RE: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Translation - The boss's nephew just got a diploma from the Sally Struther's School of Computer Technology and needs a job. :-P -Original Message- From: Jacob Kisner [mailto:jbdkis...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 5:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT - ugh!

Re: ESXi 4 Host access

2012-02-02 Thread Dave Vantine
If we assume that my subnet is 192.168.1.0/24. The ESXi host is 192.168.1.10 and the gateway has been set to 192.168.1.1 and the subnet is 255.255.255.0. The gateway and subnet settings are the same as any of the other machines in my local subnet. I created a DNS record for the host so any

Re: Edge Device Experences

2012-02-02 Thread Rhonda Richardson
We are looking at upgrading our Internet bandwidth to 500MB up and 500MB down. We will be expanding our media presentations in the next year and this service is hosted. Our marketing department is also redesigning our website to offer more rich content. All of this will increase our bandwidth

RE: Wireless bridge between buildings.

2012-02-02 Thread Reimer, Mark
Thanks for all the suggestions and advice. It really helped a lot. Have a great day. Mark -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless bridge between buildings.

Re: ESXi 4 Host access

2012-02-02 Thread Todd Lemmiksoo
What does a trace route tell you from the branch office side. On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Dave Vantine dvant...@gmail.com wrote: If we assume that my subnet is 192.168.1.0/24. The ESXi host is 192.168.1.10 and the gateway has been set to 192.168.1.1 and the subnet is 255.255.255.0. The

RE: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread David Lum
This position requires a degree. Sorry. Click. Wow. I can see the college degree being a tiebreaker, but I can only guess the person making that statement doesn't fully understand the tech industry? Or, maybe not having gone to college myself I don't understand that thinking. It could have

Re: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Hank .
You actually lucked out by finding out it is a place mired in nonsense... On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: Translation - The boss's nephew just got a diploma from the Sally Struther's School of Computer Technology and needs a job. :-P -Original

Re: The Security Earthquake That Nobody Felt

2012-02-02 Thread Kurt Buff
Don't remember, sorry. On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 20:56, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: do you remember what version of ePO ?  The 3.6 and earlier IIRC were MMC based, and 4.0 and later (VirusScan 8.5 and newer) were java based. Somewhat different animals. On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 11:48

RE: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread John Hornbuckle
Well, I’m all confused. I keep hearing that employers are looking for loyalty, and that job-hoppers make hiring managers nervous. Darned if you do, darned if you don’t. John Hornbuckle, MSMIS, PMP MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Robert Cato

RE: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
Many positions in many companies have degree requirements, whether actually reasonable or not. Some companies (I am thinking specifically of BASF) even do salary banding based on highest-degree-obtained. Sent from my HTC Tilt™ 2, a Windows® phone from ATT -Original Message- From:

Re: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Don Kuhlman
Yep - just because you're at the same company for a long time, doesn't mean you haven't continued to evolve and improve, and of course do different jobs.  At my last permanent job I was there 20 years, but always tried to stay on the edge and be involved with new stuff coming in, as well as the

Re: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Jonathan Link
Going to college opens doors. And it almost doesn't even matter what the degree is in. I think it's like a secret handshake. It says I can navigate a byzantine bureaucracy and complete a series of tasks without close supervision. I might be wrong, but I think it's always there in the

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Terry Dickson
Wbadmin Start backup -backuptarget:\\targetbackupserver\targetshare -Include:c:,E:,f: -vssfull -allCritical -noinheritacl -quiet -user:domain\username -Password:userpassword OK I took out specific info, but this is the command I use to backup many of our servers. I choose this one because you

Re: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Kevin Lundy
Many defense contractors have to hire positions based on degrees - reasonable or not. Sometimes even for OH positions, usually though for revenue positions. Yes, those positions have salary banding based on degree - even if the degree is not related to the function. I saw one company that had a

RE: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread David Lum
In my org there are certainly positions that not having a degree would exclude you for being considered, but many IT of our positions like mine (well, this is the Sr SE that I have not achieved yet) have this: Minimum bachelor's degree in related field; equivalent combinations of education and

RE: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Maglinger, Paul
A college degree (usually) indicates that someone has obtained certain literary, communication, and fact-finding skills that are useful in the workplace. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT -

RE: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread David Lum
Agreed, like certifications. As seen, NOT having them can be an issue, whereas you'll never (I hope!) hear oh, you have a degree? Sorry we can't hire you, although you can get hit with sorry but you're overqualified which is pretty much the same thing I suppose... From: Jonathan Link

Re: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Jonathan Link
That isn't my observation. On Thursday, February 2, 2012, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: A college degree (usually) indicates that someone has obtained certain literary, communication, and fact-finding skills that are useful in the workplace. From: Jonathan Link

Re: ESXi 4 Host access

2012-02-02 Thread Michael Leone
A vSphere client connects to a vCenter or ESX(i) server over HTTPS, port 443. If there is no firewall blocking that port, or at least a rule allowing that type of traffic to the host in question, then it sounds like what the others have said, a gateway issue. I would also make sure that there are

Re: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Daniel Rodriguez
Agreed! I have been in this business for 30 years. Don't have my degree, but lots of certs. On one interview, I was asked from a recruiter, Why should we hire you? You don't have a degree. This was after I went and talked to their client. Told them I had extensive experience, hands on, and was

RE: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread John Hornbuckle
A degree is far more likely to broaden your employment opportunities than to narrow them because you're far more likely to come across jobs that require degrees than ones for which the possession of a degree would disqualify you. Although if you have to choose between certs and degrees, the

RE: Corporate IM

2012-02-02 Thread Jacob
Laugh.. we used to do that back in the NT days, and quite a bit. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Corporate IM On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org

RE: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread John Hornbuckle
That assumes that theory has no practical value. And while that’s sometimes the case, it’s not always true. In working on my master’s in management information systems, I learned a lot of theory with practical value. I took courses on things like project management, organizational behavior,

Re: Corporate IM

2012-02-02 Thread James Rankin
Till those killjoys at MS disabled the Messenger service in Windows 2000 or so :-) I do remember seeing malware leveraging the service online as well On 2 February 2012 17:03, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote: Laugh.. we used to do that back in the NT days, and quite a bit. -Original

RE: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Alan Davies
It's perfectly reasonable. For some roles! If you're working for a large consultancy, they rightly won't be interested in you. Why? Because most of their big clients will insist on a certain level of qualification/quality of consultant. If they can't send you to most of their client sites,

South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Groups
Folks, I truly hope this is allowed and that I don't upset people by this e-mail. We're looking for some reliable people to start and grow with us. If you know anyone, please forward this to them. Thanks! On-Site Computer Field Technician Tech Support Rep (Hollywood, Aventura, North Miami

RE: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Jeff Brown
Those are some seriously sour grapes you are sucking on. I had a boss who said it this way, the degree proves he/she can finish something. There are no guarantees that anyone is a good or outstanding employee, at least there are SEVERAL examples shared here to point out that degrees or certs

Re: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Jonathan Link
Me sour grapes? About getting a degree no? I'm glad I did it, and have absolutely no regrets. I said it opened doors to me, didn't I? On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Jeff Brown jbr...@webcoindustries.comwrote: Those are some seriously sour grapes you are sucking on. I had a boss who

Re: ESXi 4 Host access

2012-02-02 Thread Jeff Bunting
You didn't explicitly say, is the admin on the other side using the IP address to ping? I'd avoid names for the time being to absolutely rule out a DNS problem. (incorrect A record on the other side could potentially cause this behavior) Can you ping their workstation by IP from the ESX host

RE: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Jeff Brown
Sorry, I failed to follow the thread correctly. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT - ugh! Me sour grapes? About getting a degree no? I'm glad I did it, and have absolutely no regrets. I

Re: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Ben Scott
In my personal experience, I haven't seen any correlation between any degree/certification and actual aptitude/knowledge/value. They're certainly not less likely, but don't appear to be significantly more, either. I have, however, seen correlation between degree/certification and hiring/pay.

Re: Corporate IM

2012-02-02 Thread Matthew W. Ross
As much as I am happy that MS closed the security hole, I do wish there was still a built-in way to inform all users (or speciffic users/groups) in Active Directory with a notification. Scenario: For whatever reason, %service% is down. I'm getting hammered by phone calls. I would love to be

Re: Corporate IM

2012-02-02 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote: As much as I am happy that MS closed the security hole, I do wish there was still a built-in way to inform all users (or speciffic users/groups) in Active Directory with a notification. Yah, the NET SEND

RE: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Mathew Shember
Indeed. Certs and degrees are used by people who aren't technical and don't know what to ask let alone evaluate. I have seen talent from prestigious schools and I have seen lunkheads from prestigious schools. The universities were setting rather high expectations however. A friend used to

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Jay Kulsh
Terry, Thanks for the WBadmin command line entry. About The biggest problem is that everytime you run it, you overwrite the old backup so you only have the latest backup. -- this is so only because your target is a remote share. A local drive can keep versions. I think your -AllCritical

Re: Corporate IM

2012-02-02 Thread Free, Bob
I used to use it all the time for a poor man's logon locator. Net send to a user ID and check the name cache and you could tell where they were logged in. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 11:50 AM To: NT System Admin

Re: Corporate IM

2012-02-02 Thread Rankin, James R
If you have RDS or Citrix, you can message users in a similar way, either from command line or GUI. Handy for outages, as you say. --Original Message-- From: Ben Scott To: NT System Admin Issues ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Corporate IM Sent: 2 Feb 2012 19:50 On Thu, Feb

RE: Wireless extenders

2012-02-02 Thread Benjamin Zachary
I like that idea actually … Ill take a look thanks Sean. From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless extenders If you’re meaning Cisco business vs home gear, you might want to look into HP’s

Re: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Rene de Haas
If you don't want it to backup to local drives you could run the backup from a script and after it finishes to move the backup to a certain subfolder. Shouldn't be too hard to do in powershell or even a batchfile. René On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Jay Kulsh jayku...@csi.com wrote: Terry,

Re: Edge Device Experences

2012-02-02 Thread Rhonda Richardson
I would not rule out an upgrade to more bandwidth within the next year or two. Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com 2/2/2012 9:01 AM Awesome. More reason to recommend the PA device, as it will excel at managing the filtering and packet inspection without the performance dropping off precipitously

RE: PowerShell and ADFS

2012-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
You are missing the TargetName or TargetIdentifier parameter (which are defined as required for the particular parameter set you are using). That's what PositionalParameterNotFound means. I've never used this particular set of commands before, but I tend to do something like this:

RE: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Daniel Rodriguez
Not to mention being a rep to Chamber of Commerce meetings. And they don't reimburse tolls, or parking, or mileage. Daniel Rodriguez drod...@gmail.com On Feb 2, 2012 3:30 PM, Clark, Tommy R tommy.r.cl...@saic.com wrote: That a lot to ask. A sales guy who happens to fix computers in his spare

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
I backup the root of all my VMs to a NAS and then backup each VM to the NAS. Then I run a script that compresses and renames each backup (datestamps it). Then I run a script that deletes backups more than 30 days old. All in PowerShell. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP

Re: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Steve Kradel
Also, he's got to drive his own car around for $12/hr, and work uncommissioned. Tough one! AFAIK no job solicitations of any sort are permitted on this list... On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Clark, Tommy R tommy.r.cl...@saic.com wrote: That a lot to ask. A sales guy who happens to fix

RE: PowerShell and ADFS

2012-02-02 Thread David Lum
Winner. MBS, once again you make me look good! Dave From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PowerShell and ADFS You are missing the TargetName or TargetIdentifier parameter (which are defined as

RE: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread John Hornbuckle
All of that for $12 - $25 per hour? In an area of the state with a high cost of living? Let me just rush right out and get my resume polished… John Hornbuckle, MSMIS, PMP MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com]

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Jay Kulsh
Michael, Can you share the commands? Thanks. Jay ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to

Re: ESXi 4 Host access

2012-02-02 Thread Dave Vantine
See in line On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Jeff Bunting bunting.j...@gmail.com wrote: You didn't explicitly say, is the admin on the other side using the IP address to ping? I'd avoid names for the time being to absolutely rule out a DNS problem. (incorrect A record on the other side

Re: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Jay Kulsh
Rene, That would work only if you have an extra local disk with enough space to contain the backup. This extra disk cannot be part of allCritical disks, obviously. Jay ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/

Re: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: I backup the root of all my VMs to a NAS and then backup each VM to the NAS. Do you backup the virtual disk files themselves (running the backup on the root/host), or do you backup the files from within the guest (as

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
It's not a single command. :-) It's a suite of commands. :-) Tell you what - I'll sanitize it and do a blog post on it tonight. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jay Kulsh [mailto:jayku...@csi.com] Sent:

Re: ESXi 4 Host access

2012-02-02 Thread Todd Lemmiksoo
Do a tracert from the workstation on the their subnet and see where it stops. On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Dave Vantine dvant...@gmail.com wrote: See in line On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Jeff Bunting bunting.j...@gmail.comwrote: You didn't explicitly say, is the admin on the other

RE: Corporate IM

2012-02-02 Thread Sam Cayze
Powershell/Send-NetMessage http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Send-NetMessage-Net-Send-0 459d235 -Original Message- From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Corporate IM If

RE: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
At least they didn't ask for a college degree. -Original Message- From: Steve Kradel [mailto:skra...@zetetic.net] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 2:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: South Florida position. Also, he's got to drive his own car around for $12/hr, and work

Re: ESXi 4 Host access

2012-02-02 Thread Kurt Buff
On the troublesome machine, open up a command prompt and type in 'telnet' and press enter, then type 'set localecho' and press enter - this will turn on local echo, which might be useful in this case. Then type 'o hostname' or 'o ipaddress' and press enter. What happens? On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at

Re: Farscape

2012-02-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I'd definitely be interested in hearing the commentary for the show. Unfortunately, I cant access that via Netflix streaming :-(.Someday hopefully I'll get a chance to circle-back. In the meantime, I finished-off the series and got to watch the post-miniseries. It was very enjoyable

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
I backup the virtual machines from within themselves. Backing up vhd's is easily doable, but DR using backed up vhd's is scary with AD, SQL, and Exchange*. And will be even more so with other server roles in Win8. So... there be a method to my madness. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant

Re: Corporate IM

2012-02-02 Thread Rankin, James R
Is there anything powershell can't do? -- Sent from the bath Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:40:19 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Corporate IM

2012-02-02 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com wrote: Powershell/Send-NetMessage http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Send-NetMessage-Net-Send-0 459d235 FYI, all that is, is a wrapper around MSG.EXE. It doesn't actually implement any functionality. And it still

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread David Lum
Even with VSS it's scary? -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 2:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up? I backup the virtual machines from within themselves. Backing up

Re: ESXi 4 Host access

2012-02-02 Thread Jeff Bunting
Any NIC teaming going on? http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_UScmd=displayKCexternalId=1022751 I'd second Todd's suggestion about a traceroute. On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Dave Vantine dvant...@gmail.com wrote: See in line On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:03 PM,

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Jay Kulsh
David, Is there a non-scary way to do backup of VM? I thought VSS was most trustworthy. Thanks. Jay ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here:

RE: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Groups
Guys, THANK YOU for your input. It REALLY is constructive. And, if you know someone willing to start with low pay and grow (skipping the sales part as it's an added bonus anyhow), please let us know. From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February

RE: Corporate IM

2012-02-02 Thread James Hill
Lync is supported on Mac's with the Lync for Mac 2011 client. It doesn't have all of the features of the windows client though http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg425836.aspx -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Friday, 3 February

Re: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Harry Singh
I thought I was the only one that paused when I read $12/hr after such an exhaustive description. On Thursday, February 2, 2012, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: You need to seriously reassess your compensation. Its way out of balance with your expectations. -- Espi

Re: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread John Cook
Brien Posey did a nice little webinar yesterday on backing up hyper V, some nice tips. http://go.veeam.com/webinar-02012012-posey-best-practices-for-hyper-v-backup-recovery-planning.html. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families - Original Message - From: Jay

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Crawford, Scott
nice -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up? It's not a single command. :-) It's a suite of commands. :-) Tell you what - I'll

RE: Corporate IM

2012-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
Quite a bit, actually. Although most of that is addressed in Win8. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 5:12 PM To: NT System

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
You CAN use VSS. But I'm suggesting you do it from INSIDE the VM, not from OUTSIDE. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jay Kulsh [mailto:jayku...@csi.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 5:44 PM To: NT

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
Yes. If you restore an old VHD you WILL break stuff. Not maybe. Not sometimes. Not rarely. You WILL. The only exceptions are single server solutions like SBS. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: David Lum

Re: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Backing up vhd's is easily doable, but DR using backed up vhd's is scary with AD, SQL, and Exchange*. * Can you say USN rollback, or SN rollback, or anything similar? ... I knew you could. :-) That's certainly a

Re: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:35 PM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: DR using backed up vhd's is scary with AD, SQL, and Exchange*. * Can you say USN rollback, or SN rollback, or anything similar? . Even with VSS it's scary? My understanding of the problem is: It's not the backup, it's the

Coverups do little good...

2012-02-02 Thread Kurt Buff
VeriSign admits multiple hacks in 2010, keeps details under wraps http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7839441/337310/550240/0/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here:

RE: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Mathew Shember
Nope. What is surprising is the low wage and the expected daily drive of 53 or more miles which you must pay for gas, parking and tolls….. Thanks, Mathew From: Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: South Florida

RE: SQL Server 2012 Editions

2012-02-02 Thread Bob Fronk
The change is going to cost me $100K over the next 3 years... BF From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 4:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SQL Server 2012 Editions It's a mess. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange

RE: VeriSign hit by hackers

2012-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
Happened 2 years ago... Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 6:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VeriSign hit by hackers This could get very

RE: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Webster
I saw that no college degree was required and got excited! ☺ But then I noticed Citrix was not in the list of product knowledge required. Bummer! I was this close to moving to south Florida. ☹ Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional

RE: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Groups
Um.. anyone notice the $25/hr part? From: Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 6:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: South Florida position. I thought I was the only one that paused when I read $12/hr after such an exhaustive description. On

Re: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Yes. If you restore an old VHD you WILL break stuff. Not maybe. Not sometimes. Not rarely. You WILL. crosses direct VHD backups off my list of things to examine Thanks for the advice. Your knowledge and

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
In my experience - if you HAVE an inappropriate backup, in an emergency, you will be tempted to use it. If you have more than a single DC/GC - then you are potentially a victim of this. If you have more than a single Exchange server - then you are potentially a victim of this. If you have

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread James Hill
With DC names like that one should definitely ensure they have a good backup strategy in place. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, 3 February 2012 9:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up? On Thu, Feb

RE: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Ben M. Schorr
Seems to me somebody who can do all that would be better off just going into business for themselves. I mean if they're going to sell two new contracts a month AND do the work...they can probably make 8-10 times the money... Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer

Re: VeriSign hit by hackers

2012-02-02 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Indeed. I heard about it an hour ago.. -ASB: http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid RAZR On Feb 2, 2012 6:39 PM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote: This could get very interesting. ** **

Re: Coverups do little good...

2012-02-02 Thread Andrew S. Baker
They must have learned that from Symantec, their parent company -ASB: http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid RAZR On Feb 2, 2012 7:37 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: VeriSign admits multiple hacks in 2010, keeps details under wraps

RE: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Mathew Shember
I’m sorry but don’t you have to have a degree to be on this list? :-p From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 4:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: South Florida position. I saw that no college degree was required and got excited! ☺ But then

RE: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread James Hill
I'd be calling the local zoo, see if they have any spare monkeys. -Original Message- From: gro...@beachcomp.com [mailto:gro...@beachcomp.com] Sent: Friday, 3 February 2012 3:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: South Florida position. Folks, I truly hope this is allowed and that I

Re: ANOTHER network anomaly

2012-02-02 Thread Jon Harris
Not any help or criticism of you but a suggestion that might help you long term. Bring in an outside contractor specifically to work on the network and get them to teach you a lot of the basics as they fix things. This will make things easier for you and you might find out that the network is

RE: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Bourque Daniel
Yes, a good degree of frustration!!!:o)) De : Mathew Shember [mailto:mathew.shem...@synopsys.com] Envoyé : 2 février 2012 20:12 À : NT System Admin Issues Objet : RE: South Florida position. I'm sorry but don't you have to have a degree to be on this

RE: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Webster
MBS has given me the 3rd degree numerous times. Does that count? Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.comhttp://www.carlwebster.com/ From: Mathew Shember [mailto:mathew.shem...@synopsys.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 7:12 PM To: NT System

Re: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Jonathan Link
Honestly. Still seems unrealistic. On Thursday, February 2, 2012, gro...@beachcomp.com wrote: Um.. anyone notice the $25/hr part? From: Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 6:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: South Florida position. I

Re: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Gary Slinger
And by unrealistic, he means friggin' stupid. That's ~50K/year. Parking valets in that part of Florida can make that much. And whoever wrote the job description? Does he want a pony for Christmas as well? Because he might as well have written to Santa Claus. (Please don't say 'but the

Re: VeriSign hit by hackers

2012-02-02 Thread Jon Harris
Best part of the story is the claim that upper management was not told of the break in for more than a year? I doubt this personally I have never worked anywhere where lower level staff or management to hide something as important as this unless it was because of something they did wrong. Jon

RE: South Florida position.

2012-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: South Florida position. MBS has given me the 3rd degree

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Ken Schaefer
How would this impact SQL Servers - they tend to be independent of each other. For those that are connected (replication/mirroring/log ship) you could restore the master, then manually set up the replication in the event of a real disaster (everything's gone) Cheers Ken -Original

RE: Patch management software...

2012-02-02 Thread Marc Maiffret
Lively debates going on about doing so... :) My vote is yes, so there is a good chance that might happen soon. -Marc From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 5:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Patch management software... That's really good

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
Yes, that would work - but again, it's an additional level of complexity. You could do it. I could do it. Most of the admins for my clients could not do it properly, except by pure luck. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original

RE: OT - ugh!

2012-02-02 Thread Ken Schaefer
I think our opinions are coloured by our industry and in particular working in (small scale) systems administrator, which is more of a trade than a profession. For many other professions: civil engineering, medicine, accounting - there is no way you'd get anywhere in most countries without a

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Ken Schaefer
It's the same level of complexity of doing an in-VM backup using normal tools. You can't just restore two SQL Servers that are mirrored or replication partners using native tools and expect the mirroring to work. In either case, the operator should have a detailed run book that details each

Re: Coverups do little good...

2012-02-02 Thread Kurt Buff
Eerie how similar the approach is, isn't it? On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 16:54, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: They must have learned that from Symantec, their parent company -ASB: http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid RAZR On Feb 2, 2012 7:37 PM, Kurt Buff