Re: Utility to Access all Registry Keys remotely

2009-01-06 Thread James Rankin
Just don't forget to unload it afterwards - I was once editing our users' mandatory profile and left the Registry hive loaded on my machine. Since then I have decided to maintain multiple copies :-) 2009/1/5 Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:11 PM, David James

RE: VMWare Product Confusion

2009-01-06 Thread Ken Cornetet
It *allows* it, but it does not include it. For those features you need a VirtualCenter license, and to get that, you might as well buy ESX. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 8:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare Product Confusion

UK Police planning to hack citizens' PCs

2009-01-06 Thread David Lum
Nice..this isn't a hoax is it? http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5626 A remote search can be granted if a senior officer says he believes that it is proportionate and necessary to prevent or detect serious crime - defined as any offence attracting a jail sentence of more than three years

OT UK Police planning to hack citizens' PCs

2009-01-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
The Times over stated what is happening from what I read. Other papers report no changes in the rules or laws. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: UK Police planning to hack citizens' PCs Nice..this isn't a

RE: VMWare Product Confusion

2009-01-06 Thread gsweers
Sorry I should have been more specific. Out of the box it does not do any of those features. You have to PAY to get them. That would be upgrading to Enterprise ESXi. But stating that it does not support it was a misnomer. My apologies. I consider it to be the equivalent of 2003 Std 32 bit

Re: UK Police planning to hack citizens' PCs

2009-01-06 Thread James Rankin
I cannot wait for my girlfriend's sister to set up the necessary paperwork for my family to emigrate to the United States. I am sick to death of living in the police state that the UK has become. Whether these laws are workable or not is moot - the fact that they have been passed would make me

RE: UK Police planning to hack citizens' PCs

2009-01-06 Thread Dallas Burnworth
LOL-have you ever heard of the Patriot Act? If big brother wants to, he can. Your rhetorical question What's next, surveillance cameras in your house? reminds me of the Patrick Henry 'Liberty or Death' speech. They tell us, sir, that we are weak -- unable to cope with so formidable

OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Sean Houston
I was curious as to what everyone does here (or your company does) in regards to IT staff and salaries. I'm not management, but when it comes to anything IT related I'm the go to guy. I know there is a lot of gray area in regards to how salary and overtime works especially in relation to IT

RE: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Jacob
Not knowing what state. not sure. In California, you can be salary and still receive overtime. If you are Exempt, then you won't be entitled to overtime. From what I was told by someone that used to work with the California Labor Board, a good rule of thumb is if you are in the position

Re: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Get your Human Resources Dept. involved. They should know exactly what the rules/laws are, and should have the authority to squash any opposition you are getting. On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Sean Houston seanthous...@gmail.com wrote: I was curious as to what everyone does here (or your

Re: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Sean Houston
I appreciate the feedback. You always realize the things that seem so obvious that you forget to mention because you're trying to even wrap your head around the situation. The company has brances in several states, but the main office the IT staff is located in Ohio. Our HR department /

RE: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread John Hornbuckle
Post your results here, if you're able to. I know that some IT positions are exempt from overtime even if they're not management, but I've always been hazy on which positions qualified. I know an awful lot of IT people who aren't programmers or developers but who are salaried and put in a lot

RE: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Roger Wright
Here's a relevant article: http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=2588 Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Sean Houston [mailto:seanthous...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:16 AM To: NT System Admin

RE: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
I am not a developer or programmer and I am salaried. Granted I make well over the $455/wk or $27/hr mentioned earlier...and I couldn't care less about overtime. YMMV TVK From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:38 AM To: NT System Admin

NTFS Permissions

2009-01-06 Thread Walker, Clay
Good morning everyone: Here's the scenario. I have a server originally setup as a member server (Win 2003 Ent R2). This server acts as a file server that houses all of the students' home directories. I setup a local group on this server giving read/write permissions to all teachers so they can

Re: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Your HR person needs to be fired. Seriously, this kind of thing is their job, and it sounds like you are doing the research and stating what the laws and such are instead of them. Any possibility of comp time being given? Sounds like you are on the right track and have done the research to

RE: NTFS Permissions

2009-01-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
ACK, a DC with file serving open for students? Sorry but as a fellow edu type I vote 'very bad' on that idea. Leave the old unused ACL on the folders, it won't hurt anything. -Original Message- From: Walker, Clay [mailto:c...@bridgeportisd.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:45

RE: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 on going over the head of the HR person and forcing them to do THEIR job or getting them fired. There are additional laws in Ohio that they need to also check into. I believe you owe them OT or comp time. From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Re: Server migration assistance

2009-01-06 Thread Scott Klassen
Thanks again for the advise Jim and Ben. I completed the server migration on New Years, relatively painlessly. Thought I'd throw a tidbit of info out there to whomever may want to run RoboCopy from a 2008 machine in future. I decided to map the source (remote) and found that the elevated

Re: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Rob Bonfiglio
Found this on Ohio's website that relates to their overtime laws. Some additional research will be required on your part: http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4111.03 On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Sean Houston seanthous...@gmail.comwrote: I appreciate the feedback. You always realize the things that

Utilizing SMS...

2009-01-06 Thread David Lum
I'm trying to use SMS to get a handle on installed software and licensing - problem is, the report is MASSIVE, how can I pare it down to software that actually requires purchase? It's easy to get a list of what's in Add/Remove, but with some of the items listed I have no easy way of knowing if

RE: Utilizing SMS...

2009-01-06 Thread David McSpadden
I don't think so but others will clarify. I would think you could do your report on a virgin box (no pun intended) and exclude all the basic programs from the virgin install. Then add each program you normally add to a box. Each time add to the excluded items things that are free or maybe even

Re: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Eric Brouwer
HR is most likely acting for the Company, and saving money by not giving an argument for more money. On Jan 6, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Sherry Abercrombie wrote: Your HR person needs to be fired. Seriously, this kind of thing is their job, and it sounds like you are doing the research and

Solved: Windows 2008 image problem

2009-01-06 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Thought I would pass this along in case it saves anyone a headache down the road: Was building an image for deploying W2K8 using OSD with SMS 2003. Pulled down the image on a test machine and couldn't open control panel. Everything else seemed to be fine. Scanned it for viruses, nothing.

Re: Utilizing SMS...

2009-01-06 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Try this site: http://www.myitforum.com/ Rod Trent is the SMS guru... On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:09 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: I'm trying to use SMS to get a handle on installed software and licensing – problem is, the report is MASSIVE, how can I pare it down to software

Re: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Sean Houston
Awesome, Thanks everyone for your responses - it was some good information . I'm sure eventually we'll get this straightened out for the benefit of the IT staff here. Thanks, Sean Houston On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Rob Bonfiglio robbonfig...@gmail.comwrote: Found this on Ohio's website

Re: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
True, but they are in effect setting the company up for a lawsuit that the company would lose, which would result in the company spending a whole lot more money than they would if they just paid the OT and/or gave comp time. On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Eric Brouwer er...@forestpost.com

Re: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Rob Bonfiglio
Penny wise, Dollar stupid... On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote: True, but they are in effect setting the company up for a lawsuit that the company would lose, which would result in the company spending a whole lot more money than they would if they

RE: Utilizing SMS...

2009-01-06 Thread Malcolm Reitz
Unfortunately, you've got a tedious task ahead of you. SMS (or SCCM 2007) doesn't have any idea about the licensing and purchasing requirements of your software. The closest it gets is with SCCM 2007 where it can count licenses for certain Microsoft products. Malcolm From: David Lum

Re: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Eric Brouwer
I've certainly seen companies that would rather pay their attorneys for litigation than just pay their employees or bills for that matter. On Jan 6, 2009, at 11:20 AM, Sherry Abercrombie wrote: True, but they are in effect setting the company up for a lawsuit that the company would lose,

Re: VMWare Product Confusion

2009-01-06 Thread Steven Peck
You may also want to look at PowerShell to help you automate reporting if you go this route as well. A great introductory article can be found here: http://www.vmguru.com/index.php/articles-mainmenu-62/scripting/74-getting-started-with-powershell-and-powergui-in-your-virtual-infrastructure Some

RE: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Jake Gardner
I'm still a little confused here... according to the DOL document, http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/regs/compliance/fairpay/fs17a_overview.pdf a large portion of computer workers fall under Professional Exemption. I'd say that any SysAdmin or NetAdmin or the like that has certs or degrees will not

File name is too long

2009-01-06 Thread Eric Brouwer
Good afternoon, I'm trying to copy files from an NT server to a Windows 2003 server. I am running into the problem of file/path name limitations. I am trying to do this from Windows Explorer, and I keep getting the file name is too long error. Is there another utility I can use to

RE: Server migration assistance

2009-01-06 Thread Carl Houseman
Apply this reg hack to your Vista machines and reboot. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] EnableLinkedConnections=dword:0001 It allows the mappings to be shared across elevated and non-elevated sessions. Carl

RE: File name is too long

2009-01-06 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
Use the subst command. You can get the syntax by typing subst /? from a command prompt. -Original Message- From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:er...@forestpost.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: File name is too long Good afternoon, I'm trying to

Re: File name is too long

2009-01-06 Thread Jeff Bunting
SUBST might help. On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Eric Brouwer er...@forestpost.com wrote: Good afternoon, I'm trying to copy files from an NT server to a Windows 2003 server. I am running into the problem of file/path name limitations. I am trying to do this from Windows Explorer, and I

RE: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Jacob
In California, you have to computer exempt professionals at least $37.94 per hour.. or about $79K per year. From: Jake Gardner [mailto:jgard...@ttcdas.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT - Staffing Overtime I'm still a little confused

Powershell Question

2009-01-06 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Anyone know a good resource for powershell regexp's, I am trying to replicate the following regexp ^[[:space:]]+word|^[[:space:]]+[0-9] so I can clean up a log file for viewing. Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Powershell Question

2009-01-06 Thread Michael B. Smith
This is a good start, and provides links http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.11.powershell.aspx Here is a link to the definitive reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hs600312.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog:

Re: File name is too long

2009-01-06 Thread Kurt Buff
While, as others suggest, 'subst' might help, your real help here is two-fold: 1) robocopy - get it from the MSFT resource kits. I can handle file/path specifications greater than 254 characters, as it uses a different API than win32 2) shorten the path. Kurt On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:55 AM,

RE: File name is too long

2009-01-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
And it is WAY faster. Robocopy FTW. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: File name is too long While, as others suggest, 'subst' might help, your real help here is

Re: Powershell Question

2009-01-06 Thread Steven Peck
Also, while I don't use regex much, the few times I have Regex Buddy was invaluable. http://www.regexbuddy.com/ And Micheal beat me to the link I use whenever I need a refresher. (ok, the link I read when I have to use regex) Brandon is evidently going to post more on the subject so you may want

Re: File name is too long

2009-01-06 Thread Jonathan Link
And reliable. On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.orgwrote: And it is WAY faster. Robocopy FTW. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Tuesday Funny - or is it?

2009-01-06 Thread Ziots, Edward
Too funny, Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: ezi...@lifespan.org Phone: 401-639-3505 MCSE, MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06,

Re: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Steven Peck
Sort of / kind of / depends. The reality is most that are listed as exempt are probably not. But as long a there is not a complaint to the labor board (and a lawyer) the situation will probably remain status quo, especially in these wonderful economic times. Not part of the article but IT

windows internal database

2009-01-06 Thread jesse-r...@wi.rr.com
I am trying to determine what application on a 2003 Server is using the Windows Internal Database. No one seems to know anymore how this service got installed and for what... Sharepoint 3.0 is on the box, so it's likely that's how the Windows Internal Database got installed, but I'm not 100%

RE: windows internal database

2009-01-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
WSUS installs it if you decide not to use an SQL database. That is my bet. -Original Message- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: windows internal database I am trying to determine

RE: windows internal database

2009-01-06 Thread Michael B. Smith
So will WSS 2 and maybe 3. You can use the SQL Server management tools (including the SQL Server Express management tools) to look at the DB instance and see what the database names are - that'll almost certainly tell you what the application is. Similarly, you can find the files for the

Re: windows internal database

2009-01-06 Thread Robert Cato
My WSS3 install uses the same exact db (MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE). If you are running SP that is not connected to a SQL back end then most likely it is the SP instance. On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:17 PM, jesse-r...@wi.rr.com jesse-r...@wi.rr.comwrote: I am trying to determine what application on a

RE: windows internal database

2009-01-06 Thread jesse-r...@wi.rr.com
wsus isnt installed on this server Original Message: - From: Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:19:54 -0500 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: windows internal database WSUS installs it if you decide not to use an SQL

RE: windows internal database

2009-01-06 Thread David Lum
You can stop the related service and see if something quits working...use at your own risk for that one though :-) David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 -Original Message- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com

RE: windows internal database

2009-01-06 Thread RM
It's definitely Sharepoint that installed it. RM On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:43:17 -0500, jesse-r...@wi.rr.com jesse-r...@wi.rr.com said: wsus isnt installed on this server Original Message: - From: Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009

RE: windows internal database

2009-01-06 Thread jesse-r...@wi.rr.com
That's the thing... it's already stopped. It was startup. I'm just going to remove it, based on what I read from the responses here and what I found in googling, it seems to be from Sharepoint which has since also been removed. Original Message: - From: David Lum

A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator

2009-01-06 Thread Bob Fronk
I am using a Cisco VPN Concentrator 3005 as an endpoint for mobile users and small remote sites. Lately I have found that remote sites can only pull down 2.8mpbs over the VPN. We have a DS3, so I would expect the remote clients to be able to pull down their full bandwidth, depending on

CSA and VMWare

2009-01-06 Thread Jeff Bunting
With all the VM talk lately, I was wondering if anyone has had any issues with Cisco Security Agent on a VM. Recently had a problem with a VM hanging after migrating it to another host. The VM wouldn't ping, and console wouldn't respond to CTRL-ALT-DEL although Virtual Center showed processor

RE: A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator

2009-01-06 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
I'm not very familiar with Crisco devices, but the VPN concentrators we use have a place in the configuration to set the max bandwidth used for a site-to-site tunnel. There is probably a similar setting in the Cisco device. From: Bob Fronk

RE: A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator

2009-01-06 Thread Bob Fronk
All the remotes sites use EZVPN so no real site-to-site. Mobile clients use Cisco VPN Software client. So far, I have not located any settings which seem to affect the bandwidth. All the ones I have found are set to 100GB or higher. From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]

Re: A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator

2009-01-06 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
If compression is enabled for your group, turn it off. If you need to, create an alternate group for modem users only, and enable compression on that group only. Also: have you confirmed this across different broadband/high-speed service providers? It could be that a particular ISP is limiting

Re: A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator

2009-01-06 Thread Brian Prentiss
Data Sheet http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps5743/ps5749/ps2284/product_data_sheet09186a00801d3b56.html On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Brian Prentiss bprent...@gmail.com wrote: http://supportwiki.cisco.com/ViewWiki/index.php/Cisco_VPN_3005_Concentrator This doc states

Re: A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator

2009-01-06 Thread Kurt Buff
Crisco devices? That would be a deep fat fryer, right? Heh. On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Kim Longenbaugh k...@colonialsavings.com wrote: I'm not very familiar with Crisco devices, but the VPN concentrators we use have a place in the configuration to set the max bandwidth used for a

RE: A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator

2009-01-06 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
That is what McDonalds and KFC use for their free wireless connections that they provide. :-) TVK -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 2:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator Crisco

Re: A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator

2009-01-06 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I skimmed the tech docs, faqs, and vvarious other sheets too. 4mbps max throughput is the number I saw. I read about limiting issues when using compression, and another vague reference to the amount of simultaneous connections. All vague, with no substance. -- ME2 On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at

RE: A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator

2009-01-06 Thread Bob Fronk
Ok... time to shop for an ASA. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator I skimmed the tech docs, faqs, and vvarious other sheets

RE: A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator

2009-01-06 Thread Bob Fronk
Anyone with PIX to ASA conversion experience care to weigh in? Sticking with Cisco due to current Cisco VOIP project and remote sites. -Original Message- From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: A little

RE: A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator

2009-01-06 Thread Chyka, Robert
I've done a few conversions. It is pretty easy. Cisco has a converter tool pix to asa on teir website to help. -Original Message- From: Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: 1/6/09 3:35 PM Subject: RE: A little OT: Cisco VPN

RE: A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator

2009-01-06 Thread Rohyans, Aaron
You mean CVPN3005 to ASA? Either way, we can get it setup :) Aaron T. Rohyans Senior Network Engineer CCIE #21945, CCSP, CCNA, CQS-Firewall, CQS-IDS, CQS-VPN, ISSP, CISP, JNCIA-ER DPSciences Corporation 7400 N. Shadeland Ave., Suite 245 Indianapolis, IN 46250 Office:  (317) 849-6772 x 7626 Fax:  

ESXi newbie - question about data stores

2009-01-06 Thread Bryan Garmon
I want to copy a few iso files to the ESXi datastore - how do I access the datastore remotely from a windows vista machine? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: ESXi newbie - question about data stores

2009-01-06 Thread Damien Solodow
Use the VIClient. Double click the datastore, and there should be a button for Upload. From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 4:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ESXi newbie - question about data stores I want to copy a few iso files to

RE: ESXi newbie - question about data stores

2009-01-06 Thread Damien Solodow
Might not be able to do that with esxi as it doesn't have a service console, so maybe no sshd -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 4:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ESXi newbie - question about data stores

Re: ESXi newbie - question about data stores

2009-01-06 Thread Bryan Garmon
Perfect. thanks. On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Damien Solodow damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu wrote: Use the VIClient. Double click the datastore, and there should be a button for Upload. *From:* Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, January 06, 2009 4:46 PM

Re: File name is too long

2009-01-06 Thread Eric Brouwer
Wow. First experience with robocopy. Great little tool! Thanks, guys. On Jan 6, 2009, at 1:00 PM, Kennedy, Jim wrote: And it is WAY faster. Robocopy FTW. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:59 PM To: NT System Admin

P2V SBS aka two DC's

2009-01-06 Thread David Lum
Has anyone here P2V'd a couple of DC's? I P2V'd an SBS server in test and it went fine - my concern is how to handle it in production when there's a SBS server AND a 2nd DC involved. At some point I need to make the 2nd DC think that the first DC was just powered off for a bit. Would it work if

Re: File name is too long

2009-01-06 Thread Kurt Buff
I've been using robocopy since it came out - I think with the NT3.51 RK. It's a very good and dear friend. Treat it well. Kurt On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Eric Brouwer er...@forestpost.com wrote: Wow. First experience with robocopy. Great little tool! Thanks, guys. On Jan 6, 2009, at

RE: File name is too long

2009-01-06 Thread Michael B. Smith
It's part of the OS with Vista and Server 2008. Finally - respectability! :-) 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: Kurt Buff

Re: File name is too long

2009-01-06 Thread Steven Peck
There is an awesome word doc if you missed it int he tools directory. Some switches I generally use to help on larger file migrations robocopy \\source\path \destination\path /s /e /R:3 /LOG:log.txt /TEE The /s /e does the sub directories (even empty ones) /R:3 means that if it 'hangs' on a

Re: ESXi newbie - question about data stores

2009-01-06 Thread Steven Peck
ah, hadn't thought about that. Think I will keep my ESX server farm. On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Damien Solodow damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu wrote: Might not be able to do that with esxi as it doesn't have a service console, so maybe no sshd -Original Message- From: Steven Peck

RE: P2V SBS aka two DC's

2009-01-06 Thread Troy Meyer
Dave, We don't have an SBS environment, but we have P2V'd multiple production DCs both 2000 and 2003 without noticeable issue. We did it similar to what you said and the VM DC comes up and thinks it has a new nic, but joins in with replication right away. Be careful on your reliance on going

Re: OT : Anti-Phishing training game

2009-01-06 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: Cute, if slow, game for teaching regular folks how to spot Phishing scams in browser URLs ... http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/antiphishing_phil/new/index.html Anyone else see the irony in sending around a random URL to teach

RE: A little OT: Cisco VPN Concentrator

2009-01-06 Thread Mark Milosavljevic
Check the CPU utilisation on the VPN 3000. I cant recall max throughput on VPN 3005 but it is not particularly high From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Wednesday, 7 January 2009 6:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: A little OT: Cisco VPN

Re: File name is too long

2009-01-06 Thread Kurt Buff
Yeah, unlike me... Heh. On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@theessentialexchange.com wrote: It's part of the OS with Vista and Server 2008. Finally - respectability! :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog:

Re: OT : Anti-Phishing training game

2009-01-06 Thread Kurt Buff
Anyone see the irony in using a flash-enabled site to teach anyone about security? feh. On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: Cute, if slow, game for teaching regular folks how to spot

RE: OT : Anti-Phishing training game

2009-01-06 Thread Erik Goldoff
Absolutely ... Took me a while to get ahold of the sender to verify it was valid, it was someone that I trust, but wanted to make sure his address wasn't being spoofed ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security -Original Message- From: Ben Scott

RE: ESXi newbie - question about data stores

2009-01-06 Thread Sam Cayze
You can use SSH in ESXi, it's just unsupported by Vmware. -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 4:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ESXi newbie - question about data stores ah, hadn't thought about that. Think I will

Re: OT : Anti-Phishing training game

2009-01-06 Thread John Cook
Ironic to be sure but it's about the only way I will get my ID10T users to learn any security. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud - Original Message - From: Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin

RE: ESXi newbie - question about data stores

2009-01-06 Thread Greg Mulholland
Using SSH is different to having a service console. The service console is generally what allows those apps to work. Until the new version are rewritten for esxi :) -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, 7 January 2009 11:07 AM To: NT System

Re: ESXi newbie - question about data stores

2009-01-06 Thread R. Mac
How to enable ssh for esxi 1) At the console press ALT-F1 2) type* *unsupported in the console and press Enter.(You will not see the text) 3) If you typed in unsupported correctly, you will see a command line login. Enter the password for the root login. 4) Edit the file inetd.conf ** and find

RE: P2V SBS aka two DC's

2009-01-06 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
I have had such good success with vmware convertor 3 (not 4 beta) I just get a good backup, convert it and run it. In all of the multiDC environments I have done this the only problem I ever run into is the time being off by too much. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent:

RE: ESXi newbie - question about data stores

2009-01-06 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
The service restart doesn't work on 3.5u3 you have to kill the service via kill -HUP | grep inetd or something like that. Lots of documentation on doing it, and I have it enabled on all my boxes in production. From: R. Mac [mailto:big...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 20:58

RE: CSA and VMWare

2009-01-06 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
I have an older Cisco catalyst that gives me hiccups like that too actually. In my colo if I point a vm from one server to another there is like a 30-60 sec delay before the box will start networking functions again. Its not the server, because if I move it from my backup esx boxes to my tertiary

Re: CSA and VMWare

2009-01-06 Thread Phil Brutsche
Spanning trees You need to enable portfast on that port. Benjamin Zachary - Lists wrote: I have an older Cisco catalyst that gives me hiccups like that too actually. In my colo if I point a vm from one server to another there is like a 30-60 sec delay -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com

RE: CSA and VMWare

2009-01-06 Thread Martin Blackstone
That sure is what it sounds like -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 6:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: CSA and VMWare Spanning trees You need to enable portfast on that port. Benjamin Zachary - Lists wrote: