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A few months ago, LifeChurch.tv purchased the Veeam Management Suite + Backup. I've been playing with it in small doses and am just starting to implement all of the various pieces. My latest project as been working with Veeam Enterprise… Read moreVeeam Enterprise Reporter – Part 1 – Easy Installation
So, I got my first peek into the Veeam product line a couple years ago. I was working at a local Church in Louisville, Kentucky and let through a virtual infrastructure refresh (VMWare ESX) and the Consultants we used for… Read moreI Love Veeam (and you should too)
In Part 1 of this series, we did a brief overview of the EASY installation process for Solarwinds Engineer’s Toolset v10. In Part 2 of this series, we discussed price, features and the “Freeware” functionality of the Toolset for those… Read moreSolarwinds Engineer’s Toolset v10 – Part 3 – Workspace Studio Examples
In Part 1 of this series on the Solarwinds Engineer's Toolset, I focused primarily on the ease of installation. For those of you that are uber-technical, you probably laughed at that blog entry. It really is that simple. Anyway, in… Read moreSolarwinds Engineer’s Toolset v10 – Part 2 – Features & Cost
So, a week or so ago I was twittering with the Solarwinds Head Geek, @sw_headgeek. It started out innocently enough, just busting chops / teasing re: making network cables. Before I knew it, I had an opportunity to preview the… Read moreSolarwinds Engineer’s Toolset v10 – Part 1 – Installation
One of my projects recently has been adding our first Terminal Server into the LC.tv network. As a lot of organizations have, we've begun transitioning several key users to a Mac environment. A side effect has been the inability for… Read moreTerminal Server 2008 And Macs Play Nice
I've been crazy busy the last couple weeks. We've been trying to recover from major ice-storm damage, fight with Allstate Insurance, figure out some mortgage refinancing (which failed because of appraisal value), and I even flew back to the Central… Read moreSophos PureMessage for Exchange 2007 – Installation
Well, the time has come to install Sophos into production. Here are a few details about our initial specs for the Sophos server (cleverly named SOPHOS in our environment): 1 single vCPU (2.33ghz) 2gigs of vRAM to start Server 2008… Read moreSophos – Initial Install/Setup Details
Hello there. Last time I blogged, I talked about how we were looking to change Antivirus products. I spent the last few weeks testing products from NOD32, AVG, Sophos, Trend and of course Symantec. It may be helpful to know… Read moreAntivirus Product Winner: Sophos
As usual, let's just dive in – no need for chitchat, right? LifeChurch.tv is a long-time Norton/Symantec customer for Antivirus products. The Symantec product line has treated us well for our desktops, servers and even our Exchange installations. We really only… Read moreAntivirus – Stay with a known, or venture into the unknown?