Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

  • Congratulations strongm on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Search results for query: *

  • Users: blade10
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. blade10

    need help with bat file, would like to delete data 90 days or older.

    Hello- I have a script (bat file, sorry its not vbscript) that copies specific db's from a server to a Snapdrive volume. the script works great but now my manager would the script to continue doing as it is BUT also to delete anything older than 90 days on that directory. the script is run...
  2. blade10

    DFS services can I change the hostname of my Win2k3 server?

    Does anyone know if my current dfs root and sub folders below it will be broken if I change the hostname of my win2k3 server? It belongs to a domain (not stand alone) thank you for any information blade
  3. blade10

    moving root domain controller to other location, pros and cons?

    Hi- I am moving my root domain controller from site A to site B, my network team is aware of this server's IP address.. all ports necessary as well as IP routes will be open to and from this dc. this dc holds the 2 forest wide roles but the 3 domain wide roles are on a different dc. I...
  4. blade10

    IBM Director (Red Hat 5.3) problems joining Windows domain

    All- Long story short, we built this IBM Director server running Red Hat 5.3 os... everything was fine until management wanted us to join a Windows domain. We called IBM because we had no idea how to actually join it to the domain as it wasn't a straight forward process. IBM told us we needed...
  5. blade10

    A tool that can tell me if user was warned their pw will change

    All- I have a group policy that is set for users to not be able to change their password via the ctrl alt del option but I would like to know if in fact they are getting prompted that their password will change, which users were prompted.. is there anything a canned script or freeware tool...
  6. blade10

    where can you "change" replication from 15 minutes to 1 hour?

    All- I have a rather large hub n spoke semi meshed topology, I don't think I need certain domain controllers in Africa replicating every 15minutes with my domain controllers in N.America.. I think that 1 hour would be ok, but am not sure where in the AD tools to make this modification...
  7. blade10

    proper use of ADMT and SidHistory turned on

    All- I have a small project coming up. I need to allow Extended permissions to migrated SID history on a Target OU between one site to another site. Some questions here: do I need to create a one way trust for ADMT to initially work? or will it work without a trust? (probably not but need to...
  8. blade10

    remove user from AD, and any SIDs associated?

    All- I work at a company that creates an account via Lotus Notes primarily using ldap tools and then as a secondary step creates an Active Directory account. The whole purpose of this is to create a single password (sign-on) setup. There is one user that keeps getting locked out of AD, their...
  9. blade10

    copy root files to child domains from the root Forest?

    Hello- I have one forest but many child domains across the world with site bridge links. I have heard that engineers have "copied" certain root files to these long distance child domains in order for replication and other things to work correctly with the schema under the one forest location...
  10. blade10

    made a clone of a vm, now the original vm lost it's nic properties

    All- I made a clone of a vm that was powered off, it was working fine on the subnet and IP is always had.. Well now, my clone is in a different subnet and is work but the original vm in which I used to make the clone is experiencing an" unplugged network cable" error.. I don't even see the...
  11. blade10

    using ADSIEdit to find a users password change history

    Is there a way to identify in AD what a users password change history is? Example, I'd like to know how many times a user was prompted to have her password changed in a given month? Is there a way to drill down in ADSI Edit in order to obtain this info? I also have BindView which is a nice...
  12. blade10

    how does Windows2k3 see lun volume using iSCSI initiator ?

    I created a 100gb lun, and mounted the volume.. I then installed iSCSI initiator on my Window 2003 server and setup the ip for it, the discovery, target and the device/mount info pertained in the iSCSI initiator file... I also installed Snap Manager/Mirror as directed by IBM Support .. no...
  13. blade10

    using red hat for netapp 5300

    All- I can sign on to root but what command can I use to see what my cpu and drive utilization is. I've heard that TOP identifies cpu util, are there any other comands to check other resources? thanks blade
  14. blade10

    taking a snapshot of a vm

    All- I would like to take a snapshot of a certain base VM I have. I've read alittle about doing this but not sure if this is a built in feature or does this relate to lets say i.e, - Netapp Snapmirror tool since the vmdk is "stored" on a Netapp lun... I just used Netapp as an example -it...
  15. blade10

    group policy that reboots a pc

    All- Is there a canned GP that will reboot specific pcs or based on specific users that are a part of a specific ou/group ? without getting into script writing is there anything I could use built into a gpo? thanks for any support blade
  16. blade10

    when creating new Forest does it need to be published?

    All- When creating a new disparate Forest does it need to be published with an ISP in order for the administrator to create a trust to it from the Admin's corporate domain? Is the only way to see this forest root domain is by having its parent dns name placed on an ISP's name server. thanks...
  17. blade10

    Windows one way trust needed between 2 separate forests

    To All and(or)Unc Rico- I have a forest that is running fine (trusted domain)... I created a disparate forest somewhere else which I'd like it to be the trusting forest.. again these two structures are not part of the same forest... I just can't seem to get the trusts to see eachother.. I am...
  18. blade10

    Windows 2003 server -is part of a vlan but can't route

    All- I have built a Windows 2k3 server and added a static IP, subnet and GW based on a specific vlan given to me by the network admin. It seems as though this subnet is not routable. when I do a print map from cmd, the table is not discovering any of the other routes/ip ranges... I was told...
  19. blade10

    log shipping/SQL DB move from one type storage to another

    All- I am moving some log shipping data (SQL) from one type of storage to another.. the front end is a Windows 2003 server running log shipping in order to log the db's and trans logs to a NAS that is going to be decommissioned.. I need to move this data to a newer SAN product we have.. do I...
  20. blade10

    purpose for maintenance mode?

    All- Happy holidays to all! Just wanted to know what the pros and cons were to placing ESX in maitenance mode? is it a manadatory requirement for certain things like OS patch upgrades or memory upgrades on the hosts? is there a good url link that would answer these types of questions? I just...

Part and Inventory Search

Back
Top