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    Cloud File Server

    You are essentially using a distributed file system when you need to be looking at a document management system. Brent Schmidt [COLOR=red]Keep IT Simple[/color red] Se±or Network Engineer http://www.kiscc.com
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    DNS Servers with 3 DC's

    As long as your zone synchronization between DNS hosts is solid, there should be no problem. If my customer can't show me confidence in such a thing, then I tell them to just make sure all servers have the same DNS servers in the same order. Brent Schmidt...
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    Using IDE to SATA/SATA to IDE converters with Netware 5

    Yup,mostly virtual, but it is still there on some customers networks. Even had one find out the hard way that vSphere 6 does not support NetWare. That was fun. dumbchemist I hear ya on the M$. Was frustrating how many projects I lost because IT was sold on my Novell solution, but the MS...
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    Using IDE to SATA/SATA to IDE converters with Netware 5

    Sounds like you have some Linux knowledge. I would suggest looking at OES 11. All the services that Netware offered running on a Linux kernel. You would first need to setup SLES 11, then install OES 11 as an addon product. Some tools work the same, other work completely different for the...
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    Netware 5 slow btrieve transaction after nw50sp6a update.

    This may be a little late to answer, but if it helps, I would look at the cache you have configured for btrieve. Best practice for btrieve on NetWare is to look at the size of the DB file that most of your users are using, and edit the cache reservation in btrieve to allow that entire DB file...
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    Using IDE to SATA/SATA to IDE converters with Netware 5

    Dumbchemist & Peejay120 You can get SATA drivers for NetWare here Keep in mind, there is no support for NetWare of any version. As goombawaho pointed out, the OS is dead and is only useful for legacy applications (though there were never many to speak of for NetWare). I would suggest...
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    vcenter 6 install

    Issue 1: Please read KB article 2124709 Issue 2: Make sure you created a 64bit DSN for vCenter Brent Schmidt [COLOR=red]Keep IT Simple[/color red] Se±or Network Engineer http://www.kiscc.com
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    iscsi storage

    I think you may have missed the iSCSI port binding and the Send Targets step in the config. Check out this short video on setting up iSCSI in vSphere 5. It should point you in the right direction. Brent Schmidt [COLOR=red]Keep IT Simple[/color red] Se±or...
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    VMware Question?

    Who many do you have the patience to build? The max is 1,200. But the more you have, the more latency you introduce to the replication. 2 is the minimum you should have, 4 seems to be the count I most commonly see. There is nothing wrong with virtualizing your primary DC, but it can pose...
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    How to get to files

    NetWare does not have much in the way of a usable interface. You only get core OS tools at the console. You need to load the client onto a Windows or DOS PC with a some type of network. Then you can copy files to the server, so long as you have enough disk space on a usable volume. Brent...
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    Shared storage (datastores) between 2 ESXi Hosts

    The goal is shared storage with out the use of a SAN of some kind. The solution from VMWare is vSAN, but you would need to upgrade to use it. The solution in a 4.x environment was VSA (Virtual Storage Appliance), but even folks in the dev team for that product will acknowledge how awful that...
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    ESX 5.0 to 5.5

    First suggestion, talk to your VMWare vendor about VSOM or VMWare's current Optimization Check promotion. You could get a good deal on your licensing to get 5.5 AND get a licensed copy of Operations Management. If your VMWare vendor has a technical group, you might be able to get the...
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    Low cost backup software for ESXi 5.5 free version

    They have a free edition (not sure if it is still available). http://go.unitrends.com/vmworld-backup-2013 =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Brent Schmidt Senior Network Engineer [COLOR=red]Keep IT Simple[/color red] http://www.kiscc.com Novell Platinum Partner...
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    Low cost backup software for ESXi 5.5 free version

    Unitrends =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Brent Schmidt Senior Network Engineer [COLOR=red]Keep IT Simple[/color red] http://www.kiscc.com Novell Platinum Partner Microsoft Gold Partner VMWare Enterprise Partner Citrix Gold Partner
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    Securing Network Interfaces with VMware Server 2.0/Windows

    For ESXi compatibility, you just need to worry about the NIC and the Storage Controller mostly. If what you have in your hardware is on the compatibility list, then you don't need to worry too much if the unit as a whole is not. Even if the unit is a desktop, just give it a whirl. ESXi would...
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