Backup Exec and Domino Agent

OK, so here it the update from Symantec regarding my issue with backing up a domino agent.  Just for review, on a couple domino machines out of about 10 I would experience my domino agent crashing,  My Domino admin console would give out a c:\program files\symantec\backup exec\raws\belnapi.exe <2224/ox8B0> error about every minute and all backup jobs (obviously) would cease.  I have to reboot my machine (not just restart service) to every get the domino agent to even think about functioning as planned.  Anyway, the Symantec engineer has basically said......don't run your domino backup jobs through a policy-based job.  You must run a non-policy based job to get the functionality that I want.  So now I have to rebuild all of my jobs (for all 10 servers). I hate Backup Exec.
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WSUS clients not reporting status 0x80190194

Had a bear of a time with WSUS.  I noticed that my machines were no longer reporting back to the server with any kind of status.  I uninstalled, reinstalled to no avail.  My windows update log was giving me a http://server/selfupdate/wuident.cab: error 0x80190194 which lead me to The WSUS Support Team Blog.  Their article here summed up the problem nicely, but I still don't know what happened to break it in the first place.
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WTH

Another in my series of mind-blowing musicians that make me wet my pants.
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This is going to be a day of music apparantly. From my friend Mike, I give you the 12 days of christmas

blogroll

My new favorite blog.  Chock full of good stuff for your humble network administrator. This one is going on the blogroll and my rss reader.
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Cisco devices authenticated back to AD

So for awhile now I've known that I need to setup up authentication for command line access for our routers and switches.  I hadn't bothered because, 1. We are a smallish shop, 2. I can easily memorize a 24 digit hexadecimal password, 3. I'm lazy.  I finally got around to it and used this article by David Davis to help me out quite a bit.  When you used this crib sheet however, you never were able to get to privileged mode with your supplied credentials.  I then found this article that layed it out nicely.  
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Basic IOS commands

David Davis has covered most of the basics but I would add the "do" command under config mode.  My most basic use of this command is "do sh run" while I'm inside an interface.
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security policies

One of my major frustrations has been the implementation of meaningful security policies at my work.  I am in the unenviable position of having not enough pull in the company to own/implement a restrictive policy and my boss, a couple years from retirement, I don't think sees the need to write down everything.  I guess he figures we are a small enough operation that policy can be made up on the spot and communicated verbally.  This doesn't help me however when I'm trying to be pro-active in locking down the network and have nothing to measure against.  Frustrating.
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