On 18 Jul 2010 at 22:58, Roger Wright wrote:
Anyone have any pros/cons regarding the Sysaid help desk package?
Seems to be easy to setup (got it going in just 15 minutes) and easy
for customers to use, and has a nice asset management module.
You can read some discussion of SysAid vs
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2286198.mspx
We have autoplay disabled since the Conficker days, but I can't see my users
being too happy about disabling shortcut icons. Hmmm. Hope MS patch it up
soon.
--
On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put
I went from a position, as you, half hands-on, half administrative to a
more technical position and It's the best decision I've taken in years.
In the beginning you can be less quick than a person that is normally
doing this kind of job but your IT muscle will develop quickly, plus you
have
Thanks folks. What I found was conflicting. I have Sunbelt support working on
it (got a response on the weekend, very nice).
Tom
Angus Scott-Fleming angu...@geoapps.com 7/18/2010 11:38 AM
On 17 Jul 2010 at 15:50, Tammy wrote:
If you have not done so already
One can report
Thanks MBS :) but trust in Him alone...and He'll walk with you. Then you and
Jesus will be like peas and carrots.
Shook
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 5:48 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: [OT] Friday Funny
This one is dedicated to
I suspect that this will be patched very quickly. The questions are:
-- How many times?
-- How long before a fast-speading attack is implemented?
-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:31 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote:
0day is already out. I don't yet have information as to how dangerous it is.
MANY anti-spam solutions already block against incoming LNK files. That may be
the only real workaround.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Andrew S. Baker
Anyone know where I can buy replacement keys for a Dell-branded
rack/cabinet? I need to replace the keys for the side panels, but I think
that the same key probably opens the lock on the front door as well (we
never lock it, so I don't know.) I *think* this is a rebranded APC cabinet,
as it has
Jason and others,
How are you handling backups for your QNAPs or other file server NAS devices?
Shook
From: Jason Morris [mailto:jmor...@mjmc.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 5:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NAS with Active Directory
My 4 slot QNAP was under that price range and
I'm backing it up as a fileshare through Backup Exec. It's a little slower and
we just do weekly backups but since it's not my primary storage unit, I don't
feel the need to get that daily. I use it mostly for ISOs that are easily
downloaded or images of computers that are being shuffled in and
Greetings!
We have a Citrix server on a Dell PE-1950. It has a pair of on-board
Broadcom gigabit NICs.
A few months ago I was instructed to see if I could team the NICs for
purposes of increased band width and redundancy. SO, off to the Dell site
to get the latest and greatest Broadcom
I've been trying like mad to send a .lnk file via email but can't seem to do
it - Outlook blocks it, and GoogleMail just attaches the .exe that it points
to - so I feel slightly better about it.
On 19 July 2010 13:36, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
0day is already out. I don’t
I only have a hundred users. Been doing this for about 12 years. I always
thought it was better to have more or less one major server per service. That
way, if one of our services came down or needed work, I wouldn't be taking down
the entire system. I have a buddy with fewer users than me and
All depends on the infrastructure and your needs. Virtualisation certainly
gives you the opportunity to spread your services out by putting them across
multiple individual servers, but then you get that inevitable Virtual
Sprawl as your server estate bloats out, using up more storage, more
Every business is unique and virtualization has changed the game. It
all depends on how much down time your users can tolerate, the services
they require and the budget you have to work with. If you load up a
server with a dozen different features and have to reboot it because of
one of them
A server for every 4-5 users seems a little overkill to me. Unless maybe
they're doing some major CG filmmaking, or something...
Holstrom, Don dholst...@nbm.org 7/19/2010 6:54 AM
I only have a hundred users. Been doing this for about 12 years. I always
thought it was better to have more or
I rather agree with one server per major application. Two where redundancy is
important, and you can afford it.
But that should still be no more than a handful of servers in most environments
of 100 users...
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
Well said, Brother. Way to testify!
Kim
From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 7:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: [OT] Friday Funny
Thanks MBS J but trust in Him alone...and He'll walk with you. Then
you and Jesus will be like peas
WAY back when I first started working here, servers were regarded with
awe as exotic and expensive machines. We tried to get each one to do as
many functions (different apps and services) as it could handle.
Once the price on servers started to creep down, developers began to
specify that
My feeling is that the decision should be made on an individual basis. I
don't think I'd make a blanket statement that more servers or less
servers is best. In a small business fewer might be better; in a
high-availability business with a decent IT budget, more might be better,
just as examples.
Virtualization makes it easier to go the one major server per service
route, allowing you to consolidate hardware while at the same time
satisfying those developers that insist their apps require a dedicated
server (which I usually interpret as we're too lazy to develop and test
our app to the
Virtualization gives you the ability to consolidate servers intelligently.
Some applications need to be isolated on their own servers, and in some
cases, that is just a huge waste of processing power, as the concerns you
present can be mitigated in a different fashion.
You can get the results
Yep, the 0-day is there, but so far the infections are relatively slow.
Just a matter of time, though...
-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote:
0day is already out. I don’t yet have information as to how dangerous it
SysAid is pretty easy to setup, and does a good job without a lot of
fanfare.
-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com wrote:
Anyone have any pros/cons regarding the Sysaid help desk package?
Seems to be easy to setup (got it going in
Hi All
I have a requirement from a UK 2 man band for an online backup system
I have looked in to Carbonite but they don't have a reseller / referral
program for their business offering.
Anybody able to recommend a good, reliable system that is based in the UK?
Regards
Laurence
~ Finally,
We tried to go with server consolidation years ago (before VM was
popular) and kept running into issues with applications fighting with
each other on the same machines (particularly Cisco products). Now that
we're playing with VM and looking into blade servers, we're looking at
it again. Not a
Maybe get rid of the CISCO apps. We are using blades with ESX and its
working quite nicely... Actually the blades are performing as good if
not better than the stand alone DL 580's we have for other ESX servers.
Z
Edward E. Ziots
CISSP, Network +, Security +
Network Engineer
Lifespan
I like it so far. Am looking at the paid version.
Die dulci fruere!
Roger Wright
___
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote:
SysAid is pretty easy to setup, and does a good job without a lot of
fanfare.
-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
On Sun, Jul
Just an FYI from Slashdot:
http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/07/18/1950210/Microsoft-Has-No-Plans-To-Patch-New-Flaw
Microsoft has acknowledged the vulnerability that the new malware Stuxnet uses
to launch itself with .lnk files, but said it has no plans to patch the flaw
right now. The company
Well, congrats on your choice, if not on your future success.
Interviewing is always awkward, even if you do it regularly, so don't think
of it so much as an interview but as a business discussion. I'll try to
provide some suggested approaches to the concerns you've outlined.
While you don't
JungleDisk is pretty good in my (non-paid work) experience.
Tobie
From: Laurence Childs [mailto:laurence.chi...@btinternet.com]
Sent: 19 July 2010 16:13
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: online backup systems
Hi All
I have a requirement from a UK 2 man band for an online backup system
I
Forget about elephant drive (pun intended). I never could get the backup to
work on a vista and Two XP boxes for home. No response from them either. I
let it expire
Devin
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Tobie Fysh
tobie.f...@freebridge.org.ukwrote:
JungleDisk is pretty good in my
Locksmith.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 6:12 AM, John Aldrich
jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote:
Anyone know where I can buy replacement keys for a Dell-branded
rack/cabinet? I need to replace the keys for the side panels, but I think
that the same key probably opens the lock on the front door as
Well, I just ordered a set from Dell. $2.99. J
John-AldrichTile-Tools
From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 12:14 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Dell cabinet panel keys
Locksmith.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 6:12 AM, John Aldrich
We have about the same environment. We keep most services separate for the
reason you state. We decided to not not virutalilze large file servers.
That definition keeps changing though. Anything else is a candidate for a
VM. I really like having one (maybe two) services per server, it has
I have liked SuperMicro blades for the past six or seven years but I am being
told to go with Dell for the warrantees and the like. I know Dell is two or
three times more expensive, is this worth it?
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 11:27 AM
To: NT
I don't think it's worth it, especially if you've had little to no issues in
the past.
Thanks,
Jeff Cain - supp...@sunbeltsoftware.commailto:supp...@sunbeltsoftware.com
Technical Support Analyst
Sunbelt Software, part of the GFI Software family
Has anyone deployed Cisco UCS blades in their existing Blade environment? If
so, curious what experiences were like, still happy, etc?
I'm taking a hard look at them now and we're a big HP shop, so switching
vendors in this area is going to be big for us.
TIA.
--
John Barsodi
~ Finally,
Risk is what your management decides it is.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Jeff Cain je...@sunbelt-software.com wrote:
I don’t think it’s worth it, especially if you’ve had little to no issues in
the past.
Thanks,
Jeff Cain – supp...@sunbeltsoftware.com
Technical Support Analyst
We are looking at that as well but are in the earlier stages of
evaluation. We are leaning more towards HP's competing offering at
this point.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Barsodi.John john.bars...@igt.com wrote:
Has anyone deployed Cisco UCS blades in their existing Blade environment?
If
Server has Write caching enabled, as well as Dell puts in batteries on the
Raid as well just in case. Thanks for the input everyone, if anyone else
wants to chime in, i'd welcome it.
-BenN
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Glen Johnson gjohn...@vhcc.edu wrote:
I’ve got 3 HP/Compaq boxes
I have not, but I know Mike Heil at Moses Cone Health System - he's right down
the street from me and our networks are actually directly connected. He's
legit, and so is his story (link below). BIG HP/Dell shop, historically, IIRC.
To put things into perspective, they are not a small hospital
Yes. Tempting is the offering from HP. But beware the dark side If once you
start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it
will
:-)
Sorry, being a former HP shop myself, I couldn't resist.
Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE
Technology Coordinator
Eagle
With group policy you can customise to your heart's content. I have all my
terminal server users' profiles setup to be stored on a different storage
device, excluding all their my docs items.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:19 PM, John Aldrich
jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote:
Do you guys have a
Great! J Guess I'll have to have whatever consultant I hire to help with the
D/R set that up for me. J
John-AldrichTile-Tools
From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 2:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Roaming Profiles server
With group
What competing product? HP doesn't have a competing product AFAIK. If you are
referring to HP Matrix, then you need to ask Cisco about V-Blocks to have an
apples to apples comparison. Matrix has a whole Orchestration component, that
in theory is cool, but its not for everyone. The other
$.02
Roaming profiles are the spawn of the debbil when he was in a particularly
bad mood. Think twice about using them unless you really need to. IMHO,
redirecting My Documents and whatnot is usually a better / easier
solution.
$/.02
I know there are valid use cases, but for many small shops
Hmm. I guess that's something to think about. Thanks for your input.
John-AldrichTile-Tools
From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 2:31 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Roaming Profiles server
$.02
Roaming profiles are the spawn of
I've been through the hell of Windows roaming profiles. We used AppSense
with mandatory profiles which was vastly better, we have now moved on to
using Citrix Profile Management (which integrates nicely as it uses GPOs to
deploy) and it is *much *better than Windows profile handling. In fact, I'd
Yikes. With an IT staff of just one (me) I don't think I want to go that
route. Guess I'm going to work on just migrating certain folders. Thanks!
John-AldrichTile-Tools
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 2:55 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Maybe I'm just lucky but I have 200+ users on roaming profiles and I
maybe have a couple corruptions a year. But I don't allow people to
store the world in their documents either.
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010
Don't let me scare you too much - we had a lot more users than you are
looking at. But honestly, if you can get a decent profile management tool,
it would be worth it in spades, as the amount of GPO redirection and user
manipulaton options available now are very wide-ranging and useful. There
may
Great. Any suggestions that don't cost an arm and three legs would be
appreciated. J
John-AldrichTile-Tools
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 3:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Roaming Profiles server
Don't let me scare you too
Except that when they eat up the budget addressing non-existent risk, you
remain very open to real risks.
It is worth it to try to manage that discussion in a way that will get you
some more leverage and better allocation of funds.
-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at
Roaming profiles won't likely gain you much, and if your environment isn't
homgonized on the OS, then definitely stay away. If you're looking to
backup data, then redirecting My Documents is probably the biggest. If
you're not using Exchange (as, I recall), you'll have to do something about
My Music and My Pictures will typically follow My Documents.
Regardless of whether or not you use roaming profiles My Documents
should be redirected to a location on a file server, ie the user's home
directory.
If you use Vista/2008 or Win7/2008 R2 to create or edit the GPO you can
redirect them
Yes, you are correct, we do not have Exchange. Currently we are using PST
files for email storage, and I generally either put them in the root of each
user's profile or in their My Documents folder, so I guess redirecting My
Documents might be the best choice.
John-AldrichTile-Tools
From:
Except that putting PST files on a network share is a great big no-no.
On 7/19/2010 2:35 PM, John Aldrich wrote:
Yes, you are correct, we do not have Exchange. Currently we are using
PST files for email storage, and I generally either put them in the root
of each user’s profile or in their “My
I think managing roaming profiles in a typical desktop environment can be
fairly easy as long as you've configured the proper folder redirection.
However, I would caution your use of PSTs on a network share, especially
since it doesn't appear you've had to deal with that so far.
Read this:
I went through the steps of disabling shortcut icons on my own machine to
see what the impact would be. The result is literally not pretty since it
obscures the icons for running programs and programs pinned to the taskbar.
I dare say it would be difficult for most users to work this way, at
For James Rankin
James,
You mentioned switching from AppSense to CPM. Can you elaborate on why you
made the switch? We're currently looking at both CPM and AppSense and based
solely on Citrix Consulting's feedback, we are leaning towards AppSense
because they indicated it may be easier to
True. I have not had to deal with it at this job. However, at a previous
employer I had to deal with that. I'm wanting to bring email in-house and
use Kerio Connect, which is an Exchange replacement. It can talk IMAP, so we
could leave the email on the server.
John-AldrichTile-Tools
From:
Can anyone recommend a good cabling contractor in the Little Rock Arkansas
area?
Since I doubt any responses will be of interest to the rest of the list,
please reply off list.
Thanks
Kevin
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~
A 2 man band? Did these guys finally join forces?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNRczLLousY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNRczLLousY
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Laurence Childs
laurence.chi...@btinternet.com wrote:
Hi All
I have a requirement from a UK 2 man band for an online
Windows 7 doesn't support autorun on flash drives. When he gets to the part
where he's not running AV, he doesn't indicate that he's actually clicking
on anything, yet the malware runs. He sort of implies that it's happening
automatically when he mentions the video is slowed to allow us to view
Hey Guys/Gals:
Quick question. I am looking to replace an old storage server that
holds about 500 gig of cad files that 20 architect simultaneously work
on drawings off of the current storage server (Dell 2850 with SAS Raid
storage).
We have outgrown the storage space on this box and want to
The process of scanning .lnk files for icons to display results in execution
of code that is embedded in the specially crafted .lnk file. Some developer
at MS responsible for that icon-fetching code (if still employed there) is
likely not having a good week.
That's why this is such a serious
Not sure how big your bank is, but we've been pretty pleased with the
Dell/Equalogic iSCSI offerings for our Tier 2 storage.
Jim
From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:bch...@medaille.edu]
Sent: Mon 7/19/2010 7:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Storage Question
We are starting to use the Citrix Profile Management utility along with Roaming
Profiles in our XenDesktop pilot. I anticipate usage of our XenApp WebAcces to
decline as we move to XenDesktop. Also no Terminal Server licenses required
with XenDesktop.
In any case if you have XenApp
Dell MD3000 SAS RAID arrays are pretty nice units (or so I'm told - I'll
find out very soon!).
You can pick up a factory refurbished unit (http://www.dell.com/outlet)
with 1TB 7200 RPM near-line SAS for roughly $5.5k US. You'll need a PERC
5/E SAS HBA to connect it to your PowerEdge.
On
Pardon a bit long winded story of a recent upgrade here...
If you're just looking for a file dump... we're just about breached that level
of CAD data, and recently implemented a HP DL185 G5, Opteron version, its 2U,
8 3.5 drive bays (optionally 10 with rear bays). A good selection of
I am interested, yo upeaked my curiosity. Yes I need a file dump, but
the drafters and engineers will be working live on CAD drawings and
rendering off of this box. So need great disk speed, ram, and
throughput. Would you still recommend this?
From: Phillip
This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Disney.
Nice Stovall real nice.
-sc
From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 6:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: online backup systems
A 2 man band? Did these guys
It was there this morning, as was the following.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9U6uFNex00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9U6uFNex00This one's in Spanish, however.
(Oh, wait a minute...)
(Or you could always fire up your Cars DVD. It's the short before the
movie.)
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at
That is a cool animation
-sc
From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 9:44 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: online backup systems
It was there this morning, as was the following.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9U6uFNex00
This
We've had autoplay disabled for a while, and I've put an entry in our
mail gateway (Maia Mailguard) to quarantine emails with .lnk
attachments.
Kurt
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 00:31, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2286198.mspx
We have
I've got much more powerful boxes on the floor for that. Really wouldn't
recommend a purpose-built server for hardcore grinding. Lately threw together a
little experiment, an Asus server/workstation board with two xeon 5580 (?)
chips at 6 cores apiece (you gotta hunt to get those cheap, Dell
Pure box = pure run box. Darn iPhone.
Regards,
Phillip Partipilo
p...@psnet.com
On Jul 19, 2010, at 10:45 PM, Phillip Partipilo p...@psnet.com wrote:
I've got much more powerful boxes on the floor for that. Really wouldn't
recommend a purpose-built server for hardcore grinding. Lately
Where did you find those 500TB disks? I've been looking around for large
storage;-)
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Phillip Partipilo p...@psnet.com wrote:
I've got much more powerful boxes on the floor for that. Really wouldn't
recommend a purpose-built server for hardcore grinding.
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