Policies and Thresholds for monitoring utilizaion
I know that we can set policies and thresholds for monitoring things like CPU utilization.  Does this work in a scenario when the processor being used is under the control of Hyper-V (or another virtualization platform)?

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2010  8:07 PM
CPU Utilization, Hyper-V, Virtualization Monitoring Tools

Fill out your profile and add a picture to win an iPad
If you haven’t filled out your profile and added your picture, do it now and you could win an iPad. Once you’ve added your picture and filled out your profile, add a comment to this post to let me know and I’ll give you 100 Knowledge Points.  To increase your chances of winning, here’s how to earn more points: [...]

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2011  7:17 PM
Application security, Backup storage, Channel, CIO, CRM, Data management, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, ITKE, ITKE Community, ITKE Contests, Microsoft Windows, SQL Server, VoIP

internal LTO4 tape drive
can an internal LTO4 tape drive support encryption on i 8203 power6 server?

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2010  3:31 PM
Encryption, IBM POWER6 server

STOP 0X00000050 on bootup, both normal and safe mode
Have a Dell Precision 370 with integral Raid 1 on 2 hard drives, Windows XP Pro SP2. After various error messages, it consistently showed PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA and STOP 0X00000050 on bootup, whether a normal boot or safe mode. Dell diags identified defective RAM and an “uncorrectable data error” on the primary H.D. Repair attempts so far: [...]

Answer Question   |  June 4, 2010  9:04 PM
Dell Precision 370, Page fault, RAID 1, RAID 2, Stop 0X00000050, STOP codes, Windows Backup, Windows XP boot failure, Windows XP SP2

Industry standard Server builds time lines?
Is there a place where I can get industry standard timelines for server generic server build time lines for windows and unix?  

Answer Question   |  May 6, 2010  3:15 PM
Server build timelines, Server Builds, Servers

How to learn UNIX?
How to learn UNIX? Is there any possible way to install UNIX in our PC and practice? If then, how? Guide me please.

Answer Question   |  May 16, 2013  12:01 PM
Unix, Unix administration, Unix installation

Win a Dell Precision T7500 Workstation
All you have to do is correctly answer 5 multiple choice questions, each with a hint provided, and you could be the owner of a new Dell Precision T7500 Tower Workstation Desktop Computer with the Quad Core Intel Xeon Processor. Even if you don’t win, you still get 200 Knowledge Points for your efforts, and [...]

Answer Question   |  May 3, 2010  8:34 PM
Application virtualization, AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Data storage, DataCenter, DataManagement, Dell, Development, enterprise networking, Exchange, Intel Open Port, ITKE Community, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Mobile, SQL Server, VoIP, Windows Server

One computer cause another on the network to slow down
Hi guys, I faced strange problem recently. In network with 3 computers, router, printer one of the computer share documents and database file. One week ago strange things start to happen. When accessing shared documents on main computer from second computer everething works fine, but when opening some shared document from third computer main computer [...]

Answer Question   |  January 30, 2012  9:10 PM
Dell, malware, Network, shared files, virus, Windows XP Professional

Pinging an IP address in certain sign-on programs while using CICS
We are using the CICS Web Interface. In our sign-on program, DFH$WBSN, we would like to check the IP address. Is it possible to obtain an IP address of a CICS Web Interface client session via this sign-on program?

Answer Question   |  April 28, 2010  7:51 PM
CICS, Open source Web services, Ping Requests

Best ceiling materials for data centers
Which type of false ceiling material is better for data centers – gypsum or aluminum – and why?

Answer Question   |  April 28, 2010  7:37 PM
Data center design

Is it possible to find cpu usage, disk usage etc userwise
Is it possible to find cpu usage, disk usage etc userwise. Is it possible to get such a report for analysis from i series.

Answer Question   |  May 1, 2010  3:47 PM
CPU usage, i series, OS/400

file transfer from mainframe to Desktop/PC using IEBCOPY
I have to transfer files from Mainframe to PC/Desktop. But i can not use FTP. Please let me know how can i use IEBCOPY utility to transfer files from mainframe to desktop/PC

Answer Question   |  May 1, 2010  1:07 PM
Desktops, File transfers, IEBCOPY, Mainframe, mainframe to PC

Novell Servers and Anti virus protection
I would like to find out what is the most successfully used antivirus software other companies, running a Novell Netware Server, have deployed on their servers.  I am assessing whether to change the current AV software or keep it.   Any feed back would be most appreciated.

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2010  12:46 PM
Antivirus, Antivirus Security Audit, HP ProLiant servers, Novell Netware

Joining existing widows/samba network
Win 7 created a new network during installation, I already have a network setup of five computers two with XP- and two with Ubuntu-Samba,now win 7 created its own network. I just want it to join the existing network!

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2010  12:47 AM
AMD, Linux Ubuntu Samba, Windows 7, Windows 7 Networking, Windows XP, Windows XP administration

Counting failovers
I would like to count the automatic failover that occur in my server pool each month. I don’t want the switchovers that are done manually just the failovers, Does anyone have a suggestion where I might find that information recorded. Will it be in the event file of the reciving server or do I need [...]

Answer Question   |  April 25, 2010  5:53 PM
Failover, Failover Cluster Management, Failover Clustering, Servers

SQL connection failure error handling
Application group wants batch job to terminate if it is unable to establish SQL session to external database. Job log indicates MSGID QSQLMSG/SQ30080 “Communication error occurred during distributed database processing.   This appears in the joblog as a level 30 diagnostic message. When this message is encountered we want the job to exceed end severity and terminate. [...]

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2010  6:31 PM
Batch job, END SEVERITY, Joblogs, SQL connectivity, SQL Server

Any IT Knowledge Exchange members heading to Interop?
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Answer Question   |  April 23, 2010  4:08 PM
Channel, CIO, DataCenter, Exchange, Interop, ITKE Community, Mobile, Networking, Security, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows

updated BIOS for an HP xt963
where can I get an updated BIOS for an HP xt963. Current BIOS is Phoenix 3.07 09/17/01

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2010  3:19 PM
BIOS Update, HARD drive, Windows XP Professional

Device throughput
How can one calculate the maximum throughput a hardware can manage? If my appliance consists of 20 Gbps ports what is the maximum throughput I can get out of it?

Answer Question   |  April 23, 2010  2:05 PM
Networking hardware, Throughput, UTM

Adding a node in Oracle
How can a thrid node be added in Oracle 10g standard edition. Server being used is DELL 2850.

Answer Question   |  April 23, 2010  5:04 AM
Dell 2850, Dell servers, Oracle 10g, Oracle 10g administration, Oracle Nodes