RE: XP Pro workstation on VMware
The problem is with the Buslogic driver. You need to install the LSI logic driver. You can create a floppy image to install. Be sure to get correct driver From LSI site. The VMware site tells which driver to download. Mike _ From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 9:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: XP Pro workstation on VMware Greetings! I am needing to set up an XP Pro workstation in VMware. My problem comes when seeking a disk in the initial Windows setup... If I do not hit F6 to specify a mass storate device, the install fails. Then, for some reason, I am no longer able to boot off the ISO image. Subsequent Ctrl-Alt-Del signals result in a black console with a blinking _ in the upper left corner. SO, I have to delete that VM and start from scratch... Hitting F6, I am given the choices of either not specifying a mass storage device (ie, hard drive) and continuing. We know that gets me nowwhere... The alternative choice is to hit S. With that, I am told to insert (that is, mount an image as a floppy drive) with the drivers for a virutal SCSI disk. When I try to build the VM, I do not seem to be able to trick the system into making the virtual disk I create to act as either an IDE or a SATA drive. It seems to insist on being SCSI. SO, is there any way to set up a blank VM that believes its hard drive to be IDE or SATA? Otherwise, is there a VMWare SCSI driver I can mount as a virutal floppy? OH YEAH - VMWare ESX 3.5; VM Infrastructure 2.5... Thanks! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCAR 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org/ www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsR (ASPCAR) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: XP Pro workstation on VMware
I have had issues with the Buslogic driver. It works but LSI Logic driver performs better. _ From: Jackson, Jeff [mailto:jeff.jack...@rbza.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 10:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: XP Pro workstation on VMware All of my XP VMs were set up with the Buslogic driver, I don't recall having the use F6 and a driver disk to setup the machines, but sadly, that doesn't mean I didn't. But, if you have the correct driver disk, you should be able to use either controller, that I am sure of. Jeff From: Mike Semon [mailto:mse...@ont.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 7:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: XP Pro workstation on VMware The problem is with the Buslogic driver. You need to install the LSI logic driver. You can create a floppy image to install. Be sure to get correct driver From LSI site. The VMware site tells which driver to download. Mike _ From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 9:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: XP Pro workstation on VMware Greetings! I am needing to set up an XP Pro workstation in VMware. My problem comes when seeking a disk in the initial Windows setup... If I do not hit F6 to specify a mass storate device, the install fails. Then, for some reason, I am no longer able to boot off the ISO image. Subsequent Ctrl-Alt-Del signals result in a black console with a blinking _ in the upper left corner. SO, I have to delete that VM and start from scratch... Hitting F6, I am given the choices of either not specifying a mass storage device (ie, hard drive) and continuing. We know that gets me nowwhere... The alternative choice is to hit S. With that, I am told to insert (that is, mount an image as a floppy drive) with the drivers for a virutal SCSI disk. When I try to build the VM, I do not seem to be able to trick the system into making the virtual disk I create to act as either an IDE or a SATA drive. It seems to insist on being SCSI. SO, is there any way to set up a blank VM that believes its hard drive to be IDE or SATA? Otherwise, is there a VMWare SCSI driver I can mount as a virutal floppy? OH YEAH - VMWare ESX 3.5; VM Infrastructure 2.5... Thanks! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCAR 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org/ www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsR (ASPCAR) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: XP Pro workstation on VMware
http://www.petri.co.il/virtual-floppy-disks-vmware.htm _ From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: XP Pro workstation on VMware Thanks... How does one create the floppy image? What I got from LSI seems to be an installer for a local machine... Do I unzip the installer and simply copy the contents into a directory? Do I burn the contents of the download into an ISO? (Oh well, not that much more time lost to try both.) If neither of the above, I'm sure one of you will let me know. Thanks again! -- richard Mike Semon mse...@ont.com wrote on 12/28/2009 09:57:40 AM: The problem is with the Buslogic driver. You need to install the LSI logic driver. You can create a floppy image to install. Be sure to get correct driver From LSI site. The VMware site tells which driver to download. Mike From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 9:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: XP Pro workstation on VMware Greetings! I am needing to set up an XP Pro workstation in VMware. My problem comes when seeking a disk in the initial Windows setup... If I do not hit F6 to specify a mass storate device, the install fails. Then, for some reason, I am no longer able to boot off the ISO image. Subsequent Ctrl-Alt-Del signals result in a black console with a blinking _ in the upper left corner. SO, I have to delete that VM and start from scratch... Hitting F6, I am given the choices of either not specifying a mass storage device (ie, hard drive) and continuing. We know that gets me nowwhere... The alternative choice is to hit S. With that, I am told to insert (that is, mount an image as a floppy drive) with the drivers for a virutal SCSI disk. When I try to build the VM, I do not seem to be able to trick the system into making the virtual disk I create to act as either an IDE or a SATA drive. It seems to insist on being SCSI. SO, is there any way to set up a blank VM that believes its hard drive to be IDE or SATA? Otherwise, is there a VMWare SCSI driver I can mount as a virutal floppy? OH YEAH - VMWare ESX 3.5; VM Infrastructure 2.5... Thanks! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCAR 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsR (ASPCAR) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: PCI DSS Compliancy
In some cases now I believe you can use router ACL's instead of firewall's. Check the PCI DSS site for more info. -Mike _ From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin...@cips.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PCI DSS Compliancy Hi, Thanks for your reply. No I am not working with an organization, I kinda hoped I could do this for as little cost as possible! I have two wireless LAN access points so it's looking like I will need Firewall protection for each access point. Thanks again. Mark From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 November 2009 11:49 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PCI DSS Compliancy Do I need to install physical firewalls between my LAN wireless access points and the rest of the LAN? Yes, particularly that portion of the LAN that holds the systems where cardholder data is stored. To the extent that your wireless network segment is completely separate from your production or corporate LAN, you are already meeting this requirement. If users of your wireless segment must use a VPN to get into your corporate network, then your work on this issue is done. Are you working with any organizations to assist you in PCI compliance? ASB (My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Mark Robinson mark.robin...@cips.org wrote: Hi, I wonder if anyone can help please? I am currently further securing our network to ensure PCI DSS compliancy and I am struggling to find a clear explanation of the following requirement: PCI DSS Requirement 1.2.3 Testing Procedure Install perimeter firewalls between any wireless networks and the cardholder data environment, and configure these firewalls to deny or control (if such traffic is necessary for business purposes) any traffic from the wireless environment into the cardholder data environment. Verify that there are perimeter firewalls installed between any wireless networks and systems that store cardholder data, and that these firewalls deny or control (if such traffic is necessary for business purposes) any traffic from the wireless environment into the cardholder data environment. Has anyone else gone through the compliancy process and can they clarify this step please?! Do I need to install physical firewalls between my LAN wireless access points and the rest of the LAN? I have a wireless ADSL network that is used to allow visitors to connect to the internet and this is completely independent from my LAN. I'm not sure which of these entities this rule applies to. Any assistance will be gratefully received! Many thanks, Mark Mark Robinson IT Technical Support Analyst The Chartered Institute of Purchasing Supply Tel: +44 (0) 1780 761526 Fax: +44 (0) 1780 751610 www.cips.org http://www.cips.org/ 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. CIPS runs the following software packages: MS Office Suite 2003, MS Visio 2003, MS Project 2002. Please ensure that any files you send are compatible. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing Supply (CIPS) is an organisation incorporated under Royal Charter and is based at Easton House, Easton on the Hill, Stamford, Lincs PE9 3NZ, tel: +44 (0)1780 756777, and is a registered Charity number 1017938. CIPS Services Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary company of CIPS, registered in England under number 2610367 and is registered at the address shown above. Both organisations operate under a group VAT registration number: 3426 489 42. -- Scanned by iCritical. -- Scanned by iCritical. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: rdp / citrix error
I have had a few issues with RDP especially on x64 servers. Have had to turn off firewall on server and sometimes disable and re-enable RDP. As long as user is member of local admin he should be able to RDP to server by default. Mike _ From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:li...@levelfive.us] Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 6:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: rdp / citrix error Well I rebooted a few times without success. I manually put my username in the allow logon to terminal services. Same error. In the event log I only see a security entry of logon and then logoff. Not sure where to go with it. From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: rdp / citrix error There have been lots of long and drawn diatribes about the 'rdp going to sleep then works after a reboot' issue on 2K3 server. I don't have any links handy but a little google-fu should turn them up. There were a couple of hotfixes alleged to fix it that were met with mixed reactions. Susan Bradley spread it around a lot and I think our own MBS may have blogged about it, I know I've seen emails here from him on the subject From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 10:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: rdp / citrix error I get that error occasionally on some of my Citrix servers (neither RDP or ICA can log on, with that error) and a restart clears it. No idea why it happens. 2009/11/6 Benjamin Zachary - Lists li...@levelfive.us I have a metaframe 4 server that is responding with the user cannot logon to the computer because your not in the Remote Desktop Users Group. Even the admin account cannot logon, although I can logon locally. I went and checked that domain users and the admin acct are both in the group. I went into local security policy and that group is also there with administrators group. As a test I manually added the administrator account but that didn't seem to have any effect. I get the same error with RDP so this doesn't seem to be a citrix issue. Anyone else seen the RDP perms blow up? I guess I can recreate the connector ??? although I get to the login screen and am able to put credentials in. -- On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. http://raythestray.blogspot.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Best way to extend system partition...
Take a look at this method if you want to use diskpart http://vmprofessional.com/index.php?content=2k3resize You can extend with vmkfstools or just do this through the GUI. Then you use a helper VM to import the virtual disk And you can extend with diskpart. Mike _ From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Best way to extend system partition... Hi folks, I have a server (Windows 2003 std) running as a virtual machine under ESXi. Only one drive. I need to extend it. Diskpart comes up with the standard error (cannot extend this volume.). I have allocated more disk space under ESXi, and under disk manager, it shows as unallocated disk space. Any thoughts as to how I might do this? Thanks. Mark ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: VMWare ESX time synchronisation
VMware recommends syncing your Windows guests with DC and syncing your DC's with internal NTP server. Mike _ From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 4:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare ESX time synchronisation I must say the few articles I have browsed since posting seem to indicate as such. The tools.syncTime option in the VMX seems to be the place to set it, but I tried that on one of my DCs and the option switched back to FALSE on restart. Seems that the options override the VMX file, rather than the other way around. I'll sync my DCs with the ESX servers only and see if that spreads a more accurate time throughout my environment. Strangely, the ESX servers are (at the moment) the only things keeping accurate time. This has only happened since we had an IronPort installed. It's almost as if the IronPort is blocking NTP traffic from our virtualised server subnets. Cheers, 2009/10/23 Straub, Patrick patrick.str...@lanexpert.ch James, If your virtualized DC runs out if time even you configured it to get the time from an external time server, but your ESX server on which it runs on is ok, than do this Tools settings only for the DC. Leave the other VMs to sync with your time master DC. It is not VMware best practices to set Time synchronisation between the virtual machine and the ESX Server operating system option in VMware Tools for all VMs. Patrick _ From: James Rankin [kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 10:42 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare ESX time synchronisation Anyone know if there is any way to automate the setting of Time synchronisation between the virtual machine and the ESX Server operating system option in VMWare Tools? I want to enable this on all of my virtual servers as doing it in this fashion seems to work more effectively than sync'ing everything from my virtualised PDCe. However, I don't fancy logging on to each one individually and checking the boxdoes anyone know if there is a way of automating the setting of this option? My Googling appears to be tinged with week-ending weariness TIA, JRR -- On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. http://raythestray.blogspot.com -- On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. http://raythestray.blogspot.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Job resume fun
Perfect Operate backhoe = can lift 60lbs (Servers, workstations, etc.) Dump truck= Can dump old IT equipment in dumpster Street sweeper= can sweep datacenter floor and clean cubicles Minor electrical maintenance= Can underestimate power needs and PDU's like IT personnel. Carpentry and road repair= rearrange cubicles and remodel bosses office. Maintain chlorine dosage= maintain bosses Prosac dosage. _ From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Job resume fun We have an opening for a Service Desk Professional / IT support position. This is on a resume we received: Operate backhoe, dump truck, street sweeper and snowplow. Various maintenance and cleaning duties, minor electrical maintenance, light carpentry, road repair. Grounds keeping around city including mowing, weed eating, tree trimming, signage and flagging And Maintain account security for customers. Take payments over the telephone Plus Monitor and maintain chlorine dosage All on the same resume. Dude you're overqualified.. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!
I love it! I have seen end users stick forks in other orifices. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye! I just came across this: http://www.bynkii.com/archives/2009/01/for_new_sysadminsit_types.html Dead on, I say. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: P2V / VHD?
VMware converter. I have used converter to import VHD for Windows 2003. Mike _ From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: P2V / VHD? Being a complete ESX shop over here, I have no idea to how to do a one off VHD of an XP Image that I need to send to MS Support for troubleshooting. All the provided MS solutions seem to require building up a whole dang infrastructure; ADS servers and SQL and the whole 9 yards. Is there just a simple 'VM Convertor' for the VHD world? I can do Offline or Online; it's just a measly XP OS contained on a SATA Drive I can slave. TIA, Sam Cayze Information Technology Administrator ROLLOUTS ONSITE . ON DEMAND ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: CAL Licensing Question!
The best way to do this is to setup your Terminal Server Cals as Enterprise instead of Domain and make them per user instead of per device. That way your Terminal Server license server can serve both Domains. If your TS Cals are not setup this way you have them reissued from The Microsoft Clearinghouse. Mike _ From: Brian Clark [mailto:brianclark2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 6:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: CAL Licensing Question! Hi Guys, Hope you can shed some light on this for me, here is the scenario; Domain A: 1 x Domain Controller access by 50 computers (Current CAL licensing 50 Per Server concurrent connection basis) New domain B to be added, and trust set up between the two domains. Domain B: 1 X Domain controller accessed by 10 Computers around 15 people from Domain A will be accessing a small SQL 2005 express database on the DC for domain B as well as the users/devices on Domain A. What would be the best way to set up the CAL's for domain B and how many would we need?? Would the CAL setup need to be changed on Domain A? If you need further info let me know! Many thanks Brian -- Brian Clark ICT Network Services Ltd br...@ictnetworkservices.co.uk Tel: 01892 800104 Fax: 01892 800105 Mobile: 07736050043 The information in this e-mail and any file transmitted with it is confidential, may be legally privileged and is intended solely for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended addressee, any disclosure, copying, retention, modification or distribution by you is prohibited and may be unlawful: please accept our apologies, delete it immediately and notify the originator. Any views or opinions expressed may be those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of ICT Network Services Ltd. Although this email has been checked for viruses, ICT Network Services Ltd cannot accept liability for any resulting loss or damage. ICT Network Services Ltd. Registered Company Number: 5810121.VAT Number: 901 2432 77 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: ArcGIS on a Terminal Server
I ran ArcGis on Terminal Server /Metaframe XP several years ago. It worked ok but was not able to get many users per box. Presentation Server (XenApp) may work better, however, this app is resource intensive and will still probably not scale well. Mike _ From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 8:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ArcGIS on a Terminal Server Is anyone running ArcGIS on a Terminal server? How much of a resource hog is this beast if you are? Thanks, Jon ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Citrix MetaFrame Running on VM box
Did you P2V this Citrix box? Have seen problems with Citrix boxes that have been P2V'ed. Best to build them from template or scratch. Mike _ From: Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE) [mailto:joe.haral...@ge.com] Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 5:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Citrix MetaFrame Running on VM box Has anyone experience any issues with slowness after placing Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 on a VM Box? Joe Haralson Network Infrastructure Team ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Citrix on VMWare platform
We are running Citrix MPS 4.5 on VMware ESX 3.5 u3. Our performance is ok. Citrix tells us to expect around 30 per Vm depending on type of apps. Were these Citrix servers P2V'd? Did you create them from templates? What kind of CPU and memory do you have allocated for each VM? Mike _ From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 4:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Citrix on VMWare platform Anyone running Citrix MPS 4.5 on VMWare ESX 3.5? We virtualised our entire infrastructure last year. The performance of the standard systems has been excellent (for instance, our SQL servers and Exchange 2007 systems run pretty much exactly as they did before). However the Citrix servers are very hit-and-miss - slow logons, application hangs, systems freezing, etc., runs poorly when more than seven or eight users logged on to each server. I have just taken a subset of our users and put them back onto a physical Citrix server, and straight away the performance is instantly better, the logon time is considerably faster to start with. Admittedly we aren't expecting our virtualised systems to perform as well as a dedicated physical system, but the performance degradation appears to be hugely magnified with regards to the Citrix systems. Is anyone else running Citrix farms on ESX, and if so, are they experiencing similar performance issues, and how are they getting around them? TIA, JRR ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Citrix on VMWare platform
We are using SAN based storage. Our SAN storage is EMC Clariion CX3-80 which is Fibre channel. Does your template include Citrix on build? Normally I start with my Windows 2003 R2 template and install Citrix on each. Have seen problems with Citrix boxes that have been P2v'd or created from templates with Citrix installed. Kind of like the problems we used to see if you tried to image Citrix server. The Citrix servers appear to have adequate resources. What do your ESX hosts look like? If you are trying to VMotion them or move them with DRS and it's complaining that is usually a sign of a problem with resources on host. Check your memory and CPU reservations and resources. _ From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 6:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Citrix on VMWare platform Got dual CPUs and 4GB of RAM for each server. The original server was built from scratch on VMWare and converted to a template which has been cloned for all the others. Do you use SAN-based storage? We have an IBM DS4000. One of the most notable performance hits is when the Citrix servers are migrated by the DRS, they seem to drag right into the ground at that point. 2009/5/7 Mike Semon mse...@ont.com We are running Citrix MPS 4.5 on VMware ESX 3.5 u3. Our performance is ok. Citrix tells us to expect around 30 per Vm depending on type of apps. Were these Citrix servers P2V'd? Did you create them from templates? What kind of CPU and memory do you have allocated for each VM? Mike _ From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 4:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Citrix on VMWare platform Anyone running Citrix MPS 4.5 on VMWare ESX 3.5? We virtualised our entire infrastructure last year. The performance of the standard systems has been excellent (for instance, our SQL servers and Exchange 2007 systems run pretty much exactly as they did before). However the Citrix servers are very hit-and-miss - slow logons, application hangs, systems freezing, etc., runs poorly when more than seven or eight users logged on to each server. I have just taken a subset of our users and put them back onto a physical Citrix server, and straight away the performance is instantly better, the logon time is considerably faster to start with. Admittedly we aren't expecting our virtualised systems to perform as well as a dedicated physical system, but the performance degradation appears to be hugely magnified with regards to the Citrix systems. Is anyone else running Citrix farms on ESX, and if so, are they experiencing similar performance issues, and how are they getting around them? TIA, JRR ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Citrix on VMWare platform
That all sounds good. We don't use reservations and give them unlimited in limits also. HA and DRS complain if you have two much resources reserved or Vm's with too much memory and vCPU's. But your situation does not sound like that is the case. _ From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 6:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Citrix on VMWare platform We install Citrix after cloning, the template is just a base terminal server with all required applications. We also use fiber SAN. Strange thing is, we never get any alerts, either on the ESX hosts, the SAN, or anywhere else. Everything seems to be running tickety-boo, but clearly it isn't. The limits for the guest servers are set to Unlimited in the limits under Resource Allocation and there are no reservations - is this generally good practice? 2009/5/7 Mike Semon mse...@ont.com We are using SAN based storage. Our SAN storage is EMC Clariion CX3-80 which is Fibre channel. Does your template include Citrix on build? Normally I start with my Windows 2003 R2 template and install Citrix on each. Have seen problems with Citrix boxes that have been P2v'd or created from templates with Citrix installed. Kind of like the problems we used to see if you tried to image Citrix server. The Citrix servers appear to have adequate resources. What do your ESX hosts look like? If you are trying to VMotion them or move them with DRS and it's complaining that is usually a sign of a problem with resources on host. Check your memory and CPU reservations and resources. _ From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 6:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Citrix on VMWare platform Got dual CPUs and 4GB of RAM for each server. The original server was built from scratch on VMWare and converted to a template which has been cloned for all the others. Do you use SAN-based storage? We have an IBM DS4000. One of the most notable performance hits is when the Citrix servers are migrated by the DRS, they seem to drag right into the ground at that point. 2009/5/7 Mike Semon mse...@ont.com We are running Citrix MPS 4.5 on VMware ESX 3.5 u3. Our performance is ok. Citrix tells us to expect around 30 per Vm depending on type of apps. Were these Citrix servers P2V'd? Did you create them from templates? What kind of CPU and memory do you have allocated for each VM? Mike _ From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 4:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Citrix on VMWare platform Anyone running Citrix MPS 4.5 on VMWare ESX 3.5? We virtualised our entire infrastructure last year. The performance of the standard systems has been excellent (for instance, our SQL servers and Exchange 2007 systems run pretty much exactly as they did before). However the Citrix servers are very hit-and-miss - slow logons, application hangs, systems freezing, etc., runs poorly when more than seven or eight users logged on to each server. I have just taken a subset of our users and put them back onto a physical Citrix server, and straight away the performance is instantly better, the logon time is considerably faster to start with. Admittedly we aren't expecting our virtualised systems to perform as well as a dedicated physical system, but the performance degradation appears to be hugely magnified with regards to the Citrix systems. Is anyone else running Citrix farms on ESX, and if so, are they experiencing similar performance issues, and how are they getting around them? TIA, JRR ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 2003 Terminal Services Server Question
How about making the icons read only so they cannot delete? With Citrix and PNAgent icons that are deleted reappear once they refresh or logoff from desktop or published apps. Mike -Original Message- From: David Elebute [mailto:deleb...@traveltechnologyservices.net] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 12:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 2003 Terminal Services Server Question Here is one that I hope I can get a bit of insight on: Desktop shortcut keeps disappearing from All Users/Desktop location The server is Windows 2003 R2 - Setup as Terminal Services Server No user will own up to deletion (of course...) How can i find out who/when the shortcut is being deleted/moved or otherwise? Any such tool to monitor the server for such actions? Thanks in advance to any and all solutions or recommendations David Elebute D.Tech Networking Services ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Pros/Cons of putting PDC/2DC on Virtual Server
Most environments running AD integrated DNS. So if you have DNS only server you to setup zone transfers. AD integrated uses replication instead of zone transfers. Not sure one is more secure than the other. Some big companies still use Bind so they could still have resolution outside of AD and DC's. _ From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Pros/Cons of putting PDC/2DC on Virtual Server ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Pool consumption (was: Re: Virtualized server issue...)
You virtualized or P2v'd your box. If not done correctly can create errors
you are seeing.
-Original Message-
From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 4:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Pool consumption (was: Re: Virtualized server issue...)
What does that have to do with this?
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com
c - 312.731.3132
-Original Message-
From: mse...@ont.com [mailto:mse...@ont.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 4:56 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Pool consumption (was: Re: Virtualized server issue...)
Start with 1 vCPU then check your CPU and memory on your VM. Having
multiple cpu's can actually hurt performance of a VM unless it truely needs
multiple CPU's. We start with 1 vCPU on all of our VM's. Also check your
HAL if you are trying to run a uniprocessor HAL on multiprocessor machine
Mike
Original Message:
-
From: Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:45:59 -0700
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Subject: Pool consumption (was: Re: Virtualized server issue...)
Have added the reg entry, and am examining poolmon output.
The server needed to be rebooted again today, so the reg entry should now be
active. I note that in perfmon Pool Paged Allocs for this machine had
slammed to the ceiling, although nothing else seemed to be
Poolmon is proving problematic - I've examined the top two memory eaters,
and am either getting too many or no hits.
At 10:12 this morning, I took this reading, and a few minutes later had to
reboot the box.
Memory: 1047456K Avail: 220432K PageFlts:47 InRam Krnl: 2912K
P:281220K
Commit: 570560K Limit:3053000K Peak: 580612KPool N:35804K
P:282140K
System pool information
Tag Type AllocsFreesDiff Bytes Per
Alloc
Se Paged 13914251 ( 0) 1770996 ( 0) 12143255 243309424 ( 0)
20
MmSt Paged755490 ( 9)753741 ( 9) 1749 15544008 ( 0)
8887
Memory: 1047456K Avail: 229772K PageFlts:66 InRam Krnl: 2912K
P:281000K
Commit: 570396K Limit:3053000K Peak: 580612KPool N:35776K
P:281920K
System pool information
Tag Type AllocsFreesDiff Bytes Per
Alloc
MmCm Nonp 1090 ( 0)15 ( 0) 1075 7864864 ( 0)
7316
LSwi Nonp 1 ( 0) 0 ( 0)1 2576384 ( 0)
2576384
As the winner and new champeen, Se is at least an order of magnitude larger
than its closes competitor. However, the Se tag is in lots of files, so I
prefixed it in the findstr command with 'h' per the KB article. That
narrowed it considerably, but what's left pretty much looks to be MSFT
files, and there are still 21 files.
MsSt is simply not found anywhere, nor is MmCm,. though LSwi shows in
srv.sys - I note that the Se tag is also found in the latter.
Later today, perhaps after standard business hours, I'll reenable Active
Protection for VIPRE on this machine, and copy a lot of files to it. If
that's the issue, it should start spiking pretty quickly.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 15:29, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com wrote:
Kurt-
Can you add the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244139 CrashOnCtrlScroll
registry value and reboot? This will allow you to generate a dump next time
this happens (the hang, specifically) by pressing the /right/ Ctrl key and
Scroll Lock twice.
Also, Poolmon can help tremendously here too for logging.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com
c - 312.731.3132
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 5:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Virtualized server issue...
All,
Over the weekend we virtualized our file/print server, and it seemed
to go well. Host is a Dell machine running ESX 3.5 update 2.
The physical machine has an Intel HT processor and 1gbyte of RAM. I
gave the VM 2 procs and 2gbytes of RAM, just for good measure.
Both machines were talking to our LeftHand SAN, on a separate physical
LAN, but today I had to reboot the VM, then a couple of hours later
shut it down and revert to the physical machine after it stopped
responding.
The logs were indicating lack of server memory - specifically, these
were being emitted to my syslog server:
2009-03-30 14:05:12 User.Notice home-01 Mar 30 14:05:12
home-01 MSWinEventLog 1 System 13892 Mon Mar 30 14:05:08 2009
2020Srv Unknown UserN/A Error HOME-01 None
: 00 00 04 00 01 00 54 00 ... 0008: 00 00 00 00 e4 07 00 c0
0010: 00 00 00 00 9a 00 00 c0 0018: 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0028: ae 04 00 00 d0 02 70 00 ... The server was unable to
allocate from the system paged pool because the pool was empty.
Then this, as I tried to log in to shut it down:
2009-03-30 14:09:39 User.Notice
RE: VMware - Vcenter resize?
Here is an easy way. I use diskpart. 1. Power off the VM. 2. Resize vmdk. 3. Add this vmdk to another machine and use diskpart. 4. Remove this disk from this VM(where you added it as second disk). 5. Power on the source VM and you are done! Mike _ From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org] Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 9:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMware - Vcenter resize? The group that configured our VMware infrastructure created vcenter as a virtual machine. It was only sized at 20GB. We are continually running out of space. Anyone know what would be the easiest way to resize the VM? I have resized VMs in the past with no issues but am not sure how to do the VCenter server. Craig Gauss, Technical Supervisor/Security Officer Riverview Hospital Association Phone: 715-423-6060 ext. 8572 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Building a new instrastructure
Talk to a licensing rep from some place like CDW if you order software from them. Or talk with a licensing rep from Microsoft. See what licensing plan works for you such as MOLP or Enterprise. Look to see if you want to Purchase Software Assurance (SA) for future releases. They should be happy to talk with you if you are ordering a bunch of licenses. I would stay away from OEM licensing for this many users. I problem with that is you can only install on the same machine. If a machine dies you have to purchase a new license. Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 5:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Building a new instrastructure My suggestion, hire a consultant. With 2600 users there has to be a number of technologies being used which would require licensing of various types. Server, Exchange, SQL, just to name a few. Who was managing those stations prior to you? If you don't have any of that information you would do yourself good to contact MS or a MS Partner to have them lookup if there is any current licenses owned. You said start I have never seen a 2600 node network just start up before, but if that's the case you can negotiate one heck of a deal with your vendor. Dell, HP for the workstation and servers and a MS Partner could work up the licensing costs for you. When you purchase an computer from HP, Dell, IBM it comes with an OEM XP Pro license that is only to be used on that physical box. That license has nothing to do with Server licenses, Exchange licenses, or other products. Let us know. Sounds like fun. Thanks Greg -Original Message- From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Building a new instrastructure Hi, I am sure many of you have been through this before. How to do you deal with licensing part (CALs purchase) if one has to start the following instrastructure: 2600 users 10 servers - mostly file and print 2600 workstations I was thinking in the following line - help me add / deduce some of the items: Order 2600 workstations with WinXP Pro licenses Order 10 server bare with no OS Get 10 licenses for Win2k3 STD server. How many CALs do I need to procure? and what type? I understand the WinXP Proalready contains Device CALs? So does that mean only Users CALs need to be procurred? How much is the street price for user CALs? any idea? Thanks ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Building a new instrastructure
I think you can still get Win XP, however, you have to purchase a Vista license with the downgrade option. My understanding is it will be available till 2010. _ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 6:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Building a new instrastructure ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SMB UTM Device
I don't know this has the number of ports you need but the price is right. Also got a good rating from Secure Computing magazine. http://www.esoft.com/ Mike -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SMB UTM Device Looking for some advice on a UTM device to be placed in a chain of restaurants. I'm trying to get a single device to replace the many cheap routers and switches that are currently in place to segment the internal store networks. We need to be able to separate off the POS network from the backoffice, customer wifi, video surveillance, etc. Ideally, each segment I just mentioned would be independent of the others but allowing specified traffic to flow from the POS network to the backoffice network. Your normal UTM functions would be required (AV, AS, IPS, VPN). Dial backup would be preferred, EVDO slot is not required but nice to have. Our biggest requirement is number of ports and that seems to be our biggest problem with finding a device to meet our needs. We need 12-16 ports minimum (again - we'd like to stay away from adding additional switches, etc.) We've tested out both the SonicWall TZ190 and the FortiGate-60B and they both do exactly what we need (FortiGate has the dial backup) but they just don't have enough ports. The SonicWall Pro 1260 (24 port) would be ideal but it's a little expensive and I believe it's at EOL. Has anyone come across anything with the number of ports I'm looking for? - Andy O. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: DNS problem
Check both your forward and reverse lookup zones to see that the server has the correct IP Address. I saw this once with an incorrect record in a reverse lookup zone. -Mike _ From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 7:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DNS problem ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Roaming Profile Environments
Roaming Profiles are one of the thorns of the Terminal Server /Citrix World. I have had issues with implementing roaming profiles and folder redirection. You see permission and performance issues with the standard Microsoft implementation. I will be building a new farm very soon and will be looking at some third party products such as True Control Templates from Login Consultants, and Provision Networks. Also will be evaluating virtual application solutions. I Have used Softricity (Softgrid) in the past and it worked well to solve the application integration and registry problems for the multi-user environment. Let us know what you decide. Mike _ From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Roaming Profile Environments ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Citrix issue
Have you enabled pass thru authentication on the Citrix Web Interface and under properties of PNAgent? Mike _ From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 5:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Citrix issue ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Will it *really* not work virtualized?
Some people have virtualized Exchange just fine and others have had problems with I/O and performance. We are investigating the possibility. We chose to keep Lotus Notes on physical boxes because of this reason. Mike _ From: René de Haas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Will it *really* not work virtualized? If thats the case then would it be a problem with Exchange? Those databases are much bigger than 3-5GB. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 10:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Will it *really* not work virtualized? We dont use Vmware ESX for any databases above like 3-5GB, we usually put them on shared SQL systems, that are hardware and dedicated for SQL only. Just my recommendation. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 _ From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Will it *really* not work virtualized? How big are your databases Sherry, and how many folks are hitting them? Dave From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Will it *really* not work virtualized? We've got about 14 SQL and/or other production database servers running in VMWare, plus 3 - 4 times that many for Dev/Test environments with no issues. We do have our main Siebel production servers running on physical servers, but all the periphery Siebel apps are virtual. Some of the production SQL apps that we have virtual are Project Server, SharePoint, a POS app etc. On 7/22/08, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a program to use in school libraries for checking books in and out. It uses an SQL database (http://www.fsc.follett.com/_files/fsc/secured/system_requirements/Dest%20Sc hool%20sys%20reqs%2010685A%20PDF%20print%207_08a%20(2).pdf) http://www.fsc.follett.com/_files/fsc/secured/system_requirements/Dest%20Sc hool%20sys%20reqs%2010685A%20PDF%20print%207_08a%20%282%29.pdf%29 . We're a small district with small schools, and no app we've ever run on a server has come anywhere close to fully utilizing the hardware. That's one of the reasons I want to virtualize more. If the app will run on an XP server with a Pentium 4 processor, I can't imagine that it would be overly demanding. But they do say they require RAID 1 or 5, so they must be counting on a fair amount of I/O activity. But I wonder, what exactly is high I/O when it comes to figuring out if something will run okay on a virtual server? From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Will it *really* not work virtualized? Why would a product not work on a virtual server, well, one that is high I/O, as in a database server would possibly not work. What application specifically are you looking at that says this? We've used virtual servers for probably 5 years now, and we've always taken the approach that we will try it on a virtual server and if it doesn't work, then go to physical. So far, we're doing really good with that approach. 99% of what we've tried on a virtual server has worked. Now to counter that, we have always looked at what the application will be doing, evaluated the requirements and load, and made the decision on whether or not it's a good candidate for virtualization or not a good candidate for virtualization. Now with that said, I do have a caveat, I've never used Hyper-V and probably will never use it, we've been VMWare since we started with virtual server, first GSX now the latest release of ESX. So, I can't say how Hyper-V utilizes system resources compared to ESX. On 7/22/08, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was looking over the system requirements for a particular piece of software we're looking at purchasing, and I noticed that it specifically says it has to be on a physical (non-virtual) machine. Now, this software doesn't have any special hardware requirements. Processor requirements are modest, as are requirements for RAM and storage space. And yet, the requirements explicitly say, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise without Hyper-V (if Server 2008 is the OS--it also supports Server 2003, XP, or Vista as the server OS). As I've mentioned before, I'm brand new to server virtualization. I'm playing with Hyper-V right now for the first time. So, I'm sure I'm missing something. Why, exactly, would a product like this not work on a virtual server? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~
RE: WYSE Terminal thin clients
When I used X90's in the past small programs could be embedded but not large programs such as Word or Excel. Wyse can do a customized build for you. Curious to see what they can do on their newest models. _ From: Robert Cato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 6:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: WYSE Terminal thin clients ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: WMI Query
Yes, Tivoli is a beast! _ From: Eric Woodford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: WMI Query ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: WMI Query
Thanks everyone. I got it to work. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WMI Query Here's one way to do it... http://www.myitforum.com/articles/11/view.asp?id=10464 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WMI Query If strComputer can't be a muti-valued property, how would you query mutiple servers? Original Message: - From: Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:26:59 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: WMI Query Well, it won't work. strComputer can't be a multi-valued property in WMI. Also, this particular line has obvious problems: Wscript.Echo Name: TSM objItem.Name Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:EM/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WMI Query What info are you looking to retrieve? Are you saying this does or doesn't work? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WMI Query Looking for help with WMI query for an application (TSM). On Error Resume Next strComputer = Server1 Server2 Server3 Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts:\\ strComputer \root\cimv2) Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(Select * from Win32_ProgramGroup,,48) For Each objItem in colItems Wscript.Echo Caption: objItem.Caption Wscript.Echo Description: objItem.Description Wscript.Echo GroupName: objItem.GroupName Wscript.Echo Name: TSM objItem.Name Wscript.Echo SettingID: objItem.SettingID Wscript.Echo UserName: objItem.UserName Next Can anyone help? Thanks, Mike mail2web LIVE - Free email based on MicrosoftR Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - MicrosoftR Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: WYSE Terminal thin clients
The Wyse OS such as in the S10 you can't install local apps and setting up local printers can be a pain. If you are connecting To just a published app or desktop then that may be fine. For manufacturing environment like yours that is probably ok. Just replace when it breaks. For users with higher computing needs they can be frustrated by the limitations. The S90 with the embedded XP has more of the look and feel of a normal desktop. WDM replaces rapport. Rapport was very buggy. _ From: Rebecca Van Acker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 6:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WYSE Terminal thin clients How do you plan on using them? We use them in our manufacturing environment running the Wyse OS to run an HP/UX app (IP and Digiport printing is fine), a couple ASP.Net apps on IIS (IP printing is fine) and several Win 2K3 TS apps (forget about printing). I've never installed anything locally. If one breaks (which is rare -- and warranty repairs are quick), I just replace it and move on. We use Rapport (the Wyse software) for remote administration. ~Becky From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:26:23 -0400 Subject: RE: WYSE Terminal thin clients I have worked with the S90 which has the embedded XP. It is fine for that right environment. Places like manufacturing or Kiosk are a great place. The drawbacks in the corporate environment are that they have to be managed like any other device so you need another tool which for Wyse is WDM. Also if you need to install small programs on the device there is not alot of room to work. I think it is like 512-1MB local storage. You can have them customize a build for you. Test printing before you make your decision. Installing local print drivers can cause problems. The thing to look at is buying thin clients going to save money in the long run if they cost about the same as PC's? A desktop locked down with group policy offers the same functionality and more flexibility. Mike Original Message: - From: Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:51:02 -0600 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: WYSE Terminal thin clients Shawn, If its ok to you, keep it on list :P I may be buying some too... jlc From: Shawn Everett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 5:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WYSE Terminal thin clients Hi All, Is there anyone on the list with experience with XP on Wyse thin clients? Could someone drop me a note off list? Aside from some general concept knowledge I don't know much about them and would like to understand them better. Shawn ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web LIVE - Free email based on MicrosoftR Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: VMWare certification course, which to choose?
I agree. IC was a great class. Our instructor was from VMware. Lots of good insights. Well worth the price. Mike _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare certification course, which to choose? Phil, You need to (and have to) take IC first. DSA is considered a upper level course, which you have to pass an pre-class exam in order to sit the class. I took the IC class and it rocks; more than enough info to get you farted. FWIW, I was in the same boat as you 6 months ago and the IC class cleared a lot of things up for me before I started deployment. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me off list via phone or email Andy Shook Decision Support LLC Direct:704.844.1848 Fax:704.847.4875 http://www.decisionsupport.com/ www.decisionsupport.com _ This message with attachments (message) may be privileged, confidential or proprietary, and if you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, do not use or share it, and delete it. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any product or service. Subject to applicable law, Decision Support LLC may monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. _ _ From: Phil Guevara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 1:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare certification course, which to choose? Im trying to figure out if I should take the install course or the secure course. I have bought a dvd training course on how to inntall vmware already and have went through it a couple times as well as setting up a training lab. So my question is, will I get anything out of the install and configure course or should I take the deploy, secure and analyze course? Which will better prepare me for real world application (will be my first implementation, outside of lab)? And which will better prepare me for the certification test? VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure V3.5 vs VMware Infrastructure 3: Deploy,Secure and Analyze V3.5 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~image001.jpg
RE: Thanks for your email
Have you tried Vagasil. It works wonders. -Original Message- From: Richards, Brian D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 1:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Thanks for your email Ipsum lor ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Citrix question
You could create AD groups and publish the application to that particular group of users, however, that may be a lot of trouble if you are going to change things back once you have plug-in fixed. Mike _ From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 3:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Citrix question ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: DR\BC for ESX design considerations
You did not say if you purchased HA and DRS. If you have a VMware cluster of 2-3 hosts this will provide you with a level Of high availability and fault tolerance. If one host dies they are restarted on another host or if one node becomes overloaded It will move to another host. I would 86 using VM Server as backup. You can used either ESX Ranger or VCB. With VCB you Can incorporate in existing backup solution. You just have to setup Backup proxy. You did not say what type of shared storage You are using. If using Fibre Channel SAN backup proxy must be physical and have HBA. With iSCSI you can use VM as backup Proxy. Site Recovery Manager should be available soon which will allow fail over to DR site. Mike _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DR\BC for ESX design considerations List, I'm neck deep in a developing documenting a business continuity plan and right now I'm working on the ESX portion of my infrastructure and to put this in proper context, I don't have the budget for a secondary facility/co-lo or needed HW/SW/licenses right now but I'm planning for it sometime in the future. In the interim, I've got BackupExec, VCB and Vizioncore vRanger PRO at my disposal. I've got half a dozen servers that I decommissioned when I migrated everything to my ESX cluster. 1. Why not throw an OS and VM Server (the free product) on each of these boxes and have them on standby? 2. Keep a couple of the physical boxes online (domain controller w/all network services, single Exchange box, single SQL box) so that I could perform dial tone restores if ever needed. 3. I can copy the VM files to secondary storage (DAS) but the host server doesn't have enough horsepower to bring up every VM. I'm really getting into vRanger Pro, as it's a pretty happening product, despite the flame wars over on the VMWare forums of it vs VCB. I realize with either one of these scenarios I'm assuming the risk that something could happen to our building and I lose everything (I'm a single site operation at this time) but my budget is gone for the year due to cutbacks. Any insight on ESX protection for free would be much appreciated. Shook ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: DR\BC for ESX design considerations
You could use offsite storage and do backup and restore. Still going to need hardware, power, rackspace, etc., somewhere if you are going to have a DR site. _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DR\BC for ESX design considerations I do have HA, DRS, V Motion and VCB so I'm aware of and use all these. My thoughts are how best to protect/reproduce an environment if our single site has a disaster. SRM came out today, I think, but as mentioned in OP, I don't have the budget for a co-lo at this time. Andy Shook Decision Support LLC Direct:704.844.1848 Fax:704.847.4875 http://www.decisionsupport.com/ www.decisionsupport.com _ This message with attachments (message) may be privileged, confidential or proprietary, and if you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, do not use or share it, and delete it. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any product or service. Subject to applicable law, Decision Support LLC may monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. _ _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DR\BC for ESX design considerations You did not say if you purchased HA and DRS. If you have a VMware cluster of 2-3 hosts this will provide you with a level Of high availability and fault tolerance. If one host dies they are restarted on another host or if one node becomes overloaded It will move to another host. I would 86 using VM Server as backup. You can used either ESX Ranger or VCB. With VCB you Can incorporate in existing backup solution. You just have to setup Backup proxy. You did not say what type of shared storage You are using. If using Fibre Channel SAN backup proxy must be physical and have HBA. With iSCSI you can use VM as backup Proxy. Site Recovery Manager should be available soon which will allow fail over to DR site. Mike _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DR\BC for ESX design considerations List, I'm neck deep in a developing documenting a business continuity plan and right now I'm working on the ESX portion of my infrastructure and to put this in proper context, I don't have the budget for a secondary facility/co-lo or needed HW/SW/licenses right now but I'm planning for it sometime in the future. In the interim, I've got BackupExec, VCB and Vizioncore vRanger PRO at my disposal. I've got half a dozen servers that I decommissioned when I migrated everything to my ESX cluster. 1. Why not throw an OS and VM Server (the free product) on each of these boxes and have them on standby? 2. Keep a couple of the physical boxes online (domain controller w/all network services, single Exchange box, single SQL box) so that I could perform dial tone restores if ever needed. 3. I can copy the VM files to secondary storage (DAS) but the host server doesn't have enough horsepower to bring up every VM. I'm really getting into vRanger Pro, as it's a pretty happening product, despite the flame wars over on the VMWare forums of it vs VCB. I realize with either one of these scenarios I'm assuming the risk that something could happen to our building and I lose everything (I'm a single site operation at this time) but my budget is gone for the year due to cutbacks. Any insight on ESX protection for free would be much appreciated. Shook ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~image001.jpg
RE: R: R: Why XP is doomed
I am going to stay with XP as long as I can. Vista does not bring anything new to the party to justify the upgrade. Five years between operating systems is not too long. Big companies typically refresh workstations after 36 months and laptops 24 months. So a minimum of 36 months between new operating systems is acceptable. I think everyone expected more after waiting 5 yrs for a new operating system. Vista does not justify the additional expense and training required. I like many large companies are waiting on the side lines for Windows 7. Hopefully this one will be ready for prime time. Mike _ From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: FW: R: R: Why XP is doomed XP isn't doomed, WE ARE I've been in this racket for nearly 44 years, and I've seen a lot. I go back to hand wiring boards to program something. When the personal computer appeared, it was wonderful. Over the years we went from DOS to Windows thru 9X and finally to NT (win2K) and finally to XP. I have no intention of EVER going to Vista, when it really adds nothing to the way I use a computer. And as Micheal says, we keep having to buy newer faster hardware to just keep up with our productivity. LONG LIVE XP!!! Murray ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Scanner in RDP session
Also [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike _ From: Amer Karim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 6:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Scanner in RDP session http://www.msterminalservices.org/pages/thinlist.asp Regards, Amer Karim From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 29, 2008 10:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Scanner in RDP session I have found that Windows terminal server may be able to do what I want (redirecting client scanners). Can anyone recommend a good TS email list or forum that I can try to get help setting it up since I have yet to get it to work. James - Original Message - From: Ames Matthew B mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 10:07 AM Subject: RE: Scanner in RDP session We have an Axis unit in the office that attaches to a USB scanner. The axis unit provides a web interface to the scanner. I'll see if I can locate the said scanner and Axis box in a bit (we now have a xerox multifunction printer thing now instead) _ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 April 2008 17:28 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Scanner in RDP session I have not seen that on any newer models of the HP scanners. I can only say that I saw that software on the SCSI attached HP's from many years back. I would think doing the remote share with an USB attached scanner would be very difficult to do. If I was looking for this type of functionality I would look at some of the SCSI or higher end USB models. All that said the last time I even saw that software offered with a scanner was when there were still a lot of Windows 98 systems in the market/hands of clients. I don't remember seeing it since that time period but then I have not been looking either. Jon On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 3:59 PM, James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope, the scanners will be on the client not the server. I found a third party software called Remotescan but its expensive. I heard that there are scanners that have software that comes with them that allows this but I havent found one yet myself. James - Original Message - From: Jon B. Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 3:11 PM Subject: RE: Scanner in RDP session You mean have the scanner attached to a computer (RemoteComputer), RDP into RemoteComputer from LocalComputer and scan? If so, yes. I've not used a document scanner but I did hook up my HP Scanjet G4050 to an old laptop and put it out of the way so I wouldn't have to listen to it or tie up my computer as it scanned in lots of negatives. I'm unsure of the client version though. I use VisionApp for all my RDP needs. Also, the scanner was attached to a Windows XP Pro machine, not a server OS of any kind. Jon Lewis -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 11:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Scanner in RDP session Is it possible to use a document scanner in an RDP session using RDP client version 6? Anyone been able to do this? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ The information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). The information in this communication may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Nothing in this e-mail is intended to conclude a contract on behalf of QinetiQ or make QinetiQ subject to any other legally binding commitments, unless the e-mail contains an express statement to the contrary or incorporates a formal Purchase Order. For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. Emails and other electronic communication with QinetiQ may be monitored and recorded for business purposes including security, audit and archival purposes. Any response to this email indicates consent to this. Telephone calls to QinetiQ may be monitored or recorded for quality control, security and other business purposes. QinetiQ Limited Registered in England Wales: Company Number:3796233 Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD, United Kingdom Trading address: Cody Technology Park, Cody Building, Ively Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0LX, United Kingdom http://www.QinetiQ.com/home/legal.html ~ Upgrade to Next
RE: Yoga
I am sorry it should have been thar from Arkansas :-) _ From: Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 1:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Yoga At least we know proper grammar in Arkansas! :-) Webster and his family, they're from Arkansas. Webster From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Yoga Stunt doubles.their from Arkansas. _ From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Yoga That looks like someplace far south of WI ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: [OT] RE: User Script blagging
Ask british guy about stepping out for a fag :) -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: [OT] RE: User Script blagging Yes, alas though, that was a film, and one made by Guy Richy no less, so it was a) not very good and b) about as representative of british culture as Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 April 2008 16:37 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: User Script blagging Here's an example from the move Snatch: Bullet-Tooth Tony: A bookie's got blagged last night. Avi: Blagged? Speak English to me, Tony. I thought this country spawned the f***ing language, and so far nobody seems to speak it. On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Oliver Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: See, real a Englishman wouldn't use 'blag' in the context of rob, they'd say Im on the rob or give me your f money I'm going to f* rob you. Saying ...i'm going to blag you sounds somehow...illegal (in the wrong way). -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 April 2008 15:49 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: User Script blagging Exactly where I picked it up from. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 09:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: User Script blagging That was my impression as well - from movies like Snatch, Lock Stock Two Soking Barrels, Layer Cake, etc. On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Christopher J. Bosak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought it basically meant robbed. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 08:26 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: User Script blagging Blag is an English term for scrounge, to borrow, or to beg in a cheeky way. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 April 2008 21:34 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: User Script blagging What is a blag? The cmd.exe for command, along with net user will do it. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: User Script blagging Chaps, I'm on the blag. Does anyone have a user creation script that will create users from a text file (in the form firstname,lastname) and assign the user the basic params (profile path, username, password etc) ? I've got one that does the basics but I need to make it add users from a text file. Olly ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Looking for low cost VMWare aware backup solution...
There are a number of solutions depending on your budget. Vizioncore Commvault, Netmass, and others make backup solutions. You can also use VMware's VCB and utilize an existing backup solution. Mike -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 11:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Looking for low cost VMWare aware backup solution... Hey List, I have a working backup of my servers, including my VMs guests... but I would love to have a backup of the VMs themselves NTBackup isn't VMWare aware, so what other solutions are out there? --Matt Ross ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
VMware Monitoring
What is everyone using monitor their VM's and ESX host's. Anyone using NetIQ or HP Open view? Any low cost options? Mike ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers
I agree Blades are overkill for your environment. Virtualization makes since if you want to consolidate servers and have a number of boxes with low resource utilization, however, It sounds like you have a small number of physical servers. I would stick with a small number of 1 or 2 U boxes which should have adequate horsepower. When you add a virtualization product such as VMware you not only have license cost, server cost, but also must have the network infrastructure to support it. To use many of the features of ESX you are going to need Gigabit switches and setting up Vlans. So if you are not familiar with VMware or virtualization you are going to have to add training cost as well. Mike _ From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers I have check into virtualization with our software vendor and they don't support it, yet. I understand that it is coming, though I don't know how long it will take. Sharie _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers My opinion only. Blades are overkill for you situation. If the guy in charge wants expansion options, then look into virtualization. It sounds like you've got more than enough (physical) horsepower. Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook _ From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Need opinion on Blade Servers Our company is in the process of dividing the business into two. Two principals are staying at the current location and the other two are moving to a new location. It is my job to purchase the server for the two that are moving (of which I am going with them as well). We have four servers now: Primary (which is the one I am replacing now), SQL (of which I will replace in early 2009), Exchange a Backup server. One of the principals is pushing blade servers. He feels there is a smaller footprint, more room for growth for the future, you only need one UPS and there is less power consumption. There is only going to be 8 people at the new company with room to expand to 4 more. The current Primary server is more than adequate for the 20 people that are at the company now. There is no temperature controlled server room. There is an IT closet where the wiring will be (Phone Data) which is basically only 8' wide x 30 deep with louvered doors in the common supply room. He suggested putting the servers in the closet sideways of which I am against and said no. I will be putting them in my cubicle with me as it makes it easier to manage them. Since I do not know that much about blade servers, I need all of your opinions. Sharie Breaux Systems Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers
I think virtualization of any kind for this project would be overkill. I don't use VMware Server in production. VMware server like other hosted virtualization solutions does not scale like those that utilize hyper-visor technology. Hosted virtualization products also have higher virtualization overhead so loose some of the advantages of virtualization. Good in test and dev environments but not something I would unleash in production environment. _ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Need opinion on Blade Servers ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers
It is not just the cost of the 3 server ESX license to consider. Also, have to look at shared storage either Fibre Channel SAN, iSCSI SAN, or NAS. In addition, with ESX you will want the add on features for high availability such as HA, DRS, and VMotion. Also have to plan backup solution to do virtual machine and file level backups which you can use VCB. _ From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers At the price a 3 server ESX license can be got for now, (less than the price of a mid range server), it makes a lot of sense to go the ESX route. Learning curve is not that steep. I had my first up running in 25 minutes... My 2c S From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Need opinion on Blade Servers I personally would think that most of the add-on extras that ESX would be over kill for this. I would think she could do all of it in the free either VMWare server or Microsoft Virtual Server. I know that Andy and Edward would know better about this than me. I know I have run SQL in a virtual enviornment but that a lot of that ability is in the enviornment I am in. Jon On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Mike Semon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree Blades are overkill for your environment. Virtualization makes since if you want to consolidate servers and have a number of boxes with low resource utilization, however, It sounds like you have a small number of physical servers. I would stick with a small number of 1 or 2 U boxes which should have adequate horsepower. When you add a virtualization product such as VMware you not only have license cost, server cost, but also must have the network infrastructure to support it. To use many of the features of ESX you are going to need Gigabit switches and setting up Vlans. So if you are not familiar with VMware or virtualization you are going to have to add training cost as well. Mike _ From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers I have check into virtualization with our software vendor and they don't support it, yet. I understand that it is coming, though I don't know how long it will take. Sharie _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers My opinion only. Blades are overkill for you situation. If the guy in charge wants expansion options, then look into virtualization. It sounds like you've got more than enough (physical) horsepower. Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook _ From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Need opinion on Blade Servers Our company is in the process of dividing the business into two. Two principals are staying at the current location and the other two are moving to a new location. It is my job to purchase the server for the two that are moving (of which I am going with them as well). We have four servers now: Primary (which is the one I am replacing now), SQL (of which I will replace in early 2009), Exchange a Backup server. One of the principals is pushing blade servers. He feels there is a smaller footprint, more room for growth for the future, you only need one UPS and there is less power consumption. There is only going to be 8 people at the new company with room to expand to 4 more. The current Primary server is more than adequate for the 20 people that are at the company now. There is no temperature controlled server room. There is an IT closet where the wiring will be (Phone Data) which is basically only 8' wide x 30 deep with louvered doors in the common supply room. He suggested putting the servers in the closet sideways of which I am against and said no. I will be putting them in my cubicle with me as it makes it easier to manage them. Since I do not know that much about blade servers, I need all of your opinions. Sharie Breaux Systems Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers
When implementing ESX solutions I use a minimum of two ESX hosts and preferably three. This way if one of the hosts crashes or needs to be taken down for maintenance at least one other box is available. VMotion isn't critical, however, it makes management much easier being able to move Vm's between hosts. _ From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers Well, if you take the total cost of 4 reasonably beefy servers to be around $24K then it's a no brainer. 2 1u servers 12K ESX License $3K - 6K Reasonable iSCSI SAN 5K Save a grand IMHO, in a small shop and replacing 4 physical with virtual, VMotion isn't as critical, certainly usefull tho' From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers It is not just the cost of the 3 server ESX license to consider. Also, have to look at shared storage either Fibre Channel SAN, iSCSI SAN, or NAS. In addition, with ESX you will want the add on features for high availability such as HA, DRS, and VMotion. Also have to plan backup solution to do virtual machine and file level backups which you can use VCB. _ From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers At the price a 3 server ESX license can be got for now, (less than the price of a mid range server), it makes a lot of sense to go the ESX route. Learning curve is not that steep. I had my first up running in 25 minutes... My 2c S From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Need opinion on Blade Servers I personally would think that most of the add-on extras that ESX would be over kill for this. I would think she could do all of it in the free either VMWare server or Microsoft Virtual Server. I know that Andy and Edward would know better about this than me. I know I have run SQL in a virtual enviornment but that a lot of that ability is in the enviornment I am in. Jon On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Mike Semon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree Blades are overkill for your environment. Virtualization makes since if you want to consolidate servers and have a number of boxes with low resource utilization, however, It sounds like you have a small number of physical servers. I would stick with a small number of 1 or 2 U boxes which should have adequate horsepower. When you add a virtualization product such as VMware you not only have license cost, server cost, but also must have the network infrastructure to support it. To use many of the features of ESX you are going to need Gigabit switches and setting up Vlans. So if you are not familiar with VMware or virtualization you are going to have to add training cost as well. Mike _ From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers I have check into virtualization with our software vendor and they don't support it, yet. I understand that it is coming, though I don't know how long it will take. Sharie _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers My opinion only. Blades are overkill for you situation. If the guy in charge wants expansion options, then look into virtualization. It sounds like you've got more than enough (physical) horsepower. Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook _ From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Need opinion on Blade Servers Our company is in the process of dividing the business into two. Two principals are staying at the current location and the other two are moving to a new location. It is my job to purchase the server for the two that are moving (of which I am going with them as well). We have four servers now: Primary (which is the one I am replacing now), SQL (of which I will replace in early 2009), Exchange a Backup server. One of the principals is pushing blade servers. He feels there is a smaller footprint, more room for growth for the future, you only need one UPS and there is less power consumption. There is only going to be 8 people at the new company with room to expand to 4 more. The current Primary server is more than adequate for the 20 people that are at the company now. There is no temperature controlled server room. There is an IT closet where the wiring will be (Phone Data) which is basically only 8' wide x 30 deep with louvered
RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers
Virtualization works well for production, Dev , and test, however, I use ESX Server for production not VMware Server. _ From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers Adding to the VMware /Vmware ESX hat on. Yes we do use Dev test and production for Vmware ESX hosts on SQL, apps, File servers, Print servers, etc etc. Only thing I don't use it for is Exchange and DC's. I even have small/low end SQL databases on ESX hosts and they work fine. Also forgot that anything with Java in it, keep it away from ESX hosts, Java runs like a pig in ESX hosts, but fine on regular similarly sized hardware. (Seen about 20X issues across our farm with java and Vm not playing nice nice. ) /Vmware ESX hat Off Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Need opinion on Blade Servers ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Citrix - Licensing MS Office on Citrix servers?
Create Active Directory Group and only add the five users for your application and publish to that group. Lock down your desktop with Group Policy so that they cannot create file associations. Mike _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Citrix - Licensing MS Office on Citrix servers? Is there anyway to stop users from launching applications on the server for which I do NOT have licenses for - BUT - continue to allow this behavior for users that I DO have licenses for? Example: All users can right-click any file in and choose Open With.Choose program, and choose Publisher. Say I only have 5 licenses for Publisher, and therefore I only want 5 people to be able to do this.. Does this make sense? Thanks, Dave ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Citrix - Licensing MS Office on Citrix servers?
That will work also. _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Citrix - Licensing MS Office on Citrix servers? Thanks. I am also thinking of just applying security on the MSPUB.EXE file? Create group allow MSPUB, allow them to execute, deny everyone else? -Dave _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Citrix - Licensing MS Office on Citrix servers? Create Active Directory Group and only add the five users for your application and publish to that group. Lock down your desktop with Group Policy so that they cannot create file associations. Mike _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Citrix - Licensing MS Office on Citrix servers? Is there anyway to stop users from launching applications on the server for which I do NOT have licenses for - BUT - continue to allow this behavior for users that I DO have licenses for? Example: All users can right-click any file in and choose Open With.Choose program, and choose Publisher. Say I only have 5 licenses for Publisher, and therefore I only want 5 people to be able to do this.. Does this make sense? Thanks, Dave ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Citrix - Licensing MS Office on Citrix servers?
With Citrix you can publish application to any number of users. If you create AD group you can control who has access to published application. The tricky part is if they have access to published desktop. Then you have to hide access or remove permission to run application. Mike _ From: Joe Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Citrix - Licensing MS Office on Citrix servers? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: HP AiO 1200 storage system
The Microsoft iSCSI initiator is a free download from Microsoft. Just install on servers you want to connect to iSCSI. Input the target information (Strorage Resource) and the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) and you should be good to go. The iSCSI initiator can also locate the targets by using The Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS). Mike _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 6:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP AiO 1200 storage system I appreciate the responses from everyone. From this list, it is my perception that iSCSI performance is not very low'. Anyone care to chime in on this point? Miguel, what do you mean I would have to purchase an extra license? Dell told me it was a simple matter of down loading a free drive from MS to get iSCSI to work on a Windows 2003 server, Thanks. Steve -- Original message -- From: Miguel Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had a very bad experience with its minor brother aio 600. We lost valuable data and HP left a very bad name in terms of support and at the end although they made it up and send a guy to look at it they don't know what the h*** happened to the machine. I don't know where to start with so I will make this story short - buy SAS not SATA and get the best disk cache you can. I hope you are not thinking of using iSCSI, the performance is very low...and you have to purchase an extra license Miguel --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: We're a Dell house but I've recently been looking to increase m y storage capacity and HP has some attractive pricing. Has anyone used the AiO 1200 with SATA drives? Intend to use if for @ 500 GB of file sharing to 120 users and some very light application serving along with disk to disk backup and file archiving. Interested also in recent HP support experiences. Dell has provided me with very good support over the years and I'd prefer not to shoot myself in the foot. Any input, comments or flaming appreciated. Steve ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate y a - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: VLANS and DHCP
Correct me if I am wrong. Your DHCP scopes should be setup to handout IP addresses on each Vlan so clients should only get IP addresses from the Vlan they are a part of. When you configure the switch port for your client your are also configuring the Vlan info for that port. Your trunk port on the Cisco switches will just handle The Vlan traffic between switches. Assuming you are using 802.1Q. Management and intercommunication of your Vlans depends on whether you are using layer 2 or layer 3 switches. Mike -Original Message- From: Glen Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VLANS and DHCP I may be off here, but to have a pc on more than one vlan, it's going to have to have some special software. I've got one machine set up that way with an Intel nic and it basically sets up a virtual lan interface for each vlan that the PC can see. I had to install some intel software to do this. You also have to set the switch port up as a trunk in Cisco lingo. With that done, each virtual interface can have either a static or dhcp assigned IP address, but it will have to have an IP. The only other way I know of getting from one vlan to another is via a route. If I am totally off base here someone please enlighten me as how this could be set up. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VLANS and DHCP Sorry, they are on the default network needing to authenticate to AD, file shares etc, but also need access to the 2nd VLAN where DHCP is also running. Me thinks when I tag their switch port for the 2nd VLAN that the PC could pull DHCP from the other network as well instead of just pulling from the main DHCP server. I want to prevent it from pulling an IP address on the 2nd VLAN DHCP server. Does that make more sense? Running on a few hours and coffee stopped having an impact sometime at 3am.. -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VLANS and DHCP It's a little Vague that you say that they need to connect to the VLAN that is running a 2nd DHCP server, but don't want them to get an address from there Set up IP helper on the VLAN to point to your default DHCP server (get address from DHCP Server X via regular way or Reservation), it wouldn't ask for the IP address again from the 2nd VLAN, if you are trying to talk to it over the network. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VLANS and DHCP How do you guys handle this. We have multiple VLANS for various depts. that are specialized. There are a half dozen computers that have to belong to both our default VLAN that DHCP, DNS, etc for the general network are on, but also these machines need to connect to a VLAN that is running a 2nd DHCP server. The VLAN has a non MS DHCP server running for each VLAN, but how do I prevent these XP workstations from grabbing an IP on the VLAN and only getting it from the main DHCP server? The server is a 2003 SP2 DHCP also running AD on the same box. Thanks Greg ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: HP AiO 1200 storage system
My experience with iSCSI SAN's are they are great in the right environment. For low to medium transaction environments with a moderate amount of data, they perform well and save considerable amount of money compared to a full Fibre Channel SAN. Plus you can use existing infrastructure without having to buy Fibre switches and HBA's. I have always used SCSI drives. I Have been leary about using SATA drives in production, however, some folks say they work just fine. The HP MSA 1510 has worked fine for me. I think it comes with on 2TB shelf and you can add additional shelves to that. The software iSCSI initiator worked fine. If you want to boot from SAN for something you can get the hardware initiator. Mike -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 6:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP AiO 1200 storage system What do you mean with IET's performance is really good? IET doesn't stand for iSCSI Enterprise Target? I'm talking about using this machine as iSCSI server (or target or whichever term you want to use). My experience was that with iSCSI windows initiators works good, with Linux, doesn't. Miguel --- Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Yea, If you buy a 750 gig SATA drive from HP, its not a robust good drive, its a standard POS el-cheapo that's only worth 150.00 but sold for 600.00. I bought empty trays online, and went to a local store to buy some Seagate's. Its setup with redundancy, so who cares. If it was mission critical, I would use SAS and something enterprisable but I don't think it is or you wouldn't look at an aio. I can assure you although the iSCSI support in the aio might be bad, IET's performance is incredibly good. I probably wouldn't buy one of those aio's personally, they seem expensive for what you get. That 1200 looks like it was a DL320s, heh, what a con:) jlc From: Miguel Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 11:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP AiO 1200 storage system Can you explained what you did with the trays and the standard drives? I don't understand it quite well Miguel --- Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Hrm, Are you very price sensitive? I just bought a DL320s for ~$2800.00 CAN and have been using Enterprise iSCSI Target under CentOS for a while under Windows Server's and ESX servers with very good uptime (Perfect actually). I also use it for D2D backups as well and I just ebayed the trays and use standard drives (super cheap) with good redundancy... You might consider that... jlc From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: HP AiO 1200 storage system We're a Dell house but I've recently been looking to increase my storage capacity and HP has some attractive pricing. Has anyone used the AiO 1200 with SATA drives? Intend to use if for @ 500 GB of file sharing to 120 users and some very light application serving along with disk to disk backup and file archiving. Interested also in recent HP support experiences. Dell has provided me with very good support over the years and I'd prefer not to shoot myself in the foot. Any input, comments or flaming appreciated. Steve ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desperation...
Have you tried to unload the hive from the HKEY_CURRENT_USER portion of the registry for that profile? Mike _ From: Rankin, James R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Desperation... Anyone know of a way to unload or free a stuck mandatory profile other than UPHClean? I have tried the latest and also the beta versions of this tool and can't seem to free the profile. Handle.exe tells me that it is the System process with this open so I guess forcing it closed will probably blue-screen my Citrix server. Are there any other ways I can get around this without a server restart? I am not hopeful. TIA, JRR ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Where do you want to be in 5 years? -- CIO, Manager, Same position???
I would like to be CEO so I can be over compensated for under performing :-) _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Where do you want to be in 5 years? -- CIO, Manager, Same position??? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Odd IE menu issue
I used to see this with earlier versions of IE on Terminal Server. Try checking the box Force offscreen compositing even under Terminal Server in the advanced tab of Internet Explorer properties. Mike _ From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Odd IE menu issue I've got a user on a TS box running 2003 and IE7. He reported that IE 'shakes' when changing website like a nudge in MSN. Looking at it, it appears that the menu bar, which is normally hidden, shows and disappears several times while pages load. This causes the page to move about, and sometimes the scroll bars appear, which add a horizontal motion. I've cleared his IE cache, and confirmed it doesn't happen when he logs on to another server, but I can't solve it on this one server. Other users on the same server don't have the same issue. Anyone know what this might be ? Olly ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Making Files availalbe to External Users
How about secure FTP? There are a number of companies that make secure FTP products. Mike -Original Message- From: Jeremy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Making Files availalbe to External Users Let me elaborate just a bit more. These files will need to be available on a regular basis, and the contents of the directory will be constantly changing. The process needs to be almost transparent to the contractor. I was thinking of an HTTPS site that requires a username and password and then just went to a directory listing, but I was hoping there was something more elegant ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desperation...
Citrix also had a problem with Office applications not closing properly when used as a published application. If you can find out which application is not closing properly you can fix it with the following registry setting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Citrix\wfshell\TWI LogoffCheckSysModules = officeapp.exe (Name of your office application) -Original Message- From: Rankin, James R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desperation... I should find out tomorrow then as I have gone through the (somewhat laborious) task of disabling it for all users. Only problem is, if it isn't, I'll need another restart before I can test something else for the root cause - major PITA. C'est la vie! -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 April 2008 18:28 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desperation... 2008/4/16 Rankin, James R [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Someone suggested to me the MS Office ctfmon.exe process might be to blame, but seeing as though the file was opened by System, this seems unlikely to me. System is the task that handles the registry, so if a user process is holding the user's registry open, then System will show as having the registry hive file open. If CTFMON.EXE is holding the registry open, that would make sense. In my experience, CTFMON likes to cause odd-ball problems, so that might not be that far fetched. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: 2003 Server DNS
Softgrid is a good solution. I worked with Softgrid on a large Citrix farm and it removes the headache of application integration. You don't have to have multiple applications silo's. You just have to sequence or package the application and put the Softgrid client on your terminal servers. We found it to be an enhancement to Citrix rather than a replacement. You may still need the some of the other features of Citrix such as published apps, desktops, printing, Web Interface, etc. Makes deploying new Terminal Servers /Citrix much easier. Mike _ From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 3:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS Have you looked at Softgrid for application virtualization and couple that with Terminal Services? Looking at this as a replacement for Citrix which I loathe. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 2003 Server DNS So are you streaming your apps? And if so, are you streaming to client, or streaming to server? The streaming to server option looked really cool for a multiple server implementation, but in my case, we only have, and at the moment only plan to have, a single server. We have 3 remote offices, with 10 users per remote office. We've discussed using thin clients in these offices, even going as far as removing the DCs that currently reside there, but I have concern about the bandwidth requirements for this type of installation. 2 of the offices have a 512K pipe, and the third has only a 256K pipe. Joe Heaton _ From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 8:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS We publish seamless applications vs. a desktop. The number of users really depends on the application silo. Our Office 2003 Citrix Servers, where users's run their productivity applications from (Office, Adobe, Internet Explorer, Visio, Project, etc), can handle between 40-50 users. These are Dell PowerEdge 1955 Blade servers with 16GB RAM. We have a couple of dedicated silos that run older 16 bit apps that seems to choke with more than 25-30 users, but these are also on older hardware. - Sean On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So you're publishing the desktop to the thin clients? How many clients are you able to serve per server that way? -Original Message- From: Sean Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: 4/14/08 4:07 PM Subject: Re: 2003 Server DNS Citrix has it's uses. I believe we're seeing advantages from it. I work for a fairly large financial institution and we're supporting 60+ remote office across the US. We're running 175 servers currently (includes all application, data collectors, data store, web interface servers, etc.). We have 8 different application Silos, most running at least 2 or more applications. This environment services about 1000 concurrent users daily. We run thin clients in all of our remote offices. With Windows XPe, there's definitely a learning curve and you're hard pressed to get much out of the devices with the default image most vendors load. However, using Altiris and other tools, we've been able to customize the OS to serve most of our needs (ICA Client versions, Printer/Scanner support, etc.). The most important thing to keep in mind is they don't run a full fledge operating system, so you shouldn't try to get the capabilities out of them that you would with a standard PC. We've attempted to push that line numerous times only to create more headaches. On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Funny you should mention that Sean. I just went to a PS 4.5 class last week. At the moment, we only have a single Citrix server, with one published app, but my boss has ideas about other things we could be doing with it. I just hope I can stop her short of going to thin clients in our remote offices. None of those offices have more than 512K to the outside, so I dread trying to do all network traffic over those links... Joe Heaton -- *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 2:03 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: 2003 Server DNS Try running Citrix for a significant number of users. That can add to your overall numbers very quickly. For those of us implementing high availability for most applications (along with Testing/Development environments), without using VMWare, servers numbers can increase exponentially as well. - Sean On 4/14/08, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, I can't even imagine what I would need 600+ servers for... Joe Heaton
RE: 2003 Server DNS
You might also check the DHCP client service http://support.microsoft.com/kb/264539 Mike -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: 2003 Server DNS Anyone know where I can find an MS KB on Windows Server DNS client registration process/sequence? We have a pair of servers that seem to lose their DNS (A) records whenever they renew their IP. DNS and DHCP reside on the same DC (and how bad is that for security, anyone explicitly avoid this scenario?), clients in question are 2003 Server SP2. Just re-familiarizing how the client DNS registration process will help me immensely. TIA, Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Information Security Documentation
It also depends on your security framework and reporting requirements. What framework are trying comply with Coso/Cobit, ITIL, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPPA, PCI, FIPS, etc. You might look at http://www.isaca.org/ http://thecaq.aicpa.org/Resources/Sarbanes+Oxley/ https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/ or google the name of your framework and you will find lots of information. Mike -Original Message- From: James Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 4:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Information Security Documentation [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone out there have / seen any good Information Security Policy documents or templates? Basically I am looking for a comprehensive, internal document (or set of documents) that would be used to describe things such as: -Security Organization and Structure -Internal (Employee and Contractor) Security Policies (obligations of personnel in managing data and other secure/confidential documents) -Sites and Building Policies (access control, maintenance) -Network Security -Systems Architecture Security (Access Control, Authentication) -Production Environment Security -Application Security I realize that it would be next to impossible to find a single security document that has all of the above facets to it, but any good starting points would be helpful. Thanks, Jeff TRY: http://www.nsa.gov/snac/downloads_all.cfm?MenuID=scg10.3.1 Your tax dollars at work!! -- === Jim Spammers: What they lack in quality, they make up in quantity. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Picture of the three candidates together
I second the motion. Politics and religion has no place on this list. All it does is start flame wars. Let's end this thread. Mike _ From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 10:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Picture of the three candidates together YUP, Stu ask that political and religious material be excluded from the list. _ From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 10:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Picture of the three candidates together Didn't we just have a flame war over posting politics? Sorry man, I like the LP as well but this really isn't the place. James - Original Message - From: Angus Scott-Fleming mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 1:51 PM Subject: OT: Picture of the three candidates together Who are YOU going to vote for? http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/rnfloyd/Three_stooges.jpg Three Candidates Together FWIW I don't know who my http://www.lp.org/ candidate-of-choice will be yet ... Eh? [*] It's almost 5AM Friday in Australia, so I figured it is time to post OT Friday stuff ;-) __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3003 (20080404) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3003 (20080404) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Restrict Forwarding Email for Users
Is there a way to restrict user groups from forwarding email? We have a group of users we want to restrict from forwarding email, especially from their Blackberry's. Exchange Server's are Windows 2003 R2 and Exchange 2003. Mike ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users
Is DRM like RMS? Can you point me to any docs that describe how to set this up? Thanks, Mike _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Sounds like this is a behavior problem. With DRM, I believe you can stop from forwarding, but you can't stop them from select/copy/paste into a new message. Or taking a screenshot (alt + print screen) and pasting a new message. _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Is there a way to restrict user groups from forwarding email? We have a group of users we want to restrict from forwarding email, especially from their Blackberry's. Exchange Server's are Windows 2003 R2 and Exchange 2003. Mike ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users
This does not look very simple to setup. So much for a simple solution :-) _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Ooops.. my bad. I meant RMS. =) _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Is DRM like RMS? Can you point me to any docs that describe how to set this up? Thanks, Mike _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Sounds like this is a behavior problem. With DRM, I believe you can stop from forwarding, but you can't stop them from select/copy/paste into a new message. Or taking a screenshot (alt + print screen) and pasting a new message. _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Is there a way to restrict user groups from forwarding email? We have a group of users we want to restrict from forwarding email, especially from their Blackberry's. Exchange Server's are Windows 2003 R2 and Exchange 2003. Mike ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users
You're right. There is only so much you can do to correct behavioral problems. It is impossible to control every aspect of email. If they really want to save a copy of an email they can cut paste or print. _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Nor does it look like it will solve your behavioral problem. If they really want to forward an email, they will. Also, I don't believe this even addresses your Blackberry concern. _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users This does not look very simple to setup. So much for a simple solution :-) _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Ooops.. my bad. I meant RMS. =) _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Is DRM like RMS? Can you point me to any docs that describe how to set this up? Thanks, Mike _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Sounds like this is a behavior problem. With DRM, I believe you can stop from forwarding, but you can't stop them from select/copy/paste into a new message. Or taking a screenshot (alt + print screen) and pasting a new message. _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Is there a way to restrict user groups from forwarding email? We have a group of users we want to restrict from forwarding email, especially from their Blackberry's. Exchange Server's are Windows 2003 R2 and Exchange 2003. Mike ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users
Sometimes policy and intimidation is more effective than technology.and cheaper ;) _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users I've found that your only real defense against stuff like this is through written policies. You have them sign off on something saying they won't forward emails. or whatever the case is. Then - when they don't follow the policy, simply fire them. =) _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 12:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users You're right. There is only so much you can do to correct behavioral problems. It is impossible to control every aspect of email. If they really want to save a copy of an email they can cut paste or print. _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Nor does it look like it will solve your behavioral problem. If they really want to forward an email, they will. Also, I don't believe this even addresses your Blackberry concern. _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users This does not look very simple to setup. So much for a simple solution :-) _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Ooops.. my bad. I meant RMS. =) _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Is DRM like RMS? Can you point me to any docs that describe how to set this up? Thanks, Mike _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Sounds like this is a behavior problem. With DRM, I believe you can stop from forwarding, but you can't stop them from select/copy/paste into a new message. Or taking a screenshot (alt + print screen) and pasting a new message. _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Is there a way to restrict user groups from forwarding email? We have a group of users we want to restrict from forwarding email, especially from their Blackberry's. Exchange Server's are Windows 2003 R2 and Exchange 2003. Mike ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users
You can prevent users from copying messages into new message, however, can you prevent users from copying and pasting into something like word? _ From: Jeremy Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 12:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users You actually can prevent users from select/copy/pasting into a new message. Thanks, Jeremy Phillips Senior Messaging Engineer Azaleos Corporation From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 7:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Sounds like this is a behavior problem. With DRM, I believe you can stop from forwarding, but you can't stop them from select/copy/paste into a new message. Or taking a screenshot (alt + print screen) and pasting a new message. _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Restrict Forwarding Email for Users Is there a way to restrict user groups from forwarding email? We have a group of users we want to restrict from forwarding email, especially from their Blackberry's. Exchange Server's are Windows 2003 R2 and Exchange 2003. Mike ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Apologies...
I agree. Whatever party you are a part of there is nothing wrong with a good joke. Lighten up everybody. Mike -Original Message- From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Apologies... Like Sherri said, the jokes can be applied to any party, person or group; and they were just that, jokes. Should they have been posted here? Maybe not, but there have been things others have said on this list that I felt were off-color, but what the hell, I can't change it after the fact, so I just laugh at it and go on with life. Michael, try to learn to lighten up a little and stop taking things so seriously. It will ensure a longer, less stressful life. Hell, I voted for Clinton and thought he was a great president. He's been a heck of a lot better than GB ever was, IMHO. I'm a registered Republican and former US Marine and damn proud of it but for the last few years I have been totally disgusted with the way Republicans (and Democrats) in office have NOT taken care of this countries problems. Seems all they are concerned about is lining their own pockets. On the lighter side Any man that can get elected into political office, get a BJ from a young intern while IN THE OVAL OFFICE, and then totally deny it ever happened even in the face of actual evidence on national TV and STILL have a following as Clinton does deserves MY vote every time, Republican or not. HELL it's NOT SEX...right Sorry Sherri, just block out that last part. Some of these last few Presidents make great role models, don't you think? I thought Kennedy was a great speaker and President. Some interesting reading here http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/towncry/sex.html Come on folks; take life a little less serious. I really could care less who screws whom in politics or any other area of public life, or the jokes that surround them, (it just makes for interesting reading). Again, my apologies for even submitting the jokes. It's not worth all the grief. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: GSX and ESX differences from within the VM
The VM doesn't know the difference, however, the virtualization overhead of VMware server is higher. I think it is around 15 percent for VMware server and around 5 percent for ESX. Mike _ From: Rankin, James R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: GSX and ESX differences from within the VM ESX doesn't seem to have as many application hangs and odd errors, the free version is a little twitchy when you've got multiple servers running. Other than that I can't see any way to tell, the underlying host is generally invisible to the guest _ From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 March 2008 10:18 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: GSX and ESX differences from within the VM Lo chaps, Anyone here use both ESX and GSX (VMWare Server Free) for hosted windows based VMs ? If so, can you tell me if there are any visible differences between VM's running on both from the point of view of an RDP user accessing the VM's ? Basically, I mean, if you logged on to a Windows VM running on ESX server (assume the VM Tools are installed) would you *know* it was ESX rather than VMWare Server Free ? Olly ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Cluster, virtual servers, or traditional?
You might look at iSCSI or NAS solutions for storage if you do not need the performance of a Fibre Channel SAN. There is a big cost saving and in the right environment they work great. Virtualization such as VMware will be of benefit if you want to consolidate servers. If you have a bunch of servers that run at 10-15 % utilization then it makes sense to virtualize them. Also easy to deploy new servers from templates which saves lots of time. If you have small number of servers which have heavy utilization then stick with traditional hardware. Mike _ From: Tom Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Cluster, virtual servers, or traditional? Hi Folks: Over the next year I'll be replacing/moving around most of my servers here at HQ. Currently I have traditional hardware servers. I'm wondering at what point to I need to move, if at all, to clustering/SAN/virtual servers. At my regional sites (all 50 staff or less) the model will remain a traditional server hardware. However here at HQ (6 buildings) I am not so sure. I have about 400 staff members here using several servers for e-mail and file and print, as well as the typical variety of utility, web, and so on servers. None of the servers consume a huge amount of disk space for files or for e-mail (fairly stringent disk space quotas for e-mail). Suggestions? I'll be moving to Windows 2008, and I thought I read that you can cluster 2 servers without additional licenses. I'm not sure about SANs, since that my be overkill here, and I haven't done anything with virtualization yet (other than desktop). Reliability is important, but so is cost. Being a non-profit, I don't have lots of funds for extra hardware unless I can justify it. Comments and suggestions appreciated. Tom Miller Engineer, Information Technology Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board 757-788-0528 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Software Request
You're an undercover agent for the Bull sh*t association? What's the issue of uploading media? He still has to have proper licensing for it to work. You used to be able to download Metaframe XP just like the other media from the web site. Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 3:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Software Request I guess now would be a good time to disclose that I am really an undercover agent for the BSA. -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 7:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Software Request Grrr that was supposed to go privately... Phil Brutsche wrote: I have an Metaframe XP Feature Pack 3 SP3 Nero .nrg image - I make it a policy to keep backup images of my installation media. Is there a FTP site I can upload it to? -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Software Request
Just joking with you...all in good fun. Now that we know you are with the software police we will have to flood your inbox with nasty grams :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Software Request Oh my gosh, with as much joking and such that happens on this site and the fact that I post often(not as much as some) that you all would take me seriously on this.. Of course if he has licensing I have no issue with downloading media or providing it to another. Sheesh, I will go crawl back in my hole. -Original Message- From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Software Request As long as it is only a backup copy and not being used in production I don't see an issue with uploading the image to a 'backup' ftp site for business recovery purposes. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:27 AM Subject: RE: Software Request I guess now would be a good time to disclose that I am really an undercover agent for the BSA. -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 7:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Software Request Grrr that was supposed to go privately... Phil Brutsche wrote: I have an Metaframe XP Feature Pack 3 SP3 Nero .nrg image - I make it a policy to keep backup images of my installation media. Is there a FTP site I can upload it to? -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: IT Salary Survey
How do you think Linux plus compares to the Red Hat RHCT or RHCE. I am considering doing one of the two. Mike -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Salary Survey Now Chris, Wasn't Security + a piece of cake, why you stressing that cert so much. All the Comp-Tia's are cake. I just gotta get a new CPU and VMworkstation so I can work on doing Linux+ I think it will eb a good cert to have skills wise. Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Salary Survey I make about as much as Andrew there, and have the same level of experience... but I've got an Associates in Network Engineering, A+, Net+, Linux+ and just passed Security+ last week (yippee) I like to think that at my age (25) making that much in Alabama, I'm not doing half bad. -Original Message- From: Andrew Greene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Salary Survey Another college drop-out here. No certs, 4 years of Windows server and network admin experience. Just broke the $45k barrier. Andrew Greene Webmaster City of Anderson 120 E Main St., Anderson, IN 46018 765-648-5947 -Original Message- From: Tom Cass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 9:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Salary Survey College Drop-out 20 years of PC support experience, Network admin for 150 node network Sysadmin for 18 servers $70k in Michigan's single state 6 year recession (Thanks Jennifer!) -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IT Salary Survey 9 years experience, College Degree(but not in IT), MCSE, CCNA, CCA. All certs are expired. Around $80,000. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: IT Salary Survey
I agree, experience is the best teacher. I have 12 yrs experience and started back with Windows NT 3.51. Certification is sometimes a necessary evil. Some companies are now requiring certification especially If they are a partner. We are a partner with Microsoft, Citrix, VMware, and HP. Have to have certified people on staff to keep partner status. So I just take it with a grain of salt and try to learn something from it. Mike MCSE NT 4.0/2000/2003, CCEA, CISSP, CCNA. VCP -Original Message- From: Matthew McComas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Salary Survey Been in the field for 10 yrs, been in large server environments (500+), and smaller ones (50+), and have moved from the jack of all master of none server admin job to more specialized roles like Exchange, Citrix, and Backups... I gave up on the MS cert path about 5 years ago b/c it never ends and doesn't make a lot of difference since our field is so hands on experience...most book or cert work is forgotten anyways shortly after the test is passed...all it really shows is that you have the gumption to get through a test. Also, the test questions are getting longer...and it seems to be more about how many questions you can get done in the shortest period of time rather than what you know, which I think is BS to be honest. 70k, + good benefits and guaranteed annual bonus... A few observations: 1. Generally speaking, if you are working in the public sector or for a non-profit, forget a good salary. If you want higher pay, get good experience and then move on...preferably to the private sector. 2. Learn to market yourself well...as you get into your career, I find people care a lot more about your experience, and what you've dealt with than your credentials (though having both is the most ideal) 3. The best way to get raises is to move around a lot--again, this is just my experience. You get in a place and find that your salary is going nowhere, and you want to move up, then it's time to move on. 4. Let's be real, most of us aren't going to break the 6 digit barrier w/out an advanced degree and some connections. 5. Your pay is also going to have a lot to do with where you live and the state of the economy in your location. If you are stuck in the mid-45's or 50s, maybe it's b/c that's all they pay for a server tech where you live. I happen to live in Dallas, where the pay scale is high. I noticed another guy post that got paid 115k, but he lives in California, and the cost of living is considerably higher (not that he is undeserving or unqualified--from the sounds of it, he's more qualified than most of us:))...so, where you live makes a big difference. -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Salary Survey By the way... You may not be much safer at the state level than you were at the district level. Here in Florida, the state has been known to let go big groups of employees in one whack. John -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 11:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Salary Survey Hope your job is more secure than out here in California at the moment John. Up until a few months ago, I worked for a school district here in Sacramento. There were 4 of us in the IT department, although one was half-time bus driver, so really 3 1/2, including the Supervisor. I left there in October, and now work for the state. I just spoke with that supervisor about a week or so ago and this is what he told me: 1) They are not going to replace me. (Down to 2 1/2 people) 2) The half-time bus driver is now a full-time bus driver. (Down to 2 people) 3) The administration is talking about lay-offs, which would include the guy that does the database administration (Down to 1 person, who is the Supervisor) 4) The administration is also talking about the supervisor having to take a pay cut, and go back into the union. He told them that was fine, as long as his phone doesn't ring anymore. His boss told him she doesn't want her phone to ring, and he told her that he wasn't going to take a pay cut and stay in a supervisory position... (even though he wouldn't have anyone to supervise anyway...) All this because Arnie cut $500 million out of the education budget now, in emergency cuts. He's also talking about taking an additional $15 Billion out of the education budget for next year. Not sure how he expects to do that and still have schools at all. Sad state of affairs here in California... Just glad I got out of the school district in the nick of time. Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 1:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Salary Survey Forgot that list. What is everyone here
RE: IT Salary Survey
I am college graduate with MCSE, CCEA, CISSP, CCNA, VCP. Six figures. Mike _ From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 1:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IT Salary Survey ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: adprep
You need to run Adprep /forestprep if you are going to have a R2 domain controller. The adprep on disk two updates schema for R2. Mike _ From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: adprep ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: adprep
Yeah. I was surprised too. My customer had already run Adprep /forestprep and adprep /domainprep from first CD. They also Had raised the domain and forest level to Windows 2003. Still had to run adprep /forestprep on 2nd CD to add R2 domain controller. Mike _ From: Louis, Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 4:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: adprep I just did this yesterday and it caught me off guard. According to the KB article I saw, they recommended using the most current ADPREP, which is on the R2 CD. I was kinda surprised when I went to promote an R2 box and it said I couldn't and needed to run ADPREP. _ From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: adprep I think the R2 portion off the second disk has been installed by my technician On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not unless you are going to install some of the things off the second CD. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 3:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: adprep I've got a functional Win2K3 domain/forest. I want to add another DC, but this server is running R2. Do I need to run adprep off the cd? Thanks Steve ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Group Policy not working
Try using Gpresult from a command line on the workstation to see if the policy is being applied. Also, you might run gpupdate /force or gpupdate /target:computer On the domain controller to make sure the policy is being updated. Mike _ From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working I created a test OU added a server and applied computer policy to the OU. When I logged in with a user the policy didn't get applied. Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.peergroupinc.com www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] _ From: mck1012 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Group Policy not working Some more information would help. What objects are in this OU? What is the GPO doing? is this a User or computer policy? What have you tried already to troubleshoot? - Original Message From: Dennis Rogov [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:27:22 AM Subject: Group Policy not working Is there any particular reason why my GPO is not applying to the OU? What?s the proper way to troubleshoot group policies? Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.peergroupinc.com www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] _ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51734/*http:/tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/ca tegory.php?category=shopping them fast with Yahoo! Search. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Group Policy not working
Or right click on Group Policy Results and use wizard. _ From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 12:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/8e72d564-ac1b-4e27-9e 8d-827545ecae861033.mspx?mfr=true Shows you how to use the modeling portion.. just choose a user and computer and it will model the results, tell you what settings are applying, etc. It's useful to find out if you've got an issue with the policy settings or how you've applied it. You may have network or configuration issues that are preventing your workstations from updating group policy at all, which the GPMC can't really help you with. For that you need to check your event logs (look for any group policy related errors), make sure DNS is properly configured and that the workstation can contact a domain controller. -cb _ From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working I am using GPMC how can I utilize it to troubleshoot. Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.peergroupinc.com www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] _ From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working For troubleshooting policy processing: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/dfe7b84d-8727-4561-97 67-ccb47a5bf9ba1033.mspx If you are not using them already, the GPMC and its group policy modeling tools will really save you some headaches. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/gpmc/default.mspx -cb _ From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Group Policy not working Is there any particular reason why my GPO is not applying to the OU? What's the proper way to troubleshoot group policies? Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.peergroupinc.com www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Group Policy not working
Also if you click on the Domain in the GPMC you should see a Tab for Group Policy Inheritance. _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working If your policy is applied to an OU you can choose to Block Inheritance. Also check to see if any Domain policies are set to no override. _ From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working The previous network manager had OU based policy and domain policy. When I took over none of the policies that I roll out to individual OU don't seem to work. What I believe is happing there are conflicts with policy which is causing this OU policy not to be enforced. Isn't there a way I can block inheritance from other policies? Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.peergroupinc.com www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working Or right click on Group Policy Results and use wizard. _ From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 12:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/8e72d564-ac1b-4e27-9e 8d-827545ecae861033.mspx?mfr=true Shows you how to use the modeling portion.. just choose a user and computer and it will model the results, tell you what settings are applying, etc. It's useful to find out if you've got an issue with the policy settings or how you've applied it. You may have network or configuration issues that are preventing your workstations from updating group policy at all, which the GPMC can't really help you with. For that you need to check your event logs (look for any group policy related errors), make sure DNS is properly configured and that the workstation can contact a domain controller. -cb _ From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working I am using GPMC how can I utilize it to troubleshoot. Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.peergroupinc.com www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] _ From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working For troubleshooting policy processing: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/dfe7b84d-8727-4561-97 67-ccb47a5bf9ba1033.mspx If you are not using them already, the GPMC and its group policy modeling tools will really save you some headaches. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/gpmc/default.mspx -cb _ From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Group Policy not working Is there any particular reason why my GPO is not applying to the OU? What's the proper way to troubleshoot group policies? Dr Dennis Rogov
RE: Group Policy not working
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/4dd6f270-a366-4f69-b6 e9-876bb3313fe01033.mspx?mfr=true _ From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working How does Block Inheritance work in GPMC _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working Also if you click on the Domain in the GPMC you should see a Tab for Group Policy Inheritance. _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working If your policy is applied to an OU you can choose to Block Inheritance. Also check to see if any Domain policies are set to no override. _ From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working The previous network manager had OU based policy and domain policy. When I took over none of the policies that I roll out to individual OU don't seem to work. What I believe is happing there are conflicts with policy which is causing this OU policy not to be enforced. Isn't there a way I can block inheritance from other policies? Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.peergroupinc.com www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] _ From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working Or right click on Group Policy Results and use wizard. _ From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 12:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/8e72d564-ac1b-4e27-9e 8d-827545ecae861033.mspx?mfr=true Shows you how to use the modeling portion.. just choose a user and computer and it will model the results, tell you what settings are applying, etc. It's useful to find out if you've got an issue with the policy settings or how you've applied it. You may have network or configuration issues that are preventing your workstations from updating group policy at all, which the GPMC can't really help you with. For that you need to check your event logs (look for any group policy related errors), make sure DNS is properly configured and that the workstation can contact a domain controller. -cb _ From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working I am using GPMC how can I utilize it to troubleshoot. Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.peergroupinc.com www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] _ From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working For troubleshooting policy processing: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/dfe7b84d-8727-4561-97 67-ccb47a5bf9ba1033.mspx If you are not using them
RE: Group Policy not working
Do you have Loop Back Processing on the GPO applied to the Terminal Server? You should have terminal server in its own OU with Loop Back processing enabled. _ From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working Checked the policy' no overrides anywhere if I go to policy inheritance it shows everything correct. I applied and linked a computer policy to have a script run on startup. My question is I am trying to apply the policy on a Windows 2003 Terminal Server instead of a single client is that possible why the policy is not being propagated? Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.peergroupinc.com www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] _ From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working I am already using GPMC how would I check what's being blocked or enforced. Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.peergroupinc.com www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] _ From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working Is the OP using the Group Policy Management Console? That gives you a nice view of what is blocked, what is enforced http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0A6D4C24-8CBD-4B35- 9272-DD3CBFC81887 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0A6D4C24-8CBD-4B35 -9272-DD3CBFC81887displaylang=en displaylang=en From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working If your policy is applied to an OU you can choose to Block Inheritance. Also check to see if any Domain policies are set to no override. _ From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working The previous network manager had OU based policy and domain policy. When I took over none of the policies that I roll out to individual OU don't seem to work. What I believe is happing there are conflicts with policy which is causing this OU policy not to be enforced. Isn't there a way I can block inheritance from other policies? Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail
RE: Group Policy not working
That's most likely why it is not working. Need to create a Terminal Server OU and move server into that OU. Create GPO and link to that OU with Loop Back processing enabled along with any other settings you might desire. _ From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Group Policy not working Nope I don't have that applied on the TS OU -Original Message- From: Mike Semon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thu Feb 28 16:41:35 2008 Subject: RE: Group Policy not working Do you have Loop Back Processing on the GPO applied to the Terminal Server? You should have terminal server in its own OU with Loop Back processing enabled. From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working Checked the policy' no overrides anywhere if I go to policy inheritance it shows everything correct. I applied and linked a computer policy to have a script run on startup. My question is I am trying to apply the policy on a Windows 2003 Terminal Server instead of a single client is that possible why the policy is not being propagated? Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.peergroupinc.com http://www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working I am already using GPMC how would I check what's being blocked or enforced. Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.peergroupinc.com http://www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working Is the OP using the Group Policy Management Console? That gives you a nice view of what is blocked, what is enforced http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0A6D4C24-8CBD-4B35- 9272-DD3CBFC81887 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0A6D4C24-8CBD-4B35 -9272-DD3CBFC81887displaylang=en displaylang=en From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working If your policy is applied to an OU you can choose to Block Inheritance. Also check to see if any Domain policies are set to no override. From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy not working The previous network manager had OU based policy and domain policy. When I took over none of the policies that I roll out to individual OU don't seem to work. What I believe is happing there are conflicts with policy which is causing this OU policy not to be enforced. Isn't there a way I can block inheritance from other policies? Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE Peer GROUP an informed medical communications company 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct
RE: Exchanged cached mode
Exchange Cache mode is good unless you are going to use it in a Terminal Server /Citrix environment. It is not supported. Mike _ From: Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchanged cached mode No, you're looking at one or the other. Think of the OST as a good thing. If the system goes down and nothing can be recovered, the users simply logs into a new system and they've lost very little (stuff that was stored on the bad system - nick names etc). OST = Good in this case. From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 7:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchanged cached mode Ah, well we are very much a culture of PST files here. I know not best practice but for the Linux mail system it was required. I would guess then that I need to talk to the Exchange admin and find out the ground rules I will be living under now. Can OST and PST files live on the same system? Be open at the same time? Jon On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Ken Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Mobile users (and even users within the office) should be using cached mode. When using cached mode, everything is stored in an OST file, rather than a PST file. I'm not sure I would recommend moving mail to a separate PST file. A PST file exists in a single location, and if there's a failure (e.g. disk fails, or laptop gets stolen) then you lose the mail. When using cached mode, everything (except offline edits) is stored on the Exchange server. Cheers Ken From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 27 February 2008 10:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchanged cached mode Thank you very concise and to the point and even understandable to me. Then I would need to have all my mobile clients use cached mode if possible or make sure they move their mail to other folders in their Outlook profile correct? Jon On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 6:29 AM, Ken Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you do not have cached mode - then Outlook needs to be connected to Exchange to allow for the user to be able to view their mail, contacts etc. If you use cached mode, then the user can work offline, disconnected from Exchange. Everything will sync when Outlook is reconnected to Exchange. Cheers Ken From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 27 February 2008 10:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchanged cached mode Sorry for the very basic question here. What is the difference between cached and un-cached mode in the client setting for Exchange? I am not the Exchange admin, you could not pay me enough to take on that extra work, but I do have to support the clients. We are moving from a Linux POP/IMAP server to Exchange and all of my clients are currently set up to POP their mail. I do have mobile clients that I already know will be an issue but I will start on that later. At the moment I am looking at just getting this setup and understanding why somethings are certain ways and not other ways. I will discuss specific issues with the Exchange admin. Any guidance would help a lot. Specific reading for non-Exchange aware people would be more help. Jon ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: FYI, South Florida Is offline
Maybe they can use the Dell servers from Walmart for power. I understand they double as fuel rods :) -Original Message- From: Vincent Medina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI, South Florida Is offline Probably because they were running Dells from Walmart. :) He he he - They should have paid for faster support. Come on I'm just kidding.. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FYI, South Florida Is offline I heard that a nuclear reactor south of Miami was shut down for safety reasons. On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Butts, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Power outage at a substation caused this. USF is back up. Joseph Butts Systems Administrator - DBA - Webmaster - Exchange Admin - Technology Systems Manager University of South Florida - Graduate School BEH 358, 4202 East Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33620-9951 Phone: 813-974-3586 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] USF is classified as a Research (high activity) university by the Carnegie Foundation USF is One of Florida's Top Three Research Universities http://www.grad.usf.edu/ - USF Graduate School: Creating the Future One Student at a Time Quotes to remember: This telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communications. - Western Union Internal memo, 1876 Everything that can be invented has been invented. - Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899 But ... what is it good for? - An engineer at IBM, commenting on the microchip in 1968 From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI, South Florida Is offline To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI, South Florida Is offline Not even a flicker here in Gainesville. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FYI, South Florida Is offline Has not gotten this far north but one of the Universities in Tampa is having issues internally so maybe they were affected? Looks like maybe some Tornados to the north of Orlando about Gainsville. Jon On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 2:55 PM, James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Too bad we were only down for about a second. Home lost power for about 45 mins. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 2:43 PM Subject: FYI, South Florida Is offline Huge blackout hits Florida Massive power outages struck central and south Florida this afternoon, with power reported out on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts as a heavy weather system moved through the region, police and utility officials said. About 4.4 million customers were affected. Power is spotty, comes and goes. Vonage lines across Miami seem dead (not sure if it's related). WSVN.com, the local hype stations site, is down. Dave --- |Beach Computers| |Affordable Hosting Solutions | |http://www.beachcomp.com | === |Cheap Domain Warehouse | |Get Your Own Dot! | |http://www.cheapdomainwarehouse.com| -- Disclaimer and confidentiality note: The contents of this communication are intended/meant only for addressee(s) and may contain information that is privileged or otherwise confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. The contents of this e-mail shall not be forwarded to any third party. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by reply email, so that the sender's address records can be corrected. Views and opinions are solely those of the sender unless clearly indicated as being that of Beach Computers or any of it's affiliated companies. Beach Computers cannot assure that the integrity of this communication has been maintained or that it is free of errors, virus, interception or interference. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~
RE: Lenovo?
I think this rant has gone far enough. If you like Dell's and like their service buy Dell's. If you like IBM's and like their support buy IBM. I personally like the keyboards on the IBM's, however, I have used Dell's at places I have worked and they were fine. Some people swear by Toshiba's. We all have different experiences with vendors products and their support so I don't think there is a right answer. Mike -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 1:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Lenovo? On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Vincent Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not arguing this at all. Based on your past messages in this thread, I would have to disagree. Comments like I can definitely say without a doubt that IBM blows the doors of Dell, and far as I am concerned Dell support is mediocre at best seem pretty argumentative to me. I am saying for the day to day business that I do dealing with mid-size companies that do not have the Pay for better service option with Dell - their out of box warranties are inferior to IBM/Lenovo. IBM's base warranty price is also significantly higher than Dell. Again: If you want cheap service, Dell is happy to give it to you. Your whole issue with Dell seems to be based on the fact that they gave exactly what was asked for and paid for. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Lenovo?
As opposed to a dirty bomb (Taco Bell for lunch). _ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 4:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Lenovo? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages
If you have a GPO setup you can disable it under: User Config Admin Templates Windows Components Internet Explorer. On the right is Prevent performance of first run customize settings. There is also a setting on the right to control the phishing filter. Mike _ From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: NSLookup - results are not as expected
That's not good. The 169.x.x.x address is coming from a Windows service called APIPA (Automatic Private IP-addressing). APIPA is a service to dynamically assign IP addresses to network clients when they can't reach the DHCP server. Mike -Original Message- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NSLookup - results are not as expected I'm losing hair on my head trying to understand what determines the order of the IP addresses when they are listed in NSLookup? For example when I run nslookup against my AD Domain name, I receive the result: Name: name.domain.com Addresses: 169.254.0.152, 169.254.0.150, 169.254.0.151 What I am expecting to see is this: Name: name.domain.com Addresses: 169.254.0.150, 169.254.0.151, 169.254.0.152 How can the order be changed? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration
Did you uninstall it for Administrators and Users? Also try clearing IE Cache and deleting profile. -Original Message- From: Kyle Plummer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Tried that first. The box is not checked indicating that it is not installed. Kyle B. Plummer -Original Message- From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Its in add/remove windows components Christopher Boggs Security System Administrator Miltec Corporation office.256-428-1370 mobile.256-468-0922 fax.256-428-1461 Painstakingly sent to you from my Blackberry... - Original Message - From: Kyle Plummer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wed Feb 20 13:39:09 2008 Subject: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Any pointers on how to remove IE's Enhanced Security Configuration would be appreciated. I'm running TS on a W2K3 member server. When logged in as a regular user, IE's blasted enhanced security is supposedly installed and is preventing me from running one of my programs that has a web interface. It does not affect admin users. The enhanced security configuration is not installed (at least add/remove programs shows it is not installed). I have set the IEHarden registry value to 0 for each user. I have created a GPO using Microsoft's adm template specifically disabling the enhanced security. I have applied the GPO and forced a gpupdate. I still receive the enhanced security is installed dialog box. Short of rebuilding the server, anyone have experience with getting rid of this thing? Thanks in advance, Kyle B. Plummer This written advice is not intended or written to be used, and can not be used, by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer. Norman, Jones, Enlow Co. - CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Sections 2510-2521, is confidential, and is intended solely for the use of the individuals or entities to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail and any file attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by telephone toll-free at (866) 841-6888 or by reply e-mail to the sender. You must destroy the original transmission and its contents. You will be reimbursed for reasonable costs incurred in notifying us. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration
On Terminal Server go to Add/Remove programs Add/Remove Windows Components and uncheck IE Enhanced Security Configuration. Mike _ From: Kyle Plummer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Any pointers on how to remove IE's Enhanced Security Configuration would be appreciated. I'm running TS on a W2K3 member server. When logged in as a regular user, IE's blasted enhanced security is supposedly installed and is preventing me from running one of my programs that has a web interface. It does not affect admin users. The enhanced security configuration is not installed (at least add/remove programs shows it is not installed). I have set the IEHarden registry value to 0 for each user. I have created a GPO using Microsoft's adm template specifically disabling the enhanced security. I have applied the GPO and forced a gpupdate. I still receive the enhanced security is installed dialog box. Short of rebuilding the server, anyone have experience with getting rid of this thing? Thanks in advance, Kyle B. Plummer This written advice is not intended or written to be used, and can not be used, by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer. Norman, Jones, Enlow Co. - CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Sections 2510-2521, is confidential, and is intended solely for the use of the individuals or entities to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail and any file attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by telephone toll-free at (866) 841-6888 or by reply e-mail to the sender. You must destroy the original transmission and its contents. You will be reimbursed for reasonable costs incurred in notifying us. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration
Also if you have a Group Policy applied to Terminal Servers or users make sure it is not enabled in policy. -Original Message- From: Kyle Plummer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Never actually installed it, but yes the checkbox is clear for both admins and users. I haven't cleared the cache, but I have logged off and back on between changes. Kyle B. Plummer -Original Message- From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Did you uninstall it for Administrators and Users? Also try clearing IE Cache and deleting profile. -Original Message- From: Kyle Plummer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Tried that first. The box is not checked indicating that it is not installed. Kyle B. Plummer -Original Message- From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Its in add/remove windows components Christopher Boggs Security System Administrator Miltec Corporation office.256-428-1370 mobile.256-468-0922 fax.256-428-1461 Painstakingly sent to you from my Blackberry... - Original Message - From: Kyle Plummer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wed Feb 20 13:39:09 2008 Subject: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Any pointers on how to remove IE's Enhanced Security Configuration would be appreciated. I'm running TS on a W2K3 member server. When logged in as a regular user, IE's blasted enhanced security is supposedly installed and is preventing me from running one of my programs that has a web interface. It does not affect admin users. The enhanced security configuration is not installed (at least add/remove programs shows it is not installed). I have set the IEHarden registry value to 0 for each user. I have created a GPO using Microsoft's adm template specifically disabling the enhanced security. I have applied the GPO and forced a gpupdate. I still receive the enhanced security is installed dialog box. Short of rebuilding the server, anyone have experience with getting rid of this thing? Thanks in advance, Kyle B. Plummer This written advice is not intended or written to be used, and can not be used, by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer. Norman, Jones, Enlow Co. - CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Sections 2510-2521, is confidential, and is intended solely for the use of the individuals or entities to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail and any file attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by telephone toll-free at (866) 841-6888 or by reply e-mail to the sender. You must destroy the original transmission and its contents. You will be reimbursed for reasonable costs incurred in notifying us. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Lenovo?
What kind of problems have you had with your T60? I like mine much better than Dell's and Toshiba's. Mike -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 5:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? The Lenovo T60 laptop suck, trust me I got one and have been nothing but trouble since the day I got it. Steer clear of them if you can, Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 10:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Lenovo? Can also one recommend a good Lenovo rep? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Lenovo?
Sounds like you got a lemon. Should have been replaced. -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? TO date? Disk errors ( multiple times) ( I have disabled all power management still disk corruption) have had a Motherboard, and disk drive replaced and still getting disk errors ( Check disk isn't able to fix all of it, before something gets corrupted again) ( 2 rebuilds of the machine from IBM restore disk and still same problems.) Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 7:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? What kind of problems have you had with your T60? I like mine much better than Dell's and Toshiba's. Mike -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 5:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? The Lenovo T60 laptop suck, trust me I got one and have been nothing but trouble since the day I got it. Steer clear of them if you can, Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 10:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Lenovo? Can also one recommend a good Lenovo rep? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking
I remember when we used to get beta software and all kinds of goodies. I got a beta copy of terminal server. Should have saved it as a collectors item. Mike _ From: Phil Guevara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking Anyone else think the MCP welcome kits got kinda cheap looking? When I first got my mcp, I got a pin, a nice certificate and it came in a secure box. Now when I received my mcse recently, the certificate changed and looks soo cheap. The seal of approval looks cheesy and it came in a flimsy carton that bends easily so the certificate arrives all bent up. I worked really hard for this, despite the many paper mcse's out there, and I just thought they should improve it instead of make it look worse. Anyone else feel the same way?? -Phil ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Tech Resume
I agree with most things you have said except the one page resume. The recruiters that I have spoken with say it is ok to use 2-3 pages if you have the experience. You don't want your resume to be a novel, however, you don't want to exclude relevant experience. I have 12 yrs exp and there is no way I can cover that in 1 page. Mike -Original Message- From: Joe Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tech Resume Joseph: Resumes, even in a tech field, should be limited to 1 page in this day and age. Bullet points take up valuable page real estate, where you could be listing KSA's (Knowledge, Skills(both technical and transferrable), and Attributes). And for the love of Deity don't put References will be provided upon request. Of course a potential employer will request references prior to an interview, no need to waste important space on the paper. One more resume killer - templates. Don't use them. Spend some time on crafting your resume. Potential employers can tell the difference. They have a tendency to pass by the template resumes. Also, if you are anything like me, and already in a career, and know what direction it is going in, there is no need for a Career Objective, that can be replaced with a Summary of Qualifications. If you'd like, I can send a copy of my resume (which in my current Portfolio and Professional Procedures class netted me a grade of a 100 and 5 interviews thus far) to you offline. Joe Fox Systems Administrator The McGuire Group Office# (716) 826-2010 ext: 1172 Mobile# (716) 846-9308 The materials in this e-mail are private and may contain Protected Health Information. If you are not the intended recipient be advised that any unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender via telephone at 716-829-1978 or by return e-mail. -Original Message- From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tech Resume Hey marvin, If you don't mind could you forward me a copy offline too? Thanks.. -Original Message- From: MarvinC [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: 1/22/08 6:39 PM Subject: Re: Tech Resume Bullet points! I'll be more than happy to send over a copy of mine as an example. It's kinda long because I try to force the recruiters to read it but they don't so I just fill it with buzz words which is all they scan on. On Jan 22, 2008 6:32 PM, Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been saying I need a new job for so long now, I don't believe myself anymore... I am in a unique environment that's just truly bad for my career and I need to make a change. For the last ~13 years, I have been in the tech field and want to up the ante and get out of the small business arena, so I am looking online for resume examples and could use a pointer. I've only had two jobs in all that time and neither needed a resume so needless to say, I'm starting from scratch! Any pointers would be most appreciated! jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Tech Resume
Agreed. I have received my best job leads through networking and referrals. A resume just gets your foot in the door. After that it is up to your to sell yourself and your skill set. _ From: Joe Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tech Resume 75% of all jobs obtained are not obtained through classifieds, job search engines, or recruiters. They are obtained my networking. Most of the time it's about who you know, and more importantly, who they know. I've done some extensive networking in the past and it has really paid off for me. I really don't like using recruiters, as they aren't looking out for my interests, but just their commission from putting someone in a position. Just my $0.02 -Joe From: MarvinC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tech Resume I've never heard of a 1 page technical resume but I guess it all depends. I don't see how that can be effective with the way recruiters scan and process resumes. I've found over the years that most of the recruiters don't even read the resume and instead scan it based on the buzz words specified by the client. They then call you up and ask you questions that they may have found had they simply read the resume. From here a determination is made on whether your info is forwarded to the client. So I say instead of limiting yourself, sell yourself because in the end all the recruiter is trying to do is line up as many cadidates that are necessary to grab that business. There's no such thing as the perfect resume. You may get lucky and run into a batch of recruiters that know what you want but again why limit yourself. Just be conservative about how you describe your skillsets and experiences. I've found that bullet points are a lot more effective than sentences that run long when trying to explain a project or task. In the end it comes down to your own judgement and how much info you're trying to publish. I say treat yourself like a hot porche in a classified ad containing 100 other porches. hth On Jan 23, 2008 9:01 AM, Mike Semon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Different employers and recruiters have different preferences for type and format of resume. I sat down with a technical recruiter, who is a friend of mine, who helped me craft mine. It is worth the time to have a professional look at your resume and give guidance. -Original Message- From: Joe Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tech Resume I guess that's because I'm not using a hybrid or chronological resume, but rather a functional resume. I don't list specific job experience, but rather the skills that I've used on those jobs in the last 15 years. -Joe -Original Message- From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tech Resume I agree with most things you have said except the one page resume. The recruiters that I have spoken with say it is ok to use 2-3 pages if you have the experience. You don't want your resume to be a novel, however, you don't want to exclude relevant experience. I have 12 yrs exp and there is no way I can cover that in 1 page. Mike -Original Message- From: Joe Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tech Resume Joseph: Resumes, even in a tech field, should be limited to 1 page in this day and age. Bullet points take up valuable page real estate, where you could be listing KSA's (Knowledge, Skills(both technical and transferrable), and Attributes). And for the love of Deity don't put References will be provided upon request. Of course a potential employer will request references prior to an interview, no need to waste important space on the paper. One more resume killer - templates. Don't use them. Spend some time on crafting your resume. Potential employers can tell the difference. They have a tendency to pass by the template resumes. Also, if you are anything like me, and already in a career, and know what direction it is going in, there is no need for a Career Objective, that can be replaced with a Summary of Qualifications. If you'd like, I can send a copy of my resume (which in my current Portfolio and Professional Procedures class netted me a grade of a 100 and 5 interviews thus far) to you offline. Joe Fox Systems Administrator The McGuire Group Office# (716) 826-2010 ext: 1172 Mobile# (716) 846-9308 The materials in this e-mail are private and may contain Protected Health Information. If you are not the intended recipient be advised that any unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited
RE: MATH
Unfortunately today they teach fuzzy math. Or maybe I think it is called chisombop where they count on their hands or toes. Today they just want to count what it costs to buy playstation or Wii. -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MATH Very true Kim, and it doesn't help when you get parents that threaten legal action repeatedly, even though their kid is the worst offender in the school. And don't get me started on the lack of respect that kids are raised with these days. In my day, you said Yes Sir, No Sir, Yes Maam, No Maam. These days, you're lucky to get a Ya, or no... And forget the kids calling you Mr. or Mrs. Either... Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MATH Not to mention an environment where teachers have absolutely no control of their pupils because of fear of legal reprisals, among other things. -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MATH Yep, the public school system is pretty sad, but when the government decides not to put any real money into the system, what can we really expect? I've been doing so much with so little for so long, that they now expect me to do everything with nothing. That's how a lot of teachers feel these days... Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 1:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: MATH Wednesday Funny Last week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2 and I was digging for my change when I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help. While he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and cried. Why do I tell you this? Because of the evolution in teaching math since the 1950s: 1. Teaching Math In 1950s A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit ? 2. Teaching Math In 1960s A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100 His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit? 3. Teaching Math In 1970s A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit? 4. Teaching Math In 1980s A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20. 5. Teaching Math In 1990s A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers, and if you feel like crying, it's ok. ) 6. Teaching Math In 2007 Un hachero vende una carretada de madera para $100. El costo de la producciones es $80. Cuanto dinero ha hecho . ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Tech Resume
I think EMS is expanded mental strain and XMS is extreme mental strain. -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tech Resume I don't believe that DOS had either of those two... Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2008 1:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tech Resume EMS = Emergency Medical Skills XMS = X-Rated Movie Scanner -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tech Resume I had to interview someone last year who listed DOS (of various versions) at the end of their tech skills. Claimed 11 years experience and expert level. I just had to ask if they got much call for those skills these days, and what the difference was between EMS and XMS (and a few other curly questions) :-) Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: WL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2008 8:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tech Resume Clearly there are dozens of views on the topic. I will add that I don't have just one resume. The resume is specific to the position being applied for. Relevance, not volume. Provide it in as many formats as may be valuable for the recipient - .pdf, .doc, .swf, etc. For a technology position, do you need to include on your resume that you deployed DOS6.0 on 286s back in the last millennium? On Jan 23, 2008 12:37 PM, Eric Woodford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I disagree with one page limit nowadays. Personally most employer's I've dealt with, scan your resume to an electronic format or only except electronic submissions. Limiting yourself to one page makes for limiting your experience. In the last 10 years, I've worked 4 jobs. To go into any detail, I'd need to limit my KSA to just the basics (if anything). 2 pages suffices for most all my needs. The main idea with one page, is to make it passed the short attention span of resume reviewers (humans). If your summary of qualifications is catching enough, and fits in that first 1/3 of page 1, your golden. On Jan 23, 2008 5:32 AM, Joe Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joseph: Resumes, even in a tech field, should be limited to 1 page in this day and age. Bullet points take up valuable page real estate, where you could be listing KSA's (Knowledge, Skills(both technical and transferrable), and Attributes). ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
