Entries from Alfred's Ramblings tagged with 'IT'
Remote Access Authentication
Configuring Windows 2008 for Radius
Fixing Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager
After installation of the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, you might encounter the home page, reports and policy page cannot be viewed. "The website declined to show this webpage". You need to change the local security settings.
Hitachi Data System SAN
Hitachi Data Storage SAN configuration
Migrating Anti Virus Servers
Working on the Anti Virus Management servers
Working on Primary DNS server
Working on the primary DNS server.
Trend Micro OfficeScan and ServerProtect
Trend Micro OfficeScan and ServerProtect
Promoting Domain Controllers
Promoting Domain Controllers
Symantec Endpoint Protection
Symantec Endpoint Security
Server Hardening
Security hardening using pre-defined templates.
Patching ISA 2004
Procedure to patch ISA 2004 server.
Moving backup to disk folders for Backup Exec 11d
Changing the location of the Backup to Disk folder for Symantec Backup Exec 11d
Backing up VMware ESX 3.02 using Symantec 11d
Backing up VMware ESX 3.02 using Symantec 11d. You will need to open up a few ports for incoming and outgoing traffic. Open files are not backed up and will need to be handled differently.
VMware ESX 3.02
Installing VMware Standard ESX server 3.02 and managing it.
Cloning the HP way
Server Migration Pack, Physical to Proliant
Have you heard of the command SC?
Introduction to SC
HP BladeSystem c-Class
Getting certified as an ASE with blade specialization.
Disaster Recovery and backup software
Prepping two server to demonstrate disaster recovery using Veritas Intelligent Disaster Recovery. Based on track record, not very optimistic but never say die! Read more for update....
Automatic Updates does not work
Recently I found out the hard way that you need to regularly install the patches downloaded by Automatic Updates. Strangely when I decided to click on the yellow shield to install, it kept stuck at "Initializing installation". I have seen...
What they don't teach you in your MCSE course.
I have just completed the server modules for MCSE 2003. Strangely there a few things in the administrator's life that are critical but not listed. I will attempt to cover them here....
Why I blog?
Why I blog
SSL enabled non default Outlook Web Access (OWA)
SSL enable a non default OWA website without DS2MB service overwriting the configuraiton.
IE 7 test drive
After an interesting experience with a user's IE7, thought it will be fruitful to do some test driving myself. Installed the final version of Internet Explorer 7, it took a long time as it was running a check for malicious...
Internet Explorer 7 and Outlook 2003
IE7 and Outlook 2003 coexistence problem.
Error on Technet documentation
The table illustrating the behavour post SP2 and the results of the new ranking algorithm does not match the descriptive text
How not to run a national IT project
Baseline has a major story about a major IT disaster in the UK: 'In 2002, the English government embarked on a $12 billion effort to transform its health-care system with information technology. But the country's oversight agency now puts that figure at $24 billion, and two Members of Parliament say the project is "sleepwalking toward disaster"... In scale, the project... (NPfIT) is overwhelming. Initiated in 2002, the NPfIT is a 10-year project to build new computer systems that would connect more than 100,000 doctors, 380,000 nurses and 50,000 other health-care professionals; allow for the electronic storage and retrieval of patient medical records; permit patients to set up appointments via their computers; and let doctors electronically transmit prescriptions to local pharmacies.
Jeff Papows and Lotus Development Corp
I wonder where is Jeff Papows, author of Enterprise.com, former CEO of Lotus Development now.
Managing customers
Just finished doing a project for an office. Simple cabling project to run the cables on one day, cutover the users on the next. As in all IT projects, sometimes technical issues are not the problem....
The journey to being certified MCSE 2003
Studying and certifying for MCSE 2003
A better Remote Desktop plug in
Ever tried using the Remote Desktop MMC plugin in the Admin Tools folder? Feels great to be able to connect to several servers at one time. But its strength is also its weakness. The server list cannot be sorted or...
About me
I am an IT professional, specializing on Mail systems, mainly Exchange and Lotus Notes. I am also familiar with all versions Microsoft Windows operating systems, SQL 2000 server, ISA 2004 and various brands of firewalls. I have worked 10 years...
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