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We have a Windows 2008 R1 (with SP2) file server with three 3TB logical drives shared out. Two of the drives are in active use and thus have Shadow Copy set up on them. One in particular is configured to use 208 GB for Shadow Copies, and currently has 627 GB free. Last week it was using just...

We have a Dell PowerVault MD1000 running Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 (64-bit) that we are using as our primary file server. Each department has their own directory on a 3 TB virtual drive (on a PERC RAID controller), with directory quotas set up for each department based on their average...

Our company is annexing an external warehouse, and is planning to install a basic network there to support LAN-connected inventory control systems. The equipment we have available at this time is a pair of PIX 501 firewalls (one for each location). The plan is to use a VLAN tunnel between the...

I've already got the switches sending their alerts to a Linux syslog server, and that is all working properly. What I'm looking to do is have the switches report all Privileged and Config commands run on them to the syslog server as well. That way we can have an automated record of any changes...

Is there any way on any of the following Catalyst switches to log all commands entered by someone in Privileged and/or Config mode to a syslog server? 4507 3750 2950 2900XL The only solution I've found requires Event Manager, which none of these switches has. Thanks!

Our wireless network is based on Cisco Aironet 1200 wireless access points. We have several VLANs set up on each, and each has its own SSID and WEP key. We've noticed that, if you set up one SSID on your computer but use the WEP key from a different VLAN on the same AP, you can authenticate to...

Is there a way to use rollback and/or the transaction logs to restore individual records, or parts of records, that might have been accidentally deleted or altered via Management Studio? We are rolling out a new SQL Server 2005 infrastructure to replace an old, kludgy Advantage database to run...

Thanks very much for the info! I will run it past my bosses and see what they say.

Is there a way to use rollback and/or the transaction logs to restore individual records, or parts of records, that might have been accidentally deleted or altered via Management Studio? We are rolling out a new SQL Server 2005 infrastructure to replace an old, kludgy Advantage database to run...

Can two separate Active Directory forests coexist on a single subnet within the same LAN without interfering with each other? Computers in both would all have static IP configurations (mostly XP, with a couple NT4) with manually-configured DNS and WINS entries. We have an existing domain that...

No, none of those helps. I'm looking for an app that can tell which programs are using the system's COM ports, and/or can be used to forcibly free up those ports from the app(s) that have locked them. There's no "I" in "TEAM". But there's no "U" either. So if I'm not on the team, and you're...

You said the SATA controller is on the motherboard. Does the BIOS have settings available for SATA drives? If not, do you have a secondary POST that comes up during/after the BIOS POST, that looks more like a SCSI startup? If you get a secondary "Press X-Y for Setup" after your BIOS POST, try...

I don't have experience with that specific board - I would go into the BIOS and see if there's anything listed under options like "Advanced Chipset", "Peripherals", etc. Or, you can try loading the "Optimized Defaults" (if that option exists) and see if it restores the proper settings. One...

Check all your connections and make sure the drive is firmly plugged in for both data and power. As it's a SATA drive, make sure that you aren't using both standard and SATA power connections on it (if the drive has both). Also, try connecting to different SATA channels on the controller. If...

I have seen this when trying to install a drive image that was made on a computer with a different motherboard. Have you done any imaging, or tried swapping an OS hard drive between PCs? Have you added or removed any hardware lately? If you haven't done any of that, then it's possible that...