Source Networks http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com Most recent posts at Source Networks posterous.com Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:35:54 -0700 Location of OS X Mountain Lion download file http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/location-of-os-x-mountain-lion-download-file http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/location-of-os-x-mountain-lion-download-file

After purchasing Mountain Lion OS (10.8) from the App Store for $20, the installer begins to download. If you’ve ever wondered or needed to know where the file download is, I’ve been able to locate it during the download (maybe uniquely named). I used a program called EasyFind with the parameters: Search For: *.*, Only Files, Operator: UNIX-Wildcards, Include: Package Content & Invisible Files & Folders. I sorted by SIZE and watched for the largest file to appear at the top of the search window and kept refreshing the list. The main file is called mzm.whodaifs.pkg.

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Once finished though, immediately the folder above with the four downloaded files are removed and the installer is placed in your hard drive in the /Applications folder called Install OS X Mountain Lion. Once you launch this installer and finish with the installation, the installer is deleted. If you want to keep the file and create a USB installer for future use, select on the App, right click and select show package contents. Navigate into the Contents -> SharedSupport and copy the InstallESD.dmg file to your desktop or other location.

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Sat, 21 Jul 2012 05:04:21 -0700 Enabling Bonjour browsing on SonicWALL Networks from WLAN to LAN http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/enabling-bonjour-browsing-on-sonicwall-networ http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/enabling-bonjour-browsing-on-sonicwall-networ

1. Navigate to Network -> Interfaces and select the on the pencil icon under Configure to edit the LAN Zone. Press Advanced and check on “Enable Multicast Support” – Click OK

2. Navigate to Network -> Interfaces and select the on the pencil icon under Configure to edit the WLAN Zone. Press Advanced and check on “Enable Multicast Support” – Click OK

3. Navigate to Firewall Settings and check on “Enable Multicast” under Multicast Snooping and check off “Require IGMP Membership reports for multicast data forwarding” just below

4. Under Multicast Policies select “Enable Reception of all Multicast Addresses” - Click Accept

5. Navigate to Firewall -> Access Rules and select on Matrix in the View Style then press on “WLAN to Multicast Zone” and create an access rule that looks like this:

Action – Allow

From Zone – WLAN

To Zone – MULTICAST

Service - Any

Source – Any

Destination – Any

User Allowed – All

Click Add

6. Navigate to Firewall -> Access Rule and select “WLAN to LAN Zone” and create a access rule that looks like this:

Action – Allow

From Zone - LAN

To Zone – MULTICAST

Service - Any

Source – Any

Destination – Any

User Allowed – All

Click Add

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Mon, 02 Jul 2012 07:23:37 -0700 Comcast Official Blocked Ports http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/comcast-official-blocked-ports http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/comcast-official-blocked-ports
Port: 25 (TCP/UDP)

Port 25 is unsecured, and Botnet spammers can use it to send spam. If your computer has been compromised, our anti-spam system will prevent your email programs (e.g. Outlook Express) from sending email. You'll still receive email. This doesn't apply to webmail services such as Comcast webmail, Yahoo and Gmail. We recommendconfiguring your email program to use port 465 w/ SSL enabled.

Port: 68 (UDP)

UDP Port 68, which is used to obtain dynamic Internet Protocol (IP) address information from our dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server, is vulnerable to malicious hacks.

Port: 135-139 (TCP/UDP)

NetBios services allow file sharing over networks. When improperly configured, ports 135-139 can expose critical system files or give full file system access (run, delete, copy) to any malicious intruder connected to the network.

Port: 445 (TCP)

Port 445 is vulnerable to attacks, exploits and malware such as the Sasser and Nimda worms.

Port: 520 (TCP/UDP)

Port 520 is vulnerable to malicious route updates, which provides several attack possibilities.

Port: 1080 (TCP)

Port 1080 is vulnerable to, among others, viruses, worms and DoS attacks.

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Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:36:00 -0700 Enable Diagnostics Logs on iPhone / iPad http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/enable-diagnostics-logs-on-iphone-ipad http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/enable-diagnostics-logs-on-iphone-ipad

You can enable Diagnostics Logs by installing a special configuration profile on the device:

1.    Use your device to read this email and tap the attachment (SyncDiagnosticsProfile.mobileconfig). 

2.    Tap Install, then Install Now to install the profile. Enter your passcode if prompted.

3.    Tap Reboot to complete the installation. Wait for your device to reboot. Logging is now enabled.

4.    Reproduce the sync issue you reported.

5.    Under the Settings menu, tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars, then tap the account you are troubleshooting. Tap the newly added Diagnostics menu and tap Save Logs.

6.    Enter any notes you feel would be helpful to Apple (optional), and tap OK.

7.    To retrieve the log file, connect your device to iTunes on your computer. iTunes should open automatically and copy the log file to your computer. If iTunes does not copy the log file, select your device in iTunes and click Sync.

8.    The log file may be found in one of the following locations:

§  Windows 7 and Vista: C:\Users\[Your User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\Logs\CrashReporter\MobileDevice\<device-name>\DALogs\
Note: The AppData folder is hidden by default. Choose Folder and Search Options from the Organizemenu in the file browser window, then click the View tab and change the "Hidden files and folders" option to "Show hidden files and folders".

§  Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[Your User Name]\Application Data\Apple Computer\Logs\CrashReporter\MobileDevice\<device-name>\DALogs\
Note: The Application Data folder is hidden by default. Choose Tools > Folder Options in the file browser window, then click the View tab and change the "Hidden files and folders" option to "Show hidden files and folders".

§  Mac OS X: /Users/[username]/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/<device-name>/DALogs/

9.    Compress the desired log files into a ZIP file and email as an attachment to Apple.
Note: Detailed device logs may include personally identifiable information, including, without limitation, your account name, information regarding your contacts, calendar events, and email correspondence ("Device Logs"). Providing these Device Logs is voluntary, but if you do provide them, you acknowledge that Apple may use them internally for diagnostic purposes. Alternatively, you may wish to create a temporary account, with fictional data, for testing purposes.

10.  To maintain performance, disable logging by removing the configuration profile. Tap Settings > General > Profiles, select the profile, and tap Delete.

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Mon, 28 May 2012 12:46:59 -0700 How to Manually Convert & Import the Mac Outlook 2011 "Recent Address" file into Outlook Contacts http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/how-to-manually-convert-import-the-mac-outloo http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/how-to-manually-convert-import-the-mac-outloo

Written by: Brett Wenzlaff of Source Networks, Inc.

This can be particularly helpful if you have a Microsoft Outlook 2011 email Database that is non-repairable but you can salvage the “Recent Address” file or you simply want to create a new Outlook Identity and migrate over the “recent addresses” from the old Identity.

These manual steps will result in converting “recent addresses” into actual contacts in your Outlook Address Book where these new Contacts will only have email address info (but you can always fill in name and other data).

NOTE: Depending on how many addresses are in your file and how much cleanup is required, this process could take 15 minutes to maybe 55 minutes!

In brief, we’re going to do the following;

  1. Open Recent Address file in TextEdit and do preliminary cleanup.
  2. Copy to Microsoft Word and do more cleanup & altering.
  3. Paste into Excel and save into a CSV format.
  4. Import the CSV file into the Outlook Address Book.

DETAILED STEPS BELOW:

Locate the “recent” address file in your user “home folder” at this location; ~\Documents\Microsoft User Data\Office 2011 Identities\”User Identity Name”\Data Records\Recent Addresses\OT\OB\OM\OK (or similar name on this last folder)\x19_”some-varied-number”.olk14recent  (and option-drag it to copy it to your desktop or folder of choice).

Double click this file then choose to open it using the Apple TextEdit program.

Scroll up and down this document to identify the section(s) of contiguous email addresses as opposed to other sections that will look like gibberish text (Note: my file had gibberish text codes, then email addresses, then another section of gibberish text followed by a second section of email addresses – so identify how many “sections” contain email address info).

Delete all the gibberish codes in front of the email addresses, in between any sections of email addresses as well as delete all gibberish codes after the email addresses and you should be left with a long contiguous list of email addresses without any (or most) of the gibberish text.

SAMPLE “TEXT-EDIT” PIC BELOW (DELETE ALL “GIBBERSIH”);

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Save this file in TextEdit as something like “Recent Addresses Raw Text”.

Launch Microsoft Word 2011 then open the newly created “Raw Text” file (note: if your “Raw Text” filename is grayed-out - you might have to hit the “ENABLE” drop-down menu and select “All Readable Documents”), then on the next window I chose text encoding of “MS-DOS” and “Western (Mac OS Roman)”.

Once the file is open in Word, scroll up and down all pages and delete any straggler gibberish characters that still might have imported in either the front, mid-section or in back end of the contiguous email addresses.

SAMPLE “WORD” PIC BELOW (DELETE ALL “GIBBERISH”);

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Next in Word, use the Edit pull-down menu to select “Find”, then select the sub-menu “Replace” which should open the “Find and Replace” window.

At this point we’re going to do a little “quality” test on the document by entering in the upper “Find” box the characters “.com” (without the quotation marks). Scroll down the list to examine all of the .com’s that are highlighted, typically that 2nd section of email addresses will have some .com’s but they are not showing as highlighted. If you do see some .com’s that are not highlighted, then perform the next “special” step to help clean these funky email addresses!

SAMPLE WORD 2011 “FIND/REPLACE” BOX SEARCH (FOR ABOVE STEP);

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SPECIAL STEP (TYPICALLY REQUIRED) à Copy all the text/email addresses in Word then paste it into a new blank TextEdit document, then copy all the text in TextEdit then paste it back into a new Word document. This should get rid of some “hidden spaces” that are in that 2nd “funky” email section where some of your .com email addresses did not hightlight - but for some reason Word does not display nor identify them correctly with the hidden spaces. You might want to repeat the previous step to ensure all “.com’s”  are now showing highlighted throughout the entire document!

In the upper “Find” box put in .com, in the lower “Replace” box put .com then hit the pull-down menu to the right of the second box and select “Manual Line Break” (see pictures below), then hit the “Replace All” button (Note: Word 2008 is slightly different).

SAMPLE WORD 2011 2nd BOX DROP-DOWN SELECT “MANUAL LINE BREAK”;

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SAMPLE WORD 2011 FIND/REPLACE WITH LINE-BREAK SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS (Before You Hit the “Replace All” button, note the added characters after the .com);

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(Note in above sample – there are “177-matches” that will get placed onto individual lines as a result of the “Manual Line Break” we added).

Next, repeat the same step above but use .net in place of .com (in both boxes).

Next, repeat the same step and in both boxes use .org. This should separate most, if not all of your email addresses onto their own individual lines but if you see a number of “.edu” or “.us” or other email domain names you can repeat the above step for those domains as required to make every email address show on an it’s own line. Next you will scroll up and down the document and clean up any straggler gibberish files.

NOTE: the emails for the domain “COMcast” may have been split into two segments so connect any “broken” Comcast email addresses along with delete any other non-valid looking emails that typically result from that funky “2nd section”.

Save the cleaned up Word file to whatever name you want.

Copy all lines of the now cleaned up email addresses in this document then paste them into a new Excel document starting at row #2 (we’re going to be using row #1 for some “header” labels).

Do a spot check to see how many email addresses pasted into the Excel document by scrolling down to the bottom of the list to see what row number the last entry is on (eg, if the last entry is on row 131 we know we have 130 addresses and we’ll use this “count” as a quality check after importing them into Outlook).

On the first row place the following into Cells A1, B1 & C1 respectively;

Email Address 1

Firstname

Lastname

SAMPLE EXCEL 2011 WITH “HEADER” LINE BEFORE SAVE AS CSV;

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NOTE: Don’t worry about the “Firstname” and “Lastname” cells next to the email addresses being empty, this is simply a requirement to set up the file as a properly formatted “CSV” (comma separated value) file.

Next do an Excel “Save As” and on the Format drop down menu select “Comma Separated Value (.csv)” and name the file whatever you want.

Exit Excel and launch Outlook.

Click on the Outlook “Contacts” / Address Book.

If you want to ultimately place the “Recent Addresses” we’re about to import in a separate folder, you might want to make a new temporary sub-folder called something like “Main Contacts Temp” and then drag all your main contacts into that sub-folder so your main Contacts is now empty (as it is our main “Contacts” folder where our new “CSV” contacts will import to and we want to keep them separated).

Next on the Outlook File pull-down menu select “Import” and on the next window select “Contacts or Messages From a Text File” then hit the arrow on lower-right.

On the next window select “Import Contacts From A Tab- or Comma-Delimited Text File and hit the arrow at the lower-right.

On the next window – navigate to where ever you saved the Excel “CSV” file and select it, you might want to scroll part way down the this import window list to ensure your Email Address 1 “mapping” is automatically lined up with the “Email Address 1” then hit the “Import” button.

OUTLOOK 2011 IMPORT WINDOW (Email Address 1 = Email Address 1):

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This should have imported all email addresses into your main Address Book “Contacts” window (where you can check the number of contacts and compare it to your Excel list as a quality check).

At this point you might want to make yet a new Address Book sub-folder called “Recent Addresses” and move all the newly imported emails into there.

Lastly, move all your main addresses from the “Main Contacts Temp” folder back into the main Address Book Contacts folder.

Now that all the “recent address” emails are in your Outlook Address Book, when you start a new email and go to type an email address it will access them from the address book and they will be presented as a choice in the drop-down list of email addresses. 

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Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:25:00 -0800 Create Hidden Admin User OS X 10.6 http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/create-hidden-users-os-x-106 http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/create-hidden-users-os-x-106

[Local User Name:~] user% sudo su

Password:

sh-3.2# dscl . -create /Users/hiddenadmin

sh-3.2# dscl . -create /Users/hiddenadmin RealName "Hidden Administrator"

sh-3.2# dscl . -create /Users/hiddenadmin UniqueID 499

sh-3.2# dscl . -create /Users/hiddenadmin PrimaryGroupID 20

sh-3.2# dscl . -create /Users/hiddenadmin UserShell /bin/bash

sh-3.2# dscl . -passwd /Users/hiddenadmin "password"

sh-3.2# dscl . -create /Users/hiddenadmin NFSHomeDirectory /var/hiddenadmin

sh-3.2# cp -R /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj /var/hiddenadmin

sh-3.2# chown -R hiddenadmin:staff /var/hiddenadmin

sh-3.2# dseditgroup -o edit -t user -a hiddenadmin admin

sh-3.2# /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -access -on -users hiddenadmin -privs -all -restart -agent

Starting...

Activated Remote Management.

Stopped ARD Agent.

Stopped VNC Server.

Stopped RFB Register MDNS

hiddenadmin: Set user remote control privileges.

hiddenadmin: Set user remote access.

Done.

 

sh-3.2# defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow Hide500Users -bool TRUE

 

The only place the hidden user will appear is in DSCL at /Local/Default/Users

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Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:58:00 -0700 Parallels 7 Configuration Options – Expanding the Initial HD Size http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/parallels-7-configuration-options-expanding-t http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/parallels-7-configuration-options-expanding-t

If you plan on using Window in Parallels for storage of files or to run a specific program you will need to change the initial installation default HD size of 64GB (32GB for earlier versions). You can expand the default partition before or after the installation, however in my experience, expanding the partition after Windows is installed has created many problems (i.e. Windows has blue-screened or has lost the boot-loader). Without the involvement of Parallels Tech Support, it has been be very difficult to repair this problem. Therefore expanding the HD before Windows is installed is my recommendation.

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To expand the 64GB default partition during installation, carefully watch each screen during the installation for the following screen and press Configure before pressing Continue:

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Press Hardware and select the Hard Disk 1 menu option and press Edit… to find the HD resizing option. 

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The default 64GB Size will be selected. Ether slide the adjustment arrow to your desired size or type in the size in Gigabytes. Leave the check boxes at there default and press Apply then Close.

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Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:12:31 -0700 Kerio Connect Email - Accessing a Users Email without their Knowledge... http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/kerio-connect-email-accessing-a-users-email-w http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/kerio-connect-email-accessing-a-users-email-w If you need to gain access to a Kerio Connect users email without them knowing or having their password, here are the step you will have to do (OS X only):

1. I need to enable Mail Archiving - this collects ALL incoming and outgoing email for EVERY user
2. I need to create a new dummy user (example / password)
3. At some point you will need to stop the mail server and copy the target user's entire mail structure into the dummy user account (do so while logged in as root)

Once all this is done, then you can login as example / password via webmail to view all the target user's email up to that point in which you did the copy. This will give you access to his mailbox up to that point that will show any sent email and emails he/she has. If the user has deleted emails, they won't be there. To view all current email, login as a mail administrator (i.e. Admin / password) and look under the Public Folders left side bar to find the Archive Folders. In this folder you can sort the email found there by to or from to find emails relating specifically to the target user. 

There is NO master password or user that can directly log into an email account without that user's password.

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Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:40:28 -0700 Lion OS Collaboration Services - Manually Backing Up and Restoring http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/lion-os-collaboration-services-manually-backi http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/lion-os-collaboration-services-manually-backi
In Lion server, the Collaboration services (Address Book, iCal, Profile Manager, Webmail, and Wiki) all store their data in PostgreSQL databases. Each service has it's own database with the exception of Address Book and iCal which share a database.
By default, this database is stored under /var/pgsql/. If you have enabled Time Machine backups, full database dumps are made daily (using pg_dumpall) to /Library/Server/PostgreSQL/Backup/. "serveradmin settings postgres" offers a way to get and set various parameters.

If you want to backup and restore the individual databases outside of Time Machine, you can do so in the command line.
(PLEASE NOTE: YOU SHOULD HAVE THE SERVICE STOPPED WHEN PERFORMING ANY OF THE BACKUP OR RESTORE COMMANDS LISTED BELOW!!!)

AddressBook and iCal:
Database name: caldav
BACKING UP:

$ sudo -s
# PGUSER=_postgres ./usr/bin/pg_dump -U _postgres caldav -c -f /Library/Server/PostgreSQL/Backup/caldav.sql

(the -c flag on the pg_dump command here indicates that when we re-import the data, it should clear out ALL data from this database before importing, this prevents duplicate entries upon restoring)
RESTORING:

$ sudo -s
# psql -U _postgres -d collab -f /Library/Server/PostgreSQL/Backup/caldav.sql

Profile Manager:

Database Name: device_management
BACKING UP:

$ sudo -s
# PGUSER=_postgres ./usr/bin/pg_dump -U _postgres device_management -c -f /Library/Server/PostgreSQL/Backup/device_management.sql
RESTORING:
$ sudo -s
# psql -U _postgres -d device_management -f /Library/Server/PostgreSQL/Backup/device_management.sql

WebMail:
Database Name: roundcubemail
BACKING UP:

$ sudo -s
# PGUSER=_postgres ./usr/bin/pg_dump -U _postgres roundcubemail -c -f /Library/Server/PostgreSQL/Backup/roundcubemail.sql
RESTORING:
$ sudo -s
# psql -U _postgres -d roundcubemail -f /Library/Server/PostgreSQL/Backup/roundcubemail.sql

Wiki:
Database Name: collab
BACKING UP:

$ sudo -s
# PGUSER=_postgres ./usr/bin/pg_dump -U _postgres collab -c -f /Library/Server/PostgreSQL/Backup/collab.sql
RESTORING:
$ sudo -s
# psql -U _postgres -d collab -f /Library/Server/PostgreSQL/Backup/collab.sql

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Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:13:03 -0700 Additional Repair Permissions tool hidden away in Lion OS http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/additional-repair-permissions-tool-hidden-awa http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/additional-repair-permissions-tool-hidden-awa

diskutilityicon1. Restart Lion, and before you hear the chime, hold down the Command and R keys.

2. You’ll be at the Repair Utilities screen. Click the Utilities item in the Menu Bar, then click Terminal.

3. In the Terminal window, type resetpassword and hit Return.

4. The password reset utility window launches, but you’re not going to reset the password. Instead, click on icon for your Mac’s hard drive at the top. From the dropdown below it, select the user account where you’re having issues.

5. At the bottom of the window, you’ll see an area labeled Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs. Click the Reset button there.

The reset process takes just a couple of minutes. When it’s done, exit the programs you’ve opened and restart your Mac.


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Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:52:09 -0700 Configuring RAID 1 (Mirroring) on the 2011 Mac Mini Server http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/configuring-raid-1-mirroring-on-the-2011-mac http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/configuring-raid-1-mirroring-on-the-2011-mac With the release of the new Mac Mini Server without an internal CD/DVD and Lion OS, Apple has stopped shipping installation DVD's with the new Mac Mini's. When booting the Server for the first time, the Setup Assistant runs and configures Lion OS on the primary drive leaving the second internal HD for use other than for booting. In my configurations for my customers, the 500GB internal HD's are not large enough to store my customer's data so I'm often connecting an external HD RAID such as a Drobo or Promise RAID. When doing so though, the second internal 500GB HD has little use for me and would serve me and my customer best if it were configured as a part of the boot HD in a RAID 1 configuration (mirrored). Without an installation DVD now, configuring this is more challenging. Here is how I've been successful:

1. When booting the Mac Mini for the 1st time, hold the "T" key down to force the unit into Target Disk Mode
2. Connect a laptop via Firewire 800 cable
3. Open Disk Utility on the laptop
4. Select the primary Macintosh HD mounted from the Mac Mini on your laptop HD in Disk Utility
5. Select New Image and change the type to Read Only and the save destination to your laptop's Desktop and start creating the image (approx 5-7 minutes)
6. When finished imaging, select each of the 500GB internal HD's and Erase leaving the name as the default
7. Select RAID and drag each of the Untitled HD's into the RAID window
8. Press the Options button at the bottom and put a check in the "Automatically rebuild RAID mirror sets" and leave the RAID Block Size: at 32K
9. Press Create RAID and wait till finished (~30 seconds)
10. Select Images from the top pull-down and then Scan Image of Restore…
11. Select the image of the Macintosh HD from step 4 on the Desktop to prepare it for the restore
12. Press Restore at the top right and drag the new RAID volume into the Destination box
13. Select the Browse… button to the right of the Source and select the Macintosh HD image you just scanned for restore
14 Select Restore and press Continue at the warning box
15. When the restore is finished, quit Disk Utility and drag the Macintosh HD Firewire mount to the trash to disconnect it from Target Disk Mode
16. Push the power button on the Mac Mini Server to shut it off and pull off the Firewire 800 cable
17. Restart the Mac Mini Server and begin the Setup Assistant process

An alternative to this would be to run thru the Setup Assistant till the setup is complete and you've got a working machine. You could run all the updates or not and then start the imaging process. This seems to work well for me when needing to RAID the internal HD's on the new Mac Mini Server. For on-site or remote assistance, please visit my web site at www.sourcenetworks.com for contact information.

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Sat, 03 Sep 2011 06:04:31 -0700 How to delete GPT Protective Partition http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/how-to-delete-gpt-protective-partition http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/how-to-delete-gpt-protective-partition In Windows XP Professional, if you cannot access or modify GPT disk, you can convert a GPT disk to MBR by using the clean command in DiskPart, which will remove all data and partition structures from the disk.

1. You might see S2VR HD 5 Drives in GPT status.

2. Go to DOS command line (click on “Start Menu”, then “Run”, type in “cmd” in textbox, and hit “OK”)

  • Type in “DiskPart” in command line.
  • Type in “list disk” in command line to show all disks in this machine.
  • Use “select” to set the focus to the specified partition.
    For example “select disk 1″.
  • Use “clean” command to remove GPT disk from the current in-focus disk by zeroing sectors.

3. Go back to Disk Management, you can see all S2VR HD disks are “unallocated” now. Right click on disk info, choose “Initialize Disk”.

4. Choose all drives in S2VR HD and initialize them.

Warning: This command will erase all data on the disk, so please backup your data first.

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Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:19:47 -0700 Create a VPN on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch and SonicWALL http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/create-a-vpn-on-your-ipad-iphone-or-ipod-touc-32136 http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/create-a-vpn-on-your-ipad-iphone-or-ipod-touc-32136

This article will easily explain how to configure your Apple iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch to access your network by using the SonicWALL WAN GroupVPN Security Association and the built-in L2TP server.  This relates to SonicOS Enhanced version 5.2.x (or newer) firmware.

(You must have completed Part 1 here)

iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch Configurations

1:  From the Home Screen navigate to the Settings icon

Settings Icon

iPad     iPhone / iPod Touch

2:  Select the General option

iPad - Step 2     iPhone Step 2

3:  Select Network

iPad - Step 3     iPhone Step 3

4:  Select VPN

iPad - Step 4     iPhone Step 4

5:  Select Add VPN Configuration

iPad - Step 5     iPhone Step 5

6:  Ensure that L2TP is selected.  This is the only option you want.

iPad - Step 6     iPhone Step 6

7:  Fill out the Add Configuration fields as follows:

Description - This is a name of your choosing that identifies the VPN connection to you (you can have more than one L2TP VPN connection setup).

Server - This is the WAN IP address of your SonicWALL NSA UTM appliance.

Account - This is the user account you created on the SonicWALL NSA appliance under Local Users.

RSA SecurID - Ensure that this is turned OFF.

Password - This is your password you setup for the account listed above.  You can chose to not enter a password here, which means that the iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch will ask you to complete every time you establish a connection.

Secret - This is the GroupVPN pre-shared secret you have setup.

Send All Traffic - Turn OFF.  You can turn on if you wish to send all your internet traffic through your L2TP connection also.  Leaving it off sends internet traffic over your wireless / 3G connection and only traffic destined for your network via the L2TP VPN.  Some configurations we have noted need to have this turned on no matter what.

Now press Save to store the configuration on your device.

8:  Your configuration will now appear and you can slide the VPN option to ON.  Your iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch will begin communicating with the SonicWALL and, upon a successful connection, will display a VPN icon on the top bar (usually left on the iPad and on the right on the iPhone / iPod Touch).

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Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:16:33 -0700 Create a VPN on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch and SonicWALL NSA UTM http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/create-a-vpn-on-your-ipad-iphone-or-ipod-touc http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/create-a-vpn-on-your-ipad-iphone-or-ipod-touc

This article will easily explain how to configure your Apple iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch to access your network by using the SonicWALL WAN GroupVPN Security Association and the built-in L2TP server.  This relates to SonicOS Enhanced version 5.2.x (or newer) firmware.

Access is granted to the LAN behind via the SonicWALL appliance.  You do not need a third party L2TP server solution.

How to configure your SonicWALL L2TP VPN server

Follow these easy steps in order:

1 - Login to your SonicWALL NSA UTM appliance as the Administrator in Configuration Mode.

Login

2 - Navigate to Network and Address Objects

3 - Add the following Address Object:

Name: iPad L2TP Subnet (or another name you wish to identify with)

Zone Assignment: VPN

Type: Network

Network: 10.99.79.0 - This is the new network subnet that we will assign purely for L2TP connections.  It shouldNOT be a subnet range in use on your network.  You do not need to use this address, we have selected for display purposes.

Netmask: 255.255.255.0 - We have chosen to use a Class C subnet.

L2TP Address Object

4 - Click OK to add the Address Object

5 - From the SonicWALL NSA menu select Users and Settings

6 - Ensure that Local Users are available.  If you already have LDAP or RADIUS ensure that + Local Users is selected.  This ensures you can use your Local User database on the SonicWALL (covered later).

7 - From the SonicWALL NSA menu navigate to VPN and L2TP Server.

8 - Enable the L2TP server and click on Configure.  Set the details as follows:

Keep alive time (secs): 60

DNS Server 1: 192.168.168.1 (well, obviously use your internal DNS server)

DNS Server 2: 192.168.168.2 (again this is for display purposes - if you have a second DNS server, use it)

WINS Server 1: 0.0.0.0 (or enter your WINS IP address here)

WINS Server 2: 0.0.0.0 (as above)

Select Use the Local L2TP IP Pool

Start IP: 10.99.79.1 (this is the start IP of the L2TP network you created earlier)

End IP: 10.99.79.10 (this is the end IP of the L2TP network you created earlier)

User group for L2TP users: Trusted Users (or Everyone if you prefer)

L2TP Server Settings

- From the SonicWALL NSA menu, whilst still in VPN select Settings

10 - Configure the WAN GroupVPN policy with the following settings:

General Tab

Shared Secret: password (well, enter your password here)

General Tab

Proposals Tab

IKE (Phase 1) Proposal

DH Group:  Group 2

Encryption:  3DES

Authentication:  SHA1

Life Time (seconds):  28800

Ipsec (Phase 2) Proposal

Protocol: ESP

Encryption:  3DES

Authentication:  SHA1

Enable Perfect Forward Secrecy:  Disabled

Life Time (seconds):  28800

Proposals Tab

Advanced Tab

Enable Windows Network (NetBIOS) Broadcast:  Enabled

Enable Multicast:  Disabled

Management via this SA:  Unchecked for both HTTP and HTTPS

Default LAN Gateway:  Public (WAN) IP address of the SonicWALL appliance

Require Authentication of VPN Clients via XAUTH:  Enabled

User Group for XAUTH Users:  Trusted Users (or Everyone)

Allow Unauthenticated VPN Client Access:  Disabled

Advanced Tab

Client Tab

Cache XAUTH User Name and Password on Client:  Always

Virtual Adapter settings:  DHCP Lease

Allow Connections to:  This Gateway Only

Set Default Route as this Gateway:  Enabled

Apply VPN Access Control List:  Disabled

Use Default Key for Simple Client Provisioning: Disabled

Client Tab

11 - Returning to the SonicWALL appliance menu, and still in VPN, select DHCP over VPN

12 - Select Central Gateway and click on Configure and ensure the following:

Use Internal DHCP Server:  Enabled

For Global VPN Client:  Enabled

For Remote Firewall:  Disabled

Send DHCP requests to the server address listed below:  Disabled

Relay IP Address (Optional):  0.0.0.0

DHCP Over VPN

13 - From the SonicWALL menu navigate to Firewall and Access rules

14 - Select VPN to WAN from the matrix or drop down menu and add the following rule:

Action:  Allow

From Zone:  VPN

To Zone:  WAN

Service:  ANY

Source:  WAN RemoteAccess Networks

Destination:  ANY

Users Allowed:  All

Schedule:  Always on

Firewall Rule VPN > WAN

15 - From the SonicWALL menu navigate to Network and NAT Policies

16 - Add the following NAT Policy:

Original Source:  iPad L2TP Subnet (or whatever you created in Step 3)

Translated Source:  WAN Primary IP (usually X1 IP)

Original Destination:  Any

Translated Destination:  Original

Original Service:  Any

Translated Service:  Original

Inbound Interface:  Any

Outbound Interface:  X1 (your WAN interface)

NAT Policy Settings

17 - From the SonicWALL NSA menu navigate to Users and Local Users

18 - Create a new user (if one doesn't exist) and then select the VPN Access tab and add the following objects:

LAN Subnets

WAN RemoteAccess Networks

iPad L2TP Subnet (or whatever you called the Address Object that you created in step 3)

NOTE: You can add these networks to the Trusted Users or Everyone list if you wish - or individually for users.  You must also add any other Address Objects to which you may require access here.  We have used the basic LAN Subnets for access to the LAN above for demonstrative purposes.

19 - Click on OK to add the user

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Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:07:43 -0700 New version of Parallels brings additional Lion OS features http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/new-version-of-parallels-brings-additional-li http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/new-version-of-parallels-brings-additional-li

Parallels Desktop® 7 for Mac

Get it before the rest!

Hot off the press! Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac will be broadly available September 6. As an existing customer, you can be among the first to enjoy our best release ever – starting today.

Upgrade today!


Run Windows applications like they were made for your Mac. Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac takes advantage of Mac OS X Lion’s great features and applies them to Windows programs, like support for Launchpad and Mission Control.

With over 90 new and enhanced features, this latest version makes your Windows applications feel like they were made for Mac. The result? A more intuitive and powerful way to use Windows and Mac side-by-side in a seamless user experience.

Enjoy the best performance on the market

New! Lion integration and support, including Launchpad and Mission Control for Windows programs
New! Shared iSight and FaceTime HD cameras in both Windows and Mac applications
New! Lion as a guest OS
Enhanced! Up to 1 GB of video memory, for ultra-high resolutions and maximum quality settings
Enhanced! With the new Parallels Mobile App, copy-and-paste, enjoy audio, and access your Mac and Windows programs with your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.


Run thousands of Windows applications at lightning speed on your Mac

Enhanced! Increased graphics performance: up to 45% faster for 3D graphics compared to previous versions
Enhanced! Start, stop and resume Windows more quickly, as much as 60 %, every time you launch Windows
Enhanced! When copying files within Windows, Parallels Desktop 7 outperforms its competitor by 120 %


Access your Windows programs and Mac applications while on the go with the new Parallels Mobile App

Parallels Mobile running on the iPad and the iPhone, connected to Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac running Windows 7

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Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:41:07 -0700 Jason Bosket has completed the iPhone and iPad Technical Training for Enterprise Course and Certification http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/jason-bosket-has-completed-the-iphone-and-ipa http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/jason-bosket-has-completed-the-iphone-and-ipa

Welcome to iPhone and iPad Technical Training for Enterprise.

iPhone and iPad can increase productivity for a wide range of companies. The benefits range from enhanced communication and coordination between employees to real-time access to essential information. Your customers will each have a unique set of needs and concerns. They could be from a global corporation or a small neighborhood business; have employees working together in offices or out in the field; use cutting edge infrastructure and IT support, or rely on externally hosted infrastructure and outsourced IT services. Whatever their size or structure, iPhone and iPad can help your customers take their business to the next level.

This series consists of four courses and one final quiz of 50 questions. The concepts within each course build upon each other, so you should take these courses in the following order:

The end of each course includes a review quiz of 10 questions. You have only three chances to pass each quiz, including the Final Quiz, so take each quiz only when you're ready.

In each course, you'll find optional activities and review questions that deepen your learning and reinforce key concepts, but they won't be scored. You may explore the activities and answer the review questions as many times as you like. In addition, this series includes a glossary of terms and a resources page.

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Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:38:42 -0700 Lion OS iCal Server Backup and Restore http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/lion-os-ical-server-backup-and-restore http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/lion-os-ical-server-backup-and-restore In Lion server, the Collaboration services (Address Book, iCal, Profile Manager, Webmail, and Wiki) all store their data in PostgreSQL databases.
Each service has it's own database with the exception of Address Book and iCal which share a database.

By default, this database is stored under /var/pgsql/. If you have enabled Time Machine backups, full database dumps are made daily 

(using pg_dumpall) to /Library/Server/PostgreSQL/Backup/. "serveradmin settings postgres" offers a way to get and set various parameters.

If you want to backup and restore the individual databases outside of Time Machine, you can do so in the command line.

(PLEASE NOTE: YOU SHOULD HAVE THE SERVICE STOPPED WHEN PERFORMING ANY OF THE BACKUP OR RESTORE COMMANDS LISTED BELOW!!!)

AddressBook and iCal:

Database name: caldav

BACKING UP:

$ sudo -s
# PGUSER=_postgres ./usr/bin/pg_dump -U _postgres caldav -c -f /Library/Server/PostgreSQL/Backup/caldav.sql 

   (the -c flag on the pg_dump command here indicates that when we re-import the data, it should clear out ALL data from this database before importing, this prevents duplicate entries upon restoring)

RESTORING:

$ sudo -s
# psql -U _postgres -d collab -f /Library/Server/PostgreSQL/Backup/caldav.sql

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Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:44:39 -0700 Update adds support for Adobe® CS5.5, Mac OS® X Lion, and includes FontDoctor 8.1 http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/update-adds-support-for-adobe-cs55-mac-os-x-l http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/update-adds-support-for-adobe-cs55-mac-os-x-l

Today we released an update to Suitcase Fusion 3 (v14.0.6) that includes new font auto-activation plug-ins that support Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, compatibility with Mac OS X Lion and the Font Doctor 8.1 product update.

What’s new in 14.0.6

OS X 10.7 Lion compatibility

Plug-ins updated for recent software updates

The auto-activation plug-ins have been updated to support Adobe Creative Suite 5.5. (Supported applications in Creative Suite 5.5 are Illustrator CS5.1, InDesign CS5.5, and Photoshop CS5.1.)

 

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Download Update

Please Note: You may have already been notified of this update via the auto-update feature within Suitcase Fusion 3.

To download via the “Check for Updates” feature:
  1. Launch Suitcase Fusion 3
  2. Choose Suitcase Fusion 3 > Check for Updates (Mac) 
    or Tools > Check for Updates (Windows)
  3. Download and install the update.
Install the new plug-ins using the Plug-in manager by:
  1. Choose Suitcase Fusion 3 > Manage-Plug-ins (Mac) or Tools > Manage Plug-ins (Windows)
  2. Enable plug-ins for supported applications.

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Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:39:26 -0700 Just Released - ExtremeZ-IP 7.2! http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/just-released-extremez-ip-72 http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/just-released-extremez-ip-72

Great news! Today, GroupLogic announced the release of ExtremeZ-IP 7.2, and, as a valued GroupLogic customer, we wanted you to be the first to know about the latest features.

As part of our ongoing commitment to provide the enterprise with the most robust, cross-platform solution for seamless integration of Mac users in Windows environments, the latest release of ExtremeZ-IP comes with support for Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" -expanding our compatibility from Mac OS 9 to the just-announced Apple OS release. In addition to eliminating compatibility issues, ExtremeZ-IP remains the only Windows-based AFP file and print server delivering support for Network Spotlight, Time Machine and DFS to help our customers exploit the best of both platforms, and achieve optimal performance and functionality.

And that's not all... ExtremeZ-IP now includes ShadowConnect at no additional cost, allowing Macs to instantly self-restore previous versions of files and folders from the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).

Remember, all customers with an active maintenance and support contract are entitled to upgrade to ExtremeZ-IP 7.2, completely free of charge!

Upgrade Now!

Learn about all the ExtremeZ-IP 7.2 enhancements here.

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Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:49:51 -0700 QuickBooks for Mac now Compatible with Lion OS 10.7 http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/quickbooks-for-mac-now-compatible-with-lion-o http://sourcenetworks.posterous.com/quickbooks-for-mac-now-compatible-with-lion-o QuickBooks 2011 for Mac is now compatible with Lion with the R10 update we released this morning. If you already have QuickBooks 2011 for Mac, just install the R10 update when prompted. (Or go to the QuickBooks menu and choose “Check for Updates” to get the latest.)

QuickBooks 2010 for Mac and earlier
As we announced previously, QuickBooks 2010 for Mac and earlier versions are not officially supported on Lion. (You can read more about this athttp://bit.ly/qyca5F.) Although QuickBooks 2010 for Mac and earlier versions may run on Mac OS X 10.7, some features may not run correctly.  (You can see the known issues at http://bit.ly/o4JgUb)

If the features of Lion aren't a big deal for you and you don't want to upgrade your version of QuickBooks, then just stay with the version of Mac OS and QuickBooks you currently use. We can continue to help you with any problems you may run into.

If you must upgrade to Lion and don’t want to upgrade QuickBooks, you can continue running QuickBooks for Mac on a partition. You can learn more about setting up a partition at this article by Apple:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4722

If you want to run QuickBooks for Mac on Lion, you should upgrade to QuickBooks 2011 for Mac. That way if you do run into any problems, we can help you. You can find QuickBooks 2011 for Mac on our website athttp://quickbooks.com/mac and at most major retailers.

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