical drive on new Smart Array controller.

This should be RAID array 1 a lot faster, yes?

 

 

 

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RE: Proxy server configurations

[Edwards, David]

Thanks, Ken and Ben. I will review the links. I actually do have wpad
setup in DNS and I believe I have the redirect configured also. I guess
I need to understand how the browser should be configured. Currently we
have GP push to check "Automatically detect settings" and "Use automatic
configuration script" which points to our pac file. I will review these
links and see if I can get it working the way I want. 
  
Regards, 
Dave

-Original Message-
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Proxy server configurations

Hi,

In addition to Ben's comments:

a) you can just rename your .pac file to .wpad without need to configure
any redirects in IIS (at least for IE clients)

b) you can either use the DNS option outlined by Ben, or use the DHCP
option (which gives you a bit more flexibility as you can have
arbitrarily named hosts etc)

c) everything else is explained here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wpad
and
http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/web-browser-auto-proxy
-configuration.html

Cheers
Ken

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:51 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Proxy server configurations

On 3/10/08, Edwards, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We have some issues with traveling users that have to manually
> switch the proxy setting while not connected to the corp network
> and then back again when connecting via VPN or directly. We
> use a .pac file for auto config ...

  You need to implement WPAD (Web Proxy Auto Detection).  Since you
already have your PAC script, you're most of the way there.  WPAD is
basically just a standard that says, "Look for a proxy config script
called http://wpad/wpad.dat and use it if you find it."  Then set your
roaming users to do proxy auto-detection, and problem solved.

  So, create a DNS alias (CNAME) called "wpad" in whatever DNS zone
your LAN hands out as the default parent domain name.  For example, if
your LAN uses "corp.example.com", you would want
"wpad.corp.example.com".  Make the target of the CNAME whatever the
name of the web server holding your PAC script is.

  Then, on the web server, create a redirection/alias/whatever named
"/wpad.dat" that points to your PAC script.  For example, on my
network, "http://wpad/wpad.dat"; ends up redirecting to
"http://foogate/proxy.pac";.

  If you're using IIS, I believe what you do is create a "Virtual
Directory" object called "wpad.dat", and set the "content" to be a
"Redirection URL", but I don't use IIS much and I'm not near a Win
server right now.

  Which Apache, you just add "Redirect /wpad.dat
http://whereever/proxy.pac"; to your config file.

  HTH,

-- Ben


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RE: Desktop/laptop backup solutions

[Edwards, David]

Thanks for the feedback. Our current policy is to image the systems when
they show symptoms of eminent crashing or general flaky behavior but the
users do not always pay attention to the symptoms or they do and wait to
long to let us know about it. In the past we have not backed up
desktop/laptops as a rule but are interested in what others are doing. 

 

Regards, 

Dave



From: Louis, Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 12:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Desktop/laptop backup solutions

 

There are a number of solutions out there that did so pretty quickly
(and remotely). One particular that I saw was at an EMC meeting a few
weeks ago. It uses data deduplication so every backup after the first
one takes a few minutes; pretty independent of the bandwidth technology
used. 

 



From: Louis, Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 12:55 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Desktop/laptop backup solutions

I don't backup desktops or laptops. Our users have been told many times
(and it's been reinforced by crashes) to not keep any data locale to
their machines. In the world of road warriors where they are connecting
remotely for various reasons, there's little reason to not keep the most
recent copy of their work on a user/group/etc share; one that is backed
up regularly. 

 

____

From: Edwards, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 12:47 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Desktop/laptop backup solutions

Looking to find out what everyone else is doing to backup desktop/laptop
systems in the enterprise. We have had a few systems crash and needed to
send some hard drives off for recovery. We want to investigate a more
proactive solution. Any input is appreciated. 

 

 

David Edwards

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

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Proxy server configurations

[Edwards, David]

We have been using a proxy server for years to access the Internet. We
have some issues with traveling users that have to manually switch the
proxy setting while not connected to the corp network and then back
again when connecting via VPN or directly. We use a .pac file for auto
config while connected but would like to know if there is anyone out
there that has been able to make the change from proxy to no proxy
seamless to the end user. 

 

Any input would be appreciated. 

 

David Edwards

 

 


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Desktop/laptop backup solutions

[Edwards, David]

Looking to find out what everyone else is doing to backup desktop/laptop
systems in the enterprise. We have had a few systems crash and needed to
send some hard drives off for recovery. We want to investigate a more
proactive solution. Any input is appreciated. 

 

 

David Edwards

 

 


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RE: Roles on Windows 2003 Server

[Edwards, David]

If only 5 workstations, I would leave the DHCP role on the router. We
have our remote offices setup as DC, DNS, FS, PS with no issues. Of
course they are reasonably fast system with 4 GB of memory. 

Regards, 
Dave

-Original Message-
From: Anthony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 11:13 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Roles on Windows 2003 Server

Small office with 5 workstations.  They are migrating to a single
server.
The plan is to install Active Directory on this server.  It will also
act as
a file server and print server, really, everything for this small
network.

I currently have the Domain Controller role, the DNS role, and will
likely
have the DHCP role added after I disable DHCP on their router.

Would you add the File Server role and Printer Server roles, or just
configure the file sharing and printer sharing manually?

Thanks,

Anthony



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RE: Good Friday Morning

[Edwards, David]

When we moved our data center a few years ago, we left the servers
intact and moved them. After making Full backups of each system, we had
a "Data Center Specialist" moving company come in and pack the servers
and move them to the new site. They unload them and placed them in the
computer room. We then racked them and began powering them on. We lost 2
hard drives out of 200 servers. All RAID 5 arrays. We had spare drives
handy. We had previously installed new main routers and switches along
with all CAT 6 cabling. We were up and running in 36 hours.

Good luck, 
Dave

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 9:42 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Good Friday Morning

My thoughts are indeed with you.

Pull all the disk drives, label them, pack them, and ship them
separately.

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Andy Shook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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VoIP and OSS

[Edwards, David]

We are investigating a VoIP solution to connect our remote offices over
our existing IP network. Asterisk looks promising and seems to be well
supported by the OSS community. I know there are companies out there
that will sell me a name brand solution but we want to keep the cost
down as much as possible. Anyone out there using VoIP and Open Source
Software?  What have been your experiences, pros and cons? What kind of
phones are you using? Any information would be helpful. 

 

Regards, 

 

 

David Edwards

 

 


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RE: Disable wireless when connect to LAN

[Edwards, David]

Another trick is to open Network Connections/Advanced Menu/Advanced
Settings. Under Adapters and Bindings tab, move the preferred NIC to the
top of the list. 

Regards, 
Dave

-Original Message-
From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 9:57 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Disable wireless when connect to LAN

I've asked this question here before and no one was able to come up
when an answer.  I just happen to come across a work around for this
and though I would share.

You can asign a metric number to each NIC.  The card with the lowest
metric is the one that windows will use when more than one NIC is
active.

Network Connections --> NIC --> TCPIP --> Advanced --> Interface Metric.

Enjoy


Matt

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