Dell Poweredge 2600 Beep Code help?
Alright. I came across an old Dell Poweredge 2600. I left it there for a few months, and I get this beep code error: http://youtu.be/0GwTgxJ5Wf4 Help, please? submitted by xboxsosmart [link] [4 comments]
View ArticleCute analogy on security failures and the role of the sysadmin (x-post from...
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Anyone have any luck setting this up? Any gotchas or things I have to look...
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View ArticleScumbag developer, spends more time optimising MySQL config than improving MMO
Lessons to be learned from wasting time optimising game: Make it right, then make it fast Optimising MySQL improves speed more than optimising game, in less time D; submitted by nallar [link] [1 comment]
View ArticleFarstone not recognizing the raid when trying to restore a backup and acronis...
Recently our terminal server had a failing drive in the raid, so we did a backup and restored it on to a single hard drive so users could still function while we waited for a new raptor drive to come...
View ArticleAnyone with experience in Exchange/LDAP care to share some insight with a...
I want to run an LDAP search from a Linux box to an Exchange 2003 box. But, queries to ports 389 & 636 don't work, and I can't even telnet to those ports locally on the Exchange box (i.e. telnet...
View ArticleBeginner - need some help
I'm a first year Information Science student. I am interested in systems and systems administration but really do not know where to start. How can I start teaching myself some of this stuff? Where...
View Article14-Year-Old Me with a budget of $0.00 (Looking for future job as sysadmin)...
Picture I started playing around with servers when I was about 12 or 13. My first dedicated server was a P4 with 1GB of RAM. Off that is where I first started to learn how to use Linux and networking....
View ArticleStarting to think extreme frugality on the part of management will cost me my...
I'm doing the best I can lately as the lone IT person in a company of about 45 employees and three office locations. I've been at the office since about 1 AM (it's now 5:07 AM) running ddrescue on a...
View Articledeny applying to computer for a User GPO
we have a GPO to lockout machines after X minutes of inactivity that was just implemented, this is a user policy and we are finding that the exceptions we need to make are not so much for a certain...
View ArticleMail your congressmen/senators on the "Protect IP act of 2011"
I am a 19 year old college student that is fortunate enough to work for a small technology company in xxxxxx I am mailing you in regards to the internet blacklist bill (protect IP act of 2011). I an...
View ArticleKilling Public Folders in Exchange 2007
What the title says realy ..... I have been a mediocre Sys-Admin for about 6 years now. And Public Folders have been the bane of my existence for that time. The mailserver use to be a Exchange 2003...
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Thoughts on password resets...
So I am curious as to how other sysadmins out there handles password resets? Consider this scenario: a user calls you stating that they forgot their password or are locked out. They want you reset the...
View ArticleBest website/blog for keeping up to date??
Alright sysads what are the 3 best/favorite Blogs/websites you use to keep up with your job??? I use 2 right now and would like to expand my knowledge. Mostly in a Windows knowledge type role....
View ArticleWindows OEM License Conflicts then Expires
First time I've seen this one. One of our Server 2008 OEM licenses expired due to a license conflict. We could not determine who or where the conflict was from and the logs provided no details....
View ArticleHow can I learn more about the lowest levels of how the Internet/enterprise...
For example, (purely hypothetical) suppose I needed to set up a network with an Internet connection for a university. They have two campuses across a mid-size city that they want connected. Basically I...
View ArticleA page for beginer sysadmins?
This subreddit seems to get quite a lot of requests for advice on what to do to get into the sysadmin business. so i thought it would be a good idea if we made a post we can point to when someone asks,...
View Articler/sysadmin, tell us your best "run in with a hacker" story.
Thus far, no targeted attacks in my line of work, but the usual viruses and trojans. submitted by iamadogforreal [link] [16 comments]
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