Blog

20 Feb 2008.
Finally added a secondary Domain Controller to the network.
Internal DNS was slow to update but eventually got there.
Resolved a big issue where IMF was deleting internal emails as spam.

21 Feb 2008.
Set up the VM host server. Templates allow a new server to be configured
and running in less than 10 minutes.

2 May 2008
All external DNS hosting is now provided by a 3rd party. This frees up a Linux
server to be re-deployed as part of the Exchange 2007 upgrade.

3 May 2008.
Implementation of the new Snapgear went well. Three Linux servers have
been replaced with the single Snapgear Firewall. Servers are no longer
physically located in the DMZ as NAT and Port Forwarding are now utilised.
A Linksys switch has been freed up in the project and this has been moved
and now ALL servers sit in the same 1 gig switch.

Password for the switch was not recorded and it had to be reset to factory
default.

4 May 2008
All servers are now on a single Gig switch, backup times have shrunk !!!
Weekly backup used to take 39 hours 15 minutes to backup 1.124 Terrabyte
It now takes 27 hours 30 minutes to backup 1.168 Terrabyte