Backup Exec Remote Agent Install Fail, Server 2008

June 15, 2009

Problem:  Trying to do a remote installation of the VERITAS Backup Exec remote agent onto a Windows Server 2008 box but keep getting the error: “Attempting to connect to server \\servername failed with the following error: Access is denied.”  Tried turning off the firewall on the server but still not luck.

Solution:  Found the following article on VERITAS’s site which basically tells me to manually install the remote agent on the server.  Manually installed and all was working well.

Links:

Remote Agent manual installation

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Must Have Mac Apps When Switching From Windows

June 4, 2009

If you have read this blog before, you probably know that I now am a MacBook Pro user who ran Vista via Boot Camp. Do to my need to use Podcast producer, I decided to move to Leopard. Below is a list a must have apps, when switching from Windows.

• Remote Desktop for MAC – I still support many Windows machines and servers and need quick remote access to them.
• Office 2008 – So I can access documents sent to me and for Entourage, which I enjoy using much more than outlook. Entourage is very easy to access your exchange server easily.
• Parallels – Tried VMWare but this is much faster and I was able to join my install of Vista to the domain.
• Taco HTML Editor – Needed a replacement for Frontpage. Something just to write code. I like the interface; simple and easy.
• Ecto – Blog editor that isn’t as good as Live Writer but a pretty decent substitute. Still have Live writer installed via parallels; just in case.
• Firefox – Great browser, don’t need to say much more.
• X-Marks – Was able to sync my bookmarks/passwords instantly. Saved a ton of time because I didn’t have to waste it setting all that stuff up again.
• Tweetie – Great Twitter client
• Yummy FTP – Needed something to replace my windows copy of Cute FTP and Yummy was what I needed.
• Camino – Chrome isn’t available for the Mac and Camino is a nice alternative.
• Show Desktop – Loved the show desktop shortcut in Windows and missed it quite a bit. This program fills that void.

What would you suggest for a recent convert?

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Two Finger Scroll Issues with MacBook Pro and Vista

May 21, 2009

Problem:  When I use the two finger scroll on my MacBook Pro within Windows vista, the scrolling is way too fast and hard to control.  Almost feels like a page down command.

Solution:  Go to control panel and go into the mouse properties.  Change the vertical scroll wheel from 3 to 1 and the scrolling is much more fluid.  Not as good as within the Mac OS but better.

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TapDefense 2.0 Tips and Tricks

May 7, 2009

Just downloaded TapDefense 2.0 today and looks like the developers have filled it with new challenges and maps.  Changes that I have noticed include:

1.  New menu where you can choose, game menu, map and level pack

2.  New maps:  Basic, switchback, straight and narrow (from previous versions) and new ones like spiral circular and moat.

3.  Level Pack:  you can select quick play, original, endurance (60 levels or harder enemies).

4.  There is also a random mode where you shake your iPhone or iTouch and the game will choose for you.

Now the playing begins.  I will post winning strategies as I get them.  If you happen to find one yourself, please leave a comment.

Sprial Map:

5.7.09: Beat the Spiral Map in Classic mode with 282,288 gold, 16 wings left and a score of 81,303.  This is a pretty easy level because there is so much real estate to work with.  In fact, there isn’t a reason why you shouldn’t end with all your wings.  The only reason, why I lost some was that I was taken by surprise by the faster speed of some of the characters.   Basically, lots of ice, water and storm, upgraded to the max.   I suspect I will need to use earthquake for the other maps, especially with the faster characters.  Some of the new stuff that I have found is the following:

• Firecats and Devils are super fast.  You will need to use ice and level 4 water towers to beat them.
• You have to fight a single devil that has 30,000 hit points.
• You start seeing politicians at level 24
• You get your last halo at level 49
• Storm and Ice towers doesn’t have a 4th level upgrade

5.8.09:  Beat Spiral Map in Ten Towers mode with 1,666 gold, 15 wings and a  score of 8,716.  Not the best stats but just needed to get through. With this map it’s easy to win because of the switchbacks on the path.  Just use lots of ice, a couple of storms and level 4 storms. 

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Sophos Not Updating After Upgrading to Astaro to 7.x

March 13, 2009

Problem:  After upgrading from Astaro 6.x to 7.x, Sophos updates began to fail from within the internal network.  Updates outside the network were successful.
Background:  Because Sophos is configured to update using the external internet address(update.domain.com), a NAT rule was created to redirect the public IP request to the internal address of the update server.  Sophos would make the request to the update server but when the update server tried to respond, Astaro would drop the packets, tens of thousands of requests would be dropped.  Working with Astaro support, we determined that the updates were failing because of the transparent proxy.

Solution:  Added the update internet address to the “Skip transparent mode hosts/nets” list.  You can find this under Web Security – HTTP – Advanced.   Once added updates were successful.

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