Re: ShoreTel

We still have to punch down in the back of the patch panel, of course we have punch tools. On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:56 PM, James Kerr wrote: > > ... when I run a new extension I don't have to have someone > > come out and cross connect it, I j

RE: SIEM solutions

We are evaluating Nitro Security right now... works pretty decent, would like to jump into it more. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Se

RE: SIEM solutions

Three physical locations, hundreds of devices and I don't know how many different types of sources, but a lot. Web servers, app servers, DB's, routers, switches, etc. Thanks, Dave From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 8:28 PM To: NT System Admin Is

RE: Tool to simulate a poor network connection?

Windows 98 SE From: Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan [mailto:jderrenbac...@kshgs.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 4:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Tool to simulate a poor network connection? I see there are a few tools out there, but curious if anyone know which ones work the best. I'm

RE: SIEM solutions

For log aggregation and alerting, wouldn't a syslogger do it? From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 7:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SIEM solutions Three physical locations, hundreds of devices and I don't know how many different types of so

RE: Tool to simulate a poor network connection?

Harsh. Windows ME would be a better (or worse) candidate :) Oh and stick the VMs on an external hard drive (via a USB1 port) for an extra performance hit! From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: 10 November 2011 14:13 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tool to simulate a poor net

RE: dns A record disappearing

I am having similar issue sometimes. Dynamic update is enabled on AD zone and sometimes A record is being removed on server reboot and won't get back when server comes up. I can only speculate that server unregisters its A record but wouldn't register it again when it starts up. I put then A

RE: Tool to simulate a poor network connection?

This looks kind of cool. Build your own: http://wanem.sourceforge.net/ From: Matthew B Ames [mailto:matthew.a...@qinetiq.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 6:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tool to simulate a poor network connection? Harsh. Windows ME would be a bett

RE: Tool to simulate a poor network connection?

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Re: OT: Any Recomnds on Dell or any boardroom projectors

Must do HDMI, Must up 60 ft screen and can be easily moved. On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:12 PM, justino garcia > wrote: > > I looking to replace optium projectors, with maybe a dell, since we have > a > > sales contract with dell. > > Any idea what

Re: Tool to simulate a poor network connection?

I remember there being a tool that was specifically used in Citrix environments to reproduce WAN latency, dropped packets, etc. I'll try it look it up but i'm guessing someone on this list will get it before i can find it. On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:49 AM, John C Owen wrote: > Accept-Language: en-

Re: Tool to simulate a poor network connection?

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan wrote: > I’m trying to simulate low bandwidth, dropped packets, and latency between a > VM on my laptop and a server. Verizon DSL? -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: OT: Any Recomnds on Dell or any boardroom projectors

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:57 AM, justino garcia wrote: > Must do HDMI, Must up 60 ft screen and can be easily moved. You also need to know how far it will be from the screen surface, the reflectivity of the screen, and the ambient light conditions. That will determine the lens characteristics a

Re: Tool to simulate a poor network connection?

Cursory search brought me to this app, which may or may not work for you. It's called TMNetSim. http://www.tmurgent.com/tools.aspx On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Harry Singh wrote: > I remember there being a tool that was specifically used in Citrix > environments to reproduce WAN latency,

Re: Tool to simulate a poor network connection?

I 've used Shunra some years ago. Worked great for me. http://www.shunra.com/projects/satellite-network-testing On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan < jderrenbac...@kshgs.com> wrote: > I see there are a few tools out there, but curious if anyone know which > ones work the b

Re: Tool to simulate a poor network connection?

wanem does look cool. Thanks for the link and tip. On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan < jderrenbac...@kshgs.com> wrote: > Just finished getting WANem running. Super easy, works perfect. Just > dialed in 50ms of delay between my VM and one of my servers. > > ** ** >

RE: dns A record disappearing

For me, this ended up being an issue on the Mac Lion server. We ended up having to turn OFF dynamic DNS updates on the server and manually create a static record in DNS -- since then, it hasn't been deleted. J Original Message: - From: Markko Meriniit markko.merin...@pria.ee Date

RE: Tool to simulate a poor network connection?

iTunes? From: Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan [mailto:jderrenbac...@kshgs.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tool to simulate a poor network connection? Just finished getting WANem running. Super easy, works perfect. Just dialed in 50ms of del

RE: Tool to simulate a poor network connection?

That will also add in user frustration for every time it is launched the pigging thing decides to update itself (and promptly break in the process) From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: 10 November 2011 15:53 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tool to simulate a poor network

Server room cooling units

Greetings! Currently, I have two HVAC bids regarding the expansion of our server room. (It will seem strange to have that room below 80 degrees, and I am not kidding with that number!). We have two proposals and with two different units, both 15 tons. One is by Stulz, and one is by Liebert.

RE: Server room cooling units

Research the installers, that is the most important part imho. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room cooling units Greetings! Currently, I have two HVAC bids regarding the expan

RE: Server room cooling units

Both Freon based, ammonia based, water tower ? +1 on the installer, maintenance and support is crucial. If you *need* 15 tons, I would consider TWO 8 ton units. With a single unit it’s all or nothing, and the nothing part will suck if it happens to you. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Sy

Re: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

Beggars can't be choosers. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 10, 2011, at 10:42 AM, John Hornbuckle wrote: > We use folder redirection here, and I’m trying to get a handle on which users > have the most stuff. > > So we have something like: > > x:\path\user1 > x:\path\user2 > x:\path\user3 >

Re: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

Omni DiskSweeper does an excellent job for this type of work. http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnidisksweeper/ Point it to the drive you want to size and it will scan through directories to get size information. On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:42 AM, John Hornbuckle wrote: > We use folder redirecti

RE: Server room cooling units

We used Liebert systems for years before we went to an APC InfraStruXure. Sometimes I wish we had them back. We had semi-annual maintenance performed on them and they were pretty dependable. Sometimes I wish we hadn't gone with APC. Don't have any info on Stulz. From: richardmccl...@aspca.or

RE: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

That's apparently a Mac only application.. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: Michael White [m

RE: ShoreTel

In terms of? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 5:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ShoreTel We're in this boat. Got any links to what a midsize (

RE: Server room cooling units

We have a Sanyo unit that is similar to a Leibert, just less $$. It's a ductless variable unit that will only crank up the compressor as much as needed to maintain temp. One lesson we learned that made us lean toward a variable cooling unit is out previous compressor was a standard type you se

Re: Server room cooling units

+1 on the redundancy. My server room is about 12x12 and I have a 3 ton [1] air cooled unit a 1 ton water cooled unit as a backup (normally off) and the buildings AC. James. [1] Yes I know that 3 ton is too big for such a small area so I have some of its cool air venting into a hallway also, so th

RE: Server room cooling units

This is also a prime opportunity to push virtualization (if you don't already utilize the technology) as you will be able to go with smaller units, you'll lower your ongoing heat/electrical and reduce your future hardware outlays. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Familie

RE: Server room cooling units

That's another reason I went with a variable unit, I was in the process of virtualizing and knew I wouldn't needs as much cooling down the road. From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subje

RE: Server room cooling units

Just add my $.02 here... When you become dependent on cooling - make sure you also have some sort of generator capable of running the A/C. We tried running some of our LAN on a generator, but since the AC wasn't on generator power the tiny (8x16) room that I have went from 64 F to 80 F in 20 min

Console Logon via RDP

I have a specfic need to connect to a server via RDP but connect to it on the console session. I Googled for it and came up with the switches that should allow this I tried both mstsc.exe /console to a Win 2003 server and mstsc.exe /admin to a Win 2008 server from my Win7 Ultimate machine and in n

RE: Console Logon via RDP

Did you enable Remote Desktop on the servers? Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com From: Dave Vantine [mailto:dvant...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Console L

Re: Console Logon via RDP

Is the Windows Firewall on? Is it configured to allow RDP? John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Console Logon via RDP Did you enable Rem

RE: Console Logon via RDP

Did you get the syntax right? I think you have to specify the servername in the original command:mstsc /v:servername /console From: Dave Vantine [mailto:dvant...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Console Logon via RDP I have a specfic

Re: Console Logon via RDP

For Win 2003, one would use the "/admin" switch. In my experience, there are some functions which simply will not cooperate through any RDP connection. -- richard Dave Vantine wrote on 11/10/2011 11:29:16 AM: > I have a specfic need to connect to a server via RDP but connect to > it on the co

RE: Console Logon via RDP

This might help you out. There has been changes to RDP in Windows 2008 and later. Changes to remote administration in Windows Server 2008 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947723 also you can use NMAP to verify that RDP is open nmap -sS -P0 -p 3389 IP_ADDRESS_OF_SERVER. Z E

Re: Console Logon via RDP

What does it attach you to? It attaches me to the console each time. The switch, btw, is dependent on the version of the RDP client that you are using, not the destination. So, from your Win7 SP1 box it will always be */admin*. From an older box, it might be one or the other, depending on the v

RE: Console Logon via RDP

That page is from the year 2008... Again, I do not know if person's RDP connections are failing completely, or he simply cannot get to the "Console" session. However, on those of us who still use XP, beginning with SP3, the "/console" switch does not get one into the "Console" session. For up

RE: Console Logon via RDP

I just use "shadow 0" to get console status. However, I had to set a GPO for the servers to allow it. To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Console Logon via RDP From: richardmccl...@aspca.org Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:06:32 -0600 That page is from the year 2008... Again,

RE: Software via Group Policy & logon times

>From what I can tell it actively checks which isn't all that resource >intensive. If you crank up logging to the max it would appear to correlate >this... From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Software via Grou

Re: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

+1 Also, if you can find it, diruse.exe from one of the older RKs is still useful. Kurt On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 07:56, David Lum wrote: > Windirstat.   Free and no install required. > > > > From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 7:47 AM > > To:

RE: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

I wrote this for someone here (well, on some mailing list, I think it was this one) a couple months ago, but I use it all the time now. -get-foldersize.ps1- function Get-FolderSize( $path = $home ) { $code = { ('{0:0.0} MB' -f ($this/1MB)) } Get-ChildItem -Path $Path | Where-O

RE: Console Logon via RDP

What GPO setting was that? Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: pdw1...@hotmail.com [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Is

Re: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

Nice, MBS * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > I wrote this for someone here (well, on some mailing list, I think it > was this one) a couple months ago, but I use i

Re: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

Another vote here for Treesize. Despite how much as I enjoy writing code, or using CLI tools like 'du', Treesize is great. http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml --Steve On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Rankin, James R wrote: > Treesize? > Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird >

RE: Software via Group Policy & logon times

There are GUIDs assigned to the MSIs which Windows tracks (and are also in the policy), so I'm sure that's how it works. I generally stay away from GP software distribution, though. There's no BITS involved - it's straight SMB over the wire. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312

RE: SCCM + Acronis Backup and Recovery

Never heard of any integration between the two. Sorry. As for MPs, I'm sure Acronis reports things via the Windows Event logs. From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SCCM + Acronis Backup and Reco

RE: Server room cooling units

What is your KW usage? How many racks? We moved from two 10 ton Lieberts for room cooling to APC InRow cooling cabinets when we moved into the new officer two years ago. More scalable. Do you have a lot of growth or about the same year after year? From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:rich

RE: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

Can you tell a PS novice how to get this to sort by size? That would make it perfect. John From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 1:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes I wrote this for someone

Re: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

Only drawback is the free version don't do network drives. I'm sold on it, but from now on I am using MBS' PS script to look like a scripting whiz :-) Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird -Original Message- From: Steve Kradel Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:24:49 To: NT System Admin Issues Reply-To:

Re: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

$a = get-foldersize $a | get-member TypeName: Selected.System.Int32 NameMemberType Definition -- -- Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj) GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode() GetType Method type GetType() ToStringMeth

RE: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

Steven's solution is arguably better than mine. :) -get-foldersize.ps1- Param( [string]$path = $home, [switch]$sortBySize ) function Get-FolderSize( $path ) { $code = { ('{0:0.0} MB' -f ($this/1MB)) } Get-ChildItem -Path $Path | Where-Object { $_.

Re: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

+1 for windirstat (does do network drives). On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Steven Peck wrote: > > $a = get-foldersize > $a | get-member > >TypeName: Selected.System.Int32 > NameMemberType Definition > -- -- > Equals Method bool Equals(Syst

Re: SIEM solutions

Might want to take a look at AlienVault's offerings. They offer a pay-for SIEM, (http://www.alienvault.com/) and a community version called OSSIM (http://www.alienvault.com/community) Haven't had the time to work with OSSIM, but working with a free version will either fill your needs, or allow you

Re: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

Well, mine was the seriously lazy use what's there method. It's not like I created anything, just discovered and leveraged what was there :) On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > Steven’s solution is arguably better than mine. J > > ** ** > > -get-foldersize.ps1--

RE: Blocking Java updater notices for non-admins

Couple options. You can use ORCA to edit the MSI, it's under Properties, or use MSI Switches: ALLUSERS=1 REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS WEBSTARTICON=0 JAVAUPDATE=0 SYSTRAY=0 Or edit the registry directly via GPO. (HKLM\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Update\Policy) Sam From: David Lum [mailto:davi

RE: Blocking Java updater notices for non-admins

Thanks! From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blocking Java updater notices for non-admins Couple options. You can use ORCA to edit the MSI, it's under Properties, or use MSI Switches: ALLUSERS=1 REBOOT=REALLYS

Re: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

Just use WinDirStat and be done with it, unless you're trying to script this. On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Steven Peck wrote: > Well, mine was the seriously lazy use what's there method. It's not like > I created anything, just discovered and leveraged what was there :) > > > > On Thu, Nov

RE: ShoreTel

When I looked at lync it seemed to only connect to a pbx, its not an actual pbx right? or did I miss something when I looked at it From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ShoreTel In terms of?

RE: ShoreTel

Yes, you did. "Lync Enterprise Voice" is a software-based PBX. Lots of folks manufacture hardware interfaces for POTS, PRI, FXS, etc. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:li...@levelfive.us] Sent: Thursday, November

RE: iPhone user can still send emails after being disabled in AD

Consider disabling all features (Mailbox Features tab) via Exchange Management Console for the user object. [cid:image001.png@01CC9FC7.12B51F70] This should sever any existing/ongoing sessions. - Donovan From: Ben N [mailto:bennordlan...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: SIEM solutions

What about http://www.manageengine.com/it-compliance-suite.html We are interested in from ITIL, ip monitor, AD perspective On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:34 AM, David Lum wrote: > We are looking at some SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) > solutions and are looking at products from th

Re: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:56 AM, David Lum wrote: > Windirstat.   Free and no install required. +1. For visualizing what's using space, it can't be beat. It also tends to things like "folder full of way too many itty bitty files" and "that guy has way too many PowerPoint files" stand out vis

RE: ShoreTel

I thought so, I did toss it up in a VM once and install it but I didn't see much of the telephony setup, it was right when it came out, and from the marketing I was under the impression that it did it all, but after it was installed and I poked around I don't know why it looked more like an addon.

RE: SIEM solutions

If you want to do alerting/event correlation, then your SEIM needs to understand the log format of the sending device (or you have to tell your SEIM how to understand the data once it's been converted into a text based format: syslog, csv, snmp etc). So, it helps to know what you want to monitor

Re: Easy Way to View and Sort By Folder Sizes

For 2 AM calls, I use scanner.exe as it's just an executable. http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/ As to using a utility vs adding to your scripting library, it depends on your goal. Adding to your scripting library is useful in technique and flexibility. There is nothing wrong with windirstat,

Re: iPhone user can still send emails after being disabled in AD

yes this is exactly what we'll be doing on sudden terminations, we were playing with these settings and how fast they kicked on. (after the fact) On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Donovan Oliver wrote: > Consider disabling all features (Mailbox Features tab) via Exchange > Management Console for