RE: Folders in AD
Ya, they are definitely not something you want to mess with too much. There's some stuff you have to do in System for Exchange, or SCCM, can't remember which off-hand... From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 6:23 AM To: Joseph Heaton; NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Folders in AD I'm guessing they are something you don't want to mess with normally since you have to turn on advanced features to even see them. Google found this. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/datacenter/a-closer-look-at-windows-server-2008s-active-directory-users-and-computers/364 From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]mailto:[mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 8:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Folders in AD Do you guys have objects in your AD structure off the root that are called Program Data and System? What are those for? David Lum Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ 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.commailto: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.commailto: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: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature
Well, the screen's going to be smudged from normal usage anyway. Not sure how they'd be able to figure out which smudges were for what. From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 11:34 AM To: Joseph Heaton; NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature It's enabled in the Preview build - and it's so much easier than typing a password. I used a family photo for a while and the password was to draw a noose round the mother-in-law's head - what fun. What would be good is if they could move the photo around that way you don't get smudge marks in the same place. Mike From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com]mailto:[mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: 20 December 2011 18:39 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature This was demo'd in the Build videos if you want to see a demo of it. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:29 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.commailto:kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16247659 -- 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. * IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER * This document should be read only by those persons to whom it is addressed. If you have received this message it was obviously addressed to you and therefore you can read it, even it we didn't mean to send it to you. However, if the contents of this email make no sense whatsoever then you probably were not the intended recipient, or, alternatively, you are a mindless cretin; either way, you should immediately kill yourself and destroy your computer (not necessarily in that order). Once you have taken this action, please contact us.. no, sorry, you can't use your computer, because you just destroyed it, and possibly also committed suicide afterwards, but I am starting to digress.. The originator of this email is not liable for the transmission of the information contained in this communication. Or are they? Either way it's a pretty dull legal query and frankly one I'm not going to dwell on. But should you have nothing better to do, please feel free to ruminate on it, and please pass on any concrete conclusions should you find them. However, if you pass them on via email, be sure to include a disclaimer regarding liability for transmission. In the event that the originator did not send this email to you, then please return it to us and attach a scanned-in picture of your mother's brother's wife wearing nothing but a kangaroo suit, and we will immediately refund you exactly half of what you paid for the can of Whiskas you bought when you went to Pets At Home yesterday. We take no responsibility for non-receipt of this email because we are running Exchange 5.5 and everyone knows how glitchy that can be. In the event that you do get this message then please note that we take no responsibility for that either. Nor will we accept any liability, tacit or implied, for any damage you may or may not incur as a result of receiving, or not, as the case may be, from time to time, notwithstanding all liabilities implied or otherwise, ummm, hell, where was I..umm, no matter what happens, it is NOT, and NEVER WILL BE, OUR FAULT! The comments and opinions expressed herein are my own and NOT those of my employer, who, if he knew I was sending emails and surfing the seamier side of the Internet, would cut off my manhood and feed it to me for afternoon tea. ~ 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.commailto:listmana...@lyrissunbeltsoftware.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.commailto: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.commailto: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
AGPM
Anyone using AGPM? I haven't started reading the technet, but I'm about to. Good, bad, indifferent? ~ 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: Network access to 2 seperate domains
As far as file access, why not do a drive mapping for him, make sure the right credentials are used, and reconnect on login? We currently have 2 AD domains running side-by-side, and this is what we do. -Original Message- From: Nigel Parker [mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 6:31 AM To: Joseph Heaton; NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network access to 2 seperate domains Hi Yep I think this is where I will end up; but I know he will use the wrong user name and password to access things on our network, I am hoping these calls will soon tail off as he gets into the habit of using different user names and passwords So 2010 can access to exchange servers hmmm he has this will look into it ... Thanks -Original Message- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org] Sent: 08 December 2011 14:02 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network access to 2 seperate domains Create him a domain account in your domain. Don't use a local account. The domain account will provide Exch and file access. You can provide him the technical solution. If he can't utilize the proper username and pw, he shouldn't be a director. It's not rocket science and he probably has many usernames and pws around the web. If he's using Outlook 2010, he can access MAPI accounts from both Exch servers. This is a workable situation. I'd recommend experimenting with the setup required on another machine before deploying the solution to him; there may be some traps regarding DNS or server perms that will need to be resolved... *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** -Original Message- From: Nigel Parker [mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 5:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Network access to 2 seperate domains Hi Ok we have a director from a parent company Lets say they have a domain called companyx.local We have our domain company.local So totally separate local domains The director needs to access files and emails from both domains, apparently his anti virus and updates come live from the internet I wanted to setup web access to our exchange and a local account on our fileserver and shortcut so when he clicks it will prompt for user name and password to our servers However I know he will enter his other user name and password? Thoughts Also he want to access files from his network on ours and have exchange with offline files to ours and his networks. This is for 6 months only Nigel Parker Systems Engineer Ultraframe (UK) Ltd Tel: 01200 452329 Fax: 01200 452201 Web: www.ultraframe.com Email: mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. The statements and opinions expressed in this email are my own and may not represent those of Ultraframe (UK) Ltd. This email is subject to copyright and the information contained in it is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is sent out only for intended recipient(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not an intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or other use or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and unlawful. ~ 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 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. The statements and opinions expressed in this email are my own and may not represent those of Ultraframe (UK) Ltd. This email is subject to copyright and the information contained in it is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is sent out only for intended recipient(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not an intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or other use or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and unlawful. ~ 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
RE: Backup Software Recommendation
I tried out the browser for a while. Still uses IE settings in the background... -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 9:54 AM To: Joseph Heaton; NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Software Recommendation Perhaps it's all the bad press I have heard about Comodo, but I have a hard time trusting them. Many of their products are free or dirt cheap, and have some amazing features... so I don't want to have a negative bias... Has anybody had good luck with Comodo products? Please help me confirm or correct my bias! --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:56:22 -0800 Subject: Re: Backup Software Recommendation http://backup.comodo.com/ Note: Online backups are an OPTION. You can backup to other devices as well. * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Burian, Matthew J. (mjb) m...@burianit.comwrote: I have a very small business customer (~4 users) who purchased a NAS device for backups of their Windows 7 machines. I typically use the Windows 7 backup utility for situations like this, however the customer purchased computers before I began working with them that are running Windows 7 Home Premium, and thus cannot use the Win 7 backup tool since it won't allow network locations. They don't want to spend the money on the Win 7 Pro upgrade. I have used Acronis in the past, however I haven't used the latest release and it looks to be getting mixed reviews. Any suggestions on an affordable piece of software that would work in this situation? It would be ideal if it offered options for file copy backup and a system image. Thanks for the suggestions. Matt Burian | President Sr. Consultant ~ 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: ?? on jobsites
Which is why they have that listed. I'm mostly happy where I am, but if the right offer came along, then heck ya, I'd jump. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:51 AM To: Joseph Heaton; NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ?? on jobsites So how does that work from the hiring side? You see someone with a profile that looks interesting, and make a pitch to them? One thing I've noticed is that 99% of the people on LinkedIn have career opportunities listed as something to contact them for-including people who I know are very happy with their jobs and aren't really looking elsewhere. I suspect that a lot of people who have that aren't, in fact, looking for new career opportunities. Although I'm sure that if the offer were good enough, they might be persuaded. :) John From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]mailto:[mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ?? on jobsites It's not just postings but making sure your profile there is discoverable in the right way. I haven't posted any req's on LinkedIn personally, but, I've found resources through it simply through keyword searching. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]mailto:[mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ?? on jobsites I keep an eye on the job listings on LinkedIn, and for my region it has very few compared to the likes of Dice, Monster, and CareerBuilder. John Hornbuckle, MSMIS, PMP MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.uswww.taylor.k12fl.us From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]mailto:[mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ?? on jobsites If you're going to pick two, I'd go for Dice and LinkedIn. Many people I know (including myself) are finding a lot of their resources through LinkedIn. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 ~ 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.commailto: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: Backup Exec ver. 12.0
You should call Symantec support line. They can get all the info you need. Just let them know that you're taking over for so-and-so. Should be able to give you the numbers you'll need in the future. Hope the Backup Exec support is better than the Netbackup support... From: David [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:42 AM To: Joseph Heaton; NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup Exec ver. 12.0 I'm betting that you may have a serial number, more like a product number, not the actual license keys... David On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Eric Brouwer ithelp.e...@gmail.commailto:ithelp.e...@gmail.com wrote: I tried that. The serial number I have is in this format: 01-2345-6789-004265. It says it's not valid. I also looked at the besernum.xml file and the serial number listed there does not work either. On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.commailto:hbo...@gmail.com wrote: You should be able to download the product from the following website using the serial number you currently have. https://fileconnect.symantec.com On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Eric Brouwer ithelp.e...@gmail.commailto:ithelp.e...@gmail.com wrote: Geetings, With my predecessor completely out of the picture now, I'm evaluating everything he was in charge of. One of his duties was setting up backup routines, and testing them. I am not able to find our installation media for Backup Exec 12. I have the license keys, but no way to install it. I sent an inquiry to Symantec to see if it was available for download, but I doubt it. Does any one on this list have a copy of this? I need to be able to install the core product, and agents for Windows servers, Exchange, and SQL. Thank you, Eric ~ 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.commailto: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.commailto: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.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- David _ Under the heading of, we wish... But ambitious encroachments of the federal government, on the authority of the State governments, would not excite the opposition of a single State, or of a few States only. They would be signals of general alarm. ... But what degree of madness could ever drive the federal government to such an extremity. --James Madison, Federalist No. 46, 1788 ~ 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.commailto: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: OT: Streaming media device
No, but usually, you'll get shows the next day, vs. an 8 day delay with the free version. -Original Message- From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 10:50 AM To: Joseph Heaton; NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Streaming media device Does the paid version of Hulu get you live tv? -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 10:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Streaming media device On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: I just got a Roku and I'm thinking about returning it. Why are some of you switching to Roku from conventional cable or satellite? For me, it's all about value (what I get in return for what I pay). With Comcast in my area, I'm paying $70+ per month for a handful of shows. It's simply not worth it to me. I can get most of what I was watching via Netflix and Hulu for around $20/month. The stuff I can't get isn't worth the difference. And there's a lot more on Netflix that isn't on Comcast. We're talking about *television*, here. The boob tube. The idiot box. Paying nearly $1000/year for that much garbage was more than I could stomach. -- 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
Veeam
Anyone have any experience with this product? Supposed to be a VMWare backup software, which is able to do incrementals on the actual VM guests by expanding the .vmdk, finding the changes, and backing those up to an offsite copy. ~ 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: Whitelisting Pros Cons?
Would it be better to have a tool that only does whitelisting, or a software more like Viewfinity, where you can do both white and black lists, and also elevate permissions for applications that aren't on either list, but are needed by a few people, which wouldn't warrant putting it on the whitelist? Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.com 11/14/2011 2:16 PM Thanks Micheal. Anyone experience with any of the Whitelisting products in this InfoWorld Review? http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/test-center-review-whitelisting-security-offers-salvation-835? Bit9 Parity Suite 5.01 10 8 9 9 10 9.4 EXCELLENT 30% 15% 25% 10% 20% CoreTrace Bouncer 5 9 9 9 8 9 8.9 VERY GOOD 30% 15% 25% 10% 20% Lumension Application Control 8 9 8 9 9 8.5 VERY GOOD 30% 15% 25% 10% 20% McAfee Application Control 5.0 9 9 9 8 8 8.7 VERY GOOD 30% 15% 25% 10% 20% SignaCert Enterprise Trust Services 3.0 From:Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 5:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Whitelisting Pros Cons? Whitelisting is the future IMHO. You cant trust anything anymore. Faith doesnt cut it. You have to protect yourself and your assets, and whitelisting is the best way to do it. -- Espi On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.com wrote: I'm referring to Whitelisting in the context of security. About 10 years ago, the ratio Good code versus malware was perhaps 90 good 10 bad. In that scenario, it makes sense to keep the bad code out. But over the last 10 years, with automated malware variant generation, the tables have turned, and there is actually more malware than good code out there. So in -that- scenario it might make sense to only allow good code and implement application control. Only that which is allowed, will run. I'd like your feedback - input - discussion on this ! Warm regards, Stu -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 11:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Whitelisting Pros Cons? Are you asking about web content filtering, email filtering, or some other type of whitelisting? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:14:57 -0800 Subject: Whitelisting Pros Cons? Guys, I am writing an article for WServerNews, and would like your public input. What is your experience with Whitelisting, which products you tried/use, and what experience you are having with this, likes and hates are all welcome !! Warm regards, Stu ~ 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 ~ 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: Disabling but not deleting AD accounts unil Jan 1
That's what I do here, also. Then they sit around pretty much forever. I've even had to re-enable a couple, as the person came back to work for us. Cameron cameron.orl...@gmail.com 11/14/2011 8:54 AM I just move them into a Disabled User OU and put in the description of the account the date disabled. On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:48 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: I have our internal auditor asking if we can keep disabled AD accounts around for a calendar year and ditch them on Jan 1 of each year. The reason is she can pull reports from AD regarding security audit information, etc. My kneejerk to me is to kill ‘em, but having them disabled in their own OU (I kind of feel like they should be in a non-delegated OU too) doesn’t give me that big of a heartache. Anyone care to share their opinion? David Lum Systems Engineer //NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 ( tel:503.548.5229 )//Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ( tel:503.267.9764 ) ~ 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: Lab Computer / Server at Home + Vmware
300w power supply might be a bit small. I have a 650w in my home PC, just for playing around on. Only other thing I can think of is to hope you get a decent motherboard. If it is some no-name brand, it could have questionable quality. Looks like it's going to be software RAID, don't know if that's an issue these days or not. justino garcia jgarciaitl...@gmail.com 11/1/2011 7:07 AM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101377 Do you think this is a good start, to start as a home lab Machine with VMWARE EXSI. -- Justin IT-TECH ~ 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: Scheduled Maintenance 4 PM Today
sheesh...what's wrong with darktime and lighttime? Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com 11/1/2011 1:26 PM A dead thread, but relevant news: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/8803144/Can-the-clock-really-be-ticking-for-GMT.html -- Espi On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Stefan Jafs stefan.j...@gmail.com wrote: (They originate from different authorities, and get different adjustments for extremely high precision time. It usually doesn't matter for practical purposes, but as long as we're being pedantic we might as well get it right.) And whats the difference? Except one ( GMT) is old and UTC is new? As far as I know UTC is the successor to GMT. As far as I know, GMT still exists. I would expect it to be defined by whatever authority in the UK does that sort of thing, but I don't know. These days, in casual language, when most people say GMT, what they are referring to is (in technical language) really UTC, which is defined by the BIPM -- the same folks who define the meter, kilogram, and so on. As far as the difference goes, as I said, the two get different adjustments for extremely high precision time. We're talking sub-second scale, for the most part. Part of it might just be administrative lag; I don't know. But GMT and UTC do not have to be identical. Precise global timekeeping is surprisingly complicated. If you really want to know, start reading here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Atomic_Time -- 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
Re: OpenCandy -- spyware/adware or misunderstood?
VLC. I changed to that and now it's the only media player I use on any of my systems. Dunno if it works in Linux, but it's on all my Windows boxes. John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com 10/8/2011 12:48 PM On Sat October 8 2011, you wrote: Hi John, In my case (just a home user) it was on my system from installing Winamp. Neil |¬D Yeah. As soon as I saw that on the list, I removed WinAmp. I've got another app that I'm going to try out in it's place, called SnackAmp. Not sure I like it much. I might have to stick to just using Windows Media Player under Windows and XMMS under Linux. :( -- Thanks, John Aldrich Blueridge Industries IT Manager ~ 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: Anyone using DPM?
In what ways was it confusing to setup? I've been using CommVault and Netbackup for the last couple of years... how is DPM different/same to these products? Jesse Rink jesse-r...@wi.rr.com 10/11/2011 6:21 PM I’ve recently used it at a customer for about 2 months now. I find the product to be really good in some areas, but severely lacking (mainly documentation, and getting help troubleshooting specific problems) in other areas. For me, it was very confusing to setup/configure and really understand what is going on and how backups work – coming from 10+ years using Backup Exec or other products. I’m still on the fence whether I like DPM or not. J From:Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Anyone using DPM? That's Data Protection Manager Any experiences are welcome. Do you like it? Hate it? How big is your deployment? Any field servers involved? How does it compare to Netbackup and/or CommVault? (those are the other two I'm personally familiar with) Thanks, Joe ~ 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: Staff training
We have a local company that we use for most of our training. We were able, a few years ago, to buy vouchers. We put our annual training budget into these, and are able to use them whenever, without expiration. Then, we watch their weekly newsletter, and book classes at the last minute, which gets us a substantial discount. Ralph Smith m...@gatewayindustries.org 10/12/2011 9:16 AM This may be a little OT, but I was just pricing out some training for 3 staff here with the idea of sending them to some classroom training for Windows 7 and Server 2008 administration. If I target the courses related to MCITP Enterprise Desktop Administrator on Windows 7 certification and the MCITP Server Administrator on Windows Server 2008 certification, (and this is from ONLC because they have a local office, but New Horizons seems to be about the same) the appropriate courses include three five day courses and one three day course. The total cost at their published prices would be almost $27,000 for three staff. I don't think I can get that through our budget process. For those who provide training for staff development, is this kind of classroom training the way to go? Are there other alternatives for classroom training, or do you use other training resources such as video training from places like Trainsignal? I'm looking for a bit of a reality check, as well as suggestions. We haven't provided this kind of staff training up to now, so I have no experience in this area. For myself I have relied on Google Training and some good books, but I was looking for something more formal/structured. Appreciate any comments and advice. Ralph ~ 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
Anyone using DPM?
That's Data Protection Manager Any experiences are welcome. Do you like it? Hate it? How big is your deployment? Any field servers involved? How does it compare to Netbackup and/or CommVault? (those are the other two I'm personally familiar with) Thanks, Joe ~ 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: Fiber splice question
Umm... how are you just now finding out about this, if it was done so long ago? Did they just now notice that whatever was going across that line isn't working anymore? Thomas Mullins tsmull...@wise.k12.va.us 10/5/2011 11:14 AM Thanks Jonathan, This splice was made some time ago, months ago and maybe even a year. The local school is probably just out the money. Shane From:Jonathan [mailto:ncm...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 7:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Fiber splice question +1 Cisco makes them, but I've never seen one from anywhere else. They are intended to go from a terminated fiber end to a transceiver of the alternate type. My understanding is that the fiber has to be offset very specifically for it to worknot something I would consider very practical in the fieldit may not even be possible outside of a lab/manufacturing environment.not sure. I've successfully installed both multimode and singlemode fiber. It sounds like whoever did that work didn't have a clue what they were doing and a refund or rework should be demanded. I'd even use the responses from this list as ammunition. Jonathan A+, MCSA, MCSE Thumb-typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. Please excuse brevity and any misspellings. On Oct 3, 2011 10:25 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Thomas Mullins tsmull...@wise.k12.va.us wrote: The original piece of fiber was multimode. The local school had an outside company splice the damaged section. This company made the splice with single mode fiber. As others have said, (1) that won't work, and (2) never use that company for fiber work again. It is possible to go from one type to the other, *if* you use something called a mode conditioning cable, but I don't recall if you can go back again, and mode conditioning cables aren't used in splices. -- 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: Fiber splice question
Ya, I don't think that's going to work. Not even sure how they were able to do that. Did they test the fiber before you (someone) signed off on the job? I'm thinking you're going to have to either break it again and splice with the same type of fiber, or run a whole new run. Personally, I'd lean towards the new run. Thomas Mullins tsmull...@wise.k12.va.us 10/3/2011 6:23 AM I hope this is not off topic too much. But, here goes: We had a piece of multimode fiber that was damaged at a local high school. This piece of fiber ran no more than 300 yards from the main building to a field house. The original piece of fiber was multimode. The local school had an outside company splice the damaged section. This company made the splice with single mode fiber. Multimode fiber has a diameter of about 62.5 microns, single mode fiber has a diameter of 8 to 10 microns. I have no idea if this is legal. This piece of fiber will not light up for me. The school purchased FX transceivers. To my knowledge, FX transceivers will work with both single and multi mode fiber. Thanks Shane ~ 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: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection
I'm using it here, but in a pretty limited scope for the time being. We're migrating from Novell to Windows AD, and we have SCCM setup in the new domain, along with about 30 or so servers, all with FEP installed. Client installation is extremely quick and painless, once the SCCM client gets installed. I've had a couple of issues with that phase, but nothing once that's done. Stefan Jafs stefan.j...@gmail.com 10/3/2011 8:34 AM Is anyone using MS Endpoint protection, I'm thinking about switching from ESET, for 325 users. Anyone happy / unhappy, recommend not recommend? -- Stefan Jafs ~ 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: Having 3 TV's / Flat screens showing Airport like info
*That*'s what she said. Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com 9/27/2011 7:13 PM On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Stefan Jafs stefan.j...@gmail.com wrote: About a month ago I asked for help with setting up 3 TV's for showing a spreadsheet, I started looking into WiFi enable TV's bases on Ben Scott's suggestion, and Samsung has this feature has anyone played with it? Does it have a built in browser or how does it work? The Samsung TVs do indeed have a built-in web browser. It's slow and quirky, doesn't render even moderately complex sites well, and hangs a lot. Or so my brief experience is. It would appear most of the gadgets and apps and things on the TV are web-based, but they work a lot better for being tuned for the TV in particular. As a general-purpose web browser, not so good. That said, you're talking about fairly specific data, so maybe you could tune it for the TV. *That* said, the Samsung and LG TVs I've worked with didn't have any advertised way to automatically go into a web page at start-up. So every time you lose power or the TV resets, you'd have to manually go in and tell it to load the web page again. *That* said, I didn't look very hard. Further, there may be more specialized options available on the market. There are certainly third-party products that do that kind of thing; digital signage is the generic term. *That* said, it might be easier/cheaper/whatever to just buy some TV-over-CAT5 extender boxes and generate your video signal from a single PC. -- 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: Unix Backups
So, how many support cases have you had to open on your AIX system, with Symantec? If licenses are perpetual, then just keep using the product that works for you, and hit the forums for support. I've had better response from the Symantec forums, than I have from support, it seems. Cameron cameron.orl...@gmail.com 9/13/2011 6:48 AM *sigh*apologies all...it was a LONG daylet me try this again. Good morning all, Backup Exec 2010 no longer supports any version of AIX.sI need to find an alternative. IBM P520 - 2 LPARs - 1 - AIX 5.3, 2 - AIX 6.1 Need to backup approx 80GB (roughly 40GB per LPAR) I was using BE2010 to backup (to tape) my Windows boxes as well as the Unix clients but I don't *have* to stick with this. I have a spare server (Windows) that has a tape library attached that I could use (gigbit backbone for the whole network). As to reporting/management functions...pretty basic. Email of completion status, ease of use for backup/restore. I'm really not a Unix person, but can usually muddle my way through any scripting. I'm more than willing to research what's out there, but would like to know if there are any fan favourites so that I don't reinvent the wheel. As always TIA Cameron ~ 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: Unix Backups
Symantec what doesn't support AIX? I just looked at the compatibility document for Netbackup, and AIX is supported as both client and server. 64 bit anyway... And, at a minimum, AIX 5.3 TL7 SP5, or higher, for Netbackup 7.x Cameron cameron.orl...@gmail.com 9/12/2011 2:17 PM Good afternoon all, Now that Symantec doesn't support AIX, I need to come up with a good alternative. Anyone care to share their experiences? TIA! Cameron ~ 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: Another high profile breach
Well, the spreadsheet was from Sept. 9, 2010, so maybe that had something to do with it. And we wonder why newspapers are going out of business... Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com 9/8/2011 11:51 AM On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/09/us/09breach.html So, basically, someone had an Excel question, and posted a sensitive spreadsheet to a public site in an effort to solicit assistance. You can't fix stupid. Apparently from the future... It's already tomorrow in some parts of the world. Although why the NYT would be on Asian time, I dunno. -- 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: Email Problem
wow... That line is from GI Joe, not Captain Planet. Are we really that old, or are you that young? John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com 9/6/2011 8:46 AM Who do you think you are??? Captain Planet? :D -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Email Problem and knowing is half the battle. John Aldrich wrote: Well, I think it may have been an HTML issue... :D I should know better than to use HTML email anyway. :D -Original Message- From: Matthew B Ames [mailto:matthew.a...@qinetiq.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Email Problem I have seen that feature in Outlook 2003 before, when the emails where HTML formatted. Normally when that happened my calendar entries would appear on the calendar but be blank. Opening the email to read and it appeared blank, but hit forward or reply and the contents would appear (or at least some of the content appeared, long emails would still get truncated). In our environment it was when some patches has been rolled out via Radia. Either a reboot, or re-registering Word/Outlook fixed it, iirc. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: 06 September 2011 16:11 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Email Problem I think I may have resolved the strangeness...I just sent a test reply and was able to see the body. Thanks! -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 11:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Email Problem Nothin' but a little alcohol. :D I'm using a linux-based email client at home and Outlook 2007 at work. I'm pretty sure there were some recent updates to my email client at home and I suspect that might have affected the way Outlook is seeing the messages. From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Email Problem Did you take any medication over the weekend? On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:54 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: I replied from home this weekend, but when I got here, and looked at the messages I sent out, the bodies were blank. Does anyone else see that, or am I hallucinating? From: William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 12:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Email Problem You do realize, of course, that this error doesn't necessarily indicate a problem with your outbound mail server...right? Now then...from what I can garner from your typically sparse data...If you one-off these messages it works OK, it's only when he bulk mails...so do the end recipients ever get the message after waiting 72 hours, or have you never been able to wait that long? Do they ever get duplicates after 72 hours? How many recipients are we talking about anyway? 100, 1000, ONE MILLION USERS? Inquiring minds want to know. As to your salient question, where to start looking: How internet email works: http://email.about.com/cs/standards/a/smtp.htm Understanding SMTP Error Messages: http://email.about.com/cs/standards/a/smtp_error_code.htm - WJR 2011/9/3 John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com On Fri September 2 2011, you wrote: Research the specific SMTP status code and message you are receiving back. Delayed can mean different things. You/he received a specific error message. Be specific with us, or look it up. All I have is the following: quote Warning: message 1QyPNV-xd-UY delayed 72 hours This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent has not yet been delivered to one or more of its recipients after more than 72 hours on the queue on SMTPSERVER The message identifier is: 1QyPNV-xd-UY The subject of the message is: National Account-Paychex The date of the message is:Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:33:24 -0400 The addresses to which the message has not yet been delivered are: [snip list of email addresses] No action is required on your part. Delivery attempts will continue for some time, and this warning may be repeated at intervals if the message remains undelivered. Eventually the mail delivery software will give up, and when that happens, the message will be returned to you. /quote Note that I created an Outlook Distribution list that contains all the email addresses in that list of recipients who had not yet received the message and sent them a message. Within 24 hours, all of them had confirmed that they had received the message from me. -- Thanks, John Aldrich Blueridge Industries IT Manager ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
Re: Humor: Office Moves?
Luckily, I don't deal with desktops in this position. But the move from our internal server room to the datacenter 5 blocks away was an awful lot of fun... not. Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com 8/31/2011 8:52 AM A classic I think we can all relate to: http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-jobs/movers-wanted-only-it-experts-need-apply-171196 Roger Wright ___ My short term goal is to make it through the day. My long term goal is to string a bunch of short term goals together. ~ 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: OT - Triple Monitor Setup
your desk is waaay too clean. Webster webs...@carlwebster.com 8/31/2011 11:10 AM Here is mine: [cid:image003.jpg@01CC67DF.534BB460] HP L2405w in Portrait mode (for Word) Dell UltraSharp U2410 24-inch Widescreen Qty 2 nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ video card Qty 2 I can add a 4th monitor but my desk isn't wide enough. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.comhttp://www.carlwebster.com/ From: Mark Smith [mailto:winsysad...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT - Triple Monitor Setup Hello Everyone, I'm looking into building a new PC for my home office and I'm contemplating a triple monitor setup. I would like to have a single desktop across 3 monitors (probably 24). That way I could have an RDP session to my lab on 1, create/edit docs on the 2nd and surf/email/media on the 3rd. May also be used for some gaming by my son. looking for advice, recommendations, etc. on the video card/ monitors setup more so than the rest of the PC. ~ 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: Tell me about your experience with free filtering proxies
You're still providing an internet connection to children. Check out OpenDNS, as was suggested, also there are a few school district guys here on the list. What are they doing for their internet connections? John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org 08/23/11 7:41 AM No Federal $ involved in this project that I know of, it's a community thing. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 10:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tell me about your experience with free filtering proxies Ok, so could you be dealing with parents who would like to sue your organization to the brink of dissolution? Are you acting as a caretaker for these children in some sort of after school program? While you may not be a school or library, are you reliant upon federal funding for your operations? Some of those agencies promulgate rules that are similar in scope to CIPA. On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:27 AM, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.orgmailto:john.c...@pfsf.org wrote: We're neither a school nor a library so it's questionable that CIPA is an issue but yes, we're looking to avoid the risk of the situation. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610tel:%28352%29%20244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944tel:%28352%29%20215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.commailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 10:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tell me about your experience with free filtering proxies Generally +1 While you may want to fight the constitutionality of CIPA, the costs to the organization will be devastating long before that fight is finished. I think you realize that this is not without significant risk, and therefore some amount of cost is necessary to mitigate that risk. I'd be subscribing to a service that manages this, and keeps abreast of the ever growing list of objectionable sites... On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.orgmailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote: Let's fine tune your requirements, just to keep you out of jail and on the list. You are providing internet access to children so your concern is to be CIPA compliant. The Child Internet Protection Act. OpenDNS will take care of that, and it works well. You just need to be sure you sign up/set up their CIPA filter. http://www.opendns.com/features/cipa KNOWINGLY providing a non-CIPA filtered connection to a child is a felony. There is a teacher in jail in Atlanta right now for that. There are mistakes in filters, they will get around it. The key is if you know it is happening you have to react. It is knowing and failing to react that will get you burned. JK From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.orgmailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Tell me about your experience with free filtering proxies I've been asked to research the possibilities for setting up a filtering mechanism for a public resource center. These will be open access computers, probably 8 - 10, for kids to get on for school work or whatever. My concern is someone doing or viewing something illegal or totally inappropriate, it's a CYA measure for the nonprofit I work for. Any thoughts on specific applications (I was looking at Squid and Foxy) or a different approach are most welcome. TIA John Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families 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. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although
RE: Earthquake!!!!!!
BAH! just a 5.8?? you guys are wimps :P Come on out to Cali if you want to see real earthquakes... In all seriousness, I'm glad there's no reports of serious injuries. Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com 08/23/11 11:44 AM It's centered just 25 miles east of me. Yes, I felt it. :) http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/usc0005ild.php Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 2:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Earthquake!! Anyone on east coast feel it? We did here in Pennsylvania. Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP Technical Support III Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.commailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 - 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/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto: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: OT: Business Class Comcast internet Service
Same difference...it's still in Texas :P Sherry Abercrombie sabercrom...@nhdallas.com 8/23/2011 2:29 PM Actually, technically, he's in Fort Worth. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Business Class Comcast internet Service A - You're in Dallas. B - You added a comparison to ATT. :) ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:46 PM, John Leto jo...@colonialsavings.commailto:jo...@colonialsavings.com wrote: We've had excellent luck with TW Telecom especially compared to ATT. We are based in the Dallas Fort Worth area but have branches across the country. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.commailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 1:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Business Class Comcast internet Service You're forcing us to compare between TWTC and Comcurst? Ouch. Run far away from TWTC. Run far away from Comcurst -- even for their so-called business class service (with its general lack of SLAs the last time I looked) Do you have any other option? ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Robert LeBlanc robert.lebl...@aanmpc.commailto:robert.lebl...@aanmpc.com wrote: Howdy folks, Can anyone give any insight (good and bad) to Comcasts Business Class internet service. Our service agreement with TWtelecom ends in a few months and it seems that Comcast can blow TW's prices out of the water. But then again it's Comcast and since they don't offer an SLA in their agreement and some things I've heard in the past such as oversubscribing, outages, bandwidth speed dropping, etc concerns me. We may just use it as a backup service but have talked about replacing our primary service with it. We are a relatively small shop and operate now with a 4Mb up and down with a 1.5 DSL as backup that also handles wireless. We are looking at Comcasts 22Mb/2Mb service. Thanks for any input and feel free to contact off list as well. Oh yeah and here in New Mexico Comcast currently operates with their DOCSIS2.0 but is upgrading infrastructure to DOCSIS3.0 Robert ~ 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.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin This information may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, photocopying or distribution of these contents is unauthorized and prohibited. If you have received this in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies. ~ 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: [OT] The infection continues to spread (HP)
We can only hope that doesn't happen. Ever. Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com 8/16/2011 7:12 PM The suck which has infested HP for the past several years continues to spread. We just today took a delivery of a brand new DesignJet T790. $4500 wide-format printer. The control panel UI is slow and often doesn't respond to finger presses. It does, however, have lots of high color graphics and animations. Web UI has two different credential schemes depending on what page you're on. Some pages want you to leave the username field blank; other pages want you to use admin for the username. Won't load paper. Seems like it's not actually trying to feed. After trying to a bit, it says Edge of roll not found. Prompts me to lift the lever and unload paper. I lift the lever. New message: Lever unexpectedly lifted. Lather, rinse, repeat. Support guidance says load the latest firmware. Look for firmware. It's not under Download drivers and software. Eventually find it under a howto section. 309 MB file! Get download started. Since I'm downloading, decide to grab drivers. Check under Download drivers and software. Don't see drivers. Mainly just this HP ePrint and Share: Easy printing thing. That claims to be a radical new technology that lets me print without drivers or software. To use it, all I have to do is download and install this software. Umm... Eventually find drivers under some other howto page. Firmware download finished. It's just a binary blob, no checksum info, no wrapper like ZIP or anything. I just have to hope for the best. Takes several minutes to load. Since then the machine's gone offline and hasn't come back. I'm dreading the day the corruption reaches the ProCurve division. -- 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
DirectAccess topology question
We are currently working towards implementing DirectAccess for our new AD environment we're creating. My coworker is the one doing the heavy lifting on this one. He's seeing some conflicting info on where to put the NLS piece. For those that have DirectAccess implemented, where is that piece in your environment? Thanks, Joe ~ 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: DirectAccess topology question
Yes, sorry. He's saying one thing he's reading says to put it out in the public area, others say to put it deep inside. Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com 8/17/2011 1:31 PM Do you mean inside vs. outside? Inside. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 4:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DirectAccess topology question We are currently working towards implementing DirectAccess for our new AD environment we're creating. My coworker is the one doing the heavy lifting on this one. He's seeing some conflicting info on where to put the NLS piece. For those that have DirectAccess implemented, where is that piece in your environment? Thanks, Joe ~ 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: Dell BMC
Actually, I was trying to be funny, and reference the closing credits of some TV shows. The production company for one of my favorite shows, House, is Bad Hat Harry Productions, and that line is theirs. Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com 08/02/11 4:53 PM My bad. I'm still getting up to speed with the Dell server management components, from the Lifecycle Controller to the USC and UEFi it's a bit blurry. I'm pretty certain the BMC has a different name since that acronym isn't on the R710 or R610's I have. PS. Gotta give credit where credit is due: if you're referring to the picture associated with my gmail account, that's Paul Newman from Road to Perdition. Love the movie, character, sartorial aesthitic and Era as a whole. On Tuesday, August 2, 2011, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: Don't think that's accurate. the DRAC has always been the DRAC (Dell Remote Access controller). The BMC is a monitoring tool, that collects motherboard info. Plus, That's some bad hat, Harry. Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com 08/02/11 3:21 PM What's the OS of the server? I had a similiar issue recently, although Dell has renamed the BMC to iDRAC, and needed to update the firmware via Service Console on my ESX 4.1 server. If it's windows, download the firmware update package for the BMC, apply it, reboot and see if that works out. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Kim Longenbaugh k...@colonialsavings.com wrote: I'm not familiar with the device, so this may not apply, but here goes: Is there a place where you have to enable telnet and/or web access? -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 4:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell BMC Anyone have any experience with Dell's Baseboard Management Controller? I'm getting mixed information from Dell. I can't seem to get ahold of anyone in Tech Support via email. I may have to call them when I'm in front of the server so I can get them to help me set it up. I got instructions from my sales rep's Storage Specialist on how to set it up, and I thought I'd set it up right. I hit CTL+E when the prompt for configure remote access came up and gave it a static IP and enabled IPMI over LAN. Still can't telnet to that IP address. It responds to a PING on that IP address, but no telnet/web connection allowed. Just times out. If anyone has any experience with this, can you chime in? If not, I guess I'll give Dell a call eventually. Thanks! ~ 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 ~ 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: old cars (was RE: Vipre console hangs server on reboot)
Wow, that's a nice looking car Tony. Tony Patton apco...@gmail.com 08/03/11 2:10 AM I normally spend about £65 every 2 weeks, about 200 miles per week for work. With the lead foot I average 48mpg, been taking it easy this week and have 62mpg so far :-) 2litre Skoda Octavia T Typed slowly on HTC Desire ~ 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: Dell BMC
Yes, I know, but more people would recognize it from TV credits. James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com 08/03/11 8:22 AM Actually it's Roy Scheider's, from *Jaws* On 3 August 2011 16:07, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: Actually, I was trying to be funny, and reference the closing credits of some TV shows. The production company for one of my favorite shows, House, is Bad Hat Harry Productions, and that line is theirs. Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com 08/02/11 4:53 PM My bad. I'm still getting up to speed with the Dell server management components, from the Lifecycle Controller to the USC and UEFi it's a bit blurry. I'm pretty certain the BMC has a different name since that acronym isn't on the R710 or R610's I have. PS. Gotta give credit where credit is due: if you're referring to the picture associated with my gmail account, that's Paul Newman from Road to Perdition. Love the movie, character, sartorial aesthitic and Era as a whole. On Tuesday, August 2, 2011, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: Don't think that's accurate. the DRAC has always been the DRAC (Dell Remote Access controller). The BMC is a monitoring tool, that collects motherboard info. Plus, That's some bad hat, Harry. Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com 08/02/11 3:21 PM What's the OS of the server? I had a similiar issue recently, although Dell has renamed the BMC to iDRAC, and needed to update the firmware via Service Console on my ESX 4.1 server. If it's windows, download the firmware update package for the BMC, apply it, reboot and see if that works out. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Kim Longenbaugh k...@colonialsavings.com wrote: I'm not familiar with the device, so this may not apply, but here goes: Is there a place where you have to enable telnet and/or web access? -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 4:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell BMC Anyone have any experience with Dell's Baseboard Management Controller? I'm getting mixed information from Dell. I can't seem to get ahold of anyone in Tech Support via email. I may have to call them when I'm in front of the server so I can get them to help me set it up. I got instructions from my sales rep's Storage Specialist on how to set it up, and I thought I'd set it up right. I hit CTL+E when the prompt for configure remote access came up and gave it a static IP and enabled IPMI over LAN. Still can't telnet to that IP address. It responds to a PING on that IP address, but no telnet/web connection allowed. Just times out. If anyone has any experience with this, can you chime in? If not, I guess I'll give Dell a call eventually. Thanks! ~ 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 ~ 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 -- 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
Re: Dell BMC
Gary, While I normally respect and appreciate your contributions here, this is realy getting old. Can't we move beyond harping on every single post the guy makes? Gary Slinger gary.slin...@gmail.com 08/03/11 8:51 AM I'm not exactly a dummy though. Can we get a vote on that? -Original Message- From: John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 10:57:26 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Dell BMC Michael, et al: Yes, I realize I have a HUGE knowledge gap (big enough to drive at least one semi through.) I'm not exactly a dummy though. Still this stuff is really confusing to me. Yes, I read through the MSDN article. Didn't make a lot of sense to me. I know Dell has extended the commands for BMC. All I really want is the ability to power-cycle the server remotely, which, according to the Dell documentation, I should be able to do. Much more than that I can't say as the documentation, to me, is very confusing. In one place it suggests you should be able to use Hyperterminal to access the BMC (although it states something about the basic/free Hyperterminal having some limitations.) In another place it talks about using special OpenManage software to access it. Really confusing for me. Clearly Hyperterminal isn't working, or I still need to do some more to configure the server (I think I saw someplace about making changes in the BIOS settings) or both. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell BMC John, did you google ipmi windows like I suggested yesterday? The first hit is an article that discusses the difference between BMC and IPMI and what the capabilities of each are. The next several hits provide links to tools for properly using BMC and IPMI - free ones, even. In good English, even. And did I mention they were free? There is a server component (drivers plus WMI interfaces for Windows, plus many of the tools can be run locally). There is a client component (the various tools, especially IPMIview which is run remotely). And did I mention they were free? Oh, and all the documentation I mention is free too. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Gary Slinger [mailto:gary.slin...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 10:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Dell BMC You're not really in a position to criticise. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 10:28:46 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Dell BMC Thanks. I'm beginning to think you may be right about having to use the IPMI tool, because of some info I found when I actually *found* the BMC software to download. Unfortunately it's all written in such a way that it's hard to make heads or tails of it. I'm not even sure, from what I read in the instructions, that the software is supposed to be installed on the workstation. The way Dell wrote the software it sounds like you're supposed to install the software on the *server!* *sigh* That wouldn't be much help, so I'm pretty sure you're supposed to install it on the management workstation to control the server. Gotta love folks who write instructions that look like they got translated into Spanish, then into Chinese, then to Greek then Russian before getting translated BACK to English! SHEESH! -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell BMC As far as I know, you can't telnet into it--you have to use the IPMI tool to connect. Although I think that uses the DRAC, not the BMC. It works well. I just started using it here a month or two ago on a couple of my servers. I can remotely power them up or down with the tool. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 5:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell BMC Anyone have any experience with Dell's Baseboard Management Controller? I'm getting mixed information from Dell. I can't seem to get ahold of anyone in Tech Support via email. I may have to call them when I'm in front of the server so I can get them to help me set it up. I got instructions from my sales rep's Storage Specialist on how to set it up, and I thought I'd set it up right. I hit CTL+E when the prompt for configure remote access came up and gave it a static IP and enabled IPMI over LAN. Still can't telnet to that IP address. It responds to a PING on that
Re: Dell BMC
Don't think that's accurate. the DRAC has always been the DRAC (Dell Remote Access controller). The BMC is a monitoring tool, that collects motherboard info. Plus, That's some bad hat, Harry. Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com 08/02/11 3:21 PM What's the OS of the server? I had a similiar issue recently, although Dell has renamed the BMC to iDRAC, and needed to update the firmware via Service Console on my ESX 4.1 server. If it's windows, download the firmware update package for the BMC, apply it, reboot and see if that works out. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Kim Longenbaugh k...@colonialsavings.comwrote: I'm not familiar with the device, so this may not apply, but here goes: Is there a place where you have to enable telnet and/or web access? -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 4:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell BMC Anyone have any experience with Dell's Baseboard Management Controller? I'm getting mixed information from Dell. I can't seem to get ahold of anyone in Tech Support via email. I may have to call them when I'm in front of the server so I can get them to help me set it up. I got instructions from my sales rep's Storage Specialist on how to set it up, and I thought I'd set it up right. I hit CTL+E when the prompt for configure remote access came up and gave it a static IP and enabled IPMI over LAN. Still can't telnet to that IP address. It responds to a PING on that IP address, but no telnet/web connection allowed. Just times out. If anyone has any experience with this, can you chime in? If not, I guess I'll give Dell a call eventually. Thanks! ~ 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: Lab Resources and other educational things
And while you're building/breaking stuff, the forums at Technet are an awesome resource. As here, just don't expect an answer in 5 minutes. Tim Evans tev...@sparling.com 8/1/2011 1:10 PM Channel 9 has all (most) of the recent TechEd sessions on line - http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011 There are a lot of other videos on just about every subject you can think of there. Start at http://channel9.msdn.com/ Just about every MS Technology has a home page, like say http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/grouppolicy/default.aspx for group policy. There are evaluation downloads, white papers, videos, you name it. All free, it just takes time to go thru them all. You could become an expert in pretty much anything Microsoft by spending enough time on the Microsoft.com site. There are also a bunch of TechNet resources that are free on line. Start at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb291022. This will get you to the labs, videos, eval software and much more. I've found it all to be pretty good, but some of the older stuff might come up with missing links here and there. ...Tim From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 9:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Lab Resources and other educational things Let's start a new thread. Lab Resources and test environments. Microsoft has some nice stuff at their virtual labs. This is all free. It's not in depth but can often provide a nice overview 'this is how it looks like' environment before doing something if you have no resources. You can do them several times. I generally download the pdf lab and do the lab once. http://www.microsoft.com/events/vlabs/default.mspx I have an older HP Media Center Pavilion system with 8GB ram at home. I run WIndows 2008r2 with HyperV on it with the base system being a DC. I can get 4 to 5 very slow guests up on it but frankly don't care about the speed. I have 3 320GB drives I run guests on. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx NOTE: You can download time limited iso's from Microsoft. The downside is you have to rebuild your environment every 120 days. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/trial-software.aspx Get good at scripting setups for your environment and this is less painful then it could be. (user account creation/password, etc) Currently I blew up my test lab and it's getting rebuilt. If I need to expand my guests, I run Virtual Box on my own system which I game with. It's a few years old but can get 2-3 guests up if I don't task them much. http://www.virtualbox.org/ Your own domain name. They are cheap. It's useful to have something that is 'yours'. Nothing teaches you like getting something real to interact on the Internet. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org ~ 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.commailto: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: PMI PMP Certification
Our job would be s much easier without those users... John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org 8/1/2011 1:32 PM Isn't that kind of like saying you need smarter users? If only I could pick and choose John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 4:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PMI PMP Certification You need to be working with better project and program managers. ASB http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Tigran K tigr...@gmail.commailto:tigr...@gmail.com wrote: The only thing I see project managers do is schedule meetings, take notes that nobody will see and get in the way of good technical discussions. Can somebody tell me why they need a cert program to use outlook? --Tigran On Aug 1, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.commailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote: Know the input and outputs for each process and the 30ish formulas. The exam is not easy. If you have not applied for the test, you better get on it. If you are lucky to get audited, I do not think you will be able to get it in by the 31st. You also have to document 4500 hours of project management experience. http://www.rmcproject.com/about/pmp-examination-changes.aspx Also, get Rita's study guides. Worth it. http://www.rmcproject.com/index.aspx Jacob From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.usmailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 11:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: PMI PMP Certification I was wondering if there were any certified PMPs out there that could give me pointers on the exam. I had planned on taking it in around two months, but I just caught wind of the fact PMI is changing it on August 31. So now I'm cramming to see if I can get it done before the change. I took two project management courses in grad school pretty recently, and am currently reading a couple of PMP study guides. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.ushttp://www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ 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.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin 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. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ 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
Windows clustering question
I have a couple of Windows Failover Clusters setup, in Server 2008 (not R2). My question: If I RDP into the cluster name (not individual nodes), what node should that connect to? Should it connect to the active node, passive node, or is it random? My thought is that it should connect to the active node, so that I can see the clustered resources, but is that correct? ~ 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: Windows clustering question
That's what I was thinking. Does anyone out there have a Windows Failover Cluster set up, that could verify that? Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov 7/25/2011 8:05 AM Should be the active node (i.e. the one that currently has the name resource online). -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows clustering question I have a couple of Windows Failover Clusters setup, in Server 2008 (not R2). My question: If I RDP into the cluster name (not individual nodes), what node should that connect to? Should it connect to the active node, passive node, or is it random? My thought is that it should connect to the active node, so that I can see the clustered resources, but is that correct? ~ 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: Windows clustering question
Something's wrong with mine, then. I RDP into the cluster name, and it connects to the passive node. Which is a real bummer for backups, since they fail due to not seeing the clustered resources... Thanks guys, off to troubleshoot. Damien Solodow damien.solo...@harrison.edu 7/25/2011 8:08 AM Yep, and yep. DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.447.6014 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question That's what I was thinking. Does anyone out there have a Windows Failover Cluster set up, that could verify that? Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov 7/25/2011 8:05 AM Should be the active node (i.e. the one that currently has the name resource online). -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows clustering question I have a couple of Windows Failover Clusters setup, in Server 2008 (not R2). My question: If I RDP into the cluster name (not individual nodes), what node should that connect to? Should it connect to the active node, passive node, or is it random? My thought is that it should connect to the active node, so that I can see the clustered resources, but is that correct? ~ 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 ~ 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: Windows clustering question
After a brief search online, I think my issue is the Current Host Server, which is shown in the Cluster Management, if you click on the node at the top, it's in the middle window. My current host server is the passive node. I've got the command to change it, but I'm waiting on a forum response as to whether running the command will cause a blip at all for users. Can't have that during working hours. richardmccl...@aspca.org 7/25/2011 8:20 AM When we do an RDP to the cluster name, the active note is connected. This (checking the machine name once logged in) is how we know which node it actually is (so we can do maintenance on the inactive node). -- richard Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote on 07/25/2011 10:07:13 AM: That's what I was thinking. Does anyone out there have a Windows Failover Cluster set up, that could verify that? Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov 7/25/2011 8:05 AM Should be the active node (i.e. the one that currently has the name resource online). -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows clustering question I have a couple of Windows Failover Clusters setup, in Server 2008 (not R2). My question: If I RDP into the cluster name (not individual nodes), what node should that connect to? Should it connect to the active node, passive node, or is it random? My thought is that it should connect to the active node, so that I can see the clustered resources, but is that correct? ~ 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 ~ 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: Windows clustering question
One cluster group, which currently is being hosted on the passive node. Not sure how that happened, but I do have the solution. Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov 7/25/2011 8:27 AM To clarify, do you have multiple resource groups? I am assuming that when you say cluster name, you mean the resource type of network name that is associated with a particular resource group. If you have only one, that should also be the name that was originally associated with the cluster group when it was created. Because clustering relies on a particular node taking over that network name when it is active, it should be the server that responds to that name at all times, including when you RDP to it. If you have multiple resource groups, then they can be active on different nodes. Which node responds would then depend on which network name you were using. So, scenario is cluster resource group 1 and cluster resource group 2 running on a cluster containing server1 and server2, and they each have a corresponding network name of cluster1/2. Cluster resource group 1 is online/active on server1 and likewise for 2. If you RDP to cluster1, server1 should respond. If you RDP to cluster2, server2 should respond. If that is not the case, then I would assume that something is not registering/deregistering correctly in DNS. If the node is not properly taking ownership of the network name, then I would expect all kinds of problems. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question Something's wrong with mine, then. I RDP into the cluster name, and it connects to the passive node. Which is a real bummer for backups, since they fail due to not seeing the clustered resources... Thanks guys, off to troubleshoot. Damien Solodow damien.solo...@harrison.edu 7/25/2011 8:08 AM Yep, and yep. DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.447.6014 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question That's what I was thinking. Does anyone out there have a Windows Failover Cluster set up, that could verify that? Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov 7/25/2011 8:05 AM Should be the active node (i.e. the one that currently has the name resource online). -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows clustering question I have a couple of Windows Failover Clusters setup, in Server 2008 (not R2). My question: If I RDP into the cluster name (not individual nodes), what node should that connect to? Should it connect to the active node, passive node, or is it random? My thought is that it should connect to the active node, so that I can see the clustered resources, but is that correct? ~ 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 ~ 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
RE: Windows clustering question
Right. Not RDPing to the application cluster name. I'm connecting to the physical cluster name. Ours is: MoCS1 and MoCS2, with the nodes being a and b for each. We do have SQL on these, but my backup software, Netbackup, connects to the physical cluster name, which is being hosted on the passive node currently, which causes the backup to fail, since the passive node doesn't see the clustered drives. Senter, John john.sen...@etrade.com 7/25/2011 8:43 AM Cluster resource name and the application cluster name are different. So let's say you have a 2 node cluster that is running SQL then you could have something like this: Physical servers: server1a and server1b Cluster resource name: server1 SQL resource name: server1sql Server1a may have the SQL server as active so if you RDP to server1sql you get server1a, but the server1 resource name could be on server1b so if you RDP to server1 you get server1b. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question Something's wrong with mine, then. I RDP into the cluster name, and it connects to the passive node. Which is a real bummer for backups, since they fail due to not seeing the clustered resources... Thanks guys, off to troubleshoot. Damien Solodow damien.solo...@harrison.edu 7/25/2011 8:08 AM Yep, and yep. DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.447.6014 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question That's what I was thinking. Does anyone out there have a Windows Failover Cluster set up, that could verify that? Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov 7/25/2011 8:05 AM Should be the active node (i.e. the one that currently has the name resource online). -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows clustering question I have a couple of Windows Failover Clusters setup, in Server 2008 (not R2). My question: If I RDP into the cluster name (not individual nodes), what node should that connect to? Should it connect to the active node, passive node, or is it random? My thought is that it should connect to the active node, so that I can see the clustered resources, but is that correct? ~ 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 ~ 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: Windows clustering question
That's what I was hoping to hear. I'm not touching the application cluster name, only the physical cluster host. Senter, John john.sen...@etrade.com 7/25/2011 8:45 AM Moving the Cluster Host Server will only cause a blip for the users if you have resources tied to that name. So depends on the cluster setup. In the case of a SQL cluster you will have a dedicated cluster name for SQL and moving the host server around will not cause any issues since that name is not used by the clients. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question After a brief search online, I think my issue is the Current Host Server, which is shown in the Cluster Management, if you click on the node at the top, it's in the middle window. My current host server is the passive node. I've got the command to change it, but I'm waiting on a forum response as to whether running the command will cause a blip at all for users. Can't have that during working hours. richardmccl...@aspca.org 7/25/2011 8:20 AM When we do an RDP to the cluster name, the active note is connected. This (checking the machine name once logged in) is how we know which node it actually is (so we can do maintenance on the inactive node). -- richard Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote on 07/25/2011 10:07:13 AM: That's what I was thinking. Does anyone out there have a Windows Failover Cluster set up, that could verify that? Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov 7/25/2011 8:05 AM Should be the active node (i.e. the one that currently has the name resource online). -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows clustering question I have a couple of Windows Failover Clusters setup, in Server 2008 (not R2). My question: If I RDP into the cluster name (not individual nodes), what node should that connect to? Should it connect to the active node, passive node, or is it random? My thought is that it should connect to the active node, so that I can see the clustered resources, but is that correct? ~ 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 ~ 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: Windows clustering question
If you look in the Failover Cluster Management console, which node is listed as the Current Host Server? active, or passive node? Tim Evans tev...@sparling.com 7/25/2011 8:48 AM Interesting question. I've got a 2008R2 cluster, running several VM's, but no services. When I RDP to the clustername, Iconnecti the passive node, which is hosting none of the VM's and is not the owner of the CSV. It is the owner of the disk witness share, so my guess is that is what determines it. ...Tim -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 8:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question One cluster group, which currently is being hosted on the passive node. Not sure how that happened, but I do have the solution. Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov 7/25/2011 8:27 AM To clarify, do you have multiple resource groups? I am assuming that when you say cluster name, you mean the resource type of network name that is associated with a particular resource group. If you have only one, that should also be the name that was originally associated with the cluster group when it was created. Because clustering relies on a particular node taking over that network name when it is active, it should be the server that responds to that name at all times, including when you RDP to it. If you have multiple resource groups, then they can be active on different nodes. Which node responds would then depend on which network name you were using. So, scenario is cluster resource group 1 and cluster resource group 2 running on a cluster containing server1 and server2, and they each have a corresponding network name of cluster1/2. Cluster resource group 1 is online/active on server1 and likewise for 2. If you RDP to cluster1, server1 should respond. If you RDP to cluster2, server2 should respond. If that is not the case, then I would assume that something is not registering/deregistering correctly in DNS. If the node is not properly taking ownership of the network name, then I would expect all kinds of problems. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question Something's wrong with mine, then. I RDP into the cluster name, and it connects to the passive node. Which is a real bummer for backups, since they fail due to not seeing the clustered resources... Thanks guys, off to troubleshoot. Damien Solodow damien.solo...@harrison.edu 7/25/2011 8:08 AM Yep, and yep. DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.447.6014 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question That's what I was thinking. Does anyone out there have a Windows Failover Cluster set up, that could verify that? Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov 7/25/2011 8:05 AM Should be the active node (i.e. the one that currently has the name resource online). -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows clustering question I have a couple of Windows Failover Clusters setup, in Server 2008 (not R2). My question: If I RDP into the cluster name (not individual nodes), what node should that connect to? Should it connect to the active node, passive node, or is it random? My thought is that it should connect to the active node, so that I can see the clustered resources, but is that correct? ~ 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
RE: Windows clustering question
I'm not sure what determines it, but if you're trying to run a backup against the cluster name, it causes an issue, since a passive node can't see the clustered drives. If you wanted to change it, the command is: cluster group group name /move Tim Evans tev...@sparling.com 7/25/2011 9:07 AM The server I am connecting to is listed as the current host server, although none of the VM's are running on it. I guess ownership of the witness share must be what determines that ...Tim -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 8:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question If you look in the Failover Cluster Management console, which node is listed as the Current Host Server? active, or passive node? Tim Evans tev...@sparling.com 7/25/2011 8:48 AM Interesting question. I've got a 2008R2 cluster, running several VM's, but no services. When I RDP to the clustername, Iconnecti the passive node, which is hosting none of the VM's and is not the owner of the CSV. It is the owner of the disk witness share, so my guess is that is what determines it. ...Tim -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 8:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question One cluster group, which currently is being hosted on the passive node. Not sure how that happened, but I do have the solution. Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov 7/25/2011 8:27 AM To clarify, do you have multiple resource groups? I am assuming that when you say cluster name, you mean the resource type of network name that is associated with a particular resource group. If you have only one, that should also be the name that was originally associated with the cluster group when it was created. Because clustering relies on a particular node taking over that network name when it is active, it should be the server that responds to that name at all times, including when you RDP to it. If you have multiple resource groups, then they can be active on different nodes. Which node responds would then depend on which network name you were using. So, scenario is cluster resource group 1 and cluster resource group 2 running on a cluster containing server1 and server2, and they each have a corresponding network name of cluster1/2. Cluster resource group 1 is online/active on server1 and likewise for 2. If you RDP to cluster1, server1 should respond. If you RDP to cluster2, server2 should respond. If that is not the case, then I would assume that something is not registering/deregistering correctly in DNS. If the node is not properly taking ownership of the network name, then I would expect all kinds of problems. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question Something's wrong with mine, then. I RDP into the cluster name, and it connects to the passive node. Which is a real bummer for backups, since they fail due to not seeing the clustered resources... Thanks guys, off to troubleshoot. Damien Solodow damien.solo...@harrison.edu 7/25/2011 8:08 AM Yep, and yep. DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.447.6014 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question That's what I was thinking. Does anyone out there have a Windows Failover Cluster set up, that could verify that? Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov 7/25/2011 8:05 AM Should be the active node (i.e. the one that currently has the name resource online). -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows clustering question I have a couple of Windows Failover Clusters setup, in Server 2008 (not R2). My question: If I RDP into the cluster name (not individual nodes), what node should that connect to? Should it connect to the active node, passive node, or is it random? My thought is that it should connect to the active node, so that I can see the clustered resources, but is that correct? ~ 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
Re: ISA vs. Forefront Threat Management Gateway on server 2008 R2 64 bit
No more development on TMG, but they will be supporting it for the next 10 years. (5 normal, 5 extended) Microsoft is getting out of that area. Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com 7/25/2011 1:48 PM Thanks Bill! I am trying to get a look at our volume licensing paperwork to see if this is in there so at least I can get it loaded. I will pass on the fact that no more TMG for also. Do you know if they are creating a new proxy server product then? Much appreciated! Don From: Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 3:37 PM Subject: RE: ISA vs. Forefront Threat Management Gateway on server 2008 R2 64 bit ISA Server was never free. It evolved from the old Proxy Server which also was not free. There is no free proxy server from Microsoft of which I am aware. You should also be aware that Microsoft is no longer developing new versions of TMG. From:Don Kuhlman [mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 4:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ISA vs. Forefront Threat Management Gateway on server 2008 R2 64 bit Hi folks. I'm trying to investigate something here. I've been instructed to install a Proxy server on Windows 2008 R2 (64 bit) Everything I'm seeing says you can't use ISA 2006 on 2008 64 bit server. It seems as though Forefront TMG 2010 is the microsoft product for creating a proxy server. Howerver, it also seems like it costs to do this. So my questions are 1) Was ISA free for a proxy server? 2) Is TMG the only Microsoft product you can use to build a proxy server on 2008 R2 ? Thanks Don K ~ 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: Exchange 2010 System Public Folders
hmmm, if it ain't broke, don't fix it? Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com 7/25/2011 3:00 PM No they're probably not, but, they're probably also not causing you any problems. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 4:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 System Public Folders Well, I'm pretty sure I've got some extras from old servers and I was setting out to clean up the old ones. For instance I have 5 OWAScratchPad and 5 StoreEvents. But, when I tried to determine which ones were active, I found that neither of my database GUIDs matched the GUIDs on the names of the public folders, which leads me to believe they're not needed at all. From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]mailto:[mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 3:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 System Public Folders I don't expect that it's possible to have normal folders without the system ones. I would leave it alone. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]mailto:[mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 3:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 System Public Folders Now that we're 100% Outlook 2007/2010 and Exhchange 2010, is there any reason I shouldn't delete the System Public Folders? I still have other public folders, so I don't want to remove all public folders yet. ~ 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.commailto: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.commailto: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.commailto: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: The Fed Audit [OT]
It's not you Will, it's him. William Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com 07/22/11 10:06 AM Are you seeing another list Ben? Go ahead, tell me, I can take it! I'd rather just hear the truth from you! - WJR On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 12:00, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: Isn’t there another list for this discussion? I sent to the wrong address; sorry for the noise everyone... -- 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
RE: With ISA / TMG going away...
I posted a while back with a link from a Gartner report. In that report, there was a quote from Microsoft stating that they would no longer be competing in that arena. TMG will be maintained with the next Service Pack, and security upgrades, in the normal maintenance period. 5 years of regular maintenance, then 5 more of extended maintenance. So, if you're currently using TMG, or have been looking at going to it, it will be supported for quite a while, so don't be afraid to use it. Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edu 7/20/2011 3:31 PM Do you have an official link to that or just what someone heard an MS rep say? I've just not seen it officially stated anywhere. From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 5:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: With ISA / TMG going away... They are very vague on it, all that is certain is no upgrade path for TMG. On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edumailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote: Is this happening for sure? Are they rolling TMG into UAG? I'd hate to see the whole product die. From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.commailto:kava...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: With ISA / TMG going away... Or into no more upgrade status, what would this list recommend as the path forward for a small-to-medium sized shop? We still use ISA 2006 and had been looking at Threat Management Gateway. We have two sites, and do major service-bureau and specialized hosting kind of work. All Windows. Mostly 2008. -- G. Waleed Kavalec __ Remember when teachers, public employees, unions, npr, pbs, and planned parenthood crashed the stock market, took trillions in TARP money, spilled a crapload of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, wiped out half of our 401ks, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and payed no taxes? Yeah - me, neither. ~ 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.commailto: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.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- G. Waleed Kavalec __ Remember when teachers, public employees, unions, npr, pbs, and planned parenthood crashed the stock market, took trillions in TARP money, spilled a crapload of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, wiped out half of our 401ks, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and payed no taxes? Yeah - me, neither. ~ 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.commailto: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: With ISA / TMG going away...
TMG is most definitely NOT being developed anymore. There is no clear statement as to their intentions, other than they are getting out of that arena. UAG will remain, and a lot of people think that TMG will roll up into the cloud, but who knows... Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edu 7/20/2011 3:07 PM Is this happening for sure? Are they rolling TMG into UAG? I'd hate to see the whole product die. From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: With ISA / TMG going away... Or into no more upgrade status, what would this list recommend as the path forward for a small-to-medium sized shop? We still use ISA 2006 and had been looking at Threat Management Gateway. We have two sites, and do major service-bureau and specialized hosting kind of work. All Windows. Mostly 2008. -- G. Waleed Kavalec __ Remember when teachers, public employees, unions, npr, pbs, and planned parenthood crashed the stock market, took trillions in TARP money, spilled a crapload of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, wiped out half of our 401ks, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and payed no taxes? Yeah - me, neither. ~ 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.commailto: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: FEP and Adware:Win32/Hotbar
Interesting. My WSUS didn't show the 1.109.66.0 update as available. I ran a manual sync, just so I could decline it. Thanks for saving me headaches tomorrow :) Miller Bonnie L. mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu 7/21/2011 10:46 AM Traced back through the event logs to get the definition updates versions in question, and finally found this: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/FCSNext/thread/6689cd09-de3d-47ef-8d22-936c4dcc2372 I have already updated my WSUS, but I think I'll decline that def. update to prevent any more from installing. From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 10:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FEP and Adware:Win32/Hotbar Thanks Rod-do you have a link to that list (you can send to me off-list if need be)? I'm trying to provide information to our team. I'll search again too-didn't find much though a few hours ago. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FEP and Adware:Win32/Hotbar Folks on the Forefront list have been reporting it all morning as a potential false positive. From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 1:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: FEP and Adware:Win32/Hotbar Anyone using FEP 2010 and having an outbreak today of Adware:Win32/Hotbar? I have a call in with PSS right now (waiting for a callback), but this is looking like it could be a bad update or a false positive (or a real outbreak of some kind). Just wondered if anyone else has seen it today as I have a colleague claiming it might be a widespread MS problem. I'm not finding much new with searching online. Thanks, Bonnie ~ 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.commailto: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.commailto: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.commailto: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: Why even home computer and network security is important
Wow that guy is just a wee bit nuts... Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com 7/15/2011 12:57 PM http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/071311-wifi-hack.html?t51hb ~ 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: Why even home computer and network security is important
lol... guess I'll just be thankful for that, then. It's the cold, that's it... seeps into your brains, makes you a little crazy. I've seen it in some of your posts, Sam ;) Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com 7/15/2011 1:40 PM One word. Blaine. If you lived here in MN, you wouldn't be surprised :) -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Why even home computer and network security is important Wow that guy is just a wee bit nuts... Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com 7/15/2011 12:57 PM http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/071311-wifi-hack.html?t51hb ~ 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: Quick question on Domain Trusts
The way trusts work is that the trusting domain is allowing the trusted domain to come in and access resources. So, USA would need to be the trusting domain, and your accounts domain would be the trusted domain. So, in your case, for accounts domain to access USA, in accounts Domains and Trusts, USA would be listed in the Domains that trust this domain (incoming trusts), and in the USA domain, the accounts domain would be in the Domains trusted by this domain. Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org 7/12/2011 8:15 AM Got a Windows 2008 R2 DFL/FFL domain. And trying to figure out a trust relationship and what could access what. ( Its been years since I dealt with trusts and what accesses what, so forgive me) I have my accounts domain, which also has my resources, then we have an external trust to a domain called USA ( Says Domains that trust this domain) (Incoming Trust) in Active Directory Domains and Trusts, so if I got this straight then my domain can access resources in the USA domain, or the other way around? Any help on sorting this one out. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 ~ 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: Quick question on Domain Trusts
The thing to remember is: Resources domain (stuff you want to access) - has the outgoing trust. Accessing domain - has the incoming trust. So, yes, in your case, USA should show the incoming trust, and the accounts domain should show the outgoing trust. Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org 7/12/2011 8:36 AM Which it does say, but it seems like the reverse needs to be true in my case, since its accounts in the USA domain need to access resources in the trusting domain ( my domain) so basically USA would actually have to be under the Domains Trusted by this domain (Outgoing trusts) in the Domains and Trusts MMC Snapin. ( USA being the accounts domain and my Domain being the trusting domain) (Since we would have to put accounts in the USA domain in groups in my domain to have access to said system. Also when I did a netdom query trust I see the following, which leads me to believe the trust between USA and us, is probably already broken. Direction Trusted\Trusting domain Trust type = === == -USA Direct Not found I take with this thinking I am on the right page on this one? Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Quick question on Domain Trusts The way trusts work is that the trusting domain is allowing the trusted domain to come in and access resources. So, USA would need to be the trusting domain, and your accounts domain would be the trusted domain. So, in your case, for accounts domain to access USA, in accounts Domains and Trusts, USA would be listed in the Domains that trust this domain (incoming trusts), and in the USA domain, the accounts domain would be in the Domains trusted by this domain. Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org 7/12/2011 8:15 AM Got a Windows 2008 R2 DFL/FFL domain. And trying to figure out a trust relationship and what could access what. ( Its been years since I dealt with trusts and what accesses what, so forgive me) I have my accounts domain, which also has my resources, then we have an external trust to a domain called USA ( Says Domains that trust this domain) (Incoming Trust) in Active Directory Domains and Trusts, so if I got this straight then my domain can access resources in the USA domain, or the other way around? Any help on sorting this one out. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 ~ 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: PowerShell query for AD group
Steven, Thank you immensely for these links. I am definitely going to check out the e-books, as I've been wanting to learn PS for a long time. Has anyone used Don Jones' book, Learn Windows Powershell in a Month of Lunches? Sounds like an interesting book. Just wondering if it's worth it. Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com 07/11/11 10:13 AM List of free eBooks for you. http://www.hofferle.com/archives/624 http://www.blkmtn.org/ - left hand block has some links to various resources on powershell I find useful. On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:57 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Aha! Cheers, I will experiment on that On 11 July 2011 17:54, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Generally you use the select-object (alias: select) statement. ** ** Regards, ** ** Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com ** ** *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] *Sent:* Monday, July 11, 2011 12:48 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: PowerShell query for AD group ** ** Thanks for that confirmation Another of my PowerShell noob queries again if I may be so bold..how can you skip lines of output from PowerShell like you used to be able to do with the *skip *parameter in an old *for /f *command? (Yes, I am just trying to upgrade my batch scripting skills straight to PS). FWIW I am pumping out the computers in an OU and just returning the name column, but I want to ignore the first two lines of output that are *Name * Is there a way to do this, or do I need nudging in a different direction? TIA, JRR On 11 July 2011 17:18, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: If you have 2008 AD controllers yes. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617195.aspx I have found the Quest AD cmdlets are easier to use. This may be because I have used them longer or that they have been around longer and have had features added to them. There is als the posibility to do it via [ADSI] which is why I started using the Quest cmdlets. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.06.powershell.aspx I do need to get the time to play with the MS AD cmdlets to get more familier with the logic in them. On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:09 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Is there a native PowerShell cmdlet for returning an AD group membership? Or do I need to get something like the Quest PowerShell extensions? -- 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. ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER * This document should be read only by those persons to whom it is addressed. If you have received this message it was obviously addressed to you and therefore you can read it, even it we didn't mean to send it to you. However, if the contents of this email make no sense whatsoever then you probably were not the intended recipient, or, alternatively, you are a mindless cretin; either way, you should immediately kill yourself and destroy your computer (not necessarily in that order). Once you have taken this action, please contact us.. no, sorry, you can't use your computer, because you just destroyed it, and possibly also committed suicide afterwards, but I am starting to digress.. * *The originator of this email is not liable for the transmission of the information contained in this communication. Or are they? Either way it's a pretty dull legal query and frankly one I'm not going to dwell on. But should you have nothing better to do, please feel free to ruminate on it, and please pass on any concrete conclusions should you find them. However, if you pass them on via email, be sure to include a disclaimer regarding liability for transmission.* *In the event that the originator did not send this email to you, then please return it to us and attach a scanned-in picture of your mother's brother's wife wearing nothing but a kangaroo suit, and we will immediately refund you exactly half of what you paid for the can of Whiskas you bought when you went to Pets At Home yesterday. * *We take no responsibility for non-receipt of this email because we are running Exchange 5.5 and everyone knows how glitchy that can be. In the event that you do get this message then please note that we take no responsibility for that either. Nor will we accept any liability, tacit or implied, for any damage you may or may not incur as a result of receiving, or not, as the case may be, from time to time, notwithstanding all liabilities implied or otherwise, ummm, hell, where was I...umm, no matter what happens, it is NOT, and NEVER WILL BE, OUR FAULT! * *The comments and opinions expressed herein are
RE: Amusing legal stuff
Disciplined for NOT surfing pr0n? Wow, that's harsh :P Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com 7/1/2011 8:23 AM We had to discipline someone because they surfed a non-adult related site. Not kidding. From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 6:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Amusing legal stuff We have a user who is facing disciplinary action for over-use of the Internet. He is defending himself, and some of the points he has risen truly make me aware of the fact a little knowledge is a dangerous thing... He claims that, since he uses Firefox, and Microsoft ISA Server is, in his words, optimized for use with Internet Explorer and Citrix, that the records of his web browsing cannot be accurate, as he was not using Internet Explorer. He also claims that when using VPN from home, as he was on a dual-processor Mac, that the timings recorded for his Internet usage are inaccurate, as the Mac works faster and more efficiently than Windows machines, and henceforth creates a skew in time that cannot be accurately recorded by Windows or Microsoft software Finally, he has named the restrictions on his work machine as a contributory factor towards his over-use of the Internet. The processing time used by the technologies deployed at work, such as Group Policy, AppSense, and ISA Server, create an inaccurate representation of my browsing time, as the pages load and unload slower than they would on, for instance, my dual-processor Mac, therefore the evidence exhibited is inaccurate and inadmissible I hope he does not manage to convince the people on this tribunal that he actually knows what he is talking about. -- 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. * IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER * This document should be read only by those persons to whom it is addressed. If you have received this message it was obviously addressed to you and therefore you can read it, even it we didn't mean to send it to you. However, if the contents of this email make no sense whatsoever then you probably were not the intended recipient, or, alternatively, you are a mindless cretin; either way, you should immediately kill yourself and destroy your computer (not necessarily in that order). Once you have taken this action, please contact us.. no, sorry, you can't use your computer, because you just destroyed it, and possibly also committed suicide afterwards, but I am starting to digress.. The originator of this email is not liable for the transmission of the information contained in this communication. Or are they? Either way it's a pretty dull legal query and frankly one I'm not going to dwell on. But should you have nothing better to do, please feel free to ruminate on it, and please pass on any concrete conclusions should you find them. However, if you pass them on via email, be sure to include a disclaimer regarding liability for transmission. In the event that the originator did not send this email to you, then please return it to us and attach a scanned-in picture of your mother's brother's wife wearing nothing but a kangaroo suit, and we will immediately refund you exactly half of what you paid for the can of Whiskas you bought when you went to Pets At Home yesterday. We take no responsibility for non-receipt of this email because we are running Exchange 5.5 and everyone knows how glitchy that can be. In the event that you do get this message then please note that we take no responsibility for that either. Nor will we accept any liability, tacit or implied, for any damage you may or may not incur as a result of receiving, or not, as the case may be, from time to time, notwithstanding all liabilities implied or otherwise, ummm, hell, where was I...umm, no matter what happens, it is NOT, and NEVER WILL BE, OUR FAULT! The comments and opinions expressed herein are my own and NOT those of my employer, who, if he knew I was sending emails and surfing the seamier side of the Internet, would cut off my manhood and feed it to me for afternoon tea. ~ 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! ~ ~
Re: It isn't worth it
he said do do... Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com 7/1/2011 10:30 AM Not sure I buy that. That's more a corporate culture type thing and the lawyers giving advice that management wants to hear. Some to avoid taking action, some to justify it. While we don't routinely monitor people, we do do occasional audits and reviews which result in some sort of action. Sometimes that action is managers warning, other times it's paycheck and door time. On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:18 AM, richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote: I wish those two suggestions were adequate for us. Unfortunately, there is a population of suers. We all know that suers stink! In other words, we're handcuffed by the necessity for HR to request a monitoring first (and have it documented). Then and only then can that upon which we stumble upon be dealt with. I have a few litigation holds assigned to me, and some of these are for folks I've never even heard of. Even with those documented HR requests, each incident is likely to result in an immediate lit hold. Talk about laws to protect the guilty!!! -- richard David Lum david@nwea.org wrote on 07/01/2011 12:10:03 PM: We already have one, they get it before logging in: This computer system is the property of Northwest Evaluation Association (“NWEA”). Access to this system is limited only to organization authorized activity as described in the NWEA Handbook and additional policies. Any attempted or actual unauthorized access, use, or modification to this system is prohibited and is subject to administrative disciplinary action and civil and criminal penalties., The use of this system may be monitored and recorded. If such monitoring reveals possible evidence of criminal activity, the organization can provide the records to law enforcement. Each time you use this system (from personal or NWEA owned equipment), you consent to such interception, auditing, and related activity. Dave -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 9:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: It isn't worth it Periodic hardware and software inventory of all computer by IT is necessary for both legal and performance reasons, such as to maintain licensing compliance, network security and workstation performance. Any software or other files not in compliance with organization policy that are found on workstations during inventory will be summarily removed, and appropriate contacts, to include supervisor and HR personnel, will be notified.: There's your policy - submit it to HR. On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 08:49, richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote: The problem is, IT must justify the actions that found the files, applications, etc in the first place. It's pretty much, unless HR directs one to go searching a drive, one must not go search a drive. @#% -- richard John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote on 07/01/2011 10:38:46 AM: Our policy is no software allowed that isn't approved and installed by IT - actions may be as harsh as termination. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families - Original Message - From: Terry Dickson te...@treasurer.state.ks.us To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Fri Jul 01 11:15:16 2011 Subject: RE: It isn't worth it Our policy is that I have the right to remove any software I find on a PC that is questionable. I can do this without informing anyone in advance. However I do have to report it and then Management will review it and see if the software is appropriate for that persons Duties. If so it can then be reinstalled. I have removed several software packages in the past some that were purchased and installed while I was out of the office and had to be reinstalled. Most stay gone, and I can tell you in our office it if was for games it would be GONE and stay GONE! -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 10:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: It isn't worth it How do you guys feel about finding a user who has password cracking / key code generator tools (for games, not work software), on their PC? Dave From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: It isn't worth it Along with that are people that get fired for stealing. I'm not talking about people who embezzle thousands. I'm talking things like office supplies and equipment. Most of the time the items taken are a fraction of their pay. I mean really, you can't go to Office Depot and pick up a $5 ream of paper or pair of scissors? That makes less sense to me than a drug addiction. From:
RE: Script help
Well, here's the script. I don't see either of your listed options. I found this on a Postfix blog site. 'Global variables Dim Container Dim OutPutFile Dim FileSystem 'Initialize global variables Set FileSystem = WScript.CreateObject(Scripting.FileSystemObject) Set OutPutFile = FileSystem.CreateTextFile(virtual.txt, True) Set Container=GetObject(LDAP://CN=Users,DC=office,DC=example,DC=com) 'Enumerate Container EnumerateUsers Container 'Clean up OutPutFile.Close Set FileSystem = Nothing Set Container = Nothing 'Say Finished when your done WScript.Echo Finished WScript.Quit(0) 'List all Users Sub EnumerateUsers(Cont) Dim User 'Go through all Users and select them For Each User In Cont Select Case LCase(User.Class) 'If you find Users and Groups Case user, group 'Select all proxyAddresses Dim Alias If Not IsEmpty(User.proxyAddresses) Then For Each Alias in User.proxyAddresses OutPutFile.WriteLine alias: Alias 'WScript.Echo Alias Next End If Case organizationalunit , container EnumerateUsers User End Select Next End Sub I have no idea if this is a good script or not, it seems to have been around for quite a while. Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com 06/29/11 4:48 PM Depends on whether the code uses subtree or onelevel - or whether it examines child objects and explodes them (same as subtree). Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 7:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Script help I'm looking at a sample script for querying LDAP for proxyAddresses, in order to export to a list of valid e-mail recipients. There is a line: Set Container=GetObject(LDAP://CN=Users,DC=Office,DC=example,DC=com) I need to change this line to fit my structure. Unfortunately, my structure is different than the example. I don't have one OU where all my users are located. I have the following: Divisions - AD -- Users - Exec -- Users etc. So, I have multiple divisions, each with its users listed underneath. So, my question is: If I setup the line to read: Set Container=GetObject(LDAP://CN=Divisions,DC=AD,DC=dfg,DC=ca,DC=gov) Will that delve down into the sub-OUs, in order to reach the actual Users OUs? ~ 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: Win7 UAC - is your on or off?
I'm an admin on my own machine, but I still have UAC running. I have a few apps that prompt me everytime I run them. David Lum david@nwea.org 06/30/11 7:34 AM Do any of you turn this off? I had our Service Desk Manager look at me like I had two heads when I told him I don't turn mine off and I asked yours is off? and he answered It's me, I know when I am doing something to my system I swear I read somewhere there is good reason to keep UAC on and just throttle down the prompts (with Win7 I've left it at default), but I'll be damned if I can find it at the moment. I thought it was a Minasi or other level of author. Desmond? David Lum Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ 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: OT: It isn't worth it
Sad, yes. Preventable, probably. A lot of companies will support you, if you come in, be honest, and ask for help. I've known some people that did this, and their health benefits paid for the treatment, and they went back to work, to continue successful careers. Sorry for the harshness, but he really did put himself in that situation. My sadness is for his family. pdw1...@hotmail.com 6/30/2011 9:47 AM A bit of a sad note. I got an phone call from the director early last night. He couldn't get a hold of the supervisor so he called me. He told me to log in and cancel all network access and disable AD account for an employee in our department. Said employee had failed his drug test. He had been on probation the last few months and it seemed he was getting his head straight. Then this week he came in late for a staff meeting and even I noticed something wrong. He didn't look good, wiping his forward a few times, hair mussed up. Anyway, he took a drug test later that day and failed. Young guy, married for about two years and hooked on pain pills. Now he's out of a job and, I hope, not a wife, too. It isn't worth it. ~ 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: How...
If you've already walked him through how to do the Lotus stuff within the Microsoft products, and he still prefers his Lotus, AND he's your boss, you pretty much suck it up. Keeping the boss happy, no matter what that entails, is job security. John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com 6/30/2011 11:21 AM My boss is getting ready to get a new (to him) computer in a few days. He abso-freakin-lutely is devoted to his Lotus suite. He uses Outlook and I think he even uses Word, but prefers to use Lotus 123. I would *really* like to get him off that, as it's a PITA to reinstall that on every freakin' machine he gets! :D Anyone got any suggestions on how to get him to give up his Lotus? Thanks, John Aldrich IT Manager, Blueridge Carpet 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 ~ 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: OT: It isn't worth it
they probably didn't contact you, because you told them up front ? James Kerr cluster...@gmail.com 6/30/2011 11:40 AM I was taking a drug for about 6 months that had a tranquilizer in it for about 6 months. One day I just stopped taking it because what I thought was wrong wasn't what was wrong. Oh man, I had a crappy 3 days of no sleep, and sweating and I didn't even realize until afterwards that it was because I stopped taking them, I just thought I was coming down with something. Now I'm on the same thing again and I hurt myself at work and took a drug test which apparently I passed? I did mention to HR that my test would be positive but I took the test and never heard from anyone. On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com wrote: This young man has my sympathy. My mom had double knee replacement surgery 8 weeks ago. The hardest part of her recovery has been getting off Percocet.Her withdrawal symptom (chills, sweats, crying, irritability) continue periodically even after being off for 10 days. Fortunately, the paid has subsided enough for ibuprofen to make it manageable. Roger Wright ___ Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. - J. Paul Getty On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:17 PM, David blazer...@gmail.com wrote: Sad. I've never had the problem so maybe I underestimate the difficulties in kicking it. I hope this serves as impetus to get his had screwed on straight. DAF On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:47 AM, pdw1...@hotmail.com wrote: A bit of a sad note. I got an phone call from the director early last night. He couldn't get a hold of the supervisor so he called me. He told me to log in and cancel all network access and disable AD account for an employee in our department. Said employee had failed his drug test. He had been on probation the last few months and it seemed he was getting his head straight. Then this week he came in late for a staff meeting and even I noticed something wrong. He didn't look good, wiping his forward a few times, hair mussed up. Anyway, he took a drug test later that day and failed. Young guy, married for about two years and hooked on pain pills. Now he's out of a job and, I hope, not a wife, too. It isn't worth it. ~ 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 -- David _ *We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.* --John Adams, Address to the Military , 1798 ~ 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
Script help
I'm looking at a sample script for querying LDAP for proxyAddresses, in order to export to a list of valid e-mail recipients. There is a line: Set Container=GetObject(LDAP://CN=Users,DC=Office,DC=example,DC=com) I need to change this line to fit my structure. Unfortunately, my structure is different than the example. I don't have one OU where all my users are located. I have the following: Divisions - AD -- Users - Exec -- Users etc. So, I have multiple divisions, each with its users listed underneath. So, my question is: If I setup the line to read: Set Container=GetObject(LDAP://CN=Divisions,DC=AD,DC=dfg,DC=ca,DC=gov) Will that delve down into the sub-OUs, in order to reach the actual Users OUs? ~ 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
TMG going away?
I heard a rumor yesterday (while in my TMG class by the way) that TMG is no longer being developed. Anyone know anything about this? Dr. Tom around to confirm/deny this? Kinda stinks, as that's the direction we're pointing at the moment. ~ 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: TMG going away?
Ok, so I've been doing a little more digging on this (for anyone using TMG and are concerned about this): In a Gartner report the following text was included: “Microsoft has informed Gartner that it does not plan to ship another full version release of its SWG product, the Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG). The product is effectively in sustaining mode, with Microsoft continuing to ship Service Pack (SP) updates; the next one, SP2, is planned for 3Q11. Microsoft will also continue to support TMG for the standard support life cycle — five years of mainstream support and five years of extended support. In the SWG category, TMG will become less competitive over time, since Microsoft’s goal is not to compete head-to-head with other vendors in that space. We believe that Microsoft will repurpose TMG technologies in other products and services as part of its overall cloud strategy.” Deb Shinder has a couple of blog posts on the subject: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/2011/05/27/death-of-tmg/ http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/the-demise-of-threat-management-gateway-is-microsoft-backing-away-from-the-edge/4387 Also, Kent Nordstrom has the following: http://blog.konab.com/2011/05/what-will-happen-with-tmg/ Doesn't look like Microsoft has come out too much officially, other than to say they will continue with Service Pack 2, and the normal 5 year mainstream, 5 year extended maintenance. Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov 06/28/11 9:18 AM I heard a rumor yesterday (while in my TMG class by the way) that TMG is no longer being developed. Anyone know anything about this? Dr. Tom around to confirm/deny this? Kinda stinks, as that's the direction we're pointing at the moment. ~ 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: TMG going away?
From what I read, nothing. They're complementary products. One thought was that TMG would be rolled up into UAG, another was that TMG would move to the cloud, and undergo another name change. Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com 06/28/11 10:57 AM So, I have to wonder: what impact might that have on UAG? On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 09:59, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: Ok, so I've been doing a little more digging on this (for anyone using TMG and are concerned about this): In a Gartner report the following text was included: “Microsoft has informed Gartner that it does not plan to ship another full version release of its SWG product, the Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG). The product is effectively in sustaining mode, with Microsoft continuing to ship Service Pack (SP) updates; the next one, SP2, is planned for 3Q11. Microsoft will also continue to support TMG for the standard support life cycle — five years of mainstream support and five years of extended support. In the SWG category, TMG will become less competitive over time, since Microsoft’s goal is not to compete head-to-head with other vendors in that space. We believe that Microsoft will repurpose TMG technologies in other products and services as part of its overall cloud strategy.” Deb Shinder has a couple of blog posts on the subject: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/2011/05/27/death-of-tmg/ http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/the-demise-of-threat-management-gateway-is-microsoft-backing-away-from-the-edge/4387 Also, Kent Nordstrom has the following: http://blog.konab.com/2011/05/what-will-happen-with-tmg/ Doesn't look like Microsoft has come out too much officially, other than to say they will continue with Service Pack 2, and the normal 5 year mainstream, 5 year extended maintenance. Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov 06/28/11 9:18 AM I heard a rumor yesterday (while in my TMG class by the way) that TMG is no longer being developed. Anyone know anything about this? Dr. Tom around to confirm/deny this? Kinda stinks, as that's the direction we're pointing at the moment. ~ 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: TMG going away?
Kinda sorta, but not completely. The TMG functionality within UAG is not the full TMG. John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org 06/28/11 2:08 PM TMG is already in the UAG appliances. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 5:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: TMG going away? From what I read, nothing. They're complementary products. One thought was that TMG would be rolled up into UAG, another was that TMG would move to the cloud, and undergo another name change. Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com 06/28/11 10:57 AM So, I have to wonder: what impact might that have on UAG? On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 09:59, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: Ok, so I've been doing a little more digging on this (for anyone using TMG and are concerned about this): In a Gartner report the following text was included: “Microsoft has informed Gartner that it does not plan to ship another full version release of its SWG product, the Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG). The product is effectively in sustaining mode, with Microsoft continuing to ship Service Pack (SP) updates; the next one, SP2, is planned for 3Q11. Microsoft will also continue to support TMG for the standard support life cycle — five years of mainstream support and five years of extended support. In the SWG category, TMG will become less competitive over time, since Microsoft’s goal is not to compete head-to-head with other vendors in that space. We believe that Microsoft will repurpose TMG technologies in other products and services as part of its overall cloud strategy.” Deb Shinder has a couple of blog posts on the subject: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/2011/05/27/death-of-tmg/ http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/the-demise-of-threat-management-gateway-is-microsoft-backing-away-from-the-edge/4387 Also, Kent Nordstrom has the following: http://blog.konab.com/2011/05/what-will-happen-with-tmg/ Doesn't look like Microsoft has come out too much officially, other than to say they will continue with Service Pack 2, and the normal 5 year mainstream, 5 year extended maintenance. Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov 06/28/11 9:18 AM I heard a rumor yesterday (while in my TMG class by the way) that TMG is no longer being developed. Anyone know anything about this? Dr. Tom around to confirm/deny this? Kinda stinks, as that's the direction we're pointing at the moment. ~ 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_forumsCONFIDENTIALITY 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. ~ 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
Re: Cyberattack of the day...
So what do you do to secure your website? If not certs, then what? Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com 06/22/11 12:11 PM On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/21/startssl_security_breach/ In today's attack of the day... An attack on web authentication authority StartSSL has lead to them suspending their services and stopped issuing any further certificates. SSL certs are already near-worthless, unfortunately. Look at that case where some guy called up Verisign and said I'm Microsoft, so they just give him some certs. -- 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: Cyberattack of the day...
I wasn't criticizing what you said, was just curious if there was new technology I didn't know about. Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com 06/23/11 8:55 AM On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: SSL certs are already near-worthless, unfortunately. So what do you do to secure your website? If not certs, then what? I didn't say I had a better solution. That doesn't prevent me from recognizing the problem. Using encryption on the Internet is the equivalent of arranging an armored car to deliver credit card information from someone living in a cardboard box to someone living on a park bench. (Eugene spaf Spafford) -- 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: Cyberattack of the day...
Notice I put secure in quotes... I'm very aware of the lack of actual security. Kevin Lundy klu...@gmail.com 06/23/11 9:48 AM I'm constantly amazed at the number of people, including some in IT, who think SSL means the server is secure. I haven't seen this myself, but I wouldn't be surprised if some phishing attacks use SSL just to leverage that misconception. On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: SSL certs are already near-worthless, unfortunately. So what do you do to secure your website? If not certs, then what? I didn't say I had a better solution. That doesn't prevent me from recognizing the problem. Using encryption on the Internet is the equivalent of arranging an armored car to deliver credit card information from someone living in a cardboard box to someone living on a park bench. (Eugene spaf Spafford) -- 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
RE: Cyberattack of the day...
Please tell me this is a sarcastic post... John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com 06/23/11 9:51 AM I'm pretty sure that Verisign and the browser folks have done a very good job indoctrinating us with the fact that an SSL-encrypted website is secure. Matter of fact, I think Verisign's marketing info uses the phrase secure your website. So, if everyone from Microsoft to security experts and banks, etc are all saying secure why wouldn't people, including people in IT, believe that SSL==secure? From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 12:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Cyberattack of the day... I'm constantly amazed at the number of people, including some in IT, who think SSL means the server is secure. I haven't seen this myself, but I wouldn't be surprised if some phishing attacks use SSL just to leverage that misconception. On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: SSL certs are already near-worthless, unfortunately. So what do you do to secure your website? If not certs, then what? I didn't say I had a better solution. That doesn't prevent me from recognizing the problem. Using encryption on the Internet is the equivalent of arranging an armored car to deliver credit card information from someone living in a cardboard box to someone living on a park bench. (Eugene spaf Spafford) -- 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: Woah... why am I brain cramping on this!? (Folder permissions)
This is a share, right? What are the share rights for the users? Evan Brastow ebras...@automatedemblem.com 06/23/11 9:34 AM No luck. Even though all users now have Traverse folder/execute file and List folder/read data rights on the top level folder, still no one can even see that folder, nevermind subfolders. So, I guess I'm going to have to assign people a bunch of rights for the top level folder, then I'll just go to each sub level folder manually and take away their right there. Thanks all for trying to help. Evan From: Evan Brastow Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 12:27 PM To: 'NT System Admin Issues' Subject: RE: Woah... why am I brain cramping on this!? (Folder permissions) Darn.. I set all users to have the Traverse folder/execute file rights on the top level folder, and they still can't even see the folder. Geesh... I've got 15 users doing nothing while I'm figuring this out... lol I'm going to try assigning them the List folder/read date rights, too.. but I'm afraid that will let them, list contents of subfolders within the top level folder, too. Oh well.. I'll let you guys know how it goes. Evan From: Evan Brastow Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 11:49 AM To: 'NT System Admin Issues' Subject: RE: Woah... why am I brain cramping on this!? (Folder permissions) Hrm.. one more question. I'll try FileACL tonight, but for now I'm just setting permissions on the top level folder and then overriding those permissions on the few folders I need to. Question is... what permission do I need to give users to just see the sub level folders? I see Traverse folder/execute file and List folder/read data which sound pertinent... but I just want to be sure I know the end result of those options? Currently I'm back to where users can't even see that the top level folder exists, which is not what I'm looking for Thanks again peoples... Evan From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 6:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Woah... why am I brain cramping on this!? (Folder permissions) Just remove the inheritance on the few folders that you need to setup different permissions on, rather than from the root itself -ASB: http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Jun 22, 2011 6:02 PM, Evan Brastow ebras...@automatedemblem.commailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com wrote: Amazingly simply question, but I've not done this in so long that I can't remember. I have a folder on my file server (Windows 2008 R2) called Secure. Within that folder there are around 50 subfolders. Most users have no access to these folder, but some do need access to a few. So I had set up SYSTEM and Domain Admin full control on the Secure top level folder. Then I tried to change the subfolders where some users needed permissions, but it told me the folder permissions couldn't be changed because they were inheriting from their parent. Do I need to get rid of inheritable permissions so that I can have a few folders that have different permission levels than their parent? If I get rid of inherited permissions, and have to go set all 50 folders manually, which would be a pain, what do I need to set them to? Essentially, I need User A to click on the Secure folder and see nothing in it (or the folder list could be shown, I don't care) but I need User B to click on the Secure folder and see (and be able to read/write to) the folders he needs to access and change. Help!!?? I know I had this set up before, but when I moved to a new server, I lost those permissions. Thanks, Evan ~ 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.commailto: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.commailto: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
RE: Move virtual machines to a new physical host - VMWare Server for Windows
Can't you collapse the snapshot chain? Snapshots are not meant to run for an extended time, but to simply provide a way of backing out of a change in case it goes horribly wrong. Mark Robinson mark.robin...@cips.org 6/14/2011 2:50 PM Thanks Scott. Yes that's what I thought! However I've just fired up one of the VM's (with Snapshots) that I copied over to the new host and the VM is only utilizing the original virtual disks, not the data subsequently stored within the snapshots. So I have a running VM, just without half of the data I had previously. So I need to somehow encourage VMServer to acknowledge the snapshots. Has anyone successfully migrated VM's with snapshots to a new installation of VMWare Server before? From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: 14 June 2011 22:24 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Move virtual machines to a new physical host - VMWare Server for Windows I've not done this in particular, but I would expect that you could manually move the vmdk files along with the snapshot deltas by moving the whole folder to a new machine and it would work fine. From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin...@cips.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Move virtual machines to a new physical host - VMWare Server for Windows Hi, I have VMWare Server for Windows (the free one) installed on a machine which hosts 3 VM's for test lab purposes. I want to move these VM's to a new machine and decommission the existing machine. I have migrated one machine successfully to the new host and this is running along merrily. However I suspect the remaining two VM's may be a different proposition altogether as they have had snapshots taken whereas the VM I have migrated already did not have any snapshots. Has anyone achieved this themselves and could give me any pointers? I have read a couple of articles around fixing the CID chain. Is this necessary? If so how did you do it? I am about to folllow this advice: http://sanbarrow.com/sickbay-lesson-fix-cid-chain-embedded.html Many Thanks, Mark IMPORTANT INFORMATION Internet communications are not secure and therefore CIPS does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of any e-mail message sent via this medium. The content of any e-mail communication is the view of the individual and CIPS does not accept legal liability for the contents. Although this message and any attachments are believed to be free of virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by CIPS for any loss or damage in any way arising from its use. -- Scanned by iCritical. ~ 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 -- Scanned by iCritical. ~ 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: Move virtual machines to a new physical host - VMWare Server for Windows
Yep, that's because once you start the snapshot, all changes to the guest go into the snapshot, which can make them extremely huge. I bet there was a significant reduction in space used on your SAN when you collapsed the snapshot. John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org 6/15/2011 9:07 AM IIRC I was moving a VM to a different SAN recently and it balked because there was a snapshot of the server (which I had totally forgotten about) and it took a very long time to delete it. From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Move virtual machines to a new physical host - VMWare Server for Windows We keep snapshots for as little time as possible. Try restoring an old snapshot to anything that is AD-integrated, and watch the fun commence. On 15 June 2011 16:38, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.commailto:sep...@gmail.com wrote: Ummm...? If you remove them, they get incorporated into the base image. You will generally need to do this before moving them. Maintaining snapshots for any length of time in a vmware environment really isn't a good practice. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Mark Robinson mark.robin...@cips.orgmailto:mark.robin...@cips.org wrote: No that's right, I really need to have access to the snapshots...so I do not wish to remove them. -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.commailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: 15 June 2011 03:54 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Move virtual machines to a new physical host - VMWare Server for Windows Yeah, not that I have tons of ESXi experience, but I have just removed the snapshots prior to the move. I'm guessing you don't want to do this in case you need to rollback the server to a previous snapshot? Stefan Jafs wrote: And you can not remove the snapshots? On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Mark Robinson mark.robin...@cips.orgmailto:mark.robin...@cips.org mailto:mark.robin...@cips.orgmailto:mark.robin...@cips.org wrote: Thanks Scott. Yes that's what I thought! However I've just fired up one of the VM's (with Snapshots) that I copied over to the new host and the VM is only utilizing the original virtual disks, not the data subsequently stored within the snapshots. So I have a running VM, just without half of the data I had previously. So I need to somehow encourage VMServer to acknowledge the snapshots. Has anyone successfully migrated VM's with snapshots to a new installation of VMWare Server before? *From:* Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edumailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edumailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] *Sent:* 14 June 2011 22:24 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Move virtual machines to a new physical host - VMWare Server for Windows I've not done this in particular, but I would expect that you could manually move the vmdk files along with the snapshot deltas by moving the whole folder to a new machine and it would work fine. *From:* Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin...@cips.orgmailto:mark.robin...@cips.org mailto:mark.robin...@cips.orgmailto:mark.robin...@cips.org] *Sent:* Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:20 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Move virtual machines to a new physical host - VMWare Server for Windows Hi, I have VMWare Server for Windows (the free one) installed on a machine which hosts 3 VM's for test lab purposes. I want to move these VM's to a new machine and decommission the existing machine. I have migrated one machine successfully to the new host and this is running along merrily. However I suspect the remaining two VM's may be a different proposition altogether as they have had snapshots taken whereas the VM I have migrated already did not have any snapshots. Has anyone achieved this themselves and could give me any pointers? I have read a couple of articles around fixing the CID chain. Is this necessary? If so how did you do it? I am about to folllow this advice: http://sanbarrow.com/sickbay-lesson-fix-cid-chain-embedded.html Many Thanks, Mark IMPORTANT INFORMATION Internet communications are not secure and therefore CIPS does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of any e-mail message sent via this medium. The content of any e-mail communication is the view of the individual and CIPS does not accept legal liability for the contents. Although this message and any attachments are believed to be free of virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by CIPS for any loss or
Retaining data for extremely long times
How do you guys address issues of having to keep certain data for 10, 50 years, or more? What are you storing this data on for that long? CDs, DVDs, portable hard drives? Thanks for any information on this subject. ~ 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: Retaining data for extremely long times
Ya, I know I didn't specify enough, I was contacted about this last minute (10 minutes before the meeting in fact), and asked to provide options. The files in question have a retention requirement of 50 years, due to some Federal funding, or somesuch... They currently reside on a Novell shared drive. Our first option is to transfer them to our Windows-based, homegrown document library. Only real problem with this is that it's robbing Peter to pay Paul, and we end up in the same boat, of running out of drive space. There are to be further discussions, with questions asked about access: how often, how quickly do they need it, etc. At the moment, we're talking 200-300GB, with a growth of about 10GB per month. My thoughts are to keep the last x years highly available, in the document library, and archive the rest to DVDs, or a cheap, external hard drive that can be housed at our warm site. Irregardless, the data would need to be transferred to new media periodically, as no one method would last forever. Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com 6/13/2011 11:40 AM On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: How do you guys address issues of having to keep certain data for 10, 50 years, or more? You need to define the problem better. In the IT world, there's a *huge* difference between 10 years and more than 50 years. Most technologies from 2001 are still on the market today. In 1961, ASCII hadn't been invented yet, transistorized computers were cutting-edge, and vacuum tubes common. The challenge -- and thus the cost -- varies proportionately with time. For example, I know IBM has mag tape systems they claim will store for decades, but they're very expensive. If you really only need ten years, paying for that makes no sense. Questions include: How much data? What type? Is it easily represented in a human-readable form? How often are you going to need to access this data (every day, once a year, stick it in a tape vault and forget about it)? Any particular threats (flood, human attack, etc.)? Depending on the specifics, the best answer might be anything from print it out and store the paper in a cave in Arizona to keep it on your production RAID array, carrying it forward as you upgrade. -- 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: Fake antivirus
Or K-9 for free... Level 5 Lists li...@levelfive.us 6/3/2011 5:40 PM What about using open dns for a few bucks a year ? you can turn on simple blocking of known malware sites and a few other things and keep it pretty clean. -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 8:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Fake antivirus On 3 Jun 2011 at 10:34, John Aldrich wrote: Thanks... This particular user is unlucky enough to have teenagers who use his computer. My guess is they are visiting infected/hostile/0wned sites and that's how he's getting infected. Never really had a problem when he was working here, so I'm suspecting it's some of his grandkids that are causing the problem. Have him either get the kids their own computer or set up a VirtualBox for them to run in his computer. That way they'll only trash their own stuff. ~ 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: Tape backup policies
Well, the number of tapes depends on how much data, really. Here, we send about 10TB to tape each week. But, we keep weekly backups for 6 weeks, and monthly backups for 400 days. Weeklies go to an office about 6 blocks away, and monthlies go to Iron Mountain. David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com 6/3/2011 6:12 AM Hello everyone. For those who are still backing up to tape... What do you guys have for tape backup policies? I'm curious as to how far back you are keeping tapes - 1 year? 5 years? I've typically seen a 10 tape rotation w/ a monthly tape put in offsite storage. Is this still common practice? . ~ 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
PowerBroker application - FOLLOW-UP Question
I was just on the phone with a reseller for the Scriptlogic product, and he mentioned Group Policy Preferences for what I'm trying to do. Does anyone know if permission elevation for installing specific software is possible through GPP? How is everyone out there handling users installing specific software without making them local admins? This will be a 2008R2/Win7 environment, so would request that answers be based on that, if possible. What we do with older technology isn't necessarily what we can/will do with newer. Also, I know about, and am looking into the BeyondTrust, Scriptlogic and Viewfinity products, so no need to respond with those options, unless you have a big selling point on any of them. As always, I appreciate all help/advice/tips. Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov 5/26/2011 4:24 PM Has anyone used this product, from BeyondTrust? Looks like it would be useful to minimize permission levels on Win 7 boxes. We're looking at using Applocker, and this seems to be a good fit to go along with that, to automatically raise perm levels for apps in Applocker, so normal users can install whitelisted applications. Any personal experiences would be most appreciated. ~ 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: VM's in AD
What's your wait state cache at, John? John Leto jo...@colonialsavings.com 6/1/2011 12:45 PM We run a production MS SQL DB at just over 300gb on a VM just fine. The key is making sure that you have the proper hardware. We've ran this for over a year just fine. -Original Message- From: Mike Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 2:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VM's in AD On 6/1/2011 3:35 PM, Joseph Heaton wrote: We're about 95% virtualized here. The only things that aren't virtual, really, are our SQL boxes. Yeah, we rarely, if ever, run SQL on virtual boxes. Except for really small DBs, maybe. And certainly not the larger production DBs, which are up around the 300G mark these days ... ~ 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: * Dramatic Overhaul of Windows GUI: Video
Interesting video. Thanks for the link, Stu. Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.com 6/2/2011 12:45 PM * Dramatic Overhaul of Windows GUI: Video At a press event in Taipei this week, Redmond showed the next version of Windows, unveiling a dramatically overhauled tiles-based interface that they hope will be competitive in the tablet world. Microsoft marketing people must have gotten their fingers in this pie, because it's called a reimagining of Windows. Win8 will run on all types of devices from small, touch-sensitive smart phone screens to traditional large-screen PCs, and Win8 can be used with or without a keyboard and mouse. Basically, the screen looks just like the new Windows smart phone screen. The application comes quickly to life as Windows fades to the background, said Michael Angiulo, Windows Planning VP. The tiles on the start screen are live -- they represent your people, your applications, your contacts, the information you care the most about, he said. You can group them, arrange them and name them as you like, so that first start screen experience is really personal. Win 8 still also provides the normal Windows desktop and backward compatibility with existing Windows apps. Microsoft President Steve Sinofsky stated: Windows 8 is example of coloring outside the lines. We have an approach that is different, but builds on the value of an OS that sells 400 million or so units a year. Laptops, slates, desktops can all run one operating system. I will be reporting about this a lot more in the future. Stay tuned. Here's how it looks! 4:34 Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p92QfWOw88I Warm regards, Stu ~ 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: VM's in AD
We're about 95% virtualized here. The only things that aren't virtual, really, are our SQL boxes. Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com 6/1/2011 11:12 AM No, we treat VMs very similarly to physical systems for the most part... About 20% of our production environment and 50% of our development environment is virtual. *ASB *(Professional Bio http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... * On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:05 PM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: Do you guys treat VM’s any differently than a physical machine? In my environment we are starting to get several of our Mac developers having WinOS VM’s running on them. *David Lum* Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 //* *Mobile 503.267.9764 ~ 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: PowerBroker application
Thanks to all for the replies on this. I have added the other two products to our investigation list. Dennis Hoefer dhoe...@ufcoop.com 5/27/2011 5:55 AM We've used it for 3 years. At the time I believe they were really the only game in town with this type of product, but as normally happens, success brings competition so you now have other options, including Viewfinity and ScriptLogic. Our experience has been generally favorable and pretty much delivers what it promises. Only complaint would be that it can be difficult at times to nail down precisely where all the elevation needs are, and how to handle those within the context of the software, so we sometimes find ourselves opening things up a bit more than desired to achieve the desired results, but suspect that may be true with competitive products too. Other minor issue is that being group policy based, there isn't a good way to quickly deal with one off issues that pop up, have to create new rule, possibly wait for server replication and force policy update on the client, gets the job done, but never quick enough for the user who simply needs something like an ActiveX control to install. In spite of our favorable experience and no major complaints, we're about to embark on a trial of Viewfinity's product. Demo and literature makes it appear to do everything that PowerBroker does and more, with a friendlier UI. We're about 45 days from our maintenance renewal on PowerBroker so checking some options before renewal. Bottom line, IMHO, if you're looking for something in this category, PowerBroker deserves a good look. Dennis -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 6:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: PowerBroker application Has anyone used this product, from BeyondTrust? Looks like it would be useful to minimize permission levels on Win 7 boxes. We're looking at using Applocker, and this seems to be a good fit to go along with that, to automatically raise perm levels for apps in Applocker, so normal users can install whitelisted applications. Any personal experiences would be most appreciated. ~ 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: backing up user's data
And whip them if they try to escape? Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com 5/26/2011 11:25 AM We keep our users chained to their desks so they are not mobile. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 11:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: backing up user's data If user's aren't mobile this works great. On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote: +1 What we do here. Works perfect. -Original Message- From: techconnect [mailto:techconn...@bellsouth.net] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 10:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: re: backing up user's data Group policy to redirect their mydocs to a location on the server, then msbackup on the server. Jason We have a file server where users SHOULD be storing their data. However, users still continue to store their data in My Document and their Desktop. I am being told to come up with a solution to backup THAT data. We do NOT have BackupExec or any other paid-for backup program. We backup data on the file server to a USB drive using the built in MS Backup tool that is part of SBS2003. Any ideas on the best automated way to backup 10 or so user machines with their Desktop and My Documents data to a single shared location (we have a large NAS device which has plenty of space and is shared out). Thanks ~ 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 ~ 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
PowerBroker application
Has anyone used this product, from BeyondTrust? Looks like it would be useful to minimize permission levels on Win 7 boxes. We're looking at using Applocker, and this seems to be a good fit to go along with that, to automatically raise perm levels for apps in Applocker, so normal users can install whitelisted applications. Any personal experiences would be most appreciated. ~ 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
BranchCache question
We're looking at implementing BranchCache when we migrate to AD. I'm reading through the Early Adopter's Guide on Technet. I see how to limit disk usage when using the Distributed Cache mode, but is there a way to limit disk usage on the server when using Hosted Cache? Is that set through quotas on the share itself? ~ 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: Managing Mac's
MacDefender sounds like a hamburger... Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org 5/25/2011 11:24 AM From: David Lum I am using this news: http://blog.intego.com/2011/05/02/intego-security-memo-macdefender-fake-antivirus/ to leverage a we really need to manage our Mac OS's like we do Windows argument that I've had for some time. We have a couple dozen Mac OS's here and none of them are managed the same way we do Windows machines. Apple has let it be known that they are on top of this, and will include a patch to rid all macs of MacDefender in particular. This isn't an answer to your question, it's more FYI. (See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4650 for more details.) Do any of you manage (or work with folks that manage) multiple Mac OS machines? Ideally something that can do GPO-ish and SMS-ish kinds of things. Specially patch and protect. Apple doesn't do antivirus (see contradiction above), so you will have to go to a 3rd party for that. (Sophos is our chosen solution as it is centrally managed and covers Windows, Mac and Linux.) Apple does support management of desktops, but (as usual with the we know how to do it better than everybody else mindset) only with Apple products. The prescribed solution is to use Open Directory, which means you need a mac running Mac OS X Server. Open Directory and it's Workgroup Management is equivalent to Active Directory Users and Computers and Group Policy. While not quite as flexible, you can get your Macs to behave how you want. As for patch management, there are 3rd party Mac compatible patch management available, but Apple solution is Software Update Server. It's part of Mac OS X Server. Disney (of all companies) released an open source SUS clone for linux platforms, saving you the requirement of a Mac OS X Server... look here for details on Repsosado: https://github.com/wdas/reposado Last, workstation support is done using the excellent Apple Remote Desktop. It's now $80 per admin (unlimited clients) and available through the Mac App store. It used to be $500, and it was well worth it then. I wish there was an equivalent for Windows that was just as cheap. Additionally, does anyone have any experience with this product? http://www.likewise.com/solutions/mac_linux_desktop_management/index.php Likewise, Centrify and AdmitMAC are all products that try to get your Macs to respond to Windows AD group policies... essentially trying to get your Macs to behave more like Windows machines. I am not familiar with these, so dig deeper if you are interested. We have been re-evaluating the Mac platform as of late, especially in light of the new proprietary hardware which they seem to be moving towards. (See http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/12/apple-restricts-hard-drive-replacements-on-new-imacs/ for more info on this.) I love well designed hardware. I love the pursuit of newer, innovative, different and better ways to do things which apple is not afraid to do. What I don't like is uncertainty (Apple loves their secrets) and unserviceable hardware. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wed, 25 May 2011 07:47:55 -0700 Subject: Managing Mac's I am using this news: http://blog.intego.com/2011/05/02/intego-security-memo-macdefender-fake-antivirus/ to leverage a we really need to manage our Mac OS's like we do Windows argument that I've had for some time. We have a couple dozen Mac OS's here and none of them are managed the same way we do Windows machines. Do any of you manage (or work with folks that manage) multiple Mac OS machines? Ideally something that can do GPO-ish and SMS-ish kinds of things. Specially patch and protect. Additionally, does anyone have any experience with this product? http://www.likewise.com/solutions/mac_linux_desktop_management/index.php TIA, David Lum Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Mobile 503.267.9764 ~ 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
Mobile Domain Controller?
We have a group that we work with that has a van that responds to oil spills throughout the state. They have a server onboard, that they want configured as a DC for their domain, so that users in the van can login to the network, and connect to network resources, both in the van, and back at HQ. Has anyone here done this type of configuration? Would be 2008R2, probably Enterprise edition. ~ 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: Contingency For Home Workers
I haven't read any other responses, so I'm probably duplicating other answers. But, that said, if you have employees working from home, accessing the work environment, it's always been my opinion that they should be using company assets. i.e. a work computer (laptop/desktop) that is subject to all the same rules as if they were sitting at a desk in the office. That way, you can enforce whatever policies you need. If you can't do that, then maybe look into NAP (Network Access Protection), which can scan the computer as the connection is made, and make any security updates/changes, etc. that may need to be made for everything to work as needed. Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.uk 5/11/2011 10:55 PM Just looking for some thoughts/feedback on what others are doing. We have a number of home workers who have remote access capability based around Oracle's Secure Global Desktop (a Tarantella WebTop derivative) and RSA SecurID token technology. The setup is ideal: we give the users a SecurID token and they use their own home broadband connection and hardware (PC/Laptop) to access the company systems. However we had a scenario over last weekend whereby one home worker decided to upgrade to Internet Explorer 9 and yes you've guessed it Oracle's Secure Global Desktop stopped working due to Java issues. I've now been asked to come up with a cost effective contingency plan should such a situation arise again. My initial thoughts would be to get the users to use Firefox or Safari instead of IE. Although I don't think you can force users to use something they may be do not want to, especially as it their own personal kit. So, it brings me to the question of how do other people/businesses deal with the whole home worker scenario, especially when faced with hardware issues or software upgrades gone bad? Regards, Rab. = Robert Jackson Phone: +44 (0) 141 332 7999 IT Manager Fax: +44 (0) 141 331 2820 Walker Martyn Ltd 1 Park Circus PlaceEmail: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk mailto:r...@walkermartyn.co.uk Glasgow G3 6AH, Scotland Web: http://www.walkermartyn.co.uk http://www.walkermartyn.co.uk/ = The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ 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: Where are local group policy user logon/logoff scripts configured/stored?
Local Security Policy? Carl Houseman c.house...@gmail.com 5/9/2011 6:46 PM Want to set a logoff script on 7-HomePremium. It's the ONLY feature I need from 7-Pro and not enough of a need to buy a 7-Pro upgrade. I know about \windows\system32\grouppolicy\User\Scripts\Logon. But just dropping a script file in that folder is not enough to make it execute. Thanks, Carl ~ 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: FEP 2010 and MOM
Was extremely easy to deploy using SCCM. Much better reporting than previous versions, also, imo. Miller Bonnie L. mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu 5/4/2011 9:57 AM Thanks guys! We may add it someday, but it's not currently on the radar. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 7:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FEP 2010 and MOM OpsMgr isn't required. And yes, it's all about alerting vs. reporting. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 10:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: FEP 2010 and MOM For anyone using the new Forefront Endpoint Security 2010, is MOM a requirement? We were originally told by our rep that we could run with just SCCM R2 or higher (which we have), but I'm wondering what we would NOT have available, since we don't have MOM. For example, it appears that all e-mail alerting (such as for a virus outbreak) might require MOM, or could the same data be discovered via a report in SCCM and it would just not be instantaneous? Thanks, Bonnie ~ 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.commailto: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.commailto: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: ASA power supply
Well, CDW has always been a reliable vendor for us. If their price is close to the small businesses, go that route. Or, just call a few of the vendors, or look at the Better Business Bureau for negatives, etc. Sometimes, you just have to go with who can get it there the fastest, if this ASA is causing a system outage. And maybe this can be a lesson learned, to make a list of vital spare parts that should be kept on hand... John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com 4/28/2011 7:44 AM Ok. I've found more vendors most of them are under $200, even for a new one. At this point, I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a vendor. Most of the online vendors showing up in Froogle are unknown to me, and I'd like a recommendation from a fellow IT pro if anyone cares to give one. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ASA power supply The power supply in our ASA died overnight. Management doesn't believe in SmartNet, so I'm having to replace the power supply myself. Having verified that the power supply is, in fact dead, I'm looking for a replacement. The ONLY big reseller I have been able to verify that sells these is CDW. I'd like to have some options. I did use Froogle, but most of the folks there are noname or ebay vendors... That's not necessarily something Id want to buy off ebay. :-) Wondering if any of you have a preferred vendor for something like this? I'll continue searching the web while waiting for a response. Thanks ~ 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: ASA power supply
As long as the Pix has any configuration changes that were made since you took it offline... I understand the spending limits, thing. And I do agree with Jonathan, that having a good relationship with a reliable vendor is very important, especially in the private sector where you're not required to jump through a bunch of hoops to buy something. Here, I have to go out and get 3 quotes no matter if I'm buying a $50,000 item, or a $15.00 item. John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com 4/28/2011 7:50 AM Yeah... I thought about possibly having a spare power supply on-hand, but if it's only going to go out once a year (so far, that's about what it's been) then spending an extra $200+ to keep one sitting on the shelf is probably not going to go over well with management (all about not spending any more than we *have* to right now.) Especially when I can just swap out the dead ASA for the old, but working Pix. :-) -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ASA power supply Well, CDW has always been a reliable vendor for us. If their price is close to the small businesses, go that route. Or, just call a few of the vendors, or look at the Better Business Bureau for negatives, etc. Sometimes, you just have to go with who can get it there the fastest, if this ASA is causing a system outage. And maybe this can be a lesson learned, to make a list of vital spare parts that should be kept on hand... John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com 4/28/2011 7:44 AM Ok. I've found more vendors most of them are under $200, even for a new one. At this point, I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a vendor. Most of the online vendors showing up in Froogle are unknown to me, and I'd like a recommendation from a fellow IT pro if anyone cares to give one. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ASA power supply The power supply in our ASA died overnight. Management doesn't believe in SmartNet, so I'm having to replace the power supply myself. Having verified that the power supply is, in fact dead, I'm looking for a replacement. The ONLY big reseller I have been able to verify that sells these is CDW. I'd like to have some options. I did use Froogle, but most of the folks there are noname or ebay vendors... That's not necessarily something Id want to buy off ebay. :-) Wondering if any of you have a preferred vendor for something like this? I'll continue searching the web while waiting for a response. Thanks ~ 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 ~ 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: Microsoft fail..
I've seen this when hitting a download page for an OS specific update, when I'm not on that OS. For instance, an update that only applies to 2008R2, and I'm on a Win 7 machine trying to access it. Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com 4/21/2011 9:26 AM Wow How would anyone think that this would server a purpose to a knowledge base... or to anything for that matter... W-T-F What's the link to that article? I'd *love* to know what Microsoft is excluding you from seeing... -- ME2 On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 9:13 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: Has anyone seen this before? *From:* Kris Laib *Cc:* David Lum *Subject:* Microsoft fail.. Apparently I’m not allowed to research Win2k3 Server issues from my Ubuntu client…… WTH.. Thanks, * * *Kris Laib** *Sr. Systems Engineer | NWEA™ ~ 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: External Storage for Backup
We're using Dell MD-1000 drive arrays for our disk backups. SAS connected, no issues with performance. Bob Hartung bhart...@wiscoind.com 04/19/11 8:03 AM I have a remote location with a single Dell 2900 (Win2K3) server. In addition to being the solitary file server, it also runs Arcserve Disk-to-Disk-Tape to back up itself as well as a windows phone server, a couple of PCs dedicated to special functions and 14 PCs. Room for the Disk-to-Disk-Tape is getting slim so I'm looking for external storage to store the Disk-to-Disk stuff as well as Acronis workstation image files. I'm interested in the Qnap TS-559 Pro II Turbo NAS. It has every connection option (including USB 3.0). I initially plan to connect it to the Dell 2900's 2nd gigabit ethernet port but I'd have both eSATA and USB 3.0 as options if more performance is necessary. Anyone using this unit or similar? I'd be grateful for feedback. Thanks. -- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com ~ 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
