Alan Renouf has a handy vSphere PowerCLI script to check your entitlements:
http://www.virtu-al.net/2011/08/03/vsphere-5-license-entitlement-changes/
In the current 2.0 script, there's a calculation bug, so you'll need to change
$v5EntPlus.vRamGB to $vRAM on lines 627 and 630.
I've added a
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:42 PM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote:
So ideally in your opinion the firewall would effectively give
each VLAN (each VLAN defined by 802.1Q tags) it's own
DHCP scope and thus their own IP settings, correct?
More or less.
I would separate your desired access
Thanks for that link. I took it, sped it up, and updated it for PowerShell v2.
Param (
[string] $Path = (Get-Location),
[Switch] $ShowDuplicates
)
$script:cryptoServiceProvider =
[System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider]
$script:hashAlgorithm = New-Object
I only use one textbook. That is for my programming classes. Since I don't
program every day, I find it useful to help guide me in what the kiddies need
to know.
I teach one or two classes a semester on top of working full time.
Rick G
From: Jonathan [mailto:ncm...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday,
Yep, what you describe is exactly what I was envisioning, thanks! (BTW Dell
also calls it tagging). Now to decide on a firewall. I called my client last
night and she was already onboard with my thinking go ahead and buy it or send
me a link and I'll order it.
I love clients that trust you
Nice site Carl...
From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com
To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2011 8:47 AM
Subject: Updated web site
Just wanted to let y’all know my updated carlwebster.com is now live. 3 new
articles went up at 5AM and
+1 (With links to the Russian Mob I see! LOL!!)
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com wrote:
Nice site Carl...
*From:* Webster webs...@carlwebster.com
*To:* NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
*Sent:* Thursday, August 4, 2011 8:47 AM
Wow.
Give, and ye shall receive.
Thank you.
Kurt
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 05:46, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
Thanks for that link. I took it, sped it up, and updated it for PowerShell
v2.
Param (
[string] $Path = (Get-Location),
[Switch] $ShowDuplicates
And now I need to choose a firewall. Holy crap there are a multitude of
options, not the least of which are the various UTM (Unified Threat Management)
options and reporting options.
What kind of features do you guys find are key and are there any features you
thought you'd use but really
I believe the SSG's are now discontinued as Juniper moved away from ScreenOS
to their SRX platform which is, to my understanding, a combination of JUNOS
and some remnants of ScreenOS.
Either way Juniper and Fortinet boxes are rock solid in my experience.
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:38 AM, David
So I reinstalled the WDS role service, only loaded up x86 images and it
seems the PXE boot still detects my laptop as a x64 architecture. Does
anyone know how to stop this from happening? I turned off architecture
discovery and that didn't seem to help.
Jimmy
From: Jimmy Tran
The WAIK 2.0 and 2.1 images will detect an x64 capable box as an x64 box; but
they can load either x86 or x64 operating systems to it.
If you are using older images, then you need to update them.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Jimmy
I was looking forward to the Keynote Lynching!
John W. Cook
Systems Administrator
Partnership for Strong Families
From: Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com
To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Sent: Thu Aug 04 11:48:40 2011
Subject: Re:
It may still happen. When the mob is stirred things happen.
On Thursday, August 4, 2011, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote:
I was looking forward to the Keynote Lynching!
John W. Cook
Systems Administrator
Partnership for Strong Families
From: Sean Martin
Thanks Michael. I did more testing and realized it is an issue with my
image. Unfortunately, capture image is not picking up my syspreped
drive in my VM guest machine. Need to get that fixed.
Jimmy
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011
I'll keep you posted. Interesting that the band for the Wed night party is The
Killers!
John W. Cook
Systems Administrator
Partnership for Strong Families
From: Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com
To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
What's your sysprep syntax? Overlooking the grossly obvious like missing mass
storage drivers in the PE image, that only happens when you don't have the
syntax right.
jlc
From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject:
What firmware is on the NV+ ?
I believe the latest is: RAIDiator 4.1.6 [1.00a043]
or at least that is what I have installed on mine. I can't say I have seen
that happen, but I did have a cheapo Linksys/Cisco giga switch show similar
behaviour - maybe I'll power it back up and see how it
Has anyone any experience of anything that can restrict access to IIS
directories without requiring Windows accounts/NTFS permissions please?
I know of iispasswd which is similar to .htaccess on Apache, but beyond that
I'd just be relying on whatever Google throws up rather than first-hand
.htacess does a lot, given you said iispasswd, I am guessing you only need
userauth.
So why not make local accounts? What's the difference if you make a user/group
text file like in apache?
Personally I think centralized user mgmt. is better?
From: Paul Hutchings
Im actually capturing an x86 image of XP. I just ran sysprep from the
GUI tool with mini-setup. What I did was use imagex to capture the
image and then importing it into WDS. Apparently WDS doesn't like that.
It has to capture its own images with the capture image function.
My VM HD
You're right it's not a huge deal and I guess it comes down to personal
preference but to me, Joe doesn't need an account on the server, Joe just
needs to be able to see a particular folder on a website, and for that
something like iispassword seems a little neater than dealing with computer
LOL
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:09 PM, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote:
I'll keep you posted. Interesting that the band for the Wed night party
is The Killers!
John W. Cook
Systems Administrator
Partnership for Strong Families
--
*From*: Jonathan Link
The features I find that I use the most are:
- Firewall / VPN
- IPS
- .
- .
- .
- AV / Content Filtering
* *
*ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of
Technology for the SMB market…
*
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:38 AM, David Lum
LOL
* *
*ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of
Technology for the SMB market…
*
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote:
Good timing too...otherwise VMWorld may have been nothing but torches and
pitchforks.
- Sean
On Wed,
Indeed.
* *
*ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of
Technology for the SMB market…
*
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Free, Bob r...@pge.com wrote:
AKA- The “Let’s throw this up against the wall and see if it sticks
mentality” J
** **
*From:* Andrew
Oh, I lied, 4.1.7 is the latest.
From: Matthew B Ames [mailto:matthew.a...@qinetiq.com]
Sent: 04 August 2011 17:46
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What may cause that ? Ready NAS NV+
What firmware is on the NV+ ?
I believe the latest is: RAIDiator 4.1.6 [1.00a043]
or at least that is
Latest firmware now applying to my NV+, and it appears my Linksys failure isn't
related to Netgear, a quick Google suggest the good old bulging cap issue:
http://homecommunity.cisco.com/t5/Switches/Almost-100-failure-rate-of-the-SR2024c-switches-anyone-know-why/td-p/223467
From: Matthew B Ames
Thanks Ralph. I ended up getting a trial version of Wingate software for the
proxy server and another trial version of ProxyInspector 3 for the reporting.
If these workout and the company wants to keep monitoring what the devices are
doing, we'll probably use Wingate. The Wingate is less than
Guys,
What are common ranges a small shop can expect to pay a consulting firm to
maintain a network with roughly the following:
1. 30 users
2. Exchange 2010
3. 6 total windows servers from file to sql etc
4. 6 Redhat machines in various roles
5. a few procurves
I've got a Dell PowerVault 110T LTO2 tape drive that has failed and was out of
warranty so I have to replace the whole thing.
As a possible alternative, I've been looking at the Quantum RDX Removable Disk
Drive. The price of an PowerVault 110T LTO3 tape drive and the cost of the RDX
with 22
I manage a couple of small shops in addition to %dayjob%. They are somewhat
smaller (under ten users), but I charge a montly retainer of $100 and then
whatever time I need to actually go to visit (most I do from home) I charge
a per hour fee. Just finished a 2003SBS to SBS2011 migration
Think in terms of x per networking device, y per server and z per desktop --
per month
Maybe $25-50 per networking / $40-75 per server / $10-50 per desktop -- for
about 10-20 hours of work per month
For that kind of environment, I would estimate $400-$600/mo for a moderately
stable environment.
I recently deployed a Dell RD1000 (quite possibly the same with a different
label) for a small client I still support.
So far I can't say anything too bad about it. Setup took only a few minutes. I
could not use the included software because it did not natively support
Exchange without
This sounds interesting to me as well. I am curious what the capacity and
cost are for this type of solution. I just had an 8 slot SDLT Autoloader in
one of my branch offices die on me and was considering an HP MSL2024 LTO-5
24 slot library
Jonathan A+, MCSA, MCSE
Thumb-typed from my HTC
My closest comparable shop I support has 55 Windows PC's, 4 servers, SBS 2003
(Exchange and SQL 2003), 5 managed switches and 2 physical locations (40 at
one, 15 at the other), 10 network printers, etc. I bill for about 300 hours/yr
if you average my last 5 years (last year was just over 200
I'm currently using Arcserve and an LTO2 tape drive to backup a remote site. We
do use a GFS rotation of 22 tapes.
Having worked with RD1000 (which is probably a relabeld Quantum drive), would
you see any issues with using the RD1000 (or this kind of technology) as a
replacement for the LTO2
So you cover all remote work for a flat $100/mo? That sounds like a pretty good
deal...
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com
c - 312.731.3132
From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Not knowing the rates in the client's area, I would say $125-$200 per hour as
an hourly rate for onsite work. Less if I can do it remotely from home.
Occasionally I would do a set fee for a project, such as X amount for replacing
defective switch, installing new server, etc.I once did a
Sorry if this is a naive question but what is the benefit of RDX over LTO?
We backup sufficient that LTO is the only viable tape option so I'm not
familiar with RDX but at a quick glance the cartridges look damned expensive.
Presumably the benefit is that the base device looks to be cheap vs.
Curious as to some hourly rates that are expected. I've had a couple small
businesses come to me lately that would like me to support their shops.
This would be side jobs/off hours.
Sam
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:10 PM
To: NT
I have not used tape in years, but if IIRC LTO2 is 200GB?
I used the 640GB drives for this small client, which allows for quintupling the
data being backed up. With the limited information, I don’t see why you
couldn’t to the route of the RDX.
From: Bob Hartung [mailto:bhart...@wiscoind.com]
Depending on the work requested, I charge from $75/hr to $250/hr -- but most
work ends up in the $100-125/hr range, once we get to the multi month deals.
Again, your location and the type of work being performed, will be a factor.
(InfoSec work is at the higher end)
* *
*ASB*
Some months I just check logs and backups...takes me an hour or two from
home. These guys are engineers and very self sufficient. Mostly they pay me
to be available for questions, I show them once how to do things, and they
learn. Very unCB-like.
When I go onsite for anything extra they pay me.
I've been using RDX for years.
Disk to disk to RDX backups.
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Bob Hartung bhart...@wiscoind.com wrote:
**
I've got a Dell PowerVault 110T LTO2 tape drive that has failed and was out
of warranty so I have to replace the whole thing.
As a possible alternative,
How do you get anything done while sharing a bottle of scotch each visit?
Unless you mean poker...
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote:
Some months I just check logs and backups...takes me an hour or two from
home. These guys are engineers and very self
Who said anything about sharing?
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote:
How do you get anything done while sharing a bottle of scotch each visit?
Unless you mean poker...
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote:
Some months I just
Been there.. done that.. until they start calling you during your normal
business hours. I would get calls for trivial stuff. like why there is no
sound from the PC, cant save to a floppy, etc.
The extra money was nice, the headache that came with it was not.
From: Sam Cayze
I'm in the Portland Or metro area and charge $80/hr onsite $55/remote. I'm on
the low end as I know some one and two man shops who do the same thing are over
$100/hr. I have had all my clients for over 5 years (one of them 10!) and
started most of them at $75/hr and only raised onsite rates
Currently at %dayjob% I am backing up about 9 TB... so I had abandoned
removable media (Tape and Disk) a few years ago.
I use DPM which backs up to a 16TB SAN and a secondary DPM server and second
SAN at a different location to back up the primary DPM server. The two sites
have a 45mbps WAN
That is why I had to end most of my side jobs. The money was nice, but did not
offset the hassle. I also felt badly when they would experience an outage and
had to wait all day for me to finish my day job before I could help.
BF
From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com]
Sent: Thursday,
Seems like you're marketing yourself way under market value if you ask me.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com
c - 312.731.3132
From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re:
I don't want to gain after hours clients...so I have no desire to market
myself. The two small clients I do have are fortunate. They realize it. I
call it giving back to the community.
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.comwrote:
*Seems like you’re marketing
Yes. I also carry liability and EO insurance.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com
c - 312.731.3132
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Maintenance Fees
Do you guys that
Could be a good deal if its the 30yo Macallan scotch
From: Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com
To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2011 5:06 PM
Subject: RE: Maintenance Fees
Seems like you’re marketing
http://www.glenfiddich.ca/the-range/50-year-old.php
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Pete Howard pchow...@yahoo.com wrote:
Could be a good deal if its the 30yo Macallan scotch
--
*From:* Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
Yeah, or Lagavulin which in IMHO is better ☺
From: Pete Howard [mailto:pchow...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Maintenance Fees
Could be a good deal if its the 30yo Macallan scotch
From: Brian Desmond
Anyone know if there is any advantage to RDX over a simple external
eSATA enclosure with removable disk trays? It seems like the later
would be cheaper, and more available/compatible, while doing the same
thing. Or does RDX do something special beyond providing a disk?
-- Ben
~ Finally,
Designed to absorb a shock from falling 1 meter onto a concrete surface.
I've done it with no ill effects. The same cannot be said of the other 2.5
disks I've dropped from time to time.
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
Anyone know if there is any
Are you saying that av/content filtering is you least important criteria of all
on a FW? Or that's it's the bottom of your must haves?
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 12:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: SMB firewall (was RE: VLAN
This is basically our scenario, but you're still unprotected from a rogue admin
or virus connecting to both DPM servers and wiping out all your backup. A
removable device at least puts an air gap to protect you from any damage that
can be done over the network.
For that, I've been basically
Have any of you guys checked out Palo Alto Networks?
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:18 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SMB firewall (was RE: VLAN N00b)
Are you saying that av/content filtering is you least important
I just charge a flat fee for every visit. If its a call I can sort out in less
than a minute via teamviewer then no charge. But visits cost. I generally half
my normal hourly rate if its cash in hand (twenty quid an hour or part thereof,
once I divide it)
Projects also cost a flat fee, agreed
Yes. Have two PAs clustered. Love the security aspect. Management
console performance is slw.
Kevin
On 8/4/11, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com wrote:
Have any of you guys checked out Palo Alto Networks?
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Thursday,
Getting closer:
http://www.globalcomputer.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=411709csid=ITDbody=MAIN#productresources
* *
*ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of
Technology for the SMB market…
*
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Andrew S. Baker
Yes, and their stuff is awesome... :)
A bit pricier than the range we're talking about, though.
* *
*ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of
Technology for the SMB market…
*
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.comwrote:
Have any
It's the feature that my clients tend to use/implement the least frequently
on a UTM device.
* *
*ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of
Technology for the SMB market…
*
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.eduwrote:
Are you
gotcha
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 6:55 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: SMB firewall (was RE: VLAN N00b)
It's the feature that my clients tend to use/implement the least frequently on
a UTM device.
ASB
Same here. Other than that they are awesome.
-Original Message-
From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:18 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: SMB firewall (was RE: VLAN N00b)
Yes. Have two PAs clustered. Love the security aspect.
that is one of my favorites.
Joseph L. Casale wrote:
Yeah, or Lagavulin which in IMHO is better J
*From:* Pete Howard [mailto:pchow...@yahoo.com]
*Sent:* Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:50 PM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* Re: Maintenance Fees
Could be a good deal if its the 30yo
IIS 7 allows you to define users that only exist in IIS.
ASP.NET allows the same thing
Probably need more info on what your setup is
Cheers
Ken
Ken Schaefer
Architect | CTO Office | SOE Program
Mobile: +65 9824 4445
HP Enterprise Services
Level 3, Block C, Jackson Square, 11 Lorong 3
Toa
I have a bottle of 16 year Lagavulin on my shelf at all times. It's the best.
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 14:52, Joseph L. Casale
jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote:
Yeah, or Lagavulin which in IMHO is better J
From: Pete Howard [mailto:pchow...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:50 PM
Yes it is 4.1.7. The switch is an HP Procurve 1820 and the issue is only with
Netgear.Very strange
I may only add that the router is a WAN router with IP helper set for getting
DHCP from a Server in the WAN but I had no other issues besides, sometimes
connection lost for ISP problems
Guido
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