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Here’s a quick blurb on the Spiceworks segment which was in Hak5 episode 402.

Existing features include:

• Help desk system
• Run and edit your own reports on a huge variety of asset data
• Ping, Traceroute, and run Remote Control against a computer
• Compare workstation configurations with each other
• Index and monitor Event Log entries and other stats
• Fully integrated help & user-community based forums
• Automatic discovery of Windows, Linux, Mac and SNMP based devices
• Manual asset addition (not limited to network devices)
• Inventory software license keys of many popular applications
• Attach documents and custom notes/attributes to any asset
• Determine your complete network inventory at a glance; view distribution of hardware vendors, servers, software installations and more

Some new features to whet your appetite:

• Microsoft Exchange monitoring – keep track of your heavy mailbox hitters and Exchange services
• LDAP integration – Allow your users to login with their Active Directory credentials while submitting a help desk ticket
• Asset groups – organize your assets into logical containers

• Service providers – Add important dates, phone numbers and other contact information pertaining to your service providers (contractors, ISPs, web-hosting, etc.)
• Revamped user navigation interface
• Share reports with other Spiceworks community members

Remember that Spiceworks works best on a corporate computer installation where you either have a Windows domain, or a master user / password installed on your boxes.

You can find more info at http://www.spiceworks.com

Well, I’ve finally decided that the day has come in which I should finally take the plunge and attempt some sort of personal branding, even if it is really only on a superficial level.

So, I’ve gone ahead and taken up shop here at http://www.mattlestock.com.

Now that we’ve taken Hak5 to a new level, and there will be alot more exposure on each of us involved, it’s important to have a reliable place for people to go in the event they want to learn about you.

I’ll be posting more and more as I get the chance, but until then, stay tuned and go download Castle Crashers for XBLA! You’ll be glad you did, trust me!

So I’m at the office today installing a very large updated package of SAP’s Process Integration platform, and while SAP has officially announced support for Windows 2008, there’s a couple things that one should know before taking the plunge.

• You want a good amount of memory, period – I can’t stress this enough.  Being that 2008 server is only 64bit, there’s no excuse for deploying a box with anything less than 6GB of RAM.
• Disable IPv6 support -  This one is a little more self explanatory.  SAP does not yet support IPv6, and your install will choke when installing the instance basics.  Another thing to do is to remember to update your hosts file to reflect the IP address of the server instead of the localhost 127.0.0.1
• Time – This install is probably one of the most time intensive SAP installs I’ve done to date, ensure that you have an adequate amount of time to troubleshoot anything that happens.
• Password strength – If you’re installing any SAP environment into a Windows 2008 domain, please ensure that you remember that 2K8 has greater password requirements than 2K3 did.  So ensure you have a strong password (letters, numbers, and special chars).

As of now that’s what I’ve come across, you can go ahead and post any questions you may have and I’ll be happy to answer them.

So what does VMWare ESX Server 3.5 do when installed on a maxed out Dell R900?

Kick Ass! That’s what

Yes, that’s 16 cores (Quad Quad-Core) with 128GB of RAM!

This is more of a notice to those of you who may be ahead of the curve on your enterprise messaging deployments.

Microsoft has recently released version 7.0 of their Messenger client for the Mac and I must say I’m pretty impressed.

For those who haven’t tried it previously, the old client was an absolute nightmare to try and connect to OCS 2007 as you had to manually import certificate keys, and mess with host files, arrg it was a pain in the ass.  But I’m happy to report that all of that is no more, and full compatability is possible with your Mac users and OCS.