RE: VMWare tools

They told me they would support it by this summer :( -Original Message- From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:li...@levelfive.us] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare tools I spoke to veeam and they don't support the free ESXi w/o

RE: Live Launch

The last three SEA (South East Asia) Tech.eds were in Malaysia (I was a speaker there, as well as the Aus Tech.Eds), but nothing this year. Brian is right - there simply isn't the money available to fund the type of Tech.Ed in SEA that Australia has. Other than some multinationals, there aren't

Re: VMWare tools

I apologize if I caused some confusion. I suppose I forgot that the OP was asking about backup solutions for ESXi (presumably the free version). My responses were all about ESX, and it seems that Veeam for one, *used* to backup the free version of ESXi, but doesn't any longer at the behest of VMW

RE: Live Launch

Singapore is actually really a long ride from other very developed economies in the region. It's really kind of in the middle of nowhere. You're going to draw from all over _where there's money_ and a 7 hour plane ride is annoying to a lot of people. There have been TechEd Malaysia's and TechEd

RE: Live Launch

The last Tech.Ed in Singapore was in 2005. Cheers Ken From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@owa.smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, 1 October 2009 5:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Live Launch Doesn't Singapore (the city) have a population higher than that of Australia (the continent)

RE: VMWare tools

I spoke to veeam and they don't support the free ESXi w/o the foundation tools, which I thought was strange because the free version worked .. I checked out vranger 3.3 and it requires vcb, none of my machines are available for backup w/o it. I tested this by doing a new install, if I put in the f

RE: VMWare tools

If you aren't snapping at the SAN level, then look for ghettoVCB.sh This will take a snapshot, copy it elsewhere, remove the snapshot then label the folder. It has a rotation count, it will automount NFS volumes, or you can use the free Windows for Unix to get NFS, I use an NFS server for 50 bu

RE: MSE is released...

As a test I took a 100 user network with a handful of servers, put them on OpenDNS and removed Symantec 11 across the board. So far after about 6 months I have had 3 users actually get something. How, I have no idea, most likely through webmail which I have now also removed in OpenDNS and the bloat

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

I love it! I have seen end users stick forks in other orifices. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye! I just came across this: http://www.

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

This is great. I almost fell on the floor. Snow Leopard, please, Snow Job(s) Leopard, it is a service pack that Stevie is trying to save the world with at $30 a crack. Kind of makes the real Steve look like a Knight in Shining Armor :-) I have been waiting years to say that..

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

Holy crap, that was brilliant! This guy is diffidently going in my RSS reader. (http://www.bynkii.com/atom.xml) From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: It h

Re: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

This guy is my new hero... http://www.bynkii.com/archives/2009/09/douchebags_fondly_eviscerated.html -- ME2 On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is just chock full of awesomeness! > > -- > ME2 > > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Magl

RE: MSE is released...

Braggart. Bet you don't have a Steampunked file server though! -sc From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@owa.smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MSE is released... I've got seven in my "production" environment. SCC, CC

RE: Home email servers (was: MSE is released...)

My services will be under "Poetic License". -sc -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@owa.smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home email servers (was: MSE is released...) Only if the licensing is correct.

Re: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

That is just chock full of awesomeness! -- ME2 On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Maglinger, Paul wrote: > LOL! I like the statement after the copyright notice. > > -Original Message- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:37 PM > To: NT S

Re: Job resume fun

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 14:35, Ben Scott wrote: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Jacob wrote: >> May come in handy… sometimes I feel like back hoeing a user or two… > >  Eeek!  Don't use a backhoe.  Backhoes have a tendency to seek out > any buried telecom lines in the area and sever them. > >

Re: Job resume fun

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 14:35, Ben Scott wrote: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Jacob wrote: >> May come in handy… sometimes I feel like back hoeing a user or two… > >  Eeek!  Don't use a backhoe.  Backhoes have a tendency to seek out > any buried telecom lines in the area and sever them. > >

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

LOL! I like the statement after the copyright notice. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye! I just came across this: http://www.bynkii.

Re: Job resume fun

Look at the bright side. If you hired him, you could potentially consolidate your Service Desk and Maintenance departments. On Sep 30, 2009, at 12:09 PM, David Lum wrote: > We have an opening for a Service Desk Professional / IT support > position. > > > > This is on a resume we received:

It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

I just came across this: http://www.bynkii.com/archives/2009/01/for_new_sysadminsit_types.html Dead on, I say. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Re: Job resume fun

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Jacob wrote: > May come in handy… sometimes I feel like back hoeing a user or two… Eeek! Don't use a backhoe. Backhoes have a tendency to seek out any buried telecom lines in the area and sever them. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

RE: Job resume fun

Flagging - Detain end users long enough for administrators to escape into the server room. :-) From: Mike Semon [mailto:mse...@ont.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Job resume fun Perfect Operate back

RE: Job resume fun

Perfect Operate backhoe = can lift 60lbs (Servers, workstations, etc.) Dump truck= Can dump old IT equipment in dumpster Street sweeper= can sweep datacenter floor and clean cubicles Minor electrical maintenance= Can underestimate power needs and PDU's like IT personnel. Carpentry and road

Re: Job resume fun

I say "If it's within 50 feet of a computer, it's my responsibility" On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: > LOL. What's funny is since I have been in IT, I have actually had to do > some of those tasks :) > Perhaps that's 'cause they know I'm quite handy, and it's a small business

Re: Job resume fun

I agree now a days you worry about feeding the family first and getting yourself back to a good job second. Jon On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Michael Leone wrote: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:09 PM, David Lum wrote: > > We have an opening for a Service Desk Professional / IT support position

RE: Live Launch

Doesn't Singapore (the city) have a population higher than that of Australia (the continent) ??? (That was a joke - but it's likely about population density. Singapore has 5 million people, all by itself, and can easily draw from quite a distance. Australia has about 22 million and will likely

RE: Windows 7

Generally when we do a desktop refresh (new hardware) or if the system it toast and have to re-install. From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 Just wondering how everybody is going to depl

Re: Job resume fun

I have 80 foot of conduit sitting behind my door. I dont know how that got there ;-) - Original Message - From: John Aldrich To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:49 PM Subject: RE: Job resume fun Never know when you're going to have to run condu

RE: Job resume fun

Never know when you're going to have to run conduit for your CAT5/6 cable yourself. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Job resume fun Heh man, I used to be a constru

RE: Job resume fun

Hmm. sounds like my job. J Except when it comes to the tufting machines. then I only back up the pattern files for the carpet tufting machines. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Su

Re: Job resume fun

Heh man, I used to be a construction electrician before I worked in IT :-P Why yes I do have a pipe bender in my office! - Original Message - From: David Lum To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:09 PM Subject: Job resume fun We have an opening

RE: MSE is released...

I've got seven in my "production" environment. SCC, CCR, DAG, and standalone. From: Steven M. Caesare [scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MSE is released... Hmmph. I only have one Exchange ser

RE: Job resume fun

Perhaps your applicant thought your usage of IT stood for Industrial Technology :-] From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Job resume fun We have an opening for a Service Desk Professional / IT support pos

RE: MSE is released...

But it does install on 64-bit Vista and 64-bit Win7 and 64-bit Server 2008 and 64-bit Server 2008 R2. Believe me, I understand where you are coming from, but in my mind, it's like saying that Exchange 2010 should install on Windows 2000. (And also believe me - I've already heard one complaint a

RE: Job resume fun

I'm just one of three guys going through there giving yea or nay to the next step - phone interviews - and I was tempted... From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Job resume fun I say go for it! ___

RE: Job resume fun

oh, is that frowned upon here? (Where is that from...?) From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Job resume fun Now if they could just get you to stop putting chlo

RE: Home email servers (was: MSE is released...)

Only if the licensing is correct. From: Steven M. Caesare [scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home email servers (was: MSE is released...) Bonus points if I farm out my excess capacity

RE: Job resume fun

Now if they could just get you to stop putting chlorine in the electronic coffee maker. :) Tim From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Job resume fun LOL. What's funny is since I have been in IT, I have

RE: Home email servers (was: MSE is released...)

Bonus points if I farm out my excess capacity to my friends as cloud services?? -sc > -Original Message- > From: Alverson, Tom (Xetron) [mailto:tom.alver...@ngc.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:41 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Home email servers (was: MSE is r

RE: Job resume fun

What ?!?! No welding experience? From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Job resume fun We have an opening for a Service Desk Professional / IT support position. This is o

RE: Job resume fun

I say go for it! From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Job resume fun We have an opening for a Service Desk Professional / IT support position. This is on a resume we rec

RE: Job resume fun

May come in handy. sometimes I feel like back hoeing a user or two. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Job resume fun We have an opening for a Service Desk Professional / IT support position. This

RE: Job resume fun

LOL. What's funny is since I have been in IT, I have actually had to do some of those tasks :) Perhaps that's 'cause they know I'm quite handy, and it's a small business. But my moto here is "If it uses electricity, Sam supports it" From: David Lum [mailto:davi

Re: Job resume fun

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:09 PM, David Lum wrote: > We have an opening for a Service Desk Professional / IT support position. > > > > This is on a resume we received: “Operate backhoe, dump truck, street > sweeper and snowplow. Various maintenance and cleaning duties, minor > electrical maintenanc

Job resume fun

We have an opening for a Service Desk Professional / IT support position. This is on a resume we received: "Operate backhoe, dump truck, street sweeper and snowplow. Various maintenance and cleaning duties, minor electrical maintenance, light carpentry, road repair. Grounds keeping around city

Missing search icons on IE8

I've installed IE8 on Vista PCs only so far and I'm puzzled with the search engine icons that appear under the search box when one types a search entry. When the use does not have local admin privileges, each icon is a magnifying glass, and they all of course look the same. When the user does hav

Re: Windows 7

The upgrade for 7 works quite well, but for some home installs, I'll use the migwiz tool. Easy way to save the profile and all settings, then just restore them after the clean install. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:12 PM, John Aldrich wrote: > +1 for not pushing it out as an upgrade. > > +1 for the

RE: Home email servers (was: MSE is released...)

Better be the Exchange 2010 RC or you're gonna lose some geek cred. Tom -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home email servers (was: MSE is released...) Not until I

RE: Windows 7

The MDT solutions include extracting user data, base metal install, then after all the apps are on reinstall the user data. Very powerful and all in a few clicks. Just be careful not to put too many applications on the media - we tried to create a 12.2Gb DVD earlier today. Mike From: Tim Vande

RE: Windows 7

95% of our workstations are still running XP and only a small number of Vista in the field and a handful of W7 laptops here in IT. I can't see us going with W7 for another year or so, after upgrading the DCs/Domain to 2k8. My work laptop and 2 home computers are running W7 and it's been smooth

Re: Windows 7

I upgraded Windows 98 boxes back in the day to XP (side note - installed XP on an old HP Vectra with 128MB RAM last night and it runs great). I think I may also deploy 7 company wide due to the performance and extra features. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:21 PM, John Hornbuckle < john.hornbuc...@ta

Re: OT: Live Launch

I'm signed up for one in Detroit next week. They only had the developer track left open when I signed up but they assured me that I could attend either track once I got there. I'll follow up later next week with more. Len Hammond CSI:Hartland lenhamm...@gmail.com On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:12 PM,

RE: Windows 7

Our practice has always been to not upgrade OS's-to only use the OS the machine came from the factory with, and when a new OS was released to only run it on new machines that came with it. But... I may have to rethink that with Win7. It has run fine on all of the machines I've tested it on, inc

RE: IE spell checker

+1 From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE spell checker http://www.ie7pro.com/ Roger Wright ___ On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Gavin Wilby wrote: Hi Guys, There seems to be a ton o

Re: Windows 7

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: > Most of them think that if it looks different, it is broken. You got that too, eh? -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: Windows 7

Roll it out with the Windows classic theme in place. They will never know it's not XP. It will however give IT much better management capabilities on the backend. Tim From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wi

RE: Windows 7

Upgraded our primary DC to W2K8 R2 today. The rest will follow soon. The only Windows 7 PCs are in IT at this point. Out of 250 PCs, only 2 Vista PCs in production due to need of 64bit (Quad core notebooks with 8GB Ram) Windows 7 is too much change for our user base to handle at this point.

RE: Windows 7

On a pre-installed, per-PC case as needed to replace old, worn-out machines. I may or may not re-load the O/S to get rid of the extra crap that Dell puts on them (like Google Toolbar, etc.) John-AldrichTile-Tools From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, September

RE: Windows 7

+1 for not pushing it out as an upgrade. +1 for the "new pc" John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 I made the move to ImageX not too long ago, love it.

RE: VMWare tools

here's what I do, all with the free version. I have a couple scenarios. Some vm's have disc's setup as RDM's from ZFS backed iSCSI targets, some vm's exist on ZFS backed NFS mounted vmfs stores. Doesn't matter... I script the proper shutdown of the vm, check that its off, then trigger a snap o

Re: Windows 7

Rollout Server 2008 first then Windows 7?? - Original Message - From: Bob Fronk To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:01 PM Subject: RE: Windows 7 Only new PCs and PCs requiring re-imaging or new hard drives, etc. No plans to do a massive

RE: Windows 7

Take a look Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 and the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), which are both free downloads from Microsoft. Used together they make it quite simple to install Windows 7 to new hardware, or to existing systems whether they are Vista or XP. They also allow

RE: IE spell checker

+1 From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE spell checker http://www.ie7pro.com/ Roger Wright ___ On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Gavin Wilby mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Guys, There see

RE: Windows 7

Only new PCs and PCs requiring re-imaging or new hard drives, etc. No plans to do a massive roll out. I suspect we will have a mixed network for a couple of years. Bob From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subje

RE: Windows 7

Preinstalled on machines as we order them, no re-OS-ing for any places I support. I did use SA to re-OS 10 machines so the support teams can use it iron out the bugs before general deployment, but that's it. My CDW rep (the best rep EVER!!) says over 50% of their customers handled new OS rollou

RE: VMWare tools

"Do they boot up and behave properly when they are running live databases like Exchange and SQL" Yes, as long as the script stops those services during the snapshot. (Only needed for a minute or 2). The OS will act as if the plug got yanked (Just as with most backup/restore processes), but the d

RE: VMWare tools

Just to reiterate. It is *not* necessary to use VCB with all 3rd party backup products for VMWare. Veeam and vRanger both have the option to do network backups. The benefit of VCB is that your proxy is hooked straight into the LUNs and there are almost no resources used on the ESX hosts. As oth

List Admin

Very odd, I am still subscribed but no messages from the list since the 22nd. Checking the spam filters for 64.128.133.151 I see one message blocked for a protocol violation but nothing beyond that. I see messages here in the web interface though. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T

RE: Windows 7

I made the move to ImageX not too long ago, love it. I will just be deploying it to users: 1. If they require a full rebuild anyway 2. New PC 3. After that, on a manual as needed basis. I will not be upgrading or 'pushing' it out to users. From: David W. Mc

RE: VMWare tools

You're using VCB with vRanger 4? Their website states (and their support folks have confirmed several times) that VCB is not yet supported in vRanger 4. Are you running a beta? If you can use VCB now with a production version of vRanger 4 then I'll flip the switch and upgrade. From: N

Re: VMWare tools

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:05 PM, mse...@ont.com wrote: > That's fine if you have a small number to backup. About 60 > The problem begins when you have a large number of VM's to backup. When you > have agents installed > in your VM's then the processing overhead can significantly affect the

Re: How to set up a private network on VMware ESX for testing purposes

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Christopher Bodnar wrote: > Setup the reverse lookup zone and add the PTR records. You should be OK > then. OK ... I create an AD-integrated reverse, and add a PTR for the servers, you mean. AH HA! Excellent. Thanks so much. One barrier down. Now to seize FSMO r

Re: VMWare tools

I was using regular client backups as well, but a recent MotherBoard failure on my ESX host left me high and dry for 36 hours because rebuilding 4 servers and reinstalling them only to back them up and restore them back to the original host was going to be a pretty big hassle not to mention having

RE: VMWare tools

Works fine for me in 4.x There are certain new features that aren't supported with the current version of VCB like if you set up a new guest using an IDE controller instead of scsi. From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Wednesday,

RE: How to set up a private network on VMware ESX for testing purposes

Setup the reverse lookup zone and add the PTR records. You should be OK then. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Infrastructure Service Delivery Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807

Re: VMWare tools

That's fine if you have a small number to backup. The problem begins when you have a large number of VM's to backup. When you have agents installed in your VM's then the processing overhead can significantly affect the performance of your ESX host. With backup proxy the backup processing is done on

Windows 7

Just wondering how everybody is going to deploy this once they have finished testing it? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: VMWare tools

Are you backing up SQL and /or Exchange and are you quiescing your snapshots? Original Message: - From: Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:39:43 -0500 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: VMWare tools I've set up some backup scripts to ma

Re: How to set up a private network on VMware ESX for testing purposes

Do you have PTR records in the dns domain? The KB below indicates that the message you're getting is indicative of that error. IIRC, no PTR record is created when you initially setup DNS for the first DC. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200525 On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Michael Leone wro

Re: VMWare tools

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: > I've set up some backup scripts to make my own VCB backups.  It was > pretty painless. > I'm by no means a script expert either. I have 10 ESX hosts. I don't do VCB backups at all; I backup each VM exactly as I did when it was a physical host (i

Re: How to set up a private network on VMware ESX for testing purposes

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: > You didn't mention it in your detail, so I would be remiss if I didn't > ask.  Did you add the workstations as hosts in the DNS snapin if you're not > using DHCP? I am not using DHCP in the private network; all hosts have static addresses.

RE: VMWare tools

I've set up some backup scripts to make my own VCB backups. It was pretty painless. I'm by no means a script expert either. Sam -Original Message- From: mse...@ont.com [mailto:mse...@ont.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare

RE: VMWare tools

2nd that Esxpress is a very good inexpensive VM backup software. It's host based so you only buy what you need and with the advent of their new version they centralized some stuff before that you had to config each host for backup, been using it for quite a while and compared to the rest I feel it

Re: MSE is released...

> > Getting the product installed on all my test systems took hours and hours, > but the fault was mine, not Microsoft's: I've been doing back-to-back suite > reviews for months, and I let my test systems get behind on their Windows > updates, so I had to bring them all up to speed before installin

Re: VMWare tools

Actually esXpress from phd virtual doesn't. -- Sent using BlackBerry - Original Message - From: mse...@ont.com To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wed Sep 30 13:11:42 2009 Subject: Re: VMWare tools Yes, all third party products use VCB, however, VCB by itself is a

Re: VMWare tools

Yes, all third party products use VCB, however, VCB by itself is a little more difficult to setup. The third party product eliminates having to do all of the custom scripting. Original Message: - From: Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:56:10 -0400 To:

Re: IE spell checker

http://www.ie7pro.com/ Roger Wright ___ On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Gavin Wilby wrote: > Hi Guys, > There seems to be a ton out there but has anyone got any recommends for a > commercial environment? Id quite like it to work inline (ala Word) so it > underlines as you type out forms or

RE: VMWare tools

Nope. vRanger 3.X can use VCB, but is not required. In 4.X VCB isn't even supported (yet). http://supportforums.vizioncore.com/thread.jspa?messageID=83870𔞞 From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues S

RE: MSE is released...

Wow, it's been pretty acidic around here the last couple of days. >>> "Carl Houseman" 9/30/2009 9:43 AM >>> Why do you think that AVG Internet Security would have done any better? Did you buy it and test it side-by-side? Didn't think so... The issue for AVG - all versions - is the same a

Re: VMWare tools

vRanger uses VCB. IIRC, all third party backup solutions for VM's require VCB. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:51 PM, mse...@ont.com wrote: > You can use VCB or third party backup solution such as vRanger. The key is > what are your backup needs and budget. VCB works in conjuction with third > party

Re: How to set up a private network on VMware ESX for testing purposes

You didn't mention it in your detail, so I would be remiss if I didn't ask. Did you add the workstations as hosts in the DNS snapin if you're not using DHCP? IF you are using DHCP are you creating the host entries via dynamic updates? On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Michael Leone wrote: >

RE: VMWare tools

You can use VCB or third party backup solution such as vRanger. The key is what are your backup needs and budget. VCB works in conjuction with third party products to do full VMDK and file level backups. The key is if you need your VM nees quiesed before snapshot. I believe VCB alone may not do thi

RE: VMWare tools

You can use VCB or third party backup solution such as vRanger. The key is what are your backup needs and budget. VCB works in conjuction with third party products to do full VMDK and file level backups. The key is if you need your VM nees quiesed before snapshot. I believe VCB alone may not do thi

RE: MSE is released...

Why do you think that AVG Internet Security would have done any better? Did you buy it and test it side-by-side? Didn't think so... The issue for AVG - all versions - is the same as it is for almost every other AV program that detects mostly based on signatures, and that is that malware is

RE: Semi-on-topic: USB to Serial adapters

I will say I had sticker shock when I went to the Tripplite website to look at ‘em… but then I went to Froogle and found them *much* more affordable! J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Pete Howard [mailto:pchow...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:00 PM To: NT System Admin Iss

How to set up a private network on VMware ESX for testing purposes

So I run a Win2000 domain (in a parent/child configuration), and want to move up to Win2003. Additionally, I run a ESX cluster. In there are virtual DCs, one for the root, one for the child. So I thought to make a private network (using a virtual switch, attached to no physical NICs), and replicat

RE: VMWare tools

VCB is all you need to backup and restore. Pretty sure it works with ESXi? From: Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare tools I've been using ESXi 3.5 for about six m

RE: Semi-on-topic: USB to Serial adapters

We've found that the ones based on the PL-230HX chip work well, and with Win7 (some other we had would not). Haven't tested HW flow control specifically tho. -sc From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:31 AM To: NT System Admin Is

RE: Home email servers (was: MSE is released...)

Not until I get the additional 3 phase power installed. -sc > -Original Message- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:57 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Home email servers (was: MSE is released...) > > n Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at

Re: Semi-on-topic: USB to Serial adapters

Yep, we have some of these and have been happy with themhttp://www.tripplite.com/en/products/model.cfm?txtSeriesID=518&txtModelID=3914From: Richard Stovall To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:34:50 AMSubject: RE: Semi-on-topic: USB to Serial adapters htt

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