So we (the IT group) setup a Nagios system running on Ubuntu. It monitors a bunch of our servers, and every so often we get a FLOOD of e-mails about servers going down, and immediately going right back up again.<br><br>The Director is questioning why this is being reported, and our support staff has no idea what is going on.<br><br>Since I am one of ... well, one people in the group who knows anything about linux at all, I've been asked to see what's what.<br><br>I don't know much about Nagios, but as a web and software developer, I am not afraid of it either.<br><br>So what gives? Has anyone run into something like this before? I know my question is vague, but so is my understanding of how Nagios actually works. I guess I'm just throwing this question out there hoping that it's something that comes up often... maybe some rookie mistake? <img border="0" src="http://www.cnet.com/i/mb/emoticons/happy.gif" alt="happy">

I'm 34 with 1 year experience in desktop support. I've just earned my BS in Computer Science. My current position is being cut. I'm not sure what I should do next. I have been looking for any IT job,but I can't find any. Does anybody have any ideas? Work on degrees or certs? Or should I focus on one area and teach myself? Thanks.

Is it possible to have two currency type fields for a resource a ie. a buy and Sell rate for a resource and get separate reports on each field?

I have several clients that are currently using mozy pro, I would like to use online backups so I can access the data remotely etc. Lately we have been having problems with mozy pro, the client will not run back ups, I have been working with support for a while now and they can't seem to get it worked out. So before I need the backups I'd like to get something else in place. Does any one have any experience with this type of service or any recommendations for a replacement service. All of these clients are using some form of Microsoft windows server 2003 (most of them are SBS) And we will be backing up 10GB to 1TB (most are under 50GB) low cost would be nice but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I work at a small school with a bell system based on a clock that I am not able to change (don't ask). Therefore, for convenience sake, I'd like to have every computer on the campus to have its time synchronized with our domain controller according to a time that I set. I know how to set up the GP to synch with time.windows.com, but how do I setup our domain controller as the NTP?<br><br>Domain controller: Windows Server 2003 R2 <br>Clients: Windows XP

I am attempting to re-install windows on a hard drive that has a previous installation on it.<br><br>I have a SATA DVD drive with the windows disk in it, and a PATA drive with the previous installation.<br><br>Despite the fact that I have pre-configured the BIOS to boot first from the disc drive, it rolls over to the HD every time without going back to the disc drive; thus I cannot get the windows disc to run. When I remove the HD connection from the board, the disc drive kicks-in fine.<br><br>What can I do to make the dvd drive begin loading windows instead of rolling over to the HD and it's bad windows installation?

Hello, I am trying to decipher the below Internet Header. The email is Spam.<br><br>Mail.dvsno.org (IP Address 171.164.31.13) is a friendly organization who has been added to our spam filter whitelist. <br><br>Our Symantec Mail Security for SMTP(IP Address - 10.1.3.4) logs identify this email as this:<br>Accepted From: 171.164.31.13(Friendly Organizations IP)<br>Sender: connie@dvsno.org (Legitimate user at Friendly Organization)<br>Recipient: CPen@mydomain.com (Legitimate user at My domain)<br><br>Our Exchange Server(IP Address 10.1.3.5) Message Tracking identifies this email as this:<br>Return Path: connie@dvsno.org<br>Sender: connie@dvsno.org<br>Recipient: CPen@mydomain.com<br><br>connie@dvsno.org did not knowingly send this email. <br><br>So, is dvsno.org an open relay or is it a spam bot client? Or did a spammer just spoof the sender email address and IP address? Dvsno.org is not being blacklisted according to mxtoolbox. <br><br>Also, looking at the header, you will see ip address 89.216.228.229. This ip address does show up as being blacklisted.<br><br>Note: All of the domains & IP addresses have been altered, except the spammers address 89.216.228.229.<br><br>Now for the Header:<br>Received: from smtp.mydomain.com (10.1.3.4) by smtp.mydomain.com (10.1.3.5)<br> with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.1.393.1; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:01:18 -0800<br>X-AuditID: 0a010104-000016d400000bdc-52-4b97de6e4690<br>Received: from mail.dvsno.org ([171.164.31.113]) by smtp.mydomain.com with<br> Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:01:17 -0800<br>Received: from [89.216.228.229] ([89.216.228.229]) by mail.dvsno.org with<br> Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:04:38 -0800<br>From: Pfizer shopping portal <connie@dvsno.org><br>To: <connie@dvsno.org><br>Subject: Crazy 80% Discount for CPen<br>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:01:34 +0100<br>MIME-Version: 1.0<br>Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1"<br>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit<br>Return-Path: connie@dvsno.org<br>Message-ID: <SERVERqSAeD2Vh7nbqa00000139@mail.dvs-snoco.org><br>X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Mar 2010 18:04:38.0812 (UTC) FILETIME=[2683A5C0:01CAC07C]<br>X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA==<br><br>Thank you,<br>Greg

can eny one pls help me solve this problem!!<br><br>i'm managing a software in a computers network.<br><br>we have a software installed in the server (hyper file centre control) conected with 8 other client computres.<br><br>in the client computers we installed a sopftware(acofile) wich comunicate with the server.<br><br>whene the system(xp sp2) is just few days installed,than evry things are okay(the software send the data to the server).<br><br>but after while(a month after installing xp)the software in some client computers can not comunicate with the server.whene i ping the server,it does work,only the software can not comunicate with the server.<br><br>ps: the software in computres client comunicate with the server via PORT 4900.<br><br>so i think that this port 4900 is closed and thats why it can't comunicate with the server,because after i re-install the system it doese work again.<br><br>can this port 4900 be colsed or a virus atack it?? if yes,is there any solution to re-open this Port,to let this two software comunicate without evry time re-installing XP??<br><br>thx Radouan

I'm uninstalling service pack 3 of Windows XP so I can uninstall Internet Explorer 8 (I believe it's corrupted). My computer is uninstalling Service pack 3, but it's been on the last step for possibly an hour now. Normally, how long does this take? Should I do a hard shut down?<br><br>edit: SOLVED <br>refer to: <a href="http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=327207&messageID=3258433&tag=wideContent;wsUpdatesList" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=327207&messageID=3258433&tag=wideContent;wsUpdatesList</a>

Anyone has any advice on this certification, I am still in school for another year for my bachelors in Information Assurance & Security, anyone have any advice on this cert or any other ones?