Servers and no routers

150 hosts
6 servers
miles of wire in a moderate sized building
no routers
only $15-$20 switches
how normal is this approach to routing a school
with ip phones, wifi... etc... using permissions on servers instead of routers?

I'm not sure what you're asking. Because you've mentioned there is no router, are you concerned with wanting to offer internet connectivity, or are you just concerned that the cheapo switches or hubs are being use, or both?
And yes, I've seen this setup numerous times with various customers on a budget. Hey, it works, not really efficiently since the retail-box store switches have more like a (going on memory) a 70% efficiency rate of packets drops.
For switches that you can't buy at Best Buy or any other retail box store, such as a 48 port Linksys Business class switch to a 48 port Cisco Catalyst, they are really close to efficiency, but of course the Cisco version has more features. The following
is 6 years old, and I can't find the link I was thinking about when I mentioned the 70% info above, but this gives you an idea.
Buying the best switch: Linksys vs. Cisco
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/buying-the-best-switch-linksys-vs-cisco/
The answer is, you're best bet is if you are budget conscious, to get a Linksys business class switches, and if not, get a Cisco switch. But for 150 + 6 servers, you would need stackable switches, because with the multiple 24 or 48 port switches (you didn't
mention what you have), there will definitely be packet drops and delays if they are setup in a spanning tree. The higher end stackable switches are interconnected through a fiber backbone so they all are literally on the same "switch" efficiency wise.
Yea, you'll pay for it, but the results is a much, much faster network with less packet drops. Contact your Cisco, Juniper, or whatever, channel partner for switch suggestions and pricing.
And if you want internet connectivity, then a Cisco ASA 550x series would work fine. That is if you do want it, but not sure based on your post. I wouldn't use Windows RRAS for this. It's best to use a dedicated device that is designed for this.
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Proxy servers and the "cannot publish" error - v.1.1.2

Using the latest iWeb (1.1.2), attempts to publish my work to my .Mac account resulted in the infamous "publish error." I then came across this KB article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303927
I turned off my proxy access in the Network settings, and voila, publishing was successful. But now, I'm circumventing my much-needed proxy.
It's been suggested in other threads here that proxies aren't a problem if one's iDisk is accessible through it. This is not the case. With the proxy, iDisk access is fine, it's only iWeb publishing that is a problem.
Any way to keep my proxy and still publish with .Mac?

iDisk access and iWeb publishing ARE indeed different activities. They are similar in that they both utilize the WebDAV protocol over Port 80, but they are different in their individual requirements for back and forth communications with the .Mac servers in terms of how soon or in what timeframe they expect to hear confirmation of transfer back from the server.
It is apparent to me that the network timeout threshold for copying something to iDisk is a lot longer than that for publishing through iWeb. In fact, I would say that iWeb has become a lot more stringent with network timeouts ever since it was updated from 1.0 to 1.1.
Anything in between your computer and the .Mac servers contributes to network latency. There are both software and hardware contributions to this latency. Proxy servers, like routers, can be software or hardware based. Software-based latency is most often greater than hardware-based latency.
I would guess that removing any kind of latency "generating" obstacles within your control would likely improve iWeb function and decrease the incidence of publish errors. Some of these obstacles can include background processes, busy LAN activity (like VOIP use or streaming music/video or online gaming), wireless access points, proxy servers, and routers.
On the other hand, I also think that if Apple increased iWeb's network timeout threshold, that most of the publishing errors that people experience could be eliminated.

PS4 disconnects to game servers and internet. Still connected to internet. System error? Fixable?

This happened for the first time in Friday. I got my Destiny game and between 1-2 hours I get the message that I have lost connection to the game server. And bunch of others stuff saying I can't connect to the network and are unable to do network stuff with this account. Bunch in one. I tought that the internet was doing this, then I tought it was the game. But no.
Something is wrong with my ps4.
I played another game Final Fantasy XIV and the same stuff happens there too. I lose connection to the server.
But here's the actual problem.
I can't log back in to the game(any game that require net). Because it keeps telling me that I can't reach the server. And then it says that I must connect to the internet to view that and that. But that grey box that pops on the side does not show up and says that I have lost connection to the internet. So somehow I'm still connected but it says the opposite. I can already view my friends online. But I can't see their info because it loads forever.
I tried to go to PSN Store. But the only thing I can see is the blue background wave moving around and I can only click on "cancel" on my controller.
So I turn PS4 off. And it uses a very very long time on shutting down. And then it beeps two times as if it were forced to shut down.
But when I turn the console on again. Everything is fine. I can view my online friends and click on PSN store and go back to the game.
But in a short while, between 1-2 hours. Or 40 mins later. The same thing happens again. Wether I play Destiny or FFXIV. I disconnect to the game servers. I'm unable to log back in, and everything.
And this is totally ruining my gaming experience.
I even googled it and it seems like I'm the only PS4 owner who has this problem.
So this can't be the WiFi's fault because this is affecting the system of my PS4
A little info on my PS4:
I purchased it in Japan in late March.
Used it for 5 months soon.
Have always been carefully treated.
Never dropped it on the floor or gotten any swings.
It haven't always standed still because I pack it in the PS4 box when I'm moving it from my dorm room to my gaming room some times. I don't always move the PS4 every time I stop playing.
Previous experienced errors:
Flickering white screen on start up occationally. (Stopped after using a new TV)
Some times after starting up PS4. The sounds ingame are awfully loud and twisted. Must plug HDMI cable in and out or turn TV off and on to stop making these sounds (Happens anyway on any TV)
So. Is this actually fixable by patch or system restoration?
If it isn't, It means that I have to buy a new PS4.
And I refuse to buy a new Ps4, when I can play games normally but the system somewhat disconnects me from game servers and internet. I used a damn long time on saving money for buying this expensive machine and I won't do it again..
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Hi i have had a similar problem fro about 8 months now, im with BT broadband, ive tried 2 different bt routers, a netgear and a asus router, all have the same problem, ive portforwarding, dmz everything,ive tried all the tests that can possibly be done to rule out that there is something wrong with my wiring in the house, my ps4 is connected via ethernet cable, and it is the only thing that disconnects from the internet, i even sent my ps4 to sony and they said they were having similar problems, and so they gave me a replacement one. What do you know i have the exact same problem with this one, i have literally done everything i can to try and fix this for 8 months and its still not working, please someone for the love of god help me. P.S before i got my ps4 i had my ps3 connected via ethernet to the broadband/ router i have now and had absolutely no problems.

SharePoint Foundation 2013 - Search Configuration Issue - 2 App Servers and 2 Front-End Servers

Hi,
We have a SharePoint Foundation 2013 with SP1 Environment.
In that, we have 2 Front-End Servers and 2 App Servers. In the Front-End Servers, the Search Service is stopped and is in Disabled state and in the 2 App Servers in One App Server, Search is Online and in another Search is Starting but goes to Stopped sooon
after.
Originally, we had only 1 App Server and we were running our Search Service and Search Service Application in that. Now since the index location became full and we were unable to increase the drive there, we added one more App Server and now the issue is
Search is not properly getting configured in either of these App servers. What we want to do is run Search only in the new App Server, because we have a lot of storage space for Index locations here, but in the older App Server, not run Search at all. We
tried keeping the Search Service disabled and ran the below PowerShell Scripts, but none of the ones are working. These scripts are creating the Search Service Application, but the error of "Admin Component is not Online", "Could not connect
to the machine hosting SharePoint 2013 admin component" is coming up.
http://www.funwithsharepoint.com/provision-search-for-sharepoint-foundation-2013-using-powershell-with-clean-db-names/
http://blog.falchionconsulting.com/index.php/2013/02/provisioning-search-on-sharepoint-2013-foundation-using-powershell/
http://blog.ciaops.com/2012/12/search-service-on-foundation-2013.html
Can I get some help please?
Karthick S

Hi Karthick,
For your issue, could you provide the
detail error message of ULS log to determine the exact cause of the error?
For SharePoint 2013, by default, ULS log is at
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\LOGS
For troubleshooting your issue, you can try to run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard on your WFE servers and run the script for configuring the search service on SharePoint
Foundation:
[string]$farmAcct = "DOMAIN\service_Account"
[string]$serviceAppName = "Search Service Application"
Function WriteLine
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "--------------------------------------------------------------"
Function ActivateAndConfigureSearchService
Try
# Based on this script : http://blog.falchionconsulting.com/index.php/2013/02/provisioning-search-on-sharepoint-2013-foundation-using-powershell/
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White " --> Configure the SharePoint Foundation Search Service -", $env:computername
Start-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance $env:computername
Start-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryAndSiteSettingsServiceInstance $env:computername
$appPool = Get-SPManagedAccount -Identity $farmAcct
New-SPServiceApplicationPool -Name SeachApplication_AppPool -Account $appPool -Verbose
$saAppPool = Get-SPServiceApplicationPool -Identity SeachApplication_AppPool
$svcPool = $saAppPool
$adminPool = $saAppPool
$searchServiceInstance = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance $env:computername
$searchService = $searchServiceInstance.Service
$bindings = @("InvokeMethod", "NonPublic", "Instance")
$types = @([string],
[Type],
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPIisWebServiceApplicationPool],
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPIisWebServiceApplicationPool])
$values = @($serviceAppName,
[Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceApplication],
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPIisWebServiceApplicationPool]$svcPool,
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPIisWebServiceApplicationPool]$adminPool)
$methodInfo = $searchService.GetType().GetMethod("CreateApplicationWithDefaultTopology", $bindings, $null, $types, $null)
$searchServiceApp = $methodInfo.Invoke($searchService, $values)
$searchProxy = New-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplicationProxy -Name "$serviceAppName - Proxy" -SearchApplication $searchServiceApp
$searchServiceApp.Provision()
catch [system.exception]
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow " ->> Activate And Configure Search Service caught a system exception"
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Exception Message:", $_.Exception.ToString()
finally
WriteLine
ActivateAndConfigureSearchService
Reference:
https://sharepointpsscripts.codeplex.com/releases/view/112556
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How can i configure Distributed cache servers and front-end servers for Streamlined topology in share point 2013??

my question is regarding SharePoint 2013 Farm topology. if i want go with Streamlined topology and having (2 distribute cache and Rm servers+ 2 front-end servers+ 2 batch-processing servers+ cluster sql server) then how distributed servers will
be connecting to front end servers? Can i use windows 2012 NLB feature? if i use NLB and then do i need to install NLB to all distributed servers and front-end servers and split-out services? What will be the configuration regarding my scenario.
Thanks in Advanced!

For the Distributed Cache servers, you simply make them farm members (like any other SharePoint servers) and turn on the Distributed Cache service (while making sure it is disabled on all other farm members). Then, validate no other services (except for
the Foundation Web service due to ease of solution management) is enabled on the DC servers and no end user requests or crawl requests are being routed to the DC servers. You do not need/use NLB for DC.
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How do I get my email history off of my POP servers and BACK into Mail?

I was trying to change the name of a folder in my OS 10.4 Tiger Mail application. It generated an error message, (I do not know the exact message) it said that I could not change the name of that folder. After the error message left the screen, ALL of the email in that folder disappeared. Including all of the email in the 24 sub-folders that I had created... Poof... Gone... My entire business email history for the past month.
I was able to access my account info (through the Account Info panel) for all 4 of my POP accounts located on different POP servers. Thankfully, my email history has NOT been deleted off of those servers. So my question is:
How do I get my email history off of my POP servers and BACK into Mail?
I DO NOT want to delete ANY email from the servers, I just want to get my history back into Tiger Mail... Someone help me please...

I spoke with Mac Tech Support. To get my messages from my server back into Mail, I was told to mark my email (on my webmail server) as unread. Mail will then know to pull these specific messages into my account.
However, this is one of a handful of problems that I have been having with the Mail application. Just today I tried to create a new message by hitting NEW and the program crashed. This plus having all of my messages disappear and then having to reimport them isn't worth the effort. I've decided to stop using Mail completely.
I was just told about Mozilla's Thunderbird email application. It's free and looks better than Mail. Do yourself a favor and go check out Thunderbird at:
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/

Version 31.3.0 hangs on Windows 7, for 2 IMAP servers and for yahoo

Just upgraded to 31.3.0 on Windows 7. I have 2 IMAP servers and yahoo accounts configured. Thunderbird client just hangs there (shows Searching... at the bottom), doesn't show any emails. Also, unable to bring up various windows: Tools->Add Ons and Tools->Options do not pop any windows. Worked just fine in previous version.

what happens when you hold shift while starting Thunderbird?

Non Domain Servers and Workstations

Hi,
we are trying to deploy SCCM 2012 clients to non domain servers, and we are also in the process of trying to find out what the best way we can clean up machines from sccm that have not logged in 90days or more.
From my understanding if I turn on only discover machines that have logged on to the domain in a given period of time than that means if a server has not logged in will not be discovered which can be an issue when patching, and also what do I need to do
with the non domain servers with sccm client installed on the servers.
can you please help me with this that would be greatly appreciated
Thanks Tom

Hi,
This blog post does a good job explaining the steps to manage non-domain machines with ConfigMgr 2012:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/anilm/archive/2012/05/06/managing-workgroup-clients-in-configuration-manager-2012.aspx
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Need recommendation - iis with two physical servers and clusters

Hello,
I was hoping to get a recommendation/opinion or two on the configuration I've inherited. I'm looking
at the following configuration using weblogic 8.1 sp4 server (to be upgraded to sp6) running on two physical machines:
MachineA:
Domain: myDomain
Cluster: cluster1
Servers: Admin Server:9001 (not part of cluster)
ManagedServer1:7001
ManagedServer2:7010
MachineB:
Domain: myDomain
Cluster: cluster2
Servers: Admin Server:9001 (not part of cluster)
ManagedServer3:7001
ManagedServer4:7010
On MachineA: IIS Proxy Plugin with parameter in .ini file
WeblogicCluster: MachineA:7001, MachineA:7010, MachineB:7001,MachineB7010
Naturally, the IIS is acting as a round robin load balancer..
The domains were created using the wizard on both machines and basic domain template..
For proper failover to be taken advantage of, does something different need to be configured? Or is it fine?
And if so, does group replication have something to do with it?
Should either of the clusters be Managed Servers across physical machines?
or should this just be one cluster of 4 managed servers across two machines?
I really am not sure on any of this, even though i've read through much of the documentation for clustering..twice.
I should mention that there is only a .war file deployed with 4 connection pools and 4 Data Sources..No EJBs or JMS
Would really appreciate any feedback or opinions/advice..
Thanks

This is what I'd do
MachineA:
Domain: myDomain
Cluster: cluster1
Servers: Admin Server:9001 (not part of cluster)
ManagedServer1:7010
ManagedServer2:7020
MachineB:
Domain: myDomain
Cluster: cluster2
Servers: Admin Server:9001 (not part of cluster)
ManagedServer3:8010
ManagedServer4:8020
I just changed the port numbers so they flow and have a pattern - 70* port numbers belong to cluster 1, 80* port numbers belong to cluster 2. No technical benefit apart from it makes it tidier in my opinion.
Port 9001 for the admin server is normally the domain wide admin port - you could be using that, so that's fine, but my admin server is running 7001.
You also only need one admin server per domain, this can run on MachineA
Replication groups are used to help WLS figure out where to place the secondary http session. It will try servers on a different machine/replication group first, if none available, it will create secondary on the same machine.
What you will end up with is a domain with 4 managed servers in it. The admin server will run on machineA, say using port 7001, each of the managed servers will contact the admin server to download it's config.
The cluster1 will contain 2 managed servers and the same for cluster2.
providing you have your cluster multicast addresses set up and the cluster is working, that should be all you need to do for the session failover.
There's some BEA sample code somewhere which will deploy a web-app and show which managed server you've attached to. If you find that and then connect through IIS, shut down the server that the JSP tells you, you should be able to see the session fail-over nicely.
Hope that helps,
Pete

What can I change to gain access to my work vpn. I can access with my MacBook Air and other routers. Can use my ipad and this time capsule to successfully access the VPN.

What can I change to gain access to my work vpn. I can access with my MacBook Air and other routers. Can use my ipad and this time capsule to successfully access the VPN.

You need to give us a lot more info.
I presume the MBA and the TC are the combo that doesn't work, although you don't clearly state that.
If the ipad and TC work.. are you sure the ipad is connected via the TC and not 3G network?
If it is then the TC itself is fine and the issue might be setup on the MBA.. although if the MBA works with other routers.. that rather confuses the matter.
You need to actually tell us how the TC is setup in the network. What kind of broadband modem you have and what kind of vpn you are using.

Php, mySQL, apache servers and all that malarkey...

Hello
I want to learn how to build databases and use dreamweaver to
build sites to for e-commerce shops or portfolio archives etc...
But at first glance im a bit overwhelmed. I am willing to put the
time and effort in but just need a little point in the right
direction.
What should i be looking at first? Working out mySQL or
learning .php? Ive seen a lot of talk about installing apache
servers and installing php5 but i know absolutely ZERO about this.
If you had to learn it all again where would you start?
Ive got a G5 ,DW8 and a web host that supports mySQL. I have
a bit of experience building websites and am just getting to grips
with CSS. Do i need anything else?

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SCCM 2012 Antivirus Exclusions for Servers and Workstations

Hii,
Just sharing the antivirus exclusions for Configuration Manager 2012 Servers and workstations as well.
Please share if anything is missing.
McAfee Exclusion's for Configuration Manager 2012:
1. C:\Windows\TEMP\BootImages
and subfolders.
2. Directories:
%allusersprofile%\NTUser.pol
%systemroot%\system32\GroupPolicy\registry.pol
%windir%\Security\database\*.chk
%windir%\Security\database\*.edb
%windir%\Security\database\*.jrs
%windir%\Security\database\*.log
%windir%\Security\database\*.sdb
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore\Datastore.edb
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore\Logs\edb.chk
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore\Logs\edb*.log
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore\Logs\Edbres00001.jrs
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore\Logs\Edbres00002.jrs
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore\Logs\Res1.log
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore\Logs\Res2.log
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore\Logs\tmp.edb
%programfiles%\Microsoft Configuration Manager\Inboxes\*.*
%programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft Configuration Manager\Inboxes\*.*
%systemroot%\system32\GroupPolicy\Machine\registry.pol"
%systemroot%\system32\GroupPolicy\User\registry.pol"
\SCCMContentLib
\SMSPKG
\SMSPKGC$
\SMSPKGSIG
\SMSSIG$
\Program Files\SMS_CCM\ServiceData
\Program Files\SMS_CCM\Logs
\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\Logs
\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\Install.map
\ConfigurationManager DB
\SMSPKGSIG
\SCCMContentLib
\Sources
\SCCMImages
\DatabaseBackup
\SMSPKGE$
\SMSPKGSIG
\SMSSIG$
3. Processes that will be excluded:
Configuration Manager 2012 processes that will be excluded are:
Smsexec.exe
Ccmexec.exe
CmRcService.exe
Sitecomp.exe
Smswriter.exe
Smssqlbbkup.exe
4. SQL Server Exclusion's:
SQL Server 2012 Processes exclude from virus scanning
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11. <InstanceName>\MSSQL\Binn\SQLServr.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS11. <InstanceName>\Reporting Services\ReportServer\Bin\ReportingServicesService.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS11. <InstanceName>\OLAP\Bin\MSMDSrv.exe
SQL Server data files
*.mdf
*.ldf
*.ndf
SQL Server backup files
     These files frequently have one of the following file-name extensions:
*.bak
*.trn
Full-Text catalog files
%Program Files%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\FTData
Analysis Services backup files
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.X\OLAP\Backup
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.X\OLAP\Log
5. IIS Exclusions:
* .ida
%systemroot%\IIS Temporary Compressed Files
%SystemDrive%\inetpub\temp\IIS Temporary Compressed Files
6. WSUS Exclusions:
*.cab
\WSUS\WSUSContent
\WSUS\UpdateServicesDBFiles
\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore
\SoftwareDistribution\Download
Reference Links:
https://community.mcafee.com/thread/59504
http://www.systemcenterblog.nl/2012/05/09/anti-virus-scan-exclusions-for-configuration-manager-2012/
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/953.microsoft-anti-virus-exclusion-list.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309422
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821749
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817442
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900638/en-us
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd939908(WS.10).aspx#av
McAfee Exclusions for workstations:
Turn off scanning of Windows Update or Automatic Update related files
Turn off scanning of the Windows Update or Automatic Update database file (Datastore.edb). This file is located in the following folder:
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore
Turn off scanning of the log files that are located in the following folder:
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore\Logs
Specifically, exclude the following files:
Res*.log
Edb*.jrs
Edb.chk
Tmp.edb
Turn off scanning of Windows Security files
Add the following files in the %windir%\Security\Database path of the exclusions list:
*.edb
*.sdb
*.log
*.chk
*.jrs
Turn off scanning of Group Policy related files
Group Policy user registry information. These files are located in the following folder:
%allusersprofile%\
Specifically, exclude the following file:
NTUser.pol
Group Policy client settings file. This file is located in the following folder:
%Systemroot%\System32\GroupPolicy\
Specifically, exclude the following file: Registry.pol
For the configuration manager clients the following exclusion will be added:
%windir%ccmcache
\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore
\SoftwareDistribution\Download
Reference Links:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158/en-us
Regards, Syed Fahad Ali

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Print servers and printers problems on Win7 and Win8

Hello,
We have some computers, working on Windows operating system in the office: a few forking on the good old XP sp3, one running on the Win7 x64 home edition and one running on Win8 professional (the last one installed for new OS testing purposes)
During last two months I have tested a few print servers attempting to find one which can work with Windows 7: Trendnet, Synology, and D-link print servers. However, unsuccessfully. Here is the result:
   1) Any print servers is working perfectly with WinXP sp3 (full printing and MFP function support, easy configuration and access, successfully scanning and printing operations in 100% cases)
   2) No one print server is working correctly with Win7 home x64 (mostly successful installation but complicated and unclear configuration; printed pages often is missing, no scan support for MFP.
   3) There is a little bit better situation with Win8: 100% printing support on the same equipment but no scan support for MFP
Could you please help me with followings:
1) Could you please help me configure print servers and printers on Win7 x64, including printing and scanning support?
2) Could you please help me configure scanning support for Win8?
Please find full list of affected hardware bellow:
1) Machines, running on Win XP: Panasonic CF-29, CF-74, HP Compaq dc7600, some Acer laptops;
2) Machine, running on Win7 x64 home: Asus UX21, (OS probably was preinstalled on the factory)
3) Machine, running on Win8 pro: Lenovo X200 tablet
4) Printer HP LJ1020 with drivers for XP and Win7, x86 and x64
5) MFP printer Canon MP600 with drivers for XP and Win7, x86 and x64
6) Print server: D-link DPR-2000
7) Router: Cisco RV042G
All the machines has correct drivers installed, all the printers supports all the services if connected to computer directly. I have made all possible steps solving mentioned problems, including automated problem solving wizards on Win7.
Thanks in advance for your support

Hi,
Regarding the printer configure issue, I would like to share the following article:
Managing Printers and Print Servers
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754769.aspx
According to the scanning support for Win8, it is better to post this issue in Windows 8 forum for more help.
Regards,
Vincent Wang
TechNet Community Support

Telepresence Licenses, Servers and Personal Multiparty

Dears,
Our customer provide RFP with the following BOQ:
LIC-AES-VTS-PMP-K9
AES and HTTPS option for VTS
2
LIC-VTS-PMP-INTOP
Order L-VTS-UPG-PAK for e-Delivery Virtual TS Interop Lic
2
LIC-VTS-PMP-K9
Cisco VM TelePresence Server Release Key
2
LIC-VTS-PMP-PAK
PAK for e-Delivery Virtual TS Lic
1
LIC-VTS-PMPUWL-1SL
Cisco TelePresence Server Resource License
8
SW-VTS-V3.X-PMP-K9
Software Image v3.X for Virtual TelePresence Server
2
VTS-PMP-K9
Cisco VM Telepresence Server
2
LIC-TP-10X-ROOM
Telepresence Room Based Endpoint Single or Multi-Screen
15
R-VMCNDTR-K9
Virtual TelePresence Conductor-30 MCUs/2400 Call Sessions
1
SW-CNDTR-V2.X-K9
Cisco TelePresence Conductor base software image v2.X
1
LIC-CNDTR-B30
Conductor license support up to 30 conference bridges
1
LIC-CNDTR-C2400
Conductor 2400 call sessions license
1
LIC-CNDTR-CL
Conductor clustering support
1
LIC-CNDTR-K9
Conductor License for Base Encrypted Software Image
1
LIC-SW-VMCNDTR-K9
Software Release Key for Virtual Conductor
1
LIC-VMCNDTR-PAK
PAK for virtual Conductor
1
CTI-5320-MCU-K9
Cisco TelePresence MCU 5320 up to 40 SD ports
2
CON-ECDN-CTI5320M
ESS WITH 8X5XNBD Telepresence MCU 5320 up to 40 SD ports
2
LIC-AESMCU53-K9
AES and HTTPS option for MCU 5300 Series
2
LIC-5300-4PL
1 Full HD / 2 HD / 4 SD ports on MCU 5300 Series
4
CON-ECDN-LIC5304P
ESS WITH 8X5XNBD 1 Full HD/2 HD/4 SD ports on MCU5300
4
CTI-5300-CAB2MCU
Cisco TelePresence MCU 5300 Series Stacking Cable
2
CON-ECDN-CTI53CAB
ESS WITH 8X5XNBD MCU 5300 Series Stacking Cable
2
LIC-5320-MCU-K9
License Key For MCU 5320 Software Image
2
SW-5300-MCU-K9
Software Image For MCU 5300 Series Latest Version
2
I have some questions that is not clear for me regarding above BOM:
1- In regard to Personal Multiparty Licenses that comes with CUWL PRO , It mentioned QTY 2 from each item ,does that mean 2 servers and 2 licenses will be installed for each TS or it is only one server and upload 2 licenses to it?
2-"Cisco TelePresence Server Resource License" has QTY 8. is that mean 8 ports = 8 participant in one conference or what is that mean and what does it used for?
3-In regard to conductor ordered with PMP, can it manage TS server(s) in concert with the MCUs that is ordered above or a new one should be purchased dedicated for the MCUs?
4-For Conductor cluster ,Customer is asking for a cluster although the BOM has only 1 QTY. Does the cluster requires another SW license key to the second VM or just add it as Unified CM nodes for free ?.Noting that "LIC-CNDTR-CL" is mentioned in the BOM.
5- In regards MCU 5320, "LIC-5300-4PL" mentioned as 4 QTY, is that mean it will be divided by 2 for each appliance after stacking them?
6-does "LIC-5300-4PL" with 4 QTY means that I can have up to 16 participant in one conference or 2 concurrent conferences with 8 Participant ? or how it is calculated?
I really appreciate your help to clear above points to get back to the customer with full understanding about the solution provided.
Thanks in advance.

Usually the questions like this would be directed to the one who put together the bill or materials for you.
I've always had some issues reading BOMs, but if I'm reading and understanding it correct:
You'll receive qty 2 TelePresence Servers, which is probably the 8-core virtual TP Server.
The TelePresence Server Resource License is the screen licenses you install on the TelePresence Servers. The 8-core virtual TP Server only requires 4 screen licenses each. If I'm not mistaken, PMP must be setup with a max resolution of 720p. So that would allow 2 participants per screen license.
Looks like you're receiving a fully licenses Conductor, which can support all the MCUs and TP Servers. For the TP Servers that are to be used with PMP, they must only be used for that, and nothing else.
You'd have to purchase a second Conductor matching the one being purchased.
If you stack them (also known as clustering), the total port count will be shared between the two servers. Note, when stacked, the two servers are then seen as 1 single MCU.
This depends on the quality you set the MCU to use for the media ports. With qty 4 media ports, you can have the following number of participants: up to 4 Full HD at 1080p, 8 HD at 720p, or 16 SD up to w448p.
PMP data sheet, shows what you can do with the TP Servers being used and the conference restrictions.
TelePresence Server data sheet, table 8 shows the screen license to participant ratio based on the expected video resolution.
MCU 5300 Series data sheet, table 2 shows the media port licenses to participant ratio based on expected video resolution.

How to enable servers and services?

Currently when i go to the personalization screen of my publications i get the following msg:
Unable to find servers in CMS and cluster with kind and service
. All such servers could be down or disabled by the administrator. (FWM
01014)
Kindly let me know how to enable the servers and ensure that the corresponding services are runninng?
Thanks,
Arka

reportClientDocument = reportAppFactory.openDocument(firstResult, 2, Locale.ENGLISH);
//firstResult from InfoStore
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com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.managedreports.ras.internal.ManagedRASException: Cannot initialize report application session. --- Unable to connect to the server: SGLFRPTUAT.ReportApplicationServer. - Unable to find servers in CMS MyServer:6400 and cluster @MyServer:6400 with kind rptappserver and service DTSRequestor. All such servers could be down or disabled by the administrator. (FWM 01014)
cause:com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.lib.ReportSDKServerException: Unable to connect to the server: SGLFRPTUAT.ReportApplicationServer. - Unable to find servers in CMS MyServer:6400 and cluster @MyServer:6400 with kind rptappserver and service DTSRequestor. All such servers could be down or disabled by the administrator. (FWM 01014)---- Error code:-2147217387 Error code name:connectServer
detail: Unable to connect to the server: SGLFRPTUAT.ReportApplicationServer. - Unable to find servers in CMS SGLFRPTUAT:6400 and cluster @SGLFRPTUAT:6400 with kind rptappserver and service DTSRequestor. All such servers could be down or disabled by the administrator. (FWM 01014)
     at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.managedreports.ras.internal.RASReportAppFactory.a(Unknown Source)
     at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.managedreports.ras.internal.RASReportAppFactory.a(Unknown Source)
     at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.managedreports.ras.internal.RASReportAppFactory.a(Unknown Source)
     at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.managedreports.ras.internal.RASReportAppFactory.openDocument(Unknown Source)
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     at com.c2lbiz.symbiosys.components.crystal.CommonLoginCrystal.main(CommonLoginCrystal.java:46)
Caused by: com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.lib.ReportSDKServerException: Unable to connect to the server: SGLFRPTUAT.ReportApplicationServer. - Unable to find servers in CMS MyServer:6400 and cluster @MyServer:6400 with kind rptappserver and service DTSRequestor. All such servers could be down or disabled by the administrator. (FWM 01014)---- Error code:-2147217387 Error code name:connectServer
     at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.lib.ReportSDKServerException.throwReportSDKServerException(Unknown Source)
     at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.managedreports.ras.internal.CECORBACommunicationAdapter.connect(Unknown Source)
     ... 6 more
Caused by: com.crystaldecisions.enterprise.ocaframework.OCAFrameworkException$AllServicesDown: Unable to find servers in CMS MyServer:6400 and cluster @MyServer:6400 with kind rptappserver and service DTSRequestor. All such servers could be down or disabled by the administrator. (FWM 01014)
     at com.crystaldecisions.enterprise.ocaframework.ServerController.redirectServer(ServerController.java:671)
     at com.crystaldecisions.enterprise.ocaframework.ServiceMgr.redirectServer(ServiceMgr.java:1094)
     at com.crystaldecisions.enterprise.ocaframework.ManagedSession.redirectServer(ManagedSession.java:352)
     at com.crystaldecisions.enterprise.ocaframework.ManagedSession.get(ManagedSession.java:264)
     at com.crystaldecisions.enterprise.ocaframework.ManagedSessions.get(ManagedSessions.java:297)
     at com.crystaldecisions.enterprise.ocaframework.ServiceMgr.getManagedService(ServiceMgr.java:697)
     ... 7 more
Please help to resolve this issue.Thanks in advance
Thanks
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