iSeries IP adress restruction
Hi, is there a way to restrict access to iSeries by IP address? I need to configure something on iSeries to prevent one PC to access on our iSeries and think that best way is to restrict IP address of this PC. Please help.

Answer Question   |  June 2, 2005  4:19 AM
AS/400, DataCenter, Intrusion management, Managed security services, Security, Tech support

Weeding through vendor pricing hype
Our consortium is thinking about changing vendors for desktop management. We?re being pitched by more about ten vendors who all say they can give us the best price. All of them have different approaches to pricing and we?re having a hard time figuring out how to compare apples to apples. What?s the best way to [...]

Answer Question   |  May 4, 2005  5:19 PM
Application software, CIO, Hardware, ROI & cost justification, Vendors

Replacement for DFU
We are looking for a product to replace DFU on our AS/400. I have found one product called DBU. In the past I had received information about Hawkeye. Does anybody have any information about this product or company? Thank you

Answer Question   |  June 3, 2005  3:28 PM
Development, Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Windows Messenger
Can someone please tell me how much bandwidth Windows Messenger uses generally. Also, I would like to block all instant messaging on the corporate network. Can someone tell me how to do that with a Cisco PIX

Answer Question   |  May 30, 2005  11:12 AM
DHCP, DNS, Microsoft Windows, Networking services, Policies, Security

Net.exe process hangs around and stops all office files being opened, sound weird – you bet it is.
I have a network thats running a mix of XP SP1 and 2 – on a win 2k ADv as a DC and the file server aswell. The problem is that after a .cmd logon script has run that the client computers still have the cmd.exe and net.exe process running … and these processes are [...]

Answer Question   |  May 25, 2005  10:20 PM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Help Desk, Tech support

Indentifying end users with weak passwords
I am looking for a product that I can use to identify end users that log into our network (NT4.0 going to Active Directory this summer) using weak passwords. Can anyone help?

Answer Question   |  May 27, 2005  8:22 AM
Career development, Networking, Policies, Security management, Tech support, User awareness

Problem forwarding email to external address.
We have an instructor who manages his own email server so he wants his mail forwarded to his doamin. We just migrated to exchange 2003 from 5.5. The 5.5 server is still in place. Since the migration forwarding has been broken. Our email admin worked on it for several days and I have tried in [...]

Answer Question   |  May 4, 2005  7:01 PM
Exchange 2003, Migration, Outlook, Tech support

deleted disabled user object
We recently preped our Exchange 5.5 server for the installation of a Exchange 2003 server. Disabled user objects were created on one of NT40 servers. We accidently deleted some of these accounts and now we have lost the deleted recipients off our exchange 5.5 server. If you look at the mailbox resources on the exchange [...]

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2005  12:31 PM
Exchange 5.5, Migration, Outlook, Tech support

Inserting data into a vargraphic data type field
How to insert data into a vargraphic data type field. I have done the following CREATE TABLE TEST_TABLE (FLD1 VARGRAPHIC(20)) This is done succesfully INSERT INTO TEST_TABLE VALUES(‘TEST’) This gives a SQL error Please let me know how I can acheive it.

Answer Question   |  May 4, 2005  9:44 AM
Application software, Data center operations, Database Management Systems, DataCenter, DB2, DB2 administration, DB2 Everyplace, Development, Hardware, Help Desk, IT architecture, Migration, Modeling, Operating system platforms, Services, Tech support, Third-party services, UDB for iSeries/i5, Vendor support

GoLive or Dreamweaver in Win/Mac training lab?
I’ve got Mac lab that has a couple of Windows workstations. I’ve got a choice between using GoLive or Dreamweaver for a new project. What I want to avoid is a lot of “If you’re on a Mac, do it this way….if you’re on a Windows machine, do it this way.” Anyone have any thoughts [...]

Answer Question   |  June 15, 2005  8:17 AM
Application software, CIO, Hardware, Training, Vendor support, Vendors

Configuring Multiple Internet Access Points
We currently have a hub and spoke topology where all nine remote sites come back to HQ for Internet and server access. We have one site that uses about 60% of out Internet bandwidth, so we decided to drop a dedicated T1 Internet line at this site for this site’s use only – all other [...]

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2005  7:39 AM
Cisco, EIGRP, IT architecture, Networking, Networking Equipment, Planning, T-1/T-3 Services

Removing Standby option from Windows Shutdown
I?m a Mac network admin who wants to remove Standby from my Windows user?s Shutdown options. How can I do this?

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2005  7:38 AM
Microsoft Windows, Tech support

Inaccessible Boot Device 0X0000007B
Hi, Please can anybody help, I am new to this site. Have a machine stating the above error and cannot seem to get rid. Can anyone help? Thanks

Answer Question   |  May 8, 2005  7:37 AM
Tech support

ZOS support of CICS 4.1 and IMS 6
I know IBM does not support CICS 4.1 and IMS6. But is anyone running them on a Z890 under ZOS 1.4? Or there are know problems and should not be attempted?

Answer Question   |  May 23, 2005  9:57 AM
Hardware, Tech support

site to site VPN
I am looking for ways to connect two LANs. I would like any computer on LAN A to be able to interact with any computer on LAN B and vice versa. BOth sites ahve adsl and use windows 2003 server. Any easy How to’s would be appreciated.

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2005  7:34 AM
Networking, Tech support

Problem with Exchange2k queues / Badmail.
File Server Stats: Win2k SP4 with Exchange2k SP3 with postSP3 rollup. Anti-virus software: eTrust InoculateIT v.6 Currently we have no file-level scanning scheduled on our Exchange server, and we are only using the Realtime Monitoring plug-in for Exchange. Realtime scanning is only EXcluding the M: drive for the Exchange2k server. Here is our delimma: Our [...]

Answer Question   |  April 25, 2005  5:34 PM
Exchange, Exchange 2000, Outlook, Tech support

PIX VPN DHCP Relay not relaying DHCP packets
Hi, I’ve setup a VPN across 2 PIX506e’s using primarily the PDM software. IT is a very basic setup using PDM. I also needed DHCP relay to relay from clients on pix B to pixA and then the dhcp server. So I add in the DHCP relay server address on pixB and point to the [...]

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2005  12:13 PM
Administration, Architecture/Design, Cisco, DHCP, DNS, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Installation, Intrusion management, Management, Network security, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Routers, Security, Service and support, VPN, Wireless

Exchange 2003 queue retry issue
Hello all, Recently we upgrading from a 2000 Small Business Exchange server to a Windows 2003 Exchange server. Currently, we have the all the exchange services disabled on the 2000 server, and Exchange 2003 is the mail server. Email is working 99% of the time. When browsing through the directory structure in system manager, under [...]

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2005  10:32 AM
E-mail applications, Exchange, Exchange 2003, Mail protocols, Outlook, Tech support

Exchange Information Store Consolidation
Hi there, I am currently busy planning for the Exchange Information Store consolidation, we have three Information Stores on Drive FGH, I would like to consolidate this into one volume. I have about 6x36GB drives that I would like to combine and use as a single vol for this project. Please advise

Answer Question   |  April 22, 2005  5:52 AM
Exchange, Implementation, IT architecture, Planning

A graduate student in need of help – I would like to know your professional opinion on information security.
I am graduate student at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University and am conducting research to gather empirical data on the subject of information security. My goal is to gain a better understanding of what IT professionals believe is an adequate level of information / network security. In other words, I am seeking [...]

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2005  2:32 AM
Compliance, CRM, Disaster Recovery, Policies, Risk management, Security, Security management, Security Program Management