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Simultaneous iSCSI usage of LUN with Openfiler or similar?

To build a little redundancy into my network, I would like to set up a DFS cluster on two servers which will host the file shares for my network. (Primarily Windows shop, but if there's easier way with...

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CSVDE help. When I run it, it shows my previous attempt to no end.

submitted by mStank [link] [5 comments]

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Need Help with VMWARE Workstation

I'm going to start this by saying i'm an idiot. Ok since thats out of the way heres my problem. I have an encrypted vmdk file created within workstation 8.0. Unfortunately when transferring the vm from...

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Home Network(mini lab)

I am a student at Rochester Institute of Technology studying Information security and forensics. I want to start setting up my own mini lab in my apartment and I was wondering if any one could point me...

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Is there a easy way to list VM - Storage - iSCSI SAN iqn in VSphere 4?

So, I can't find a good way to make a list of which VM is using which storage and which storage corresponds to which iSCSI SAN volume. Is there a short way to make such list or report? submitted by...

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Software audit.

submitted by guriboysf [link] [10 comments]

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Looking for an online Ticket System for

Not sure if r/sysadmin is the place (there's probably an r/helpdesk) but myself and 2 others manage about 200 Macbook Pro's that are checked out of the building for 2 days, and frequently come back...

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Anyone else use a Dell Compellent SAN? / What brand of SAN do you use?

Just curious about experiences & opinions, features you like/love/don't care about/despise. Automatically moving data between tiers and thin provisioning are two Compellent features that impress...

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WPAD and DHCP woes

Evening folks. Hopefully a quick one this, I've got DHCP WPAD set up and it works like a charm, sending users correctly through our proxy. However, for our servers on static IPs, I can't use DHCP WPAD,...

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It's going to be one of *those* days, isn't it...

submitted by zibeb [link] [18 comments]

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Password manager for password pass-through for 3rd party apps. SSO

I was wondering what SSO solutions you guys use? My boss went to a Citrix conference and has got it in his head we need something for our 3rd party applications (not web based) such as Sap Business...

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Different Computers are seeing slightly different things on the same network...

I've been having this problem and lately it's been getting worse and worse. The file server is windows 2008 sbs and the network drive is shared just like any other shared folder (right click, share...

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Any Samba Ninjas?

I have a samba server on the network with about 10 machines. Some of the directories and files are shared between multiple users. After getting the groups set up and everyone into the right group...

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Update on Job Interview help [need moar help]

Yesterday I posted this thread about needing help for job interview questions for an IT support job. It turns out that they were looking for two positions and actually felt I'd be a better fit for the...

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How do you answer...

When the interviewer notices, or brings up the fact that you are currently employed, how do you respond when they ask why you're looking elsewhere? I know it depends on individual circumstance but I...

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System Admin asking for employee passwords...?

At my current company I am employed as a Software Engineer... but I admittedly know very little about system administration. I especially know very little about Windows networks and Active Directory....

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Digitally Signing Word / Office Documents

Hi there, we have an authorisation process and would like to digitally sign documents. Most likely word documents. This will be internal only so happy to use a self signed cert. I presume I would push...

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Do we needs Domain Controllers in every site?

Currently we are a K-12 school with 6 physical buildings. We currently have 2 DC's in our high school in the main server rack. I ran the exBPA today and it gave a critical warning about not having a...

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PowerShell for idiots.(?)

I asked last week about changing the admin pw on all the servers in my domain. So I checked out PowerShell and found this great script. Only problem is I have no idea how to pass on a list of...

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Our IT ticketing system has reached ticket #3000. Nailed it.

submitted by Nelstone [link] [1 comment]

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