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October 26, 2008
Bare Metal Recovery of Windows 2000 Servers Using Bacula and BartPE
I was far less certain about restoring our Windows 2000 systems from bare metal. The file set that can be used on a Windows 2000 system intentionally bypasses a number of system files which cannot be backed up due to the Windows kernel file locking mechanisms which prevent a simple copy. Volume Shadow Copy (finally) corrected this problem, but that service was only available on Windows 2003 and above, and it's not a good idea to make that upgrade just for that feature.
So, we embarked on a project to determine if we could recover a Windows 2000 system from bare metal using only Bacula backups. There were many false starts. Several pitfalls. We did some things to these systems that would make a Microsoft Professional Support Services engineer shake with fear, anger, and revulsion. In the end though, we can recover our Windows systems from catastrophic failure fairly quickly.
This guide is divided into three sections which I'll call Bliss, Panic, and Relief.
Bare Metal Recovery of Windows 2000 Servers Using Bacula and BartPE
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First items of disposable consumer culture
Detached ruffs and decorative cuffs were securely attached to the outer garments for each wearing, using metal pins. It has been suggested that in economic terms, these pins are the first genuinely disposable commodities of emerging consumer culture, since they were bought in bulk, used once and then discarded (though there are records of the more frugal having their bent pins straightened for re-use).
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Underwear as outwear
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October 13, 2008
Finding a Linux console text editor with CUA keybindings
Alex, on December 8th, 2007 at 05:12 Said:
I think Minimum Profit 5 (mp-5) is better.
It has all the windows keys bindings (ctrl-o, ctrl-s, ctrl-c, ctrl-v ...) it pretty fast, scriptable, and work with GTK and also with Ncursesw (console based).home page: http://www.triptico.com/software/mp.html
Finally! A decent text editor for Linux with Windows key bindings. | Usher
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October 7, 2008
Tech's looming battle against rising energy costs | InfoWorld | Analysis | 2008-09-09 | By Betsy Harter
Enterprises can take this idea one step further by using the LDAP structure to control lighting, heating, and cooling in the workspace. "Half of the time, employees are in meetings or in other places," Turner notes. "Using the IT infrastructure, companies can understand how a space is being used, forecast likely loads in building, control big mechanical equipment, and make climate decisions, including whether to heat and cool a space or not. When the last person logs off, we know the building is not occupied, and we can reduce energy by 30 percent."
The savings from such efficiencies can be enormous. Bank of America, for example, expects to cut as much as half its energy usage in 3,300 branches using "intelligent" building automation technology.
"Buildings consume 40 percent of the energy we use in the United States today, and 30 percent of that is wasted through inefficient systems, which include poor lighting control and practices such as running heat and air conditioning at night when no one is in the building," says Brandi McManus, global business development manager of energy services for Swedish building automation provider TAC.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/09/09/37FE-tech-energy-crisis_4.html
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A wealth of housing research from CMHC
Research Highlights are brief summaries of complete reports on the findings of research projects conducted for or by CMHC. This series is divided into two streams (which you may select from the left side menu): Technical Series and the Socio-Economic Series.
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October 1, 2008
Short Tip: Get file extension in Shell script
Many ways to get just the extension of a file in Unix shell scripting (the reverse of "basename")
http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/09/29/short-tip-get-file-extension-in-shell-script/
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