From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006
9:10 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT:
Change Tracking Database
Correct
me if I'm wrong but doesn't SharePoint require a manual entry by
a live person to record
information? Wouldn't the idea of a change
management software be to automate
the process of recording the change
so that no change is
"forgotten"?
Applications
such as Microsoft Operation Manager are great at
automatically tracking changes made
in AD and the up/down time of
servers
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/events/mom/tnt1-112.mspx)
It
also is great at spitting out the
results in a report style format. This
makes our job of presenting the
info to our bosses much easier since we
don't have to convert the raw data.
Although
MOM is a great tool, I'm personally looking to find a more
holistic approach. Is there truly
one piece of software that can track
it ALL automatically? Everything
from changing a VLAN, creating a group
in AD, or modifying a router
configuration needs to be tracked but I
have yet to see any software that
can perform this huge task.
-----Original
Message-----
From:
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On Behalf Of Noah Eiger
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006
12:10 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Change
Tracking Database
Thanks
all (esp. Susan). It will take me a little bit to look through
this.
One thought I had was to repurpose
a web-based db from a customer
management system. Each physical
(server, switch, etc.) or logical (AD,
DNS, DFS, etc) asset would equal a
"customer" and the logs for the phone
conversations, letters mailed, etc
would be the actions taken on the
asset.
-- nme
>
-----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Bradley, CPA aka
Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31,
2006 12:04 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT:
Change Tracking Database
>
> Download details: Windows
SharePoint Services Applications Template:
> Change Management:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8481322A-88EA
> -
>
44CF-9DB2-63B43A03FEB2&displaylang=en
>
> Or that one.
>
> Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz -
SBS Rocks [MVP] wrote:
>
> > Sharepoint.
> >
> > Download details: Windows
SharePoint Services Applications Template:
> > HelpDesk Dashboard:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=82e86a1d-c8
> > 18-
> 496b-8ad4-818aaf1c2fed&DisplayLang=en
> >
> >
> >
> > Download details: Windows
SharePoint Services Applications Template:
> > Project Team Management:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8c580176-09
> > b4-
>
4001-9c2b-2ad5b7ec2a12&DisplayLang=en
> >
> >
> >
> > Public folders are sooooo
old fashioned ;-)
> >
> > Aimless Ramblings from a
Blithering Lunatic . . . : WOW! It's
> > Christmas in August on
the Microsoft Download Site . . .:
> > http://msmvps.com/blogs/cgross/archive/2005/08/03/61320.aspx
> >
> >
> >
> > Dryden, Karen wrote:
> >
> >> We just send the
notes for changes to a public folder that forwards
>
>> to all of our admins. We keep the notes in the PF forever. We have
> >> a separate folder for
problems.
> >>
> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >> *From:*
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
*On Behalf Of *Noah
> >> Eiger
> >> *Sent:* Tuesday,
January 31, 2006 12:54 AM
> >> *To:* [email protected]
> >> *Subject:* RE:
[ActiveDir] OT: Change Tracking Database
> >>
> >> Thanks, Gil. I can
appreciate that NetPro is not free ;-)
> >>
> >> I was looking more
for something that simply allows admins to write
>
>> notes about what they changed. This would then create a running log
>
>> of what happened.
> >>
> >> -- nme
> >>
> >>
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> >> ----
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> >>
> >> *From:* Gil
Kirkpatrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >> *Sent:* Monday,
January 30, 2006 8:18 PM
> >> *To:* [email protected]
> >> *Subject:* RE:
[ActiveDir] OT: Change Tracking Database
> >>
> >> You've pretty much
described ChangeAuditor from NetPro. Its not
> >> freeware though. See
> >> http://www.netpro.com/products/changeauditor/index.cfm.
> >>
> >> -gil
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >> *From:*
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
*On Behalf Of *Noah
> >> Eiger
> >> *Sent:* Monday,
January 30, 2006 8:05 PM
> >> *To:* [email protected]
> >> *Subject:*
[ActiveDir] OT: Change Tracking Database
> >>
> >> Hi -
> >>
> >> I am looking for a
database (preferably with a web interface) to
> >> track all changes
made in the network/directory infrastructure.
> >> Change something in
DNS? Log it. Make some registry changes on a
> >> server? Log it.
Change a recipient policy in Exchange? Log it. You
> >> get the picture.
Right now we are using a somewhat-clunky,
> >> homegrown, MySQL
database. Anything off the shelf or
free/shareware?
> >>
> >> TIA
> >>
> >> -- nme
> >>
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