Recent content by Lexluethar

Is this work or a lab - if work i would NOT be using free software unless you have used them a ton in the past. We use CommVault - Veeam is good too.

From a technical standpoint it depends, either can be better than the other depending on what you order / purchase and what your needs are. Really you just need to look at what you want to use the device for.

It honestly depends on how needy your end users are and how much time the systems you support take up. If you have to ask i'm going to assume then you probably need some help. As others have said i would suggest getting a desktop support guy that can help end users and phone issues. That will...

Nagios is great as well. We almost went with Nagios but our hangup was it really required a dedicated individual / sme to implement and support it. Our long term goal is to get all server / device owners to own the monitoring piece of their server / device. OPmanager allows that because devices...

Cost i'm not sure, it's per device and they sell it in chunks. We are monitoring 550 devices and 4000 interfaces with it (devices are both switch, physical server and virtual servers) and it costs about 3,000 a year. It can use SNMP traps as well as WMI, it's a great tool for monitoring network...

ManageEngine OPManager does all of that. You can also get it to monitor services but it does require a local admin account. It does NOT have to be domain admin though. Simply add a service account to your domain and add it to the local admins group on any servers / workstations you are wanting...

Yup, unless the VM is segmented it acts just like any other PC node on your network. It really depends on what type of infection you are talking about. Either way the short answer is yes, it's just like any other device on the network. If your Host PC gets infected it can corrupt a VM file or...

My advice would be to take an entry level position in a help desk or service desk / desktop support role. Most companies will put that a help desk or desktop support role requires 2 years or more of experience which is BS. Be realistic but I would apply for those positions - i got my first IT...

Associates with your CCNA would land you most jobs - some companies may look past you because you don't have a bachelors but i'm finding that few and far between now adays. The only companies i see now doing that are generally very large companies that have an 'old way' of doing things. CCNA is...

Tough to say, what area is the internship and what would you be doing? I think that answer would dictate your next steps. If the internship is centered around security I would look at maybe getting your Sec+ to make yourself look more prepared.

Go with a rack mount server, not blade. Blades require a chassis, which will just exacerbate your costs. Blades make sense once you plan on purchasing 6 or more blades because for a cheaper price you can quickly expand. We have Dell mostly in our shot, I would suggest a Dell R630, solid 3rd...

We are running Exchange 2010 but are upgrading to Exchange 2013. What I would suggest is reading architecture documentation on the deployment. Get a feel for what each server does (CAS vs DB vs HT) and understand how they work together. In Exchange 2010 they separated all roles, in 2013 they are...

Could do a reset on your router - it would require you to completely reconfigure all settings but would allow you to set your password.

Ya i cannot root the phone, it needs to stay stock. Still looking into ways of doing this.

I will try that, tried like half a dozen apps on the app store and none worked or required a rooted phone. I will try that tonight - thanks carnage.