Getting started with servers

hargi

hargi

hargi

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I thought id get more replyies in here but feel free to move it to another area if needed.
A chance may be coming up at work to get more involved with Servers our dedicated server guy is off sick dunno if he will return. We have technitions that know about them and do the day to day stuff with them. But from next year i will need my own dedicated server as i will be incharge of our Moodle.
So would like to know and be able to fix anything that goes wrong asap.
But also in the office there used to be a guy that would be able to make test servers straight away with out having to call the techs, this guy has left so i have seen a gap that i could fill.
Couple of questions.
Is it worth trying to go this route?
How complicated is it to learn? How long?

And how long approx should it take to set up a Live Communications Server (test server)

TIA
 
Currently im the admin for fronter here, the VLE we buy in but we want to go with moodle which i dont mind gives me moer to do and hopefully more money. and yeah were moving to sharepoint 2007, which i dont have a lot to do with at the moment but i know my colleges are finding it a bit tedius.
At the moment im admining fronter and another bought in system that runs on a moodle platform, along with this i do a bit of webdesign and making e learnign stuff.
I know that my boss when we get moodle wants me to be responsible for that server as were short staffed on techs. I dont want to go poking about with any of the other servers like student works and teachers work or any of that stuff.
Current skill level well not really high in anything server wise, can set up an apatche lite server :P and that. Im more web/media but dont mind getting involved with that stuff.
The setting up a live Communiations server test would be as a favor for someone in the office... best to keep away from that then??
Lumpeh what config is your moodle server?
Lordsplodge take it you like working better out of education how much better is it?
 
Thanks ThomP. Anything i can do to make me worth more money or more enployable is good.
Just installed virtualPC and going to install 2003 server on there and have a play
 
Right got a virtual Pc and a Virtual 2003 Server set up that can see each other. There both in vinnila states.
What should i do now? What would be the easyiest thing to get me learning? ANy good tutorials or sites?
 
Thanks fokes been playing with them for a bit and it looks good fun.
Where can i get some MSI files that i can play with GP with. Something like realplayer that i can see straight away if it has worked?
 
Think moodle will be run on windows, just theres more people here that know more about it then linux.
Right i have foubnd a firefox msi i have put this in a shared area on the server. I have checked that i can see the file with the client.
Then i have gone into the ou where the computer is loacted and added a group policey. Computer config>softwere settings>softwere instilation. and added the package. I get a pop up box saying " cannot veryfy path is a network connection. If the package is not available from a network share clients will not be able to install it. Are you sure you want to deploy from this location?" i click yes Then choose assign and it appears in the list.
When i restart the client nothign gets installed. any ideas?
 
K.C. Leblanc said:
You need to specify the path to the MSI with the unc path (\\servername\sharename\etc.). Also you might need to adjust the permissions on the share, bare in mind the computer isn't logged on when it's trying to install the software.
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How you do this aswell? as the path is C:\sharedarea\firefox.msi when i look at it.
 
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