That's the beauty of the Limoncelli book. It is system/product agnostic. It's not an ITIL howto, it's instead an education for a sysadmin, which will complement any efforts at standardization.
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 6:26 AM, Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > IMHO, being a good sys admin has nothing to do with a particular system. > Being hardware/software agnostic is probably best, but understanding policy, > procedure and best practices are a best bet overall. Getting an > understanding and then more than an understanding of ITSFM or ITIL is in > EVERY sys admin's best interest. > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 9:11 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: If you're monitoring your servers thoroughly.... > > > > "If you don't test for it – it's going to fail on you, and you won't know > it." Exactly my point, shouldn't this stuff be monitored already? It > shouldn't matter whether your patching or not, the stuff should be monitored > in-between patching periods anyway. > > > > Kurt – The Practice of System and Network Administration…I've never heard of > that (welcome to my OJT world). This changes the subject, but seems fitting… > > > > My last "real" training - after getting the little CNA cert in 1995 – was a > couple of Windows NT courses at New Horizons, everything else has been > self-taught – but I'm the kind that needs the formal stuff to fill in blanks > I'm surely missing. My point is, not being college trained on Systems > Administration I'm not surprised I didn't know about this book. Sure I have > 13 years of administration under my belt, but I'd like be more informed > about how to be more systematic about the things I do. This book looks like > a good start. I'm fortysomething and perhaps should finally become a real > System Administrator instead of wingin' it. What other books would you guys > recommend? > > > > I think Server 2008 has enough changes that I should certainly attend some > training on that, I get the feel my company will miss out on the advantages > unless someone knows it real well and points it out.. > > > > Sorry to ramble, > > Dave Lum - Systems Engineer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 > "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" > > > > > > > > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:53 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: If you're monitoring your servers thoroughly.... > > > > Yeah, you do. > > > > Just because the DC reboots, is it serving requests through LDAP on all > interfaces? Or did one of those patches break multi-homed LDAP? (True story > – it happened.) > > > > Just because the GC reboots, it is serving requests through LDAP and is the > NSPI interface initialized? (Without it, Exchange and older Outlook clients > won't work.) > > > > Just because the exchange server reboots, did the IMAP service start? > > > > Is RPC/HTTP working? Is the store listening on port 6004? Can you open a > mailbox? Can you authenticate? > > > > If a client can use it, you need to test it. > > > > I read this somewhere today (and copied it into my "think about pad"): > > > > Think differently about policy > > If...it isn't built into process > you have to search for it > it isn't auto-enforced ....it may as well not exist > > Systems verify and enforce policy > > > > > I didn't write down the source (my bad). If you don't test for it – it's > going to fail on you, and you won't know it. There is nothing worse than a > client calling you to tell you that one of your systems are down and you > didn't already know it. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > > > From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:26 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: If you're monitoring your servers thoroughly.... > > > > …do you need to really check anything after patching and rebooting? I would > think if you're already monitoring all the services, shares, disk space, > event logs, data stores, etc then patch and reboot wouldn't require much > testing per se. For DC's you could even automate a DCDIAG on every restart > and have the results shot out, right? > > > > This is a rose colored glasses look, but wondered if anyone actually pulls > this one off. > > > > Dave Lum - Systems Engineer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 > "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
