Inventory Management Software?
I am a sysadmin working with *NIX and was wondering what you folks like to use for managing your hardware. Some of the main stuff I'm looking to pull in is up/down state, IP, name, serial number and...
View ArticleS.O.S.: Someone set up an imposter WiFi network in our business and is...
Here's the deal: we have a medium-sized business in 2 separate multi-story buildings next to each other (about 50ft. of blacktop in between). 2 Days ago I discovered a WiFi network broadcasting with...
View ArticleAnyone using Basecamp/Campfire or other webservice (project/chat) tool for...
Thinking of alternatives for the loads of emails we are getting that you -have- to read. We are using office communicator but only for a project or handeling a single problems submitted by diederikm...
View ArticleOffering Offsite data backup services at computer repair business - advice
To start ive gotten my hands on two Dell Power edge 2550 servers and some SCSI drives. I plan on starting small and getting a few small business accounts that don't have a ton of data to backup. I've...
View ArticleWin7 Sysprep Wrong Password
I've been working on a new Windows 7 image for a couple of the labs where I work so I did my homework and I've run into a small issue. I installed Win7 in audit mode. Then I installed all the software...
View ArticleTracking Licenses
We have 50+ servers all running SCS 6.3.3. The licenses expires after 90 days. At that 90 day mark we have to go in to the server, delete 4 files, run the program. Then submit the new code to JDA's...
View ArticleIs anyone really happy with their Exchange 2010 backup solution and woudn't...
We're late the party, migrating from 2003 to 2010. Our backups for 2003 have always been handled via Networker, and really it's served us well. To use Networker with 2010, you need the NMM (Networker...
View ArticleDAE Feel like sysadmins have super strong immune systems
Between dust and other people's "crust" we are either immune to most diseases or we are incubators of MANY diseases that are too busy fighting each other to get us sick. submitted by jvbond [link] [23...
View ArticleIf you are creating a Windows 7 image with MAK keys, should you activate the...
I will be building an image with Windows 7 Enterprise very soon, but not sure if I should activate Windows 7 and Office 2010 in advance or not. submitted by AsianManAsianMan [link] [11 comments]
View ArticleAdding a Stage3 Gentoo image to a WDS Server?
Hey all, I'm trying to install Gentoo to a headless server, and must install it via PXE. I already have a WDS server set up for imaging machines, and I figured it would be useful if I could use it to...
View ArticleNon-spam IP reputation check.
I've got a customer making some inquiries about having a different IP assigned to his server, replacing his current IP. My knee-jerk reaction to this is that he's gotten his/our IP on some sort of...
View ArticleWould this work for me? (Dell PowerEdge FE600W)
There is a place near me called WeirdStuff that sells used computer surplus equipment and they recently got a selection of Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE600W servers. Now from what I can tell, it appears to...
View ArticleLooking for cable management advice
I have two 19" racks side-by-side. The left rack holds the switches with the phone system on the bottom. The right rack is filled with patch panels. The company they hired to wire the office patched in...
View ArticleSuggestions for server monitoring options?
Hi guys, My role has changed and part of it is monitoring and reporting server properties. Things on the report include perfmon output, which I have to painstakingly copy the raw data into excel...
View ArticleSCCM. How long should it take ?
How long should it take someone to configure and setup an SCCM server that is deploying FEP (Forefront Endpoint Protection)along with Updates? submitted by TheTides [link] [1 comment]
View ArticleHey sysreddmins, how do you deal random "solutions providers" that call...
I'm sure you have 20 of these voicemails- "Hey there [insert your name]. My name is [his name] with RZ Solutions and I just wanted to get on your radar here. I've worked a lot with [insert your...
View ArticleHow do you manage server updates to minimise downtime?
I've recently picked up server administration since the last guy left and we have no real procedure in place when updating servers. How do you guys deal with windows updates that require server...
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