Re: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0

2010-03-03 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 2 Mar 2010 at 14:29, Eric Wittersheim wrote: > So has anyone took the plunge and upgraded to 4.0 yet? I checked the Vipre > Enterprise forum and there is nothing posted by anyone about this. If it was a free upgrade from 3.0, which my major VSE client purchased a month or so ago, I might pu

Re: Password protect a folder

2010-03-03 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 2 Mar 2010 at 11:38, Bob Fronk wrote: > I have been requested to password protect a folder. Is there a way to do > this beyond a third party add-on? (Not NTFS permissions, but password protect > a folder, even beyond NTFS permissions) FreeOTFE - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en

Re: mailer for regular or non-profit orgs

2010-03-03 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 27 Feb 2010 at 11:05, Roger Wright wrote: > Is Free cheap enough? www.mailchimp.com On 27 Feb 2010 at 8:27, Holstrom, Don wrote: > ... They have lists that go over 10,000 Mailchimp is free for lists up to 500 and no more than 3000 msgs/month. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Ari

Re: mailer for regular or non-profit orgs

2010-03-03 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 27 Feb 2010 at 8:27, Holstrom, Don wrote: > One of our people has asked about this. They have lists that go over > 10,000 and although we run Exchange 2007, I think that is too large for us. > Not sure, though. I am looking for a good (but cheap) mailer. They would be > fairly simple e-mai

RE: Migration from Mac Mail to Entourage

2010-03-03 Thread Juma, Lumumba
Thanks All,. A user on enoturage has been having issues, possibly database related. I came across this https://mediawiki.middlebury.edu/wiki/LIS/Slow_Entourage_and_Spinning_Beachball . Anybody tried to disable database integrity checks or preventing spotlight from indexing messages? -Or

RE: Yet another DNS question

2010-03-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
Well, then I wouldn't concern myself. It isn't a MAJOR error -- dcdiag, netdiag, and dnslint are happy. Do your upgrade and let's clean up the other stuff later. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Michael Leon

Re: Yet another DNS question

2010-03-03 Thread Michael Leone
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > Ya got me. Did you read here? > > http://eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=4010&eventno=791&source=DNS&phase=1 I did. And I haven't tried that "scorched earth" suggestion, about deleting the netlogon.dns.db files. Or deleting and re-creating

Re: Yet another DNS question

2010-03-03 Thread Michael Leone
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Joseph Heaton wrote: > here's a link to the page on Microsoft's website: > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc735667%28WS.10%29.aspx Yes, I've read it. It says: If the resource record exists in the container, right-click the resource record, and then c

RE: Cisco x64 IPSec Client

2010-03-03 Thread Bob Fronk
Thanks for letting us know. AnyConnect gets blocked at some hotels my employees stay at. I am not sure what the issue is, but my guess is old wireless APs that can't pass the SSL traffic. The IPSec client is good news with our current rate of new PCs with Windows 7 64 bit. BF From: Rohyans,

RE: Disk configuration in new server

2010-03-03 Thread Greg Olson
You don't need three separate raid controllers either. I would separate them out though logically as you have listed. Also, you want to add the battery backed cache to you server as well, as for one it allows you to use other raid options than 0 or 1 (Which HP used to allow for free, but now req

SCCM install registered version over trial

2010-03-03 Thread Michael Pears
Hi, A customer has installed the 120 trial of SCCM and patched it to the latest SP2. They have now purchased the licensed version of SCCM which comes on media including SP1. The licensing process is to install the licensed media over the trail install. This does ot work as the trail is SP2 and

RE: Migrating Netware Logon Scripts to Windows

2010-03-03 Thread Blackman, Woody
Kixtart is the old school method of emulating Novell scripts - http://www.kixtart.org/ And a book to assist http://www.kixscripts.com/book/overview.html Scriptlogic is/has a good tool that leveraged the old KIXTART environment variables (Now called Desktop Authority) http://

Re: Disk configuration in new server

2010-03-03 Thread Andrew S. Baker
+1 No RAID5 for me where Exchange is concerned. Which reminds me... I haven't updated my recommended server config chart in ages.   -ASB: http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Verizon Smartphone -Original Message- From: "Erik Goldoff" Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 19:31:09 To: NT Syst

RE: Disk configuration in new server

2010-03-03 Thread Erik Goldoff
I'd say run mirrors for all volumes except the data (information store) if your IS size is already large ... but best decision will be based on your current disk usage and projected growth. Depending on your backup schedule and traffic volume, your log files may require large storage too. Eri

Re: CompTIA certs

2010-03-03 Thread Kurt Buff
I have very fond memories of that night. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 05:22, Steven M. Caesare wrote: > Now THAT'S a bachelor party! > > -sc > >> -Original Message- >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 12:20 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subje

Acronis backup and recovery 10 win server any success

2010-03-03 Thread jgarciaitlist
I been having issues with, Acornis and I think it due to vss on windows 2003 srv 32 bit. Backup fail and get mms errors Anyone had errors. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Probably a stupid DNS question, but I can't figure it out.

2010-03-03 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I favor your first suggestion rather than a subdomain because subdomains are still vulnerable to some political actions. As Ken mentioned earlier, if possible, register the internal domain. I use fake TLDs depending on the criticality of the network, but with the proliferation of TLDs lately

Re: Probably a stupid DNS question, but I can't figure it out.

2010-03-03 Thread Kurt Buff
Ah. Well, I haven't been through any mergers, spinoffs, etc. in the past 8 years, so you definitely have more insight into that. So, do you recommend the example.local/example.com split, or corp.example.com for internal example.com for external configuration? Kurt On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 16:44,

RE: Win7 Pro vs. Enterprise

2010-03-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
Eh...boot from VHD is a way of easing image deployment and treating "laptops as a utility". Basically to replace a laptop, you copy the VHD from one to another. Since it's all virtual, you don't have to worry about drivers or anything at all. Some people consider it exciting. I think it's boring

Re: Win7 Pro vs. Enterprise

2010-03-03 Thread Kurt Buff
BitLocker, yes! The others I need more info on. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 13:00, Art DeKneef wrote: > Bitlocker. Especially if you have laptops. > > Other things to consider are Applocker, boot from VHD and BranchCache. > > Art > > -Original Message- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmai

Re: Win7 Pro vs. Enterprise

2010-03-03 Thread Kurt Buff
I think DA has the potential to rock, but I'm skeptical of the maturity. But since we won't be deploying Win7 until the first half of next year, it may well show its strengths by then. I'm still researching BranchCache - I have no idea what it is. I'm wondering about AppLocker - I think I have an

RE: Yet another DNS question

2010-03-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
Ya got me. Did you read here? http://eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=4010&eventno=791&source=DNS&phase=1 Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03,

RE: Migrating Netware Logon Scripts to Windows

2010-03-03 Thread Tom Miller
My Netware scripts just map drives and there are a few if/than statements variables. I just converted these to GPP settings and was done. I also did it with VB but really GPP is so easy. Yes, in Netware you can have multiple-OU scripts, which is what I do, but they should not conflict which eac

RE: Win7 Pro vs. Enterprise

2010-03-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
I think DA absolutely rocks. So does BitLocker. And AppLocker. And BranchCache. And RODCs. All incremental evolutionary improvements - but they make the environment easier to use and more secure. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Origi

Re: Disk configuration in new server

2010-03-03 Thread Richard Stovall
I have never used the p410i Smart Array Controller specified for that server, but every other Smart Array Controller I've used allows you to create multiple arrays and multiple logical drives. If the size of the server is adequate for your environment, I can't imagine that you'd have any trouble w

RE: Disk configuration in new server

2010-03-03 Thread Glen Johnson
I'd bet you can do what you want with that server/raid controller. I have a P400 controller in a similar server set up exactly like you suggest. 3 array's on one controller. And they say the disk i/o on exchange 2010 is not nearly as important as previous versions. From: Evan Brastow [mai

Re: Yet another DNS question

2010-03-03 Thread Joseph Heaton
here's a link to the page on Microsoft's website: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc735667%28WS.10%29.aspx >>> Michael Leone 3/3/2010 12:36 PM >>> I have a parent-child domain configuration. Parent is "ads.company.com"; child is "wrk.ads.company.com". I'm seeing this error, in the p

Re: Yet another DNS question

2010-03-03 Thread Joseph Heaton
This is what Microsoft's website has to say about it: The DNS server was unable to create a resource record for %1 in zone %2. The Active Directory definition of this resource record is corrupt or contains an invalid DNS name. The event data contains the error. >>> Michael Leone 3/3/2010 12

Disk configuration in new server

2010-03-03 Thread Evan Brastow
Hi guys. I'm looking at this server: http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1723415 to be our next Exchange 2010 Enterprise server (currently running 2003 Ent. on 7 year old hardware.) What I'm wondering is, if I wanted to have a separate RAID array for the 1) OS and Exchange 2)

RE: Migrating Netware Logon Scripts to Windows

2010-03-03 Thread Don Guyer
Unfortunately, what this will probably entail is dissecting each script and mapping out what scripts apply to which groups, profiles and containers. As well as deciding if some are outdated or can be consolidated. Then mapping out what the Windows AD structure will look like and the associated

RE: Migrating Netware Logon Scripts to Windows

2010-03-03 Thread David Lum
You can simulate the effect with KiXtart or other methods. You'll need to step through the Novell sequences and simply make sure the Windows login script effectively duplicates the Novell settings. Been a long ling time since I've played with Novell (3.12 baby, but CNA on 4.x). I believe if you

RE: Win7 Pro vs. Enterprise

2010-03-03 Thread Art DeKneef
Bitlocker. Especially if you have laptops. Other things to consider are Applocker, boot from VHD and BranchCache. Art -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 1:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Win7 Pro vs. Enterprise All,

RE: Migration from Mac Mail to Entourage

2010-03-03 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
A few years ago I used an app called alchemy wizard or something and was able to convert from Mac's email to Outlook Express which I could then run outlook and let outlook detect and import it. It had a bunch of different conversion options. I don't know the last time it was updated, but works on

Yet another DNS question

2010-03-03 Thread Michael Leone
I have a parent-child domain configuration. Parent is "ads.company.com"; child is "wrk.ads.company.com". I'm seeing this error, in the parent domain: Event Type: Error Event Source: DNS Event Category: None Event ID: 4010 Date: 3/1/2010 Time: 10:25:22 AM User:

Re: Win7 Pro vs. Enterprise

2010-03-03 Thread Jon Harris
DirectAccess relies on IP6 but will work to a degree with the IP4 extension Microsoft runs with their OS. I have seen older home routers not work with DA but that maybe due to any number of issues including the need for IP6. Jon On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: > All, > > I've

RE: Win7 Pro vs. Enterprise

2010-03-03 Thread John Cook
Nice little write up on UAG 2010 here http://www.eweek-digital.com/eweek/20100215/#pg2 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,

Migrating Netware Logon Scripts to Windows

2010-03-03 Thread John Bowles
Has anyone had any experience migrating login scripts from Netware to Windows? I have a customer that is asking for assistance in migrating the scripts.. Since I'm not familiar with Netware, apparently they have scripts at the container level, profile level and some at a group level. So any on

Win7 Pro vs. Enterprise

2010-03-03 Thread Kurt Buff
All, I've just noticed the Windows 7 has DirectAccess technology, which sounds incredibly cool. But, it requires Win2k8 R2 - I assume for AD and the actual UAG server, if nothing else. We're in the early planning stages of going to Win7 in the new year, and I'm intrigued, but skeptical from a tec

Re: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Richard Stovall
We use one of these: http://www.networktechinc.com/enviro-rems.html plus external monitors for temp, humidity, in both the datacenter and the UPS room down the hall. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Harry Singh wrote: > For those who monitor server room temp: do you have an externally > connecte

Re: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
We have a NetBotz that sends Nagios SNMP traps. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Harry Singh wrote: > For those who monitor server room temp: do you have an externally > connected ambient temp probe via USB ? if that's completely off, how > do you folks get that done? > > A curious mind inquires.

Re: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Harry Singh
For those who monitor server room temp: do you have an externally connected ambient temp probe via USB ? if that's completely off, how do you folks get that done? A curious mind inquires... On 3/3/10, Sherry Abercrombie wrote: > NM, I had forgotten we use Nagios QL to configure our Nagios server

RE: Streaming media security

2010-03-03 Thread Carl Houseman
If you insure that client computers have the latest versions of Java and Flash installed, and users are not local admins, then the risks would be relatively minor, IMPO. Carl From: Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 1:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
NM, I had forgotten we use Nagios QL to configure our Nagios servers. So that's the web-based GUI ;) On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Sherry Abercrombie wrote: > What version of Nagios are you using Dave? > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:43 AM, David Lum wrote: > >> In my opinion, it’s a pain in t

RE: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
I use polymon extensively. Unlike Servers Alive, it works just fine on Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2. It also allows you to use PowerShell scripts for your probes, which is darned useful. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Ralph Smith [

Re: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
What version of Nagios are you using Dave? On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:43 AM, David Lum wrote: > In my opinion, it’s a pain in the ass to add a lot of services/hosts at a > time, but that was a while back – you can do it (make changes) via GUI > instead of editing text files now? > > > > *From:*

Roaming profiles

2010-03-03 Thread helpdesk UK
Hello Everyone, A quick question regarding offline files & roaming profiles. I am in the midst of installing a new Windows 2008 R2 domain and now at the point where I need to implement GPO. I have two types of users. 1. Which need too have offline files ( senior mgmt ) 2. Normal users ( should

RE: Monitoring services

2010-03-03 Thread Stringham, Steven
Why not get a ntlog to syslog tool, and reroute the logs to a syslog server for all servers. Then just monitor at that one location. Of course of the ntevent->syslog tool stopped -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 12:34 PM T

OT: Streaming media security

2010-03-03 Thread Bill Songstad
I know this is a little off-topic, but I though this group might be a good resource here. As a matter of procedure, we block flash streams at our firewall. It is quite a pain when I have to open a firewall hole every time an employee wants to attend a webinar or watch some streaming content. Sinc

RE: Shockwave update Q

2010-03-03 Thread Carl Houseman
Looks like it's pretty easy, just run the uninstaller with /s: http://www.packagedeploy.com/packages/adobe-shockwave-player-11-silent-deplo yment.html Carl From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 1:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Shockw

RE: Shockwave update Q

2010-03-03 Thread David Lum
We have Shockwave on about 100 systems here (of 400+), and we also have Flash Player on several systems. Flash, Shockwave, Reader, I'm getting proficient at pushing updates via SMS except the aforementioned uninstall of old Shockwave. 10.x I can find instructions for, 11.x I can't. Now that I s

RE: Reverse DNS Failing?

2010-03-03 Thread Kelsey, John
Yeah, we've had MORE than enough snow for this year. *** John C. Kelsey DuBois Regional Medical Center (: 814.375.3073 *: jckel...@drmc.org *** -Original Message- From: Andrew S. B

Re: Reverse DNS Failing?

2010-03-03 Thread Sean Martin
I have not read it. I may have to look into it. The video I posted was from a snowmachine trip this past weekend. It's a popular riding area referred to as Turnagain Pass about a 50 minute drive south of Anchorage. We've had batches of snow, rain, snow, rain.all winter long. There's a 7ft snow

RE: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Ralph Smith
For a free Windows alternative check out Polymon available on the codeplex site - http://www.codeplex.com/polymon (Not polymonRT) It kind of compares to servers alive - maybe not quite as fully featured. Ralph Smith Gateway Community Industries 845-331-1261 x234 ___

Re: Corrupt DNS log

2010-03-03 Thread Andrew S. Baker
LOL. The log can also be cleared via CLI from PsLogList and similar tools. --Original Message-- From: Michael B. Smith To: NT Issues ReplyTo: NT Issues Subject: RE: Corrupt DNS log Sent: Mar 3, 2010 12:44 PM Aren't you off windows 2000 yet? :-/ I think you are correct. On more modern OS'

RE: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Ziots, Edward
Ohh well not really doing *nIx in house, so probably look for another free (or relatively) free monitoring solution which has a nice GUI... Z Edward Ziots MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I,CCA,Security+ Network+ Network Engineer Lifespan Organization 401-639-3505 ezi...@lifespan.org From: Sherry Ab

RE: Shockwave update Q

2010-03-03 Thread Carl Houseman
Just to be clear, are we talking about Adobe Flash Player or Adobe Shockwave Player, since they get confused very easily. Flash Player is used by lots of websites, Shockwave not so much. I wouldn't expect to push Shockwave in a business environment, might even banish it altogether if possible.

RE: Corrupt DNS log

2010-03-03 Thread Free, Bob
The process is the same as in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172156/ as far as I have always heard. I have also seen mentioned that you could possibly free up the handle to the DNS logs so you can rename them by stopping the service but that was on later versions of windows. Worth a try. -O

Re: Corrupt DNS log

2010-03-03 Thread Michael Leone
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > Aren't you off windows 2000 yet? :-/ No! :-( Hopefully on Sat, we put in our first Win2003 DC up at the forest, then replace all the others over the course of the next 2-3 weeks. > I think you are correct. On more modern OS's, there is a

RE: Corrupt DNS log

2010-03-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
Aren't you off windows 2000 yet? :-/ I think you are correct. On more modern OS's, there is a "clear log" action in the Event Viewer MMC. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmai

RE: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread David Lum
In my opinion, it's a pain in the ass to add a lot of services/hosts at a time, but that was a while back - you can do it (make changes) via GUI instead of editing text files now? From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:39 AM To: NT System Admin Iss

Corrupt DNS log

2010-03-03 Thread Michael Leone
I'm seeing Event 3000, "the event log is corrupt" in my DNS logs, on every DNS server in my domain. I know with "regular" event logs, you add a registry entry to not start the event logs at startup; reboot; delete the corrupt event logs; remove the registry entry; reboot. But how do you clear a cor

Re: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Kevin Lundy
VMware also has a downloadable preconfigured image file. Quick way to see the basic capabilities. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Don Ely wrote: > They have Windows Agents IIRC and of course SNMP > > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Ziots, Edward wrote: > >> Is Nagios available for Wind

Re: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0

2010-03-03 Thread jgarciaitlist
What patch mgtm system do you use?? Does sunbelt offer one? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: paul d Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 11:20:03 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0 Yes it can, just create a new instance. I am more concer

Re: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Installed on *nix, but can monitor windows, *nix, etc etc. Once installed, it is a web interface for configuration. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Ziots, Edward wrote: > Is Nagios available for Windows? Or is this a *nix only type of > monitoring software? > > > > Interested myself on learni

Re: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Michael Leone
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Ziots, Edward wrote: > Is Nagios available for Windows? Or is this a *nix only type of monitoring > software? GroundWorks runs on Linux and uses Nagios, and there is a downloadable VM appliance that you can set up and play with. It's called GroundWorks Community E

Re: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread James Rankin
I think it only runs on *nix variants (some flavour of Unix originally), but as usual, I am probably wrong On 3 March 2010 17:29, Ziots, Edward wrote: > Is Nagios available for Windows? Or is this a *nix only type of > monitoring software? > > > > Interested myself on learning about this one, >

RE: Internet Issues

2010-03-03 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
Two corrections: I should have said "who won", not "who one". Also, I meant that reply to go off-list. Oops. From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Internet

Re: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Don Ely
They have Windows Agents IIRC and of course SNMP On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Ziots, Edward wrote: > Is Nagios available for Windows? Or is this a *nix only type of > monitoring software? > > > > Interested myself on learning about this one, > > > > Z > > > > Edward Ziots > > MCSE,MCSA,M

RE: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Brian Desmond
The actual system runs on *nix but the agents (various ones) are available for windows. It's quite easy to manage once you have it on the *nix box - just a pile of text files. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Ziots, Edward [mail

RE: Internet Issues

2010-03-03 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
Wow! I wasn't thrilled with who one, either, but I'm not going to shoot up the polling place. From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Internet Issues Subtitle: What

Internet Issues

2010-03-03 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Subtitle: What One Bullet Can Do To The Internet Get to work this morning (I'm not on-call this week) to find out that last night around 11pm the on-call person had been notified that internet connectivity was out at our office. Emails continued throughout the night and the cause was determined

RE: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Ziots, Edward
Is Nagios available for Windows? Or is this a *nix only type of monitoring software? Interested myself on learning about this one, Z Edward Ziots MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I,CCA,Security+ Network+ Network Engineer Lifespan Organization 401-639-3505 ezi...@lifespan.org From: Sherry Aberc

Shockwave update Q

2010-03-03 Thread David Lum
If I install the latest version of Shockwave Player and don't uninstall the old version...anyone know if the machine will automatically use the newer version? Pushing the new version via SMS is easy. Removing the old one...notsomuch... David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATIO

RE: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0

2010-03-03 Thread Tom Miller
Sorry because you have Netware servers? You shouldn't be. I rarely boot and patch my Netware servers, but it's a constant thing with Windows (just spent all morning dealing with corrupt WMI on a Windows server, such fun). However like you most of my Netware servers are going away. I'm migr

RE: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0

2010-03-03 Thread Joseph Heaton
Ya, me too. Novell is doing all authentication for users. Our Windows AD is an application domain only. That's going to change, supposedly this year, but we'll see how that goes. I'm at least going to be in on the planning group for the new AD, so that's kinda cool. >>> Terry Dickson 3/3/

RE: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0

2010-03-03 Thread Terry Dickson
I'm Sorry. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0 Does Vipre work for Novell servers? We still have lots of those floating around. >>> Alex Eckel

RE: CompTIA certs

2010-03-03 Thread Steven M. Caesare
"educational" Well at least somebody here didn't wear a propeller beanie to his... -sc > -Original Message- > From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:26 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > That's cool! I remem

RE: CompTIA certs

2010-03-03 Thread Steven M. Caesare
That's two of you in the "geek" column. -sc > -Original Message- > From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:16 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > That's how my bachelor party went - we set up a LAN in my garage and > p

Re: Reverse DNS Failing?

2010-03-03 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Next time, please update your address information before completing your order so that your snow can be delivered to the correct jurisdiction. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Sean Martin wrote: > I'm in Anchorage, AK. The lack of snow and mild temperatures i

Re: Reverse DNS Failing?

2010-03-03 Thread Richard Stovall
Have you ever read *Coming Into The Country* by John McPhee? I read it a couple of months ago and loved it. I haven't been to Alaska (yet), and thought it was fascinating. A little dated now, but still a great read for us lower 48 staters. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Sean Martin wrote: >

RE: CompTIA certs

2010-03-03 Thread Maglinger, Paul
That's cool! I remember Descent too! At my bachelor party we got drunk, played poker, and watched educational movies. (1982) -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 10:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CompTIA certs

RE: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0

2010-03-03 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Does the server upgrade require a reboot? From: paul d [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0 Yes it can, just create a new instance. I am more concerned a

RE: Reverse DNS Failing? (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-03 Thread Kent, Larry CTR USA
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Dang that Global warming thing! From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 10:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Reverse DNS Failing? I'm in Charlottesville. We've had records broken all over

RE: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0

2010-03-03 Thread paul d
Yes it can, just create a new instance. I am more concerned about performance. I might be able to get by, though. We are more than likely going to virtualize our servers late summer/early fall so then I'll be able to "slice" off what I need. Subject: Re: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0 To: n

RE: CompTIA certs

2010-03-03 Thread David Lum
That's how my bachelor party went - we set up a LAN in my garage and played Descent (this was in 2000). Dave -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 5:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CompTIA certs Now THAT'S

RE: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0

2010-03-03 Thread Alex Eckelberry
You should have an upgrade button on your console. If you decide you want to upgrade to the Premium (firewall, etc.), then contact our maintenance dept -- maintena...@sunbeltsoftware.com More here: http://tinyurl.com/y9a6org _

Re: Nagios

2010-03-03 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
We actually have 2 Nagios servers setup, one in our server room, and one at our colo facility. We have each of them monitoring things on the other end so that we know about web-site outages, mail connectivity etc. 2010/3/3 Miguel González Castaños > On 03/03/2010 04:21, Shawn Everett wrote: > >

Re: Reverse DNS Failing?

2010-03-03 Thread Sean Martin
I'm in Anchorage, AK. The lack of snow and mild temperatures is wreaking havoc on my winter activities. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caI2ZsbkU-k - Sean On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > I’m in Charlottesville. We’ve had records broken all over the place for > sno

Re: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0

2010-03-03 Thread jgarciaitlist
How does 3.1 to 4.0 migartion occir Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Alex Eckelberry Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:48:39 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0 yes, you can use your own or use SQL express ___

RE: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0

2010-03-03 Thread Joseph Heaton
Does Vipre work for Novell servers? We still have lots of those floating around. >>> Alex Eckelberry 3/3/2010 7:48 AM >>> yes, you can use your own or use SQL express From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 201

RE: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0

2010-03-03 Thread Alex Eckelberry
yes, you can use your own or use SQL express From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0 If the server already ms sql can that be use

RE: Demote a DC that is primary DNS for a forest? - REVISED

2010-03-03 Thread Free, Bob
I agree with Michael in principal but I don't remove the cable. You get the same effect by disabling outbound replication from the SM with repadmin. Before repadmin had that option, pulling the cable was the way to go. Since I do all such work remotely it would really be a pain to have to have s

RE: Reverse DNS Failing?

2010-03-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
I'm in Charlottesville. We've had records broken all over the place for snowfall. Ridiculous! Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issue

Re: Reverse DNS Failing?

2010-03-03 Thread Richard Stovall
Weather-forecasting groundhog fail. Please tell Phil to get his sorry behind outdoors and stay. I'm so over this winter already. It's March and we're probably going to have snow in Richmond, VA today. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Kelsey, John wrote: > I'm about 20 minutes from Punxsy Phi

Re: CompTIA certs

2010-03-03 Thread Charles Whitby
I got to work with the original Datapoint ARCnet stuff around 1984. Our office had an 8260 (Z80[I think]) based machine that had 4 8220 (kind of a thin client device) hanging off of it. All 5 devices could run Datapoint's IEOS (Word Processing), Multiplan (an early Microsoft spreadsheet that long

RE: Reverse DNS Failing?

2010-03-03 Thread Martin Blackstone
TYPICALLY, yes. BUT, PTR records come from the ISP. So they need to do that part. Everything else is on you. From: Kelsey, John [mailto:jckel...@drmc.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 7:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Reverse DNS Failing? I'm about 20 minutes from Punxsy

RE: Reverse DNS Failing?

2010-03-03 Thread Kennedy, Jim
DNS queries for the IP address will go to who is authoritative for the IP's. That would be either Phil or your ISP who owns those IP's :) DNS queries for your domain would go to you (assuming you list DNS servers as authoritative). From: Kelsey, John [mailto:jckel...@drmc.org] Sent: Wednesday

RE: Reverse DNS Failing?

2010-03-03 Thread Kelsey, John
I'm about 20 minutes from Punxsy Phil =) Our hospital and Punxsy hospital are on the same ISP. But here is where my lack of DNS skillz comes in to play. Shouldn't any dns queries for my mail server come to MY dns server, regardless of who my ISP is? Or am I not understanding how that look

Re: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0

2010-03-03 Thread jgarciaitlist
If the server already ms sql can that be used instead??? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: paul d Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:52:37 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Upgrade to Vipre Enterprise 4.0 Not yet. I may need to move it to a different server now th

RE: Reverse DNS Failing?

2010-03-03 Thread Martin Blackstone
DNS Server Response: 66-237-146-66.static.pah.org Reverse DNS is BAD for IP address: 66.146.237.66 You need to have your ISP setup your PTR record. You cant do your own. Perhaps that's what you mean when you say you have one? That you did your own? From: Kelsey, John [mailto:jckel...@drmc.

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