RE: NAS/SAN

I was at the vmware forum the other day and netapp did a decent demo on their new offerings with deduping backups, sql and exchange for storage recovery. Also their app has a plugin for vcenter so you could manage the SAN from the vi console which I thought was a nice little bonus. Up to this poi

RE: NAS/SAN

I've always wanted a pure R&D job... -sc From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 2:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAS/SAN How much fun would it be to work in a lab like that, and get paid to put together and demonstr

Re: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

Best conspiracy theory seen so far: Microsoft did this deliberately, in order to make people fear cloud computing (Google) and put their trust back in traditional client/server (Microsoft). http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/12/the_sidekick_data_disaster/index.html Somebody please send a

RE: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

Interesting: There is no official word on the death of the Sidekick from Microsoft or Tmobile, but it certainly looks bleak for the iconic device. This week, Microsoft announced that they had lost all Sidekick user data including pictures, contacts, calendars and other information from the Danger

RE: MPLS

We made the change to Maser�s VPLS solution ( A layer 2 MPLS cloud) over a year ago, we have different local loop connectivity anything from a T1 up to 100Mb. We use QOS for both video and voice and do not have any problems with it, it does what it says on the tin. The biggest benefit of

RE: NAS/SAN

On the complete opposite end of the spectrum is this video put together to advertise Samsung SSDs. It's a bit old now, so apologies in advance if everyone's seen it already. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs&fmt=22 Silly, but fun nonetheless. From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tsh

RE: Citrix license change

XenDesktop is potentially moving to Named User but it _may_ be changed. Citrix is taking a LOT of heat for this proposed change. XenApp will stay licensed for concurrent users. Check this out: http://entelechy.typepad.com/xencentric/2009/10/how-do-you-chose-a-vdi-licen sing-model.html Webster F

RE: NAS/SAN

Nice. Very nice. From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshin...@tacteam.net] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAS/SAN Try this on http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/white-papers/h4427-secure-consold td-16000-exch-users-sltn-vmware-emc-envrnmn

RE: Consumer ISP availability tool?

Glad to help ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Consumer ISP availability tool? Thanks. They call themse

RE: NAS/SAN

Try this on http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/white-papers/h4427-secure-consold td-16000-exch-users-sltn-vmware-emc-envrnmnt-wp.pdf From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAS/SAN

RE: Consumer ISP availability tool?

Thanks. They call themselves broadbandreports.com now (though dslreports.com still works). I completely forgot about them. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Consumer ISP availability tool? used to

Re: VMView and dual monitors

Connect the VMWare View client from your normal desktop first using the user you are going to be using the dual screens with, and change the options for display before you connect to the actual View desktop pool. There is an option for windowed which I think is the one you want (not 100% sure tho!)

RE: MPLS

No Porn.. it is blocked by iPrism. I run redundant server centers in other locations. Double-Take and DPM copy all data across sites. The DS3 is Internet access, it is distributed via the 12 to 6 mbps MPLS back to the sites. Only one site has access to the "full" DS3 Internet. That site has

FYI: Citrix license change

Apologies for the wrap: http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/brianmadden/archive/2009/10/09/citrix-s-change-to-per-named-user-xendesktop-licensing-are-they-really-screwing-everyone-or-are-people-over-reacting.aspx So basically Citrix is changing the license format from licenses for individual prod

RE: VIPRE defs changing?

Yes, it's only because it's a large update. What this update does will allow is a new updating mechanism which in the end is much smaller than the previous updates. But in order to do so, you will need to deploy this new update package. Alex Alex Eckelberry, CEO Sunbelt Software 33 N. G

Re: VIPRE defs changing?

The notification I received said that no intervention is necessary. I am presuming this means that VIPRE service, auto-protection, etc continue to run without some poor @#&* needing to go re-boot every @#&% one of the agents to get it to apply. I believe it was a heads-up message because this

RE: VIPRE defs changing?

Techs are online and available in our VIPRE Enterprise discussion area, where they monitor product specific questions: http://supportforums.sunbeltsoftware.com/categories.aspx?catid=27&entercat=y -- Donald Bittenbender IT Developer/DBA Sunbelt Software -Original Message- From: Richard

RE: Consumer ISP availability tool?

used to be dslreports.com , give it a look-see Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Consumer ISP availability tool?

Consumer ISP availability tool?

Anyone know of a site that will reliably compare broadband ISPs available at a given home address? I might have a home work-from-home user coming online in Deerfield Beach, FL and have no clue where to look for broadband. Thanks, RS ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resourc

RE: VIPRE defs changing?

I've got similar questions and concerns, particularly with respect to the ability of previous agent versions to handle the change. I can say that if it's the same switch to CRC4 definitions (from CRC8) that they put into the home product a while back, it will speed the process of applying def u

RE: NTFS permissions issue

Make a batch file using xcacls.exe from the Microsoft resource kit. It dates back to NT4 days, but still works great. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NTFS permissions issue

RE: VIPRE defs changing?

I don't think any manual intervention is necessary, Kurt, unless you want to control the bandwidth usage. That's the way I understood the notice. Didn't they do this a while back? I remember turning off auto updates so I could control when the definition update went out. I'll do the same th

RE: NAS/SAN

That wasn't HP. That was NORAD. How'd you get in there? J From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 2:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAS/SAN I went to HP in Colorado Springs a few years back. They had everything you could imagin

VIPRE defs changing?

All, Just got a notification from Sunbelt of an upgrade to the defs happening Nov. 3rd, with a complete replacement needed. Unstated is how much manual intervention, if any, is needed. Anyone from Sunbelt care to explain if our VIPRE Enterprise console can drive this, or provide a bit more expla

RE: NAS/SAN

I went to HP in Colorado Springs a few years back. They had everything you could imagine running in this huge server room. I remember they even had this box they used for testing that had 2 miles of fiber coiled up inside. That is my idea of a playground. From:

RE: NAS/SAN

How much fun would it be to work in a lab like that, and get paid to put together and demonstrate the feasibility of 'ginormous' solutions. All the tools and all the toys, and a mission to make it all work. Sounds like a blast... From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com] Sent: Monday

RE: The future is here

I also just got back from a week in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Stayed at the Sheraton Suites. Didn't feel like paying for Internet access in my room and the free Internet in the lobby never worked. Webster From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Subject: RE: The future is here I ju

Re: NTFS permissions issue

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:29, Ben Scott wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:16 PM, jesse-r...@wi.rr.com > wrote: >> Is there ANYWAY I can setup the subfolders so that when >> I create new department folders, I can copy another folder's >> subfolders into the newly created folder, and NOT have the

RE: NTFS permissions issue

Never tried it, but would robocopy do the job? -Original Message- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 12:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NTFS permissions issue PS - I even tried setting the permissions on the department

Re: NTFS permissions issue

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:16 PM, jesse-r...@wi.rr.com wrote: > Is there ANYWAY I can setup the subfolders so that when > I create new department folders, I can copy another folder's > subfolders into the newly created folder, and NOT have the > subfolder's copied permissions get overwritten by the

Re: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Andrew Levicki wrote: > Trying to work out what the obvious joke is..? My assumption: Who the heck would buy IT services from a company called "Danger". I mean... it's right there on the label! ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

Re: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Steven Peck wrote: > Any company can have gaps, especially subsidiaries. This is as much about the PR game as business realities. When you're a high profile vendor and you screw up in a high profile way, it gives you a black eye. Same with the IBM story som

Re: NTFS permissions issue

There are several tools that can export permissions on an existing directory structure into a text format. You can then edit that file, and apply it to the new director[y|ies]. My favorite is fileacl.exe, but there are others. Kurt On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:19, jesse-r...@wi.rr.com wrote: > >

RE: NTFS permissions issue

Set up one set of empty dummy folders with the perms you need, somewhere else outside this folder setup. Rename them to the new department as you need them and robocopy them to the real destination. Rinse, Lather, Repeat for each department. -Original Message- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.c

Re: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

February 2008. It's a MSFT fail. On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 08:53, Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: > I've got to assume this is a Danger failing, and not a Microsoft failing. > When did Microsoft acquire Danger? > > -- > ME2 > > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Ben Scott wrote: >> >>  Seems more lik

RE: NTFS permissions issue

PS - I even tried setting the permissions on the department folders to FOLDER ONLY permissions (for applys onto), and the permissions from the department folder were STILL pushed down to the subfolders underneath it when I copied the subfolder1 and subfolder2 over (removing the original permission

Re: To All: Setback

Best of luck, sir. Keep good thoughts in mind and laughter in your heart, and you'll do better than otherwise. Kurt On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 09:05, Daniel Rodriguez wrote: > Update on my current conditon. > > As some of you know I had a 5-1/2 heart bypass done at the end of July of > this year. I

NTFS permissions issue

trying to figure out a way to accomplish this... I have a folder structure as follows -department1 --subfolder1 --subfolder2 -department2 --subfolder1 --subfolder2 .etc The permissions on the subfolders are very specific and they take make awhile to set up. Each time I create a new depar

Re: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

Speaking of jokes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKnMNjh9Z6I&feature=related The day the data died On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Alverson, Tom (Xetron) < tom.alver...@ngc.com> wrote: > No, no, no – you need to use your Captain Kir

RE: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

No, no, no - you need to use your Captain Kirk voice: Must resist.. making.obvious. joke... From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 10:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A poke in the eye for cloud

RE: Patch management software question, again...

vulnerability assessment -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 12:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management software question, again... What's a VA Product? Sam -Original Message- From: Alex Eckelb

RE: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

Somewhat related, but IBM is feeling pain today as well: http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/10/air-new-zealand-boss-lands-hard-on-ibm.html -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 12:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re

Re: To All: Setback

Praying for your continued recovery Daniel. Let us know when you get to go back to work and we'll have a virtual party that day!! Oh, and mandolins are really dangerous utensils. The first time I used one (slicing Granny Smith apples) I sliced my finger also. No stitches needed, just barely tho

RE: Patch management software question, again...

What's a VA Product? Sam -Original Message- From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 8:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management software question, again... AFAIK only the CTO left about a month ago, but you may have be

RE: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

No idea how accurate is, but there are reports that Microsoft has cut resources to Danger in deference to their Pink project. From: Andrew Levicki [mailto:and...@levicki.me.uk] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A poke

Re: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

Any company can have gaps, especially subsidiaries. While I was on site at a rather large unnamed chip manufacturing company (many years ago) they lost the PDC (NT3.51 or NT4 long ago). So they promoted the BDC. It went boom and keeled over and died. They went to restore from backups. It tu

Re: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

I can't believe Microsoft would be responsible for not having implemented and tested a backup solution in any part of their business. They're always banging on this drum in any MS Press books about Windows Server administration: Do backups! Do restores! Test it! Next you'll be telling me they allo

RE: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

2008ish so I vote MS failing http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/feb08/02-11acquisition.mspx From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 11:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A poke in the eye for cloud computing? I've got t

Re: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

Trying to work out what the obvious joke is..? 2009/10/12 Jonathan Link > Must resist making obvious joke... > > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > >> Seems more like a poke in the eye for Microsoft. How the heck do >> you loose an entire server cluster?? >> >> -- Ben >> >

Re: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

I've got to assume this is a Danger failing, and not a Microsoft failing. When did Microsoft acquire Danger? -- ME2 On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > Seems more like a poke in the eye for Microsoft. How the heck do > you loose an entire server cluster?? > > -- Ben > > ~ Fi

VMView and dual monitors

Is anyone using View to provide a desktop over multiple monitors? I am doing some testing but I cant seem to get it to fully cover both monitors. When it connects it just displays across both my monitors right in the center with gray bars of nothingness going down each side. Any ideas or suggesti

Re: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

Must resist making obvious joke... On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > Seems more like a poke in the eye for Microsoft. How the heck do > you loose an entire server cluster?? > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~

Re: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

Seems more like a poke in the eye for Microsoft. How the heck do you loose an entire server cluster?? -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Re: BES and email alias change

yeah, the hardest part will be getting users to change their signatures if you allow them to have customized sigs. Bill Kevin Lundy wrote: Greetings all - due to some regulatory changes, we will soon be changing our email domain to administratively separate us from our corporate parent. We'

Re: BES and email alias change

The command in question there I believe is HandheldCleanup.exe 2009/10/12 List > Kevin > > I have had to do change domain names a few times and both times bes > has picked up the primary email address on it's own after making the > change on the exch server there may even be a way to force the u

Re: BES and email alias change

On Exchange you can have multiple smtp addresses or aliasesit's a common way to refer to it by Exchange admins. On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:30 AM, List wrote: > Kevin > > I have had to do change domain names a few times and both times bes > has picked up the primary email address on it's own a

Re: BES and email alias change

Sweet. so in other words, BES doesn't really care? On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:09 AM, N Parr wrote: > Nothing, just did it a few months ago. > > -- > *From:* Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, October 12, 2009 9:07 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Iss

Re: BES and email alias change

Basically yes. BES carries on regardless. Sometimes displays the wrong primary address in the console (irrespective of the address that the user entered during Enterprise Activation), but email flow is unaffected, as is actual Reply-to / default SMTP address that is sent around the world. Hope that

Re: BES and email alias change

Kevin I have had to do change domain names a few times and both times bes has picked up the primary email address on it's own after making the change on the exch server there may even be a way to force the update but I can't remember what it was. Iwas on bes 4.x and 5.0 when making the VH

RE: BES and email alias change

Nothing, just did it a few months ago. From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 9:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: BES and email alias change Greetings all - due to some regulatory changes, we will soon be changing our

BES and email alias change

Greetings all - due to some regulatory changes, we will soon be changing our email domain to administratively separate us from our corporate parent. We've got a handle on most of the issues (we believe). We are fairly novice at the BES server however. What impact will we see from a) changing the

Re: Computer books online

On 8 Oct 2009 at 6:01, Brian Desmond wrote: > Likewise. I buy pretty much everything from Amazon so I do the Amazon Prime > subscription ($75/yr) and it's fantastic. FWIW it's $79/yr and there's a free one-month trial offer going on right now. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-5

Re: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

The "cloud computing" paradigm of the future? On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Kurt Buff wrote: > Boy howdy, am I glad I'm not a Sidekick user > > Kurt > > > From: Lauren Weinstein > Date: October 11, 2009 1:09:43 AM EDT > To: d...@farber.net > Subject: Microsoft's "Cloudburst" - Spectacular D

Re: To All: Setback

God be with you Daniel. I have been much luckier, having gone straight to stents with no bypass along the way. But believe me I *do* relate. On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Daniel Rodriguez wrote: > Update on my current conditon. > > As some of you know I had a 5-1/2 heart bypass done at the

RE: NAS/SAN

Thanks guys. From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 9:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAS/SAN There ya go. -sc From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 9:25 AM To: NT System Admin I

RE: NAS/SAN

There ya go. -sc From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 9:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAS/SAN http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/power/en/microsoft_exchan ge_mailbox?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz From: Richard Stovall

RE: NAS/SAN

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/power/en/microsoft_exchan ge_mailbox?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 7:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAS/SAN Link? From: Steven M. Caesar

RE: Question for fellow VM Junkies

Running 4 From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 7:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Question for fellow VM Junkies Other than the VMotion/DRS issue no reason I can think of assuming you're talking 3.5.x John

RE: NAS/SAN

Link? From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 9:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAS/SAN Dell just published a white paper on a ginormous Exchange server using the EquaLogic iSCSI devices... I think that as a generality his statemen

RE: Patch management software question, again...

AFAIK only the CTO left about a month ago, but you may have better intel than me. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 6:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management software question, again... Big exec shak

RE: Question for fellow VM Junkies

Other than the VMotion/DRS issue no reason I can think of assuming you're talking 3.5.x John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4

Question for fellow VM Junkies

When should you NOT put your Virtual Swap File with the VM? I'm thinking maybe when the guest is residing on slower storage? Put the Swap file on faster storage? Reason I ask is I've been playing with different ways to set up shared storage on the cheap in my home lab. Tried starwinds software i

Re: The future is here

You're right, Let's talk about religion! Andrew 2009/10/12 Ben Scott > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 2:41 AM, Miguel Gonzalez > wrote: > > Socialism? Sorry but Canada has a public health care system ... > > > > Can we please keep the political discussions off this list? > > They *never* go anywher

Re: The future is here

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 2:41 AM, Miguel Gonzalez wrote: > Socialism? Sorry but Canada has a public health care system ... Can we please keep the political discussions off this list? They *never* go anywhere. Thanks. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: NAS/SAN

Strictly Windows environment? HP is a good choice but if you hit it heavy you'll need to tweak some registry settings on the Storage Server. The upside is that there is a lot of information out there on how to do this. HP EVAs seem to handle mixed disks better (though not recommended, sometimes y