Server Management

IT managers who leverage Deployment Solution's PXE capabilities recognize that it saves time and money allowing technicians to deploy, update and diagnose problems on hardware without having to leave their management console. There are some concerns IT managers have in using PXE however, and this article will help address some of those concerns by listing steps that can be taken to help drastically reduce the likelihood of a malicious user successfully conducting an attack by PXE.

Here's the scenario: you have an HP server and you need to rebuild it. To do this you need to pxe boot it, but its off site and you have no remote view when the OS is not up :-( Well I had to do this and not just 1 server... double :-( Luckily I came across a tool in the HP SmartStart Scripting Toolkit, called setbootorder.exe.

This article includes items to be aware of when using SAN technology with SQL Server and Altiris products. Thanks to the Notification Server Sustained Engineering team for initial development work on this document.

Prior to SQL 2005, the only way to easily manage a huge number of objects was to split them up and create one database for each logical subset -- one database for the sales department, another for marketing, still another for human resources, etc.

I've done a lot with server performance stats but one of the things I've not found is an easy way to see average, minimum, and maximum values for a performance counter for a time period. Here's some code that'll help you get these stats (without starting from scratch).

The Shortcut Guide to Selecting the Right Virtualization Solution, authored by Greg Shields, has just been released!

http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/sgsrvs.htm

If you've been following along, you've planned for, installed, and configured your task server. Now it's time to create some tasks! This will be where the bulk of your time is spent.

Learn how to properly configure your Task Server(s) in this third article in the series. We'll cover everything from making sure your servers are available and approved to making sure you've properly assigned collections and configured the Agent.