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- How to perform a Cisco IOS warm upgrade and reload to minimize downtime
- Recently, I wanted to upgrade my test router to the latest IOS. I had read about the new Cisco IOS warm upgrade and warm reload features, and I took this opportunity to test them out. By using these features, you can minimize downtime for your end users when you have...
- Tags: Cisco IOS, Router, Downtime, Cisco Systems Inc., Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, David Davis
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
- Amazon's S3 storage service suffers downtime
- Hot on the heels of the latest outage over at RIM's North America NOC came news of Amazon's S3 cloud computing service experiencing some hiccups for several hours on Friday morning, February 15. The issue was apparently resolved by around noon EST on the same day. A...
- Tags: S3 Inc., Storage, Downtime, Amazon.com Inc., Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- Zend refreshes PHP platform
- Zend Technologies has announced the availability of version 3.6 of Zend Platform. The new version of the PHP Web application server delivers new and enhanced functionality in three major areas: PHP intelligence, performance management, and cluster management. PHP Intelligence has to do with the monitoring of...
- Tags: Zend Technologies Ltd., PHP, Downtime, PHP Intelligence, Zend Platform 3.6, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- Cost of Downtime
- How do you calculate cost from downtime of an IT system? What are the factors to be considered and how are these calculated into the cost?Appreciate any input.
- Tags: Gina Laviste, downtime
- Discussion threads 2007-11-12
- Exchange 2003 - Currupt Mailbox
- Hi,I appear to have an issue with a currupt mailbox on my Exchange Server, (Windows Server 2003, SBS.) Is it possible to verify the mailbox integrety. I would also like to verify that the Information Store itself is ok. What options do I have? Also, what sort of down time...
- Tags: downtime, ISINTEG, mailbox, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, mr.sweetchuck
- Discussion threads 2007-11-05
- Roll back changes on your Cisco router with this command
- What happens if you've made changes to your router's configuration and something goes wrong? How can you get back to where you started? David Davis tells you about a command that helps you roll back changes while minimizing downtime. Have you ever made changes to your Cisco router or...
- Tags: Cisco Router, Cisco Systems Inc., David Davis, Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, David Davis CCIE, MCSE+I, SCSA, router, running-config, downtime, Cisco Routers and Management Newsletter, Command
- Technical articles 2007-05-17
- Migrating 2000 AD to 2003 Enterprise, side by side
- Hi,I have inherited something all techs say when the current organisation is not perfect a Windows 2000 Server network, with 4 sites. There are four servers in total and some 100 machines.The AD is a mess, and there are problems left right and centre with the existing setup.We have purchased...
- Tags: advertisement, amerfilipovic
- Discussion threads 2007-01-18
- Help desk analysts: What should they do during downtime?
- Help desk analysts: What should they do during downtime?article roota discussion about a non-discussion topic...I listened to the following podcast:Help desk analysts: What should they do during downtime? Date: May 2, 2006 @ 1:19 pmCategories: IT Management, Help DeskSubject: Should help desk analysts be allowed to do whatever they...
- Tags: help desk, downtime, bill detwiler, help desk analysts, UncleRob, off-topic, podcast, information technology, IT helpdesk
- Discussion threads 2006-05-05
- how to be persuasive/tacky in proposing IT projects?
- how to be persuasive/tacky in proposing IT projects?We have several legacy computers (Win95/98) that are in bad shape and users are complaining about them all the time. I've enlisted names whose computers should be upgraded along with reasons and submited to the management. However, I'm getting no response after a...
- Tags: downtime, ROI, career, tech06, PC, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-04-20
- DOWNLOAD: Use this workbook to generate scheduled downtime reports
- http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-1035_11-729140.htmlAfter you take a look at this download, please post your feedback, ideas for improvements, or further thoughts on this topic.Thanks,--The TechRepublic Content Teamdowntime???You mean you get system downtime?You can actually take servers offline, work on them, and then bring them back online?Thats amazing, try living in 24x7x365 with...
- Tags: downtime
- Discussion threads 2006-02-22
- Downtime alerts
- HiI run an IBM elink server and i want to be able to be notified once the server goes down. What options are available to me?ThanksIPCheck Server monitor, can be set up to notify you by email and by text message to your cellphone, and the application is not to...
- Tags: Servers
- Q&A 2006-01-17
- Secure your network for success with these resiliency best practices
- Computer networks are an integral and strategic part of business infrastructure and as such the strength and security of networks is vital to continuing operations. This chapter download from Building Resilient IP Networks, by Kok-Keong Lee, Fung Lim, and Beng-Hui Ong focuses on Ethernet switching technology, specifically Layer 2 network...
- Tags: Beng-Hui Ong, Building Resilient IP Networks, Cisco Systems Inc., computer, computer network, Digital Equipment Corp., downtime, Ethernet, Fung Lim, IP network, Kok-Keong Lee, Layer 2, Layer 3, network, security, Web, Web site
- Download resources 2005-12-21
- Data Center cable organization, need help
- I just started a Systems Administrator position and one of my first tasks is to clean up the data center. There are wires all over the place, power strips hanging by a chord mid air, and cables intertwined within one another. (I'd post pictures but I'm still new...
- Tags: cable, data center, downtime, Ethernet, ewimberly@..., hardware, maintenance window, organization, rack, server
- Discussion threads 2005-10-27
- How much spare time do you have?
- How much spare time do you have?I work in a fairly small place - 50+ users, 3 sites, 5 servers. There are two of us in the IT dept. My job is basically to manage all the IT gear while my colleague handles more of a manager's role.He...
- Tags: downtime, Garret`, information technology, job, monitor, off-topic, server, serverS, spare time
- Discussion threads 2005-10-18
- Employees don't care if the business fails
- Employees don't care if the business failsTechRepublic own blogger extraordinaire HutchTech fired off this missive recently, which got me wondering whether everyone agrees that employees willfully ignore security precautions at work because they don't fear consequences."I recently came across this Trend Micro report in a SANS newsletter which claims that...
- Tags: Blogging, SECURITY, Employees
- Discussion threads 2005-09-22
- We measure uptime, not downtime,
- whether it be hardware or software, and uptimes are in excess of 99.7% (99.5 is our lowest acceptable number. It's usually 99.8 or higher)Software down time.I would like to find out some different amount of down times due to software problems. In other words, on the average, how often...
- Tags: down time, downtime, networking, Old Guy, software
- Discussion threads 2005-08-16
- Easy-to-use, cost-effective network and system monitoring software
- ByJamie Lerner, President, CITTIO, Inc.Businesses rely on computers, networks, software, anddatabases to compete effectively. All these systems must remain healthy for abusiness to operate efficiently. In today's IT environment, computing devicesfrom multiple vendors are often used to address many requirements. Should anyof these resources fail unexpectedly, the negativeimpact can be...
- Tags: downtime, monitoring, network, software, system monitoring
- Technical articles 2005-07-21
- Downtime is Important, Too: Food and Drink
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- Tags: Food & Beverage, necoil@..., downtime, beverage, food
- Discussion threads 2005-05-27
- HDD Upgrade
- I'm running out of room on my file server, and have 3 80GB drives to replace 3 18GB drives installed. Outside of rebuilding a new file server with the new drives, how would I replace the drives with minimum downtime one is the system drive?Backup and replace data for...
- Tags: disk, downtime, file server, hard drive, lamar.heard@..., server, windows
- Q&A 2004-12-09
- Network security and management service cleans up company's infrastructure
- When I joined one company, the network and systems were intotal disarray, and the company was having significant amounts of downtime. Itwas also outsourcing all of its desktop and networksupport services. Bottom line: It was a very bad situation with lots ofopportunity.I used InformationEngineering, Inc., a Dynetics network security and...
- Tags: remote office, network, Michael Sisco, network security, server, security
- Technical articles 2004-05-24