WIFI enterprise security

[mqcarp]

We are looking at wireless security options in the enterprise and have
been talking to Aruba Networks. They have some slick products. I am
curious if you are using any specific implementations you are happy
with. Ours will need to cover multiple types of devices such as
Android, Windows, Apple, and Aruba handles all of it with their
products. Do you have any experience with them or others?

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OT: Hosted Live Help?

[mqcarp]

Anyone have comparables or a review site that compares hosted live
help applications? LivePerson is ridiculous expensive. We have used
stardevelop.com for years and I like it, but we are moving away from
hosting our services internally and on IIS. Any person experience or
reviews would be helpful

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Re: WSUS Blows

[mqcarp]

No proxy here. We use Barracuda. I will look at the rules to allow
access to that site alone.

I do see that the download progress on the updates is ridiculous slow.
Possibly when I logged into the server it started downloading them. I
see other threads that explain the slow progress but not a way to
speed this up. It has 27 GB to go. Very odd.

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Ben Scott  wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:22 PM, mqcarp  wrote:
>> I think I found part of the problem. How can you determine what domain
>> user is used to retrieve updates? Our rules do not allow administrator
>> accounts to access the Internet.
>
>  Automatic WU on the client always runs as a local service account
> (such as SYSTEM or LocalService).  It doesn't use a domain account at
> all.  I think the WSUS server downloader is the same way but don't
> remember for sure.
>
>  And WSUS clients shouldn't be talking to the Internet, they should
> be talking to the WSUS server.
>
> -- Ben
>
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Re: WSUS Blows

[mqcarp]

I think I found part of the problem. How can you determine what domain
user is used to retrieve updates? Our rules do not allow administrator
accounts to access the Internet.

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:07 AM, mqcarp  wrote:
> Well it must be the set up then. Usually they are not applied due to
> rights issues on the client, or they just seem to sit. I will have to
> look at it in more detail as to why they don't post.
>
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Re: WSUS Blows

[mqcarp]

Well it must be the set up then. Usually they are not applied due to
rights issues on the client, or they just seem to sit. I will have to
look at it in more detail as to why they don't post.

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WSUS Blows

[mqcarp]

Do you rely on WSUS? I am sick of it not performing key updates and
having to go back manually. Either the sys admin in charge of this has
it set up wrong or this application is not good enough. Do you use it
or a patch management tool?

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Re: Internal routing

[mqcarp]

Thanks for your help. Here are the current results:

http://fqdn TIMES OUT
https://fqdn SUCCESS
https://dmz-ip SUCCESS
http://dmz-ip SUCCESS

tracert -d www.domain.com RESOLVES CORRECTLY; ALL HOPS TIME OUT

route print:

This is interesting. If you look at the destination dmz-ip, it lists a
different gateway than the default. It lists a core switch as the
gateway.


telnet fails to that by dmz-ip. that port is closed





On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Richard Stovall  wrote:
> Can you post the results of a 'route print' command, and a "tracert -d fqdn'
> from one of the affected machines?
> Going back over the thread, you initially said that https is working.  Is
> that still true in each of the following cases?
> https://dmz-ip
> https://fqdn
> What about the suggestion to telnet to the site on port 80?  Have you had a
> chance to try that?
> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:32 PM, mqcarp  wrote:
>>
>> I see the public IP address route in the browser. Firefox is doing
>> this. I put the exact error below. On the same machine, the nslookup
>> is correct to the internal IP
>>
>> The following error was encountered: Connection to 66.xxx.xxx.51 Failed
>>
>> The system returned:     (110) Connection timed out
>>
>> The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.
>>
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>
>
>
>

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Re: PIX replacement

[mqcarp]

I have never heard of the 5505. I think they always have pushed the
monstrosity on us. What are the size limitations/expectations for that
unit? I will go google it.

We have several Sonicwalls in two other sites and have never had
issues with them. They are not completely feature rich but offer IDS
capability for a cheap price. Just never considered it for the main
office to date.

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:59 PM, N Parr  wrote:
> Ditto, using a couple here.  SSL VPN, RDP, Hardware VPN to remote site.
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Thomas Mullins [mailto:tsmull...@wise.k12.va.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 3:32 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: PIX replacement
>
> I would vote for the ASA,
>
> For small offices, the ASA 5505 runs about $370.  The "maintenance
> agreement" is only $70 a year, and allows you tech support for setup
> issues and next day replacement.
>
> The 5505 has some very nice features, especially for VOIP.
>
> The higher end ASA appliances get pricey.  But the 5505 has similar
> features as the higher end models.
>
> Shane
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 3:35 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: PIX replacement
>
> PIX is at end of life and Cisco is pushing ASA. This product is overkill
> for smaller companies. Has anyone else replaced or implemented Sonicwall
> instead? One of our vendors is touting it and we are considering it.
>
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PIX replacement

[mqcarp]

PIX is at end of life and Cisco is pushing ASA. This product is
overkill for smaller companies. Has anyone else replaced or
implemented Sonicwall instead? One of our vendors is touting it and we
are considering it.

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Re: Internal routing

[mqcarp]

I see the public IP address route in the browser. Firefox is doing
this. I put the exact error below. On the same machine, the nslookup
is correct to the internal IP

The following error was encountered: Connection to 66.xxx.xxx.51 Failed

The system returned: (110) Connection timed out

The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.

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Re: Internal routing

[mqcarp]

OK here is what is happening. When you go to one of the internal sites
through a browser, it stalls, and then says it can not be reached, but
what I noticed is that it is trying to route to the public IP address,
not the DMZ address, which is what the internal DNS should be doing.
So for some reason it has determined that it can not route that way
and is sending the request to the DNS forwarding address. If you do an
nslookup for the site, it brings up the DMZ address. Very odd. We are
going to blow out the DNS zones. Possibly the records are corrupt?

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Re: Internal routing

[mqcarp]

We are checking syslogs. I will get back to you

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Blackman, Woody  wrote:
> I have seen it when there is a problem with MTU frame size with some 
> Routers/Proxies.  Do some packet captures and see if you are getting resets 
> or sequencing failures.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 11:04 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Internal routing
>
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:50, mqcarp  wrote:
>> Has anyone seen an issue where you can route to an internal web site
>> by https but not http?
>>
>> nslookup resolves correctly, IIS is running fine, site is accessible
>> externally with no issue. I can not see where access to port 80 is
>> different than access over 443. If you only use http it times out. I
>> will note that there are several sites hosted on that same IIS server.
>> All of them are doing the same thing.
>
> Need more data.
>
> Got any firewall logs? What kind of firewall?
>
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Internal routing

[mqcarp]

Has anyone seen an issue where you can route to an internal web site
by https but not http?

nslookup resolves correctly, IIS is running fine, site is accessible
externally with no issue. I can not see where access to port 80 is
different than access over 443. If you only use http it times out. I
will note that there are several sites hosted on that same IIS server.
All of them are doing the same thing.

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Re: Officially Unemployed

[mqcarp]

Good luck Sherry. Hang in there

On Wednesday, April 28, 2010, Joseph Heaton  wrote:
> Depends on what he's gripping...
>
 "Damien Solodow"  4/28/2010 7:58 AM >>>
> But do you have a kung-fu grip?
>
>
>
> From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:57 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Officially Unemployed
>
>
>
> I'm a real American hero, baby...
>
>
>
> Shook
>
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>
> From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net
> [mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 8:34 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Officially Unemployed
>
>
>
> So Andy..that would mean you just joined the front lines? J
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:45 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Officially Unemployed
>
>
>
> And knowing is half the battle
>
>
>
> Andy Shook
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> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:01 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Officially Unemployed
>
>
>
> I do look at CL all the time, but just for buying stuff.  I've never had
> a reason to even realize that jobs are posted there also.  LOL, but now
> I know!
>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
>  wrote:
>
> Definitely open your eyes to CL.  You'd be surprised at what gets posted
> there.
>
> --
> ME2
>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Sherry Abercrombie 
> wrote:
>
>         LOL, that is funny on Craiglist Angus.  But thanks for that
> link, I hadn't even thought of looking on Craigslist.
>
>         On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming
>  wrote:
>
>                 Sherry
>
>                 Bummer^2 ... best of luck finding new work.
>
>                 I'm amused by the sub-page that craigslist uses for our
> specialty: "../sad/"
>
>                    dallas / fort worth systems/networking jobs
> classifieds - craigslist
>                    http://dallas.craigslist.org/sad/
>
>                 [g,d,rlh] ;-)
>
>
>
>                 > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is
> indistinguishable from magic."
>                 > Arthur C. Clarke
>
>                 Indeed.  And that's how we like it.
>
>                 Angus
>
>                 --
>                 Angus Scott-Fleming
>                 GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
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>
>
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
> --
> Sherry Abercrombie
>
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
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>
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>
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> ~ Finally

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[mqcarp]

I just bought this for my staff. I hope they can catch up

http://www.trainsignal.com/windowstraining.aspx?hq_e=el&hq_m=372779&hq_l=2&hq_v=eaf12f48b0

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Re: Low end reliable workstations

[mqcarp]

On the thin client situation, We have gone round and round on it. We
are talking about 20-25 people, 10 of whom have decent and recent
workstations, the rest are garbage. We have a terminal server, but it
is a VM. We would have to do a hardware term server due to some phone
applications. Then when you thrown in redundancy, it becomes
unreasonable.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:35 AM, David Lum  wrote:
> Understood. I just deployed 2 brand-spanking new Dell's loaded with XP for 
> the same reason.
>
> -Original Message-----
> From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:33 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Low end reliable workstations
>
> ha...ha!
>
> We have not tested 7 fully so that is off the table and Vista is not
> even remotely of interest
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:30 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>> "Due to security issues ...we get workstations with ...Windows XP"
>>
>> Seems like an oxymoron if you think about it. :-)
>>
>> I understand the situation, but taken out of context it sounds funny!
>>
>> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:57 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Low end reliable workstations
>>
>> We have a division that uses very low end equipment because they just
>> do not need the power. I am finding it harder and harder to find good
>> options for this. In the past we have used Dell because they let you
>> customize so much. This is fine I suppose but I would like to compare.
>> Do you have any areas where you use low end workstations?
>>
>> Due to security issues as well as the low need for processor power we
>> get workstations with no CDROM, floppy drive, disable the USB ports,
>> 2GB or less RAM, the smallest HD possible and Windows XP.
>>
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Re: Low end reliable workstations

[mqcarp]

ha...ha!

We have not tested 7 fully so that is off the table and Vista is not
even remotely of interest




On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:30 AM, David Lum  wrote:
> "Due to security issues ...we get workstations with ...Windows XP"
>
> Seems like an oxymoron if you think about it. :-)
>
> I understand the situation, but taken out of context it sounds funny!
>
> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>
> -Original Message-
> From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:57 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Low end reliable workstations
>
> We have a division that uses very low end equipment because they just
> do not need the power. I am finding it harder and harder to find good
> options for this. In the past we have used Dell because they let you
> customize so much. This is fine I suppose but I would like to compare.
> Do you have any areas where you use low end workstations?
>
> Due to security issues as well as the low need for processor power we
> get workstations with no CDROM, floppy drive, disable the USB ports,
> 2GB or less RAM, the smallest HD possible and Windows XP.
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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>
>
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Re: Low end reliable workstations

[mqcarp]

Wyse thin clients are just as expensive as workstations. There are
some functions that have to be done on Windows also, so it is a tough
maneuver. We have tried Citrix but it is too cumbersome with our
situation. Virtualizing still requires some hardware. This is a call
center. They use a mix of mainframe and windows based applications.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Jason Morris  wrote:
> Do they have to be PCs? Can't use terminal server with some Wyse terminals? 
> How about Virtualizing the workstations, any opportunity for that?
>
> Jason
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:57 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Low end reliable workstations
>
> We have a division that uses very low end equipment because they just
> do not need the power. I am finding it harder and harder to find good
> options for this. In the past we have used Dell because they let you
> customize so much. This is fine I suppose but I would like to compare.
> Do you have any areas where you use low end workstations?
>
> Due to security issues as well as the low need for processor power we
> get workstations with no CDROM, floppy drive, disable the USB ports,
> 2GB or less RAM, the smallest HD possible and Windows XP.
>
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Low end reliable workstations

[mqcarp]

We have a division that uses very low end equipment because they just
do not need the power. I am finding it harder and harder to find good
options for this. In the past we have used Dell because they let you
customize so much. This is fine I suppose but I would like to compare.
Do you have any areas where you use low end workstations?

Due to security issues as well as the low need for processor power we
get workstations with no CDROM, floppy drive, disable the USB ports,
2GB or less RAM, the smallest HD possible and Windows XP.

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Re: SSL Certs... who do you use?

[mqcarp]

+1 for comodo

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming
 wrote:
> On 12 Mar 2010 at 13:13, Sean Rector  wrote:
>
>> Comodo
>>
>> Sean Rector, MCSE
>
> I've heard Bad Things about Comodo & security certificates.
>
>    Watch out for phony certificates; COMODO/UserTrust is selling certs to
>    anyone who asks, with NO validation at all : netsec
>    
> http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/7ldfz/watch_out_for_phony_certificates_comodousertrust/
>    or here if the above wraps unusably: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yjg8hca
>
>    Join The Revolution! » Untrusted Certificates
>    http://blog.startcom.org/?p=145
>
>
> --
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> 1-520-290-5038
> Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>

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Audit File Permissions

[mqcarp]

Does anyone have a clean way of auditing file permissions on your file
server for example?

I am reviewing huge lists of folder paths. There must be a simpler way
to go through these. Clean reports of some kind maybe?

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Training Online

[mqcarp]

We prefer not to send technicians to training away from the office. We
have used and like TrainSignal in the past. Do you have an opinion on
training options either virtually or in house that have worked well in
terms of value? We are looking at 2008 server and Exchange training in
the coming months, along with Citrix and VMware too.

Thanks

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Re: Managing iPhones in a corporate environment?

[mqcarp]

I will have to look at the contacts issue. Our integration did not set
up contacts on the local device that way. We have been very happy with
Good on other devices so this one is a little frustrating. The mail
delivery issue, which you are correct on the culprit there, is reason
enough to not use it in our environment. It is just too painful for
users, especially the high volume ones. It is funny you mention the
badges because that urked testers on our side too.

I see that 1.4 is now out, so I will test that version out as well.

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Barsodi.John  wrote:
> I've had GOOD running since early Jan specifically to test iPhone 
> integration.  I would agree that the initial client release was pretty bad, 
> but the improvements they've made + the roadmap they've shared with me for 
> Android and iPhone is pretty dang amazing.
>
> You are correct that the app won't download email in the background, this 
> isn't a knock on GOOD, it's a knock on Apple and their control over the OS.  
> GOOD is doing great with what they have to work with.  You can set the Badges 
> to update when new mail is available, it's no BB, but most iPhone users have 
> come to expect this from other apps as well.
>
> The callerID, I respectively disagree with your assessment, because I 
> specifically tested this.  As long as you enable contact sync, you get 
> CallerID, etc.  GOOD puts them into a Contact GROUP into your existing 
> contacts, no overwriting like Sybase.
>
> If you're interested in securely deploying iPhones or other consumer devices 
> in your corporate environment you should consider looking at GOOD.
>
> They had a whitepaper entitled "Good for Enterprise - iPhone, Android and 
> webOS Architecture and Security Whitepaper"  it's a great read if you 
> understand the problem of integrating these consumer devices to corporate 
> environments
>
> Thanks,
> JB
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 6:26 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Managing iPhones in a corporate environment?
>
> The Good Mobile App in its first release was awful. It esd dtripped in 
> functions to the point that it seemed not worth even releasing at that point.
>
> It is in version three now and I have tested it extensively. It is very slow. 
> It also does not update when the app is not open, similar to other apps, 
> Apple does not allow background functionality. In other words, it only 
> receives email when it is open, which means it has to "catch up" each time. 
> This is highly annoying.
>
> I will also note a down side to this versus Activesync. With activesync, you 
> are essentially using the iPhone's email application that is built in with a 
> separate profile. This allows other mail accounts to be set up (if you allow 
> it), as well as alternate contact and calendar syncing. With Good, it no 
> longer works in tandem. This means that your call logs, SMS, etc will NOT use 
> Good for caller ID.
>
> When I initially switched my test case, (where I did not do address book 
> syncing in iTunes), all calls and SMS now showed a phone number instead of 
> the name. Syncing contacts on iTunes helped, but in our case I do not manage 
> business contacts in the Apple Address Book.
> Activesync allows both to sync and is used for this purpose.
>
> I hope this helps a bit. Our CEO demanded Good be removed due to these issues 
> he was so frustrated.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Sean Martin  wrote:
>> You need to install the ActiveSync Mobile Admin, but its pretty
>> straightforward. Remote wipes work quite well in my testing. The
>> longest delay I experienced between issuing the command and it taking
>> effect was 20 minutes. Otherwise, it's usually completed in less than 5 
>> minutes.
>>
>> We were in the process of moving all mobile phones to ActiveSync (Exch
>> 03) from Good Mobile, because we had to support iPhones and figured it
>> wasn't worth paying for Good Mobile any longer. However, now that Good
>> supports the iPhone along with encryption capabilities, we'll most
>> likely move away from ActiveSync to Good Mobile. I'm curious to hear
>> more from the person that indicated the new Good Mobile iPhone app is really 
>> bad. Can you elaborate?
>>
>> - Sean
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Chyka, Robert  wrote:
>>>
>>> Right from System Manager?
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:00 AM
>

Re: Kiosk Controls

[mqcarp]

Thanks for the tips!

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Blackman, Woody
 wrote:
> Free from Microsoft :
>
>
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx
>
>
>
> A retail product that works quite well: ($150 per station)
>
>
>
> http://www.sitekiosk.com/en-US/SiteKiosk/Default.aspx
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:43 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Kiosk Controls
>
>
>
> Can't you just use a local group policy? What OS is it running? XP should be
> able to do local policy fine
>
> On 11 February 2010 15:40, mqcarp  wrote:
>
> We use two computers that are off domain and on a separate network to
> allow employees to surf the Internet dring lunches and breaks.
> Although we can control the security portion of surfing through our
> firewall/router, the local computer lacks solid controls like you can
> handle with group policy.
>
> Does anyone recommend a third party lock down tool for a computer to
> handle functions like this? Essentially they only need to access a
> browser and nothing on the local computer, or to change browser
> settings, like a "kiosk" environment.
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> --
> "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."
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

Re: Managing iPhones in a corporate environment?

[mqcarp]

The Good Mobile App in its first release was awful. It esd dtripped in
functions to the point that it seemed not worth even releasing at that
point.

It is in version three now and I have tested it extensively. It is
very slow. It also does not update when the app is not open, similar
to other apps, Apple does not allow background functionality. In other
words, it only receives email when it is open, which means it has to
"catch up" each time. This is highly annoying.

I will also note a down side to this versus Activesync. With
activesync, you are essentially using the iPhone's email application
that is built in with a separate profile. This allows other mail
accounts to be set up (if you allow it), as well as alternate contact
and calendar syncing. With Good, it no longer works in tandem. This
means that your call logs, SMS, etc will NOT use Good for caller ID.

When I initially switched my test case, (where I did not do address
book syncing in iTunes), all calls and SMS now showed a phone number
instead of the name. Syncing contacts on iTunes helped, but in our
case I do not manage business contacts in the Apple Address Book.
Activesync allows both to sync and is used for this purpose.

I hope this helps a bit. Our CEO demanded Good be removed due to these
issues he was so frustrated.



On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Sean Martin  wrote:
> You need to install the ActiveSync Mobile Admin, but its pretty
> straightforward. Remote wipes work quite well in my testing. The longest
> delay I experienced between issuing the command and it taking effect was 20
> minutes. Otherwise, it's usually completed in less than 5 minutes.
>
> We were in the process of moving all mobile phones to ActiveSync (Exch 03)
> from Good Mobile, because we had to support iPhones and figured it wasn't
> worth paying for Good Mobile any longer. However, now that Good supports the
> iPhone along with encryption capabilities, we'll most likely move away from
> ActiveSync to Good Mobile. I'm curious to hear more from the person that
> indicated the new Good Mobile iPhone app is really bad. Can you elaborate?
>
> - Sean
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Chyka, Robert  wrote:
>>
>> Right from System Manager?
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:00 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: RE: Managing iPhones in a corporate environment?
>>
>> Exchange itself can remote wipe phones.  You don't need special software
>> just for wipes.
>>
>>
>> >Just curious what are you using currently to remote wipe your
>> activesync
>> >phones now?  I am looking for a good program with Exchange 2003.
>> >
>> >Thanks.
>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>>   ~
>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Kiosk Controls

[mqcarp]

We use two computers that are off domain and on a separate network to
allow employees to surf the Internet dring lunches and breaks.
Although we can control the security portion of surfing through our
firewall/router, the local computer lacks solid controls like you can
handle with group policy.

Does anyone recommend a third party lock down tool for a computer to
handle functions like this? Essentially they only need to access a
browser and nothing on the local computer, or to change browser
settings, like a "kiosk" environment.

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Managing iPhones in a corporate environment?

[mqcarp]

We use Good Messaging for all phone deployment except iPhones. Good
has been excellent for controlling devices, remote wipe, etc.

Good has a "new" app for iPhones but in my testing it is really bad.
At this point we use Exchange 03 to manage them. You can use the
iPhone congiguration utility to control device properties pretty well.
I have not tested a remote wipe with it though. I find Activesync a
PITA personally

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Sam Cayze  wrote:
> Exchange itself can remote wipe phones.  You don't need special software
> just for wipes.
>
>
>>Just curious what are you using currently to remote wipe your
> activesync
>>phones now?  I am looking for a good program with Exchange 2003.
>>
>>Thanks.
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

OT: clear.com

[mqcarp]

This is off topic but I value your opinion

is anyone using clear.com for your personal Internet access? It is
very enticing based on my options locally but I am first touching up
everyone I can find to get some experienced feedback. Thx.

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~   ~

Re: Defragmenting servers

[mqcarp]

I have wondered this too Harry but I think the question is better put
to your shared storage provider. That said, we are testing out
Vizioncore's vOptimizer as well

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Harry Singh  wrote:
> Is it recommended to kick off defrag's for VM's who are using shared storage
> ?
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 5:41 PM, David Lum  wrote:
>>
>> We use PerfectDisk here with uh...results. Inobtrusive, but no idea if it
>> helps or not. I mean the servers stay defragged but that's about all I know
>> :-)
>>
>> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 1:47 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Defragmenting servers
>>
>> Does anyone use tools like diskeeper to defrag their nondatabase
>> servers? Is it recommended?
>>
>> ~ 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/>  ~
>>
>
>
>
>

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Re: Hyena

[mqcarp]

Whoah Mark good catch . That is definitely worth knowing prior to
purchase. dameware is about $100 higher per license than Hyena and I
can not see anything off hand that makes it any better. Both offer
pretty much the same feature set. Anyone have a comment on that or
what may set them apart?

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Mark Boersma  wrote:
> Any of you guys know what's going on with Dameware?  I've used it for years 
> and love it but they've been awfully quiet lately.  Usually they've updated 
> every few months but it's been since Feb since there has been an update.  
> Also if you cruise the forums they no longer sell maintenance.
>
> I don't want to raise concern if it's not warranted but I do want to point 
> out that a bit of caution may be in order if you are looking to buy.
>
> The last response that I've gotten from them is that they plan to have v7 out 
> after the first of the year but I'm not really holding my breath.
>
> Mark
> -
> Two rules for success in life:
> 1. Never tell people everything you know.
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 3:07 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Hyena
>
> I am going to test out dameware before we pull the trigger. thanks!
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:56 PM, James Rankin  wrote:
>> DameWare Utils is da bomb
>>
>> 2009/12/11 Steve Kelsay 
>>>
>>> We use it, but we also use Dameware which appears to be the same
>>> product code, with a few enhancements and built in Remote. We never
>>> got the remote to work in Hyena as it requires an outside product.
>>> Some admins like each one for different things.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@hotmail.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 10:07 AM
>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> Subject: RE: Hyena
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes - we use it.  We don't use it as much for the AD/Exchange
>>> administration as we do for the reporting and exporting features.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> James Winzenz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:28:10 -0600
>>> > Subject: Hyena
>>> > From: mqcarpen...@gmail.com
>>> > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
>>> >
>>> > Does anyone use Hyena in their environment to consolidate
>>> > administrative tasks? We have tested the product and like it but
>>> > would like feedback on comparable products in that price range
>>> > ($200 per
>>> > user)
>>> >
>>> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
>>>
>>> 
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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>> 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."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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Re: Hyena

[mqcarp]

I am going to test out dameware before we pull the trigger. thanks!

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:56 PM, James Rankin  wrote:
> DameWare Utils is da bomb
>
> 2009/12/11 Steve Kelsay 
>>
>> We use it, but we also use Dameware which appears to be the same product
>> code, with a few enhancements and built in Remote. We never got the remote
>> to work in Hyena as it requires an outside product. Some admins like each
>> one for different things.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@hotmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 10:07 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: RE: Hyena
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes - we use it.  We don't use it as much for the AD/Exchange
>> administration as we do for the reporting and exporting features.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> James Winzenz
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:28:10 -0600
>> > Subject: Hyena
>> > From: mqcarpen...@gmail.com
>> > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
>> >
>> > Does anyone use Hyena in their environment to consolidate
>> > administrative tasks? We have tested the product and like it but would
>> > like feedback on comparable products in that price range ($200 per
>> > user)
>> >
>> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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> 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."
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Hyena

[mqcarp]

Does anyone use Hyena in their environment to consolidate
administrative tasks? We have tested the product and like it but would
like feedback on comparable products in that price range ($200 per
user)

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: AD Reports

[mqcarp]

This is a tangent question. Do any of these resources offer a way to
report listing what users are currently logged on to which computers?

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Brumbaugh, Luke
 wrote:
> Netwrix has a free version.
>
> I have the bought version and love it.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Tres Coker [mailto:tlco...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 12:46 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: AD Reports
>
>
>
> Does anyone have a good (preferably free) way to create some Active
> Directory reports. I basically need a report that will tell me which members
> are in certain OUs and groups. Nothing too fancy.
>
>
>
>
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Re: Anti-spam solution

[mqcarp]

We are much smaller at 100 users but the ROI on Barracuda is well
worth it. I have been very happy with it coming from several other
products. The success was so good we ended up getting their web
appliance and are also looking at their mail archival.

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Ray  wrote:
> We're at about 5,000 users.  We looked at several solutions, including
> Ironport and Proofpoint. We liked them both.  However, money was an object,
> and we ended up getting a Barracuda.  It was significantly cheaper than
> other 2, and works good enough.   Can't say it stops 100%, but I know the
> guy that's responsible for it rarely has to mess with it, and we get
> virtually no complaints.
> 
> From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 5:25 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Anti-spam solution
>
> I am currently tasked to get rid of our ineffective Symantec Mail Security
> which is, at the moment, our only anti-spam defense (besides Outlook's junk
> mail folder). We have about 500 users running on Exchange 2007 with several
> different domains.
>
> I have trawled the archives of the list getting some suggestions for various
> appliances/software/hosted solutions. I was wondering what the community
> considered to be the best configuration for an org of our size. Our problems
> with Symantec are that if it is turned down, we have too much spam getting
> through, and when turned up high, it is still letting enough spam through to
> be annoying whilst pulling out some rather important false positives. Cost
> is not usually too much of an issue for us (we have ESX, Citrix MPS4,
> XenApp, AppSense, SCOM and SCCM amongst our chunkier products), but if there
> is something cheaper (especially for non-profits), that could be factored
> in. I'd also be interested in anything that did antivirus as well, as I am
> not convinced by Symantec's products at all.
>
> Do most people favour the belt-and-braces solution for smaller orgs - a
> hosted solution or appliance at the edge and software running on Exchange?
> Or are there any products out there that do the job well enough on their
> own? From looking at the archives it seems that IronPort and
> the-product-formerly-known-as-Ninja are two of the most highly recommended.
> Does anyone have any particular recommendations for hosted solutions -
> MessageLabs seems to be quite highly-rated, and I'm tempted by the pricing
> of Google's offering.
>
> Finally, I was wondering if any of MS' products (like ForeFront) are worth a
> look?
>
> Sorry for rambling on, all advice, hints, tips, gratefully received and
> compiled.
>
>
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: Abandoning Cisco

[mqcarp]

That is not the response I expected. The NSA devices are pretty robust
and could handle anything we have here. I have not seen an ASA quote
yet, so I will have to wait for that.

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Klint Price  wrote:
> I concur with what both Bill and Jon have said.  In addition, if you are a 
> smaller company, or have a smaller budget, I would consider purchasing from a 
> grey-market retailer like Network Hardware (you can have Smartnet added to 
> your order).
>
> Klint
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:10 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Abandoning Cisco
>
> Expensive?  Our Pix cost over $8000 in 2001, we bought *2* ASA's to
> replace it and still paid less than that in 2007.  There are some
> differents in the OS between the Pix and ASA, but they are very similar.
> If you can manage a Pix, you can manage an ASA--at least in my
> experience.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:58 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Abandoning Cisco
>
> Has anyone else looked at abandoning Cisco for their firewall? We have
> PIXs and they are trying to get us to move to ASA now that they are
> phasing out. The ASA is very expensive and from what I hear, very
> complicated to manage.
>
> We are a medium sized business and do not need this IMHO.
>
> Has anyone else left Cisco in this role for products like Sonicwall?
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
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>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
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>
>

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Abandoning Cisco

[mqcarp]

Has anyone else looked at abandoning Cisco for their firewall? We have
PIXs and they are trying to get us to move to ASA now that they are
phasing out. The ASA is very expensive and from what I hear, very
complicated to manage.

We are a medium sized business and do not need this IMHO.

Has anyone else left Cisco in this role for products like Sonicwall?

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

OT: Drive power fail

[mqcarp]

I have a SATA hard drive that looks like just the power connection has
failed on. I really need to get the data off of it. Has anyone seen or
done a technique to replace or repair a power connection on a drive?

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: LTO4 Back Up Processes

[mqcarp]

Thanks. I found that also, which will be an issue for us since we have
so many LTO2s still in our cycles. I will have to review long term
viability of investing in a new LTO4 as well as replacing the LTO2
tapes at the same time.

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Scott Kaufman at HQ wrote:
> We've been researching replacing our LTO2 tape library with LTO4, and the 
> information we've gathered is:
> LTO drives are read/write compatible with the previous generation of tapes & 
> just read compatible with the 2nd previous generation of tapes.  So...
>
> LTO4 drives can:
> read/write to LTO3 tapes
> Read only to LTO2 tapes
> Cannot work with LTO1 tapes
>
>
> Scott
>
> -Original Message-
> From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:34 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT: LTO4 Back Up Processes
>
> Our LTO3 library just hit the skids so before I look at replacing it I
> am looking around to make sure this is still best practice. Other than
> those that do back up to disk and archive to tape processes, is LTO4
> libraries best practice, and are they backward compatible to LTO3 and
> LTO2 tapes (I will double check this elsewhere also, just wanted to
> throw it out and get experienced feedback).
>
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OT: LTO4 Back Up Processes

[mqcarp]

Our LTO3 library just hit the skids so before I look at replacing it I
am looking around to make sure this is still best practice. Other than
those that do back up to disk and archive to tape processes, is LTO4
libraries best practice, and are they backward compatible to LTO3 and
LTO2 tapes (I will double check this elsewhere also, just wanted to
throw it out and get experienced feedback).

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OT: Secure File Sharing/Collaboration

[mqcarp]

Does anyone's company use secure file sharing host services anywhere
that they can recommend? I have looked at sharevault.net and it meets
most of what I am looking for but am looking to compare.

Most important features are detailed access controls for users,
detailed auditing on views, downloads etc. and flexible file
structures.

If you have any experience in this area I would appreciate feedback.

Thanks

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Re: Log on prompts

[mqcarp]

Thanks Sam, that makes more sense. This is not as flexible as I would
like, but it is a start. I am hoping to find something that is
scalable to offer many questions randomly, store users and answers in
a database tool that can generate reports for management and more. I
Will see if there is something that robust out there.

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 4:30 AM, Gavin Wilby wrote:
> +1.
>
> We use this at all our sites, its a really good tool.
>
>
> Sam Cayze wrote:
>
> It can do that...
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 4:32 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Log on prompts
>
> That looks like audit information for the computer. I am not looking for an
> audit of the computer. I am looking for a way to test the user.
> For example, it would ask a compliance question upon login for HIPPA, GLB,
> etc. to test the user's knowledge. That information would go into some
> reports that managers can review to see who needs more training.
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Sam Cayze wrote:
>> EZ Audit
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 3:36 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Log on prompts
>>
>> Have you seen third party tools that can administer trackable
>> questionnaires when a user logs into Windows? We are looking at
>> compliance tools that can prompt users with training questions upon
>> logon so we can identify users that need training in certain areas.
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
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>>
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Re: Log on prompts

[mqcarp]

That looks like audit information for the computer. I am not looking
for an audit of the computer. I am looking for a way to test the user.
For example, it would ask a compliance question upon login for HIPPA,
GLB, etc. to test the user's knowledge. That information would go into
some reports that managers can review to see who needs more training.

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Sam Cayze wrote:
> EZ Audit
>
> -Original Message-
> From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 3:36 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Log on prompts
>
> Have you seen third party tools that can administer trackable
> questionnaires when a user logs into Windows? We are looking at
> compliance tools that can prompt users with training questions upon
> logon so we can identify users that need training in certain areas.
>
> ~ 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/>  ~
>
>

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Log on prompts

[mqcarp]

Have you seen third party tools that can administer trackable
questionnaires when a user logs into Windows? We are looking at
compliance tools that can prompt users with training questions upon
logon so we can identify users that need training in certain areas.

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Server Updates

[mqcarp]

How you do you prefer to handle server OS updates?

We are debating not using WSUS due to internal policy and reboot
issues but could adjust the server policy to not allow the reboot.
Does anyone allow the server to get updates directly? The issue I have
with that is the administrative rights needed to apply the patches and
or/access them.

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Re: Faxing solution

[mqcarp]

We just moved to Protus MyFax from a vendor I will not name. Options
and security are impressive. TLS, VPN web services, and it is
reasonable IMHO compared to long distance rates alone for hardware
based options (we use all TF fax processing).

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Brian Desmond wrote:
> Some industries still love fax. Legal and Construction come to mind
> immediately.
>
>
>
> RightFax is what I’ve seen in a lot of larger customers.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian Desmond
>
> br...@briandesmond.com
>
>
>
> c - 312.731.3132
>
>
>
> Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/
>
> Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian
>
>
>
> From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org]
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 4:18 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Faxing solution
>
>
>
> Well, I'm impressed or should I be depressed that people are still using fax
> "technology". We have a couple of fax machines, but it's rare that they get
> used what with something called email. When I started working here 13 years
> ago, the faxes got used a lot, but over the years it's been reduced to a
> minimum. We've found that most documents begin life on a computer, so
> there's not much benefit  to using fax. Has anyone considered other
> alternatives to faxing?
>
>
>
> Murray
>
>
>
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>
> 
>
> From: Davies,Matt [mailto:mdav...@generalatlantic.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 4:05 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Faxing solution
>
> GFI works for us as well, we have used it with a number of different fax
> cards, bri and pri cards from Eicon/dialogic and the Dialogic VOIP trunk
> integration with our Avaya PBX.
>
>
>
>
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com]
> Sent: 12 June 2009 21:27
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Faxing solution
>
>
>
> I’ve used both FaxMaker and RightFax in past lives. FaxMaker was great for
> both in and outbound faxing while RightFax was very expensive and
> comparatively a huge pain in the keister to administer. It did work though
> if you happen to have extra dollars that you feel you must throw around.
> YMMV
>
> TVK
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov]
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:48 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Faxing solution
>
>
>
> We use GFI FaxMaker.  Never had any major problems with it, but when we did
> found the support to be good.  We don't have that kind of volume, though,
> and only use it for outbound.  The inbound features sound good, but we
> haven't used them.
>
>
>
> 
>
> From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 2:44 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Faxing solution
>
> Hello all…
>
>
>
> We are currently faxing about 3000 pages a month and receiving around 1000.
> Most of the outbound faxes are documents that are printed first then faxed.
> I’m seeking a better solution and have talked to eFax but they seem pricey.
> Can you let me know what you use for a fax solution or recommend a vendor?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Bill Lambert
>
> Windows System Administrator
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Re: vReplicator - thoughts?

[mqcarp]

We use vReplicator and are pretty happy with it. It is reliable. We
replicate a SAN to a DAS environment for DR. The only issue I have seen is
the ridiculous annual price. It is one of those "% of current MSRP" nonsense
pricing schemes. That basically means that each year they can charge
whatever they like



On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Sam Cayze  wrote:

>  There is an 'i' after my ESX.   = no service console...  Or did you see
> that, and I am missing something?
>
> Thanks
>
>  --
>  *From:* John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:22 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: vReplicator - thoughts?
>
>  You install the software on the ESX box then create a management GUI that
> shows up in the service console.
> John W. Cook
> Systems Administrator
> Partnership For Strong Families
> Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud
>
> --
> *From*: Sam Cayze
> *To*: NT System Admin Issues
> *Sent*: Thu Feb 12 15:18:29 2009
> *Subject*: RE: vReplicator - thoughts?
>
> Looks like that install on the service console, right?  We are an ESXi shop
> :(
>
>  --
> *From:* Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:05 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: vReplicator - thoughts?
>
>  Take a look @ this product as well if you are checking things out, Works
> in a similar manner, we use their 3.1 version right now to backup two ESX
> hosts to a remote DR site and then bring them back up for testing. Their
> next release has an even better replication system and the prices aint bad
>
>
>
> http://esxpress.com/
>
>
>
> *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:54 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* vReplicator - thoughts?
>
>
>
> Just started looking into it today... anybody here using it?  I'm liking it
> because it seems to work with local storage (No SANs here).
>
>
>
> What are similar products?  I am just looking to replicate one ESX box over
> a WAN to another for DR purposes.
>
>
>
> Sam
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AV Product for the DMZ

[mqcarp]

What AV/Spyware product do you use on your DMZ machines (i.e. web servers)?

Since this is off domain, we do not use our standard deployment and am
curious how others handle this function. We have been using AVG, but are
considering other options

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Re: Online Survey Tool

[mqcarp]

+2 on surveymonkey. Silly domain but slick tool

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Stu Sjouwerman wrote:

>  +1
>
>
> Warm regards,
>
>
> Stu Sjouwerman
> Founder, VP Marketing.
> P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218
> F: +1-727-562-5199
> s...@sunbelt-software.com
>
>
>
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 03, 2009 9:33 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Online Survey Tool
>
>  www.surveymonkey.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> *From:* Lumumba, Juma (ILRI-ICRAF) [mailto:j.lumu...@cgiar.org]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:50 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Online Survey Tool
> *Importance:* High
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> We have been asked as IT to recommend a survey tool that HR department want
> to use to send questions to the whole organisation including staff who are
> in remote stations, so a web-based tool will be ideal. Anybody know of a
> free tool which will allow anonymous feedback and easy to manage?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Lumumba.
>
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Re: Resume Posting

[mqcarp]

Are you guys being serious with the craigslist, myspace comments? Erik, we
are in South Texas.

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Erik Goldoff  wrote:

>  Yep, like Bob Free reminds me even today, I *was*  'Ham Boy'  
> left there in July 2006, and left them in VERY good hands ... Didn't want to
> job hop from employer to employer so I've been doing independent consulting
> to stay afloat, but the economy is definitely hurting the small business
> arena, I've lost several clients to acquisitions, and several have either
> severely cut back, or closed altogether ...
>
>  Erik Goldoff
>
> *IT  Consultant*
>
> *Systems, Networks, & Security *
>
>
>  --
> *From:* James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 16, 2008 5:41 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Resume Posting
>
>  What happened with Honey Baked Ham man? You were one of the folks on this
> list who worked there right?
>
> - Original Message -
> *From:* Erik Goldoff 
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues 
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:56 PM
> *Subject:* RE: Resume Posting
>
> Self-serving question here :
>
> Where are you located, as I am currently looking ...
>
>  Erik Goldoff
>
> *IT  Consultant*
>
> *Systems, Networks, & Security *
>
>
>  --
> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:25 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* OT: Resume Posting
>
> This it OT, but where do you find or post your resumes these days? HR has
> an IT opening and Monster is just ridiculous expensive to look through.
> Years ago I know dice.com was a common tech job site, and so was
> careerbuilder. Are these common now? I use LinkedIn too, so that may even be
> an option. Just curious if any of you do any hiring and what your experience
> is these days.
>
> Thanks
>
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OT: Resume Posting

[mqcarp]

This it OT, but where do you find or post your resumes these days? HR has an
IT opening and Monster is just ridiculous expensive to look through. Years
ago I know dice.com was a common tech job site, and so was careerbuilder.
Are these common now? I use LinkedIn too, so that may even be an option.
Just curious if any of you do any hiring and what your experience is these
days.

Thanks

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Sharepoint Resources

[mqcarp]

I bought the Mastering book by Callalan. So far I like it. Coming from a web
background the different use of terminology is definitely a work in
progress. Thanks

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Kevin Lundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The Sybex/Wiley "Mastering" book is not bad.  Explains the basics as well
> as some advanced topics.  Has some labs to walk you through common setup
> steps.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:22 PM, mqcarp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> General information at this point. I am setting up an internal Wiki but am
>> not even sure how users interact, DNS, etc is done yet. I need to read some
>> basic docks. I just downloaded MS' CHM but I was hoping to take something
>> along with me at the moment
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Travis Krampy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>>
>>>  SharePoint Best Practices (MS Press), SharePoint Pocket consultant (MS
>>> Press) and SharePoint Designer step by step are my book recommendations
>>>
>>> Are you looking for soemthing specific?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Travis
>>>
>>> "mqcarp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> ...
>>> We are testing out V3 sharepoint services on Server 2003. Anyone who has
>>> worked with this do you have any documentation recommendations that were
>>> useful to you? Thank you
>>>
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Re: App Store Tools

[mqcarp]

Bingo that is probably the 3G issue. I will try WIFI. Looks like a work in
progress to use this as an admin tool

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Salvador Manzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  I've only tried it on WiFi, and the screen scraping was slow enough that
> I don't want to go anywhere near it if I'm just on 3G.
>
>
>  ------
>
> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Friday, November 28, 2008 6:53 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: App Store Tools
>
>
>
>  I think that is the issue with the VNC Lite app, not the admin tools. I
> have tested it but it keeps failing on 3G. I am wondering if it has to be on
> WIFI to work. Is that your experience Salvador?
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Phillip Partipilo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hm, WinAdmin looks neat, but im reading a (somewhat old) post on an apple
> discussion thread, somebody there says it lacks ctrl+alt+del, is that true?
>
>
>
> Neat suggestions though, thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> Phillip Partipilo
>
> Parametric Solutions Inc.
>
> Jupiter, Florida
>
> (561) 747-6107
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 25, 2008 2:56 PM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: App Store Tools
>
>
>
> I use WinAdmin, TouchTerm and Ping Lite (only WinAdmin is a paid app).  All
> work reasonably well and cover my basic needs.  Mocha VNC Lite is OK, but
> refresh rates are horrible for OS X hosts, as you can't down level the
> colors sent or alter the quality with the Lite version.
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Re: App Store Tools

[mqcarp]

I think that is the issue with the VNC Lite app, not the admin tools. I have
tested it but it keeps failing on 3G. I am wondering if it has to be on WIFI
to work. Is that your experience Salvador?

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Phillip Partipilo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Hm, WinAdmin looks neat, but im reading a (somewhat old) post on an apple
> discussion thread, somebody there says it lacks ctrl+alt+del, is that true?
>
> Neat suggestions though, thanks.
>
>
> Phillip Partipilo
> Parametric Solutions Inc.
> Jupiter, Florida
> (561) 747-6107
>
>
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 25, 2008 2:56 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: App Store Tools
>
>  I use WinAdmin, TouchTerm and Ping Lite (only WinAdmin is a paid app).
> All work reasonably well and cover my basic needs.  Mocha VNC Lite is OK,
> but refresh rates are horrible for OS X hosts, as you can't down level the
> colors sent or alter the quality with the Lite version.
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 25, 2008 11:19 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* App Store Tools
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Re: Sharepoint Resources

[mqcarp]

General information at this point. I am setting up an internal Wiki but am
not even sure how users interact, DNS, etc is done yet. I need to read some
basic docks. I just downloaded MS' CHM but I was hoping to take something
along with me at the moment

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Travis Krampy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

>  SharePoint Best Practices (MS Press), SharePoint Pocket consultant (MS
> Press) and SharePoint Designer step by step are my book recommendations
>
> Are you looking for soemthing specific?
>
> Thanks
>
> Travis
>
> "mqcarp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ...
> We are testing out V3 sharepoint services on Server 2003. Anyone who has
> worked with this do you have any documentation recommendations that were
> useful to you? Thank you
>
>
>
>
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Re: App Store Tools

[mqcarp]

Salvador that is great feedback thanks! WinAdmin is expensive so I have been
hesitant, but I completely missed Ping Lite and Touch Term. Isn't Mocha
missing some key features?

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Salvador Manzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  I use WinAdmin, TouchTerm and Ping Lite (only WinAdmin is a paid app).
> All work reasonably well and cover my basic needs.  Mocha VNC Lite is OK,
> but refresh rates are horrible for OS X hosts, as you can't down level the
> colors sent or alter the quality with the Lite version.
>
>
>  ------
>
> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 25, 2008 11:19 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* App Store Tools
>
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App Store Tools

[mqcarp]

Any opinions on some of the Windows tools in the iTunes app store? I am
considering several and was looking for feedback. In particular, admin tools
and VNC are of interest to me personally.

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Re: vmserver or esxi

[mqcarp]

I will third that

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Garcia-Moran, Carlos <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Ditto;
>
> Especially since ESXi is free and its own OS which is better on
> resources than running VMware Server on top of windows
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:55 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: vmserver or esxi
>
> I wouldn't use VMware Server or MS Virtual Server for an Enterprise app.
> I would use ESX (or ESXi). Or Hyper-V if that is your flavor of choice.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: wjh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:49 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: vmserver or esxi
>
> I have a Blackberry server running on ancient hardware.  It has about
> 100 users on it.  I'm thinking I will P to V it, rather than do a knife
> edge cutover.  Would you consider just using VMserver or would you use
> ESXi?  The new box will be a DL360 (single processor) with 15k scsi
> drives and 2 gigs of RAM.  It will do nothing but host the BB server.
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
> bill
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Sharepoint Resources

[mqcarp]

We are testing out V3 sharepoint services on Server 2003. Anyone who has
worked with this do you have any documentation recommendations that were
useful to you? Thank you

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Re: DC changing time?

[mqcarp]

No that was not it. The source is the atomic clock. It is almost like it was
physically changed by one day. I do not see that something like that would
be logged in the event log if it occurred.

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Joseph L. Casale <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Bad NTP Time source?
> Enumerate and check them…
>
>
>
> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:14 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* DC changing time?
>
>
>
> We had a weird issue where apparently a DC rolled back exactly one day in
> time (6:30PM Monday became 6:30PM Sunday). This wreaked havoc on policy
> issues. All I can see in the event logs is the change in policy where it was
> denying log ins all of a sudden. The DC time was updated and we are back on
> track but I can not see what would cause something like this. No one was at
> the office in IT when this occurred. The only thing odd was an admin had
> left himself logged into the server at the end of the day. Has anyone seen
> this before?
>
> AD 2003 2003 Server Standard
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DC changing time?

[mqcarp]

We had a weird issue where apparently a DC rolled back exactly one day in
time (6:30PM Monday became 6:30PM Sunday). This wreaked havoc on policy
issues. All I can see in the event logs is the change in policy where it was
denying log ins all of a sudden. The DC time was updated and we are back on
track but I can not see what would cause something like this. No one was at
the office in IT when this occurred. The only thing odd was an admin had
left himself logged into the server at the end of the day. Has anyone seen
this before?

AD 2003 2003 Server Standard

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Re: Good text editor

[mqcarp]

I am a real fan of Ultraedit. It is not free, but has great features. I am
also a decent fan of Crimson Editor, which is free but has not been updated
in years




On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Krishna Reddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  +2
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Krishna Reddy
> IT Manager
> Nucomm, Inc.
>
>
>  --
> *From:* David L Herrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2008 2:32 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Good text editor
>
>  +1
>
>
>
> *From:* Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:37 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Good text editor
>
>
>
> I've always had good luck with Textpad.
>
>
>
> *From:* Ames Matthew B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:36 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Good text editor
>
>
>
> Crimson
>
> or UltraEdit
>
>
>
> (both support ftp editing of files, which is a bonus for me)
>
>
>  --
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> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* 02 October 2008 14:17
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Good text editor
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> Morning everyone,
>
>
>
> What's the best text editor out there for writing code and scripts and
> such?  I'd like to find one that does line numbering obviously, and does
> some formatting to keep things neat.  Like color coding expressions,
> functions, etc.  I'm trying to learn JavaScript, and using Notepad and
> Dreamweaver are proving difficult.
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>
> Thanks,
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> Eric Brown
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> IT Manager
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Re: iPhone Exchange Prep Walk Thru

[mqcarp]

Can you use the same server setting for the profile as your OWA setting?
This is where my SSL is set and my standard mail gateway does not go
directly to Exchange. In other words, use https://webmail.mydomain.com for
the Exchange server setting

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Yeah, I get that :)
>
> http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/enterprise/
> http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Enterprise_Deployment_Guide.pdf
>
> Not all that impressed with the app, its incredibly lackluster IMHO but the
> process does work w/o hitch.
>
> jlc
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 11:49 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: iPhone Exchange Prep Walk Thru
>
> More importantly is why doesn't the iphone trust a valid certificate from a
> very large CA. Oh maybe because its not an Apple owned company? :-)
>
> I poked around for something like that, I know you can install them on
> WindowsMobile devices, but there was so much garbage about people trying to
> config their phones I gave up trying to cipher through it.
>
> Thanks Ill dig that up.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 12:07 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: iPhone Exchange Prep Walk Thru
>
> Ben,
> You can add any ssl cert, even self sign certs. Download the Enterprise
> Deployment Tool and make a Mobile Config that you install on it.
> The Enterprise Deployment PDF walks through it...
>
> jlc
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 7:17 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: iPhone Exchange Prep Walk Thru
>
> Well, I disagree somewhat because I have one user who has an iphone and it
> wont sync with exchange because it doesn't trust the Equifax signed
> certificate (openssl.com) for some reason. Nowhere to add it anywhere, and
> then when I try pop3 (because pop3s wont work due to the same reason) it
> just times out after about 1 min, but you can get to the user account on
> pop3 manually. Apple can go suck it for me :)
>
> Oh on the original iphone, I found it automatically deleted email older
> than
> 2 weeks with pop3. I had several people complain to me about that, I didn't
> setup their phones I just gave them the info, so maybe an option to *not*
> delete mail after a certain time period *shrug*
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:38 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: iPhone Exchange Prep Walk Thru
>
> Now, it's exactly the same as setting up access for Windows Mobile
> ActiveSync connections.  Search for configuration steps for Active Sync,
> but without the iPhone qualifier.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Anthony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 10:27 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: iPhone Exchange Prep Walk Thru
>
> Anyone care to recommend a link for a good walk through on setting up
> Exchange 2003 to work with the newer iPhone 2.x Active Sync technology?
> I
> getting a lot of noise when I google the subject.
>
> I'm not a big Exchange guru so detailed steps would be most helpful.
>
> This is in a Windows 2003 SBS Premium environment.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Anthony
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Re: subfolder size report

[mqcarp]

I like Tree File Size

http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml


On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Jeff Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Anyone have/know of or recommend the best way to get a report that shows
> size of folders in a tree on a remote '03 server?  What I really want is to
> be able to sort and show me all user folders that are over a certain size.
> Ideas?
>
> Thanks for any assistance.
>
> Jeff
>
>
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Re: Barracuda Web filter

[mqcarp]

Graeme are you referring to Barracuda?

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Graeme Carstairs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> I think for the money there is nothing out there, that works as well.
>
> We have had no problems with ours except when early alpha testing a new
> feature which i dont think is out of NDA yet.
>
> No speed issues, the reporting gives us all the information we need.
>
> It blocks what we want blocked, and allows what we want allowed.
>
> YMMV
>
> Graeme
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Andrew Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > wrote:
>
>>  Personally I'd advise against it. I've found the reporting to be far
>> from comprehensive and the filtering categories are a little lacking in
>> their own comprehensiveness. I've also experienced a great deal of network
>> slowness with this product on the network and have to reboot it at least
>> once a day.
>>
>>
>>
>> I love their spam firewall and think it's great, but I don't think I'd
>> recommend the Web Filter. I do have high hopes for their new 4.0 firmware,
>> but I fear I'll be disappointed. As always, YMMV.
>>
>>
>>
>> Andrew Greene
>>
>> IS Technician / Webmaster
>>
>> City of Anderson
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Barracuda Web filter
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with
>> it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the
>> Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web
>> filter a solid product too?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Carbon credits are a bit like beating someone up on this side of the world
> and sponsoring one of those poor starving kids on the other side of the
> world to make up for the fact that you're a complete shit at home.
>
>
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>
>
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Re: Barracuda Web filter

[mqcarp]

lol

No we are not THAT cheap, but thanks

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Stefan Jafs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Did you want free? How about Open DSN http://www.opendns.com/ works great
> in my house. Reporting sucks but it works and easy to setup.
>
>
>
> *__*
> *Stefan Jafs*
>
>
>
> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 15:12
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Barracuda Web filter
>
>
>
> Thanks Philip but we are not referring to email. This is about web
> filtering.
>
> iPrism is out of the question. Too high for us. Surfcontrol's subscriptions
> service alone is higher than the Barracuda device hardware purchase. Thanks
> for the input all.
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Phillip Partipilo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> For a small company, I highly recommend this hosted service that we're
> using at the moment  (we have about 30 users), onlymyemail.com.  You point
> your MX records to them, then firewall off your own email servers port 25 to
> only accept email from them.   You get a daily email with a list of all the
> spam they blocked, and can request a list on demand at any time.  False
> positives are extremely rare, and almost zero spam actually makes it past
> them.   They handle viruses as well.  I think we pay just a couple bucks per
> user per month.  Very affordable for small business.
>
>
>
> Nice side bonus; if our email server or internet connection is down for any
> reason, they store the email until our servers are accessible again.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Bob Fronk wrote:
>
>
>
>   It all depends on number of users and throughput.  We have a DS3
> Internet connection, so I had to have the higher throughput device, which
> was more expensive.
>
>
>
> I want to say it was like $7000 for the device and 4 years of service.
>
>
>
> I have a small customer that has one for 10 users and I think we paid about
> $2K for it and 3 years.
>
>
>
> Bob Fronk
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> *From:* Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Barracuda Web filter
>
>
>
> Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are?
>
>
>
> stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means
> you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people.  I hate that.
> Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is
> probably over priced anyway and I just skip it.
>
>
>
>
>   --
>
> *From:* Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Barracuda Web filter
>
>
>
> Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago.  Never looked back.
>
>
>
> http://www.stbernard.com/
>
>
>
> I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great.  They did not have
> a web product at the time.  (I don't think anyway)
>
>
>
> Bob Fronk
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Barracuda Web filter
>
>
>
> Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with
> it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the
> Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web
> filter a solid product too?
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
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Re: Barracuda Web filter

[mqcarp]

Thanks Philip but we are not referring to email. This is about web
filtering.

iPrism is out of the question. Too high for us. Surfcontrol's subscriptions
service alone is higher than the Barracuda device hardware purchase. Thanks
for the input all.

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Phillip Partipilo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> For a small company, I highly recommend this hosted service that we're
> using at the moment  (we have about 30 users), onlymyemail.com.  You point
> your MX records to them, then firewall off your own email servers port 25 to
> only accept email from them.   You get a daily email with a list of all the
> spam they blocked, and can request a list on demand at any time.  False
> positives are extremely rare, and almost zero spam actually makes it past
> them.   They handle viruses as well.  I think we pay just a couple bucks per
> user per month.  Very affordable for small business.
> Nice side bonus; if our email server or internet connection is down for any
> reason, they store the email until our servers are accessible again.
>
>
> On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Bob Fronk wrote:
>
> It all depends on number of users and throughput.  We have a DS3 Internet
> connection, so I had to have the higher throughput device, which was more
> expensive.
>
> I want to say it was like $7000 for the device and 4 years of service.
>
> I have a small customer that has one for 10 users and I think we paid about
> $2K for it and 3 years.
>
> Bob Fronk
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> *From:* Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Barracuda Web filter
>
> Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are?
>
> stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means
> you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people.  I hate that.
> Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is
> probably over priced anyway and I just skip it.
>
>
> --
> *From:* Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Barracuda Web filter
>
> Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago.  Never looked back.
>
> http://www.stbernard.com/
>
> I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great.  They did not have
> a web product at the time.  (I don't think anyway)
>
> Bob Fronk
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Barracuda Web filter
>
> Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with
> it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the
> Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web
> filter a solid product too?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Barracuda Web filter

[mqcarp]

Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with
it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the
Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web
filter a solid product too?

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Re: Backup Exec 12 & VMs

[mqcarp]

Dave we do standard backups and flat SQL back ups  and DAILY Ranger back ups
and DAILY replication. It is called paranoia...

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Eldridge, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  That's what I do here with Ranger. I use agents to do daily backups and
> once a month or so I do complete vcb image backups that get stored off site.
>
>
>
> *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:30 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
>
>
> I understand and good advice.  I'm just thinking about using this on basic
> application servers without active databases, and even then, only as an
> secondary alternative to using the agent on each VM.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:51 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
>
>
> That's a pretty 'harsh' way to copy a server.  If there are databases or
> anything running on the guest, I would expect some corruption on a restore.
> It's the equivalent of unplugging a live server, and powering it back on
> again.
>
>
>
> I wouldn't do backup the virtual machines that way unless they are
> suspended.
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:35 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
> Yep, version 12 agents include the ability to capture open files.  So then
> I should be good to go, right?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:02 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
>
>
> Do you have the open file option for your BE? If so, then I see no reason
> why that would not work.
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Roger Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> I just did a test.  Last night I backed up the Virtual Machines folder on
> the host box as part of my normal backup routine.  The single VM was running
> at the time.
>
>
>
> This morning I deleted that entire folder and restored it from the backup.
> I was able to restart the VM without a problem.
>
>
>
> So it appears that recovery of VMs will be relatively easy as long as I
> don't require recovery of individual files within the VM.
>
>
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:03 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
>
>
> To back up the VMDK files, you will need a different tool. I think BE has
> an option now for that, but we use RangerPro, which, as you said, basically
> encapsulates the VM and can spot restore the entire VM to any host. It is
> made by Vizioncore. They also make a vReplicator product to do live
> replication of VMs.
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Roger Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> So the agent on the host will not backup the .vm* files?  It would seem
> that backing up these would allow for easier DR.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:02 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* RE: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
>
>
> if only 1 Guest, and if you have spare BE agent license, I would just throw
> the agent on the guest and back it up directly.  Don't really ever need to
> backup the host. (Assuming all the host does is VMware Server).
>
>
>
> BE agents on the host can't backup guests out of the box.  But they can, if
> you get creative and start sceduling/scripting snapshots/suspends.  Worth
> investigating once you start getting more Guests running on one hosts.
>
>
>--
>
> *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 

Re: CDW Site...

[mqcarp]

slow slow...yes

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Bob Fronk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Days???
>
>
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> Try months….  Slowest site I deal with… Well, close second to ATT Premier
> Wireless site.
>
>
>
> Bob Fronk
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> *From:* Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:52 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* CDW Site...
>
>
>
> Is anyone else experiencing the CDW extranet site being slow almost to the
> point of being unusable?  I've noticed over the last couple days.
>
>
>
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>
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>
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Re: Backup Exec 12 & VMs

[mqcarp]

The Open file option is supposed to handle that, but I agree with Sam. Time
for the disclaimerthis is not legal advice and should not be construed
as such...yada...yada...yada

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Sam Cayze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  That's a pretty 'harsh' way to copy a server.  If there are databases or
> anything running on the guest, I would expect some corruption on a restore.
> It's the equivalent of unplugging a live server, and powering it back on
> again.
>
> I wouldn't do backup the virtual machines that way unless they are
> suspended.
>
>  --
> *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:35 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
>  Yep, version 12 agents include the ability to capture open files.  So
> then I should be good to go, right?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:02 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
>
>
> Do you have the open file option for your BE? If so, then I see no reason
> why that would not work.
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Roger Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> I just did a test.  Last night I backed up the Virtual Machines folder on
> the host box as part of my normal backup routine.  The single VM was running
> at the time.
>
>
>
> This morning I deleted that entire folder and restored it from the backup.
> I was able to restart the VM without a problem.
>
>
>
> So it appears that recovery of VMs will be relatively easy as long as I
> don't require recovery of individual files within the VM.
>
>
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:03 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
>
>
> To back up the VMDK files, you will need a different tool. I think BE has
> an option now for that, but we use RangerPro, which, as you said, basically
> encapsulates the VM and can spot restore the entire VM to any host. It is
> made by Vizioncore. They also make a vReplicator product to do live
> replication of VMs.
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Roger Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> So the agent on the host will not backup the .vm* files?  It would seem
> that backing up these would allow for easier DR.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:02 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* RE: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
>
>
> if only 1 Guest, and if you have spare BE agent license, I would just throw
> the agent on the guest and back it up directly.  Don't really ever need to
> backup the host. (Assuming all the host does is VMware Server).
>
>
>
> BE agents on the host can't backup guests out of the box.  But they can, if
> you get creative and start sceduling/scripting snapshots/suspends.  Worth
> investigating once you start getting more Guests running on one hosts.
>
>
>   --
>
> *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:46 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
> Okay, I've just deployed my first VM using VMware Server – a non-essential
> server so I could get a feel for the process – and it's running well.
>
> Now… what do I need to do to back up this and any future machines with
> Backup Exec?
>
> Does the host BE agent cover the guests or do I need to place an agent on
> each?
>
> Or is that only necessary if I wish to restore files/folders within the VM?
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
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Re: Backup Exec 12 & VMs

[mqcarp]

Do you have the open file option for your BE? If so, then I see no reason
why that would not work.

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Roger Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  I just did a test.  Last night I backed up the Virtual Machines folder on
> the host box as part of my normal backup routine.  The single VM was running
> at the time.
>
>
>
> This morning I deleted that entire folder and restored it from the backup.
> I was able to restart the VM without a problem.
>
>
>
> So it appears that recovery of VMs will be relatively easy as long as I
> don't require recovery of individual files within the VM.
>
>
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:03 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
>
>
> To back up the VMDK files, you will need a different tool. I think BE has
> an option now for that, but we use RangerPro, which, as you said, basically
> encapsulates the VM and can spot restore the entire VM to any host. It is
> made by Vizioncore. They also make a vReplicator product to do live
> replication of VMs.
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Roger Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> So the agent on the host will not backup the .vm* files?  It would seem
> that backing up these would allow for easier DR.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:02 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* RE: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
>
>
> if only 1 Guest, and if you have spare BE agent license, I would just throw
> the agent on the guest and back it up directly.  Don't really ever need to
> backup the host. (Assuming all the host does is VMware Server).
>
>
>
> BE agents on the host can't backup guests out of the box.  But they can, if
> you get creative and start sceduling/scripting snapshots/suspends.  Worth
> investigating once you start getting more Guests running on one hosts.
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:46 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
> Okay, I've just deployed my first VM using VMware Server – a non-essential
> server so I could get a feel for the process – and it's running well.
>
> Now… what do I need to do to back up this and any future machines with
> Backup Exec?
>
> Does the host BE agent cover the guests or do I need to place an agent on
> each?
>
> Or is that only necessary if I wish to restore files/folders within the VM?
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
>
>
> "All new": Parts not interchangeable with previous model.
>
>
>
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Re: Backup Exec 12 & VMs

[mqcarp]

Oh that is completely different. I did not read his post specifically. You
are right. I am thinking of ESX

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:04 AM, mqcarp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> How would you grab a file off the host with BE even if it is powered down?
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Eldridge, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>>  Only if they are powered up and live though. If powered down they are
>> just another file/folder sitting on the host system.
>>
>> Also purchased Ranger here. I couldn't get BE to work with VCB backups.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:03 AM
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Re: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>>
>>
>>
>> To back up the VMDK files, you will need a different tool. I think BE has
>> an option now for that, but we use RangerPro, which, as you said, basically
>> encapsulates the VM and can spot restore the entire VM to any host. It is
>> made by Vizioncore. They also make a vReplicator product to do live
>> replication of VMs.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Roger Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> So the agent on the host will not backup the .vm* files?  It would seem
>> that backing up these would allow for easier DR.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Roger Wright
>>
>> Network Administrator
>>
>> Evatone, Inc.
>>
>> 727.572.7076  x388
>>
>> _
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:02 AM
>>
>>
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>
>> *Subject:* RE: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>>
>>
>>
>> if only 1 Guest, and if you have spare BE agent license, I would just
>> throw the agent on the guest and back it up directly.  Don't really ever
>> need to backup the host. (Assuming all the host does is VMware Server).
>>
>>
>>
>> BE agents on the host can't backup guests out of the box.  But they can,
>> if you get creative and start sceduling/scripting snapshots/suspends.  Worth
>> investigating once you start getting more Guests running on one hosts.
>>
>>
>>  --
>>
>> *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:46 PM
>>
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>>
>> Okay, I've just deployed my first VM using VMware Server – a non-essential
>> server so I could get a feel for the process – and it's running well.
>>
>> Now… what do I need to do to back up this and any future machines with
>> Backup Exec?
>>
>> Does the host BE agent cover the guests or do I need to place an agent on
>> each?
>>
>> Or is that only necessary if I wish to restore files/folders within the
>> VM?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Roger Wright
>>
>> Network Administrator
>>
>> Evatone, Inc.
>>
>> 727.572.7076  x388
>>
>> _
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "All new": Parts not interchangeable with previous model.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
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>> This e-mail contains the thoughts and opinions of the sender and does not
>> represent official Parkview Medical Center policy.
>>
>> This communication is intended only for the recipient(s) named above, may
>> be confidential and/or legally privileged: and, must be treated as such in
>> accordance with state and federal laws. If you are not the intended
>> recipient, you are hereby notified that any use of this communication, or
>> any of its contents, is prohibited. If you have received this communication
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Re: Backup Exec 12 & VMs

[mqcarp]

How would you grab a file off the host with BE even if it is powered down?

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Eldridge, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Only if they are powered up and live though. If powered down they are
> just another file/folder sitting on the host system.
>
> Also purchased Ranger here. I couldn't get BE to work with VCB backups.
>
>
>
> *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:03 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
>
>
> To back up the VMDK files, you will need a different tool. I think BE has
> an option now for that, but we use RangerPro, which, as you said, basically
> encapsulates the VM and can spot restore the entire VM to any host. It is
> made by Vizioncore. They also make a vReplicator product to do live
> replication of VMs.
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Roger Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> So the agent on the host will not backup the .vm* files?  It would seem
> that backing up these would allow for easier DR.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:02 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* RE: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
>
>
> if only 1 Guest, and if you have spare BE agent license, I would just throw
> the agent on the guest and back it up directly.  Don't really ever need to
> backup the host. (Assuming all the host does is VMware Server).
>
>
>
> BE agents on the host can't backup guests out of the box.  But they can, if
> you get creative and start sceduling/scripting snapshots/suspends.  Worth
> investigating once you start getting more Guests running on one hosts.
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:46 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Backup Exec 12 & VMs
>
> Okay, I've just deployed my first VM using VMware Server – a non-essential
> server so I could get a feel for the process – and it's running well.
>
> Now… what do I need to do to back up this and any future machines with
> Backup Exec?
>
> Does the host BE agent cover the guests or do I need to place an agent on
> each?
>
> Or is that only necessary if I wish to restore files/folders within the VM?
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
>
>
> "All new": Parts not interchangeable with previous model.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
> This e-mail contains the thoughts and opinions of the sender and does not
> represent official Parkview Medical Center policy.
>
> This communication is intended only for the recipient(s) named above, may
> be confidential and/or legally privileged: and, must be treated as such in
> accordance with state and federal laws. If you are not the intended
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> any of its contents, is prohibited. If you have received this communication
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Re: Backup Exec 12 & VMs

[mqcarp]

To back up the VMDK files, you will need a different tool. I think BE has an
option now for that, but we use RangerPro, which, as you said, basically
encapsulates the VM and can spot restore the entire VM to any host. It is
made by Vizioncore. They also make a vReplicator product to do live
replication of VMs.

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Roger Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  So the agent on the host will not backup the .vm* files?  It would seem
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> *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:02 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Backup Exec 12 & VMs
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> if only 1 Guest, and if you have spare BE agent license, I would just throw
> the agent on the guest and back it up directly.  Don't really ever need to
> backup the host. (Assuming all the host does is VMware Server).
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> you get creative and start sceduling/scripting snapshots/suspends.  Worth
> investigating once you start getting more Guests running on one hosts.
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> *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:46 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Backup Exec 12 & VMs
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> Okay, I've just deployed my first VM using VMware Server – a non-essential
> server so I could get a feel for the process – and it's running well.
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> Now… what do I need to do to back up this and any future machines with
> Backup Exec?
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> Does the host BE agent cover the guests or do I need to place an agent on
> each?
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> Network Administrator
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> Evatone, Inc.
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Re: File Server Encryption....Who is doing it?

[mqcarp]

"Wait, PCI specifically mentions EFS?  Odd that they'd call out a technology
explicitly."

It does not, however it states that your encryption technology can not use
the same authentication as your access technology, i.e. AD

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Andrew Laya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Works great.  We use it to create a volume (really just a file) within a
> volume to store the actual CC info.  It will map a drive letter on the
> windows client to the encrypted file and show up in windows explorer just
> like any other local drive.  The encryted file can reside locally, or on
> another mapped server drive.  It doesn't require that the entire server
> volume be encrypted.
>
> hth,
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> Andrew.
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> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:06 PM, mqcarp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Whoah I have never seen that. Thanks I will check it out
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>>   On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming <
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>>   On 18 Aug 2008 at 15:58, Matthew Carpenter  wrote:
>>>
>>> > Has anyone reviewed whole disk encryption for their file server? EFS is
>>> > not enough,
>>>
>>> Why not?  Inquiring minds want to know ...
>>>
>>> > so what third party tools are you using? I saw a few threads for hard
>>> disk
>>> > encryption on a workstation, but I am looking at a file server that is
>>> a VM
>>> > on a SAN. RSA has a tool to do this now but it is $17K
>>>
>>> --- Included Stuff Follows ---
>>> TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source Disk Encryption Software - Documentation -
>>> Systems
>>> Supported for System Encryption
>>>
>>>  Operating Systems Supported for System Encryption
>>>
>>>TrueCrypt can currently encrypt the following operating systems:
>>>
>>>* Windows Vista
>>>* Windows Vista x64 (64-bit) Edition
>>>* Windows XP
>>>* Windows XP x64 (64-bit) Edition
>>>* Windows Server 2008
>>>* Windows Server 2008 x64 (64-bit)
>>>* Windows Server 2003
>>>* Windows Server 2003 x64 (64-bit)
>>> - Included Stuff Ends -
>>> http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/sys-encryption-supported-os.php
>>>
>>> Price: priceless ... $17k less than RSA's tool ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Angus Scott-Fleming
>>> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
>>> 1-520-290-5038
>>> +---+
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
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Re: File Server Encryption....Who is doing it?

[mqcarp]

Whoah I have never seen that. Thanks I will check it out

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> On 18 Aug 2008 at 15:58, Matthew Carpenter  wrote:
>
> > Has anyone reviewed whole disk encryption for their file server? EFS is
> > not enough,
>
> Why not?  Inquiring minds want to know ...
>
> > so what third party tools are you using? I saw a few threads for hard
> disk
> > encryption on a workstation, but I am looking at a file server that is a
> VM
> > on a SAN. RSA has a tool to do this now but it is $17K
>
> --- Included Stuff Follows ---
> TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source Disk Encryption Software - Documentation -
> Systems
> Supported for System Encryption
>
>  Operating Systems Supported for System Encryption
>
>TrueCrypt can currently encrypt the following operating systems:
>
>* Windows Vista
>* Windows Vista x64 (64-bit) Edition
>* Windows XP
>* Windows XP x64 (64-bit) Edition
>* Windows Server 2008
>* Windows Server 2008 x64 (64-bit)
>* Windows Server 2003
>* Windows Server 2003 x64 (64-bit)
> - Included Stuff Ends -
> http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/sys-encryption-supported-os.php
>
> Price: priceless ... $17k less than RSA's tool ;-)
>
>
> --
> Angus Scott-Fleming
> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
> 1-520-290-5038
> +---+
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> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
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