Server sizing tools and approaches
If you don’t know what applications you are going to buy, then how can you be expected to correctly size the servers. No tool is going to be able to provide you with these numbers any better than another. At that point you are dealing with a whole lot of guesswork. You could go to [...]
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| January 27, 2009 9:14 PM
Capacity planning, Data center planning, Network design, Server administration, Server management, Server sizing, Server Sizing tools
If you don’t know what applications you are going to buy, then how can you be expected to correctly size the servers. No tool is going to be able to provide you with these numbers any better than another. At that point you are dealing with a whole lot of guesswork. You could go to [...]
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| January 27, 2009 9:14 PM
Capacity planning, Data center planning, Network design, Server administration, Server management, Server sizing, Server Sizing tools
How can I manage Windows Server 2003 remotely from the Internet?
If the server is on a company domain you can connect to that domain by VPN and then use rdp to manage the server. If it is not in a company domain then please give us details as to how everything is configured with this server. Thanks. As another possibility our organization publishes a citrix [...]
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| January 27, 2009 6:46 PM
Remote access, Remote access servers, Remote server administration
If the server is on a company domain you can connect to that domain by VPN and then use rdp to manage the server. If it is not in a company domain then please give us details as to how everything is configured with this server. Thanks. As another possibility our organization publishes a citrix [...]
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| January 27, 2009 6:46 PM
Remote access, Remote access servers, Remote server administration
Setting up a Intranet
If you have a working LAN and all servers are in a workgroup, that is your “intranet”. They should all have file and print sharing turned on. If you want a domain you will need to register a domain name and set up accounts in Active Directory. An “intranet” is simply a group of computers [...]
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| January 27, 2009 5:10 PM
Intranet, Network administration, Network design
If you have a working LAN and all servers are in a workgroup, that is your “intranet”. They should all have file and print sharing turned on. If you want a domain you will need to register a domain name and set up accounts in Active Directory. An “intranet” is simply a group of computers [...]
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| January 27, 2009 5:10 PM
Intranet, Network administration, Network design
configure DHCP over VLAN’s windows server 2003
The switch ports will need to be configured as access ports as members of the appropriate VLANs. The VLANs will need to be setup with the appropriate subnet, subnet mask, and gateway. The DHCP server will then need to be configured with the appropriate subnet scopes and the correct DHCP parameters to be given to [...]
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| January 27, 2009 3:00 PM
DHCP, DHCP server, Switches, VLAN, VLAN configuration, Windows Server 2003
The switch ports will need to be configured as access ports as members of the appropriate VLANs. The VLANs will need to be setup with the appropriate subnet, subnet mask, and gateway. The DHCP server will then need to be configured with the appropriate subnet scopes and the correct DHCP parameters to be given to [...]
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| January 27, 2009 3:00 PM
DHCP, DHCP server, Switches, VLAN, VLAN configuration, Windows Server 2003
What is a non-routable VLAN? Why would you use one?
As the name explains “non-routable VLAN” is a virtual LAN that you cannot route. VLANs are by default Layer 2, restricting the broadcast domain. If you create a VLAN it will be Layer 2 until the time you assign an IP address to it, which makes it routable. You are right in saying that it’s [...]
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| January 26, 2009 11:28 PM
Networking, Networks, Routing and switching, Virtual LAN, VLAN, VLAN configuration
As the name explains “non-routable VLAN” is a virtual LAN that you cannot route. VLANs are by default Layer 2, restricting the broadcast domain. If you create a VLAN it will be Layer 2 until the time you assign an IP address to it, which makes it routable. You are right in saying that it’s [...]
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| January 26, 2009 11:28 PM
Networking, Networks, Routing and switching, Virtual LAN, VLAN, VLAN configuration
32 bit to 64 bit Oracle 10g
no.
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| November 9, 2012 8:18 PM
Oracle 10g, Server migration, Servers
no.
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| November 9, 2012 8:18 PM
Oracle 10g, Server migration, Servers
Similar Microsoft/SAS/Wireless Issue that has my IT department stumped – HELP!
Update your hardware drivers. Check with the hardware manufacturer to see if they have anything shown on their technical support forums or knowledgebase. We had some users that had difficulties with VPN connection stability over wireless and once they upgraded their drivers, the problem went away.
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| January 26, 2009 7:39 PM
Microsoft Word 2007, SAS, Windows Performance Management, Windows XP, Wireless networking
Update your hardware drivers. Check with the hardware manufacturer to see if they have anything shown on their technical support forums or knowledgebase. We had some users that had difficulties with VPN connection stability over wireless and once they upgraded their drivers, the problem went away.
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| January 26, 2009 7:39 PM
Microsoft Word 2007, SAS, Windows Performance Management, Windows XP, Wireless networking
Outlook web access needs to be accesible via the internet with Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007
Here is a <a href=”http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=EE292C13-C933-4F59-91D9-16E4B38F5E34&displaylang=en”>useful guide</a> to download.
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| January 26, 2009 7:37 PM
Exchange 2007, Firewalls, LAN, Network connectivity, Outlook, Outlook 2007, Outlook Web Access, OWA
Here is a <a href=”http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=EE292C13-C933-4F59-91D9-16E4B38F5E34&displaylang=en”>useful guide</a> to download.
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| January 26, 2009 7:37 PM
Exchange 2007, Firewalls, LAN, Network connectivity, Outlook, Outlook 2007, Outlook Web Access, OWA
Connecting to a Real VNC server accross the internet
Sounds like some kind of network address translation (NAT) or port address translation (PAT) is happening at your network edge. Do you manage the firewall on the network where the host machine is located? If so, you will need to either map a port/IP address pair to the host machine or setup a mapped IP [...]
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| January 26, 2009 6:27 PM
IP address, Remote access, Remote access protocols, Virtual networking, VNC, VPN, VPN software
Sounds like some kind of network address translation (NAT) or port address translation (PAT) is happening at your network edge. Do you manage the firewall on the network where the host machine is located? If so, you will need to either map a port/IP address pair to the host machine or setup a mapped IP [...]
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| January 26, 2009 6:27 PM
IP address, Remote access, Remote access protocols, Virtual networking, VNC, VPN, VPN software
Data link layer monitoring
The Data Link Layer refers to “Layer 2″ in the OSI model. I assume when you say monitoring you mean a “Sniffer” to watch traffic at layer two. There are a number of them out there that are great and sometimes very useful, called wireshark it has both Windows and Linux distributions and really is [...]
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| June 11, 2013 3:30 PM
Data link protocols, Network monitoring, Networking
The Data Link Layer refers to “Layer 2″ in the OSI model. I assume when you say monitoring you mean a “Sniffer” to watch traffic at layer two. There are a number of them out there that are great and sometimes very useful, called wireshark it has both Windows and Linux distributions and really is [...]
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| June 11, 2013 3:30 PM
Data link protocols, Network monitoring, Networking
How to extract the IP address of a data packet and store it in the database?
is the server window, linux sun? If it’s a SUN server just use snoop. Type snoop at the command prompt and it will show you the packets as they pass through the server. Use grep to narrow things down a bit. If it’s a linux box use tcpdump at the command prompt If it’s a [...]
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| January 26, 2009 3:17 PM
IP address, Java development, Network monitoring, Network security, packet analysis, Packet analyzers, Packet filtering
is the server window, linux sun? If it’s a SUN server just use snoop. Type snoop at the command prompt and it will show you the packets as they pass through the server. Use grep to narrow things down a bit. If it’s a linux box use tcpdump at the command prompt If it’s a [...]
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| January 26, 2009 3:17 PM
IP address, Java development, Network monitoring, Network security, packet analysis, Packet analyzers, Packet filtering
Windows XP – Workgroups – awaken computer remotely from standby
<a href=”http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-cmd.aspx”>Wake on Lan Command Line </a> The command line tool wolcmd is run from a dos prompt. The syntax is as follows: wolcmd [mac address] [ip address] [subnet mask] you can also do a local broadcast if you are running on an internal network thus wolcmd [macaddress] 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 where mac address is the [...]
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| January 26, 2009 3:01 PM
NET USE command, Remote access, Standby, Windows XP, Workgroups
<a href=”http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-cmd.aspx”>Wake on Lan Command Line </a> The command line tool wolcmd is run from a dos prompt. The syntax is as follows: wolcmd [mac address] [ip address] [subnet mask] you can also do a local broadcast if you are running on an internal network thus wolcmd [macaddress] 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 where mac address is the [...]
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| January 26, 2009 3:01 PM
NET USE command, Remote access, Standby, Windows XP, Workgroups
new career
Are there any local universities in the area? Because a lot of the larger universities will have a working professional program and often times they will even work with your current employer to help pay for it. Just a thought. Hope this helps! -Schmidtw I worked as an Admissions Representative for DeVry and Westwood College. [...]
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| January 25, 2009 8:51 PM
Careers in networking, CCNA exam, IT careers, Networking, Networking careers, Training institutes
Are there any local universities in the area? Because a lot of the larger universities will have a working professional program and often times they will even work with your current employer to help pay for it. Just a thought. Hope this helps! -Schmidtw I worked as an Admissions Representative for DeVry and Westwood College. [...]
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| January 25, 2009 8:51 PM
Careers in networking, CCNA exam, IT careers, Networking, Networking careers, Training institutes
AS/400 printing
Querys - > she doesn’t have as/400 authority to access the to the command entry. Then I assume the application is menu driven. When we create a user profile, we also create an OutQ of the same name with the start print writer as *NONE. (I’m doing this from memory, so it may not be [...]
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| January 24, 2009 12:14 AM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 print jobs, AS/400 printing, Network printing
Querys - > she doesn’t have as/400 authority to access the to the command entry. Then I assume the application is menu driven. When we create a user profile, we also create an OutQ of the same name with the start print writer as *NONE. (I’m doing this from memory, so it may not be [...]
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| January 24, 2009 12:14 AM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 print jobs, AS/400 printing, Network printing
Virtualization’s impact on drivers and switches
<i>This answer was submitted by virtualization expert Rick Vanover:</i> Virtualization’s impact is substantial. In some cases, such as VMware’s ESX, it effects the server provisioning process because VMware ESX provides the drivers for various HBA’s and storage systems. From the switch perspective, it makes obtaining information about the number of paths a little different from [...]
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| January 23, 2009 8:48 PM
Drivers, HBA, Switches, Virtualization and hardware
<i>This answer was submitted by virtualization expert Rick Vanover:</i> Virtualization’s impact is substantial. In some cases, such as VMware’s ESX, it effects the server provisioning process because VMware ESX provides the drivers for various HBA’s and storage systems. From the switch perspective, it makes obtaining information about the number of paths a little different from [...]
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| January 23, 2009 8:48 PM
Drivers, HBA, Switches, Virtualization and hardware
Suggestions and guidance for IT courses/career
A lot of companies are looking for linux administrators. A CCNA will help because that will cover the networking requirement. Don’t discount IT management. Companies always require a fresh influx filling bottom management ranks, and people who can progress. Price Waterhouse Cooper and Carnegie-Mellon’s CyLab have recent surveys that show the senior executive class to [...]
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| January 23, 2009 4:20 PM
Career development, CCNA, Certifications, Cisco certifications, Cisco Certified Network Associate, IT careers, IT education, IT training, Linux administration, Linux certifications, Networking certifications
A lot of companies are looking for linux administrators. A CCNA will help because that will cover the networking requirement. Don’t discount IT management. Companies always require a fresh influx filling bottom management ranks, and people who can progress. Price Waterhouse Cooper and Carnegie-Mellon’s CyLab have recent surveys that show the senior executive class to [...]
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| January 23, 2009 4:20 PM
Career development, CCNA, Certifications, Cisco certifications, Cisco Certified Network Associate, IT careers, IT education, IT training, Linux administration, Linux certifications, Networking certifications
Networking and Windows Workgroups.
To change the computer name, to join a domain, or to add a computer description for a Windows XP-based computer, use the Computer Name tab in the System Properties dialog box. To locate this tab, use one of the following methods: * Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. * Click Start, click [...]
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| January 23, 2009 2:12 PM
Windows Workgroups and Networking, Windows XP, Windows XP Professional, Workgroup, Workgroup Servers
To change the computer name, to join a domain, or to add a computer description for a Windows XP-based computer, use the Computer Name tab in the System Properties dialog box. To locate this tab, use one of the following methods: * Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. * Click Start, click [...]
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| January 23, 2009 2:12 PM
Windows Workgroups and Networking, Windows XP, Windows XP Professional, Workgroup, Workgroup Servers
Performing a Virtual Server to Physical Server Migration
Platespin’s <a href=”http://platespin.com/products/powerconvert/uses.aspx”>PowerConvert </a>can do V2P conversions, it’s not a free product though. You might also check out <a href=”http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=210″>DDChanger</a> which is free. ———— V2P is a problematic subject as it relies on the HAL to be correct for the driver to allow boot, once this boot takes place past the ntKernel a driver relaod [...]
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| January 21, 2009 7:26 PM
Server migration, Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery v.6.5, V2P Migration, Virtual Server, Virtual to Physical Migration, Virtualization, VMware, VMware Server
Platespin’s <a href=”http://platespin.com/products/powerconvert/uses.aspx”>PowerConvert </a>can do V2P conversions, it’s not a free product though. You might also check out <a href=”http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=210″>DDChanger</a> which is free. ———— V2P is a problematic subject as it relies on the HAL to be correct for the driver to allow boot, once this boot takes place past the ntKernel a driver relaod [...]
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| January 21, 2009 7:26 PM
Server migration, Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery v.6.5, V2P Migration, Virtual Server, Virtual to Physical Migration, Virtualization, VMware, VMware Server
web server problem
You have a permissions issue. Make sure your anonymous access account has at least read access to the username and password database.
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| January 20, 2009 10:53 PM
Apache Tomcat, IP addressing, Java, Java Servlets
You have a permissions issue. Make sure your anonymous access account has at least read access to the username and password database.
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| January 20, 2009 10:53 PM
Apache Tomcat, IP addressing, Java, Java Servlets
Solutions for sniffing?
Though a few years old (2004) this <a href=”http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-1588287.php”> discussion thread </a> supplies a lot of useful information on anti-sniffing methods. Most of these methods deal with handling the people side of the problem. This <a href=”http://www.pcflank.com/art28.htm”> article </a> also supplies some information of interest. Good Luck! -Flame Using SSH, IPSec or other solutions to [...]
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| January 20, 2009 6:53 PM
Intrusion detection, Network security, Packet sniffers, Packet Sniffing, Sniffers
Though a few years old (2004) this <a href=”http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-1588287.php”> discussion thread </a> supplies a lot of useful information on anti-sniffing methods. Most of these methods deal with handling the people side of the problem. This <a href=”http://www.pcflank.com/art28.htm”> article </a> also supplies some information of interest. Good Luck! -Flame Using SSH, IPSec or other solutions to [...]
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| January 20, 2009 6:53 PM
Intrusion detection, Network security, Packet sniffers, Packet Sniffing, Sniffers
