RE: Wireless Routers
My Blackberry WiFi is flaky when used with my Netgear and it won't work at all with my old D-Link. One more data point. No, I haven't tried it with a Linksys. RM On Mon, 10 May 2010 10:31 -0400, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: I’m pretty sure the Netgear was an 802.11G router. The Dell laptop has a Dell Wireless Dual-Band WLAN card in it (on-board.) The Desktop machine had an Edimax EX-7128G 802.11 b/g card installed. Once I got the Linksys in, it connected right up and even got an IP address. Not to mention that the client said his Vista laptop had problems getting onto the internet that morning wirelessly. I’ve had problems with Netgear wireless routers before and that’s part of the reason I will refuse to use Netgear wireless routers in the future. Wired, sure. Wireless, no. John-Aldrich Tile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Help with mass file renaming via command-line
Hi all, I need to put together a command line to traverse a folder tree and rename all files that start with WO to drop the WO but keep the rest of the name. I think I'll need a FOR /R command but I can't work out all of the rest. Any experience with this? Thanks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
What sends broadcasts these days?
I'll add that broadcast traffic can be curtailed if some diligence is exercised. On a modern network, what's left that sends broadcasts? Browser elections? DHCP requests? For name resolution, I think modern Windows systems only broadcast as a last resort. I'm curious to hear discussion about what else comprises the bulk of the broadcast traffic on a modern network. RM On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:41 -0800, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: traffic. Computers are chatty things, and frequently send out broadcast packets of various types. This broadcast traffic is one of the reasons why routers are in such demand - they separate broadcast domains, just like switches separate collision domains for Ethernet. There's also good reason why /24 (aka 255.255.255.0) is such a popular network size - after a certain point, the broadcast traffic on a network starts to affect the performance of the hosts on the network, because so much overhead is dedicated to processing the broadcast packets. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Is IFMEMBER still OK to use on a modern network?
My boss wants to add some intellegence to our logon scripts with IFMEMBER. I had planned to use Group Policy user logon scripts. Is IFMEMBER still kosher on modern Windows networks? I know it's pretty old technology... Thx, RM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Terminal Services questions
Actobat full v6 also has severe trouble in a TS environment. RM On Tue, 12 May 2009 12:04 -0400, Richard Stovall richard.stov...@researchdata.com wrote: Full Acrobat? That'd be great news. RS ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Word 2007 docx password cracker?
Anyone here ever used one? We've got a couple of Word docx documents that the (unreachable) ex-employees had password protected. thx, RM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
At what point do you replace file servers with a NAS device?
Today, in the world of Server 2008, servers have VSRM reporting, flexible and granular soft/hard quotas, the ability to expand volumes, the ability to grow RAID containers (with the right RAID controller), the ability to participate in advanced 2003R2 style DFS replicas, and volume shadow copy to support the client's Previous Versions tab. 2008R2 will add BranchCache. In light of all this, at what point can you successfully argue in favor of a NAS device? Is there a certain amount of TB's where servers become unreliable or untrustworthy? Is an enterprise NAS device really better than a clustered file server in front of SAN storage? Would love to hear everyone's thoughts... RM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: What is Vmware thinking?
I just want thin provisioned VMDK's via vCenter, S-VMotion via vCenter, and the fault tolerance active/passive VM hot spare thingy. :-) I'll let Wall Street and Main Street hash out the product strategy. RM On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:10 -0400, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/ As an Avid Fan of Vmware and big user of the technology, it seems they are going the market, and mass confusion route to though something that is no further along than Vaporware. Eight different offers for ESX? Are they taking a licensing tip from M$ trying to generate more revenue under the guise of Cloud computing? Does anyone in the ESX server space see this in a different light than I am seeing it as first read? Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + [1]ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 References 1. mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Net port bonding
One quick note to add here... There are several different kinds of adapter teaming. The simplest kind involves no switch configuration but is also the least effective. It takes advantage of ARP spoofing to load-balance on a per-session or a per-connection basis. For one client talking to one server, it would not help matters at all. It comes in handy when there are multi-point connections, so on the server side you could see some gains if there are multiple users beating up the server at the same time. A true bonding setup will load balance packet-by-packet and can improve throughput in all scenarios. RM On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:27 +0100, Oliver Marshall oliver.marsh...@g2support.com wrote: Hi chaps, We have a client whose workers do mainly cad based rendering and shovel massive files around the network (TB files aren't uncommon). Certain workers need more network throughput than their aging gigabit network can offer them. The options appear to be fibre, though for workstations, and just a handful, this seems to involved a large setup cost and may be overkill, and also bonding of ports. I like the last idea as it would allow certain workstations to bond multiple GB network ports together to get more throughput. Has anyone else done anything similar to this on the workstation end? Any words of wisdom ? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
twclient (previous versions tab)
Quick question... Can I get the twclient to work directly on the server so that I can do shadow copy restores on the server itself (and not have to use a workstation)? thx, RM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Win2k8 - 64Bit on ESX
Check out: [1]http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language =en_UScmd=displayKCexternalId=1003944 [2]http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=190 1 RM On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:56 -0400, Juned Shaikh jsha...@gmail.com wrote: I looked everywhere in the BIOS settings and found no reference to enabling or disabling the 64Bit. However the BIOS possibility is ruled out because I am able to install it directly. It is only on VMware ESX 3.5 as virtual machine its not working..!! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ References 1. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_UScmd=displayKCexternalId=1003944 2. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=1901 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Keep your Qlogic HBA firmware up-to-date
...or when you hook up your 4+ year old HBA in an ESX box to a shiny new CX4, Very Bad Things Can Happen. Just sayin'. RM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Keep your Qlogic HBA firmware up-to-date
QLA2340 in an IBM x346 running ESX 3.5u3. Connected to a CX4-480. It'll corrupt the datastore and cause all sort of wacky errors when trying to manipulate files, use S-VMotion, etc. What accesses do work will happen at a glacial pace. Old firmware was 1.25. Latest is 1.54 and seems to fix the problem though I don't yet know if it will help matters when accessing a datastore that's been molested by the old firmware. I'll know more soon. This setup was working great for many months talking to an old CX-500. This kept me up 'til 2AM. Grrr. RM On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:34 -0800, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote: Care to elaborate? What model HBA? What happened? We're a Qlogic/EMC shop so I'm pretty curious. - Sean On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:05 PM, RM [1...@richardmay.net wrote: ...or when you hook up your 4+ year old HBA in an ESX box to a shiny new CX4, Very Bad Things Can Happen. Just sayin'. RM References 1. mailto:r...@richardmay.net ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Cert accept prompt when pushing WLAN profile via GPO to XP
Anyone seen this? [1]http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/484544862_BiB6W-XL.gif It's working great in one of our domains. Clients in the other domain get the above prompt each and every time they boot up and connect wirelessly to the LAN. The cert appears to have been issued by a local cert authority running on a forest root DC. The interesting thing is that the cert in question isn't even in the list of issued certificates on that server. It sounds like multiple issues are present, but I'm wondering why this is working fine for our other domain... RM References 1. http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/484544862_BiB6W-XL.gif ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Group Policy wireless extension failing...
From userenv.log: USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:21:437 ProcessGPOs: --- USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:21:437 ProcessGPOs: --- USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:21:437 ProcessGPOs: Processing extension Wireless USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:21:437 ReadStatus: Read Extension's Previous status successfully. USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:21:437 CompareGPOLists: One list is empty USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:21:437 ProcessGPOList: Entering for extension Wireless USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:21:437 MachinePolicyCallback: Setting status UI to Applying Wireless policy... USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:21:437 GetWbemServices: CoCreateInstance succeeded USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:21:453 ConnectToNameSpace: ConnectServer returned 0x0 USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:21:468 LogExtSessionStatus: Successfully logged Extension Session data USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:22:515 ProcessGPOList: Extension Wireless returned 0x201b. USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:22:515 ProcessGPOList: Extension Wireless doesn't support rsop logging USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:22:531 ProcessGPOs: Extension Wireless ProcessGroupPolicy failed, status 0x201b. USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:22:531 ProcessGPOs: --- USERENV(300.7c8) 16:26:22:531 ProcessGPOs: --- Anyone seen this before? I'm trying to use a GPO to assign a pair of wireless profiles to an XP SP3 client. I'm getting a bubble that says Windows was unable to find a certificate to log you on to the network __ (fill in SSID here) Event ID 1085 from Userenv is being logged: The Group Policy client-side extension Wireless failed to execute. Please look for any errors reported earlier by that extension. There are no earlier errors. My Googles are failing me today. Any ideas? RM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Using Group Policy to force Vista's Remote Registry service to ON
Is this kosher? I know that doing so with Automatic Updates on XP was likely to screw-up the service's ACL and stop it from functioning properly. Ever since then, I've been hesistant to manipulate services with Group Policy... RM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: handful of PCs not reporting to WSUS
Here's my WSUS fixer script. I've been using this as-is for about two years now to remediate clients that won't talk to WSUS. Run it on the client as an admin: sc sdset wuauserv D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;B A)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU) sc sdset bits D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;B A)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU) net stop bits net stop wuauserv SET WU_KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpda te reg delete %WU_KEY% /v SusClientID /f reg delete %WU_KEY% /v AccountDomainSid /f reg delete %WU_KEY% /v PingID /f reg delete %WU_KEY% /v SusClientIdValidation /f SET WU_KEY= rd /s /q %windir%\Softwaredistribution rd /s /q %allusersprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader rd /s /q %windir%\SYSWOW64\Softwaredistribution %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s iuengine.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s wuapi.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s wuaueng1.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s wuauserv.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s wuaueng.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s wucltui.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s wups.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s wuweb.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s wups2.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s cdm.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s dispex.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s vbscript.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s scrrun.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s msscript.ocx %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s msxml2r.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s msxml3r.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s msxml.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s msxml3.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s msxmlr.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s msxml2.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s qmgr.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s qmgrprxy.dll cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem for %%i in (*.dll) do RegSvr32 -s %%i net start wuauserv net start bits wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:53:40 -0500, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com said: While confirming install of 08-067 today (approved in October, but just double checking today), I have found a very small number of notebooks that WSUS does not have in the computer listing. Just as though they never reported. However, upon checking a couple of them, they are receiving all updates and the Automatic update is grayed out and has the GPO settings. (As they should). So they must be getting updates from WSUS because users cannot connect to Windows Update due to GPO. I have stopped and started the service on the PC and run wuauclt /detectnow but they do not report to WSUS. It appears the common factor is they are all notebooks that connect frequently via VPN. Anyone ever had a similar problem? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Virtualization Questions
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 16:34:33 -0500, Eric E Eskam ees...@usgs.gov said: Like I told David, don't discount SATA. Equallogic used to be pretty liberal on their loaners - not sure if they still are from Dell, but it can't hurt to ask if you can get a loaner for a week to do some testing on. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. And as you add more shelves, it gets faster (more spindles, more cache, another controller, 3 more gig-e ports for I/O, etc.)... There's also a new class of drives that EMC calls LC-FC for low cost fiber channel. They are larger in size and 7200rpm. It appears that these drives are positioned by EMC to replace SATA for near-line and archival applications. RM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: windows internal database
It's definitely Sharepoint that installed it. RM On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:43:17 -0500, jesse-r...@wi.rr.com jesse-r...@wi.rr.com said: wsus isnt installed on this server Original Message: - From: Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:19:54 -0500 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: windows internal database WSUS installs it if you decide not to use an SQL database. That is my bet. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Virtualization Questions
Seconded. Mgmt is hellbent on EMC. The storage (for tier 1) is over $10k/TB when you include the shelf and whatever else is needed. On the other hand, there are nice little 2U and 3U SAN's from companies like IBM which use SAS disk that mere mortals can afford. Less than $2k/TB for SAS and way less for SATA. RM On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 06:14:08 -0800, David Lum david@nwea.org said: Once you have a SAN you will never go back to direct attached disk. Until you see the price tag for a SAN HDD that needs replaced. At least for the SAN we have here as the price per GB is lousy compared to standard SAS drives. Don't get me wrong, we use a decent size SAN here (a few TB's IIRC), but if we had to replace a HDD off warranty...ouch. 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: Virtualization Questions
You're right, but we're not doing any of that (as of today). The smaller players are also moving up the value chain lately. It'll be interesting to see what differentiates EMC 2-3 years from now. RM On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 08:08:29 -0800, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail .com said: Dont think SAN vendors havent taken notice of that. Thats why when evaluating, you need to look at the applications. Lets face it, ANYONE can sell you a bunch of cheap disk. The back pages of PCMagazine and full of players. But, look at what else they can offer you. Things like native snapshots, replication, dynamic resizing, deduplication, application hooks into things like SQL, VMWare, Exchange, etc. If those things are not important to you in a SAN, then by all means, look elsewhere. From: RM [mailto:r...@richardmay.net] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 7:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtualization Questions Seconded. Mgmt is hellbent on EMC. The storage (for tier 1) is over $10k/TB when you include the shelf and whatever else is needed. On the other hand, there are nice little 2U and 3U SAN's from companies like IBM which use SAS disk that mere mortals can afford. Less than $2k/TB for SAS and way less for SATA. RM On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 06:14:08 -0800, David Lum david@nwea.org said: Once you have a SAN you will never go back to direct attached disk. Until you see the price tag for a SAN HDD that needs replaced. At least for the SAN we have here as the price per GB is lousy compared to standard SAS drives. Don't get me wrong, we use a decent size SAN here (a few TB's IIRC), but if we had to replace a HDD off warranty...ouch. 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: LCD monitor vs LCD HDTV?
There are a couple of web pages out there that attempt to document which units can do the full 1920x1080 over the VGA port. Some can and some cannot. Interestingly, my Vizio claims that if you want full 1080 over the HDMI port with a PC source, you must have a native HDMI output on your PC; A DVI-to-HDMI convertor won't work. As for the VGA port, 1080 looks awful (it's interlaced and overscanned). 1366x768 is the top clean resolution. Be sure to do your homework. I wish I had. RM On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:09:42 -0500, Bryan Garmon bryan.gar...@gmail.co m said: My Samsung 46 LCD does 1920X1080P just fine with my laptop hooked up to the back of it using a DVI connection. Perhaps your tv isn't what the marketing genius' now call True HD. True HD televisions support 1920X1080P resolution over either DVI or HDMI. If you're using a VGA cable good luck - I've had nothing but bad experiencing trying to go above 1024X768 using a VGA connection. For a living room, 1920X1080P works great for a PC screen resolution - but if you're talking about putting it on your desk, I agree that one is better off with a LCD monitor. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
USB backup drive for Server 2003?
I'm supporting a small business that wants to use an external USB drive for backup (and upgrade to something else later). All the regular external drives from WD, Seagate, etc have a backup package that does not support server OS's. I know that I can use the built-in Windows backup but it'd be nice to have something a little more flexible. It appears that the Maxtor Small Business Edition did support Server 2003 but that product is out of production. Any ideas? The basic server version of Retrospect is too expensive for them. RM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Memory Upgrade question
That's easy. Remove aftermarket RAM before placing a service call. There's a reason why my car (with trailer towing expressly contraindicated by the mfr) has a no-splice wiring harness that removes in two minutes. RM On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:40:21 -, Steve Burkett [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: So the way I read that, Crucial memory is fine to be used in HP servers as long as you dont ring them up trying to get a replacement for your failed motherboard which has mysterious scorch marks encircling the memory sockets. From: Kelsay, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 December 2008 11:23 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Memory Upgrade question I have been told by our usual hardware vendor that if I use Crucial RAM to upgrade several HP ProLiant DL380 G5 servers that I will void my warranty with HP. He states that we can only use HP branded RAM. There is a £300 difference between the HP branded RAM they quoted us and the price we could get from Crucial. I just spoke with Crucial and they state that this is not true. Anyone else ever come across this issue? Thanks, Mark ** This email is sent for and on behalf of Inspop.com Limited ** Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Registration no. 310635. Inspop.com Limited (also trading as Confused.com) is registered in England and Wales at 2nd Floor, Friary House, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, CF10 3AE (Reg. No. 03857130 ). Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily the company. This email and any files transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies (which may contain alterations) subsequently transmitted from the Company, are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. It may contain material protected by attorney-client privilege. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the Information Security Officer by telephone on +44 (0) 29 2043 4252. Please then delete this email and destroy any copies of it. This email has been swept for viruses before leaving our system. Security Warning: Please note that this email has been created in the knowledge that Internet email is not a 100% secure communications medium. We advise that you understand and accept this lack of security when emailing us. Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. We may monitor the content of E-mails sent and received via our network for viruses or unauthorised use and for other lawful business purposes. _ ___ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Messagelabs. The service is powered by MessageLabs. _ ___ === STEMCOR CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLAIMER NOTICE This e-mail is intended only for the addressees named in it. The contents should not be disclosed to any other person nor copies taken. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Stemcor unless otherwise specifically stated. Stemcor does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message nor responsibility for any change made to it after it was sent by the original sender. You are advised to carry out a virus check before opening any attachment as Stemcor does not accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of any software viruses. You should be aware that Stemcor reserves the right to read incoming and outgoing emails. === ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
OT: How to become a storage admin?
One way (not recommended) is to have your company run out of money to pay for the contractor doing it today. My boss approached me about this and essentially gave me until the end of the year to get up to speed on our EMC CLARiiON arrays and our FC network. I'm a seasoned Windows infrastructure and server admin. Where does one begin? RM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Server CPU Question
Six-core CPU's are shipping in some models. Coming from the standpoint of someone who would virtualize a turkey dinner if he could find a way, I'd recommend getting as many cores into the box as possible. Even if you're not virtualizing today, get ready for it. RM On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:57:34 -0500, [1]Terry Dickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: We do have one application that support charges per Core for Maintenance. So you might check on that when making your decision. Other than that I would agree Get the Quad Core CPU's whenever possible. I have a few of them already and you will really like them. References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550
The physical RAID controller has no relevance here. ESX does not directly present it to VM's. It sounds like RHEL 4 does not have a driver for the virtual SCSI controller that ESX presenting to the virtual machine guest. If ESXi is similar to the full ESX, there are two that it can emulate: An old Buslogic design and an old LSI design. Try switching the types and see if RHEL 4 gets any further. RM On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:23:32 -, [1]Robert Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I have an old Dell PE 2550 that has a PERC 3D/I RAID controller. I've loaded up VMware ESXi 3.5 onto the server. However when I try to create a VM for RHEL 4, the installation always fails say that it can't find any disks on which to install the O/S. I'm assuming this has to do with the RAID controller? Has anyone successfully deployed RHEL 4 in this configuration or could someone point me in the right direction? References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Help with sizing a Windows 2003 Print Server
I don't know of a formula, but I can tell you that our print server is handling about 150 printers and 1600 users on 1GB of RAM and 1 CPU. No joke. It's a VM, and nobody's complaining about print performance. Total commit charge is about 600MB right now; There's little sign that more RAM is needed. RM On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:44:53 +1100, McBride, Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] roup.com.au said: Hey Guys, Just wondering if anyone knows of a formula that can be used when sizing a print server. I'm looking at approx 200 Printers and 1200-1500 End users. All in the one physical site. Mainly interested in Ram sizing. CPU Disk space will not be an issue. Thanks in advance Ryan McBride Senior Systems Engineer D3S Enterprise Services ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Wattage Calculation
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:36:04 -0400, [1]Ralph Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm gonna look into those Sears devices and/or the kill-a-watt so I can get some actual numbers. I think the clamp-on Sears doohickeys require you to be able to separate the hot from the neutral leads -- You can't just jam the server's power cord in there. If you need a per-server reading, you'll need an in-line device or possibly a metered power strip. RM References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Wattage Calculation
These days, I wouldn't worry too much about volt-amps versus watts. Pretty much every modern server has active power factor correction. VA will be within 2-3% of watts. RM On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:00:32 -0400, Ralph Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] org said: I took a look at the APC site and interestingly the numbers they have for VA for a couple of servers is much lower than I get doing the Amps * Volts calculation from the labels. Im checking out Wikipedia and elsewhere so I can try and understand this stuff I just want to be able to provide accurate information. Thanks for giving me a couple of places to look. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
File audit logging on EMC Celerra?
Does anyone know how to turn on file auditing for a CIFS share on an EMC Celerra? I can't find the option anywhere in the NAS manager thingy... RM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: 64-bit hardware?
Your most future-proof option would be a processor based on the 45nm Wolfdale or Yorkfield cores along with a chipset that supports VT-d (such as the Q35/Bearlake). If 64-bit is your only concern, you can get by with any proc that has EM64T support: [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Intel_64_Implementations If you're playing with VMware, the VT feature isn't too important today but it will be soon enough. RM On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:47:22 -0700, David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I didnt keep anything about the recent thread (Michael I think) about buying 64-bit white box hardware other than it was e-wiz.com. Isnt there a specific CPU spec to look for to take advantage of some features -VM or Exchange I think, I forget this minute. Im looking for a 64-bit system but CPU speed doesnt matter as much as 16GB RAM capability.. David Lum SYSTEMS ENGINEER // NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION [EMAIL PROTECTED] // 971.222.1025 References 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Intel_64_Implementations ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Any ESX guru's out there
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:18:33 -0700, Greg Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Do you have your management nics on separate interfaces from your data nics? I've seen that in 3.5 and newer they display an error if the management and data interfaces share the same nic. Haven't seen that, but starting in U2, HA will complain if all the service console port groups are not on the same subnet. RM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Blade systems
Why not Citrix? Shared memory technology works very well on these types of workloads... There are lots of redundant memory pages in a heavily used Citrix box. RM On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:33:59 -0400, Tom Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] sai d: Not for Citrix servers, and some of them will be Citrix/TS servers. But a few of the blades will be virtual servers for applications/web pages. I'll still need new hardware for that in any case. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Missing dedicated forest root DC
Guys, quick question... We're doing a mock disaster recovery here. Can we spin up a child dc without also spinning up a DFR dc and get it to work well enough to start AD, authenticate users, etc? We've tried it already and it hasn't worked so far. I suspect it's due to the lack of an accessible _msdcs zone. Thanks! ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Missing dedicated forest root DC
The single dc that we restored in the dr lab was indeed a gc. However, nothing came up. Dns wouldn't even start. Dns is on all of our dc's. RM -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 5:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Missing dedicated forest root DC Not enough information. Where is your DNS? Do you have an entry for a GC that points to your remaining DC? You need a GC to populate Universal Group membership (or you need Universal Group membership caching enabled). No GC = no logon (except using cached credentials) Cheers Ken From: RM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 16 May 2008 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Missing dedicated forest root DC Guys, quick question... We're doing a mock disaster recovery here. Can we spin up a child dc without also spinning up a DFR dc and get it to work well enough to start AD, authenticate users, etc? We've tried it already and it hasn't worked so far. I suspect it's due to the lack of an accessible _msdcs zone. Thanks! ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Making images to restore to new hardware
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:11:45 +0100, Oliver Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: ImageX... 1)Requires that the destination computer use the same Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) as the master computer. 2)Requires that the destination computer boot from the same mass- storage controller as the master computer. The HAL thing is a non-issue -- Everything is multiproc (HALMACPI.DLL) these days. The same mass-storage controller? I beg to differ. The [SysprepMassStorage] section of sysprep.inf was created to deal with this exact issue. We have a single IBM server Win2003 image that spans the x336, x346, x3250, x3550, and x3650. RM ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
