It depends on the organization, because sometimes Network Admin and Network Engineer are synonymous, and sometimes Network Admin and Systems Admin are synonymous.
Working with the latter description, here's what I've previously drawn up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Standard Administrator Responsibilities At no time should you be surprised by low space conditions (or other inadequacies) on the systems that you maintain, and you should have current statistics as to the capacities of those systems at all times. Each person should put systems in place that assist them in servicing the end-user community, and collectively, we need to deploy tools and systems which will allow us to detect problems before they occur. Here are some questions every administrator should know about his/her systems: � How many users can I support overall? How many concurrently? � How many users are on my system during peak usage? � What kind of usage do I have throughout the day? Month? Year? � What are my highest days of usage? � What would I need to do to support 2x my present number of users? 3x? � What would I need to do to recover my systems in an emergency? � Are my systems thoroughly documented? Could anyone else manage them? Listed below are some responsibilities that all administrators are expected to perform for the specific systems that they maintain: � Maintain/Provide performance and usage statistics and trending � Facilitating periodic load/capacity testing � Review the Event Logs and other System Logs for problems � Provide operational docs for all systems and applications � Document all changes to the environment � Ensure that the systems are being backed up � Ensure the overall security of the systems � Develop project plans to address any deficiencies found in the systems � Develop project plans to address performance issues proactively � Automate standard administrative tasks (e.g. Log Archival, Configuration Backups) � Develop Disaster Recovery or Contingency Plans for all systems. � Research tools, services and procedures to make your job more efficient � Keep up on industry practices by perusing trade magazines and websites � Regular participation in technical mailing lists and newsgroups � Recommend tools and technologies to enhance the systems environment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - ASB Automation Leads To Relaxation... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:58 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Network Administrator I know this is probably a question that will annoy some of you but in your opinions, in your words what do you think is the function of a network admin i.e. what sort of tasks (besides troubleshooting) should network admin be doing on a daily/montly/weekly basis? ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
