Wednesday, June 16, 2010

[itroundtable] FW: NYExUG - June Meeting Follow-up

 

From: announce@nyexug.com [mailto:announce@nyexug.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 6:35 PM
To: 'announce@nyexug.com'
Subject: NYExUG - June Meeting Follow-up

 

Hello All,

 

       My June presentation focused on Exchange Virtualization's Disk Best Practices and Supported Configurations. I spent a few more hours updating this presentation so it's heavily referenced and even better than when I presented. I recommend you review it and if you have any questions, let me know or post in theend user mailing list we have.

 

May & June Presentations here

 

       Also, reminder that the May presentation by Bob Hunt (Microsoft) is online as well. It's 62 pages of glory about Exchange 2010 SP1. Also, an upcoming Outlook 2007 SP will add the "Online Archive" functionality as well.

 

       Also, the Associated Press reached out to me in search of a senior level Exchange admin. If you have the experience, see below and apply for it. 18 Exchange Servers sounds like fun.

 

Question of the Month Answer

Q) How many methods of disk virtualization are supported for Exchange?
3.Here they are: 1) Fixed/Thick disk, 2) SCSI pass-through storage, and 3) iSCSI storage targets.

Bonus Question: Which versions support which method?
Exchange 2003 SP2, Exchange 2007 SP1, and Exchange 2010 support all 3.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc794548%28EXCHG.80%29.aspx

 

See you at our July meeting,

-Ben Serebin

 

 

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Job ID: 95001714    
Description: 
The Associated Press is seeking a Systems Engineer for its Cranbury Technical Center.  Please go to http://careers.ap.org and apply for Job #95001714.

 

Reporting to the Deputy Director, Global Services, this position’s main focus will be on maintaining the Enterprise Active Directory, Exchange, and Office Communicator user community. The environment consists of approximately 4500 users, with 12 Domain Controllers, 18 Exchange Servers, and other support infrastructure servers. The position’s key focus is on daily administration and maintenance of these systems as well as planning for upgrades and system enhancements.

 

The candidate will also be involved with other Microsoft Windows based IT systems and projects including, but not limited to, Altiris, Sharepoint, DNS management, Wireless Handheld devices, Blackberry and ActiveSync, system monitoring, and general IT systems (antivirus, personal firewalls, anti-spyware, etc). The position includes hands-on involvement, technical project management skills, and acting as an escalation point for staff members.

 

This candidate must possess a wide range of technical skills relating to Microsoft client/server technologies, TCP/IP, LAN/WAN troubleshooting, Email, and Internet/web systems.

 

Responsibilities will also include:
• Server administration and troubleshooting (Windows 2000/2003/2008/R2)
• SAN/Cluster administration and troubleshooting (EMC, Dell, Exchange)
• Email administration and troubleshooting (Exchange 2003/2010)
• Email/network server administration including:
    o Addition/deletion/cleanup of email accounts/IDs
     o Creation and execution of a systems backup and recovery plans
     o Operations documentation including startup/shutdown, backup,  and recovery procedures.
• Problem management and timely resolution from initial contact to closure. Tier-3 support to agencies for e-mail server, connectivity, or related problems.
• Enforcement of standard naming conventions, operating procedures, and IT policies and procedures.
• Tasks such as directory cleanup, directory synchronization, mailbox archiving, Email traffic/flow troubleshooting across a complex global environment.
• Ensure procedures, standards, quality measures and documentation are defined, communicated, adhered to and managed appropriately.
• Maintain a good relationship with customers while resolving their issues quickly.
• Provide upper management with needed and relevant information.
• Interact with Project Managers and the Implementation team on various projects and services that will us Active Directory and/or Exchange as a foundation.
• Take a lead role in problem analysis and resolution during major Service Interruptions and Outages.
Mentor and/or share knowledge with the entire technical support staff and team members.
• Provide training and documentation to the Desktop Support team.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

 

• 5+ years practical experience with Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange 2003/2007/2010.
• Experience with wireless mobile device integration within an Exchange environment (Blackberry, Goodlink, ActiveSync).
• Experience with Microsoft Exchange and Sharepoint integration.
• Experience writing scripts for administrative functions is a plus.
• 4+ years Server administration including:
    o Addition/deletion/cleanup of email accounts/IDs
     o Creation and execution of a file backup and recovery plans
     o Creation and execution of database backup and recovery plans
• Operations documentation including startup/shutdown, backup, and recovery procedures.
• Scripting or Programming skills in VB/VBScript and .NET
• 3+ years Server, LAN, and WAN support problem management.
• 5 + years experience implementing and managing Exchange clustering, SAN technologies, and management.
• 4+ years of customer service, support, and/or consulting experience for
enterprise-level customers.
• Ability to work on-call 24/7 via company mobile and laptop as required.
• Open to possible travel when requested by Manager.
• Ability to represent the company and your Manager in any confidentiality bestowed to you.
• Requires extremely strong communication skills and problem-solving ability.
• Should be an organized self-starter able to work effectively without direct supervision.

 

The Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. Founded in 1846, AP today is the largest and most trusted source of independent news and information. On any given day, more than half the world's population sees news from AP.

 

AP seeks to build an inclusive organization grounded in respect for differences. We support all aspects of diversity and provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability or status as a veteran in accordance with applicable nondiscrimination laws.

 

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- Workload Migration: Move workloads between any combination of physical and virtual hardware (P2P, P2V, V2P, V2V or X2X) within datacenters or across locations for datacenter migrations and consolidations. 
- Workload Backup: Continuously backup workloads and recover them on demand to a new physical or virtual machine. Recovery can be done at the item level to any point in time. 
- Workload Availability: Ensure the availability of critical IT workloads for disaster recovery and business continuity using real-time replication and failover that can protect individual applications, entire servers or virtualized workloads running on VMware ESX or Microsoft Hyper-V. 
- Workload Flexibility: Easily manage any workload by booting it from iSCSI SANs, regardless of hardware and without the need for specialized HBAs.

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