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Happy sysadmin day, so we bought a DL380 G7 with 20GB (plus 12 on their way) and a couple of SAS disks, 2 for OS 2 for DB. The point was to migrate 2 DB programs(reinstall program, copy the databases)...
View ArticleElectronic Medical Record Services: Opinions?
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View ArticleI think I undersold myself on my recently acquired job... need a little advice
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View ArticleWhat should I put in my "technical" CV?
Hi. I just got an offer from a big and quite successful company wanting to interview me for a job that I might take, if it's seems better than this one. Now to my question; The recruitment firm found...
View ArticleWhoever runs sysadminpedia
Update your mediawiki install version Make a few more people admins to delete spam Install some of the better antispam extensions submitted by crushie [link] [9 comments]
View Articlewin2k server & apps backup: need some tips
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View ArticleIs there a simple way to block an IP/Domain on a Ubuntu server?
Logwatch keeps reporting illegal users and authentication failures from the same IP and domain daily. For some reason fail2ban isnt taking care of it. (I think it tries 3 times each time) These are the...
View ArticleNeed help installing IIS on Windows 7
I followed this tutorial then when I go to http://localhost/ I get server not found. I even tried Windows Platform Installer 3.0. It seems very straight forward, I am not sure what I am doing wrong....
View ArticleCommon Group Policy settings?
After a hickup getting group policy to finally work (had to install DFS then run dfsutil/spcflush). Now that we officially have it working and have domained computers, my other sysadmins were wondering...
View ArticleAnyone have experience with SAP architecture?
My company's overseas branch has just purchased SAP and is forcing everyone globally to use Terminal Server to use a virtual desktop to interface with it. Does anyone know if there's a better way to...
View ArticlevSphere Client for Apple OS X?
Hm, went ahead and installed ESXi 3.5 onto a old tower, and when I go ahead to download the tools, I'm greeted with a .exe! What to do? submitted by accents [link] [comment]
View ArticleTrouble with GPO
Hello Fellow Sysadmins I'm having a little trouble figuring out why a group policy is not applying to a security group i set up. A little background: I have a WSUS server I'm trying to get deployed but...
View ArticleDAE/HAE run a public anonymous proxy server? What kind of issues, if any, did...
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View ArticleUses for ESXi server?
I have an old machine, and following someone's guidance, I put ESXi 3.5 on it. Its a core 2 6300 @1.86 GHz with 2gb ram and 320 internal + 160 external hdd. Give me suggestions on what to run on it?...
View ArticleAm I going crazy or am I still the sane one?
I'm a freelance admin, and I have a new client that I'm fixing the mess of all the past people that half-assed everything. Well the other came the time to install the software they use on the new...
View ArticleAnyone want to test an ipv6 VPS?
I'm running a small experiment with a vps server i'm running at home. It only has ipv6 inbound connectivity and outbound via ipv4 is limited to port 80 and 21. I'm willing to give reddit users 2 vps...
View ArticleSys admin / IT podcasts?
I'm looking for recommendations on good technical sys admin podcasts. I primarily work in a MS world (Exchange specifically), but any good network, IT, virtualization, MS related, etc podcasts would be...
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