Backup Exec 2010 r3 download URL

http://trialware.norton.com/files/fc/Backup_Exec_2010_13.0.5204_MultiPlatforms_Multilingual_DVD.iso

Beats filling in all details they ask for. Beware is 3.6 GBs!!!

Enabling copy and paste in vSphere client

Starting with vSphere 4.1, the Copy and Paste options are, by default, disabled for security reasons.

To be able to copy and paste between the guest operating system and the remote console, you must enable the Copy and Paste options using the vSphere Client. Alternatively, you can use RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) to connect to the Windows virtual machines.

To enable this option for a specific virtual machine:

1. Log into a vCenter Server system using the vSphere Client and power off the virtual machine.
2. Select the virtual machine and click the Summary tab.
3. Click Edit Settings.
4. Navigate to Options > Advanced > General and click Configuration Parameters.
5. Click Add Row and type the following values in the Name and Value columns:
6. • isolation.tools.copy.disable – false
   • isolation.tools.paste.disable – false
     Note: These options override any settings made in the VMware Tools control panel of the guest operating system.
     
7. Click OK to close the Configuration Parameters dialog, and click OK again to close the Virtual Machine Properties dialog.
8. Power on the virtual machine.

Note: If you vMotion a virtual machine to a host where the isolation.tools.*="FALSE" is already set, the copy and paste options are automatically activated for that virtual machine.

To enable this option for all the virtual machines in the ESX/ESXi host:

1. Log in to the ESX/ESXi host as a root user and open the /etc/vmware/config file using a text editor.
2. Add these entries to the file:
   
   isolation.tools.copy.disable="FALSE"
   isolation.tools.paste.disable="FALSE"
   
3. Save and close the file. The Copy and Paste options are only enabled when the virtual machines restart or resume the next time.

Note: These options do not persist after an upgrade. If you upgrade to a newer version after enabling these options, the changes are lost and you may have to re-enable them.

Note: An RDP session to Windows virtual machines lets you copy and paste.

Comparing the Dell, Force 10 and other vendors switches for iSCSI

Comparing the Dell PowerConnect 54xx, 55xx, 62xx and 70xx switches for iSCSI

Mpps  = Million Packets Per Second

5424 Performance
Switch Fabric Capacity 48.0 Gbps
Forwarding Rate 35.6 Mpps
Up to 8,000 MAC Addresses
64MB of CPU DRAM
16MB of Flash Memory
2Mb Packet Buffer Memory

5524 Performance
Switch Fabric Capacity 128.0 Gbps
Forwarding Rate 65.47 Mpps
Up to 16,000 MAC Addresses
1GB of CPU DRAM
16MB of Flash Memory
12Mb Packet Buffer Memory

6224 Performance
Switch Fabric Capacity 136 Gb/s
Forwarding Rate 95 Mpps
Up to 8,000 MAC Addresses
256MB of CPU SDRAM
32MB of Flash Memory
?? Packet Buffer Memory

6348 Performance
Switch Fabric Capacity 184 Gb/s
Forwarding Rate 160 Mpps
Up to 8,000 MAC Addresses
512MB of CPU SDRAM
64MB of Flash Memory
?? Packet Buffer Memory

7024 Performance
Switch Fabric Capacity 176.0 Gbps
Forwarding Rate 125 Mpps
Up to 32,000 MAC Addresses
1GB of CPU DRAM
64MB of Flash Memory
32Mb Packet Buffer Memory

7048 Performance
Switch Fabric Capacity 176.0 Gbps
Forwarding Rate 160 Mpps
Up to 32,000 MAC Addresses
1GB of CPU DRAM
64MB of Flash Memory
32Mb Packet Buffer Memory

7048R Performance
Switch Fabric Capacity 224.0 Gbps
Forwarding Rate 160 Mpps
Up to 32,000 MAC Addresses
1GB of CPU DRAM
64MB of Flash Memory
32Mb Packet Buffer Memory

Force 10 s4810
Switch Fabric Capacity 1.28 Tbps
Forwarding Rate 960 Mpps
Up to 128,000 MAC Addresses
2GB of CPU DRAM
9Mb Packet Buffer Memory

Force 10 MXL
Switch Fabric Capacity 1.28 Tbps
Forwarding Rate 960 Mpps
Up to 128,000 MAC Addresses
2GB of CPU DRAM
9Mb Packet Buffer Memory

Force 10 s60
Switch Fabric Capacity 176 Gbps
Forwarding Rate 132 Mpps
Up to 32,000 MAC Addresses
?GB of CPU DRAM
1.25Gb Packet Buffer Memory

Cisco 3750G
Switch Fabric Capacity 32.0 Gbps
Forwarding Rate 38.7 Mpps
Up to 12,000 MAC Addresses
? of CPU DRAM
128MB of Flash Memory
8Mb Packet Buffer Memory*

Cisco Nexus 5548p
Switch Fabric Capacity 160.0 Gbps
Forwarding Rate 714.24 Mpps (Layer 2)
Up to 32,000 MAC Addresses
32Mb Packet Buffer Memory*

Cisco 3750X-24S
Switch Fabric Capacity 160.0 Gbps
Forwarding Rate 65.5 Mpps
Up to 12,000 MAC Addresses
? of CPU DRAM
128MB of Flash Memory
?Mb Packet Buffer Memory*

Brocade FCX648S
Switch Fabric Capacity 200 Gbps
Forwarding Rate 150 Mpps
Up to 32,000 MAC Addresses
?GB of CPU DRAM
?Mb Packet Buffer Memory


Basically the faster frame forwarding rate and the higher the port buffer the better, which is how you gauge a good switch.


*0.75MB of ingress buffering is dynamically divided into port
buffers/queues, 2 of which are user-configurable. There's 2MB of
egress buffering that provides 4 egress queues per physical port.

Slow mouse performance on Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine

Troubleshooting SVGA drivers installed with VMware Tools on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 running on ESX 4.0

■You receive a black screen on the virtual machine when using Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 as a guest operating system on ESX 4.0.
■You experience slow mouse performance on Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine.
Solution

This issue can occur due to the XPDM (SVGA) driver provided with VMware Tools. This is a legacy Windows driver and is not supported on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 guest operating systems.


To resolve this issue, update to ESX 4.0 Update 1. A new WDDM driver is installed with the updated VMware Tools and is compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2.


Note: After a VMware Tools upgrade, the driver files are located in.

C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\Drivers\wddm_video.

Dell R610 - Tylersburg chipset stepping for Westmere processors

Tylersburg chipset stepping for Westmere processors
Introduction of the new Intel Xeon 5600 series (Westmere-EP) processors includes a stepping revision of the Intel 5520 and 5500 chipset from ‘B3’ to ‘C2’. This stepping revision is required to enable the full Xeon 5600 processor feature set. Dell servers shipped with the new chipset revision will have the symbol II in the BIOS System Revision Field, which is visible through Open Manage Server Administrator (OMSA) and the iDRAC GUI. In addition, these servers will be physically marked with a 12mm wide by 6mm tall rectangular label containing the symbol “II” will be. They will be white characters on a black background.
The II symbol also identifies R610 servers with system boards that support 130W processors. 130W processors on R610 require a unique heatsink.PowerEdge R610 (Thidwick) Sourcebook Dell Confidential – For Internal Use Only 35
Intel Xeon 5600 series processors will work in existing systems built for Intel Xeon 5500 series (Nehalem-EP), however the full feature set including AES-NI encryption and Intel TXT will only be available in newly manufactured systems which include the new Westmere-EP (C2) stepping of the system chipset. In addition, existing systems will not support the top bin 130W Xeon 5600 processors.
A BIOS and iDRAC update to current versions are required before installing 5600 series processors in systems originally shipped with Nehalem EP 5500 series processors.

Reduce size of SOPHOS4 SQL database

1. Install Microsoft SQL Management Studio Express
2. Open Sophos DB
3. Confirm DB that is using space.
Right Click DB go to properties, Check Size
4. Once you find the Sophos DB using disk space open its properties page.
5. Click on Options
6. Change Recover Model to Simple
7. Click Ok
8. Create Backup of DB
• Right click DB
• Select task
• Select backup
• Set backup type full
• Change backup to Disk
• Add location do save the backup file
• Click ok
9. Next Shrink the DB
• Right click DB
• Select Tasks
• Select Shrink
• Select Database
optional Tick Reorganize files before releasing unused space….
• Select OK
This will shrink the DB down. My Sophos DB change from 2.5 GB to 25Mb.
Thanks to


http://community.sophos.com/t5/Sophos-Small-Business-products/Size-of-SOPHOS4-log-LDF/m-p/2374

Install SNMP on Windows 2008

servermanagercmd.exe -install SNMP-Services