We use non removal stickers on all equipment and track it via bar code scanning into an internally developed application. This is primarily desktops/corporate servers/notebooks more than anything else. Public servers and network gear do not have this yet as they are operated by a different group, but at some point we’d like to integrate both sides.
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Kuhnke Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 4:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Physical asset inventory Everything I care about has an IP address in management RFC1918 blocks and is monitored in OpenNMS - if somebody steals a piece of a POP, we'll know about it... $15 cordless engraver is used to etch names on some key equipment. http://www.amazon.com/General-Tools-Instruments-505-Precision/dp/B004YK66NM Equipment that is in storage for spares or awaiting deployment is tracked using the same inventory spreadsheet used to track purchasing (eg: an incoming purchase invoice/bill of sale email is matched with an incoming UPS or FedEx tracking number, when the item arrives and is unboxed and placed on a shelf, the status column of its row is updated). On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Anyone use barcodes? How exhaustive and anal do some of you get when maintaining your asset records?
