Re: [NTSysADM] Hyper-V versus VMWare

2014-08-11 Thread James Rankin
I've seen some pure Hyper-V environments recently where they've struggled with the jump from VMware - you will need to make sure your support teams are conversant in supporting the thing. Management- and feature-wise, VMware will have the edge, but Hyper-V is catching up. I'm sold on client-side

Re: [NTSysADM] Hyper-V versus VMWare

2014-08-11 Thread CSSU NetAdmin
We are looking at 2012R2. We have about 60 servers to support and have 6 host servers across our schools. We don't have System Center licenses just yet but are looking at it. I'll check out the Microsoft course. Thanks for the info. On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Damien Solodow

Re: [NTSysADM] LDAP Administrator question

2014-08-11 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Yes,... the first thing I found when I started looking into this. Since the post is 12 years old and LDAP Administrator has gone through a number of updates since then, trying to find out if it has overcome this issue, as other tools have. Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I,

[NTSysADM] Re: Where are cluster share definitions kept? (registery, etc)

2014-08-11 Thread Michael Leone
This script will list shared permissions (and optionally NTFS folder permissions) for any shares, cluster or otherwise. You can modify it a bit to save a listing of the settings. Useful for documentation and worst-case nightmare scenario - where you have the disk, but not the cluster, and need to

Re: [NTSysADM] Semi OT: SQL log shipping

2014-08-11 Thread Kevin Lundy
The client wanted log shipping basically because it is old, tried and true. They have limited DBA, so didn't want anything more complex (complex relative to their knowledge). On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@kj.net.au wrote: Whether you reseed all 100GB depends on your

RE: [NTSysADM] Re: Something to share with your users, so they can see how passwords matter

2014-08-11 Thread James Button
Agreed, it adds massively to the decoding workload just to add your name before, or after what you consider the actual password Or even just add the text prefix Password which takes a 4 digit pin to a 12 character entry with caps, lowercase, and numerics JimB From:

RE: [NTSysADM] Semi OT: SQL log shipping

2014-08-11 Thread James Button
From (old) memory storage: Transaction replication records the transactions that were applied in the order that they a) were initiated, or b) completed FULL Log shipping should include all accesses including failed ones and the actions of tables in the order they actually Happened rather than

RE: [NTSysADM] Hyper-V versus VMWare

2014-08-11 Thread J- P
+1 2012r2 core running Hyper-V ONLY, has only been offline 2 times (in about 15 months), and that was due to server cabinet mtc. 1) relocating the cabinet 2) new AC unit installed in the cabinet Jean-Paul Natola From: asbz...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 11:44:58 -0400

[NTSysADM] BCD Tool/utility

2014-08-11 Thread J- P
Hi all, I've just come across the 3rd bcd boot error in the last 3 weeks, all at different sites running Vista, 7 32 bit and 64 I must say its getting frustrating, I have tried all the proposed fixes and none have worked ultimately resulting in re-installing the OS. Just today I tried for

Re: [NTSysADM] BCD Tool/utility

2014-08-11 Thread Richard Stovall
At the risk of jinxing myself (knock wood, etc) , I have no idea what you're talking about. On Aug 11, 2014 7:51 PM, J- P jnat...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi all, I've just come across the 3rd bcd boot error in the last 3 weeks, all at different sites running Vista, 7 32 bit and 64 I must say its

Re: [NTSysADM] BCD Tool/utility

2014-08-11 Thread Edward A. Berry
BCD is binary coded decimal, right? If you're looking for a utility to convert binary:hex:decimal I think HP has a calculator that does that. :) On 08/11/2014 09:12 PM, Richard Stovall wrote: At the risk of jinxing myself (knock wood, etc) , I have no idea what you're talking about. On Aug

RE: [NTSysADM] BCD Tool/utility

2014-08-11 Thread J- P
actually just found this tool/utility http://www.boyans.net/ Jean-Paul Natola Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 22:04:10 -0400 From: ber...@upstate.edu To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] BCD Tool/utility BCD is binary coded

RE: [NTSysADM] BCD Tool/utility

2014-08-11 Thread Ken Schaefer
BCD is stored in \boot\bcd and has the same format as a registry hive, according to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista_startup_process#Boot_Configuration_Data So, I guess you can look in that location and see if you can find the file. If there's no file, then you probably have