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[Keith] Welcome to the Mind Of Root. I'm Keith Albright
[Rich] and I'm Rich Niemeier.
[Steve] and I'm Steve Murawski.
[Keith] This is Episode 55 recorded on June 17th, 2008.
Chit-Chat - What's going on with you?
[Steve]
[Keith]
- It was hot here recently. I know I requested no more weather chit-chat, but this one is affecting my systems. Cooling can't keep up, so we are looking to install a supplemental system. Didn't help that the main AC unit for the offices around the DC went down. As my boss put it, I was trying to air condition a box inside an oven.
[Rich]
- I will be curios to see how the humidity in my area is handled by electronics
- Hey Steve any flooding close by you. Looks like some areas is Wisconsin won't be getting a whole lot of tourism. Yes there are things to see and do in Wisconsin.
Housekeeping Items
[Rich]
[Steve]
[Keith]
- We are still looking for show logos. Get your submissions in by June 30th, 2008.
- My apologies for not getting a show out last week. I wound up working 3 nights that week on a consulting gig pulling some late hours and I never got around to re-scheduling.
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- Sysadmin/Scripting Meme [STEVE]
-I posted a Sysadmin/Scripting Meme (A meme consists of any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that gets transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another). I got the idea from a Developer focused one I saw on a blog I started reading.
-It's taking off and if you want to participate, please link back to my original post.. let's see how far we can go!
-As of our recording there respondants are Hal Rottenberg, Shay Levy, Keith, Andy Schneider (called out by Shay),Rolf Masuch (called out by Shay), Richard Siddaway (called out by Rolf), and Marc van Orsouw (called out by Andy)
-I want to thank everyone who has particated, it's fun to see the different experience levels, where people are coming from, and the commonalities we share.
-Link: http://scriptolog.blogspot.com/2008/06/scripting-sysadmin-meme.html / http://shrinkster.com/zcc
-Link: http://www.powershell-ag.de/ps/Blog/tabid/73/EntryID/1091/Default.aspx / http://shrinkster.com/zca
-Link: http://http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!43CFA46A74CF3E96!1417.entry / http://shrinkster.com/zc8
-Link: http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/archive/2008/06/17/scripting-sysadmin-meme.aspx / http://shrinkster.com/zc9
- Orca - Not the Whale [KEITH]
-Orca is a Microsoft utility that lets you edit an MSI file to tweak how the program is installed. You can reduce interactivity (like an answer file) and package a program up for deployment through Active Directory.
-I was shown this by a consultant that came in to assist with a RightFax upgrade. We packaged up the new client configured to point to the new server and then deployed when the user rebooted. Worked fairly well. Some timing issues when the Group Policy was applied and how many reboots required, etc. But definitely want to use this with pushing new AV client.
-Link: http://www.technipages.com/download-orca-msi-editor.html Download just Orca
-Link: http://shrinkster.com/zcj
-Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370557.aspx Full SDK download - NOTE: May not include Orca
-Link: http://shrinkster.com/zck
-Link: http://shrinkster.com/zcl
- Future of short range multi-mode fiber optic cabling [RICH]
- 50 Micron verses 62.5 Micron
- TIA 568A included 62.5 but not 50 - This gave 62.5 greater acceptance
- TIA 568B now includes both 62.5 and 50
- 62.5 having some trouble with transmitting laser light, which exceeds the the limitations of LED
- Nice chart of distances type of fiber used and type of transmittion
- 50 more bend sensative
-""While 62.5 micron fiber meets the vast majority of network requirements, especially in the horizontal, including 50/125 micron multimode fiber gives network designers more choices in their network design," explains Beam. "50 mm multimode fiber has more bandwidth (500 MHz?�km) than FDDI-grade 62.5 mm fiber (160 MHz?�km) at 850 nm. While both fibers can be used with vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs?) and can run Gigabit Ethernet and higher speed protocols, 50 mm will be able to do so over longer distances at the 850 nm window. " Beam added that in the 1300 nm window, both 62.5 mm and 50 mm fibers provide similar performance and that high performance 62.5 mm fibers, that offer enhanced performance at 850 nm also are available.
- "It's not a question of one fiber being better than another," he said. "It simply allows network designers to choose the fiber that best meets their system requirements.""
-50 micros handle higher speeds at greater distances, 62.5 220meters 722feet / 50 500meters 1,640feet
- Greg Shield's lists out the EXE's included in Vista [STEVE]
-Greg Shield's started a three part article listing out the executables included with Vista, including a description of them.
-"Out of 390 EXE files in a default RTM Vista installation, 234 can be invoked by a user to accomplish some task. Eighty of those will launch a GUI-based tool, while the remaining 154 are command-line tools."
-Link: http://mcpmag.com/columns/article.asp?editorialsid=2664 for A-L
-Link: http://shrinkster.com/z3k
-Link: http://mcpmag.com/columns/article.asp?editorialsid=2671 for M-Z
-Link: http://shrinkster.com/zcg
- DNS Migration [KEITH]
-Moving DNS to new DC's and I managed to screw it up. So, I decided it would be best to tear it all down and start with a clean DNS. That way, I don't have to carry forward and deal with all the junk entries. I just create entries only when the need arises.
-This means, however, I need to recreate the Active Directory foundation DNS entries (_MSDCS, _Sites, _tcp, etc). Turns out, it's pretty simple. Just get your DNS zones created the way you want them and then restart the Netlogon service on your DC's. They will recreate all the necessary DNS entries in the zone file.
-Link: http://shrinkster.com/zcm
- Sysinternals on the Web [STEVE]
-The latest version of the Sysinternals tools are always available via a web folder..
-You can actually run the tools right from PowerShell via a UNC link - \\live.sysinternals.com\Tools->-Link: http://live.sysinternals.com/
-Link: http://shrinkster.com/z3l
- DHCP Database Export/Import Utility [KEITH]
-CLI tool that exports the DHCP jet database into a text file that can then be imported.
-I was going from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003, so it was a little tricky. Add the mistake in the MS article Q325473, and it wound up taking me 20 minutes to do the move.
-The tool does not work on 2003 but you can still import the file you exported on 2000 with the utility. You do this via the NETSH interactive shell by typing 'NETSH DHCP SERVER IMPORT C:\filename.txt ALL' Unfortunately, they forgot the 'ALL' in the article, so I was getting an error. Once I read through the documentation for the command, I realized what was missing and then it took 2 seconds to import.
-Link: http://shrinkster.com/zcn
-Link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3603ae26-81f0-478a-836c-b31ed463af5e&displaylang=en DHCPExim?
-Link: http://shrinkster.com/zco
-Link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927229/en-us List of all MS Windows 2000 Resource Kit Utilities
-Link: http://shrinkster.com/zcp
- LINQ from PowerShell [STEVE]
-Bart De Smet has been writing some blog posts about Linq recently, and Hal from the PowerScripting Podcast asked about LINQ from PoSh?.
-Bart provides an execellent walkthrough of what is necessary to use LINQ in PowerShell, along with some sample code - Warning, it is very in depth.
-Link: http://shrinkster.com/z3j
- Printer Migrator [KEITH]
-Automatic migration of printer, share, and drivers from one server to another.
-I tried it but was not able to get it to work. This may only work between Win2K? servers or I may be missing something. I figured I'd throw it out there in case someone else might have some luck with it.
-Link: http://shrinkster.com/zch
-Link: http://shrinkster.com/zci
- MSDN Virtual Lab - What's New in PowerShell V2 [STEVE]
-After completing this lab you will be better able to:
-Create and use runspaces, both synchronously and asynchronously
-Alter the behavior of existing cmdlets using generated proxies
-Constrain a runspace
-Use the debugging features to debug a script
-Use the data language to internationalize a script
-Use the PowerShell v2 enhancements to get-member, select-string and the ADSI Adapter
-Use the new split and join string operations
-Execute basic commands in Graphical PowerShell
-Link: http://shrinkster.com/zcs
- The Burning Server [KEITH]
-Doing some consulting work last week (which is what screwed up the recording schedule), and I was adding a tape drive to a server. The server was built, but we were missing a SCSI cable, so we had to hold off from adding the drive. I wound up grabbing a cable I had at home (it was new and spare from when HP would send extra cables).
-So we are working there after-hours. I shut down the server, cabling it up, and fire it back up. I'm configuring the drivers when I start to smell something odd. It took me a while to get the drivers since Tandberg doesn't make them readily available....of course, I end up using Windows Update and it grabs them quickly. As I'm doing this, the smell is getting stronger and I realize it smells like something burning. Nasty smell.
-I start checking the server over and I don't feel any heat on it (other than normal) and I don't see any signs of problems, but I'm worried there was a problem with the cable I brought, so I figured I'd better shut it down and check it. I shut it down and remove the case. No problems. Cable looks fine, no excessive heat on anything. So, now I'm stumped. I start walking around the office and it's getting really bad. I call to the guy I'm working with and he doesn't smell it where he is. As I walk past the kitchenette, I am almost knocked down by the smell and I see a red light glowing on the side of the coffee-maker. You guessed it, someone left a pot on and by then it was like coffee lava sludge. Nasty, but at least it wasn't the server.
-Link: http://
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Listener Feedback
From listener....Dave T at http://www.windiagnostic.com/ (http://shrinkster.com/zcr)
The most fun scripting job was an web interface to a DNS database front-end. It all had to be done in Korn Shell, because my boss was too cheap to purchase an AIX C compiler!
Website Picks
Rich - http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp http://shrinkster.com/z4g A free online imaging utility. Rich - http://www.downloadsquad.com http://shrinkster.com/z4h Just a feed that I have in my feed reader this is where I got the previous link. I find a lot of interesting
Steve - http://
Keith - http://www.r2d2translator.com/ http://shrinkster.com/zcq Convert text to R2D2? speech.
Last Call
Anyone....Anyone....Buehler.....Buehler....
Closing
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