How do you view replication properties for Active Directory partitions and Domain Controllers
How do you view replication properties for Active Directory partitions and Domain Controllers

Answer Question   |  September 6, 2012  6:12 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory Partitions, Domain Controllers, Partitions

RAID-5 performance
Hi can someone please explain to me how in RAID-5 it is possible to perform a single logical write operation in no more than 1 physical read and 2 physical writes?

Answer Question   |  November 26, 2009  3:29 AM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID Performance

How to encrypt a big list of sp’s at once
I want to encrypt a large amount of store procedures (around 4000)at once,so they wouldn’t be able for the final user. As this operation needs to be done several times in the future and taking in consideration that doing this manually will take a long time, I’ll like to know if there is a way [...]

Answer Question   |  November 18, 2009  7:52 PM
Encrypt, SQL, SQL stored procedures, Stored Procedures Optimization

Why can’t I connect to the Internet through my new GBIC module?
On the MDF Rack is a Linksys switch that has 24 ports with two mini gigabit interface converter (GBIC) modules: One GBIC module port states up to 12; the other port states up to 24. [o:p][/o:p] Also, there are two fiber patch panels with 12-pair wires connected to Ports 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12 [...]

Answer Question   |  November 17, 2009  7:05 PM
AT&T, fiber, Fiber Ports, GBIC, Linksys switch, MDF rack, Network equipment, Networking, Patch panels, Routing and switching

What would it take for you to jump into cloud computing?
Just curious if ITKE users have a set of criteria for what you’d want before switching over critical services to a cloud provider? As a recent article noted, IBM’s Lotus iNotes and Cisco’s WebEx Mail are going cloud, and Google’s dropping rates in response. What are you moving over, and does data’s “mission critical” status [...]

Answer Question   |  November 20, 2009  3:53 PM
Cloud Computing, Data center consolidation, Google, Open IT Forum, Storage

When working with shared permissions which permissions set rules NTFS or Shared?
When working with shared permissions which permissions set rules NTFS or Shared?

Answer Question   |  November 16, 2009  2:16 AM
NTFS, NTFS and Shared permissions, NTFS permissions, Shared Permissions

USB device issues
I am a green IT employee. And, have had an issue with several laptops not recognizing USB thumbdrives. When the user inserts the thumb drive the system recognizes it but        in “My Computer” it does not show up. But, when I go to “Device Manager” I see the device, re assign an available [...]

Answer Question   |  January 30, 2012  2:10 PM
USB devices, USB Flash drives, Windows XP, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows XP Professional

Notes 8.5 Mail Replica Question
I recently switched to Notes 8.5 and for some reason even on my online location file (which I’ve set to use the mail file on the server) it opens with the local replica and I can’t figure out how to switch it to the server version of the file. I’ve tried editing my locations document, [...]

Answer Question   |  November 18, 2009  5:56 PM
Lotus Notes 8.5, Lotus Notes 8.x, Notes, Replication

BEWS 12.5 email notification
Hi, I can get BEWS 12.5 to send email notification, but only through one particular ISP’s SMTP server. Since I am about to lose this, I’m trying to find a different SMTP server to send BEWS 12.5 email notifications out through, but no other will work. I’ve tried GMial, Hotmail, MSN, GMX, DynDNS, GoDaddy (I [...]

Answer Question   |  August 30, 2012  7:08 AM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, BEWS 12.5, BEWS 12.5 SMTP, SMTP, Windows Server 2003

Data storage information
how do you take manual files and store them into data storage systems and update system

Answer Question   |  November 12, 2009  7:47 PM
Data storage management, Digitization, Paperless Office, Scanning

The IT Blog Top 10: Nov. 12, 2009
10. How to use command line arguments in VBScript via the Wscript.Arguments Object Jerry Lees offers up an indispensible guide for VBScripters. 9. Standard Server 2003 Migration to SBS 2008 Part 3 Roger Crawford’s third part of his series on Server 2003 migrations. 8. Success of 64-bit Internet Explorer Depends on Adobe Tony Bradley explains [...]

Answer Question   |  November 12, 2009  7:00 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP

Setup VPN from work to Home
Hello Everyone, My VP of the company wants to setup a VPN. He wants to be able to take Iomega 150d NAS drive home it has it own ip address and be able to do the backups at home off site to the Iomega 150d, but the server is at work. We have 2 netgear [...]

Answer Question   |  August 30, 2012  12:03 AM
IOMEGA, NAS, VPN, VPN hardware, VPN security

Meaning of a No Such File error message when copying files from OpenVMS to NAS drive?
Does anyone know what this error means when you are copying files from an OpenVMS Server to a NAS drive?  It has occurred several times and we cannot determine the issue. I’v searched all over the internet for answer with no luck. Any information would be appreciated. [o:p] [/o:p] ‘No Such File’ 200911091845101275565801.TIF;1                    no such file

Answer Question   |  November 11, 2009  3:15 PM
NAS, NAS devices, OpenVMS

Best OS for blade server with 24 Gb RAM
Hi, We have purchased Dell blade servers with quad code dual CPU and 24 GB of RAM. We also purchase 3 TB SAN BOX.  Want to know what is the best OS that should be setup as host OS on the blade so we can utilise all 24 GB RAM for hosting multiple VM’s

Answer Question   |  November 12, 2009  2:55 PM
blade server advice, Blade Server Installation, Blade servers, Dell 3000i SAN, Dell Blade Server, SAN, Server virtualization

Disk copy detection
I suspect my portable hard drive has been copied without authorization. Is there a way to detect what and when any data on portable hard drive has been copied ?

Answer Question   |  October 30, 2011  4:44 PM
Data Leakage, External hard drive, Security

Adding additionl Exchange server 2007 to Domain
I have an exchange server 2007 and i want to add another exchange server 2007 to my domain that will replicate from the first server and also work as a backup mail server if the first one crashes. 

Answer Question   |  November 12, 2009  3:41 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange administration, Exchange Backup

Lotus Notes 8 archive policy deleted my archive folder
I created an archiving policy to move my notes to the archive at the end of one day. Then I created a folder in my Inbox database, the problem I did not see comming is that the folder name was the same as another folder I had in the archive database;after the archiving happened, I [...]

Answer Question   |  November 18, 2009  11:08 PM
Archiving Policy, Lotus Notes

Cluster drives moving windows server 2003 r2 32 bit
We currently have a two node Windows 2003 R2 32 bit cluster. There are about 6 data “drives” in it, running on our EMC SAN. We’re wanting to replace the cluster with newer hardware. I’ve set up a new2003 R2 x64 two node cluster, and I want to move the data drives from the existing [...]

Answer Question   |  April 7, 2010  3:10 PM
Cluster, LUN, SAN, Windows Cluster, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Clustering Services

HOW TO CREATE RAID 5 ON A WINDOWS SERVER 2003
I WANT TO CREATE RAID 5 ON A WINDOWS SERVER 2003. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION 1) I HAVE 3 HARD DRIVES, WHICH HAS ALTOGETHER 70 GB, IT’S CONSUMING FAST THE SPACE, SO I WANT TO ADD ANOTHER HARD DRIVE , THERE ARE 6 SLOTS IN MY SERVER CAN I ADD ANOTHER HARD DRIVE IN THE [...]

Answer Question   |  September 1, 2011  3:17 PM
RAID 5, Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003 ISASS.EXE System error
I recently removed and re installed my hard drives from my HP server running windows server 2003 and when i restarted the server i received the following message ISASS.EXE – SYSTEM ERROR Security accounts manager initialization failed because of the following error: directory service cannot start. Error status: 0xc00002e1. Please click OK to shutdown this [...]

Answer Question   |  November 6, 2009  4:13 PM
Hard drives, isass.exe, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 error messages