I want to thank everyone for their contributions to this discussion. For now I'm going to be using the low tech solution of an excel worksheet but will be hosting it in a Lotus Notes Teamroom which provides locking to prevent multiple individuals from updating it at the same time. I've setup the worksheet with data validation so that columns 1 to 5 are validated and then it is easy to sort to see the next sequential host number (positions 6 to 8) to assign. It is also easy at that point to filter and sort again to find the next available IP address (as our servers can't use DHCP but require static IP address assignments).
At some point in the future a CMDB should be available that will obviate the need for this (or so I've been told but I'm not holding my breath and suspect the excel worksheet will be around for a very long time). Lionel B. Dyck, Consultant/Specialist Enterprise Platform Services, Mainframe Engineering KP-IT Enterprise Engineering, Client and Platform Engineering Services (CAPES) 925-926-5332 (8-473-5332) | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: lbdyck | Yahoo IM: lbdyck Kaiser Service Credo: "Our cause is health. Our passion is service. We?re here to make lives better.? ?Never attribute to malice what can be caused by miscommunication.? NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are prohibited from sharing, copying, or otherwise using or disclosing its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
