[NTSysADM] RE: RDS timeout issues
Wouldn't it just disconnect the session if that was the case, rather than provide the message below? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 11:00 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: RDS timeout issues Just guessing, but I would take a look at the remote router and/or firewall to see if it has TCP timeouts configured. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Bill Humphries Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 9:12 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [NTSysADM] RDS timeout issues Hi all, I am once again, seeking wisdom from the group. I have a single RDS server running on 2012 R2 for a client. Most users are in local office and connect to the RDS session on LAN. A few users are remote. We are using TSPrint as a printing solution because users need to be able to print to each other's local printers, even if they are in different locations. To allow this printing, the user must be logged into the RDS server so that other users can print to the local printer. I have two users that are at a location in a different state. These users' remote sessions keep ending with "Your remote desktop services session has ended because the remote computer didn't receive any input from you." I need this to not happen so that the printers remain available. No one else complains about the time out issue. On the RDS server I have gone to: * Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Session Time Limits * User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Session Time Limits And set time out limits to never. But these two users still get disconnected. I do not manage the user PCs on the other end, but my understanding is that timeout limits would be managed at the RDS, not at the client computer. Any help is much appreciated. Bill
[NTSysADM] RDS timeout issues
Hi all, I am once again, seeking wisdom from the group. I have a single RDS server running on 2012 R2 for a client. Most users are in local office and connect to the RDS session on LAN. A few users are remote. We are using TSPrint as a printing solution because users need to be able to print to each other's local printers, even if they are in different locations. To allow this printing, the user must be logged into the RDS server so that other users can print to the local printer. I have two users that are at a location in a different state. These users' remote sessions keep ending with "Your remote desktop services session has ended because the remote computer didn't receive any input from you." I need this to not happen so that the printers remain available. No one else complains about the time out issue. On the RDS server I have gone to: * Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Session Time Limits * User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Session Time Limits And set time out limits to never. But these two users still get disconnected. I do not manage the user PCs on the other end, but my understanding is that timeout limits would be managed at the RDS, not at the client computer. Any help is much appreciated. Bill
RE: [NTSysADM] sql express database limit
According to this, Server 2012 R2 Essentials is supported: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506(v=sql.110).aspx From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 6:54 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] sql express database limit It’s not supported to run full SQL (standard or enterprise) on a DC. I don’t know if it’s a hard block or not. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Bill Humphries Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 4:16 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] sql express database limit They are running sql express 2012. I am using a utility to backup and zip the backups nightly. This zip has been about 6 gigs. I just did a backup of the database using the LOB backup utility to see size there and the bak file was 20 gigs. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Eric Wittenberg Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 4:00 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] sql express database limit I've had dozens of very small clients who ran SQLExpress for Pos software. Does your client have a more current version of SQL as the DB size is different for older versions of SQL Express? Eric Wittenberg On Nov 14, 2016 1:41 PM, "Bill Humphries" <b...@red5support.com<mailto:b...@red5support.com>> wrote: Hi all, I have a small client that runs a single physical server that has essentials role installed on it, as well as running their LOB application on sql express. It seems they have been uploading photos at a rapid pace from smartphones into this app which has blown up the database to the limit of express. I know it isn’t best practice, but sometimes used in small businesses to install sql on a domain controller. Are any of you doing this with success or have horror stories about why not to do this? This is a small business with about 10 users connecting to the server. The LOB is a crm and dispatch system. Bill Bill Humphries Red5 Superior IT www.red5support.com<http://www.red5support.com> o:404-919-8002 c:770-548-1781 Like us: [facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Five-LLC/349345845176301>[linkedin] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/red-five-llc?trk=company_logo>
RE: [NTSysADM] sql express database limit
They are running sql express 2012. I am using a utility to backup and zip the backups nightly. This zip has been about 6 gigs. I just did a backup of the database using the LOB backup utility to see size there and the bak file was 20 gigs. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Eric Wittenberg Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 4:00 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] sql express database limit I've had dozens of very small clients who ran SQLExpress for Pos software. Does your client have a more current version of SQL as the DB size is different for older versions of SQL Express? Eric Wittenberg On Nov 14, 2016 1:41 PM, "Bill Humphries" <b...@red5support.com<mailto:b...@red5support.com>> wrote: Hi all, I have a small client that runs a single physical server that has essentials role installed on it, as well as running their LOB application on sql express. It seems they have been uploading photos at a rapid pace from smartphones into this app which has blown up the database to the limit of express. I know it isn’t best practice, but sometimes used in small businesses to install sql on a domain controller. Are any of you doing this with success or have horror stories about why not to do this? This is a small business with about 10 users connecting to the server. The LOB is a crm and dispatch system. Bill Bill Humphries Red5 Superior IT www.red5support.com<http://www.red5support.com> o:404-919-8002 c:770-548-1781 Like us: [facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Five-LLC/349345845176301>[linkedin] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/red-five-llc?trk=company_logo>
[NTSysADM] sql express database limit
Hi all, I have a small client that runs a single physical server that has essentials role installed on it, as well as running their LOB application on sql express. It seems they have been uploading photos at a rapid pace from smartphones into this app which has blown up the database to the limit of express. I know it isn't best practice, but sometimes used in small businesses to install sql on a domain controller. Are any of you doing this with success or have horror stories about why not to do this? This is a small business with about 10 users connecting to the server. The LOB is a crm and dispatch system. Bill Bill Humphries Red5 Superior IT www.red5support.com o:404-919-8002 c:770-548-1781 Like us: [facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Five-LLC/349345845176301>[linkedin] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/red-five-llc?trk=company_logo>
[NTSysADM] persistent lies
I have a client that is windows 2008 domain and all client machines are windows 7 64 bit. Over the pas month, it looks like any mapped drives (via GPO) have decided to no longer be persistant. Any time a user bootsup away off network, the drives do not appear. No red exes, just missing. As a few people work offsite very frequently this has become an issue. I'm suspicious that some MS update for windows 7 has broken this persistence. Anyone have any insight into this behavior or suggestions for fixing? Thanks. Bill
RE: [NTSysADM] temporary internet options
I’m thinking of giving this a whirl: http://support.sprint.com/support/device/Netgear/NETGEARreg_LTE_Gateway_6100D-dvc8040009prd According to Sprint, where their office is has the best level of service for their new Spark LTE service. The device is $200, plus data. Sprint only charges $3 to add a static IP. Bill From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Chad Leeper Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 9:36 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] temporary internet options +1 for the CradlePoint. Have a couple customers configure that way with a static IP. One customer has email, one server and 6 users and the CP works fine. On 3/24/15 at 6:53 PM, in message 915196167_215985...@myitforum01.orcsweb.commailto:915196167_215985...@myitforum01.orcsweb.com, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.commailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Verizon CradlePoint. Static IP addresses available. On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Bill Humphries b...@red5support.commailto:b...@red5support.com wrote: Hi all, So, I have a small office client whose office manager bailed about the same time their ISP/phone provider notified them that they were shutting down. Long story, short, they are looking at losing internet and phone service April 1st, and the new carrier can’t make that deadline for circuit delivery. They have really low bandwidth needs, but they currently have a static IP for exchange server and 1.5mb circuit for internet/mail flow and VoIP. So, they may need something to cover that for a couple of weeks. I’m tempted to try an LTE modem, but don’t know about getting a static IP for short term. Thanks. Bill Bill Humphries Red5Support Superior IT www.red5support.comhttp://www.red5support.com o:404-919-8002tel:404-919-8002 c:770-548-1781tel:770-548-1781 Like us: [facebook] https://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Five-LLC/349345845176301 [linkedin] http://www.linkedin.com/company/red-five-llc?trk=company_logo S CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: The information contained in this transmission is privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, do not read it. Please immediately reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error and then delete it. Thank you.
RE: [NTSysADM] temporary internet options
It is Atlanta, Georgia. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 10:21 AM To: NT Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] temporary internet options Where is the client ? country /state/city Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:44:42 -0700 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] temporary internet options From: kurt.b...@gmail.commailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Let me know if you find something cheaper. Kurt On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 6:36 PM, Bill Humphries b...@red5support.commailto:b...@red5support.com wrote: I just saw something stating a static IP with Verizon for LTE was a $500 fee upfront. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 8:14 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] temporary internet options 1+ Should be easy enough to deploy, and a great service to model business continuity contingency site/services against. -- Espi On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.commailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Verizon CradlePoint. Static IP addresses available. On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Bill Humphries b...@red5support.commailto:b...@red5support.com wrote: Hi all, So, I have a small office client whose office manager bailed about the same time their ISP/phone provider notified them that they were shutting down. Long story, short, they are looking at losing internet and phone service April 1st, and the new carrier can't make that deadline for circuit delivery. They have really low bandwidth needs, but they currently have a static IP for exchange server and 1.5mb circuit for internet/mail flow and VoIP. So, they may need something to cover that for a couple of weeks. I'm tempted to try an LTE modem, but don't know about getting a static IP for short term. Thanks. Bill Bill Humphries Red5Support Superior IT www.red5support.comhttp://www.red5support.com o:404-919-8002 c:770-548-1781 Like us: [facebook] https://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Five-LLC/349345845176301[linkedin] http://www.linkedin.com/company/red-five-llc?trk=company_logo S
[NTSysADM] temporary internet options
Hi all, So, I have a small office client whose office manager bailed about the same time their ISP/phone provider notified them that they were shutting down. Long story, short, they are looking at losing internet and phone service April 1st, and the new carrier can't make that deadline for circuit delivery. They have really low bandwidth needs, but they currently have a static IP for exchange server and 1.5mb circuit for internet/mail flow and VoIP. So, they may need something to cover that for a couple of weeks. I'm tempted to try an LTE modem, but don't know about getting a static IP for short term. Thanks. Bill Bill Humphries Red5Support Superior IT www.red5support.com o:404-919-8002 c:770-548-1781 Like us: [facebook] https://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Five-LLC/349345845176301[linkedin] http://www.linkedin.com/company/red-five-llc?trk=company_logo S
RE: [NTSysADM] temporary internet options
They currently have no problems with 1.5mb. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 7:42 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] temporary internet options Can you get the new carrier to expedite the delivery for an additional fee? Define low bandwidth: What is the minimal they can conduct business with in the interim? -- Espi On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Bill Humphries b...@red5support.commailto:b...@red5support.com wrote: Hi all, So, I have a small office client whose office manager bailed about the same time their ISP/phone provider notified them that they were shutting down. Long story, short, they are looking at losing internet and phone service April 1st, and the new carrier can't make that deadline for circuit delivery. They have really low bandwidth needs, but they currently have a static IP for exchange server and 1.5mb circuit for internet/mail flow and VoIP. So, they may need something to cover that for a couple of weeks. I'm tempted to try an LTE modem, but don't know about getting a static IP for short term. Thanks. Bill Bill Humphries Red5Support Superior IT www.red5support.comhttp://www.red5support.com o:404-919-8002tel:404-919-8002 c:770-548-1781tel:770-548-1781 Like us: [facebook] https://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Five-LLC/349345845176301[linkedin] http://www.linkedin.com/company/red-five-llc?trk=company_logo S
RE: [NTSysADM] temporary internet options
I just saw something stating a static IP with Verizon for LTE was a $500 fee upfront. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 8:14 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] temporary internet options 1+ Should be easy enough to deploy, and a great service to model business continuity contingency site/services against. -- Espi On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.commailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Verizon CradlePoint. Static IP addresses available. On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Bill Humphries b...@red5support.commailto:b...@red5support.com wrote: Hi all, So, I have a small office client whose office manager bailed about the same time their ISP/phone provider notified them that they were shutting down. Long story, short, they are looking at losing internet and phone service April 1st, and the new carrier can't make that deadline for circuit delivery. They have really low bandwidth needs, but they currently have a static IP for exchange server and 1.5mb circuit for internet/mail flow and VoIP. So, they may need something to cover that for a couple of weeks. I'm tempted to try an LTE modem, but don't know about getting a static IP for short term. Thanks. Bill Bill Humphries Red5Support Superior IT www.red5support.comhttp://www.red5support.com o:404-919-8002tel:404-919-8002 c:770-548-1781tel:770-548-1781 Like us: [facebook] https://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Five-LLC/349345845176301[linkedin] http://www.linkedin.com/company/red-five-llc?trk=company_logo S
[NTSysADM] help for a hypocrite
Ok, I haven't been fully practicing what I preach and haven't backup up a personal laptop in a while. It seems that my little girl was typing on it this weekend and my wife saw her and closed the lid...which should have made it hibernate. I go to open it tonight and it won't boot. I haven't noticed any bad hard drive sounds coming from it beforehand. This is a win 7 thinkpad. I yanked the harddrive and tried to mount it to another PC to look at data. In disk manager I could see the small system drive partition and the lenovo partition...the windows partition showed as RAW instead of readable. I then booted to ubuntu live CD and tried to see the data. In DISKS it shows that partition as unknown and doesn't present anything as available...but does show the other partitions as I would expect them to show in linux. Any ideas what has happened or best course of action? Should I try cloning the drive and working off of that? Thanks for any help/insight. Bill
RE: [NTSysADM] password expiration notices
Thanks for the options, guys. Bill -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Dave Lum Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 10:16 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] password expiration notices Agreed. In this regard Netwrix has been better than most, I've been using this free app for over a year and don't recall getting any calls. Emails are easy enough to unsubscribe/filter. Dave I hate these free apps that require I register and provide contact information. They always lead to calls and e-mails I'm not interested in and they often turn into aggressive sales pitches. Regards, Hank Arnold Consumer Security There are 10 kinds of people in the world... Those who understand binary and those who don't. My Blog: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/personal-pc-assistant/ Twitter: @Hank_PCDoc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hank.arnold.96 -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Dave Lum Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:29 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] password expiration notices I use Netwrix free password expiration tool. it notifies the user and optionally an administrator, so the user gets hey your password expires in x' days and you as an admin get a list of whose password expires soon. Uses task scheduler and can run on a Win7 box or a server OS. I used to use a PowerShell script that I kyped from someplace. Dave Hi all, I have a client that has an SBS 2011 network. One of the owners claims that they no longer get notifications that passwords are expiring. They said the other owner thinks he isn't getting them either. I can't figure out how to track if this is true or they just don't notice the bubble pop up that happens with windows 7. The XP notification was much more unavoidable. Is there an event ID to look for somewhere? I can't find anything using google powers. Also, I'd be interested in a more obtrusive method of notification..like a screen pop up message you have to acknowledge or maybe an email. Anything easily implemented? Thanks. Bill
[NTSysADM] password expiration notices
Hi all, I have a client that has an SBS 2011 network. One of the owners claims that they no longer get notifications that passwords are expiring. They said the other owner thinks he isn't getting them either. I can't figure out how to track if this is true or they just don't notice the bubble pop up that happens with windows 7. The XP notification was much more unavoidable. Is there an event ID to look for somewhere? I can't find anything using google powers. Also, I'd be interested in a more obtrusive method of notification..like a screen pop up message you have to acknowledge or maybe an email. Anything easily implemented? Thanks. Bill
RE: [NTSysADM] Kyocera Copier
Every copier I've ever had to touch at a client was setup with the default user name/password. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 9:29 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Kyocera Copier Security issue but if the vendor refuses to fix you will have to work around it. Personally I would put the web page on a different subnet that only those you trust will have knowledge of and which you would have to change your machines IP to get to. \*Rant on Vendors both hardware and software are getting away with way too much. If it was their a$$ hanging out there when the auditors come calling or when the hackers take control of your network due to their lack of security concern you would either see fewer vendors or tighter security on their stuff. Rant off*\ Jon Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 19:59:41 -0400 Subject: [NTSysADM] Kyocera Copier From: cssunetad...@cssu.orgmailto:cssunetad...@cssu.org To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com We have a small office with a Kyocera network copier. I learned last week- as I was going to add a new mailbox on it- that from the web browser, no log in is required to add- or edit- mailbox names, e-mail addresses or network paths for scan to folders. I was able to- without logging in at the browser- to change the e-mail address of anyone who had one set up to one either in or outside our domain. I could do the same with the network path. To make sure that I was magically logged in because of my network rights, I logged into the workstation with a guest account- same thing. A call to the vendor who services the machines said that Kyocera acknowledged this issue but a fix wasn't in the offing. Their solution was to restrict access to the management webpage from specific machines by IP or disable the web page. Am I nuts or is this a giant security issue?
RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list?
It is so weird that a party line was even a thing. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 5:41 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? +1 I remember those days, can still remember our home number! Jon From: richard.mccl...@aspca.orgmailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:46:50 + Why, when I was a kid, I'd lift the receiver and wait for the operator to ask for the number to call. That number had letters in it! (Of course, this was possible only if none of the neighbors happened to be using the party line at the moment.) -- richard -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Ben Scott Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 12:23 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Daniel Chenault dani...@hotmail.commailto:dani...@hotmail.com wrote: Why, when I was a kid in the then-new interwebz we had dig. You kids with your fancy-schmancy browser-based search engines... We didn't have no stinkin' browser! And we LIKED it cu we didn't know any better! You kids get off my lawn! You had an Internet connection? Luxury! Why, when I was kid, I was dialing into BBSes and downloading files with XMODEM! ;-) -- Ben The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof.
FW: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already...
This is a 20 person firm and Lacerte’s slow death of DMS was the final nail in the coffin. It has to happen this off season. They already utilize CCH for PM and Engagement, so I think that is the way things will fall. I’ve been pretty happy with CCH support for the software they currently use. I haven’t gotten to sit in on any webinar yet, but CCH is really pushing the client to only consider the cloud offering. I don’t really get why there is the huge push from accounting LOBs to ditch the on premise. Even with on premise they get yearly recurring software license fees. I know they promise roses and eternal bliss, but I’d like to see them actually do a data conversion to see how well that actually works. I’m working on a list of questions and concerns that need to be addressed at the next meeting. Bill From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 8:29 PM To: Bill Humphries Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already... I wanted to come back to this after basically saying indeed, in response to seeing the security or lack thereof. I work for a 40 person accounting firm, and I saw you're assisting with a move from Lacerte. I can't speak to that migration, but we are in the beginning phases of assessing cloud providers and moving our operations to the cloud. We probably won't be doing it anytime soon, but we're going to do a bunch of due diligence here and TCO comparisons. One of the things to be cognizant is vendor lock in that comes with going with Thomson's or CCH's cloud offerings. From what I've seen, getting access to the underlying data is something of a challenge and unknown quantity, so switching to a different provider at a later date may become cost prohibitive. We are a Thomson, UltraTax shop, but last summer evaluated the CCH Tax offering again. On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:42 PM, Bill Humphries b...@red5support.commailto:b...@red5support.com wrote: I have an accounting firm that is ditching Lacerte and all the other vendors are pushing nothing but cloud options at them. Most of the security talk has been let us tell you how the datacenter is secured. No talk of real factors such as how passwords stored, multifactor authentication availability, backing up your own data, etc. One of the vendors did provide a couple of PDFs for security. One sheet was like a SAS 70 checklist with a blurb stating we have a policy for this for each section. The other PDF was outlining the IBM datacenter they use and that IBM maintains their security and backups. The one interesting thing in that is that they claim that all the backups are through Tivoli to tape and then cloned for offsite storage. That is a lot of tape. Bill -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 10:49 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already... I just called up my cable company to reconfigure my ever increasing cable bill and renegotiated the costs. So the idea that cloud services has a defined cost structure I would debate on. My personal experience in all cloud services is that some have gone up, some have gone down. :-) As the premise options become a. more expensive b. less attractive and quite frankly as we dinosaurs age out/retire/the youngsters that only use Google apps take over/ this will all change. No one here is not saying all of this is not happening, I'm just not willing to accept some of the ideas that the vendors provide are the key advantages. It's an advantage for them for sure. As the vendors themselves stop developing premises based software - (and this is the key movement I see in the SMB space) - because it's cheaper for them (less support for us pesky desktops with lord knows how many versions of OS), easier for them to build the infrastructure where they want it, and better for them as they can plan on the revenue subscription model. As Rod said, it's the app model taking over. It is what it is. All of us will deal. But outsourcing isn't always best for a firm (ask the NSA and their outsourced admin Snowden) and has it's risks as well as the benefits that shouldn't be overlooked. Ask the hard questions of the vendors and don't just click through those eulas (as we in small biz do). Ask who has the encryption keys, etc etc. (spreadsheets from the cloud security alliance as examples) https://downloads.cloudsecurityalliance.org/initiatives/ccm/ccm-v3.0.1.zip https://downloads.cloudsecurityalliance.org/initiatives/cai/caiq-v3.0.1.zip Many of the vendors are still putting in place key elements and still fighting jurisdictional issues. (Examples: http://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2014/06/04/unfinished-business
RE: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already...
P.S. regarding the other point made in a different comment and provide a geek comment... If a vendor says they are SAS 70 certified, I'd ask them what it got replaced with because SAS 70 is the old wording The security PDF says they are transitioning from SAS 70 to SOC2. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 2:09 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already... You use the phrase how I want to buy a service which is what I'm struggling over. I don't have departments in my firm and thus don't consider employing someone to do a task as buying the service which is I think where the misunderstanding is starting out from. For some items, like utilities, where it doesn't have a confidentiality issue, I buy the service in the manner that it's given to me and think nothing of it. For others, like legal services, in my firm we hire the Attorney and his reputation and sign an engagement letter. I'm not always buying a service in my mind. I engage another human being that I trust. It's not a commodity, it's still a relationship. In my personal space how you want to buy a service isn't the question I start with (and apologies as I that's what I'm stumbling over). For some small businesses the question is how cheap they can get a service for. For others, like mine, it's more of this fuzzy am I comfortable in hiring someone that I don't have direct control over. It's not necessarily 'how to buy' but 'do we hire'? Neither one of us is talking rubbish, we just are coming with different backgrounds (and hopefully providing useful links or food for thought along the way). http://www.csoonline.com/article/2126003/compliance/sas-70-replacement--ssae-16.html On 7/22/2014 10:21 PM, Ken Schaefer wrote: -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2014 3:11 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already... You have an RFP, a contract. I have a eula I click through. I still say you have more negotiating power. None the less, we still have to ask the same question before buying. You can't get anything after you sign a contract We print tax returns with potential identity theft information as well as potential sensitive business documents. For my firm, Kinkos is not even an option and honestly wouldn't even be considered in the analysis. We have one wifi printer for clients, we don't do wifi enabled printers in the lan, so the wifi standard hasn't really come up. I think you're missing the point - it's not about Kinkos or WiFi - that's was just an illustrative example. Surely you do not need me to give you hundreds of examples until you find one that fits your personal circumstances? Either you agree or disagree with the wider point. How about having a discussion about that? If you think I'm talking rubbish, then just say so, and why, and I will stop wasting my breath. On 7/22/2014 10:01 PM, Ken Schaefer wrote: There's nothing you've written below that indicates that your space is any different to mine. We have to ask questions up-front as well - we don't get to change things once a contract's been signed either. How you want to buy a service is something you need to decide before you even go look at a EULA is my point. When you decide you need to produce some printed material, is the first thing you do read a EULA? Or is it decide whether to have a printer internally vs. using the local Kinkos/print house? I'd say that the latter question is far more important than worrying whether a printer supports your WiFi security standard. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2014 2:48 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already... In small business we click yes to a eula. We don't get the ability to set the requirements as the software vendors don't give us options so we must ask the questions from the get go because we don't get the right to change anything. We either buy or don't buy the software. It's just a different space is all. On 7/22/2014 8:07 PM, Ken Schaefer wrote: -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2014 12:49 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already... I just called up my cable company to reconfigure my ever increasing cable bill and renegotiated the costs. So the idea that cloud services has a defined cost structure I would debate on.
[NTSysADM] storage spaces?
Any opinions about this? I was looking at it as an option for storing backups and maybe for media and backup server at home. A simple box with some NAS drives would be more economical than dedicated RAID hardware. Thanks. Bill
RE: [NTSysADM] storage spaces?
2012 r2 essentials for clients also. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Art DeKneef Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 5:46 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] storage spaces? Timely topic as I was just looking in to this also and was about to ask the same question. From I gather, Storage Spaces is based on the old drive extender technology from Windows Home Server but vastly improved. It is software RAID. It is normally not as fast as hardware RAID. But for home use that may not be that big of a deal. What were you thinking of running Storage Spaces on? I am looking at using it on our installs of Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. Your thinking of a simple box, some drives and free NAS software would probably be less expensive depending on what you had or needed to buy.. Art DeKneef Avanti Computers Mesa, AZ 480-649-4430 Office 480-529-4430 Mobile From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Bill Humphries Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 1:43 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] storage spaces? Any opinions about this? I was looking at it as an option for storing backups and maybe for media and backup server at home. A simple box with some NAS drives would be more economical than dedicated RAID hardware. Thanks. Bill
RE: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already...
I have an accounting firm that is ditching Lacerte and all the other vendors are pushing nothing but cloud options at them. Most of the security talk has been let us tell you how the datacenter is secured. No talk of real factors such as how passwords stored, multifactor authentication availability, backing up your own data, etc. One of the vendors did provide a couple of PDFs for security. One sheet was like a SAS 70 checklist with a blurb stating we have a policy for this for each section. The other PDF was outlining the IBM datacenter they use and that IBM maintains their security and backups. The one interesting thing in that is that they claim that all the backups are through Tivoli to tape and then cloned for offsite storage. That is a lot of tape. Bill -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 10:49 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already... I just called up my cable company to reconfigure my ever increasing cable bill and renegotiated the costs. So the idea that cloud services has a defined cost structure I would debate on. My personal experience in all cloud services is that some have gone up, some have gone down. :-) As the premise options become a. more expensive b. less attractive and quite frankly as we dinosaurs age out/retire/the youngsters that only use Google apps take over/ this will all change. No one here is not saying all of this is not happening, I'm just not willing to accept some of the ideas that the vendors provide are the key advantages. It's an advantage for them for sure. As the vendors themselves stop developing premises based software - (and this is the key movement I see in the SMB space) - because it's cheaper for them (less support for us pesky desktops with lord knows how many versions of OS), easier for them to build the infrastructure where they want it, and better for them as they can plan on the revenue subscription model. As Rod said, it's the app model taking over. It is what it is. All of us will deal. But outsourcing isn't always best for a firm (ask the NSA and their outsourced admin Snowden) and has it's risks as well as the benefits that shouldn't be overlooked. Ask the hard questions of the vendors and don't just click through those eulas (as we in small biz do). Ask who has the encryption keys, etc etc. (spreadsheets from the cloud security alliance as examples) https://downloads.cloudsecurityalliance.org/initiatives/ccm/ccm-v3.0.1.zip https://downloads.cloudsecurityalliance.org/initiatives/cai/caiq-v3.0.1.zip Many of the vendors are still putting in place key elements and still fighting jurisdictional issues. (Examples: http://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2014/06/04/unfinished-business-on-government-surveillance-reform/ http://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2014/07/01/advancing-our-encryption-and-transparency-efforts/ Susan Bradley Meet up with me, Amy, Philip and Jeremy at the Brain Explosion in Florida this September. I'll be talking about protecting your network http://www.thirdtier.net/brain-explosion/ On 7/22/2014 6:47 PM, Ken Schaefer wrote: I s*trongly* urge the guys (and gals) on the list that think like the previous post to take a step back, and ask yourself “why are these cloud providers becoming popular?” This is a bit of a long post, but bear with me – but it might help shape your future career. For large enterprises, we went to outsourcers a long time ago – MSPs also had some limited penetration in the SME market. But traditional outsourcing involves a fair amount of vendor management overhead, so it was significant barriers for SMEs (and even large organisations). Despite these costs and barriers, people still outsourced. Why? There’s only a single reason IME. Look in any ITSM framework (ITIL is the obvious candidate here), and you’ll see a section in Service Architecture called “Financial Management” – how do develop business services that provide value whilst also being profitable (or at least, break-even). In many organisations, due to the thinking in some of the posts in this thread, it was impossible to quantify the actual cost of IT. Consider the very simple financial model below. It doesn’t even have a service catalogue – it just attributes general ledger costs (actual cash outgoing) back to business units. *Most organisations had IT units that were incapable of figuring this out*. Instead, IT is simply see as a sinkhole of random requests for money – need to replace the SAN. Need to replace a server. Need to buy some network bandwidth. But what’s the **value** provided by that kit? What applications is that kit supporting – is the app bringing in $1m running on $2m of expenses? What business units are consuming this expense? Can they justify the bills
[NTSysADM] RE: terminal server unexpected restarts
One of the two power supplies is already bad. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 1:20 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: terminal server unexpected restarts I had this on a DL380. Bad power supply. It shut down about once a day...but gradually got worse. New power supply fixed it instantly. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Bill Humphries Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:56 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] terminal server unexpected restarts Hi all, I have a new client that uses a terminal server that has quickbooks enterprise and a sql express LOB application installed on it. It is server 2008. It has begun randomly having unexpected shutdowns/restarts. Event viewer system and application logs seem to be clean prior to the shutdown. I recently inherited the system, and they were mostly fly by the seat of their pants DIY before they brought me in. It's an HP ml350 with two sata drives in it..not mirrored. gulp. It's a plumbing company with 24 hour service, so having the thing down for long periods of time troubleshooting isn't very doable. Any suggestions where to start looking for the issue? RAM? Bill
RE: [NTSysADM] RE: terminal server unexpected restarts
Not enabled yet. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Richard Stovall Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 1:20 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: terminal server unexpected restarts Dump files enabled? Anything there? On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.commailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: First thing I’d check is the vents and fans to make sure it’s not clogged with dirt. And while you’re in there it wouldn’t hurt to reseat cards and RAM. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Bill Humphries Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 11:55 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] terminal server unexpected restarts Hi all, I have a new client that uses a terminal server that has quickbooks enterprise and a sql express LOB application installed on it. It is server 2008. It has begun randomly having unexpected shutdowns/restarts. Event viewer system and application logs seem to be clean prior to the shutdown. I recently inherited the system, and they were mostly fly by the seat of their pants DIY before they brought me in. It’s an HP ml350 with two sata drives in it..not mirrored. gulp. It’s a plumbing company with 24 hour service, so having the thing down for long periods of time troubleshooting isn’t very doable. Any suggestions where to start looking for the issue? RAM? Bill
RE: [NTSysADM] Random thoughts on evaluating SANs
That is tight. My cheap SAN is a Stornext FX/Xsan and for 20 tb, you'd be close to that number. We used it for video storage/workflow and mounted on widows systems for backup and file server. It is fiber channel and we use Promise Vtrak arrays. Bill -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Matt Hawes Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 11:19 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Random thoughts on evaluating SANs That is very tight for a SAN budget... I am in an medium size school district and we have an HP P2000 Fiber Channel storage attached to an brocade blade switch. ... Depending on what you viritualize the P2000 can't handle the pressure if you throw over 20 VM's on it. Since we have over 1,2000 Exchange mailboxes and 2 SQL servers, having an SAN with the IOPS and controller CPU performance is an absolute must. We recently had to move our Exchange 2010 to an dedicated host with DAS because of the awful performance on the P2000. Some considerations I always look into... Solid state ? Can the controller support it? Total IOPS for what each controller can support? Type of connectivity (iSCSI, NFS,FC,SAS) I am a big fan of NetApp but you will pay through the nose but well worth the investment (IMO). Sent from Outlook Web App/Exchange 2013 Sent from Exchange 2013 Matt Hawes m...@hawesfam.com Microsoft Certified IT Specialist - Enterprise Administrator A+,Network +, Server + I'd tell you a UDP joke but I'm afraid you won't get it. TCP jokes are the best because you always get them From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com on behalf of Kurt Buff Sent: Friday, August 2, 2013 10:07 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Random thoughts on evaluating SANs I'll have to check the numbers again, but I believe the budget is around $30k. Primary usage by volume of data is file storage. However, I'd like to virtualize as much as I can, and there are going to be a couple of SQL servers in the mix, as well as Exchange 2010. I don't expect there to be a huge challenge for IOPS, but I haven't done measurements on the current SQL configs yet, so don't have hard numbers for that load - when I have that, I'll probably double the IOPS to account for growth Kurt On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: What's the budget, and will the primary usage be VM hosting? ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market... On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: All, I've probably mentioned it before, but I'm in the process of looking at a new SAN. The EMC VNXe 3100 isn't cutting it for us, due its iSCSI implementation not doing LUNs larger than 2tb, and the LeftHand is approaching EOL rapidly. So, I've started jotting down some of my thoughts on what might be important for comparing vendors and models. If anyone cares to add to this, I am all ears. (BTW, I'm currently considering a 2nd gen VNX or VNXe from EMC, Nimble, Equallogic and NetApp - the only vendor I haven't met with yet is NetApp) The final decision will come about by balancing the following factors - including final cost, of course: o- Cost/byte for ~20tb config (assume reasonable dedup ratio, if supported , and any other overhead (protection, etc.) - I care about final usable size more than anything else WRT space) o- Cost/IOP for ~20tb config o- Other advantages (harder to put numbers on some of these) - Support reputation - Offsite replication (not immediately needed as we don't have an offsite, but good to know) - Integration with backup (especially DPM) - Integration with VMware - Ease and completeness of management - Ease and completeness of monitoring (integration with SCOM?) - Training included - Cost to expand - Trade in on LH and/or VNXe - Cost to upgrade to 10g (we don't have 10g just yet) I can probably re-purpose the VNXe in the engineering lab, but I'll need to look at their needs vs. what we can get for the trade in before making that call. Thoughts? Kurt 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. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying,
RE: [NTSysADM] Uhhh...
We have the snowden leaks. We have stuxnet, which used legitimate certificates that the virus creator (CIA) used for application signing. Of course verisign says these were stolen. We have the ATT whistleblower who claimed there were cabinets being installed to suck up all traffic between backbone providers. You really have to assume they have access to almost any data in transit. Bill From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Ziots, Edward Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 11:31 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Uhhh... I aint, this stuff has been going on for years... you think your communications are private but honestly, they aren't. Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, CISA, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization ezi...@lifespan.orgmailto:ezi...@lifespan.org Work:401-255-2497 This electronic message and any attachments may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are reading this message, but are not the intended recipient, nor an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from copying, printing, forwarding or otherwise disseminating this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to the message. Then, delete the message from your computer. Thank you. [Description: Description: Lifespan] From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Maglinger, Paul Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:04 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Uhhh... You're surprised? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Rod Trent Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 4:26 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] Uhhh... Wow...just, wow. New information on Microsoft's involvement in PRISM http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data Rod Trenthttp://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/community/members/rodtrent/ [WindowsITProButton]http://windowsitpro.com/author/rod-trent[myITSMButton]http://www.myitforum.com/[TwitterButton]http://twitter.com/rodtrent[Facebookbutton]http://www.facebook.com/rodtrent[LinkedInButton]http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=2881785 inline: image001.jpginline: image002.pnginline: image003.pnginline: image004.pnginline: image005.pnginline: image006.png
RE: [NTSysADM] Wisdom of the crowds: Backup
I didn't think it did macs... -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Matthew W. Ross Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 2:39 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Wisdom of the crowds: Backup * WARNING: ZOMBIE THREAD * Because you were wondering, after we had looked at multiple solutions, we are now attempting the trial of Appassure. I'll let you guys know if we like it in the end. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Bill Humphries [mailto:b...@red5support.com] To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com] Sent: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:56:42 -0800 Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Wisdom of the crowds: Backup Matt, I wouldn't mind knowing what you end up doing. Thanks. Bill -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Matthew W. Ross Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:43 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Wisdom of the crowds: Backup From: Jeff Frantz Have you looked at Retrospect? It's been a few years since I've used it but it has always been a great solution at a reasonable price for both Mac and Windows platforms. I will check it out. Thanks. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Jeff Frantz [mailto:jfra...@itstechnologies.com] To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com' [mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com] Sent: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 05:35:37 -0800 Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Wisdom of the crowds: Backup Matt, Have you looked at Retrospect? It's been a few years since I've used it but it has always been a great solution at a reasonable price for both Mac and Windows platforms. -Jeff -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Matthew W. Ross Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 7:17 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] Wisdom of the crowds: Backup Good Afternoon, all. After much frustration with Acronis, I have come to the realization that it cannot do what I want it to. We've had the product for a year, and have had marginal success making and pulling data from backups. I am resorting to standard Windows Backups now. So, I'm in the market. I would love to have the list's current recommendations (for and against) various backup products. Here is my single requirement: * File level restore of a Window's file share - Our biggest need is when a teacher/student accidently deletes or writes over a file... and would like the copy form 3 days ago. The following are optional: * VMware support - We are now running all of our servers from the VMware cluster, some of which are running linux. * Macintosh file support - Acronis chokes on some Macintosh file names when doing a file-level backup, and I'd love something that is known to work with these. * Mild costs - I'm not looking for a cheap solution, but I'll take one that's inexpensive. * Ease of use - A backup solution should not require constant grooming/tending/clearing to work. All suggestions are appreciated. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District
RE: [NTSysADM] Wisdom of the crowds: Backup
Matt, I wouldn't mind knowing what you end up doing. Thanks. Bill -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Matthew W. Ross Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:43 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Wisdom of the crowds: Backup From: Jeff Frantz Have you looked at Retrospect? It's been a few years since I've used it but it has always been a great solution at a reasonable price for both Mac and Windows platforms. I will check it out. Thanks. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Jeff Frantz [mailto:jfra...@itstechnologies.com] To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com' [mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com] Sent: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 05:35:37 -0800 Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Wisdom of the crowds: Backup Matt, Have you looked at Retrospect? It's been a few years since I've used it but it has always been a great solution at a reasonable price for both Mac and Windows platforms. -Jeff -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Matthew W. Ross Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 7:17 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] Wisdom of the crowds: Backup Good Afternoon, all. After much frustration with Acronis, I have come to the realization that it cannot do what I want it to. We've had the product for a year, and have had marginal success making and pulling data from backups. I am resorting to standard Windows Backups now. So, I'm in the market. I would love to have the list's current recommendations (for and against) various backup products. Here is my single requirement: * File level restore of a Window's file share - Our biggest need is when a teacher/student accidently deletes or writes over a file... and would like the copy form 3 days ago. The following are optional: * VMware support - We are now running all of our servers from the VMware cluster, some of which are running linux. * Macintosh file support - Acronis chokes on some Macintosh file names when doing a file-level backup, and I'd love something that is known to work with these. * Mild costs - I'm not looking for a cheap solution, but I'll take one that's inexpensive. * Ease of use - A backup solution should not require constant grooming/tending/clearing to work. All suggestions are appreciated. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District
RE: [NTSysADM] How to send secure communication to your friends and relatives. Cheap!
Or the NSA is gobbling all the traffic off the backbone carriers... From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Link Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 3:25 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] How to send secure communication to your friends and relatives. Cheap! If google is giving away your email, despite it being sent, kind of moot... On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:08 PM, kz2...@googlemail.commailto:kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Even easier...just type a draft email message, save it, give friends the login details for your account, they can read and add to the draft. No email ever sent and lots faster than snail mail. Popularized by criminals and General Petraeus, IIRC Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY From: David Lum david@nwea.orgmailto:david@nwea.org Sender: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:04:28 + To: NTSysADM@lists.myITforum.commailto:NTSysADM@lists.myITforum.comNTSysADM@lists.myITforum.commailto:NTSysADM@lists.myITforum.com ReplyTo: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] How to send secure communication to your friends and relatives. Cheap! Snail mail. Sounds obvious doesn't it? I wonder if searching snail mail without a warrant will be allowed someday, I mean hey, once it leaves your house you should have no expectation of privacy right? Isn't digital communication the same thing, except using ISP's instead of the postal service? Just thinking aloud, as it were. But hey we stopped 1.4 shootings by opening up your letters! David Lum Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229tel:503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764tel:503.267.9764
[NTSysADM] RE: FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback?
I have one client that we bought a fortigate email appliance for. They seem happy with it. I basically set it up and forget about it unless someone calls me and wants me to resend a quarantine email to them that they deleted. One thing to consider is complexity. It is exponentially more complex that the Sonicwall. For a simple setup, the wizard will work to get it going for you...but it is so very configurable and complex because it runs the same software that you would use if you were running an ISP spam solution. Bill From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Phil Brutsche Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:15 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback? We are currently using a Dell SonicWALL Email Security VMware appliance and The Boss Man(tm) would like to evaluate alternatives. One of the appliances that meets our requirements is the FortiGate FortiMail Email Security Appliance. Is anyone using one of these boxes, and, if you are, do you have any feedback you would like to share? In case anyone is wondering, these are the requirements: * LDAP support (believe it or not, there are actually boxes that don't support that!) * Available as a virtual appliance so we can run it in the VMware cluster * Support for quarantine delegation - we need to give specific users access to the quarantine folder for distribution groups -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.commailto:p...@optimumdata.com
[NTSysADM] RE: FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback?
The lower end barracuda boxes don't do individual user quarantines, do they? I know you used to have to step up to the 400 maybe? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:44 PM To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com' Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback? +1 on the Cuda. Been running them for 10 years. Not sure on the dist list quarantine. But you can get a free demo unit/vm from them and their support is top notch. They will tell you how that part of it works. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of N Parr Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:42 PM To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com' Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback? I've been running Barracuda's appliance in a VM for a couple years now and it does everything you require. But I don't allow user access to quarantine. I set it in global mode and generally forget about it. Once you get it tuned right for spam and ham it's pretty dead on. Every week or so I'll take a look at my quarantine just to see if anything legit has been caught. I guess you could give users access to a shared mailbox that contains the quarantine. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Phil Brutsche Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 12:15 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback? We are currently using a Dell SonicWALL Email Security VMware appliance and The Boss Man(tm) would like to evaluate alternatives. One of the appliances that meets our requirements is the FortiGate FortiMail Email Security Appliance. Is anyone using one of these boxes, and, if you are, do you have any feedback you would like to share? In case anyone is wondering, these are the requirements: * LDAP support (believe it or not, there are actually boxes that don't support that!) * Available as a virtual appliance so we can run it in the VMware cluster * Support for quarantine delegation - we need to give specific users access to the quarantine folder for distribution groups -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.commailto:p...@optimumdata.com
RE: cloud spam filtering WAS RE: [NTSysADM] RE: FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback?
Why not just look at moving them to office 365 for 4 bucks a mailbox and have MS do the antispam? Any cloud spam service will cost almost that much. Bill From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 9:06 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: cloud spam filtering WAS RE: [NTSysADM] RE: FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback? No quarantine option with those guys AFAIK Which does bring up a question I've been meaning to ask. For a home user (or very small business), does anyone have recommendations for a mail filtering service? Was going to sign up with Postini, but they don't seem to deal direct anymore (and are pushing people to Google Apps now anyway). It's only for a few mailboxes (~3), but two domains (one is aliased to the other), so would prefer not to have to pay for two separate domains. Needs to have a viewer for quarantined items, and preferably a store-n-forward in case I have an issues with the home mailserver. Cheers Ken From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Friday, 14 June 2013 5:34 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback? Not sure how many domains you are filtering for, but you may want to have someone else filter 50 bucks a year i think http://dyn.com/email/dyn-email-gateway/ Jean-Paul Natola From: p...@optimumdata.commailto:p...@optimumdata.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback? Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:22:51 + Ok, I just looked and the appropriate Barracuda VM - Barracuda Spam Virus Firewall Vx V300 - is $1500-ish USD. That's what I get for not checking before writing. They've diversified the options since I last looked 3-4 months ago. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.commailto:p...@optimumdata.com From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Phil Brutsche Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:53 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback? The Barracuda Networks VMs are $ - $3k USD or so for the VM. For comparison, the unlimited user FortiMail VM is $1500-ish USD and the SonicWALL VM was $800-ish USD for 50 users. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.commailto:p...@optimumdata.com From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of N Parr Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 12:42 PM To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com' Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback? I've been running Barracuda's appliance in a VM for a couple years now and it does everything you require. But I don't allow user access to quarantine. I set it in global mode and generally forget about it. Once you get it tuned right for spam and ham it's pretty dead on. Every week or so I'll take a look at my quarantine just to see if anything legit has been caught. I guess you could give users access to a shared mailbox that contains the quarantine. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Phil Brutsche Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 12:15 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback? We are currently using a Dell SonicWALL Email Security VMware appliance and The Boss Man(tm) would like to evaluate alternatives. One of the appliances that meets our requirements is the FortiGate FortiMail Email Security Appliance. Is anyone using one of these boxes, and, if you are, do you have any feedback you would like to share? In case anyone is wondering, these are the requirements: * LDAP support (believe it or not, there are actually boxes that don't support that!) * Available as a virtual appliance so we can run it in the VMware cluster * Support for quarantine delegation - we need to give specific users access to the quarantine folder for distribution groups -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.commailto:p...@optimumdata.com
