setup site-to-site VPN between fortigate and sonicwall TZ 200 with NAT over VPN

NAT over VPN

what does that mean, yeah ... if you can two offices or two sites on the same subnet like 192.168.1.x

its tricky to setup a site-to-site VPN, here is NAT - OVER-VPN come into play

it works in a virtual proxy way

here is a good link to make it work
http://www.fuzeqna.com/sonicwallkb/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=7759

the trick is if a complex pre-shared key doesn't work, try a simple one,

and you need manually type the key (not copy / paste from email)

the error I had is timed-out, pre-shared key doesn't match ...

after re-type the pre-shared key many times, it comes up
 

install Toshiba MFCs or e-studioes , the insider story

toshiba e-studio 263C and 3040C

default password admin/123456

default password admin/aaaaaa

Tosh tech loaded unified driver on the server for 3040C

both has w2000 drivers and 64 bit drivers

the funny thing is the uni driver wont work with a 3rd party sql based application

i wasted 2 days on this, tried this and that driver for the 3040c, no luck, that accounting package just wont print.

eventually get the software lady Sue to come in, she can't get that working either

finally the co-working get the thing working with the Tosh e-363c printer, and he changed the uni-driver to 263c for the 3040C

bloddy fat sturte
 

enable anti-spam on exchange 2010 hub transport

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb201691.aspx

its not installed by default on exchange 2010 hub transport,

quite useful for blocking users sending to non-users in AD

Run the Install-AntispamAgents.ps1 script

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You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Hub Transport server" entry in the Transport Permissions topic.

1. Run the following command from the %system drive%/Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts folder.
   
   .\install-AntispamAgents.ps1
   
   

2. After the script has run, restart the Microsoft Exchange Transport service by running the following command.
   
   Restart-Service MSExchangeTransport
   

outlook 2010 cache auto-complete not working

http://www.sevenforums.com/microsoft-office/77747-outlook-2010-autocomplete.html

I copy the parts that worked for me here

SECTION 2 - SUCCESS
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The suggestion that DID work for me involved downloading software called NK2 EDIT. I believe Outlook versions prior to 2010 used a data file with the NK2 extension to store auto-complete cache info. OL 2010 does not use this type of file, it uses the Stream_Autocomplete###.dat file instead. NK2 EDIT software (free) works with BOTH TYPES of files and can easily convert either type to the other.

Before attempting to fix the problem, I first made sure my contacts were updated - this is important if you want to have a good list of auto-complete contacts. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE that the auto-complete contacts that appear when typing in addresses ARE NOT POPULATED AUTOMATICALLY BY OUTLOOK FROM YOUR CONTACTS/ADDRESS BOOK(S). Outlook is supposed to automatically create auto-complete addressed based on who you send emails to - not simply by whether or not they exist in your addressbook. Here is a run down of how I fixed the problem using NK2 Edit:

1. Open the address book for Outlook and organize and cleanup all contacts in all address books. Make sure that anyone you want to appear in the auto-complete is IN THE ADDRESS BOOK.
2. Close Outlook and open NK2 Edit. Open/Start a NEW NK2 file.
3. Go to Action > Add Records from Address Book
4. Select all of the contacts that you want to appear in the auto-complete list. This shouldn't necessarily be all of your contacts! (For example, if you have five contacts named John, but four of them you haven't emailed in a few years and the other one you email every day -- you should probably only add the one that you email every day. Otherwise, every time you start to type his name in the To: field, you'll have to select the right John out of a list of five.)
5. Once the list is complete, SAVE the list as an NK2 file with a name that makes sense for future reference, such as "Outlook 2010 Auto-Complete Cache File, created in NK2Edit, 2011.11.17". This file will serve as a backup in case the cache file ever becomes corrupted again.
6. Now for getting this file to play nicely with Outlook! First make sure Outlook is NOT running. Then, go to: File > Save As. Browse to the C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\RoamCache folder and OVERWRITE the existing Stream_Autocomplete###.DAT file. To do this you'll have to use the drop-down box under the file name box to change the file type from NK2 to DAT.
7. Close NK2 Edit, and open Outlook. Verify that the auto-complete list now matches the list you created in NK2 Edit by typing a few email address into a new email message.

ShadowProtect StorageCraft training

a full day training on ShadowProtect StorageCraft ... presented by StorageCraft APAC experts , shall I say

here are some notes from the seminar

there is bug with version 4.0.5, problem checking a dirty FAT table; so update it to the latest version as soon as possible

windows vss can only do 1 per hours, shadowprotect vss can do per 15 mins

avoid run those two at the same time, so shadowprotect not on the hour

for performance , use fixed-page file and 4*memory as virtul mem

watch disk queue length, it should be less than 2 per spindle

use separae jobs per volume, but for exchange server, use one jobs for logs/dbs

be carefull with sql maintenance plan, it is a hidden vss on its own

image-manager can be used for verify image and collapsing image, quite intensive cpu / network usage

you can use NAS as IR

which two files shadowprotect do not backup? page file and hibenate file?

to recover 2003 DC, you need edit reg, set USN, set time zone correct

to start cmd do CTRL+Shift+F12 ( this is windows PE)

always do chkdsk

fix drive letter

disable vendor specific services like cpq

check boot configuration


before doing restor, (or HSR), edit disk policy, disk geometry, change track -- sector

restore mbr -- restore original mbr from the image file
restore disk hidden track (s/w license like autocad, sbs 2008 pki)
ShadowControl iFTP Version 5  --- for backup on low latency and 2Mbit link
ShadowControl ShadowStream Server Version 5 for high latency and fat bandwidth, need heaps ports open, better with site-2-site vpn

ShadowControl CMD -- still in early version, like a control panel

WatchDog -- like n-able / kaseya , -- good for monitoring disk events

office 2013 trial

office 2013 trial

downloaded office 2013 (or office 365) trial,

start outlook 2013, dear ...., it upgraded my outlook 2007 exchange account,

the original outlook 2007 ost file size is 1.983GB, the new OST file size is about 550MB

it seemed outlook 2013 organized the cache very well.

another thing I did a compact on my o2k7 ost file, the size reduced from 2.5GB to 2GB

there is a Microsoft saftety scanner

there is a Microsoft saftety scanner

this is a standalone one, runs on PCs and at least I am currently running on windows 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

70-659 , microsoft 2008 R2 virtualization

need do this as part of employment.

missed the free vouch, eventually done this last month

I am more familiar with p2v, terminal server questions.

I installed scvmm 2008 R2 to get myself familar with the self-service portal

there are questions on converting vmware v2v

theere are some wired questions about managing snapshots


overall, i need to do this to carry on my work life

clear WER huge files

clear WER huge files

its better to clean via the Control Panel (applied to 2008 / vista up)
http://jordanbortz.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/losing-space-on-drive-c-check-your-wer-reportqueue/