The most-watched IT questions this week: Oct. 6, 2009
Once again, we’ve compiled the 10 most watched questions on ITKE, and found some great discussions on topics ranging from virtualization to disaster recovery to disaster recovery. Go answer a question now and you could win a TV, or check out the rest of the top 10 on the Community Blog: 1. How to remove [...]

Answer Question   |  October 6, 2009  3:48 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Development, Exchange, ITKE, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Netwokring, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP

IFS QDLS Network drive storage
I am noticing that our QDLS IFS network drive is growing at a rate of 5gb a day. Is there an way to perform a “Defrag” to the IFS besides IPL.

Answer Question   |  February 1, 2012  3:22 PM
Defragmentation, QDLS, QDLS size

Can’t copy from NFS share to NFS share
Looking for help with a an NFS issue I have two shares one with zfs filesystem the other with a UFS filesystem shared via NFS. I use the shares as home directories for my users The ZFS has the following in dfstab running on solaris 10 share -F nfs -o anon=0,log /mypool/home The UFS has [...]

Answer Question   |  October 8, 2009  7:42 PM
NFS, Solaris 10

Fibre Channel cables – are they all the same?
Looking to purchase some fibre channel cables and was curious about what people think about each brand and if they have noticed any difference with the lower priced brand? Looking at SC-SC and LC-LC

Answer Question   |  October 6, 2009  5:24 PM
Fibre channel, Fibre Channel Cables

Performance irregularities on Hitachi AMS2100?
We are seeing a strange mix of high cache write pending in conjunction with very high front end processor utilization which we believe typically do not occur together. Has anyone else seen this or other performance issues on this storage array?

Answer Question   |  October 5, 2009  3:55 PM
AMS Performance, AMS2100, Hitachi AMS2100, SAN

Enterprise Vault icons Exchange 2007
I am using Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007, and I need to cancel all my e-mails which are pending for archiving in Enterprise Vault! Is it possible to make a search with the criteria to search after the icon “pending archiving”?

Answer Question   |  October 5, 2009  2:54 PM
Email archiving, Enterprise Vault, Exchange 2007, Exchange Archiving, Outlook 2007

suggest server
can anyone tell me which is best suitable server i can set up in my office. the server is used for backing up data and storing emails etc !!!! actually what do u suggest of hp proliant ml350 series???

Answer Question   |  June 28, 2010  5:47 AM
Backup & recovery, Backup server hardware, HP ProLiant, HP ProLiant ML 350, Server Hardware

SAP on SQL Server and NetApp
Hi Everyone, We are looking for some feedback from anyone who has used NetApp with SAP running on a SQL database. We are researching white papers, etc., but would really like to hear from some folks with hands on experience. What has your experience been like? Any performance hits? Any caveats or considerations to be [...]

Answer Question   |  October 5, 2009  9:51 PM
NetApp, SAP, SQL

Windows Server 2003 Storage
can i use a Windows Server Storage 2003 R2 as a Terminal Server with Terminal Services, TS licensing?

Answer Question   |  October 2, 2009  3:50 PM
Terminal Services, Terminal Services Licensing, Windows Server 2003, Windows Storage Server 2003 R2

Best way to copy large amount files
I have 50 GB of files on an iServer that was copied onto an external hardrive.  What is the best way to copy these files onto a Seagate NAS Server.  The external HD is plugged into the USB and appears as a drive.  Should I use xcopy is DOS or can I drag and drop [...]

Answer Question   |  October 5, 2009  8:43 PM
Bulk Copy Program, Copy programs, NAS, NAS devices

The IT Blog Top 10: Oct. 1, 2009
10. Choosing a block size when creating VMFS datastores Eric Siebert provides a guide detailing how to choose a block size for VMFS datastores. 9. Using VRDP to view VirtualBox virtual machines remotely Rick Vanover walks through Sun’s xVM VirtualBox’s ability to tap into VRDP remote viewing. 8. Does Larry care about Oracle customers? When [...]

Answer Question   |  October 1, 2009  3:54 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Development, Exchange, IT Blogs, ITKE, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP

SATA controller manufacturers
Who makes SATA controllers such as those in the new CFast cards?

Answer Question   |  October 1, 2009  2:20 PM
SATA, SATA controller

partition layout for virtual machines
We are looking to start to set up our VM’s with the following harddrive layout to get ahead of paravirtulization. c: (0:0) d: (1:0) e: (2:0) etc. We are currently setting drives up like this: c: (0:0) d:(0:1) e:(0:2) I have found that the upgrade at the VM level is a hardware upgrade and a [...]

Answer Question   |  January 7, 2010  6:59 PM
Paravirtualization, Partitioning, Virtual Machines

error (25) cannot connect on socket netbackup 6.5
Hi I have a test network consisting of a windows server 2003 Domain Controller, a windows server 2003 with netbackup 6.5, and a Netapps filer, all on the same isolated VLAN. All windows servers are updated with the latest updates. I am able to add the Filer under NDMP hosts, and the credentials are verified. But I [...]

Answer Question   |  September 30, 2009  6:35 AM
Backup Exec, Domain Controllers, NetBackup 6.5, Veritas NetBackup, VLAN, Windows Server 2003

anyone has experience using NBU 6.5 wot backup Lotus agents
I am running into problems where I have to bring down Domino server services to backup Lotus client(6.5) or Lotus Databases. Does anyone has any experience what needs to be configured to avoid bringing down domino server while running NBU backup

Answer Question   |  October 2, 2009  8:53 PM
Lotus 6.5, Lotus 6.x, NetBackup 6.5, Veritas NetBackup

Storage-over-distance options?
Which Storage-over-distance options are suitable for two sites that are 2,000 KM apart?

Answer Question   |  September 29, 2009  2:28 PM
Storage management, storage-over-distance

Norton’s Symantec GHOST
  Some tracks of  the current hard disk which I use are corrupt and I get a warning message, at boot time, that the hard disk is about to crash with an escape button “F2″. I continue to use the system and so far(about three months), I have had no problrm.   My plan is to buy [...]

Answer Question   |  October 15, 2009  10:16 PM
Ghost for Windows XP, Norton Ghost, Windows XP

How to break the raid of PROLIANT DL360 G3
I want to have two seperate HD instead of raid. Pls. let me know procedure How to break the raid of PROLIANT DL360 G3

Answer Question   |  September 28, 2009  3:25 PM
RAID, RAID Disk Controller

How to extrapolate the weight of data in my laptop?
I recently needed to change the disk in my laptop (Acer running Vista) and used an external bay to connect the old, then the new disk to a server,  I happened to notice, when I removed the new drive, that it seemed to weigh more than when I plugged it in.  I carried out some [...]

Answer Question   |  October 1, 2009  2:45 PM
disk, Storage

Expand raid5 array – IBM X364 class server EXP400 isk chasis
I need to expand a 820gb raid5 array on my IBM X346 server. I have available slots in my EXP400.  What’s procedure on how to do this task. Want to add (if I can find new available SCSI drive) U320-3  146.8g  15k  to the other 8 in the box (1 is hot spare) 

Answer Question   |  September 25, 2009  11:53 PM
IBM: SCSI array, RAID, RAID Array, RAID5, SCSI