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Auditing Windows Server Shares
06.Sep.08 | 6 Comments
Suppose you had about 20 Windows servers to manage. Furthermore, suppose that you’ve lost track of what file shares are on each server — and who has permissions to them.
That’s the situation I’m in. I really need to document the shares and associated permissions for all of my servers. If nothing else, just to get [...]
My First EV SSL Journey
21.Aug.08 | Leave a Comment
I had my first experience with obtaining and installing an EV SSL (extended validation) certificate this week. I had expected the entire process to be much more grueling than it really was. Not that I’m complaining, but for the money you pay for these things… well, I expected to be worked over a bit more!
The [...]
Second Attempt Success
03.Aug.08 | 4 Comments
Last night I headed downtown to one of my data centers to upgrade a server. The server, an HP DL380 G5 (I usually add some Tim Allen style grunts after saying that) has been running a single quad core CPU since I rolled it out last fall. I’ve had the second CPU “kit” sitting on [...]
Automating Update Notification — NOT Automating Updates
02.Aug.08 | 3 Comments
With my new CentOS (Linux) servers, I wanted to be sure that I didn’t fall in to the trap of having them do any sort of automatic updates. I don’t do that with Windows servers and I sure don’t intend to start with Linux servers either! That way lies madness, right?
Most of my Linux experience [...]
MozyPro Failures
14.Jul.08 | 7 Comments
I have two servers on which I still use MozyPro for backups. The clients associated with these servers need offsite and secure backups and MozyPro has traditionally worked well for me for that.
Actually, let me clarify: MozyPro worked well for me until the backups got too big. Then it became awful and I switched over [...]
Haven’t tried it with SP3 here. My...