Charles Socci - Information Technology and Amateur Radio KC2YWZ

I needed to do a quick session recording of my desktop to send some colleagues. In Windows I’ve used tools like Camtasia for quick demos, but I needed something that would record a session from a Linux desktop. (Ubuntu Intrepid 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64) GTK-RecordMyDesktop fit the bill perfectly.
It is very easy to install using Synaptic/Apt and [...]

I serve a large organization with multiple branch offices in remote places. Typically, these offices are staffed with from one to fifty employees. Most of the offices have a local Windows Domain Controller, which doubles as a file/print server, DNS, and DHCP server.
The larger of the offices are usually connected to the Internet via T1, [...]

As long as I’ve been in IT, users have demanded the capability to email files. It is tremendously convenient but leaves much to be desired for IT personnel in charge of messaging systems.
Typically email attachment sizes are limited. Users complain when attempting to email huge spread sheets or media content if they are denied due [...]

We just upgraded our ESX farm to VC 2.5 ESX 3.5. It was on an older 2.x version of Virtual Center. The ESX hosts were 3.0.2.
We then realized our SSL Certificate (The VMWare provided, self signed one) had expired a few days prior. Our upgrade to Virtual Center 2.5 and ESX 3.5 did not replace [...]

I’ve been using the free Solar Winds Exchange monitoring tool to keep an eye on my Exchange 2003 backend. Solarwinds has released a free tool to monitor ESX servers. Note this free tool will only monitor one server – if you want the full deal you have to pay for the monitoring suite. These instructions [...]

So I’ve been pretty busy lately. My company adopted ESX 3.0.1 Enterprise last year as part of a massive IT refresh project.
I joined the company in May ‘06, my boss had been there a few months, and the CTO had been there about a year. Neither of them are still with the company and as [...]