ISA, but ISA will soon be going away in favor of Cisco equipment. On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Kelsey, John <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sherry, > Are you running on top of ISA, or do you have it installed on a > standalone box and all users go out another way? > > > ******************************* > *John C. Kelsey > *DuBois Regional Medical Center > (: 814.375.3073 > *: [email protected] > ******************************* > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 01, 2009 12:10 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Virtualized Websense? > > Port mirroring, multiple nics and huge resource requirements. Like I said, > we tried virtualization and it didn't work well, called their tech support > and found out that it's not recommended for running in a virtual mode. > > Paul, words of wisdom for implementing: make sure you have clearly defined > (by management) rules to setup prior to implementing (just saves you some > headaches, we have changed our configuration multiple times, and actually > rebuilt Websense a couple of times because of mgmt changing their minds.). > Websense technical support is your friend, they are very helpful and in our > experience response time has been excellent, (I think it's always been we > got help on that call with little waiting. Have setup several webex > sessions and have had really good results with them.) I'm not saying that > the product is hard to use, or configure, we've just had mgmt changing their > minds so many times that we couldn't undo what we had done to do what was > requested without a complete rebuild or help from technical support. (It's > a long story, we've had it in place almost a year now, and it's still not > really in production and is in fact undergoing another rebuild.....sigh). > Oh and by rebuild, I don't mean a complete rebuild from the OS up, just a > rebuild/clean install of the application..... > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Kelsey, John <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just out of curiosity, why didn't it work? Because of the port >> mirroring? >> >> We're about to decommish our SurfControl and install Websense. >> >> >> ******************************* >> *John C. Kelsey >> *DuBois Regional Medical Center >> (: 814.375.3073 >> *: [email protected] >> ******************************* >> >> -----Original Message----- >> *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:48 >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: Virtualized Websense? >> >> Nope, Websense requires physical hardware, and yes, we tried to deploy it >> in VMWare and it no workee. >> >> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Joe Heaton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Has anyone tried this, or is running Websense virtualized? Looking at >>> finally getting our feet wet with server virtualization, using ESXi, and >>> trying to find out if it is possible/supported to run Websense in a virtual >>> environment. >>> >>> >>> >>> Joe Heaton >>> >>> AISA >>> >>> Employment Training Panel >>> >>> 1100 J Street, 4th Floor >>> >>> Sacramento, CA 95814 >>> >>> (916) 327-5276 >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Sherry Abercrombie >> >> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." >> Arthur C. Clarke >> >> >> >> >> >> >> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended >> solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. >> If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. >> This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the >> individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not >> disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > > > > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the > individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > > > > > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
