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Questions tagged [best-practices]

Questions asking for best practices in a given field. Be aware, that sometimes there might be no generally accepted best practices, in which case the question is likely to be closed for being subjective.

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How should I configure my Active Directory servers so that if one goes down, users are not kicked off SQL?

Today, we shut down one of our Active Directory servers during office hours to check the loading on a UPS. Since all the server did was provide Active Directory in a separate building incase the main building caught fire, or whatever, we didn't…
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How accurate is the 'supersede' term regarding older updates in WSUS?

Been recently playing around with different options for management of my servers. One of these is WSUS. Getting a beginning list of updates was simplistic enough (though, the list is a bit...long) but a question of terms comes into play. MS…
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How can I share a live BZR repository with multiple users?

I'm not sure how best to ask this question. Over several years I've developed my way into a corner and need to figure some things out. I almost certainly haven't been following best practices up until now but there you go. I make and host Django…
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What is the appropriate location for a custom script?

I wrote a script for my Red Hat server that aggregates some system info and shoots it off in an email. What is the appropriate location to place that script? Right now it is in my /home/jeff directory but I doubt that is a very good practice. I…
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dns settings for SERVER 2003 domain controllers for a new client of mine

I have recently taken over a new client in a windows server 2003 domain environment. The only issue i see with the setup is that the second domain controller's dns entries might be wrong, hence why i am posting here. Here is the network setup. two…
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Adding a new disk to shared machine, what do we do?

I hope this is the right 'exchange' to ask in. I work in a research group, we have no SA's etc. monitoring our servers. We have total access to them, and decide what happens or doesn't happen on them. So obviously we are quite dangerous! I'll ask…
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How to rename a mail-enabled security group?

I work in an organization that is prone to frequently renaming teams. What is the best way to manage name changes to mail-enabled security groups? So far, I have just been using the ADUC GUI on our Exchange Server. I rename the group name then…
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Actions to take during/after a power outage

We're in the process of replacing the shelving in our server room, and I found a piece of paper that had been covered over which lists various actions to take during/after a power outage: ADSL modem power off and on Start all servers Start…
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Where to start with Microsoft Exchange 2003

I am quite new to Exchange in general. I have done some server administration, but never with an Exchange box. Can someone point me in a direction that will give me a good overview and a set of best practices? I inherited a box with Exchange on…
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How should I connect a redundant switch arrangement to the rest of the network?

My servers all have two NICs and I have two Ethernet switches (A and B) dedicated to the servers, in a redundant configuration. I have configured the NICs with bonding (Linux) or teaming (ESXi), and this seems to work fine -- I can turn off a switch…
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Best Practice: bind, dhcpd, mysql, httpd, etc running on KVM Host?

With respect to "Best Practice" when it comes to virtualization, is it advisable to run services such as bind and / or dhcpd on a KVM host or should these services be run from a guest machine? How about mysql or httpd? Basically, can the host…
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Bandwidth Sharing & Accounting for large networks::Best Practices

I have a large network with more than 1500 PCs and 9000 user accounts in a university. We have classified users in 5 groups and are sharing bandwidth among them using MikrotiK's hotspot with NTTAC accounting backend. We not only control the maximum…
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Best practices with managing log files on my server

My system is generating log files, e.g. for apache, nginx, tomcat, and other things and they grow pretty fast. I am looking for best practice recommendations because there are so many options to configure things, I'd just as well learn from people…
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Best practice ACLs to prepare for auditors?

An auditor will be visiting our office soon, and they will require read-only access to our data. I have already created a domain user account and placed them into a group called "Auditors". We have a single fileserver (Windows Server 2008) with…
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Which is generally considered faster or best practice: symlinks or Apache aliases?

I'm curious as to what most people's views are on this subject. Personally, I will almost always prefer symlinks unless I have no other option -- I find that it is far more obvious when someone is navigating the file system, but, on the other hand…
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