=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Scalability Tip December 13, 2001
Essential tools and advice to keep your network running at optimum performance. More Tips: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. SCALABILITY TIPS - Scalability Tip: Use multiple accounts - Scalability Tip: Data mirroring vs. data backup - Scalability Tip: Is your database really secure? 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Dear Ask the Expert: Help with your scalability questions! - Discussion Day in the forums! - Article: Running Windows apps on Linux could lower TCO - Q&A: Issues, Challenges and Solutions of AD migration ____________________________________________________________________ *********************** SPONSORED BY: VERITAS ********************** The switch is on to VERITAS Backup Exec - the #1 provider of backup and recovery solutions. Switch to VERITAS Backup Exec and save 37% on select Backup Exec Agents and Options. Trust the award-winning performance of Backup Exec to protect your critical data. Microsoft and Novell do! For more information visit http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3698681;5058249;z?http://www.veritas.com/switch ____________________________________________________________________ USE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS | by Sharon Crawford Editor's note: Probably like most people, I log on to my computer with an account that has administrator privileges. That's so I can change things as I need to on the Windows 2000 machine. It makes managing the computer much easier. You may log on to your servers with an administrator account and stay on for a while, again, because it's so much easier. But not so fast. This isn't a great idea, according to this tip, excerpted from "Windows 2000 Pro, The Missing Manual," http://www.digitalguru.com/DigitalGuru/product_detail.asp?catalog_name=Books&category_name=&product_id=0596000103&partner_id=74, published by New Riders. Managing Windows 2000, like everything else in life, is a series of trade-offs, as this tip indicates. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://www.searchWindowsManageability.com/tip/1,289483,sid33_gci785826,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DATA MIRRORING VS. DATA BACKUP | by Meredith B. Derby You need both data back up and data mirroring processes to ensure the 99.9% data protection should a disaster occur, according to the CEO of SteelEye Technology, Inc. Find out the difference between the two and what could happen if you don't have both. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci784364,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IS YOUR DATABASE REALLY SECURE? | by Jan Stafford Network-centric security measures won't keep hackers from entering the database and corrupting or stealing valuable information. Two database security experts describe the top five ways to bulletproof your database. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci785171,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ASK THE EXPERT | Scalability questions answered Dear Ask the Expert: Is Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 the best choice for launching applications? I'm looking for a product to push and deploy applications in a Win2K/WinNT environment. Trying to choose between application deployment/distribution/management tools, such as ZENWorks SnAppshot or Microsoft SMS 2.0 can be difficult. Do you have any tips? Software expert Olivier Thierry answers this question in searchWindowsManageability's Ask the Expert column. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid33_cid423551_tax288093,00.html Dear Ask the Expert My attempt to repackage and deploy an application using WinInstall LE failed. In the area of repackaging and deploying applications, what are the most common conflicts? What are the best application repackaging and deployment tools? NetIQ expert Olivier Thierry has the answers and some sage advice for this reader at http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid33_cid423557_tax288093,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BEST PRACTICES FOR BACKUP | Discussion Day Who: Liam Scanlon and Mark Silverman of Bocada When: TODAY, December 13, 2001 Join searchWindowsManageability on Thursday, December 13 for a Live Expert Discussion Day with Bocada, "Best Practices for Backup - What you need to know about your environment." Bocada's co-founders, Liam Scanlon, vice president of product development, and Mark Silverman, President and CEO, will be monitoring our Management Tools forum from 12pm to 4pm EST. They'll answer any and all of your questions about backup. Post your question: http://searchwindowsmanageability.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WINDOWS APPS ON LINUX COULD LOWER TCO | by Meredith B. Derby SearchWindowsManageability found out how running Windows on Linux can improve desktop management and lower hardware upgrade costs significantly. CLICK to read the article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci782471,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN2K & ACTIVE DIRECTORY MIGRATION | Live Expert Q&A Who: Keith Millar and Doug Davis, Quest When: Jan. 17, 2002 at 1:00 PM EST Windows 2000 migration experts Keith Millar and Doug Davis will help you explore Active Directory, the powerful and flexible backbone of Windows 2000 infrastructure. It is a much different beast than Windows NT 4.0, and really needs to be managed as such. AD Administration is very complex; so is Group Policy Management. Data integrity enforcement is not provided natively in AD. If you limit yourself with management tools, you will not be able to realize the real benefits of Windows 2000. Keith is Quest's director of product management for Microsoft solutions. Doug is Quest's FastLane Migrator product manager. Both have worked through a variety of migration issues with numerous customers. Join them for an in-depth conversation about Active Directory, the role it will play in your move to Windows 2000, and some deployment barriers that need to be overcome. For a sampling of the great advice you'll get on Jan. 17, check out Keith Millar's Active Directory migration tips in searchWindowsManageability's Management Tools Discussion Forums at http://searchwindowsmanageability.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^1@[email protected]/51 ____________________________________________________________________ ********************* SEARCHWIN2000 CONTACTS *********************** TIP MAILBOX, (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us feedback on tips and ideas for new tip content. ____________________________________________________________________ JAN STAFFORD, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your original articles and best practices. ____________________________________________________________________ MEREDITH DERBY, Assistant News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send your press releases and case studies. ____________________________________________________________________ KRISSI DANIELSSON, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send your white papers and Best Web Links. ____________________________________________________________________ ED PARRY, News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your product announcements and poll ideas. ____________________________________________________________________ MIKE KELLY (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ *********************** ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER ********************** Created by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2001, All Rights Reserved. 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