We have a package that tracks servers by name and application. The contacts field is usually who requested the node, sometimes it is a person and sometimes it is a group.
Andy Huebner -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lindsay Morris Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 7:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] HEY! All you lurkers on ADSM-L! (was: Tracking who "owns" a node) A little help please? I want more responses to my poll, about how you track who owns a node. THIS MEANS YOU! It'll take you JUST THREE CLICKS, starting here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ojC0QfiSbYEcc2B246nO_2bA_3d_3d Why should you do this? Guilt: After all the great advice you've gotten off this list, isn't it time to help a little? Logic: Many people write software to make TSM better. Help them to help you! Greed: I'll buy beer at the next TSM symposium for anyone who responds. Come on, share the knowledge please. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ojC0QfiSbYEcc2B246nO_2bA_3d_3d And thanks! ------ Mr. Lindsay Morris Principal www.tsmworks.com 919-403-8260 [email protected] _________________________________________________ From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lindsay Morris Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] Tracking who "owns" a node For every node we back up, there is someone who uses it. This person knows that: * They want it backed up ONLY between 2AM and 4AM; * They can't afford TDP so please back up the flat-file database dump and ignore the true DB directories; * They prefer to exclude drive C: * For recovery, the application depends on 3 other nodes too and so on. It helps us do a better job, if we know who these people are. So, how do you map people to nodes? I'm trying to see what's common, so our bolt-on software can discover this mapping if it's there, or help you set it up if it's not. Reply to me off-list and I'll report back the results to the community here. Just pick a number below (I'm trying to make this so easy ;-} ), and/ or discuss in detail. Phone calls welcome too. ________________________________ How do you know who owns a node? 0. We don't. 1. We put an email address in the node's CONTACT field. 2. We put structured info (like "[email protected]; Joe Jones; HR; 212-223-1111") in the CONTACT field 3. We put un-structured stuff in the CONTACT field, like name, phone number, email, or whatever we have 4. We put the email address in the node's EMAIL_ADDRESS field 5. We use home-grown spreadsheets or databases or shell scripts 6. We use 3rd-party apps like Servergraph, or Bocada, etc. 7. None of the above __________________________________ Thanks! This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you.
