I will definitely, see what they say, and I want it to deliever, I have been chasing the 3rd point for about 5 years with various vendors, and now its coming fully circle, that it needs to be addressed accordingly. I have looked at solutions from EMC, TNT, Quest, LogRythm, Configuresoft, etc etc, but an all in one solution that will do multiple things for us would definitely tie up some loose ends here.
Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + [email protected] Phone:401-639-3505 -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Using System Center for Management of about 700 Windows File Servers Your thoughts? EZ, after your meeting, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on your 3rd bullet. On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > Three main problems, > > > > Configuration Management ( ability to set configuration settings, jobs, etc > etc and let them apply to the entire farm from one central console across 5 > datacenters) > > Systems Performance Monitoring ( Instead of me having 6-10 Perfmon mmc's > open looking at systems, I set the performance monitor baselines I want to > see on the servers and when they go outside the parameters, I am alerted via > central console) > > Eventlog Management and Reporting. ( Need to be able to parse the eventlogs > and achive and store them for compliance and security efforts across the > farm) > > > > Compliance measuring would be a added benefit. > > > > HTH > Z > > > > Edward Ziots > > Network Engineer > > Lifespan Organization > > MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + > > [email protected] > > Phone:401-639-3505 > > ________________________________ > > From: Brian Desmond [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 3:14 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Using System Center for Management of about 700 Windows File > Servers Your thoughts? > > > > Well the question I'd ask you is what problem(s) are you trying to solve > with this product? > > > > Thanks, > > Brian Desmond > > [email protected] > > > > c - 312.731.3132 > > > > Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ > > Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian > > > > From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 1:52 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Using System Center for Management of about 700 Windows File > Servers Your thoughts? > Importance: High > > > > We are having Microsoft coming in to talk with us about Systems Center for > Management of our ever-growing server farm, for those using it, please feel > free to give me your pro's con's and tales from the trenches on what this > platform said it will do, and what it really does when the rubber hits the > road. > > > > My Mix of servers are ½ physical ½ virtual, SQL (2000/2005), IIS (5&6), File > and Print (2000-2008), DC's (2003), Application servers ( 3rd party) > (2000/2003) > > > > TVK, I especially want to hear your thoughts on this subject, since this is > your MVP realm and you tend to know the most about the features and > functionality. > > > > TIA in advance, > > Z > > > > Edward Ziots > > Network Engineer > > Lifespan Organization > > MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + > > [email protected] > > Phone:401-639-3505 > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
