Tech Messages | 2009-12-15

A special extended edition of Tech Messages for 2009-11-02 through 2009-12-15:

• Rules Folder Is Missing on Notes Client
  This is a problem that has been dogging me for weeks.
• Top 20 OpenSSH Server Best Security Practices
• Remus
  Remus provides transparent, comprehensive high availability to ordinary virtual machines running on the Xen virtual machine monitor. It does this by maintaining a completely up-to-date copy of a running VM on a backup server, which automatically activates if the primary server fails.
• Field Notice: FN – 63267 – CS-MARS-110(R)/110/210/GC2(R)/GC2 RAID Controller Error May Cause System to Hang or Experience Data Loss – Need to Upgrade RAID Controller Firmware  [Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System] – Cisco Systems
  In some instances, a CS-MARS-110(R)/110/210/GC2/GC2(R) may hang due to issues in the older version of RAID controller firmware, requiring a manual reboot. In rare cases, customers may experience data loss on power up. (CCO login required)
• How to Turn Off the Outlook Reading Pane by Default
  This walk-through is specifically for Outlook 2007.
• WMI for Microsoft Operating Systems – Tutorial with Win32_ComputerSystem
  For those interested in Windows scripting.