Hemal's questions

We are using Vmware ESXi Essentials Plus. We have 2 VM hosts with ESXi 5.0 and Vcenter server 5.0. Right now we are using Symantec backup exec 2010 R3 to take backup from my virtual machines. But we don't have license from Symantec for VM infrastructure. I have o accomplish two things:

1. Backup Virtual machines/hosts for DR purpose..
2. We would like to setup/configure third host at the remote location and replicate it with our existing VM hosts..

I am looking at Symantec backup exec 2012, AppAssure, Veeam backup and replicaton for this project. I would like to know what others are doing for VM Backup/replication and share their experience.

Thank you in advance for any suggestions...

Regards, Hemal

I have Windows server 2008 R2 (SP1) installed on my VMware Host to work as RDS server. Sometimes my remote users can see the lagging/delay on RDS server. Can anyone tell me from their experience what are the best practices to find the bottleneck for this server?

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I am looking for tools to monitor our Windows servers in terms of disk/memory/cpu usage which also gives the notification options. I also have 2 VM hosts, I would like to monitor my server activities and performance. Can anyone recommend any tools for server monitoring?

We have DSL internet (6 mbps download/600 kbps upload) in our office. We have around 30 users with internet access. I would like to know what is the best way to monitor the bandwidth utilization. I want to know which users are using more bandwidth than others also should be able to genearate reports. I would like to know if anyone has used tools or apps to monitor their bandwidth. I highly appreciate any repsonses..

Thank you in advance, Hemal

We are using Server 2008 R2 as RDS server and clients use RDC client to access the server remotely. I want to know how can I assign self-signed server certificate to the clients so that they have to install the cerifitcate on their computer before accessing the server.

Thank you in advance for any replies, Hemal

I am testing MS exchange 2010 SP1 for our firm. It's new exchnage installation as we don't have any previous versions. I installed Exchange 2010 with SP1 on Windows server 2008 SP2 (64-bit) with typical settings which has 3 server roles: hub transport, mailbox server, client access. But now I got stuck how to finish basic configuaration to get email flow from/to my server. I really appreciate any response to help me with the next steps..

Thank you in advance for any replies...

I have a Cisco 1841 router with 4 interfaces: FE 0/0 , FE0/1, AUX, CONSOLE. I have DSL line (WAN - PPP0E) which goes to FE0/1 & FE 0/0 goes to my LAN Switch.

Now we want to get another DSL line for the purpose of Load balncing/bonding/failover. I have some questions:

1. Is it feasible to use two WAN interfaces for this purpose? I meant people are using this kind of scenario. Any opinions...
2. Hardware: Do i need to buy Cisco WAN interface expansion card module or
3. I just can buy Cisco etherswitch 4 port module (which can connect to my LAN switch)

I really appreciate any feedback for experts..

Thanks, Hemal

We have 4 win2k3 servers and would like to plan for virtulization. I need to know the utilization of each server. Windows give the utilization from task manager window but I would like to know if there are any other tools/ways to find out (probably gives you some reports) about server ulitization?

Thank you in advance for any comments... Hemal

We are using WSS 3.0 with Windows server 2003 Std R2 for our office intranet. Right now every AD user logs on to the WSS site with same default page. I would like to know if it's possible to create custom home page per user for my default site.

I really appreciate any reply/thoughs...

Thanks, Hemal

I keep getting event 1110 on my windows server std 2003 R2 with SP2. It started when I tried to implement Group policy. The description of the event is as below:

Event Type: Error Event Source: Userenv Event Category: None Event ID: 1110 Date: 7/5/2010 Time: 7:19:34 AM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: HPSERVER Description: Attempt to determine whether user and machine accounts are in the same forest failed (The interface is unknown. ).

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Also on my domain controller, when I go Administrative Tools > Domain security Policy or Domain controller security policy, it gives me Group Policy Error > "Failed to open group policy object. You may not have appropriate rights." The details for error is "The speicified error does not exist or could not be contacted.".. But everything looks fine on my domain.

Please let me know if you have any opinion regarding this problem. I really appreiciate your answers..

Thank you, Hemal

I have w2k3 network with around 50+ users, DSL internet and Cisco 1841 with SDM. Everything works fine but I would like to block HTTP access for some staff members but they require access to POP3/SMTP emails. I would like to know what are the best practices for this? In our old Nexland Internet sharing box, we used to allow/block MAC addresses for access to HTTP/EMAIL etc.

Anyone want to share the expertise in this matter?

Thank you in advace, Hemal

I have Cisco 1841 router with SDM. Our ISP allocated us static IP. Now I would like to setup VPN so that staff can work remotely. We are going to use Terminal service for this. But how to setup VPN using Cisco router? I know you can allocate RAS/VPN server role to Windows server 2003 server and open port no: 1723 for PPTP VPN. But I don't know how to allocate this through 1841.

I really appreciate any suggestions or best practices about setting up VPN in the present scenario.

We have got Cisco 1841 with 2 Fastethernet ports. I have Siemens Speedstream 6520 Modem from my ISP. We are using ADSL (PPPOE connection). Do I need to do anything with the modem. I heard that I have to connect the modem into the bridge mode and then start configuring the Cisco router. Does anyone want to share experience with ADSL Modems and Cisco 1841 router configuration?

Thank you in advance for any replies..

I have a confusion regarding what I am doing here.

At present I have a Windows Server 2003 server with SP2. I have assigned RAS/VPN server role to it (through Manage my server wizard) and in my router, I setup the IP address of my RAS/VPN server as PPTP server. Staff leave their workstations ON all the time and access them from home through RDP. They first connect thorugh VPN & in the RDC they simply type their respective IP or computer name to access the office network from home.

Everything works fine so far except:

1. Staff have to leave compuers always ON in the office
2. Speed is very slow depend how many staff members access the VPN network

I was told to install and configure Terminal service to improve this situation. I already added TS Role in the server but I don't know how to clients can access the TS server from home or remote location.

I really appreciate any good links or guidence from the experts in this group regarding this.

Thank you in advance for any replies!