[dba-Tech] System administration

Hi Hans

Nagios seems spot on. Never heard of it. Thanks!

/gustav


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Sendt: 25. januar 2013 10:31
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There are plenty excellent tools for this on Linux that are free and open
source, but I can't really speak to Windows specifically - only the tools I
have used (although some are be cross platform - some aren't!).

We use a combination of Munin (as Jim mentioned), Nagios and Puppet.

Seems like what you are looking for is something along the lines of Puppet
and/or Nagios.

http://puppetlabs.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet_(software)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagios


- Hans


On 2013-01-25, at 12:56 AM, "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi Jim
> 
> Thanks, but I am more interested in some "bookkeeping" tool. Besides, 
> Munin seems to ignore Windows completely.
> 
> /gustav
> 
> 
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jim 
> Lawrence
> Sendt: 24. januar 2013 20:38
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> 
> Hi Gustav:
> 
> I would recommend Munin from http://munin-monitoring.org/
> 
> I have not installed a package myself but know it has exceptional 
> administration/monitoring capabilities. Hans and Bryan both have 
> extensive knowledge with the product as it is the industry standard. 
> The other good news is it is an OSS product.
> 
> Jim
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav 
> Brock
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 5:18 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: [dba-Tech] System administration
> 
> Hi all
> 
> What do you use for administration? I mean real administration where 
> you schedule tasks and checks to document what has been done on your 
> LAN and what's next.
> 
> We run a small LAN on two locations (connected via VPN over ADSL2 
> lines) with as much as possible hooked into AD, and Windows-only for 
> servers as well as workstations. About 10 workstations (mix of desktops
and laptops).
> Not much, but still it adds up to six physical servers, eight VMs for 
> remote desktops for remote clients, and about ten VMs for everything 
> else (spam filter, mail, database servers, DCs, etc.).
> 
> I've found it's quite a job to keep track of updates and backup of 
> VMs, data, configurations - we miss some kind of "bookkeeping for the 
> system admin" for all these tasks.
> Before browsing all the good and bad advice that may be found on the 
> web, I wonder if anyone here have some practical experience to share.
> 
> /gustav