RE: P2V w/ Windows 2008 x64

2008-09-11 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Replying to my own post for the sake of others. So far none of the p2v plugins I have came across have support for Win2008x64. ESX doesn't update the scsi drivers, so the inbox lsi_scsi.sys is all you need. Problem is it probably doesn't have a start type of 0 (boot). Boot from bartpe or whatev

RE: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation

2008-09-11 Thread Jason Morris
I'm building our VMWare environment on NetApp right now. Just about the time I was getting into the testing and configuration of our ESX servers, I originally planned to use iSCSI on NetApp as the backend but stumbled across a TON of info regarding NFS. I grabbed a temp NFS key from our provider an

Patch Management

2008-09-11 Thread Terri Esham
We are looking into obtaining a patch management application and need it to patch all Microsoft products as well as third party applications. I'm interesting on any recommendations you may have. Is anyone using Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager? Thanks, Terri ~ Finally, powerful

Re: VMWare configuration

2008-09-11 Thread Kurt Buff
Connecting to the ESX server. We don't have virtual center, only ESX standard. On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Philip Lindsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > are you connecting the vi client to virtual center or the esx server? > > -Original Message- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: VMWare configuration

2008-09-11 Thread Kurt Buff
Interesting. The name of the machine is zesx1.zetron.com - I point the VI client at that name, and manage the VMs that way. On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Jason Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Agree with Philip's guess. We connect to our VIM server which has the > permissions tabs. > Jason

Re: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation

2008-09-11 Thread Don Ely
I love my NetApp SAN with NFS. It rocks the socks and with dedupe it's even better. On 9/9/08, Robert Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just looking for some feedback. Is/has anyone used NetApp as their > backend > in a VMWare solution? > > We've had someone in this morning talking to us abou

windows version for terminal services

2008-09-11 Thread Adam Greene
I have a client who wants us to host Quickbooks in our datacenter for them, which they would access via Terminal Services. Do I need a specific version of W2K3 server for this? Or would Web edition work fine? I guess I need a Terminal Services access license for each user Adam ~ Finally,

audio from flash...

2008-09-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
OK, this is murky water for me. I have a client that wants to be able to extract audio from a website (she specifically mentioned this one: http://www.ruehl.com/ruh/index.html#/HOME/) and put it into an MP3. I have no clue where to start - and if anyone can identify the track on that websit

RE: OT - I need a Novell person, about a Windows 2003 server with Novel client

2008-09-11 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 9 Sep 2008 at 10:23, Steve Kelsay wrote: > TweakUI did in fact reset the colors. Thanks to those that were able to > respond. Where in TweakUI is this? I looked at TweakUI on an XP-Home system and didn't see anything about logon colors. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-5

RE: Expand volume on adaptec hostraid

2008-09-11 Thread Mike Gill
Sure. It looks like that's what I'm going to have to do. But it would sure be nice and far less time consuming if I could just expand the available space to the new disk in the RAID management software then use diskpart to expand the volume without having to down the server at all. I just wasn't su

Bandwidth/Traffic Shaper

2008-09-11 Thread Phil Guevara
Does anyone have any recommendations for a bandwidth/traffic shaper? Like packetshaper from packeteer or netequalizer? Best Regards, Phil ___ Philip Guevara Senior IT Technician Grand Lodge F & A Masons of the State of California Masonic Homes of California at Co

RE: SUBINACL never seems to return to a prompt

2008-09-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
Not EVERYTHING. Otherwise I'd only have ONE blog post. J But hey - it worked for you, didn't it?!? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 2:48 PM To: NT

Re: Licensing question

2008-09-11 Thread Phil Brutsche
IME yes. Keep in mind that Win2k only supports *devices* licenses. That bit me in the arse when we eventually decided to upgrade to a 2003 TS. Also keep in mind that: a) TS CALs are only available through volume licensing b) You may not be able to get 2003 CALs, thus you may need to get 2008 CAL

KB 954156

2008-09-11 Thread Carl Houseman
WSUS identified this (Windows Media Encoder) update as required by my Windows 2003 server but it wouldn't install via AU. When attempting the install manually, it reports that WME isn't installed and therefore the update isn't appropriate. Anyone else? TIA, Carl ~ Finally, powerfu

TS Server 2008 Port Forwarding

2008-09-11 Thread Christopher J. Bosak
Morning, all. My Google-fu yielded no results to this one. Does anyone know how to actually disable forwarding of COM ports in Server 2008 TS connections? I'm using remote app that requires talking to a device on a serial connection that is connected to the server. When at the server, it connects

RE: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation

2008-09-11 Thread Ken Schaefer
We have a 100TB NetApp SAN that hosts most of our production virtualised infrastructure. The storage guys say that it's very nice to administer, and the price is much less than a comparable EMC. Also, just about all of the NetApp kit uses the same hardware so you don't need to throw a bunch of s

RE: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation

2008-09-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
Ok, let me ask a clarifying question ... Isn't NetApp a NAS (Network Attached Storage) and NOT a SAN. Their NetApp filer boxen run a proprietary file system, not the same as a SAN connected box running the native file system (NTFS) -Original Message- From: Robert Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL P

R: Expand volume on adaptec hostraid

2008-09-11 Thread HELP_PC
Yes GuidoElia HELPPC -Messaggio originale- Da: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Inviato: martedì 9 settembre 2008 20.34 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: Re: Expand volume on adaptec hostraid More of a question than an answer but couldn't you take an image of the drive then

OT : Netscreen password decrypt ?

2008-09-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
Hey folks, I got a friend managing an office where their router/network guy quit. He's changed the password on a Netscreen firewall for the root user 'netscreen' without leaving any notes on what the password is. Anyone know of a utility to decrypt the password from the config file ? Thanks Eri

AV Tests Results by Virusbtn

2008-09-11 Thread HELP_PC
Are they affordable ? http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02 GuidoElia HELPPC ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

DNS records not updating when DHCP IP is assigned

2008-09-11 Thread Oliver Marshall
I have a problem. I think. I may be going mad. I've got a windows 2003 64 bit server. Its the sole server on the network. It's acting as the DHCP server for the network as well as internal DNS. The problem is that when the DHCP hands out a new IP to a client machine it doesn't always record it

WAP's

2008-09-11 Thread Fergal O'Connell
Hi All Just looking to get some advise on Wireless G WAP's - can you recommend a particular WAP. Previously we have used the Linksys WAP54G without success. I am looking to install 1 in each floor(3) with possibly 1\2 repeaters (if necessary). It should have the usual spec's PoE, WDS and 802.11g

Move DNS/DHCP server into a domain

2008-09-11 Thread Tom Miller
Hi Folks: I need to move my DHCP and secondary DNS server into my domain. Most workstations are not in the domain yet - I'm in the process of migrating. After I authorize the server in AD, can anyone foresee any issues with clients not in the domain? As for DNS I have to allow nonsecure and

Anyone played with this?

2008-09-11 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
--- Included Stuff Follows --- Free Active Directory tool automates workflow management Windows administrators this week got some help with Active Directory change control and rule enforcement by way of a free tool from management software vendor NetPro Computing Inc.

Is it dead Jim?

2008-09-11 Thread Damien Solodow
I haven't seen anything come through the last day or so and the archive doesn't show anything after about the 3rd... Damien Solodow Senior System Administrator Infrastructure Services Group Information Services Indiana Business College [EMAIL PROTECTED] Direct - (317) 217-6881 We are

Testing 123

2008-09-11 Thread Devin Meade
Anyone there? Is the list down? On reboot Wednesday? Really? - Devin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

MS Forefront

2008-09-11 Thread Justin Thomas
Is anybody here using MS Forefront in the enterprise, and if so, what do you think of it? My flamesuit is on, thanks. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Sunbelt, can somebody check Lyris please ?

2008-09-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
I haven't received any traffic since 3pm eastern time yesterday, I submitted a message around midnite. Using the sunbelt-software.com interface I can see my midnight message, but not much traffic at all ... Houston, we have a problem ! Erik ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T

Security group / dist list

2008-09-11 Thread David Lum
How do you guys differentiate your security group names from distribution list names in AD? David Lum SYSTEMS ENGINEER // NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION [EMAIL PROTECTED] // 971.222.1025 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Test posting to the list

2008-09-11 Thread Fred Sawyer
This test message was sent 9/10/2008 at 12:27PM. Please disregard. Thank you, Fred Sawyer Sunbelt Software ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Silly Dell charges for tweaks

2008-09-11 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
Got a kick out of these charges when I was quoting a Dell for a client --- Included Stuff Follows --- http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en Advanced Configurations Select options below Hide Microsoft Legacy Communications [$2]

26023 mssqlserver error

2008-09-11 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I have a friend who has one Win2003r2x64 server running Exchange 2007. He needs to install SQL 2005x64 (I know, I already went through it...) and now it wont start giving the above error. I assumed there would be issues with reporting services and iis but there isn't a lot of info about this? A

Re: Forefront

2008-09-11 Thread Matt Cross
It was in place when I started my current assignment. Since the server was rebuilt, it seems to be fairly solid. No issues that I know of. The rebuild stemmed from incorrect setups and improper admin/config decisions. Justin Thomas wrote: Is anybody here using MS Forefront in the enterprise

RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

2008-09-11 Thread Sam Cayze
I use it on Reader 9, 8, 7, and Acrobat 6 Standard Edition. Haven't had any issues. From: René de Haas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 2:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit? I knew about t

RE: Forefront

2008-09-11 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
Yes I am... and I think it is great. Anything in particular you are curious about? My favorite part is having it install to all new clients that are added to the domain with no manual interaction at all. Nicest installation and configuration that I have seen in an AM product, and I have used McA

RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

2008-09-11 Thread Joe Heaton
Does the Adobe Reader Speedup tool affect all users of the PC, or just the one logged in? Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 1:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit? I use it on

Enterprise Antivirus Survey:

2008-09-11 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
Enterprise Antivirus Survey: If you'd like to make your voice heard to the antivirus industry, now is your chance! This survey is part of a global study on antivirus product customer satisfaction, and will be presented at an upcoming major security conference. Your time would be really appreciate

DNS records not updating when DHCP IP is assigned

2008-09-11 Thread Oliver Marshall
I have a problem. I think. I may be going mad. I've got a windows 2003 64 bit server. Its the sole server on the network. It's acting as the DHCP server for the network as well as internal DNS. The problem is that when the DHCP hands out a new IP to a client machine it doesn't always record it

[OT] Hello ?

2008-09-11 Thread Oliver Marshall
Is the list working? I've nothing for around 24 hours from Tuesday night to Wednesday early afternoon and nothing today, and several posts I've made haven't appeared at all. Helo ? Olly ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

List down?

2008-09-11 Thread Jon Harris
What no traffic for most of yesterday is the list down or is everyone patching machines? Jon ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Help! I'm getting withdrawal symptoms.

2008-09-11 Thread Leif Wahlberg
No messages from the list for a long time now. Leif Wahlberg Admin By Default ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Data execution prevention

2008-09-11 Thread Tom Miller
Hello: Thoughts on settings for data execution prevention on Windows 2003 servers and XP PCs? I've had to use the registry hack to disable it on many of my servers since our custom apps just won't work. On the desktops it's turned off. It was on at one point but users were receiving a const

RE: DevCon for Vista

2008-09-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
Inquiring minds want to know - Did you find anything on this Carl? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 12:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dev

RE: Bandwidth/Traffic Shaper

2008-09-11 Thread Chyka, Robert
What size pipe are looking to shape? -Original Message- From: "Phil Guevara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: 9/11/08 10:16 AM Subject: Bandwidth/Traffic Shaper Does anyone have any recommendations for a bandwidth/traffic shaper? Like packetshaper from packeteer or

RE: Patch Management

2008-09-11 Thread Malcolm Reitz
Yes, SCCM 2007 is our tool for patch management, software deployment and inventorying. Malcolm -Original Message- From: Terri Esham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 08 September, 2008 13:32 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Patch Management We are looking into obtaining a patc

RE: Licensing question

2008-09-11 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Actually, you can get TS CALs in retail format... TJA-00124 (5 user retail box TS User CALS) -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 9:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Licensing question IME yes. Keep in mind that

Re: Patch Management

2008-09-11 Thread Jon Harris
There is a very active list at myitforum.com for this I believe it is called SMS. I am sure if I am wrong Rod Trent will tell you. Jon On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Terri Esham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are looking into obtaining a patch management application and need it > to patch all

Re: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation

2008-09-11 Thread Don Ely
It can be whatever you want. It does FC or iSCSI. As others have said, it blows the doors off of EMC... On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Erik Goldoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, let me ask a clarifying question ... Isn't NetApp a NAS (Network > Attached Storage) and NOT a SAN. Their NetApp

RE: TS Server 2008 Port Forwarding

2008-09-11 Thread Christopher J. Bosak
Wow. I emailed this Tuesday and it just posted today? Thanks if you replied, I never got it though, and I did figure it out. Thanks anyway. J Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.

Re: Patch Management

2008-09-11 Thread James Rankin
Depending on the scope of 3rd-party stuff, both Shavlik's HfNetChk and St Bernard's UpdateExpert patch certain popular third-party products. Shavlik's engine also powers VMWare's Update Manager add-in for ESX. However if you want true customisation, SCCM is probably the way to go, although I have n

RE: Expand volume on adaptec hostraid

2008-09-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
I ran into this several times on the lowest-end Compaq RAID-1 controllers. Irritated me to no end. Probably can find my bitching about it on the archives of this mailing list. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message-

RE: audio from flash...

2008-09-11 Thread Rod Trent
This works well. http://www.applian.com/ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 4:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: audio from flash... OK, this is murky water for me. I have a client that wants to be able to extract audio from a

RE: Patch Management

2008-09-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
Look into Shavlik HFNetcheck Protect, it does the M$ patches and a slew of third party patches. I use it here for our patching. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Terri Esham [mailto:[

RE: AV Tests Results by Virusbtn

2008-09-11 Thread David Lum
You mean this? http://www.virusbtn.com/virusbulletin/subscriptions/index Dave From: HELP_PC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 9:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: AV Tests Results by Virusbtn Are they affordable ? http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02 Guid

RE: audio from flash...

2008-09-11 Thread Sam Cayze
Hey, I have seen lots of tools that allow you to download embedded flash, like youtube-like videos from websites. Mostly in the form of Firefox Extensions. Not sure about converting them to MP3 though... But it might get you started. Perhaps this? http://all-streaming-media.com/faq/recording-me

RE: audio from flash...

2008-09-11 Thread Phillip Partipilo
It is "Whadda U Want" from Frankie Knuckles, from the album "Welcome To The Real World", label Virgin. Gotta love that Shazam program for the iPhone :-) Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 _ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation

2008-09-11 Thread Steve Burkett
Very incorrect. NetApp filers can be used as simple NAS devices if you wish, providing simple Windows network shares on an NFS based system if you wish. You see it as a server joined to your Active Directory domain, you browse to it and see the shares. .. or you can do the full bit level LUN thing

RE: Is it dead Jim?

2008-09-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
Jim isnt dead, Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 10:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Su

RE: Is it dead Jim? / RE: Sunbelt, can somebody check Lyris please ?

2008-09-11 Thread Christopher J. Bosak
Yeah, I just got a message that I posted on Tuesday. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesd

RE: Forefront

2008-09-11 Thread John Hornbuckle
Not sure which version of Forefront you mean, but we use Forefront Client Security. Have been for about six months. Seems to work fine, and I like that its updates are handled via our existing WSUS infrastructure. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County (FL) School District Justin Thomas

RE: List down?

2008-09-11 Thread EricB
I'm getting a trickle of posts today, but almost nothing the past couple of days. _ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: List down? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resour

RE: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation

2008-09-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
as I'm learning ...I haven't actually put my hands on a NetApp filer in about 4 years or so (at least) and I wasn't impressed then, but 4 years is computer years is a LONG time ... _ From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:44 AM To: NT System Admin

Re: Help! I'm getting withdrawal symptoms.

2008-09-11 Thread James Kerr
LYRIS!! - Original Message - From: Leif Wahlberg To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 8:14 AM Subject: Help! I'm getting withdrawal symptoms. No messages from the list for a long time now. Leif Wahlberg Admin By Defau

RE: hard drive recovery service

2008-09-11 Thread Eldridge, Dave
Well just got the word the drive is unrecoverable. Oh well check those backups. :) -Original Message- From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 8:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: hard drive recovery service That's the thing BE hasn't be

Re: audio from flash...

2008-09-11 Thread David W. McSpadden
audacity. Start recording mouse over to the website. Let it play. Edit audacity file to suit you. Export to MP3. - Original Message - From: Phillip Partipilo To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:11 AM Subject: RE: audio from flash... It is "Whad

RE: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation

2008-09-11 Thread Jason Morris
ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3434 (20080911)

RE: Patch Management

2008-09-11 Thread David Lum
UpdateExpert no longer exists, IIRC Shavlik bought them... David Lum SYSTEMS ENGINEER // NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION [EMAIL PROTECTED] // 971.222.1025 From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 7:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Patch Manageme

RE: Bandwidth/Traffic Shaper

2008-09-11 Thread Jason Morris
Definitely take a look at Riverbed. They'll do a 30 day trial with you, and if it doesn't do what you need they'll take it back no questions asked. As long as you're not looking to shape telnet sessions across a WAN, they'll get the job done. Jason -Original Message- From: Chyka, Rober

Re: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation

2008-09-11 Thread Don Ely
It had been about 7 for me, but they have come a long, long way... On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Erik Goldoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > as I'm learning ...I haven't actually put my hands on a NetApp filer > in about 4 years or so (at least) and I wasn't impressed then, but 4 years > is co

Re: List down?

2008-09-11 Thread Devin Meade
I emailed Stu and Alex directly, they both said Lyris was having a very horrible, bad day. They seem to be way behind or maybe some posts were lost. On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:46 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm getting a trickle of posts today, but almost nothing the past couple > of

RE: audio from flash...

2008-09-11 Thread Mike Gill
http://blog.hartwork.org/?p=58 -- Mike Gill From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 1:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: audio from flash... OK, this is murky water for me. I have a client that wants to be able to extract audio fro

RE: Patch Management

2008-09-11 Thread Chinnery, Paul
How many devices? We're a small hospital with only 275 pc's. We just went with Shavlik's product. We found, after evaluation period, that it gave us what we needed plus we are also able to use it to distribute custom software packages. -Original Message- From: Terri Esham [mailto:[EM

RE: Patch Management

2008-09-11 Thread Andy Ognenoff
We use Shavlik too. The third party app support out of the box is what sold us. - Andy O. >-Original Message- >From: Terri Esham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 1:32 PM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: Patch Management > >We are looking into obtaining a

RE: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation

2008-09-11 Thread Martin Blackstone
No. NetApp is a SAN and a NAS and has been designed from the ground up to be that way. Typically when you see a device that does both, it was designed to be one or the other and has been tweaked to do the opposite of what it was designed to do. NetApp runs DataOnTap which is their proprietary OS.

Re: audio from flash...

2008-09-11 Thread Pete Howard
I would save the flash file and then convert it to mp3 with any number of free/trial/ pay converters. For home use I like magic converter for convertering almost anything to anything. From FF3 go to that page, then tools/ page info/ media and save as to get the swf at http://www.ruehl.com/ruh/rue.s

Re: List down?

2008-09-11 Thread Jon Harris
Mine has turned into a flood. Jon On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:46 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm getting a trickle of posts today, but almost nothing the past couple > of days. > > > -- > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, Septemb

Re: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation

2008-09-11 Thread Phil Brutsche
The line between SAN and NAS devices is blurring or even being erased with enterprise-level gear. Traditional SAN (iSCSI and FC) devices (like EMC) are adding NAS protocols - FTP, NFS, CIFS/SMB, and traditional NAS devices (like NetApp) are adding SAN protocols. Some relative newcomers (Equalogic)

RE: windows version for terminal services

2008-09-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
Win 2003 or above - more important is that you get a version of QB qualified to work on Terminal Server. Not all of them do. You'll need a server license, a windows server CAL and a Terminal Server CAL for each user. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheE

RE: Is it dead Jim?

2008-09-11 Thread Sam Cayze
Shh! We're sleeping :) From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 9:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Is it dead Jim? I haven't seen anything come through the last day or so and the archive doesn't show anythi

RE: Patch Management

2008-09-11 Thread Eisenberg, Wayne
LANDesk Security Suite -- Wayne Eisenberg Server and PC Support Manager Pepsi Bottling Ventures, LLC -Original Message- From: Terri Esham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 2:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Security group / dist list

2008-09-11 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
I keep them in different OUs. Some but not all distribution lists will have DL in the name. On 9/10/08, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do you guys differentiate your security group names from distribution > list names in AD? > > *David Lum** > *SYSTEMS ENGINEER *//* NORTHWEST EVALU

RE: DNS records not updating when DHCP IP is assigned

2008-09-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
Are you running DNS scavenging? If not, you should be. If you are, what is your no-refresh timeout set to? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, Septemb

Enterprise AV survey

2008-09-11 Thread Alex Eckelberry
Data on current attitudes in the enterprise about antivirus products and vendors will be presented at an upcoming security conference. So if you'd like to make your voice heard to the antivirus industry, now is your chance It's part of a global study on antivirus product customer satisfactio

Re: List down?

2008-09-11 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
FYI for those curious: this message was delivered to me ~7 hours late. On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:54 AM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What no traffic for most of yesterday is the list down or is everyone > patching machines? > > Jon > > > > -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint securi

Re: Security group / dist list

2008-09-11 Thread Steven Peck
Well, one has the security group checked and the other distribution group... but seriously, all our distribution groups have a naming standard and we use the '#' as the designator. #All Employees #Some Departments List On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:07 AM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ho

RE: Security group / dist list

2008-09-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
Put a Prefix on them like DG_ for Distrubution Group and SG_ for Security group. Quick easy and pretty well understood :-) Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 From: David Lum [m

Re: WAP's

2008-09-11 Thread Phil Brutsche
Cisco all the way, baby! Be warned that you REALLY pay for it, but if you can find a reputable reseller of used you can get a 1231G for much less than a new 1240 series or 1250 series AP. Fergal O'Connell wrote: > Hi All > > > > Just looking to get some advise on Wireless G WAP’s – can you re

Re: Forefront

2008-09-11 Thread Justin Thomas
I have a technical demo scheduled with MS, and hopefully you'll be able to give a reality check to their answers. On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Yes I am… and I think it is great. Anything in particular you are curious > about? > > My favorite part i

RE: [OT] Hello ?

2008-09-11 Thread Alex Eckelberry
All back and should be working now... -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: [OT] Hello ? Is the list working? I've nothing for around 24 hours from Tuesday night to Wednesday earl

Re: VMWare configuration

2008-09-11 Thread Steven Peck
Well, you can do that, but if you have Virtual Infrastructure manager, why bother? On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting. > > The name of the machine is zesx1.zetron.com - I point the VI client at > that name, and manage the VMs that way. > > On Tue, Se

Re: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation

2008-09-11 Thread Jonathan Link
Model and $$'s? On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Steve Burkett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Very incorrect. NetApp filers can be used as simple NAS devices if you > wish, providing simple Windows network shares on an NFS based system if > you wish. You see it as a server joined to your Active Dir

RE: Is it dead Jim? / RE: Sunbelt, can somebody check Lyris please ?

2008-09-11 Thread Rod Trent
Someone put the flux capacitor in backwards. From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is it dead Jim? / RE: Sunbelt, can somebody check Lyris please ? Yeah, I just got a message that I posted on

RE: Is it dead Jim?

2008-09-11 Thread Richards, Brian D
That was a Star Trek reference (but maybe you knew that already ;-) Brian From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is it dead Jim? Jim isnt dead, Z Edward E. Zi

Restore an XP Image to dissimilar hardware

2008-09-11 Thread Sam Cayze
I have a DR test coming soon, and our DR center just swapped on the old Dell OptiPlex GX280's to new Dual Core HP PCs. I already have an very custom ghost image of the Dell OptiPlex GX280 that would like to deploy onto their new HPs, if possible. (I have limited time in their DR center, I don't

RE: Patch Management

2008-09-11 Thread Rod Trent
Yeah...if all you need is patching, ConfigMgr (SCCM) may be overkill for you. ConfigMgr can deploy MS patches and those 3rd party patches available in the 3rd party catalog provided by Microsoft. And, it does it extremely well. It can also deploy 3rd party patches, but a product like Shavlik has

RE: Patch Management

2008-09-11 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 11 Sep 2008 at 11:05, Ziots, Edward wrote: > Look into Shavlik HFNetcheck Protect, it does the M$ patches and a slew of > third party patches. I use it here for our patching. Shavlik is one of those websites which won't publish pricing info. Very annoying, don't know if it's even worth the

RE: WAP's

2008-09-11 Thread Fergal O'Connell
That's the thing - they wont fork out that amount of money for some high end Cisco Wap's when there is a possibilty that it will not work. Id say I'm looking at about 2K to roll this out.. So I need something at the lower end of the scale that is some way reliable. -Original Message- F

RE: Is it dead Jim?

2008-09-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
Yes Yes I did, thanks for pointing that out. DARN IT I need more POWER! Ahem, To hell with you KIRK and your power requests! Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 From: Ri

RE: Patch Management

2008-09-11 Thread Andy Ognenoff
They do have online pricing for workstations up to a certain qty. They just recently changed their licensing/pricing to split servers apart from workstations even though the product didn't change one bit. They don't list server pricing on the site but it is significantly more than workstations.

RE: List down?

2008-09-11 Thread Christopher J. Bosak
Same. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:13 hrs To: NT System Admin I

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