Free IT Book: The Data Warehouse Mentor
The Data Warehouse Mentor by Robert Laberge will show you how to plan, design, construct, and administer an integrated end-to-end DW/BI solution. He’ll explain how to choose appropriate components, build an enterprise data model, configure data marts and data warehouses, establish data flow, and mitigate risk. Change management, data governance, and security are also covered [...]
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| June 8, 2011 12:43 PM
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The Data Warehouse Mentor by Robert Laberge will show you how to plan, design, construct, and administer an integrated end-to-end DW/BI solution. He’ll explain how to choose appropriate components, build an enterprise data model, configure data marts and data warehouses, establish data flow, and mitigate risk. Change management, data governance, and security are also covered [...]
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| June 8, 2011 12:43 PM
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Restoring a backup from Brightstor 12 server
Can we restore a backup from a Brightstor 12 server without the database? What would be the procedure for that?
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| June 7, 2011 2:29 PM
Backup, BrightStor, BrightStor ARCserve Backup 12, Database Backup, Database backup and recovery
Can we restore a backup from a Brightstor 12 server without the database? What would be the procedure for that?
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| June 7, 2011 2:29 PM
Backup, BrightStor, BrightStor ARCserve Backup 12, Database Backup, Database backup and recovery
Free IT Book: Building Applications in the Cloud
This week’s free IT book, Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects, is Christopher Moyer’s guide to help you not just migrate to the cloud, but “use cloud architectural patterns that deliver superior performance, scalability, and availability.” Whether you’re building a new cloud solution or adapting code that already exists, this is a [...]
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| June 2, 2011 1:35 PM
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This week’s free IT book, Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects, is Christopher Moyer’s guide to help you not just migrate to the cloud, but “use cloud architectural patterns that deliver superior performance, scalability, and availability.” Whether you’re building a new cloud solution or adapting code that already exists, this is a [...]
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| June 2, 2011 1:35 PM
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AS/400 Tape Device is not avilable
Our tape drive has been issuing error messages. Last week it required cleaning and we found one new tape to be defective. Today’s error indicates t he tape drive is not available because another task is using the tape drive. This is not the case, any fixes out there?
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| May 31, 2011 1:42 PM
AS/400 backup, AS/400 errors, iSeries tape drives, Tape Drive
Our tape drive has been issuing error messages. Last week it required cleaning and we found one new tape to be defective. Today’s error indicates t he tape drive is not available because another task is using the tape drive. This is not the case, any fixes out there?
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| May 31, 2011 1:42 PM
AS/400 backup, AS/400 errors, iSeries tape drives, Tape Drive
How to install Windows Server 2008 R2 on Dell Poweredge 2950
i try to install windows 2008 R2 many times on dell server poweradge 2950, RAID 1 is configure, I get and error win can’t detect my drivers, but when i tyr to install 2008 R1 every thing go ok. so what is the solution for this.
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| May 27, 2011 6:56 AM
Dell Poweredge 2950, RAID 1, Windows Server 2008 Installation, Windows Server 2008 R2
i try to install windows 2008 R2 many times on dell server poweradge 2950, RAID 1 is configure, I get and error win can’t detect my drivers, but when i tyr to install 2008 R1 every thing go ok. so what is the solution for this.
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| May 27, 2011 6:56 AM
Dell Poweredge 2950, RAID 1, Windows Server 2008 Installation, Windows Server 2008 R2
NAS device on my network
If I have a NAS device connected to my network can everyone access it? Is there security?
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| May 26, 2011 6:43 PM
NAS, NAS (network attached storage), NAS devices, Network security, Networking
If I have a NAS device connected to my network can everyone access it? Is there security?
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| May 26, 2011 6:43 PM
NAS, NAS (network attached storage), NAS devices, Network security, Networking
Moving an array with controller to another server
Is it possible to move an array including the controller to another server? It is raid 10.
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| June 13, 2011 6:42 PM
Array processing, RAID 10, RAID Array, RAID configuration, RAID controllers, Server Architectures
Is it possible to move an array including the controller to another server? It is raid 10.
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| June 13, 2011 6:42 PM
Array processing, RAID 10, RAID Array, RAID configuration, RAID controllers, Server Architectures
Linux and Windows not recognizing directory structure
I have a secondary hard drive that is giving me issues. I can not view the files on it any longer. How can I retrieve the files when Linux and Windows does not recognize the directory structure?
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| May 26, 2011 5:38 PM
HARD drive, Hard drive failure, Hard Drive Installation, Linux, Windows
I have a secondary hard drive that is giving me issues. I can not view the files on it any longer. How can I retrieve the files when Linux and Windows does not recognize the directory structure?
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| May 26, 2011 5:38 PM
HARD drive, Hard drive failure, Hard Drive Installation, Linux, Windows
You Pick: Drupal’s Building Blocks, Scalability Rules, Building Cloud Apps, DTrace
This week, you get your pick of our most recent IT book titles. Check out our latest titles in the IT Bookworm Blog for more details on these books: Scalability Rules Multicore Application Programming Drupal’s Building Blocks Building Applications in the Cloud DTrace To win one of these great resources, answer a question from the [...]
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| May 25, 2011 5:22 PM
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This week, you get your pick of our most recent IT book titles. Check out our latest titles in the IT Bookworm Blog for more details on these books: Scalability Rules Multicore Application Programming Drupal’s Building Blocks Building Applications in the Cloud DTrace To win one of these great resources, answer a question from the [...]
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| May 25, 2011 5:22 PM
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ML150 G2 with Raid 5 (w/4 drives)
Can I recreate a new array and not lose the data? I have a ML150 G2 with Raid 5 (w/4 drives) server. When booting it says the member drives are not part of the array – no operating system. The drives show up in Disk Manager on an XP machine: Disk 1 – Healthy Disk [...]
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| May 24, 2011 12:54 AM
Disk Manager, RAID 5, RAID Array, Storage
Can I recreate a new array and not lose the data? I have a ML150 G2 with Raid 5 (w/4 drives) server. When booting it says the member drives are not part of the array – no operating system. The drives show up in Disk Manager on an XP machine: Disk 1 – Healthy Disk [...]
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| May 24, 2011 12:54 AM
Disk Manager, RAID 5, RAID Array, Storage
Contest Bounty: Ask/Answer questions this weekend, earn 100 points!
Is the rain keeping your weekend plans from getting off the ground? Well, IT Knowledge Exchange has a chance for you to take advantage of staying indoors. Ask or answer 10 questions* this weekend, and you will earn 100 knowledge points, good for our current contest! Any combination of asking/answering is acceptable. Post the links [...]
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| May 20, 2011 3:50 PM
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Is the rain keeping your weekend plans from getting off the ground? Well, IT Knowledge Exchange has a chance for you to take advantage of staying indoors. Ask or answer 10 questions* this weekend, and you will earn 100 knowledge points, good for our current contest! Any combination of asking/answering is acceptable. Post the links [...]
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| May 20, 2011 3:50 PM
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How to connect four FC brocade switches ?
Hi, i have Four FC brocade switches two internal in HP Blade server connected direct with blade servers and two FC brocade switches (DS-300B) connected direct to EMC SAN storage (CX4-120) , so my question now how i can connect four switches to be able to see all blade server HBA (WWN) throuh two switches [...]
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| May 22, 2011 12:22 PM
EMC CX4, FC, FC Switch, HP Blade Server, SAN storage, Switches
Hi, i have Four FC brocade switches two internal in HP Blade server connected direct with blade servers and two FC brocade switches (DS-300B) connected direct to EMC SAN storage (CX4-120) , so my question now how i can connect four switches to be able to see all blade server HBA (WWN) throuh two switches [...]
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| May 22, 2011 12:22 PM
EMC CX4, FC, FC Switch, HP Blade Server, SAN storage, Switches
Running SIP proxy server as a virtual machine
What role does the SIP proxy server play and what issues would we see if it goes down? Can we run it as a virtual machine and have a backup one in another VM?
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| May 26, 2011 7:45 PM
Backup Server, Proxy Server Configuration, Proxy servers, SIP, Virtual Machines
What role does the SIP proxy server play and what issues would we see if it goes down? Can we run it as a virtual machine and have a backup one in another VM?
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| May 26, 2011 7:45 PM
Backup Server, Proxy Server Configuration, Proxy servers, SIP, Virtual Machines
Using shadow copy on a Windows server.
Can shadow copy be used on a windows server to backup the shadow copies off site? Or at least to another machine? Where are shadow copies stored? Can I manually copy them and restore from them? Is this a security issue?
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| June 13, 2011 6:57 PM
Shadow Copy, Volume Shadow Copy, Windows server administration, Windows Server backup
Can shadow copy be used on a windows server to backup the shadow copies off site? Or at least to another machine? Where are shadow copies stored? Can I manually copy them and restore from them? Is this a security issue?
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| June 13, 2011 6:57 PM
Shadow Copy, Volume Shadow Copy, Windows server administration, Windows Server backup
Best practices for backing up Exchange server to a tape drive
What is the best practice when it comes to backing up an Exchange server, message stores and all, to a tape drive? Is NTbackup sufficient or should we look at backup exec or brightstore?
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| May 19, 2011 6:36 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, BrightStor, Exchange administration, Exchange Backup, NTBackup
What is the best practice when it comes to backing up an Exchange server, message stores and all, to a tape drive? Is NTbackup sufficient or should we look at backup exec or brightstore?
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| May 19, 2011 6:36 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, BrightStor, Exchange administration, Exchange Backup, NTBackup
System state data on Windows Server 2003
What is system state data and what can I use it for if my system fails? I am working on a Windows 2003 server and see the option under my NTBackup settings. Any ideas?
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| May 18, 2011 6:29 PM
Backup, NTBackup, NTBackup Configuration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup
What is system state data and what can I use it for if my system fails? I am working on a Windows 2003 server and see the option under my NTBackup settings. Any ideas?
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| May 18, 2011 6:29 PM
Backup, NTBackup, NTBackup Configuration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup
Free IT Book: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud
This week’s free IT book is from Prentice Hall: SOA Governance: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud. From the publishers: “[This book] is the result of a multi-year project to collect proven industry practices for establishing IT governance controls specific to the adoption of SOA and service-orientation….[It] steps the readers through the most [...]
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| November 30, 2011 4:04 PM
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This week’s free IT book is from Prentice Hall: SOA Governance: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud. From the publishers: “[This book] is the result of a multi-year project to collect proven industry practices for establishing IT governance controls specific to the adoption of SOA and service-orientation….[It] steps the readers through the most [...]
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| November 30, 2011 4:04 PM
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AS/400 Daily Backup taking more time to complete
SAVCHGOBJ job taking around 3 hours to complete, earlier it was taking only 30 minutes. when i check the job lock i found OBJECT-Q04079N061, LIBRARY-QSPL, OBJECTTYPE-FILE PHY, MEMBERLOCK-YEY, is there anything to check to analyze the problem Please advice for taking the necessary steps Thanks in advance.
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| May 19, 2011 8:32 AM
AS/400, AS/400 backup, AS/400 backup and recovery, AS/400 jobs, Backup, iSeries
SAVCHGOBJ job taking around 3 hours to complete, earlier it was taking only 30 minutes. when i check the job lock i found OBJECT-Q04079N061, LIBRARY-QSPL, OBJECTTYPE-FILE PHY, MEMBERLOCK-YEY, is there anything to check to analyze the problem Please advice for taking the necessary steps Thanks in advance.
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| May 19, 2011 8:32 AM
AS/400, AS/400 backup, AS/400 backup and recovery, AS/400 jobs, Backup, iSeries
Mix luns from 300 and 146gb drives when provisioning storage capacity
We need to add capacity to our EMC DMX4 which currently has 146 and 300gb 15k drives. The 146gb drives may be difficult to get so my questions is given todays technology with drive IOPS, should it be a concern if I need to expand the amount of disk to an existing host that currently [...]
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| May 22, 2011 1:15 PM
Disk Provisioning, EMC, EMC DMX-4, EMC Symetrix DMX, IOPS, LUN, Storage products and equipment, Tiered storage
We need to add capacity to our EMC DMX4 which currently has 146 and 300gb 15k drives. The 146gb drives may be difficult to get so my questions is given todays technology with drive IOPS, should it be a concern if I need to expand the amount of disk to an existing host that currently [...]
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| May 22, 2011 1:15 PM
Disk Provisioning, EMC, EMC DMX-4, EMC Symetrix DMX, IOPS, LUN, Storage products and equipment, Tiered storage
MyXerver 1TB Nas Drive
Hi there i have a question about my Nas drive. i have had this drive over 2yrs and have stored all my music and films on it, my question is, the software or operating system thats on it is sooo slow! now when i take the hard drive out of the nas and [...]
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| May 17, 2011 10:14 PM
Linux, NAS, NAS (network attached storage), NAS devices
Hi there i have a question about my Nas drive. i have had this drive over 2yrs and have stored all my music and films on it, my question is, the software or operating system thats on it is sooo slow! now when i take the hard drive out of the nas and [...]
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| May 17, 2011 10:14 PM
Linux, NAS, NAS (network attached storage), NAS devices
