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SCCM OSD Basic troubleshooting HayesJupe07/30/2009, 12:00 AM SCCM 2007 OSD is a fantastic way to deploy operating systems, however, like most things SCCM issues can sometimes be difficult to resolve due to the sheer volume of logs to sift through and the dispersed nature of the blog posts that deal with some Topic: MS System CenterTags: SCCM, OSD, Task Sequence, Operating System Deployment Views: 69086Comments: 17
Dual Monitor and Remote Desktop tigermatt11/22/2008, 12:00 AM Having a dual- or triple-monitor configuration does a lot to boost your productivity, but what about when you want to connect to a Terminal Services session? By default, a Terminal Services screen can either be configured to fill your screen, or to Topic: Remote Desktop/Terminal ServicesTags: Microsoft, Remote Desktop Connection, Terminal Services, Dual Monitor Configuration, Multiple Monitors Views: 13536Comments: 11
Solid State Drive / SSD Performance and Optimization Tips Tribus02/22/2010, 12:00 AM Solid State Drive Performance Tips: Solid state storage technology has become a standard now. After using one myself for quite awhile, I decided to put together a collection of tips/suggestions that I have found around the internet here on EE fo Topic: Hard Drives & StorageTags: SSD, Solid State Drive, Storage, Optimization, TRIM, AHCI, Windows 7, Microsoft OS, General Hardware Views: 10289Comments: 14
SAN 101 Basics of administrating a SAN. NeilChak02/25/2010, 12:00 AM IBM Storage and Cisco Fabric SAN 101 By Neil Chakrabarty My class notes from the class taught by David Lawrence of IBM on 30 April to May 2, 2007 and supplemented by screenshots of the software systems used. Disclaimer This information is provid Topic: Storage TechnologyTags: Fiber Channel Storage IBM DS4400 CISCO 9216 EXP710 BladeCenter Views: 8879Comments: 1
Windows OS migration to dissimilar hardware. How to migrate to new hardware without OS reinstallation. noxcho02/26/2010, 12:00 AM History I think many of us have had this question - how do I transfer my well-adjusted and smoothly running OS plus all applications to new hardware. Because normal attempts (normal to user's point of view) to move the HDD with OS from one PC to an Topic: Backup & Restore SoftwareTags: Hardware independent restore, P2P, Intel to AMD, crossplatform migration, migrate to dissimilar hardware Views: 7199Comments: 19
Redirected Printing in a Remote Desktop Environment bb_xpress01/05/2011, 12:00 AM The question has been asked on multiple occasions as to how best to do printing in a remote desktop or terminal services environment. It seems that this particular question has plagued several people and most especially as Terminal Services, as Topic: Remote Desktop/Terminal ServicesTags: Redirected printing, RDP, Terminal Services, personal printers Views: 6301Comments: 14
Troubleshooting SCCM State Migration Points and Management Points JonLambert02/24/2010, 12:00 AM Introduction There are a few common issues with SCCM State Migration Points (SMPs) or Management Points (MPs) that either prevent the installation of the site system component, or causes them not to function correctly. This article covers some of Topic: MS System CenterTags: SCCM, Management Point, State Migration Point Views: 6227Comments: 5
System Center Operations Manager Overview BatuhanCetin12/17/2009, 12:00 AM In this article. I will discuss the roles and components included in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 product. The roles in SCOM can be discussed in two main categories. The first category is the mandatory roles which must be se Topic: MS System CenterTags: SCOM 2007, roles, components, overview, opsmgr roles Views: 5823Comments: 7
Disk drive reliability overview dlethe03/27/2010, 12:00 AM Don't buy such-and-such disk drives, they are not reliable! Boy, how many times have we read a post from a well-meaning person who had some bad experiences with a drive and now they exclaim the entire company's products can't be trusted. First, Topic: Hard Drives & StorageTags: disks, disk drives, reliability, failure, data recovery, RAID, disk errors, bad blocks Views: 5340Comments: 48
How to customize a default user profile in Windows 7 before capturing Image for Operating System Deployment a-Jaleel07/14/2010, 12:00 AM Case Summary: In this Article we introduce the new method to configure the default user profile using Automated profile copy with sysprep rather than the old ways such as the manual copy of a configured profile to default user profile Old meth Topic: MS System CenterTags: Configuration Manager, Operating System Deployment, Windows 7, Local Profile Views: 5218Comments: 12
How to Configure a FREE Hardward PPTP VPN Using a DD-WRT Compatible Router MaestroDT03/01/2010, 12:00 AM Do you have an old router lying around the house that you don’t know what to do with? Check the make and model, then refer to either of these links to see if its compatible. ... Topic: Virtual Private Networking (VPN)Tags: VPN, router, configure, free, hardware, pptp, dd-wrt, compatible Views: 4952Comments: 1
Imaging: operating system insurance vallis11/20/2008, 12:00 AM Many experts here spend several hours a day dealing with problems which are often resolvable only by reinstalling Windows. That means at least a day down the drain - if you can find all your installation discs. Many people don't know how to reinst Topic: Backup & Restore SoftwareTags: imaging, Acronis True Image, Booit NG, BING, Norton Ghost Views: 4757Comments: 3
Boot Disks: UBCD4Win and SARDU tzucker05/06/2010, 12:00 AM I have written before on the benefits of using a Boot media other than your HDD when it has become infected. The article I wrote about creating a bootable CD/DVD/USB was mainly concerned with building a UBCD4Win on CD or DVD. Since then I have p Topic: Hard Drives & StorageTags: Boot Disk, OS, UBCD, UBCD4Win, SARDU, Windows, Linux, Rescue Disk, Boot CD, Bootable USB Views: 4681Comments: 10
How to Configure Hard-Link Migration in User State Migration Tool 4.0 a-Jaleel04/12/2010, 12:00 AM Case Summary Description: A new version if User State Migration Tool contains a nice feature which is called Hard-Link Migration, we can use this feature when we migrate from Microsoft Windows XP to Microsoft Windows 7. We have Microsoft Sy Topic: MS System CenterTags: Configuration Manager Views: 4244Comments: 6
Review: AVAMAR Backup and Recovery System rbarnhardt07/17/2010, 12:00 AM Determining the appropriate backup solution for a company can be a daunting task. I was part of a team that recently went through this process at my current company. We had several products in use to back up our environment, including Netbackup, V- Topic: Backup & Restore SoftwareTags: Storage, backup and restore Views: 4156Comments: 4
Restore a Windows system with Norton Ghost from a RAID controller that requires a driver mrjoltcola07/23/2009, 12:00 AM One of the frustrating downsides to using third party RAID hardware is the frequent lack of native driver support in the standard OS. During install, Windows prompts for third party storage drivers from CD or USB so it is straightforward, but it ca Topic: Disaster RecoveryTags: Views: 4153Comments: 3
Windows 2008 RRAS VPN L2TP with Preshared Key IPsec creation cshepfam12/23/2010, 12:00 AM Like many others, when I created a Windows 2008 RRAS VPN server, I connected via PPTP, and still do, but there are problems that can arise from solely using PPTP. One particular problem was that the CFO of the company used a Virgin Broadband Wirele Topic: Virtual Private Networking (VPN)Tags: windows 2008, rras, vpn, rras server, rras 2008, L2TP IPsec, IPsec, L2TP, PPTP, Windows 7 VPN Views: 4078Comments: 4
Windows 7 Deployment using SCCM2007 - A simple guide woolnoir02/15/2011, 12:00 AM This is my 3rd article on SCCM in recent weeks, the 1st dealing with installation on a 2008 R2 host is here, the 2nd showing basic configuration is here. This article aims to provide a simple overview of windows 7 deployment for the novice SCCM user Topic: MS System CenterTags: SCCM, OSD, Task Sequence, Operating System Deployment, SCCM2007, Windows 2008, Configuration, Client, Client Agents, Windows7, Windows 7 Views: 4020Comments: 4
How to Setup a RDP to an External IP Bilbo3D11/15/2010, 12:00 AM Remote Desktop Protocol or RDP has become an essential tool in many offices. This article will show you how to set up an external IP to point directly to an RDP session. There are many reasons why this is beneficial but perhaps the top reason is con Topic: Remote Desktop/Terminal ServicesTags: Networking, Remote Desktop Views: 3997Comments: 4
Request User State Storage - Error 0x00002004 a-Jaleel02/03/2010, 12:00 AM Action: ----------- You have Microsoft Configuration Manager 2007 R2 with Service Pack 2 and you are trying to run task sequence to on the client machine "Windows 7" to capture user profile and deploy a new image then restore user profile. Prob Topic: MS System CenterTags: Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Views: 3665Comments: 1
Backup imaging, disaster recovery, Paragon backup tools noxcho12/08/2009, 12:00 AM It is hard to imagine nowadays that someone does not have a PC. Though it is far from being true the situation is turning to become true soon. PC hardware is being developed rapidly. Desktops, laptops\notebooks and netbooks are knocking our door Topic: Backup & Restore SoftwareTags: Data backup, Windows backup and recovery, restore to dissimilar hardware Views: 3466Comments: 15
Creating a bootable CD/USB tzucker01/27/2010, 12:00 AM Sometimes the best way to deal with an infected computer is to boot from external media and run your tools from there. The reason you may wish to do this really depends on the infection. Some malware is so recalcitrant that no matter what you do i Topic: Hard Drives & StorageTags: windows, linux, USB, bootable USB, bootable CD, UBCD, Ubuntu Views: 3308Comments: 5
VPN: use default gateway AND access your local network vivigatt04/27/2010, 12:00 AM Sometimes, you want your microsoft VPN to route all the traffic to the remote network. Usually your employer network. This makes it possible to access all the nodes inside this remote LAN, even if they have no "public DNS" entries. To do so, you wo Topic: Virtual Private Networking (VPN)Tags: VPN, route, LAN; Default Gateway Views: 3272Comments: 4
Configure a Cisco ASA with Android native VPN with Active Directory Authentication ZTrek706/20/2011, 12:00 AM For a while, I have wanted to connect my HTC Incredible to my corporate network to take advantage of the phone's powerful capabilities. I searched online and came up with varied answers from "it won't work" to super complicated statements that I did Topic: Virtual Private Networking (VPN)Tags: Android, VPN, RADIUS, Active Directory, Cisco, ASA Views: 3167Comments: 1
SonicWALL SSL VPN application for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch amatson7812/04/2011, 12:00 AM Some of you may have heard that SonicWALL has finally released an app for iOS devices giving us long awaited connectivity for our iPhone's, iPod's, and iPad's. This guide is just a quick rundown on how to get up and running quickly using the app. Topic: Virtual Private Networking (VPN)Tags: sonicwall, ssl, vpn, ssl vpn, iphone, ipad, iOS Views: 3025Comments: 5
MP has discarded a report when processing Ddr a-Jaleel03/06/2010, 12:00 AM Case Summary Problem Description: If you have more than one Management Point on your Active Directory Site, or you had old SCCM or SMS site system and you deploy a new site site system with a new Management Point without removing old Managemen Topic: MS System CenterTags: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Views: 2772Comments: 5
Hard Drive Crash Recovery Primer RohitBagchi12/26/2008, 12:00 AM This is a little compilation of tips and procedures to help with data recovery from a failed / failing hard drive. The information here can be applied to Desktop/Server/Laptop and external hard drives. All of us have at one time or another been Topic: Computer Hard DrivesTags: Hard Disk, Hardware, Recovery, Data Views: 2713Comments: 0
Remote Control over the Internet -- for FREE mds-cos04/21/2010, 12:00 AM Haven’t we all been there – Mom (or Grandma) needs help on her computer, so calls her IT son (or grandson) for help. Wouldn’t it be so much easier to just remotely connect to her computer and fix the thing rather than trying to go through it on the Topic: Remote Access SoftwareTags: Remote Control, VNC, Helpdesk Views: 2706Comments: 8
How to restore factory Hard Drive / Flash drive Capacity Shbasha11/14/2011, 12:00 AM Problem description : Some external hard disks / USB flash drives do not show actual space as mentioned in the factory settings. This is a common problem when you use an 8 GB USB drive to make it bootable to install a firmware/ driver on a serv Topic: Hard Drives & StorageTags: Flash drive, Storage, USB Views: 2694Comments: 1
How the Windows Deployment Service not starting was solved efosnaught11/10/2010, 12:00 AM The environment that this is running in is SCCM 2007 R2 running on a Windows 2008 R2 server. The PXE Distribution point is running on its own Windows 2008 R2 box. This is what Event viewer showed after trying to start the WDS service: An erro Topic: MS System CenterTags: SCCM 2007 R2, 0xC1030104 Views: 2678Comments: 3
Certificate Authentication -- Ops Mgr 2007 ACS jss119911/21/2008, 12:00 AM The steps below assume that SCOM monitoring communication has been established via certificate authentication. 1. At the ACS collector server, stop the AdtServer service and then run AdtServer --c from the command prompt and select the certifica Topic: MS System CenterTags: Microsoft, MOM, SCOM, System Center Operations Manager Views: 2453Comments: 1
SCCM 2007 Additional Configuration on a 2008 R2 Server woolnoir02/15/2011, 12:00 AM My previous article detailed one possible method to get SCCM 2007 installed and operational on a windows 2008 R2 server. Before you can begin to use the system for meaningful activities in a production or lab environment there are a few configuratio Topic: MS System CenterTags: SCCM, OSD, Task Sequence, Operating System Deployment, SCCM2007, Windows 2008, Configuration, Client, Client AGents Views: 2425Comments: 1
The bad hard disk problem nobus04/30/2010, 12:00 AM Many people find themselves in a situation while using PC's that they suspect or find out they have a hard disk problem. The big question then is what to do about it; how to handle the problem, and in which order. This article is intended to help p Topic: Computer Hard DrivesTags: hard disk, HDD, bad disk Views: 2394Comments: 17
How to remove SCCM/SMS Sites from Console a-Jaleel12/25/2010, 12:00 AM Problem Description: Actually I found the below issue with some customers after migration from SMS 2003 to SCCM 2007 and epically if they change site code, some clients may appear in the console with old site code, plus old sites still appearing Topic: MS System CenterTags: SCCM, SMS Views: 2311Comments: 10
General PC Image Deployment: Sysprep and Ghost emilgas11/24/2010, 12:00 AM Symantec Ghost is the number one software used for mass image deployment in enterprises. There are many others tools, including free and open source, but Ghost by far is number one. Sysprep is a utility developed by Microsoft to facilitate the ma Topic: Norton Ghost Backup SoftwareTags: System Image, Mass Image Deployment, Sysprep, Ghost, Symantec Ghost Views: 2294Comments: 2
How to deploy PCs with SCCM umpalumpur10/15/2010, 12:00 AM 1. Boot PC and press F10, select storage options and change the compatibility from “AHCI” to “IDE”, save and exit 2. Boot PC and press F12 3. Upon PXE display of searching for DHCP server, press Pause break to obtain MAC address 3. Open Configu Topic: MS System CenterTags: SCCM deploy PXE troubleshoot Views: 2284Comments: 1
Tivoli Storage Manager - Client Side Encryption gkelliott05/22/2010, 12:00 AM TSM has the ability to encrypt data at the client node before sending the data to the TSM server. There are two methods that are available 1. Transparent Encryption This is where the encryption key is managed by and stored on the TSM server. If Topic: Tivoli Storage ManagerTags: TSM Client Side Encryption Views: 2278Comments: 3
How to retrieve individual e-mail from Exchange backup using Symantec Backup Exec 2010 ksksilva09/19/2010, 12:00 AM I've seen many users having issues with Exchange server Backup with BE2010 when trying to restore individual e-mail messages. In my test lab I managed to carry out a successful backup and restore. During that process I have faced several issues an Topic: Backup ExecTags: Backup Exec 2010, Exchange 2010 Views: 2215Comments: 16
How often should Terminal Servers be rebooted? tsmvp10/20/2010, 12:00 AM After having deployed hundreds of thousands of Terminal Services seats worldwide, I still see all the time people asking me that same old question: "If TS/RDS is that reliable why are you telling me I should reboot it that often? My DC/SQL/Exchange/ Topic: Remote Desktop/Terminal ServicesTags: RDS, TS, Terminal Services, Citrix Views: 2187Comments: 4
Desktop sharing: the easy RealVNC way dspector09/08/2010, 12:00 AM Why share a desktop? Have you ever wanted to share access to your desktop (or someone else's), including seeing it and sending it mouse clicks and keystrokes, interactively, either across the Web or from room to room via your existing Local Area Ne Topic: Remote Desktop/Terminal ServicesTags: desktop, sharing, VNC, RealVNC, terminal services, netmeeting, goto meeting Views: 2155Comments: 23
How to remove System Center Operations Manager Management Packs with references to unsealed MPs? jss119911/21/2008, 12:00 AM For the most part removing Management Packs (MP) is a quick administrative process done in the OpsMgr console, which is as follows: 1. In the OpsMgr Console 2. Administration -> Management Packs 3. For each XXXX M Topic: MS System CenterTags: Microsoft, MOM, System Center, Operations Manager Views: 2131Comments: 1
Bootable USB (Local Imaging, DoD Wiping and More!) IT_Crowd09/30/2010, 12:00 AM A bootable USB key can be very handy now-a-days. My favorite USB key consists of our Windows 7 image, network card drivers (to connect up to a Ghost server), the latest BIOS updates for all of our PCs and CopyWipe (to erase a retired PC) Creating Topic: Hard Drives & StorageTags: USB, Ghost, DoD, Win98, DOS, Windows 7, CopyWipe Views: 2114Comments: 4
Remote Desktop Protocol performance and error solutions MrGraves03/11/2011, 12:00 AM On a regular basis I get questions about slow RDP performance, RDP connection problems, strange errors and even BSOD, remote computers freezing or restarting after initiation of a remote session. In a lot of this cases the quick solutions made b Topic: Remote Desktop/Terminal ServicesTags: RDP, Remote Desktop Protocol, Windows XP, Server 2003 Views: 2073Comments: 4
DO we HAVE to reboot a Windows Terminal Server if it suddently stops accepting RDP connection? ashwynr01/14/2009, 12:00 AM Many a times we come across a situation when our Windows terminal server which was accepting RDP connections from the domain users stops doing so for some reason that we really would not know. In such cases we normally tend to try and restart a serv Topic: Remote Desktop/Terminal ServicesTags: Reboot, Terminal Server, RDP, 3389, Stop, RDP Connection Views: 2052Comments: 1
Setup VPN Cisco Client with Windows Server 2008 and CIsco ASA Firewall lefty868008/04/2010, 12:00 AM I've had to do a bit of research to setup my VPN connection so that Clients can access Windows Server 2008 network shares. I have a Cisco ASA 5510 firewall. I found an article which was extremely useful: It had a solution if you use ASDM to config Topic: Virtual Private Networking (VPN)Tags: Cisco VPN Client 4.x Windows Server 2008 ASA 5500 Series Views: 2008Comments: 9
Using Dell Management Console to patch a Dell server with the SUU DVD louisreeves11/16/2010, 12:00 AM Patch Management is administrated by page 129 of the following document: ... Topic: Computer ServersTags: DMC, Patch Views: 2000Comments: 4
Create Steam Based HalfLife 1 or HalfLife2 Server in Linux Andy198811/10/2009, 12:00 AM Requirements: root access via SSH, telnet, or other.. Alternately, access from the server administrator to run a counter-strike server, and the proper access rights to do so. Enough free disk space (and allowed to use this much, eg disk quota): 6 Topic: Computer ServersTags: create server, halflife Views: 1993Comments: 4
Enable ACS Forwarding on a System Center Operations Manager RMS or Management Server jss119911/21/2008, 12:00 AM Below is a quick and dirty procedure to install and enable ACS Forwarding on a System Center Operations Manager RMS or Management Server. 1. Copy adtagent.exe to C:\windows\system32 2. Run command adtagent -install 3. Edit ... Topic: MS System CenterTags: Microsoft, System Center, MOM, SCOM, System Center Operations Manager Views: 1986Comments: 4
XenApp 6.5 public and limited hotfix quick reference MrGraves02/16/2012, 12:00 AM List of available Hotfixes 2012-02-20 I was reading through all the hotfixes available for XenApp 6.5, to decide what to add to my new lab environment. I compiled this quick reference to get access to all important information about the availa Topic: CitrixTags: Citrix, Hotfix, XenApp, Server 2008 Views: 1986Comments: 4
Restrict Windows 2008 RRAS VPN Users from Accessing Specific Resources cshepfam12/21/2010, 12:00 AM Using Windows 2008 RRAS, I was able to successfully VPN into the network, but I was having problems restricting my test user from accessing certain things on the network. I used Google in order to try to find out how to stop people from accessing c Topic: Virtual Private Networking (VPN)Tags: Windows 2008, VPN, RRAS, Restrict Views: 1973Comments: 3
Creating Static Routes in Windows and Mac OS X When Servers and Clients Use Separate Gateways from the VPN Clients renazonse12/26/2010, 12:00 AM Overview Often, we set up VPN appliances where the connected clients are on a separate subnet and the company will have alternate internet connections and do not use this particular device as the gateway for certain servers or clients. In this case Topic: Virtual Private Networking (VPN)Tags: Static Route, Persistent Route, Script, VPN Views: 1924Comments: 10
Changing the System Date on your TSM Server and TSM Expiration gkelliott06/05/2010, 12:00 AM Below are two tips that often catch people out when managing their TSM Server. Hope you find them useful. Expiring old backup and archive data from TSM is controlled by the EXPINTERVAL in your dsmserv.opt file. EXPINTERVAL=24 specifies t Topic: Tivoli Storage ManagerTags: Views: 1903Comments: 5
Raid levels explained fr0nk12/09/2010, 12:00 AM Hi, I've made you some graphics for a better understanding how RAID works. First of all, there are two ways a raid can be generated: - By hardware - By software What does that mean? This means: If you have a hardware RAID controller, there Topic: Storage TechnologyTags: Raid 1, Raid 3, Raid 5, raid 6, raid 10, raid levels, stripeset, mirrorset, mirror, set, stripe Views: 1848Comments: 3
HOW TO CHANGE THE DRIVE LETTER IN WINDOWS XP "Hard-drive or Flash-drive" TRTurner03/02/2010, 12:00 AM If you have a USB Drive that is not recognized by Windows the problem is usually that you have too many network drives or other drives that occupy all the drive letters D: E: or F: which is the normal drive letter of a usb drive. The way to correct Topic: Hard Drives & StorageTags: Windows Xp, Hard drive, Flash drive Views: 1823Comments: 1
SmartCode VNC Manager -- Great System Admin Tool tmullins7702/24/2010, 12:00 AM As an IT person for a call center we are always looking for tools to make our jobs easier. Well I found the ultimate application for the job. SmartCode VNC Manager gets the job done. Its easy to get up and running just run the wizard to pul Topic: VNC Remote Access SoftwareTags: vnc, smartcode, remote administration, rdp, remote desktop Views: 1722Comments: 1
Guide for deploying software that resides in DFS folders via Configuration Manager 2007 gsimos03/23/2011, 12:00 AM Some time ago I faced the need to use a uniform folder structure that spanned across numerous sites of an enterprise to be used as a common repository for the Software packages of the Configuration Manager 2007 infrastructure. Because the procedu Topic: MS System CenterTags: System Center Configuration Manager, DFS Views: 1657Comments: 14
Basics of Storage IOPS on RAID Shbasha11/21/2011, 12:00 AM In this article, I provide some information on storage disks which go into calculations that will help you figure out how much Input/output Operations Per Second (IOPS) your disk subsystem can deliver. To effectively size & tune up applications l Topic: Storage TechnologyTags: Storage, IOPS, SAN Views: 1644Comments: 0
Listing of System Center Operations Manager Tools jss119911/21/2008, 12:00 AM Looking for the complete list of Resource Kit tools for System Center Operations Manager 2007? Here you go: Name: Sample Vista Gadget Link: ... Topic: MS System CenterTags: Microsoft, System Center, MOM, SCOM, System Center Operations Manager Views: 1570Comments: 1
Internet is slow when user is on VPN norcalhelpdesk09/22/2010, 12:00 AM When you connect to your workplace's VPN, you may not notice that you are using your workplace's servers to serve up webpages. This might be undesirable since the workplace can log all the places you've been. It also might be very slow to load pag Topic: Virtual Private Networking (VPN)Tags: vpn, slow internet Views: 1467Comments: 8
Tivoli Storage Manager - How do I know which management classes are applied to my files and folders gkelliott05/22/2010, 12:00 AM In Windows you can use the Preview Include-Exclude option in the backup client. Start the backup client and go to the utilities menu and select Preview Include-Exclude In the Preview Include-Exclude Dialog, choose the type either Backup or Arc Topic: Tivoli Storage ManagerTags: TSM, Management Classes Views: 1464Comments: 3
Save Wasted Space In Your Hard Drive aldumestani01/22/2011, 12:00 AM Your hard drive is full! Do you know what is filling it up? A small free (trial period) utility will solve the problem. It is SpaceMonger. It can show you visually the content of your hard drive as blocks with different color and sizes depending Topic: Computer Hard DrivesTags: SpaceMonger, space, hard disk, hard drive, wasted Views: 1424Comments: 7
Backup it, lose it, restore it and stay calm – 10 basic rules for the wary Open-E05/31/2011, 12:00 AM Life is full of imperfections – we all know it. Sometimes bad things happen to people for no particular reason. As they say: “it happens”. All we can do is to find a way to make some unavoidable situations… avoidable. Every kind of hardware has i Topic: Backup & Restore SoftwareTags: backup, open-e, dss, data storage, storage software, data storage software, storage, safety, security Views: 1286Comments: 7
VPN shared key troubleshooting irom7702/19/2010, 12:00 AM One of the Top 10 common Cisco VPN problems are not-matching shared keys. This is an easy one to fix, but not always easy to notice, see the case below. A simple IPsec tunnel between fast Ethernet interfaces of routers SW1 (f1/1) and R1(f0/0). Topic: Virtual Private Networking (VPN)Tags: VPN ISAKMP shared key space Views: 1266Comments: 5
Retrospect for Windows - Good enough for the Enterprise? ClintSwiney04/01/2010, 12:00 AM Retrospect I have used many backup systems over the years in my consulting business at various locations. I have used Yosemite, Backup Exec & ARCserve mostly. I was never really happy with the performance and complexity of those systems so I bega Topic: Retrospect Backup UtilityTags: Server Backup Software Views: 1263Comments: 8
VIDEO: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning EE-Tech-News07/01/2011, 12:00 AM In this CloudClass Webinar, Quest CTO Mike Dillon gives an overview of the steps involved in building a dynamic disaster recovery plan. Through case studies and an examination of software/hardware tools for monitoring and testing, you'll gain a be Topic: Disaster RecoveryTags: disaster recovery, business, security, software, data, office, webinar, quest, training Views: 1227Comments: 19
How does RAID 5 work? The Shortest and Easiest explanation ever! Open-E06/29/2011, 12:00 AM We all have limited time to study long and complicated information about RAID theories, but you may be interested as to how RAID 5 works. We made it simple for you by providing the shortest and easiest explanation ever. First we need to remind Topic: Hard Drives & StorageTags: RAID 5 Views: 1200Comments: 5
Ping Node – explained Open-E06/17/2011, 12:00 AM We wanted to provide an in-depth explanation of the Ping Node offering clarifications on its function and usage. Incorrect Ping Node configuration and functionality can cause problems with HA clusters. The importance of this article is critical for Topic: Storage TechnologyTags: ping nodes, DSS, data storage server, open-e, NIC, ping Views: 1146Comments: 3
Effective useof rsync saranyannarayanan02/01/2011, 12:00 AM Problem We are doing a daily copy of data in file system in Linux manually and I want to automate the same . We need many features in this automation: 1. We want to be able to exit in case of errors 2. We want the copy to happen via Topic: rSync Backup UtilityTags: rsync Views: 1126Comments: 6
Juniper SSG VPN with FIPS dcj2109/16/2011, 12:00 AM Juniper VPN devices are a popular alternative to using Cisco products. Last year I needed to set up an international site-to-site VPN over the Internet, but the client had high security requirements -- FIPS 140. What and Why of FIPS 140 Federa Topic: Virtual Private Networking (VPN)Tags: Juniper, VPN, FIPS Views: 1087Comments: 6
Cisco UCS Fiber Channel Port Channel work around on mds 6120xp switches casedog2102/14/2012, 12:00 AM The 6120xp switches seem to have a bug when you create a fiber port channel when you have a UCS fabric interconnects talking to them. If you follow the Cisco guide for the UCS, the FC Port channel will never come up and it will say that there are n Topic: Computer ServersTags: UCS, 6120xp, fiber, portchannel, port channel, fiberchannel Views: 1056Comments: 2
Using NetBackup7 and NetApp's Snapmanager for Exchange on same instance and on VMware erictronic08/14/2011, 12:00 AM We planned to use NetApp's SnapManager for Exchange (SME) to make three snapshots a day for quick recovery. Additional we planned to use Symantec NetBackup7 to backup to tape media for disaster recovery. We followed the best practice guide from NetA Topic: Backup & Restore SoftwareTags: Netbackup snapmanager netapp vmware 42 Views: 1030Comments: 2
How USRLOGON.CMD processing works Coralon01/17/2012, 12:00 AM The usrlogon.cmd process is a hold-over from the Windows NT 4.0 TSE days, but it is still a very useful mechanism for running user level scripts - it is especially useful when a GPO is not available. What is it: This is a script the is launched Topic: CitrixTags: Citrix, XenApp, NT 4.0 TSE, Presentation Server, MetaFrame Server Views: 1013Comments: 3
Top 5 Reasons for Replication josephhand02/01/2012, 12:00 AM Replication has always been one of those technologies that people run scared from. The main reason is usually cost. When you think of replication, your mind drifts to solutions that replicate from one disk frame to another using block level technolo Topic: Backup & Restore SoftwareTags: Backup, Replication Views: 822Comments: 0
How to install and configure Remote Apps in Remote Desktop Services for Server 2008 R2 jessiepak02/06/2012, 12:00 AM Remote Apps is a feature in server 2008 which allows users to run applications off Remote Desktop Servers without having to log into them to run the applications. The user can either have a desktop shortcut installed or go through the web portal to Topic: Remote Desktop/Terminal ServicesTags: Remote Desktop Services, Terminal Services, Remote App, RemoteAPP, RDS, RDS Server Views: 413Comments: 0
Learn licensing better- Citrix and Windows Terminal Server Licensing!!! Shibu_Keloth11/25/2011, 12:00 AM Learn licensing better- Citrix and Windows Terminal Server Licensing!!! Let’s Understand Citrix and terminal Server License Model. Is licensing always belong to procurement team? The answer is NO. I mean a Big NO. This responsibility goes to Ci Topic: CitrixTags: Citrix, Terminal server, Licensing, Windows TS, mycitrix Views: 157Comments: 0
Firewall ports to open for Citrix XenApp. Shibu_Keloth11/25/2011, 12:00 AM Well, there seems to be a little confusion about the firewall ports which need to be opened in case if you place your Citrix XenApp servers inside a firewall. Having the below ports in mind can help you to design and implement a hassle free Citri Topic: CitrixTags: Citrix, Presentation server, ICA, IMA, Port, Firewal, XenApp, Metaframe Views: 131Comments: 0
VPN: use default gateway AND access your local network vivigatt02/25/2010, 12:00 AM Sometimes, you want your microsoft VPN to route all the traffic to the remote network. Usually your employer network. This makes it possible to access all the nodes inside this remote LAN, even if they have no "public DNS" entries. To do so, you w Topic: Virtual Private Networking (VPN)Tags: VPN, route, LAN Views: 105Comments: 12
VSS writers fails Exchange 2007 Syed_M_Usman07/20/2011, 12:00 AM Backup is always essential for any business specially when we talk about exchange backup. you may have issues realted to Exchange Backups, specially if you have Exchange 2007 running on Windows 2008 and you are using a third party Backup software’ Topic: Backup ExecTags: VSS writers fails Exchange 2007 Views: 103Comments: 16
Introduction to Unified Storage Shbasha01/29/2012, 12:00 AM We have heard the term “Unified storage” in the market recently. What is that actually? Enterprises think of innovative solutions on storage technologies to cut down their cost by reducing the number of devices which can in turn reduce the manpow Topic: Storage TechnologyTags: Storage, Unified Storage, SAN, NAS Views: 85Comments: 0
Disconnect/Reset Terminal Sessions reach2sandeep01/28/2012, 12:00 AM Disconnect Sessions of Windows 2000 system where no other Windows 2003 server is available in same network or with same user account access. Example :- Server A has sessions exceeded, and we have Server B in same network and on both servers we ha Topic: Remote Desktop/Terminal ServicesTags: Windows 2000 Views: 69Comments: 0
How To: Deploy Firstclass 11.x Binarymime02/24/2012, 12:00 AM The following Article has been written to outline the steps required to silently install OpenText Corporation's FirstClass e-mail client in an Enterprise environment levergaing Windows 2003 Server or Windows 2008 Server, and Windows XP or Windows 7. Topic: MS System CenterTags: FirstClass, OpenText, SCCM, Software Deployment, OSD, Scripting, Packaging Views: 63Comments: 1
Why I chose the Dell EqualLogic PS6100E over EMC VNXe3100 kardell200602/16/2012, 12:00 AM February 16, 2012 Dell EqualLogic PS6100E VS. EMC VNXe3100 This article may be of some value to those in small/mid-size companies looking at a SAN purchase. I specced the SAN's with the same usable storage (16TB), similar support agreements, a Topic: Computer ServersTags: SAN, storage, EqualLogic, EMC, Dell, VNXe Views: 62Comments: 1
Lenovo Hard Drive Image Lawrence90502/24/2010, 12:00 AM Greetings! There have been many posts about people trying to image Lenovo hard drives to new hard drives due to hard drive upgrades or failing hard drives. The problem with doing this is that Lenovo has made some sort of proprietary MBR tha Topic: Hard Drives & StorageTags: Lenovo Image Views: 58Comments: 7
Do You Really Get High Performance using a RAID0? srjacob05/05/2011, 12:00 AM Conventional wisdom says that if you want a high performance disk subsystem, use a RAID0. I have seen quite a number of articles on this topic in the trade press and on hardware/overclocking websites, and the consensus seems to always be the same. Topic: Storage TechnologyTags: Storage, RAID0, high performance, disks Views: 54Comments: 7
Citrix client v13 Shibu_Keloth11/25/2011, 12:00 AM Citrix client v13 is a new multi-threaded client (Beta version) and version for this client is 13. All the other /old versions are single threaded, hence a delay in one operation could potentially effect the other operations performing by that clien Topic: CitrixTags: Citrix, Plugin, xenapp, presentation server, meteframe xp, ICA Views: 42Comments: 0
Product: Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 -- Removal failed. CoolWizz08/22/2010, 12:00 AM WSUS wouldnt let me uninstall it and would just fail and write "Product: Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 -- Removal failed." to the Application Event Log. A lot of people seem to have posted this issue, but none of the forums had a prope Topic: MS System CenterTags: WSUS Views: 38Comments: 4
Difficulty reading the SCCM Server and Client log files RobSilver03/31/2010, 12:00 AM Log files are a great place to start tracking down issues with SCCM. However, there are loads of them and all pretty exhaustive in nature. When you are simply looking for an error, or a more readable format, or when you want to see the log file Topic: MS System CenterTags: SCCM, logs, SMS 2003 toolkit Views: 35Comments: 6
Cloud Computing Plk_In_EE01/03/2011, 12:00 AM Cloud computing: Cloud computing comes into focus only when you think about what IT always needs: a way to increase capacity or add capabilities on the fly without investing in new infrastructure, training new personnel, or licensing new software. Topic: Hard Drives & StorageTags: Cloud Computing Views: 34Comments: 2
MSA 1000 Fail Lun using CLI alexeykomarov09/20/2011, 12:00 AM Problem:: At irregular switching-on, shut-down of Storage shelf MSA 1000 Can be fail of one or several logical disks. The resolution:: You may use CLI to resolve this problem. The Command Line Interface (CLI) is used to configure and manage the Topic: Storage TechnologyTags: MSA 1000 Fail Lun CLI Views: 32Comments: 2
Quickly protect your computer and other computer from pen drive viruses praveen_16july09/12/2011, 12:00 AM Quickly protect your computer and other computer from pen drive viruses - Format your pendrive. - Create two folders with the name "Autorun.ini" & "Autorun.inf" After this in the pendrive no autorun.* file created and never run automatically Topic: Hard Drives & StorageTags: Protection from Pen Drive viruses (Removable drive) Views: 25Comments: 3
Turn an Old Computer into a Networked Backup, Streaming, or Torrenting Machine with FreeNAS jmaggio32207/28/2011, 12:00 AM At its most basic, Network attached storage, or NAS, is a great way to share files on your local network. But it's also a perfect solution for backing up your computers, streaming media across your home network, or even torrenting files to a central Topic: Storage TechnologyTags: Data, Backup, Network Views: 24Comments: 3
Setting up SecureRDP on Windows 2003 and XP TRTurner12/13/2011, 12:00 AM 1. Download SecureRDP from http://www.2x.com/securerdp/download.html 2. Install SecureRDP 3. Once installed, remove the SecureRDP shortcut from the “Start Menu” ... Topic: Remote Desktop/Terminal ServicesTags: SecureRDP, Windows server 2003, RDP, Windows XP Views: 21Comments: 0
Setting up Duplicity backup in Ubuntu TRTurner12/13/2011, 12:00 AM Setting up Duplicity backup in Ubuntu What is Duplicity? Duplicity backs directories by producing encrypted tar-format volumes and uploading them to a remote or local file server. Because duplicity uses librsync, the incremental archives are sp Topic: Backup & Restore SoftwareTags: Ubuntu, Duplicity Backup, Backup Views: 19Comments: 0
Discussion Points for Backup and Disaster Recovery PaperTiger06/08/2010, 12:00 AM I have often been asked about how to set up backup and disaster recovery solutions. Mostly by small and medium business owners. Obviously disaster recovery is a complex topic, but both come down to a simple process of understanding the following Topic: Disaster RecoveryTags: Views: 18Comments: 6
sccm server can't import new boot.wim or modify boot.wim feiout07/25/2011, 12:00 AM Hi , I can't modify our boot.wim in our SCCM server, like integer drivers. Also I can't import a new boot.wim ourself, the error show below.: I search on google, re-install WAIK no help. :CExtUserContext::LeaveThread : Releasing IWbemContex Topic: MS System CenterTags: Views: 18Comments: 5
Add / Remove Programs Problems and Resolutions alainbryden06/01/2009, 12:00 AM This article The purpose of this article is to suggest some tips for common messed up installations and uninstallations, and related registry entries. If you have a windows machine with reported duplicate programs, phantom (missing) programs, or Topic: Microsoft Windows Operating SystemsTags: Windows XP, Windows, Phantom Program, Add/Remove Programs, Duplicate, Uninstall Views: 16Comments: 24
How do i know the farm connection to datastore in a direct connection or indirect connection? Shibu_Keloth11/26/2011, 12:00 AM Direct and Indirect connection a basic over view: When you create a farm (XenApp 5.0) You get an option to select your data store. for small/ test farm you select MS Access or SQL Xpress, for medium large farm SQL, Oracle and DB2. (But since X Topic: CitrixTags: citrix, xenapp, data store, datastore, connection, SQL, Direct access, indirect access, IMA, IMA data store Views: 15Comments: 0
Energy and Space Efficient Storage: Multi-tier Strategies for Protecting and Retaining Data nileshroy05/30/2010, 12:00 AM Energy and Space Efficient Storage: Multi-tier Strategies for Protecting and Retaining Data Data center power, cooling, and space requirements are becoming key IT challenges for organizations of all sizes. At the same time, IT managers are face Topic: Storage TechnologyTags: Energy and Space Efficient Storage, Storage Views: 14Comments: 4
It is impossible to delete this file! Open-E06/10/2011, 12:00 AM This short story is about how important backing up your data is and how sometimes incidents that people have with regards to data loss or having a second copy of the data are affected. Two stories There was a TV show that I saw about a very ou Topic: Backup & Restore SoftwareTags: backup, open-e, dss, data storage, storage software, data storage software, storage Views: 14Comments: 4
TSM Expiration gkelliott06/05/2010, 12:00 AM Expiring old backup and archive data from TSM is controlled by the EXPINTERVAL in your dsmserv.opt file. EXPINTERVAL=24 specifies to run the expire process every 24 hours. EXPINTERVAL=0 disables automatic expiration. Removing old data from Topic: Tivoli Storage ManagerTags: Views: 10Comments: 5

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