Thursday, June 30, 2005

MS Exchange
Top 10 Exchange performance worst practices. More...

Exchange topics at searchexchange.techtarget.com:

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Tools take the terror out of systems management
EventCombMT (as part of a larger set of Account Lockout and Management Tools) and Logparser. More...

Exchange Standard and the 16GB limit

Exchange Server Mailbox Store does not mount when the Mailbox Store database reaches the 16-GB limit. More...

Also some excellent advice and comments from the MS Exchange Blog More...

Monday, June 27, 2005

ERUNT and NTREGOPT
ERUNT - The Emergency Recovery Utility NT. NTREGOPT - NT Registry Optimizer. More...

MoveOnBoot
"MoveOnBoot allows you to copy, move or delete files on the next system boot. This can come handy if you need to replace or delete files that are locked by other applications, loaded into memory or cannot be changed until next system boot." More...

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Using FTP Batch Scripts
MS Have a page on scripting FTP. More...

Usage:
ftp -s:test.scr

Here's test.scr - just FTP commands

open homepage.myserver.net
username
MyCoolPassword
cd public_html
put index.html
quit


You could set this up as a Scheduled Task and have your homepage automatically updated!

Friday, June 17, 2005

Scripting Links
From mvps.org More...

Thursday, June 16, 2005

MvPCinfo
Ed Tittel has a piece on MvPCinfo for Windows. "A terrific inventory/inspection tool". More...

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

CCA at last
Yay! Passed my Citrix Metaframe XP exam this morning with 96%. :-)
It was a pretty straightforward exam but then again I've been using Citrix for nearly 3 years now.
Met a couple of under-prepared CCNA candidates on the way in. That won't be me! Will hopefully do the CCNA in the next couple of months. Have the books and equipment, its just a matter of knuckling down.

Linux Wiki
Does what it says on the tin, part of the LinuxQuestions.org site as are the reviews below. More...

Linux Reviews
Excellent, up to date reviews of all the flavours. More...

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

xtort.net
...offers daily updates of hundreds of pages which list thousands of complimentary software programs for Windows. All of the applications listed here were hand-chosen and to the best of our knowledge contain no spyware or malware of any kind. More...

VX Heavens

"This site contains a massive, continuously updated collection of magazines, virus samples, virus sources, polymorphic engines, virus generators, virus writing tutorials, articles, books, news archives etc." More...

The Admin Scripting Blog
Very Cool! Includes Citrix and Office. More...

Monday, June 13, 2005

Windows Server System Reference Architecture
"For each IT service covered within the reference architecture, a comprehensive blueprint, articulating design options, helps ensure the most appropriate design is realized for a particular scenario...the following diagram depicts the full suite of documentation. Clicking the white boxes will open the corresponding document." More...

ScriptFTP
ScriptFTP is a script driven FTP client that allows you to automate your file transfers. Write the FTP commands in a text file and execute them with just one click. The execution can also be scheduled with the integrated scheduler. Repetitive tasks like synchronizing files, backups and web server updates are made easier and faster by using ScriptFTP. More...

SwitchInspector
"...an easy to use application that assists you with the design, validation and auditing of your LAN." More...

Thursday, June 09, 2005

SQL Server monitoring
With Event Forwarding. More...

Citrix - Determining Which Server Contains the Data Store
"An administrator is unfamiliar with the farm structure and needs to identify which server contains the Access or SQL data store." More...

Troubleshooting Terminal Server Issues
Concise Q&A. More...

A Listing of Free Tools for Citrix and Terminal Server Environments

From brianmadden.com. More...

Deploying Office 2000 in a Windows Terminal Server Envionment
Using the Office resource Kit (ORK). More...

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

SQL ServerCentral
Requires login but the SQL 7/2000 FAQ is worth it. More...

WSUS
WSUS is now available. Documentation includes:

Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Started
...with Microsoft Windows Server Update Services. More...
...on Windows 2000 Server. More...
...on Windows 2003 Server. More...

Also the Microsoft Windows Server Update Services Operations Guide. More...

There's a WSUS Deployment webcast available. More...

Finally worth noting is an MVP's site on WSUS.

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

How to build your own Linux distribution
"Linux® From Scratch (LFS) and its descendants represent a new way to teach users how the Linux operating systems work. LFS is based on the assumption that compiling a complete operating system piece by piece not only teaches how the operating system works but also allows an independent operator to build systems for speed, footprint, or security." More...

Routing Troubleshooting Primer
"When working with routers that connect your remote segments make sure you understand how to troubleshoot between your links, your routers may be causing your problems." More...

Firewalls

- Firewalls 101: good introductory article. More...

- Advanced Screening: "We evaluated six leading firewalls to see how well they defend against application-layer attacks." More...

VOIP
Useful VOIP site. More...

Network Administration
Ask The Networking Expert Q&A with Lindi Horton. More...

Bandwidth is a misnomer
"People often refer to bandwidth as if there was some precise definition in the context of networks...". Article by Loki Jorgenson. More...

Friday, June 03, 2005

How to Perform SQL Server Log Shipping
"The Need for Standby Servers... a perfect world we wouldn't need standby servers for our SQL Servers. Our hardware would never fail, NT Server 4.0 or Windows 2000 would never blue screen, SQL Server would never stop running, and our applications would never balk.
" !!
More...

Thursday, June 02, 2005

List of P2P programs that have Spyware
Hopefully this thread will grow. More...

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Database Design
Excellent site! More...

Scripting Backups
Another Arcserve victim is scripting it. Good blog too. More...