RE: Home Depot scam taylored to men!

2008-07-28 Thread René de Haas
How did you explain it to your wife From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 4:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Home Depot scam taylored to men! List dudes, This got me and I just wanted to pass along the info. The scam works like this..

RE: Home Depot scam taylored to men!

2008-07-28 Thread Ziots, Edward
Wait a minute, one of them probably was his Wife, the other, I dunno a female accompliace? Sounds like a good skit for Larry the Cable Guy joke session. PS: If anyone saw the Ron White Concert at Mohegan Sun in CT on Friday is how flipping hilarious was THAT! Z Edward E. Ziots

Dell NVidia GPU problem

2008-07-28 Thread René de Haas
A little heads up: http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2008/07/25/nvidia-gpu-update-for-dell-laptop-owners.aspx If the problem isn't with the D830 or D430 I hardly have a problem, but we'll see. Regards René *** The information in this e-mail is confidential and intended solely

RE: Edit .dns files manually

2008-07-28 Thread Ziots, Edward
I have moved DNS servers in that fashion, but you can probably use a script with dnscmd.exe from the resource kit to take care of the editing. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505

RE: Disgruntled Sysadmin

2008-07-28 Thread Ziots, Edward
LOL just stupid people doing stupid things, DA's are not immune, they might be the most clueless people on the planet. That is why they say the joke what is a 100 lawyers on the bottom of the ocean... ( Yep a good start) Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Secur

RE: Alert when new Email Arrives (LOUD)

2008-07-28 Thread Ziots, Edward
Dam that is the BOMB... Good one, Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 4:45 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: Disgruntled Sysadmin

2008-07-28 Thread René de Haas
Or what are mixed feelings? The feeling of happiness when you hear a bus of lawyers had an accident Mixed with the feeling of sadness when you hear one of them survived -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:32 PM To: NT System Admi

RE: Alert when new Email Arrives (LOUD)

2008-07-28 Thread N Parr
They aren't important enough for that.Actually they did have a BB for a couple weeks while the line and VPN were being installed. From: Eric Woodford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 3:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Alert w

RE: Alert when new Email Arrives (LOUD)

2008-07-28 Thread N Parr
They would send themselves email just to set it off. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 3:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Alert when new Email Arrives (LOUD) Here is a wav file you could use JUh, and NSFW.

Re: Disgruntled Sysadmin

2008-07-28 Thread James Rankin
An engineer died and reported to the pearly gates. An intern angel, filling in for St. Peter, checked his dossier and grimly said, "Ah, you're an engineer; you're in the wrong place." So the engineer was cast down to the gates of hell and was let in. Pretty soon, the engineer became gravely dissat

RE: Edit .dns files manually

2008-07-28 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
We've done that successfully here. From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 5:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Edit .dns files manually Im in process of changing about 40 domains for a client, all inte

RE: WAY OT: WMP and youtube

2008-07-28 Thread Roger Wright
Download Youtube videos (works on similar sites) http://tinyurl.com/6bkarx Tool to convert to DVD format:http://www.dvdflick.net/index.php Roger Wright Network Administrator 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturda

Re: Any know how to install IO::Socket::SSL with active state perl

2008-07-28 Thread Ski Kacoroski
Thanks, ski Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: Its in the University of Winnipeg repository. Type this to add it (single line may wrap): ppm repo add "University of Winnipeg" http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/ after which, ppm install IO::Socket::SSL should work just fine. On Fri, Jul 25,

RE: Sharepoint Explorer View Issues

2008-07-28 Thread Tim Evans
We did this, and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the education and your help on this. FYI, once we got Kerberos working properly, the explorer view problem went away without having to upgrade to Vista. ...Tim From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 7

Remote Network Monitoring Software

2008-07-28 Thread Clayton Doige
Hi all, this is more targetting at those of you on list that work for consultancy firms, as opposed to in house folks. I am surfing around looking at various network monitoring tools, but the key things that I am looking for are ones that allow a consultancy firm to remotely monitor several networ

RE: Remote Network Monitoring Software

2008-07-28 Thread Michael B. Smith
How much money do you want to spend, and how much work do you want to do "rolling your own" and how much equipment will you have at the remote end? Nagios, MRTG, etc. are all "free" and given site-to-site VPNs can be secure. But you'll have a significant "roll-your-own" investment to customize

Re: Remote Network Monitoring Software

2008-07-28 Thread mck1012
check out http://zenithinfotech.com/ - Original Message From: Clayton Doige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:22:18 PM Subject: Remote Network Monitoring Software Hi all, this is more targetting at those of you on list that work for consul

Symantec Endpoint Protection

2008-07-28 Thread Joe Heaton
Anyone using this that is happy with it? Also, is there anyone here that doesn't think Symantec is a big pile? I personally hate the product, and wish that I made the decisions around here, but I don't, so I have to come up with objective reviews of SEP, and whether or not we should upgrade from

Re: Symantec Endpoint Protection

2008-07-28 Thread Sean Houston
I think for a stand-alone PC that is an unmanaged client SEP is a pretty decent product. In a domain environment it is not so good. It's definitely a MUCH better product now then it was at launch, but that's not saying too much. I am still not confident enough with it to be comfortable installin

RE: Remote Network Monitoring Software

2008-07-28 Thread Erik Goldoff
sAlive is *still* a great choice for very little $$$ I found it easier to install locally at the smaller client sites on the ONLY machine setup to allow me to VPN in and control (at my advice), the more robust sites can handle a permanent tunnel where I can *also* monitor from a local installation

RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection

2008-07-28 Thread Michael Ross
I have v11.. and the latest greatest rendition, MP2 MR1.. fantastic.. But for email servers, id use trend micro's scanmail. IMHO. From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Symantec Endpoint Protection Anyone using

RE: People that keep scanning my firewall

2008-07-28 Thread Mathew Shember
What's your address? :p Some badly written worms due sequential port scans. You don't want to be attacking systems because if somebody files a complaint against you, it's rather hard to defend cyber attacks.. Find the ISP of those addresses and file a complaint. From: David W

Re: People that keep scanning my firewall

2008-07-28 Thread David W. McSpadden
most are out of country. - Original Message - From: Mathew Shember To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:25 PM Subject: RE: People that keep scanning my firewall What's your address? :p Some badly written worms due sequential port scans.

Re: People that keep scanning my firewall

2008-07-28 Thread Phil Brutsche
In that case, good luck getting them to do anything about it. If they are being a particular nuisance you could block that subnet at the router upstream from your firewall. David W. McSpadden wrote: > most are out of country. -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation

Re: People that keep scanning my firewall

2008-07-28 Thread David W. McSpadden
Router is Leased from AT&T. I can ask them but I think I am just pissing in the wind right now. - Original Message - From: "Phil Brutsche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:36 PM Subject: Re: People that keep scanning my firewall In tha

RE: People that keep scanning my firewall

2008-07-28 Thread Ziots, Edward
Set up a honeypot and watch the scans go way up. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:36 PM To: NT System Admin Is

Re: People that keep scanning my firewall

2008-07-28 Thread RichardMcClary
Furthermore, Windows (at least up through 2003) does not have the whois command. If you have access to a x-nix box... Othewise, look for a reverse name lookup utility. There is a web-based one: http://www.arin.net/whois/ Also http://ip-lookup.net Also some tools such as "iplookup" from http

RE: People that keep scanning my firewall

2008-07-28 Thread Clayton Doige
Hey, a lot of those scans will be script kiddies and the like, it is summer holidays after all. Annoying to be sure, but it does show your firewall up to management as a target, and that could work in your favour if you need budget for additional security in the future? Just a thought... -O

Re: People that keep scanning my firewall

2008-07-28 Thread David W. McSpadden
7887 entries since last thursday. The majority are 1 icmp scan per IP. However there are about 20 IPs that have over 300 scans since Thursday. They are all blocked but come on people this is crazy. - Original Message - From: Clayton Doige To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Monday,

Re: People that keep scanning my firewall

2008-07-28 Thread Phil Brutsche
Bah, I hate that. Fortunately I have enough smarts to configure an IOS router on my own. David W. McSpadden wrote: > Router is Leased from AT&T. I can ask them but I think I am just pissing in > the wind right now. -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Ant

Re: People that keep scanning my firewall

2008-07-28 Thread Phil Brutsche
It also goes to show that if you have internet access you are a target, period. Just be glad no one is intentionally targeting you. Clayton Doige wrote: > Hey, a lot of those scans will be script kiddies and the like, it is > summer holidays after all. Annoying to be sure, but it does show your >

RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection

2008-07-28 Thread Michael Hoffman
I liked the product, it's just that at launch it was too heavy to run on anything but a dedicated box. As all our clients have SBS we just renewed and kept them on v.10. The new version is a lot lighter, but I'm still nervous about older servers and we are looking at a more blended defence. I'll pr

RE: People that keep scanning my firewall

2008-07-28 Thread Carl Houseman
Download dig for windows, it includes whois.exe. Put the dig folder in the system path. Now you have a command line whois for windows. Carl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:

RE: People that keep scanning my firewall

2008-07-28 Thread Mike French
Agreed - Nepenthes with Honeytrap works nice... send all the bad ports to the honeypot and tell Honeytrap to Mirror the connection (LOL, use with caution) I also use http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/ipnetinfo.html IPNETInfo for the looks up of rouge IP's it works nice... -Original Message- Fr

RE: People that keep scanning my firewall

2008-07-28 Thread Aaron T. Rohyans
Depending on how many IP's your talking about... try shunning them from the ASA, and removing the syslog message from being "logged" shun 11.22.33.44 no logging message 401004 That'll at least clean up the logs without sacrificing legitimate logging output. Aaron Rohyans IT Coordinator,

RE: People that keep scanning my firewall

2008-07-28 Thread Bill Lambert
I use Sam Spade...handy GUI tool...been around for years. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,4709-order,1-page,1-c,spamblockers/description.html Bill Lambert Concuity 847-941-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008

DMZ\Firewall Question

2008-07-28 Thread KC Carter
I have a server in the DMZ that has no access from our network. I need to give access from our domain to a single folder on the server. What methods and what ports need to be opened on a firewall to allow a user to access this folder; either using a browser or My Computer so a domain user can dro

RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection

2008-07-28 Thread Joe Heaton
So I guess what I'm really asking here, now that I'm not trying to bash Symantec, is this: Are there enough improvements with the new version (mainly overhead, bloat, etc.) to recommend upgrading to it? My users' main complaint is that their computer takes so long to completely boot up in

Re: DMZ\Firewall Question

2008-07-28 Thread Anatoly Podgoretsky
Second NIC to LAN Anatoly Podgoretsky http://www.podgoretsky.com - Original Message - From: KC Carter To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 11:23 PM Subject: DMZ\Firewall Question I have a server in the DMZ that has no access from our network. I need to

RE: DMZ\Firewall Question

2008-07-28 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
That was a joke, right? How about: -Create the share on the DMZ server with needed permissions to allow the user to get to it -have the user try to open the folder -note the log entries and use those to configure your rule allowing access from the users machine to the folder __

RE: DMZ\Firewall Question

2008-07-28 Thread NTSysAdmin
Lol...that's funny. From: Anatoly Podgoretsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DMZ\Firewall Question Second NIC to LAN Anatoly Podgoretsky http://www.podgoretsky.com - Original Message - From: KC Carter

blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Paul Everett
We've been finding ourself on some blacklists since last week and have basically shut us down. Specifically Spamhaus and Barracuda's. I'm not sure if I have an infected computer on my network sending spam or not. I've requested my ip removed from the blacklists several times, but after a day or

XP SP3

2008-07-28 Thread Joe Heaton
Any reason NOT to install this at this point? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Tim Evans
Sounds like you may have an infected client on your network that is sending outbound spam. Block port 25 at the firewall for all but authorized systems (mail server). Set the mail server so that it only accepts mail from your exchange server. That should get things cleared up enough so that you'll

RE: XP SP3

2008-07-28 Thread Sam Cayze
I looked and looked, couldn't find anything... haven't WSUS'd it out yet, just doing a manual installs when I 'touch' or redeploy machines. I like the perf boost I hear about. Haven't done any internal benchmarking though. From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28

ESX/ESXi

2008-07-28 Thread Joe Heaton
So, from what I've read, the difference between these two is that ESXi has a smaller footprint. Is this all I need to consolidate physical servers, or do I need the Infrastructure 3.0? Running around 20 physical servers atm, including 2 DCs, Exchange 2K3 box, file server, print server, web server

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Sam Cayze
Are you allowing mail relaying on your internal network? ESM>SMTP>Default SMTP>Access>Relay (Any exclusions here at all?) You cannot change the port/25 if you expect to be able to send mail to other organizations. You can only change the port if you are passing emails off to another server

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Paul Everett
"Set the mail server so that it only accepts mail from your exchange server" They are one and the same. My DC is actually my Mail Gateway between the WG and Exchange. "Block port 25 at the firewall for all but authorized systems (mail server)." Any idea how to do this on a Watchguard 700? Th

Re: XP SP3

2008-07-28 Thread Phil Brutsche
Don't know of any Joe Heaton wrote: > Any reason NOT to install this at this point? -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ ~

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Tim Evans
Then forget about the "Set the mail server so that it only accepts mail from your exchange server" part. Just set your firewall so that it only accept SMTP mail from that server. Sorry, but I can't help you on the watchguard config. ...Tim From: Paul Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

RE: XP SP3

2008-07-28 Thread Mark A. Ross
Iv'e got a good one for you guys that drove me nuts. Windows Xp SP3 + New NVidia drivers = No Terminal Services. Mark -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: XP SP3 I looked and looked, cou

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Paul Everett
"Are you allowing mail relaying on your internal network? ESM>SMTP>Default SMTP>Access>Relay (Any exclusions here at all?)" There are no computers listed here, but the box below is checked: Allow all computers which successfully authenticate to relay, regardless of the list above. I'll loo

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Sam Cayze
"Allow all computers which successfully authenticate to relay" That's fine and dandy. From: Paul Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: blacklists "Are you allowing mail relaying on your

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Roger Wright
Have you tested for Open Relay? Roger Wright Network Administrator 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Paul Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: blacklists We've been finding ourself on some blacklists si

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Paul Everett
Yes, with MXToolbox everything check out. From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 6:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: blacklists Have you tested for Open Relay? Roger Wright Network Administrator 7

Re: XP SP3

2008-07-28 Thread Phil Brutsche
Really? I'm using the nVidia drivers from April in my SP3 images without any problems. Mark A. Ross wrote: > Iv'e got a good one for you guys that drove me nuts. > > Windows Xp SP3 + New NVidia drivers = No Terminal Services. -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation An

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Carl Houseman
Infected computers use port 25 like everything else. At the firewall create a port 25 outbound rule that only allows the Exchange server. BTW your final firewall rule should be to disallow everything that isn't specifically allowed, right?! At the Exchange server only allow relaying for localho

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread tgonzalez
Sounds like a client open with SMTP, I just went through that deal recently Paul, removed the malicious user from the network As for Barracuda Reputation, GOOD LUCK...we are still on that system even though I cleared our org from the other lists. Thomas From: Paul Everett [mailto:[EM

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Dennis Hoefer
Open Policy Manager on the Watchguard 700, you will have either a proxy or filter policy for SMTP. On the "Outgoing" tab, set From: to the IP address of your mail server and To: to "all" The default rule is all to all, which will allow traffic from port 25 to pass from any machine on your network

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Paul Everett
Thanks Thomas. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 6:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: blacklists Sounds like a client open with SMTP, I just went through that deal recently Paul, removed the malicious

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Simon Butler
The important thing here is whether your queues in the Exchange server have lots of messages in them. If they are clear, then it is probably not your Exchange server that is being abused, but a client. However if you are using a smart host of some kind to send email then your server could still

Re: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Matt Plahtinsky
when your setting up the watchguard rule to only allow port 25 from your mail server, also check log deny on the rule. You can then set it up to email you every time the rule is tripped. That will notify you when it happens and from what ip address. Matt - Original message - Sounds like you may

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread tgonzalez
Paul, run NMAP, I use that once a week to see if any user loads up a new app and if it enables a port or what, then I shut it down Thomas From: Paul Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: blacklists Thanks Thomas

Re: ESX/ESXi

2008-07-28 Thread Don Ely
The "i" is for integrated... Other than that, its the same old ESX... On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, from what I've read, the difference between these two is that ESXi > has a smaller footprint. Is this all I need to consolidate physical > servers,

RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection

2008-07-28 Thread Michael Hoffman
You can customise all the options to not do an initial scan and in our case not use the firewall components. There is a document for SBS networks which provides a light touch of management - that might be all you need to protect the clients and it will also give you a good idea of how to slim down

RE: ESX/ESXi

2008-07-28 Thread Joe Heaton
So it is all I need to consolidate my servers, and I don't need Infrastructure 3.0right? Joe Heaton From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 3:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ESX/ESXi No virus found in this i

RE: XP SP3

2008-07-28 Thread Mark A. Ross
That'll work. The drivers released in May (I think 5/2) create the problem. Mark -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 3:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: XP SP3 Really? I'm using the nVidia drivers from April in my SP3

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Paul Everett
They are proxy's. I have two defined. One called SMTP and it has the incoming set From: any, To: WG ip -> DC (mail gateway). The outgoing tab is disabled. The other proxy is called Filtered-SMTP. It's Incoming is Disabled and the Outgoing is set From: Any, To: Any. I change this From: mail ip

RE: ESX/ESXi

2008-07-28 Thread Martin Blackstone
You would still need Virtual Center if you wanted to do things like VMotion. From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 3:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ESX/ESXi So it is all I need to consolidate my servers, and I don't need Infrastructure 3.0..r

RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection

2008-07-28 Thread Simon Butler
"But I do like that we have the one brand for both desktop AV and Exchange AV, and would like to keep it that way." You like having a single point of failure for your AV software? I am the complete opposite to you. I hate having the same brand on Exchange and the desktops and will avoid it wher

Re: Moving a PowerVault

2008-07-28 Thread Jon Harris
Depending in the PowerVault it may be both. Our 201 it was on both and was still good after a move, but then I blew the drive anyway as the data was out of date. Our 220 also had it both places but I did not want the setup and was changing it any way with adding of drives and other changes. Jon

Re: Disgruntled Sysadmin

2008-07-28 Thread Jon Harris
You mean the not so slow circular motion we see is not the world getting to the bottom of the toilet? Jon On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ROFL! > > The world will be destroyed by the clueless... > > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming > <[

Re: Dell NVidia GPU problem

2008-07-28 Thread Jon Harris
Thanks for the heads up I have a couple of the Vostros machines that will need checking. Jon On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:57 AM, René de Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > A little heads up: > > > > > http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2008/07/25/nvidia-gpu-update-for-dell-laptop-owners.aspx > >

OT: HIPAA

2008-07-28 Thread Travis Krampy
Hi All, I was hoping someone help me with HIPAA rules and regulations in IT. I did all kinds of searching and have found many sites with HIPAA info, but nothing solid... Im looking to implement policys, procedures, for HIPAA compliance. Anything from passwords changes to physical server room

Re: ESX/ESXi

2008-07-28 Thread Kurt Buff
So, we have two servers running ESX Standard, and we use the VI client to manage those servers (along with some judicious use of ssh). If I fire up a machine running the free ESXi, will the VI client allow me to manage it, or will I need the VMWare Server Console, which I use to manage my free ins

Re: Server Colidation via VMWare

2008-07-28 Thread Jon Harris
It can't or didn't do all machines. I know I had a lot of issues trying to use it with SQL being on the machine. I also had issues with IISv6/FTP with multiple sites as well. Jon On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:38 AM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes there is a P2V tool that VMWare has –

Re: Disgruntled Sysadmin

2008-07-28 Thread Kurt Buff
Indeed, including the USAF crew found asleep at the missile launch switch... On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You mean the not so slow circular motion we see is not the world getting to > the bottom of the toilet? > > Jon > > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 4:39 PM,

RE: ESX/ESXi

2008-07-28 Thread Joseph L. Casale
There are a few diffs not relevant actually that account for the smaller size. But if your not using a san and have shared storage with the intent to vmotion your golden! Its limited to two procs so you may run out of processor. 20 vm's is by no means a small load, not to say it cant be done. Give

RE: ESX/ESXi

2008-07-28 Thread Sam Cayze
Kurt, "If I fire up a machine running the free ESXi, will the VI client allow me to manage it, or will I need the VMWare Server Console" No, you can use VIC with ESXi. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 7:14 PM To: NT System Admin I

RE: Server Colidation via VMWare

2008-07-28 Thread Sam Cayze
Good note. Anything that is running any services like that should be set to run in Windows Diagnostics Mode via MSCONFIG, or at least manually stop all non-default services. Or, use the Cold Boot CD option in VMware convertor. From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PRO

Re: ESX/ESXi

2008-07-28 Thread Kurt Buff
That just rocks. I'm definitely stoked. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Sam Cayze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kurt, > "If I fire up a machine running the free ESXi, will the VI client allow > me to manage it, or will I need the VMWare Server Console" > > No, you can use VIC with ESXi. > > -

Re: Disgruntled Sysadmin

2008-07-28 Thread Jon Harris
Better than playing with the launch switch I would think. Jon On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Indeed, including the USAF crew found asleep at the missile launch > switch... > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You

Re: Server Colidation via VMWare

2008-07-28 Thread Jon Harris
During my attempts with SQL all SQL services were set to disabled and machine restarted. I also tried doing a cold boot but nothing seemed to help. Same thing with the IISv6 with FTP. I did not try removing all the IP's from these machines as I had enough issues getting everything working togeth

RE: Server Colidation via VMWare

2008-07-28 Thread Sam Cayze
I think I recall reading once that conversion can mess with the whitespace in databases (or something like that...). I am curious, as I have a SQL migration coming up. I think I also recall reading that you shouldn't resize any drives that the SQL are on. And possibly doing a backup/restore of

RE: Server Colidation via VMWare

2008-07-28 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Sam, Try this: http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?page_id=174 I use this so that I may use native win/nix utils for dumping the disk off a physical machine very quickly into the vm, then I boot off a cd and run this. Easy and way faster to convert then the vmware tool. I have many issues with that tool

RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection

2008-07-28 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
Hey, and don't forget Sunbelt's Ninja for the exchange server. http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/ While we are talking, VIPRE Enterprise on the desktop will prevent those insanely long boot times as well. http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ Simon

RE: Server Colidation via VMWare

2008-07-28 Thread Jon B. Lewis
Second that. Used it several times and it beats the vmware converter for me. Jon Lewis From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 8:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server Colidation via VMWare Sam, Try this: http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p

Re: Symantec Endpoint Protection

2008-07-28 Thread Kurt Buff
Like what? A tool to help uninstall McAfee? That would be nice... On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Stu Sjouwerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, and don't forget Sunbelt's Ninja for the exchange server. > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/ > > While we are talking, VI

RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection

2008-07-28 Thread gsweers
Oh give me a tool to remove Symantec 9 and 10 and I will have a PO tomorrow. Ok, well maybe end of the week.. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Symantec Endpoint Protection Like what?

RE: Server Colidation via VMWare

2008-07-28 Thread Sam Cayze
Wow, thanks for sharing. I actually just came accross that today while I was googling around for neato VI pluggins. I will deffidently bookmark and try it! Sam From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 7:34 PM To: NT System Admin Is