Getting GMAIL notifications via ZABBIX on CENTOS6

So, I like the email notifications from Zabbix, but what happens if my mail server locally is the one that crashes? Using a reliable service like GMail to send out these notifications will assist if my mail server is broken. Here’s how its done: First you get an smtp server running with CA certs on […]


ActiveSync breaks randomly in Exchange 2003

I’ve got 2 exchange 2003 servers in different domains. It seems on about a monthly basis that the ActiveSync just stops working and my mobile users get shut off from syncing. Today I found a quick little workaround. Over in EMS, right click the HTTP virtual server container and uncheck forms based authentication. Restart IIS. […]


Funky DHCP Behavior

My DHCP failed today. The scope filled up with ‘BAD_ADDRESS” addresses. Was a pretty quick fix, but notable. MS has it documented here (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282001). Basically set up a user account for DHCP DNS updating via the properties of the DHCP server mmc snap in. Looks like mine had a user account with an expired password.