VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

Hi chaps, I'm looking at moving our VMWare based VMs to our new Hyper-V based servers. New VMs are working a treat, and certainly Hyper-V seems far more responsive than our VMWare based setup. However existing VMWare based VMs are proving an issue. While the VM's have been imported to Hyper-V

RE: BB Storm

I just updated mine yesterday. It does work better but still not as polished as the Iphone. Screen still takes sometimes a second to realize the orientation. The media lags are very much reduced. I upgraded my software using the desktop and had zero problems being connected to a BES server, re

RE: Question Disk Usage Policiies Lookign for comments

Folder level quota in FSRM R2 is based on Ownership correct? I am reading up on the drafting of the policy right now, and going to work out the how particulars as soon as I get some budget approval. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

Are you using SCVMMs V2V and/or import capabilities? Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

You should have stuck with VMWareESXi (Also Free), is far superior to HyperV Beta...And I'm a Microsoft guy...HyperV won't catch up for a good few years yet. If you think HyperV is fast, ESXi will blow you away. S -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Acronis tech support?

Unless I missed something, Ultrabac is strictly for a business environment. I'm looking for a solution for my home PC. It's too bad to hear my experience isn't unusual. I was really hoping to hear otherwise. Steve - Original Message - From: Neil Standley To: NT System Admin Is

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

Michael, Alas no. We did the import using VMX2vhd on the internet. We don't run SCVMM here. Olly -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 December 2008 13:32 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types Are you using SCVMMs

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

Really? We did a basic test on one of our servers, the free ESX against Hyper-V and the general consensus was that the Hyper-V one is quicker. Besides we love all things MS here. Saying that I haven't run any definitive tests against the two, but the MS offering certainly did feel quicker when t

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

> -Original Message- > From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin > Subject: RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types > > You should have stuck with VMWareESXi (Also Free), is far superior > to HyperV Beta...And I'm a Microsoft guy...HyperV won't catch up for a > g

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

Hyper-V isn't a beta product. -Original Message- From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 8:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types You should have stuck with VMWareESXi (Also Free),

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

So...download the 120 day eval and use it to do your imports. And, in regards to performance: my tests indicate them being pretty much neck-and-neck. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.t

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

Is there a way to do it at the OS level without using something quite aslarge as SCVMM? I'm keen to not have to learn anything new today in case my head explodes. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 December 2008 13:42 To: NT System Admin Issu

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

Strange I tried both. On a pair of Dell 1950's with 16gig of memory sharing an Openfiler San, (Powervault sc220s). At most I had 6 W2K3 VMs with 2 GB memory running on the HyperV. With ESXi I ran out of space on the LUN after 13 W2K3 VM's. Performance was fine on both. The benefit of being able

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

In my eyes it is still a BETA product seeing as it still has a hell of a long way to go before they get it to where it needs to be. S...:) -Original Message- From: Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 9:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWARE to

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

Hyper-V does not support memory overcommit. Nor does VMware recommend using that feature in a production environment. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

There is no trivial way to update a HAL that I know of. I just use the products that MSFT has made available to me... I'm not a virtualization MVP, sorry. :-( Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! htt

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

(it is a very handy feature to call on though when you are in a push) -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 December 2008 13:50 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types Hyper-V does not support memory overcommit. Nor do

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

Didn't some magazine do an extensive review that we discussed here a while back? If memory serves, their benchmarks showed the two products fairly neck and neck, with VMWare taking the performance lead--but by a slim margin, not a landslide... -Original Message- From: Steve Moffat [ma

Re: OT: Customer Service: Skip straight to the operator with your dirty mouth

I always knew that in my lifetime someone could get instant service by simply saying, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". -- ME2 On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 1:53 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This just might be a 'keeper': > > --- Included Stuff Follows --- > Customer Service: Skip s

RE: Question Disk Usage Policiies Lookign for comments

No, it doesn't matter who puts the files there nor who owns them--you can't even go over the allotted amount with an administrator account-you would have to bump up the storage amount. Old-style volume level quotas do rely on ownership, and with third party software you would have to look-it va

RE: BB Storm

Out of random Monday curiosity, how many of you have jailbroken your iphones? I forget if this is a Cydia install but theres this program called "Say Who" that somehow, without training, will voice dial any of your contacts. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 7

Re: BB Storm

Mines is jailbroken, PDANET is an awesome app. Worth jailbreaking for that alone. Graeme On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Phillip Partipilo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Out of random Monday curiosity, how many of you have jailbroken your > iphones? I forget if this is a Cydia install but the

BB Storm management

Does anyone know what version of BES is required to have proper management over the Curve (BB OS 4.5) and the Storm (BB OS 4.7)? -- Wayne Eisenberg Server and PC Support Manager Pepsi Bottling Ventures, LLC ~ Finally, powerful endpoint sec

Re: Acronis tech support?

Ultrabac may be marketed toward the business market but they are still small enough to talk to and support SOH environments and in my opinion are a much better fit for them than most of the big boys. Jon On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 5:49 AM, Steve Pruitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Unless I missed so

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

I've converted VMWare Server images to Hyper-V using that tool fine (remember to uninstall VMWare Tools first). The only problem I had was the SCSI hard drive adapter. I ended up doing an OS repair, but a colleague pointed out that you can just add an IDE drive to your VMWare Server VM prior to

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

We've done fairly extensive testing of Exchange, SQL Server and MS CRM on Hyper-V. This is with Netapp SANs and Sun's X4600 (8 dual core CPUs, 96 GB of RAM), X6250 and X6220 boxes. For Exchange, we simulated 10k, 20k and 50k mailbox configurations (with up to 1TB of storage) using Jetstress and

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309283/ It actually is trivial, though unsupported. I have done this a few times w/o issue. jlc -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 6:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWARE to Hy

RE: Acronis tech support?

We haven't spoken with them (Ultrabac) much on the home user market but I know their product will work on workstations as well. It may be a higher price point than Acronis but I would think a quick phone call to them for your specific questions would be worth it. I worked with Ultrabac for a coup

RE: BB Storm management

While I generally stay current on my BES patches on all my BES servers, I want to say the IT Policies for the later OS's showed up in BES 4.1 SP5 for Exchange . I would have to go back through the release notes to confirm. - John Barsodi From: Eisenberg, Wayne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sen

Re: Need help deleting Virus Response Lab 2009 from daughter's computer

Sorry everyone for not replying sooner, I was out of town. I will give this a try as well. On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Martin Blackstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Google is your friend here. > > None of the standard AV / Antispyware tools is going to be of much help. > > I've had good lu

Re: Need help deleting Virus Response Lab 2009 from daughter's computer

I believe my son did, but that did not get all of it. This virus has disabled the windows installer, it is recognizing alot of the tools out there so we have had to rename them to get them to run. This is a very nasty virus. Thanks for the info, though. On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Michael

Re: Need help deleting Virus Response Lab 2009 from daughter's computer

I will try Vipre. Thanks! On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:52 AM, David L Herrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > +1 > > > > I believe Vipre will handle as well > > > > *From:* Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Friday, December 05, 2008 8:12 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject

Re: Need help deleting Virus Response Lab 2009 from daughter's computer

Thanks - you answered my next question, which was whether it worked in safe mode. On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Michael B. Smith < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had to run Vipre in safe mode to get it to take care of the particular > instance of it that was on my son's computer. But yes, it w

Can a NetApp CIF participate in a Dfs replication topo?

Came across an interesting idea and I wanted to see if anyone has a non Windows server participating in a Dfs replication scheme. My reading on TechNet says no but what about just adding a resource to the replication via a UNC path? FYI, in this case it would be a cif share off a NetApp SAN. S

RE: BB Storm management

I think its 4.1 SP6 (most current version) From: Barsodi.John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 9:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: BB Storm management While I generally stay current on my BES patches on all my BES servers, I want to say the IT Policies

Re: Can a NetApp CIF participate in a Dfs replication topo?

It depends on the replication mechanism. NTFRS and DFS-R obviously won't work with non-MS CIFS hosts. You can add additional targets to each DFS link without enabling replication and performing manual sync, using something like robocopy to get files from the "master" to the "slave". Andy Shook w

Cisco ASDM & Java 11

For ASA users: Be aware the latest Java updates (11 - I believe) breaks the ASDM interface. I've had to go back to a previous Java version. There's supposedly a fix or interim release on the Cisco website. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388

RE: BB Storm management

SP5 included the 4.5+ policies. - http://na.blackberry.com/eng/deliverables/4071/release_notes.pdf "Functional changes Note: BlackBerry Enterprise Server Version 4.1 SP5 makes certain new features available on BlackBerry devices that are running BlackBerry(r) Device Software Version 4.5. Blac

RE: BB Storm management

SP6 really brought the party. The HTML email support alone is worth the 5 minutes you will spend installing it. From: Barsodi.John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 9:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: BB Storm management SP5 included the 4.5+ policies.

RE: Cisco ASDM & Java 11

JAVA incompatibilities are really screwy ... I've got a client where my only access to fix them remotely is via their 2003 terminal server, but the version of JAVA doesn't play nice with their PIX 501 , and last guy working on them disabled telnet and outside interface access ... argggh Eri

RE: Question Disk Usage Policiies Lookign for comments

Thanks most of my systems are 32Bit W03 R2 SP2 so well have a read up on Folder quotas I think this will work well with Departments and users. Now back to learning how to write proper Network Storage Policies, Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: Can a NetApp CIF participate in a Dfs replication topo?

Because the dfsr service status cannot be queried on my filer, I can't have it participate in a dfs replication group. There might be some voodoo that will take care of it though, I haven't looked. Good luck, Jason From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 200

RE: Can a NetApp CIF participate in a Dfs replication topo?

Actually, I dug a little deeper after re-re-reading your message... If I try to make a replication group and use a MAPPED drive letter, z: in this case, it won't let me add it to the group. If I try to use a UNC path the ok button is grayed out... So I don't think it will work. You might b

RE: Can a NetApp CIF participate in a Dfs replication topo?

Thanks for the confirmation, I'm proceeding down another path. Webster is a cornhole. Shook From: Jason Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 1:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can a NetApp CIF participate in a Dfs replication topo? Actually, I dug a litt

RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

Yeah, saw that article thanks, but in it it says "If an incorrect HAL is forced during Setup or by using a System Preparation Image (Sysprep), you can see the correct list of HALs only if you perform a new installation of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. You cannot change to a HAL other than

WSUS: Declinng update per group

Hello gang, In WSUS 3, how can I decline an update for a specific group without declining for all groups ? "Not Approved" doesn't quite cut it because WSUS still reports the update as missing, making me think that my server is never fully patched. Concrete example: I can use .Net 3.0 on my web

RE: Cisco ASDM & Java 11

AFAIK, the latest PDM for PIX501 fixes the Java problem, but I have not tested it personally. Instead, I have a virtual PC with Java "frozen" at 5.0, the latest known (at least by me) version to be PDM friendly. Quick fixes still work better via SSH though. :-)

net nanny type software

I recall there was mention on this list of a net nanny type software that was good and was also free. Does anyone know what it was called? Getting my son his first PC for Christmas ;-) James ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: net nanny type software

You could start with OpenDNS to lock things down. On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:31 PM, James Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recall there was mention on this list of a net nanny type software that > was good and was also free. Does anyone know what it was called? Getting my > son his first PC for

Re: net nanny type software

K9 Web Protection http://www1.k9webprotection.com/ James Kerr wrote: > I recall there was mention on this list of a net nanny type software > that was good and was also free. Does anyone know what it was called? > Getting my son his first PC for Christmas ;-) -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: net nanny type software

+1 Highly recommended for PCs used by children. OpenDNS is a little more complex to set up but also works well. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08,

OT: F-18 crashed into San Diego neighborhood

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=F-18+crash&btnG=Search+News -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Re: net nanny type software

Thats the one I was looking for guys, thanks. I will look into OpenDNS as well. - Original Message - From: "Roger Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 3:42 PM Subject: RE: net nanny type software +1 Highly recommended for PCs use

RE: Cisco ASDM & Java 11

the previous tech disabled all but local PDM access, and without travelling to the site with a laptop (yep, got a virtual os with older java) I can't do much ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: E. Peeters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday,

Re: Cisco ASDM & Java 11

Which version of the ADSM is having the issue there are 3 current ones out there with 6 being the most current? Jon On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Roger Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For ASA users: Be aware the latest Java updates (11 - I believe) breaks > the ASDM interface. I've had

Re: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types

The HAL is part of the Virtual Server tools loaded when you first bring up the server and add the tools. I have had 2 of my servers bomb when moving them recently. Since it was easier to put a new VM built on the 2008 Hyper-V machine than do the trouble shooting to fix it I just opt'ed for the ch

RE: Cisco ASDM & Java 11

I'm on 6.0(2). Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 3:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Cisco ASDM & Java 11 Which version of the ADSM is having the

Re: Acronis tech support?

Hi Neil, I was testing Acronis True Image Home 2009, and I have three issues: 1) A bug when backing up to DVDs that makes this function unusable (it fails 100% of the time) 2) That bug should have been caught in the most elementary regression testing. Since this went into a production release,

DL360 G5's and P400 controller

Anyone running these? I assume the P400 is onboard, I need a 1u that I can shove a P800 in to attach an external array to... Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Personal SSL Cert disappearing

Hi all, Got a very odd issue. We have a domain user who is trying to log onto a bank website. The bank requires an SSL cert to be installed. The cert installs and shows as installed under personals certs, but, once IE is closed and reopened, it's gone. Anyone have any ideas? Thank

Re: Cisco ASDM & Java 11

You are just full of good news! ;> Ah well I could have patched my machine and found out after the fact and been real happy. Thanks Roger for the heads up. Looks like I don't update my Java until I can get the office to pay for a SmartNet contract on the beast. The fun just never ends does it?

RE: BB Storm management

Device OS 4.5 is supported in BES 4.1.5 (4.1 SP5) Don't remember about the policy question. I concur with Martin that 4.1.6 is worth the time and trouble. I just pushed a new version of 4.5 OS across the wire to a Curve. The HTML E-mail is worth the trouble to upgrade your Curve Device OS

RE: DL360 G5's and P400 controller

You can build a customized DL360 with the P800 - all it needs is a x8 PCIe Full height slot. I'm not running a P800 in a DL360 currently, only dual P800's in my DL380G5 E2k7 Mailbox servers. But you should have no problem getting a P800 into a DL360G5. I use the Product Bulletin to build my s

RE: Personal SSL Cert disappearing

Is the cert a client authentication cert? Or a server authentication cert? If the latter, then it shouldn't be installed in "Personal Certs" Instead, the CA's cert (that issued the server auth cert) should be installed in Trusted Root CAs. If it's a client authN cert, use MMC (add the Certifica

Re: DL360 G5's and P400 controller

DL360G5 do support P800. From: Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Tuesday, 9 December 2008 7:21:01 Subject: DL360 G5's and P400 controller Anyone running these? I assume the P400 is onboard, I need a 1u that I can shove a P

RE: BB Storm management

It should be mentioned that BPS or Blackberry Professional does not support html and is only on the Sp4 revision currently. The Curves and the Storms work fine, they just don't have the advanced functionality like HTML and making modifications to advanced policies settings not available in the Sp4