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You should still be able to backup and restore data even if you don't have access to it. If you are in the group "Backup Operators" which I think by default Admins are, then using NTBackup will still allow you to backup and restore files and folders which you do not ordinarily have access to. Also, check that you are not implicitly denied somewhere on the permissions. I can't think of any other reason why you would not be able to access the folders after changing the permissions. Tom

First of all I apologise for a) probabaly posting this in the wrong section and b) possibly not searching the forum properly although I have tried. Have any schools gone to find their own ISP? County are really starting to grind on us now so I have been asked to look into going completely internally managed. Where is a good place to start? What are the advantages/disadvantages of doing this and how much is it likely to cost? Thanks in advance guys Tom

Exactly. Plus some of our older equipment wouldn't handle vista and some of the staff have more then enough difficulty operating one operating system in the school let alone two.

Same here and to be honest i'm not overly bothered by it either. It it aint broke don't fix it. Ah yes, that's the Spirit of progression! lol ok you got me there but I just think untill Vista has been more widely used it's not for us.

Same here and to be honest i'm not overly bothered by it either. It it aint broke don't fix it.

600 Pupils 200 Students 55 Teachers 40 Support Staff 9 W2K3 R2 Servers 1 W2K3 Server 370 XP Desktops 80 Laptops 14 IWB & Projectors (+15 Standalone Projectors) Exchange Server managed inhouse Web Filtering managed inhouse Integris MIS managed inhouse School intranet managed inhouse Me - Network Manager Technican - Fully Employed Technician - Apprentice with two days a week at college

Right here goes technical specs: Backbone Switch: HP Procurve 530XL J4819A Fibre Backbone Modules: HP Procurve Mini-GBIC XL Module J4878A Fibre/Copper Backbone Module: HP Procurve GIGT/GBIC XL Module J4907A As so: http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l238/TSCN/200701091432_00013.jpg At the moment the copper connections are to the servers as well as a few other things (a couple of servers are running in through fibre as well). The plan is to buy another Fibre Backbone module (J4878A) and run fibre from the four ports to the four servers that will need to be over in the new facility. The other servers are distributed out throughout the school and are fine where they are i.e. science application server in the science facility.

Plust the whole idea is to give a dedicated network management facilty so the servers cannot remain where they are.

The existing backbone is copper and fibre - we have loads of free fibre ports so no more converters would be used - just plug the servers into to a fibre port instead of a copper port.

The only problem I see with adding another switch is the fact another switch will decrease the network latency. Would rather basically extend the cables from the server to the backbone (atm copper) to the servers new location (becomming fibre because of distance)?

Pass - sorry not really done anything with fibre before and everytime I think i'm talking about the right thing it's the opposite. Is there a defined way of telling the difference between the different sort of terminators on the backbone? Thanks

Both of those look ideal and for much cheaper than I have found - spefics wise, just a PCI Gigabit Fibre NIC. Nothing much to be specific about apart from PCI and not PCI-X as some of my servers don't have this. Thanks Tom

Literally the only floor with that is distance. It will be quite a way to the new building plus another switch between the servers and the backbone I would prefer to avoid if at all possible. Maybe i'm over thinking this?

The only problem with that is the fact then I only have a gig link between my backbone and my servers. Whereas running a fibre between the backbone and each of the servers gives each of them a gig link to the backbone?

They're being tight about it though - we've been told we have to have either the Billiards Room OR the Marble Flooring. Joking of course, it's our own building but that doens't mean it's going to be the height of luxury by any stretch of the imagination. I'm quite against it from the point of view will mean getting soaked in bad weather walking to and from the main site.

We are having a building constructed which will contain only my office, my technicians office and a server room, basically to keep all of the network management away from the rest of the school and to allow us to come in at a weekend with more ease etc. The easiest way that I can think of to move the servers over involves the use of Gigabit Fibre NIC's. We have some of these already in our servers but would require four more. Does anybody have any idea where we can get these fairly cheaply. I know that they are likely to be an expensive item but all the quotes I have had have been horrendous. They will also need to be PCI rather than PCI-X. Thanks

We user PCounter from Altman and it is brilliant allowing a quota to be set per pupil/printer/machine - allows consumable logging etc.

There are a load of VNC scanning packages that will scan between remote consoles on a pre-detirmined time scale or view multiple clients at the same time. Can't remember what any of them are called off hand but if anybody finds one then it would be nice to know. Tom

Hence the best reason to go on Wednesday - all of the freebies are there from the start

We run an applications server (originally for some quite intensive science software) - it is a very high specification machine with two gigabit nic's in, each plugged into a gig port on our backbone. Since using the second nic performance has increased dramatically and sofar, touch wood, no problems whatsoever. Both of the nic's in this machines have manually assigned IP's. Could it be the IP that is assigned by DHCP that is causing the problem even though it is placed on reservation?

We have actually done the IT Suites before but only once a year or so and as you say, just to keep the peace. It just annoys me when its a member of staff complaining about their PC in the classroom. By the time I have sorted out getting it done would it not be as easy to do it themselves. Teachers keyboards are also disgusting and whenever I have had to get my technician to clean one I always make sure he tells them that the keboard will work much better if they stop using it as a coaster/plate. :twisted: Tom

Hi guys, didn't really know where to post this so I hope I'm right. Probabaly should have been in FFS. I am a network manager at a secondary school in Lincolnshire and get two or three e-mails a week from memebers of staff along the lines of "My mouse/keyboard/screen needs cleaning". Is it just me or is this a little out of order - I do not consider this to be any part of my job nor the job of my technician. Am I the only one? Tom