Comments on: Being IT - Part Two - The Daily Checklist http://www.jasonslater.co.uk/2007/07/03/being-it-part-two-the-daily-checklist/ Managing Information Technology for a UK based Small/Medium Enterprise - With a bit of real life thrown in for good measure. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:44:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Terinea Weblog http://www.jasonslater.co.uk/2007/07/03/being-it-part-two-the-daily-checklist/#comment-115 Terinea Weblog Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:14:00 +0000 http://212.241.217.223/?p=435#comment-115 Nagios was a learning curve but with it's ability to interact with Linux and Windows it was well worth it. We ran it on a low spec machine attached to a large wide screen in the IT department office. I believe Nagios has some additional pluggin for event logs on Windows machines. Nagios was a learning curve but with it’s ability to interact with Linux and Windows it was well worth it. We ran it on a low spec machine attached to a large wide screen in the IT department office. I believe Nagios has some additional pluggin for event logs on Windows machines.

]]> By: Jason http://www.jasonslater.co.uk/2007/07/03/being-it-part-two-the-daily-checklist/#comment-114 Jason Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:17:00 +0000 http://212.241.217.223/?p=435#comment-114 I think you've hit the nail on the head there Jamie, unfortunately morning checks are not the most exciting of ways to start the day. These days I've got a number of scripts that do many of the checks and email the results to me using <a HREF="http://www.blat.net/194/" REL="nofollow">BLAT</a> such that it becomes a task of checking my email and ticking the list but, call me old fashioned, I always feel more reassured when I see things ticked off on a sheet - it's ever so easy to miss something when you have so many checks to perform.<br/><br/>PC Pro have covered <a HREF="http://www.nagios.org/" REL="nofollow">Nagios</a> a few times and it does look like a very useful product but I haven't used it myself - primarily because it's a Linux product. Mind you, with Virtual Server it makes the whole multi-os thing much less of an issue than it used to be so I may give it a try.<br/><br/>I've been trying to use <a HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/sce/default.mspx" REL="nofollow">Microsofts SCE</a> but like many of these tools it needs a great deal of committment to get it to do useful things.<br/><br/>The biggest bugbear of mine is event logs, which I've written about many a time - the latest is <a HREF="http://theitmanagersjournal.blogspot.com/2007/05/event-log-utility.html" REL="nofollow">here</a>.<br/><br/>Jas. I think you’ve hit the nail on the head there Jamie, unfortunately morning checks are not the most exciting of ways to start the day. These days I’ve got a number of scripts that do many of the checks and email the results to me using BLAT such that it becomes a task of checking my email and ticking the list but, call me old fashioned, I always feel more reassured when I see things ticked off on a sheet - it’s ever so easy to miss something when you have so many checks to perform.

PC Pro have covered Nagios a few times and it does look like a very useful product but I haven’t used it myself - primarily because it’s a Linux product. Mind you, with Virtual Server it makes the whole multi-os thing much less of an issue than it used to be so I may give it a try.

I’ve been trying to use Microsofts SCE but like many of these tools it needs a great deal of committment to get it to do useful things.

The biggest bugbear of mine is event logs, which I’ve written about many a time - the latest is here.

Jas.

]]> By: Terinea Weblog http://www.jasonslater.co.uk/2007/07/03/being-it-part-two-the-daily-checklist/#comment-113 Terinea Weblog Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:47:00 +0000 http://212.241.217.223/?p=435#comment-113 I hated doing morning checks when I worked for a large department store. So much so I would write as many scripts as possible to automate the processes. Do you use something like Nagios? That saved the department loads of time. Although some lazy individuals in the department could even do that! So we still had to sign our name against the checks.<br/>Jamie I hated doing morning checks when I worked for a large department store. So much so I would write as many scripts as possible to automate the processes. Do you use something like Nagios? That saved the department loads of time. Although some lazy individuals in the department could even do that! So we still had to sign our name against the checks.
Jamie

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