ITKE Community Blog http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:48:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en The IT Blog Top 10: Nov. 5, 2009 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/the-it-blog-top-10-nov-5-2009/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/the-it-blog-top-10-nov-5-2009/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:47:30 +0000 Michael Morisy http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/?p=982 10. Using VRDP to view VirtualBox virtual machines remotely Rick Vanover has put together a useful tutorial for Sun’s xVM VirtualBox.

9. How to reset the Cisco Catalyst Switch to Factory Defaults Yasir Irfan offers some advice for those needing a fresh late on Catalyst switches.

8. Independent clauses and semicolons Margaret Rouse offers up some punctuation advice for the needy.

7. How to use command line arguments in VBScript via the Wscript.Arguments Object Jerry Lees explains a helpful VBScript trick.

6. No Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008 R2 – but why? Brendan Cournoyer delves into why the latest Windows 2008 R2 takes a surprising turn in not support Exchange 2007.

5. How to allow the root user to log in to VMware ESX Server with SSH David Davis’ how-to on allowing users into a VMware server via SSH works wonders for the virtualization crowd.

4. Importing VMDK disk files into Sun xVM VirtualBox Rick Vanover provides an illustrated virtualization how-to on importing VMDK into VirtualBox.

3. Linux still dominates the HPC arena SearchEnterpriseLinux notes that Linux still dominates when it comes to high-performance computing.

2. The best 11 things about Oracle database 11g R2 Shayna Garlick reports on Oracle Architect Tom Kyte’s Top 11 list for Oracle 11g.

1. Toad for Oracle: A consultant’s tale Following up on her sneak peak for Toad for Oracle 10, Shayna Garlick shares a long-time user’s thoughts.

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The most-watched IT questions this week: Nov. 3, 2009 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/the-most-watched-it-questions-this-week-nov-3-2009/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/the-most-watched-it-questions-this-week-nov-3-2009/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:02:41 +0000 Michael Morisy http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/?p=978 Here are the 10 most watched questions on ITKE: There’s some great discussions going on. Go answer a question now and take your shot at winning a TV:

1. Problem installing Exchange 2007 Management Tools was posed by Labnuke99 and answered by Mshen.

2. What Event ID was asked by Newbiepeon and answered by Jerry mx.

3. After trigger select from other tables using joins was asked by Pmnc8179 and answered by FlaviusMaximus.

4. LotusScript - Computed subform QuerySave event was asked by Shane44 and answered by SlikTool.

5. domino attachment was asked by Bankyboy and answered by David Vasta.

6. Exchange 2007, duplicate emails to outside contacts was asked by FreakyFerret and answered by CarlBrooks.

7. How to email reports from OS V5R4M0 was asked by Kkharper and answered by FrankStacey.

8. Active Directory How to Identify Inactive Computer Accounts was asked by Augusta82 and answered by Labnuke99.

9. Missing network interfaces Microsoft Network Monitor 3.3 was asked by Labnuke99 and answered by Nightlegend.

10. Ping Question was asked by alexis2 and answered by smiley.

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Free IT books: Just help us review them! http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/free-it-books-just-help-us-review-them/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/free-it-books-just-help-us-review-them/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:34:49 +0000 Michael Morisy http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/?p=970 The fine folks at Prentice Hall just sent us a fresh batch of IT books and we want to let you know how they are, but our ReviewBot needs all the help it can get.  Can you give us a hand? Right now, we’ve got the following books up for grabs:

  • Network Maintenance and Troubleshooting Guide: Field-Tested Solutions for Everyday Problems, 2nd Edition
  • VMware VS and vSphere SDK
  • PM Crash Course for IT Professionals

If you have a U.S. mailing address and would be willing to write an informative, creative review of the above books, let us know and if we like your idea (even just a straight-forward review!), we’ll ship you a free copy, yours to keep.

Leave a message in the comments with the book you’d like, or e-mail me directly at Michael@ITKnowledgeExchange.com.

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Featured IT Blogger: Mike Lagase http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/featured-it-blogger-mike-lagase/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/featured-it-blogger-mike-lagase/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:39:49 +0000 Jenny Mackintosh http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/?p=972 Mike Lagase’s blog is chock-full of Exchange-related troubleshooting information. Mike is an Exchange Support Engineer at Microsoft and also blogs on the Exchange Team Blog, You Had Me at EHLO. Visit Mike’s blog for information on repairing Exchange 2007 counters, troubleshooting nonpages pool memory usage on an Exchange server, and more helpful tidbits.

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The IT Blog Top 10: Oct. 29, 2009 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/the-it-blog-top-10-oct-29-2009/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/the-it-blog-top-10-oct-29-2009/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:03:22 +0000 Michael Morisy http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/?p=966 10. Choosing a block size when creating VMFS datastores Eric Siebert has written a guide on how to choose the right size for VMFS datastores.

9. How to use command line arguments in VBScript via the Wscript.Arguments Object Jerry Lees explains a helpful VBScript trick.

8. Using VRDP to view VirtualBox virtual machines remotely Rick Vanover discusses how to use DRDP to tackle a tricky virtualization problem.

7. No Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008 R2 – but why? Brendan Cournoyer delves into why the latest Windows 2008 R2 takes a surprising turn in not support Exchange 2007.

6. Email archiving vendor sues Gartner over Magic Quadrant Beth Pariseau writes about the developing drama after one company disagrees with Gartner’s Magic Quadrant enough to go forward with a lawsuit.

5. Success of 64-bit Internet Explorer Depends on Adobe Tony Bradley explains why not everything IE related is in the hands of Microsoft.

4. How to allow the root user to log in to VMware ESX Server with SSH David Davis’ how-to on allowing users into a VMware server via SSH works wonders for the virtualization crowd.

3. Importing VMDK disk files into Sun xVM VirtualBox Rick Vanover provides an illustrated virtualization how-to on importing VMDK into VirtualBox.

2. Standard Server 2003 Migration to SBS 2008 Part 1 Roger Crawford offers some tips based on his experience migrating Server 2003 to a Windows Small Business Server 2008.

1. Cloud Computing Part 3 Roger Crawford dives into some of the dangers cloud computing presents.

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The most-watched IT questions this week: Oct. 27, 2009 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/the-most-watched-it-questions-this-week-oct-27-2009/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/the-most-watched-it-questions-this-week-oct-27-2009/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:51:33 +0000 Michael Morisy http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/?p=959 Here are the 10 most watched questions on ITKE: There’s some great discussions going on. Go answer a question now and take your shot at winning a TV:

1. VB was posed by AnandaDebnath and answered by Carlosdl.

2. Attaching a Default Icon to .exe file was asked by TheFinder and answered by CarlosDL

3. Windows Server 2003 partitioning was asked by a reader and answered by Mrdenny.

4. Oracle 10g Unable to connect the Report server was asked by a reader and is still unanswered!

5. Resource usage of SQL Server 2005 Generate Script was asked by Db23 and answered by Mrdenny.

6. Automatic Data transfers from iseries was asked by KasMcc and answered by CharlieBrowne.

7. RPGLE was asked by Nutangujar and answered by Philpl1jb.

8. SQL Server 2005 distribution agent failed was asked by a reader and answered by Mrdenny.

9. Exchange 2007 transport rule server side out of office was asked by a reader and answered by Technochic.

10. Different database & server collation was asked by Db23 and answered by Mrdenny.

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Featured IT Blogger: Nathan Winters http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/featured-it-blogger-nathan-winters/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/featured-it-blogger-nathan-winters/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:56:57 +0000 Jenny Mackintosh http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/?p=963 Nathan’s Exchange Blog is a great resource for the latest news on Exchange releases, troubleshooting, and insider tips. Nathan has been imparting his knowledge on Exchange Server since 2006, and was awarded a Microsoft MVP award in 2007 for his efforts. His most recent post was to raise awareness about the latest UK Microsoft Messaging & Unified Communications user group meeting, but he has also covered common Exchange error messages and even issues in SQL Server. Check out Nathan’s blog today!

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The IT Blog Top 10: Oct. 22, 2009 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/the-it-blog-top-10-oct-22-2009/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/the-it-blog-top-10-oct-22-2009/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:46:10 +0000 Michael Morisy http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/?p=955 10. How to use command line arguments in VBScript via the Wscript.Arguments Object Jerry Lees offers up a quick tutorial.

9. Choosing a block size when creating VMFS datastores Eric Siebert offers a handy guide to creating appropriately-sized blocks in VMFS

8. No Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008 R2 – but why? Brendan Cournoyer delves into why the latest Windows 2008 R2 takes a surprising turn in not support Exchange 2007.

7. The virus Win32/Conflicker.B is still running around the Internet Apparently the computer virus Win32/Conflicker.B is still running around the net causing all sorts of problems. Mr. Denny has the scoop.

6. Top 10, er, 20 reasons to move to IBM i 6.1 Mark Fontecchio shares some compelling reasons to switch over to IBM i 6.1.5. How to allow the root user to log in to VMware ESX Server with SSH David Davis’ how-to on allowing users into a VMware server via SSH works wonders for the virtualization crowd.

4. Importing VMDK disk files into Sun xVM VirtualBox Rick Vanover provides an illustrated virtualization how-to on importing VMDK into VirtualBox.

3. Success of 64-bit Internet Explorer Depends on Adobe Tony Bradley explains why not everything IE related is in the hands of Microsoft.

2. Email archiving vendor sues Gartner over Magic Quadrant Beth Pariseau writes about the developing drama after one company disagrees with Gartner’s Magic Quadrant enough to go forward with a lawsuit.

1. Cloud Computing Part 3 Roger Crawford dives into some of the dangers cloud computing presents.

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The most-watched IT questions this week: Oct. 20, 2009 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/the-most-watched-it-questions-this-week-oct-20-2009/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/the-most-watched-it-questions-this-week-oct-20-2009/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:15:56 +0000 Michael Morisy http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/?p=949 Here are the 10 most watched questions on ITKE: There’s some great discussions going on ranging from SQL to diagnosing app crashes. Go answer a question now and take your shot at winning a TV:

1. ORA-31672 in oracle 11g tops the list, with thoughts from Carlosdl and MeandYou.

2. .NET framework was asked by Owolab, with answers from Drdenny and Kccrosser.

3. Microsoft Server 2003 to Oracle migration was asked by a reader and answered by Mrdenny.

4. SQL EXPLAIN was asked by a reader and was followed up on with Mrdenny.

5. VB was posed by AnandaDebnath and answered by Carlosdl.

6. Windows XP Raid driver 0 install was asked by a reader and answered by Mrdenny and Mshen.

7. Exchange 2003 migration to new SAN was asked by a reader and answered by Mrdenny.

8. Fibre Channel or ISCSI for SAN was asked by JimmyIT and answered by Mrdenny.

9. Change SQL Server licensing was asked by DB23 and answered by Mrdenny.

10. Windows administration: How do you track/diagnose errors and app crashes? was asked by JennyMack and answered by  a host of eager assistants.

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The IT Blog Top 10: Oct. 15, 2009 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/the-it-blog-top-10-oct-15-2009/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/the-it-blog-top-10-oct-15-2009/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:21:11 +0000 Michael Morisy http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itke-community-blog/?p=944 10. Removing old hardware after a P2V conversion Eric Siebert shares a long-held best practice regarding old server management.

9. The challenge of managing risk when IT budgets tighten Linda Tucci explains the challenges of a down economy — and offers some tips on coming out ahead.

8. Ellison commits to the hardware business Find out why in this video uncovered by Shayna Garlick.

7. No Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008 R2 – but why? Brendan Cournoyer delves into why the latest Windows 2008 R2 takes a surprising turn in not support Exchange 2007.

6. What is virtualization? Eric Siebert has created a handy guide that will give you an overview on this tricky topic.5. Choosing a block size when creating VMFS datastores Eric Siebert offers a handy guide to creating appropriately-sized blocks in VMFS

4. Using VRDP to view VirtualBox virtual machines remotely Rick Vanover walks through Sun’s xVM VirtualBox’s ability to tap into VRDP remote viewing.

3. Master’s guide to VMware Fault Tolerance Eric Siebert has brought everything you need to know about VMware Fault Tolerance into a single place.

2. How to allow the root user to log in to VMware ESX Server with SSH David Davis’ how-to on allowing users into a VMware server via SSH works wonders for the virtualization crowd.

1. Importing VMDK disk files into Sun xVM VirtualBox Rick Vanover provides an illustrated virtualization how-to on importing VMDK into VirtualBox.

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