Getting started with servers

ThomP said:
Hi,
Keep up the learning dude, if you can you should evolve your learning around a hobby or something you enjoy. Keeps the interest there and the want for success & no failure.
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I used to enjoy computing as a hobby. Nearly 10 years working in the industry has made me have a deep dislike for them. I have found, however, that I enjoy the processes involved in making computer systems and those who operate them work efficiently.

I have modified my career path to account for this. The one thing I don't do is muck about with computers at home. I have a laptop that just works for my computer use at home.
 
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?
 
hargi said:
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?
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Build a virtual XP machine aswell and get it interacting with the server. Create users, play with GPOs, share files, mess about with permissions.

As for MSIs, if you've got a copy of office lying about that's a good one to do. Use the resource kit to create an MSP with all the installation settings you want. If not just get googling.

Also is your Moodle on Windows or Linux, might be worth learning some Linux.

Oh if your in education get over to edugeek.net (second bst forum on the internet).
 
Forgot to mention some progs come as an MSI but the files are all wrapped in an excutable.

Run the setup program from Start>Run and add the /a switch to the end. It'll ask you which folder you want to install to. Infact it won't be installing at all, all it does is give you the MSI and supporting files.

Quite a lot of Adobe software works this way.
 
Bes said:
*vomits*

Sharepoint is horrible, horrible, bloated, ugly, difficult, and crap to use.

Not as bad as Oracle's Time Management/ Expenses software though... THAT is bad!
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urg, I use it for my timesheets. Awful.


On topic - VMWare is king. I love it so much.
 
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?
 
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.
 
LordSplodge said:
Nothing right with SharePoint. Bloated, complicated, top heavy. Sure it can be integrated quite well with other Microsoft technologies but most places can have a cheaper, easier to setup Intranet by avoiding SharePoint.
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Beg to differ. I've seen enough disfunctional, broken, dead intranets to know that Sharepoint wins because it allows users to create content with the software they know already and with the skills they already posess.

Intranets are for users to use, not techies to show off their skills.
 
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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Yup add domain computers to the acl's on the share and folder with read permissions. That one always gets me.
 
Stolly said:
Beg to differ. I've seen enough disfunctional, broken, dead intranets to know that Sharepoint wins because it allows users to create content with the software they know already and with the skills they already possess.
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Sure, I agree that technology that is just for the 'techs' to show off their 'skillz' is pointless. IT is about making the workforce more efficient and productive.

SharePoint in my professional opinion does not do this as it is bloated, slow and clunky to both administer and use but I guess will will have to disagree.;)
 
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.
 
hargi said:
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?
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Realplayer is a bad example, terrible software for distribution :) (my main role is applications packaging and distribution with sms :p)

Find something that's already a native MSI, tbh office products will be good as most people have them to play with and you can try loads of things out with them (and they actually work well).

Just read directly above, firefox isn't a bad one to use :) If the machine isn't logged on then I'm guessing AD uses the machines system account like SMS does?
 
Vanilla said:
urg, I use it for my timesheets. Awful.
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Thank god we didn't use Sharepoint to do our timesheets then. We use Web Timesheet and that's manageable. :)

Stolly said:
Beg to differ. I've seen enough disfunctional, broken, dead intranets to know that Sharepoint wins because it allows users to create content with the software they know already and with the skills they already posess.
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Absolutely, but creating documents is only half the story. I assume you want someone to be able to find and read those documents, no? (sending links out in emails doesn't count).
 
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