Just a generic one (Asrock I think) I picked up at a local computer shop. I
have several – haven’t really noticed much difference between them performance
wise.
Cheers
Ken
From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, 5 February 2012 3:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject:
Hi :-)
We have a windows 2003 server, that is fully upto date with service
packs and patches
Every night the server runs an scheduled NTbackup
This has recently started to fail giving errors about unable to create
volume shadow copy
The machine runs 4 Virtual machines running the Free
Often, there's not enough disk space to create another snap. I find that if
you go into the Shadow Copy configuration and force the release of existing
snapshots, that fixes problems. Your bat file should do that.
Sometimes, for many reasons, VSS gets confused or corrupted (pick your favorite
Seems I brought this up elsewhere. Next round of computers I buy will all
have SSDs. The 128 GB is at a good price point for us.
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 2:50 AM, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.com wrote:
128 GB SD. I didn't even know that those exist... A little checking
shows that they're
No, you don't need a degree to start a billion dollar company, but you do need
brains and a lot of hard work. Of course if it's something you love, it's not
work at all it's a passion, and folks that are passionate about what they do
are what you're looking for. We're better than our less
I believe that part of this stems from the way people perceive IS. We're seen
as problem solvers and as helpful people who get things done. We tend to know
who to talk to and where to find things. Not a bad thing, but it can be
inconvenient when you have a system down and people want to know
All the time?
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 4:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Infrastructure Specialist defined - was: OT - ugh!
I wear a kilt, so I'm pretty much exempt from your amendments -
especially the
True.
I prolly said this here before but...
The weirdest thing someone asked me to help with was freeing their dangling
snack from the vending machine. I ended up doing this more times than I'd like
to admit.
Don Guyer
Directory and Messaging Services
Catholic Health East, ITSS
Thanks for this crumb, Don. I’m going to check the BlackBerry for a WiFi/Proxy
Server connection…(that she wouldn’t have updated – ever).
Sean Rector, MCSE
From: Don Kuhlman [mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 11:50 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: One
If you teach a man to free his own dangling snack...
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Guyer, Donald dgu...@che.org wrote:
True.
I prolly said this here before but...
The weirdest thing someone asked me to help with was freeing their
dangling snack from the vending machine. I ended up doing
Sometimes you just have to say that even if the system sucks, it is what it
is--you have to play the game. You could say the same for certs (someone
without certs could be better at a job than someone with them), experience
(someone with five years of experience could be better than someone
I remember reading something awhile back stating that the reason that some
non-college educated people were able to start successful businesses was the
fact that they were not educated enough to realize the risks involved. An
interesting thought, isn't it?
-Original Message-
From:
My colleague has one. Apparently the ICS upgrade left a couple of
glitches, but on the whole, the tablet is extremely fast. and good looking.
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote:
OT but related,
anyone get their hands on an ASUS Prime tablet yet ? Looking
I put off starting my own business for YEARS because I was afraid of what I
already knew. :-) Whereas, in retrospect, I wish I'd done it much earlier.
I can think of someone else on this mailing list (who is in Alaska this week)
who waited even longer than I did. :-)
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Wow, nobody. I thought for sure with as many folks we have posting here
there must be a few running that software.
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 4:25 PM, James Kerr cluster...@gmail.com wrote:
If so, how do you like it? Does it work as advertised? Any gotchas I
should know about?
Thanks,
James
I used Double-Take until the releases of SQL Mirroring, Exchange CCR (and then
DAG), and DPM. Since then, I've used the MSFT solutions (and refer customers to
those solutions because I like having one place to point fingers).
Now, when I used Double-Take, I was very pleased with it. But that
I think I remember reading something about that game. Isn't that where, when
their team loses, half the fans riot?
Subject: Re: OT - ugh!
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
From: kz2...@googlemail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 22:38:36 +
I was told once being a Sunderland fan
I think I remember reading something about that game. Isn't that where, when
their team loses, half the fans riot?
Subject: Re: OT - ugh!
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
From: kz2...@googlemail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 22:38:36 +
I was told once being a Sunderland fan
I wish. I'd have spent most of last year rioting. :-)
Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird
-Original Message-
From: pdw1...@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:17:56
To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues
I ran as a contractor through a managed services company for about six
years before taking the plunge myself. Whereas now I find myself counting
the amount of extra tax I spent the last six years paying in disgust.
It may have been the aforementioned man-in-Alaska mentioning how he could
work for
Only when it's tickled by a lookup.
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 2:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: CN format question
Fall onto its back and giggle loudly?
From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu]
Sent:
Almost sounds like another GPO is overriding with blank settings-any chance of
that? GPresults in GPMC might be of some help.
If not, being a machine GP, I wonder if a reboot is required? Failing that,
you might check your sysvol replication health.
From:
Hey now, I represent that remark! :)
It is almost 8:30AM here in Anchorage and it is pitch black outside. But
at leas it is a nice warm 19 degrees F. When I went to the store
yesterday at 3PM, it was 16 degrees and people here were wearing shorts
and t-shirts!!! Even the policemen outside were
I find myself busier than a one-arm paper hanger in a wind storm. Don't know
why it took me so long to convince MBS that I should go solo! LOL
Now that my fellow CTPs know I can spell AD, I am finding myself doing a lot of
AD assessments, assisting with AD migrations and putting in 2008 R2 AD
Well, not to bed, nor while bathing, and not when I'm getting up on my
roof to clean the gutters, but other than that, yeah, all the time...
Kurt
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 06:37, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote:
All the time?
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff
I know this is an impossible question to answer without knowing everything we
have here, but what are the ramifications of changing them. Look pretty easy
and straightforward to do it. I don't mind fixing this app for these people if
it doesn't burn me. What else would be looking at that CN?
And they're not disclosing what was accessed...
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/232600151
http://www.itpro.co.uk/638701/who-to-trust-after-the-verisign-hack
* *
*ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of
Technology for the SMB market…
*
On Mon,
Stop rubbing it in. :)
* *
*ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of
Technology for the SMB market…
*
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Webster webs...@carlwebster.com wrote:
I find myself busier than a one-arm paper hanger in a wind storm.
Don't know why it
Hey, you get any Citrix work this side of the pond, chuck it my way. I am
booked solid till three weeks' time :-)
Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird
-Original Message-
From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:31:28
To: NT System Admin
I don't know about Anchorage but Sean Martin is somewhere in AK IIRC
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Webster webs...@carlwebster.com wrote:
Hey now, I represent that remark! :)
It is almost 8:30AM here in Anchorage and it is pitch black outside. But
at leas it is a nice warm 19 degrees F.
Yes I use it.. opps let me re-phrase that, have a fully paid copy of the
software that I've written off as it performed good in initial testing with
just two machines, but have had nothing but issues with it going live anytime
it goes over four machines. This software is basically three
Take a look at DPM. It can almost certainly do what you want and need.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 12:44 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Anyone Use
I'm sorry, all I hear is: Run away, run away!
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Greg Olson gol...@markettools.com wrote:
Yes I use it.. opps let me re-phrase that, have a fully paid copy of the
software that I’ve written off as it performed good in initial testing with
just two machines, but
Any application going against AD could be configured to use it, potentially.
From a pure AD perspective, the value is entirely insignificant beyond needing
to be unique within the parent container/OU.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com
w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132
From:
This may be out of scope for the list, but since it's been touched on, do any
of our successful entrepreneurs care to share how you got your own thing going?
For example, did you start out by advertising, cold calling, website,
contacting head hunters for work or (all of the above)?
Just
Just curious. We don't see many kilts here in Southern Indiana, and then
usually just at formal occasions.
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 11:40 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Infrastructure Specialist defined
I was thinking more when it was fingered. [1]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_protocol
From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 11:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: CN format question
Only when it's tickled by a lookup.
All of the above, including *tapping your professional network*.
Also look at sites such as *Guru.com* and *Freelancer.com*
for opportunities.
* *
*ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of
Technology for the SMB market…
*
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Don
Thanks Brian. While I will certainly do a ton of investigating and lab it first
I am pretty confident all our apps (which are few) that do this use
samaccountname.
From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 1:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE:
I'm in Anchorage. You wanna meet up so you can smack me for that
off-hand remark about XenServer a few months back? :) If it makes you
feel any better, we will be virtualizing our XenApp infrastructure on
XenServer in a data center we're deploying in AZ later this year.
Did you get to enjoy our
Quite a number of them in the great northwest. Probably because Seattle (in
Pioneer Square) has the founding location of Utilikilts.
http://www.utilikilts.com/company/retail-stores/dealer-locations/
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
It's all about word of mouth for me. This venue (the Sunbelt mailing lists) and
another forum where I'm active kept me busy in the beginning, and then I
started writing articles and business exploded.
I actually did advertise the first month or two, locally; and sent a few emails
to companies
Thanks Mr. ASB :)
From: Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com
To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: Consulting (was: OT - ugh!)
All of the above, including tapping your professional
Oh yeah, absolutely.
Creating and maintaining a professional network is critical. I swap-off jobs
and leads with probably 8-10 other independent consultants in various
expertises and locales. I scratch their back, they scratch mine.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:24, Oliver Marshall
oliver.marsh...@g2support.com wrote:
Does anyone know of a util that will let me remove a specifically named
service from the properties of a network connection on a windows 2008 r2
server?
Olly
The usual suspect? sc.exe, which is native...
I actually have some natural talent as a writer (as opposed to anything in IT
which is completely learned). I might start a blog concentrating on AppSense
(which is woefully under-represented at the moment, IMO)
Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird
-Original Message-
From: Webster
Stoppit, you guys are making me dream...
From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 11:36 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT - ugh!
I will have to give MBS 100% credit. He bugged, pestered, annoyed and prodded
me until I started writing. Once I
Wow - that's very cool. Carl. Also very encouraging. Thanks for sharing!
Don K
From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com
To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: OT - ugh!
I will
What MBS said - however, I do still stand out from the crowd, because
it's not all *that* common. For instance, nobody at work besides me
has worn one.
It's still very common that I go to a public venue and get comments
from folks - always approving and complimentary - regarding how cool
it is
Agreed, it has a lot of power. I have done the ACP and ACS qualifications and
always try to work with it, so I think I have just found something to occupy
the spare two days I have coming up :-)
Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird
-Original Message-
From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com
Date:
Your SAN should be able to produce these numbers.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com
w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132
From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:56 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: IOPS's calculations
Hi folks,
Disk Reads per second
Disk Writes per second
Average Disk Queue Length
I'd track both logical disk and physical disk.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 3:56
That's part of my fear of dropping %dayjob% and going 100% on my own biz -
feast or famine! With just three clients I have I'm always amazed at how often
their feast/famine cycles coincide, and they even have different fiscal year
cycles. I mean, in the span of two months I am doing an SBS 2003
That's a lot of money for one item of clothing, though...
Joe Heaton
ITB – Windows Server Support
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 1:03 PM
To: Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Infrastructure
I can only speak for me, and it has been feast since I went out on my own Feb
1st last year. So far this year, the feast is even better as there is very
little agency work so I get 100% of the billables. :) Yes, I am complaining
all the way to the bank. If it gets any better, MBS is going to
The question is: I want to know what my different servers (no san, each with
their own direct attached disks storage) is using (not what they are capable
of, but what they are actually using/doing).
Sorry if I was unclear to begin with.
Mark
From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]
Simply awesome.
From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT - ugh!
I can only speak for me, and it has been feast since I went out on my own Feb
1st last year. So far this year, the feast is even better as
The last time I was in Seattle, I tried one on. They are very substantial and
well-constructed.
I'm heading out there again next week and I may - just may - buy one to wear
here (back East). Just for the shock value, if nothing else. (I don't have ego
issues and I've got great legs, from
I want it now. :)
Three clients isn't enough. I have 5 HUGE clients and close to 80 minor (where
major/minor is defined in terms of how much support they want from me) clients.
Webster is a lot more willing to travel than I am. I prefer to work from my
office at home (I've got a 13-y/o son
Well stated, Michael. :)
I have to say the same thing about advertising, btw...
* *
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Technology for the SMB market…
*
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote:
It’s all about word of
D*^ Web, it's been a year?
My how time flies
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Webster
[mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]mailto:[mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
* If it gets any better, MBS is going to want a referral fee or
commission! *
Not a bad idea. :)
* *
*ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of
Technology for the SMB market…
*
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Webster webs...@carlwebster.com wrote:
I can only
Talk like that and you will get Shooky Baby to drooling. :)
Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
http://www.CarlWebster.com http://www.carlwebster.com/
On 2/6/12 1:59 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
The last time I was in Seattle, I tried one on.
Why did you not go with an eSATA enclosure? If I may ask.
Jon
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:47 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote:
Just a generic one (Asrock I think) I picked up at a local computer
shop. I have several – haven’t really noticed much difference between them
performance
Hey now, mind your own business there!
Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
http://www.CarlWebster.comhttp://www.carlwebster.com/
From: Andrew Baker asbz...@gmail.commailto:asbz...@gmail.com
Reply-To: NT Issues
Look at dell dpack
From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:56 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: IOPS's calculations
The question is: I want to know what my different servers (no san, each with
their own direct attached disks storage)
The model I wear is made of 12oz cotton duck, very nice and sturdy,
will wear just like Carhartts or the like.
Kurt
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 14:47, Heaton, Joseph@DFG jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote:
That's a lot of money for one item of clothing, though...
Joe Heaton
ITB – Windows Server Support
You can look at it in one of two ways:
Either you and MBS got very lucky, or you got very smart.
The niches you've chosen are specialised enough that you aren't doing
daily grunt work (punching down patchpanels, patching workstations,
applying antivirus, replacing burnt-out video cards, etc.),
sarcasm off
There was sarcasm there at all.
/sarcasm off
From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 9:55 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: South Florida position.
Your sarcasm does not help your post. Plus, I worked a year in
I know many other independents no different than Webster and I.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 8:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
YG(t)BFKM
On Monday, February 6, 2012, gro...@beachcomp.com wrote:
sarcasm off
There was sarcasm there at all.
/sarcasm off
From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 9:55 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: South Florida
I've spent the last year working for an ERP consulting company and I've
been in a lot of small businesses that have outsourced IT support. I have
yet to meet a client who was happy with their outsourced provider. The
message here is that there is plenty of room for qualified consultants to
get
In 2007 I was doing so much AD and Exchange work, I seriously considered
dropping Citrix from my skill set. I probably did 50% AD, 49% Exchange
and 1% Citrix. Now it is 50% AD and 50% Citrix and my last production
Exchange project was June 2008. My Exchange skills are so rusty, I am
embarrassed
In 1994 I installed Pegasus Mail (Mercury) on a Netware server. It didn't scale
to the requirements of the telecommunications company at which I was working.
So... In 1995 I migrated to Exchange.
Exchange 5.0 had very poor standards compliance. I started complaining and
haven't stopped
Yeah I already figured I'd need 4 more clients of the same size as by biggest
one. My biggest client is 3-10 hrs/week during non-server upgrade months. It
would take 4 more clients of that size for me to break even with %dayjob%, and
I would need at least three of them lined up before I jumped.
I hate to sound corny or mystical, but I'll write it anyway: if you believe,
the Universe will provide. You just have to be willing to open the damn door
when opportunity knocks.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: David Lum
Whoa...déjà vu...
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 8:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT - ugh!
I hate to sound corny or mystical, but I'll write it anyway: if you believe,
the Universe will provide. You just have to be willing
Didn't mean to imply that you're entirely unique between the two of
you, just that you occupy a niche - it's probably a fairly large
niche, I would guess.
Probably that niche is going to grow, too, but it won't consist of
folks who don't have some specialised skills, or whose skills are too
Virtualization (of any flavor) and storage are two other areas where expert
skills are highly sought after.
- Sean
On Feb 6, 2012, at 7:21 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:
Didn't mean to imply that you're entirely unique between the two of
you, just that you occupy a niche - it's
I got on 90 planes last year and flew ~120K miles, almost all domestically.
Some years I'm in and out of Asia and Europe every month or two.
I haven't ventured to do support though and don't really have any desire to
thus far - just project work and advisory stuff.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Michael is a good example of folks that are successful without traveling a ton.
I know a few others, but, at least for me, part of the job is getting on the
plane all the time. I generally do every other week with some fill-ins and some
months with limited travel.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Outsourcing != Consulting, though. I equate outsourcing to ops. I don't go
anywhere near that end of things as a consultant. I can't speak for others in
this thread, though.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com
w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132
From: Jeff Steward
Usb3 is faster
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 6, 2012, at 6:33 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote:
Why did you not go with an eSATA enclosure? If I may ask.
Jon
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:47 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote:
Just a generic one (Asrock I think) I picked up
Those perf counters can be a bit misleading when you're looking at a SAN on the
backend, though.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com
w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 3:32 PM
To: NT System Admin
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But less common from what I saw. That is why I asked. Speed does not in
it self mean that was the reason for all things.
Jon
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 12:31 AM, cynicalg...@gmail.com wrote:
Usb3 is faster
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 6, 2012, at 6:33 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote:
Mark,
Are you sure that's the data you're after? The difficult data to obtain is
typically what the system is capable of and not what they're actually
doing. DAS storage typically presents an IO ceiling the applications simply
cannot exceed. The actual capabilities of disks can be argued, but
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