We have a server that has an open remote desktop port to the internet (no VPN.) Several people are allowed to log on to the machine remotely. The server runs Windows 7 (desktop OS.)
I can find logon times using Event Viewer, but it does not show the IP address of the remote machine. At any rate, manually browsing Event Viewer for all login events would be time consuming, to say the least.)
Is a way to find out which IP addresses are using Remote Dekstop ?
We have a scheduled task that sometimes hangs. It just stops responding. On Windows 2003, we had task scheduler configured to kill the task after 3 hours. It's a 32-bit process.
On Windows 2008 R2, we've set "Stop the task if it runs longer than" and "If the running task does not end when requested, force it to stop".
However, when the task hangs, it is never stopped, and stays in process explorer for days.
Any clue why Windows Scheduler would not kill a process?
(This post has a reproducible setup for this issue.)
Our server admin has hatched a plan to move all storage to a central disk cabinet, and have every server use that. We have a central SQL Server that is heavily use (200+ concurrent users) and I am concerned that this might seriously impact performance.
Is it safe to use the central disk cabinet to store the SQL Server databases? Will this impact performance, or is it possible to have a fast SQL Server setup that shares a disk cabinet with many other servers?
We have a slightly irregular web server: it serves user details based on the user's IP address. The user details are stored in several databases; each database stores information about a subset of users. Users have data in only one database. There is one master database which tells you where each user can be found.
Due to external factors, the web server has to be replaced by a dedicated machine for each database. It would be easy to set up a reverse proxy that splits requests between servers. However, the decision which server to forward the request to depends on the entry in the master database.
Is there a reverse proxy server that allows a script to decide which back-end server gets to handle a particular request?
I've been asked to write a script that checks the status of all interfaces on a Juniper router using SNMP. I know how to use SNMP walk and have written a test perl script to retrieve the hostname.
Now I'm looking for a good reference of SNMP variables you can query. I've found a list at oidview.com, but that does not include interface name or status. The name of that MIP says "extension", so I assume it's extending some kind of generic SNMP specification.
What SNMP OIDs can be used to retrieve a list of interfaces and their status (admin down, operational down, up) from a Juniper router?
We have a large number of clients who connect to our DHCP machine. We want to assign some of them to a different IP block, which is routed with lower priority. Every DHCP lease renewal, we'd like to check a database and decide which IP block we'd like to assign a customer to.
Is there a way to have a DHCP server execute a script, look in a database, or execute some dynamic code when deciding which address to assign in which pool? Each client is uniquely identified by option82, aka "DHCP Relay Agent Information Option".
My home server PC has a P4 processor. Windows seems unable to control the processor speed, so the processor heats up and the PC fan is running at full speed all day. The event log says there is a known issue with the firmware, and I should flash the motherboard ROM.
On the ASUS website I found a new ROM version and a flasher. Unfortunately, the flasher is a DOS application. The server has a DVD drive and USB.
I was wondering, is it possible to boot into MS-DOS from a USB stick? How do you create such a USB stick?
At my work, backups have a surprisingly low priority. The backup strategy was implemented a while ago, and since then it's just assumed the backups are fine. If you ask the sysadmins, they'll say everything is backed up.
But then, when you ask for a SPECIFIC backup, half the time they are not there:
A few weeks ago, disaster came real close as one of the servers lost one too many raid disks. Luckily one disk was still kind enough to copy the data, if you tried a lot of times.
But even after that near-disaster, I can't seem to convince the sysadmins to improve the situation. So I'm wondering, any tips for opening people's eyes? It seems to me we're walking along the edge of a cliff.