What blogs, email subscriptions, websites do you read every day without fail?...
I'm reading Slashdot.com, r/sysadmin, and lifehacker.com. I'm just sure there's other stuff I should be subscribed to or reading everyday. So what do you think admins? submitted by binarycontrol [link]...
View ArticleThe first place I go to when I install a new PC for an employee...
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View ArticleI'm fighting a firewall admin...
To give my domain controllers access to my organizations official NTP servers. Shoot me. Edit: Victory. Showed his boss what happens when his workstation goes out of sync by six minutes. 30 seconds...
View ArticleWho else just likes to check out the "summary" tab once in a while? [VMware]
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View ArticleUbuntu in an Enterprise Environment - System And Network Administrators of...
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View ArticleBuild v. buy
I have been on both sides of the 'run IT as cheap as possible' to the point of selling old equipment. In a startup now we have almost unlimited capital to buy tools rather than build them. What...
View ArticleCompany Cell Phones
What is everyone's experience with company cell phones? We have been providing BlackBerry's to everyone and it has worked out for me with the BES server but we're thinking about switching to Android....
View ArticleLUN mapping for Exchange 2010 on vSphere
Hi all, I recently upgraded our Exchange 2003 environment to 2010. The environment is completely virtualized with vSphere 4.1 (ESXi cluster with iSCSI EqualLogic storage). I have four servers, each...
View ArticleNAS
My team is building a test environment and we are searching for cheap (but still respectable quality) storage to back end our VMs. Which manufacturers should I look into? I'm just not sure which...
View ArticleI'm a sysadmin with ~11 years experience. I really want to break out on my...
Naming. Everything even remotely related to the words systems/technology/technologies is taken. Any short cool or professional sounding names are taken. What sucks more than anything is about 70% of...
View ArticleProblem with NTFS Cluster Size on Windows Server 2003 R2 -- need to re-size.
So we just purchased a new backup solution that will be backing up our Virtual Environment though the Vstorage API, this all works great however when it goes to build the metadata of what is inside the...
View ArticleNeed an internet connection in midtown Manhattan capable of supporting ~30...
Hi! Hoping someone has a great idea for me. We were rushed into moving our NYC office to a new location, and due to that timing and the recent Verizon strike, we unfortunately only have a wireless 3G...
View ArticleBlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) Issues
One of our clients use BIS for accessing their company emails on their Blackberrys. Last week everything was fine but on Monday they reported that emails had stopped working. When I signed into their...
View ArticleHP did not meet my support agreement. What can I do about this?
I have a SAN with NBD support. Last Thursday, a drive went into predictive failure. I was told to update the firmware on my storage controller and disks. I did this on read-only Friday and called back....
View ArticleInterview tomorrow. I was told to look into zenworks by novell
Can anyone shed any light on the topic? I'm looking up documentation for it now, but i feel like I would understand it better coming from actual people and not a mindless web page. Thanks in advance...
View ArticleDisabling IE addons from the registry settings - Is this possible?
Hi /r/sysadmin, We've had a few issues with an IE addon that has been deployed throughout the organization that I work for, and I'm tasked with removing them from all machines. Naturally, I'm eager to...
View ArticleIf allowed, would you donate CPU/GPU cycles?
If you got the blessing from management, would you run a BONIC or similar project on all the non-critical/sensitive boxes? I am considering asking my management to do something like malariacontrol.net...
View ArticleRemember, keep on top of your updates, otherwise...
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View ArticleBest NAS device for x3 Windows PCs?
We've dismissed two of the big named front runners, the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex and the Iomega Home Media Network. Experience with both of these devices has been awful. Awful reliability, bloatware,...
View ArticleNagios Follow up - Thank you /r/sysadmin
I would just like to post a quick thank you to everyone who helped me with my Nagios angst. I have taken lots of advice from multiple people and am proud to report that I now have a host-group driven,...
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