Anyone Do a Server Room Walkthrough?
Hi all, I'm trying to come up with a morning routine of a server room spot check. So far I have: Checking the room temp Check for red and amber lights UPS Status look for trash and trip hazards Does...
View ArticleMirroring a Windows Server 2008 Server for High Availability?
I'm looking for a solution similar to this: http://www.visionsolutions.com/Products/DT-Avail.aspx I'm not looking for something like a backup - but more something along the lines of a mirrored server...
View ArticleWAN speed testing
Our network just got upgraded to a faster speed and new provider. I'm looking for some sort of tool to monitor our upload/download rate from the ISP. Similar to speedtest.net, but it would monitor...
View ArticleAny experience exporting an iMail mailbox?
If I have admin access to the iMail server, does anybody have any experience backing up a user's mailbox? Initial research is vague and seems to indicate there are special tools -- but I was wondering...
View ArticleF keys on a PXE boot
So i just got in a shipment of Dell D830s, and im trying to do a PXE boot to our WDS servers....but when I get past the boot option screen to the pre PXE screen that asks for "Press F-12 for network...
View ArticleIIS Log File Rotation
I can't seem to find an option to rotate log files in IIS7. Is it seriously not there? I keep seeing references to needing a script. submitted by TheSojourner [link] [3 comments]
View ArticleGPO printer deployment to specific PC
I must be missing something obvious here. I think I'm overthinking it. I am starting to deploy printers via GPO. I want to deliver printers to specific computers. I have made sub OU's in the...
View ArticleThinking of using virtualization to run a Windows and Linux server off the...
I currently have a server running Windows Server 2008 R2. I'd like to run both Server 2008 and linux off the same box, but I'm not too sure how the whole virtualization thing plays out. I'm assuming I...
View ArticleExtending AD to Support Windows7 GPO
I have a network that has server 2003 domain controllers. We are preparing for the early stages of a windows 7 roll out in the near future. We do not have the budget to upgrade our DCs. Does anyone...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2. Bulk User Creation Help
Hey Guys, I have a new AD Domain that was setup by another Admin. He has unfortunately sat on the need to create 300+ users on this box for quite a while and now, apparently, Its urgent and he's no...
View Article95th percentile throttling?
We're setting up in a new co-location which has bandwidth measured by 95th percentile. I'm thinking of getting the ASA 5510 security appliance. I haven't touched one before so i'm asking here. How...
View ArticleDell UPS and server shutdown
Don't know if this is the right place to ask this but I'm guessing it is. So on to the problem then. I'm currently configuring a Dell UPS 1920 Watt (#H928N) with an added Network Management Card. What...
View ArticleNetwork knowledge
I'm wanting to broaden my knowledge in the networking area. My problem is, if I have a thick text book or something similar I'm probably not going to get through all of it. DNS and subnetting are the...
View ArticleFriday Fuckup
Just had to share this with you guys. The guy that runs our SCSM collections dropped all the computers in IT into the reimage container. I got hit, my boss, my director and get this: our CIO. Also,...
View ArticleSometimes I wish I were a Farmer
Step 1: Customer's LTO tape system fails Step 2: Customer informs us they will not be renewing their contract in 2 weeks Step 3: Customer buys "ClickFree" backup disk to replace LTO tape system Step 4:...
View ArticleWhat's a reasonable employee discount I should ask my company for hosting my...
I work for a hosting company but pay for hosting at another place. I was interested in moving my hosting over to where I work so I asked about employee discounts for a VPS or physical box (basically...
View ArticleSharePoint service app running, but not showing up as Service Connection
My Search Service application is running, but my results web parts can't connect to the service. The issue is that the Web Applications does not have the Search Service App as one of their Service...
View Articlehow many is too many GPOs?
how many different GPO's would you guys consider too many? I am asking mainly about performance wise. Does having many multiple GPO's with a few policies vs having one GPO with almost all settings make...
View ArticleWindows SMTP Relay
One of my monitoring machine in my data center crashed this week. It was built 11 years ago and runs What's Up on windows server. I'm rebuilding it on a windows 2003 machine and I have almost...
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