We have designed two data centers in different locations. One is the main and the other is disaster recovery (DR). How can I design my networks for DR NB? My main data center is designed with 3800 series with fail over.
I have backed up the system with “BrightStor ARCserve Backup r 11.1″, and it took more time than I estimated. then I checked the log of Backup, and I found the message “Backed up volume disk quota.” I think this is the reason it took a lot of time. Then I wanna know if there [...]
I am interested in the conversations that we are having in our organizations and customers regarding disaster recovery. Those of us with experience having these conversations, I am curious and I hope that you will share some of your thoughts on the subject. Here is some food for thought: What is disaster recovery? Who are [...]
We were going to use log shipping from a cluster back to a dr site in a different city. Our network Operations folks want us to use a product called DoubleTake for MS SQL 2005. Anyone had any experience or insight with this. Log shipping has worked for us for 8 years, and if I [...]
I am a SQL Server DBA and in the process of upgrading our SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005. I’ll be using database mirroring for the disaster recovery in SQL Server. One question I have is once I failover to the mirror server and use it as a principal for a couple of days, [...]
Hello! I have create a disaster recovery plan for my servers, i got both Unix and microsoft. Now I want to test secure the plan. Someone who can tell me how to do and is the a manual or something else to follow then I’m doing the test? Thanks //Morgan
My company is planning to revamp whole IT structure. I request your advice and suggestions on how to go about it. First let me describe the present IT structure: country A Forest Server with Exchange Server 2003 and services on separate servers; domain name compnay.com There are number of sites in that country with ADCs [...]
Could some help me out to prepare a plan for Disaster Recovery Test for iSeries Server, if possible if anybody have any sample docs that would be helpful to me to go further? urgent plz
How to get database back in disaster recovery when database is in emergency mode in sql server 2005 is there any option to update master then take a backup –please let me knw—
My organization’s legal department is reviewing a DR co-location contract and they want to change the terms from a “license to use” data center contract to a “lease” agreement. From what I have been able to discern, the vendor should balk at this big time and I predict a significant issue to unfold. Do you [...]
When starting our Disaster Recovery Testing, we received an “Error Reason Code #52″. Has anyone ever received this error and know the reason?
Hello All I have changed the value of the Policy setting called Security to 90 days in the Required Change Interval field, to ensure that only authorized personnel do not hack into the servers, is there a way I can disable Customer’s Lotus Notes account automatically if they do not sign in after 90 days, [...]
Hi, I’m studying for an MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway University of London, I have a B.Engg. degree in computers and a PG Diploma in Networking and Communication as well as the CCSA and CCNA. I’m also studying for the CISSP. Now, with all these qualifications, could you please tell me which would [...]
We are a company where we have expirience on network remote administration and now we have open a new area, The area of security. Now I need to start to make new procedures like when a new customer come to us and ask if we can handle the security for his network… I need to [...]
How can softwares for url/content filtering or mail scanning be made compliant to HIPAA , Sarbanes-oxley act etc. … What all features are required to be implemented to make them compliant ????
I work at a company that currently does not have a position dedicated to information security. I come from a background in networking with a good portion of my focus on firewalls and other security related technologies. I am interested in positioning myself into the role of InfoSec Admin at my compnay and was hoping [...]
hi all, is it possible to have one link from a switch to an access point and split the network into two networks a wireless network from the AP and a wired port for a user connected thru RJ45 and still keep it secured.
We are currently attempting to implement a Blue Socket Gateway in order to authenticate our wireless clients. I have been instructed by Blue Socket that the certificate used by them will not work through a NAT translation and that I should put this device on the outside of my ASA firewall. Apparently, when the Blue [...]
Hello, I have small workgroup having 10 computers in my office. I do some personal work in office like using yahoo messenger, checking personal e-mails and some online banking site. But how does one of my senior knows it? I do everything lonely and securely so that nobody in the office knows it. But he [...]
Is there an enterprise wide software management program that can manage access to our web-based applications, vendor specific programs located thru out the entire company, and our MS applications, including MS Outlook? In other words, we would like to control all of the various software programs and applications thru the use of one product. For [...]





