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I have used the free convertor to P2V. I need a solutions to move the vms to a remote location. Thanks

Hi we are currently looking to implement a new VMware enviroment including a san. When we have migrated to virtual we will be left with a few servers,. I was wanting to host the servers off-site and with a nas os on them. What is the best way to automate backups to the remote location, to the nas. Has anyone got any suggestions for software etc. Thanks:)

Can this not be changed through group policy?. Thanks

Hi I want to change folder options on all pc on our network, to stop Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) from opening documents in the IE window instead of using the document's regular application?. Please can somebody tell me how to do this on all pc on our network. Thanks:)

Hi I have a problem with sql server 2005 sims.net. The sql server process is nearly hitting the 2 gig limit. Can I change this to the /3gig switch?

Should I set memory usage for programs or system cache? Is the maximum page file 4gig I can set it?. Thanks

If your server has wss on which I have it works really well because it works with backup exec 11d remote agent and dont have to backup cifs shares this would be quite hard to setup. Windows storage server does not have all the services etc that server 2003 r2 has.

Hi we have 7 servers in our school. The page file is different on all servers. For our Sims server we have 4gig of ram and the page file is set to 2gig. Please could somebody tell me what to set the page file to if we have 4gig of ram in our server? Should I let windows handle it or set it manual? Should I set memory usage for programs or system cache? Thanks

Hi we currently use roaming profiles at our school. We have the desktop and my documents folders redirected with Ranger software. I have a problem with slow logins. I think this is down to application data that was 56mb, due to java in the user’s application data. If I use mandatory profiles the users will encounter problems when login into different machines with software on them. Please can anybody give me any advice? Regards

Hi we are running backup exec on a backup server. Each server backs up over the network to the backup server disc. The problem we are having is that is taking far too long to backup. For a full backup this takes over the weekend and is sometimes still running on Monday morning. The daily differential is run every night, this takes from 6-6 to complete. Can anyone think why this is so long? 50 hours for just under a terabyte, on the network Thanks

Please can you advise if I should give Staff at our school Administrator rights on there own laptop`s. Please can anyone advise. I can see problems like itues and other software being installed. Thanks

Sorry this includes 10 sata drives each 250gig. The one reason I am unsure of the netapp, is that I have never used the interface etc before.

Please could you tell me the best option to buy. The price is below £6000 Thanks. 1.NetApp Storevault, S500 Base System, 2U, 12-bay Single controller, Dual Redundant, Hot Pluggable power supplies, power cords, fans, 1024MB DDR2 Memory, 256MB NVRAM, 2 Ethernet 10/ 100/ 1000 copper, 1 9-pin serial port. Network Appliance Data ONTAP Storevault Edition operating system, Integrated StoreVault Manager software, up to 255 snapshots, e-mail alerts, NIS, DNS, SNMP, NDMP, FlexVol. 2 Years NBD (Advance swap-out - Hardware only) warranty included. 250GB Hot-Swappable SATA Drive Module with driver carrier - minimum of 4 drives per system INT-S500-RAILKIT-A CIFS software license SnapRestore StoreVault Edition - currently FOC 9x5xNBD Advanced Exchange warranty (Hardware only) - Upgrade to 3 Years 9x5 Software Support & Maintenance - 3 Years 2.PE2900 III - Quad-Core Xeon E5420 2.5GHz/2x6MB 1333FSB English - Documentation and Rack Cord 1 PE2900 III Server Rack Chassis 1 Rack Bezel Assembly 1 16GB 667MHz FBD (8x2GB dual rank DIMMs) 1 PE2900 III - Additional Quad-Core Xeon E5420 2.5GHz/2x6MB 1333FSB 1 No Floppy Drive Option 1 73GB SAS (15,000rpm) 3.5 inch Hard Drive (hot plug) 2 300GB SAS (15,000 rpm) 3.5inch Hard Drive (hot plug) 5 PERC 6/i Internal RAID Controller Card (256MB cache, battery backup) 1 16x SATA DVD 1 Redundant power supply (2 hot plug PSU) 1 Power Cord, PDU (Rack) 1 Display : Not Included 1 Broadcom TCP/IP Offload Engine functionality (TOE) Enabled 1 No Mouse 1 No Keyboard Required 1 English Windows 2003 R2 SP2 Storage Server x64-bit, Standard Edition (HW RAID) With Docs 1 OpenManage Server Software, with CD & documentation 1 Upg to Silver 3Y (24x7) Premier Enterprise Support 1 You have chosen not to take the Dell PowerEdge installation service 1 Base Warranty 1 1YR BASIC NBD ONSITE 1 PE2900 Universal Sliding Versa/Rapid Rack Rails 1 PE2900 III - C3A - RAID1/RAID5 PERC5i/6i

I would go with lenovo, you do get what you pay for. I would also look at the warrenty. Lenovo are a very good make and are rebadged IBM and IBM are the best.

Thanks for all your comments. I think as the network begins to grow I will look at upgrading the switches, to a more advanced switches.

Hi please can I have some advice. We are currently running our network on FS726T netgear switch. The netgear website says it is suitable for small to medium sized business. Our school currently has 1700 users and 600pc/laptops, would you consider this to be a medium sized business. Do you think we should upgrade to layer 2 switches? Thanks

I was looking for a dedicated nas box. This seems too cheap?.

Hi we currently have 7 server’s at our school. I am looking to buy a Nas/San server. I have asked netapp for a price. It was far too expensive. This is going to be used for all student and staff home area’s and for roaming profiles. Any recommendations for a file server?.. Thanks