Is there any good way to move a live, production switch from one rack to a second, nearby rack? The switch does have redundant power supplies, plus we have a HotPlug (http://www.wiebetech.com/products/HotPlug.php) so I wouldn't think that power should be an issue.
For multi-server administration, can an instance of SQL Server Express 2008 R2 be used as a SQL Server Agent Master Server?
At our organization, we're looking at implementing some sort of informal internal policy for server maintenance. What we're looking at doing is completing maintenance on our entire server pool every two months; each month we'll do half of the servers.
What I'm trying to figure out is some way to split the servers into the two groups. Our naming convention isn't much to be desired (but getting better) so by name or number doesn't really work.
I can easily take a list of all the servers and split them in two, but with new servers are being added constantly, and old ones retired, that list would be a headache to maintain. I'd like to look at any given server and know if it should have its maintenance done this month or next.
For example, it would be nice to look at the serial number. If it started with an even number, then it gets maintenance done on even months and vice-versa. This example won't work though as a little over half of the servers are virtual.
Any ideas?
What are the differences (and maybe pros and cons) of KMS and MAK license activation for Windows 7?
We've just upgraded to the latest version of Adobe Reader on our workstations, and now our Oracle reports will no longer print using OraRRP. We get the following error message:
Unable to Print.
Check a suitable application is installed to handle files (error code 31)
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 box with multiple NICs (only one of which is currently in use). I have VMware Server installed on this box running a VM. I'd like to dedicate one of my free NICs on the host specifically for use of the VM, rather than use a NAT or bridged connection. Is this possible? If so, how do I go about setting it up?
I'm trying to create a self-signed certificate from within the IIS 7 snap-in, with little luck. When prompted for a friendly name for the certificate, I type in the name, and click OK, but then I am shown:
There was an error while performing this operation. Details: Access is denied.
I am doing this while logged on with an account with full administrative privileges.
Any ideas?
We're using Symantec Mail Security for SMTP. Every so often (perhaps every few weeks) we start getting an email alert like the following:
Symantec Mail Security Alert Notification for xxxx
ALERT NOTIFICATION
The following system components are not responding/working:
Host Component Problem
Local Host MTA (Inbound) Stopped
MTA (Outbound) Stopped
MTA (Delivery) Stopped
We continue to get the same alert every hour, on the hour. Mail delivery does not seem to be affected. Restarting the server fixes the issue and messages stop, at least for a few weeks anyways. There has to be a better solution to this than the restart "solution". Better yet, why is this happening?
Within the Find Printers dialog, if a user clicks the Find Now button, all available printers on the network are shown. The printers seem to appear in a somewhat random order though where I'd expect them to be sorted by name (or something) by default. What determines the default sort order?
Within the DHCP snap-in, I have many DHCP reserverations in my list of address leases. Some of these reservations I suspect are ancient and are not being used any more. Under Address Leases, some of the leases are marked as Reservation (inactive) in the Lease Expiration column. Is there a way to see the last time that an inactive lease was indeed active?
Is there a way to add a XP workstation to a domain via the command line, rather than through My Computer Properties?
If this can't be done from the command line, is there any other simple way (a script) of doing so?
I have to copy some tables from an Access 2000 database to a SQL Server 2005 database. What's the easiest way to do this?
Using this simple test batch script:
@echo off
echo %ProgramFiles%
echo %ProgramFiles(x86)%
is my output:
"C:\Program Files"
C:\Program Files (x86)
One variable is enclosed in quotes while the other isn't? Is this a bug of some sort, or a simple oversight on my behalf?
When printing from Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition to a network printer (HP Color LaserJet 3600) this error message is printed out rather than the photographs. Any ideas?
PCL XL error
Subsystem: KERNEL
Error: IllegalTag
Operator: 0xa2
Position: 3
When building a new PC, I sometimes struggle to determine what capacity (watts) power supply to use. Is there some sort of online calculator that exists that allows you to choose your various components and will calculate the power consumption?
We've got a workstation with four monitors that is shared by multiple users. Depending on the user, the screen resolution of all four monitors needs to be changed. I'm looking for a way to simplify/automate the process of changing the resolutions, possibily with a script of some sort? Can this be done?