Here's my BOFH inspired ones.
Daily:
* Check event log of every server, fix/try to fix as needed.
* Wade through SPAM emails sent from Microsoft System Center Operations
Manager or Nagios (aka Nag your *ss)
* Creating new directories, shares, and security groups, new accounts,
disabling/deleting old accounts, managing account policies.
* Create accounts for people that started 2 months ago that still haven't
sent the required paperwork to the HR department. Run random account lockout
script to keep Helpdesk call no's up (helps ensure IT staff job security)
* Make sure backup runs and make sure the restore works as planned.
* Check last night's Big Bang Theory episode backed up successfully.
* Google for today's Symantec Backup Exec hotfix.
* Plugging Security holes, in both the OS and apps like IIS.
* Upload latest version of Conficker and Personal Antivirus to 0day warez
folder on open FTP server hosted on IIS.
* Exchange Management including DL's, users, etc.
* Take another 5MB off maximum mailbox size for all users
* Change notification for mailbox limits to every 10 mins.
* Train the training people, helpdesk people, and end users.
* Change the chimps water and top up the banana store.
* Copy this week's Michael Jackson album onto new helpdesk chimp
"Bubbles" ipod.
* Answer all important emails from CFO/CEO/IT-MIS Director.
* Ensure Outlook Rules are still forwarding these to deleted items.
* Glance over T1-hookups, switches, hubs, make sure everything is green.
* Check connectivity to Slashdot.
* Check if Disaster Recovery Systems are still functioning
* Open fridge door. Check it starts beeping after 1 mins.
* Check for free space on all servers, for file pollution and quotas.
* Delete CIO's Blu-Ray rips of "Happy Days"
* Ensure that antivirus definitions are up-to-date.
* Reinstall Symantec Endpoint Protection on every machine so that it will
work for at least 4 hours today.
* Run defrag and chkdsk on all drives.
* That sounds like way too much effort.
* Monitor WINS replication.
* 1 minutes silence to thank god for the death of WINS.
* Monitor network traffic with sniffer or NETMON to keep performance up.
* Check QOS for torrent traffic is operating as expected.
* Monitor Web traffic for indications of attacks.
* Monitor hot HR girls Facebook browsing.
* Monitor user email for corporate policy violations.
* Read all emails blocked due to language and pornography violations.
* Make copies of anything suitable for next performance review.
From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, 20 October 2009 2:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: System Admin Checklists
Importance: High
Hi All,
It's high time to update these, looking at all the virtual stuff we work with
now.
http://www.wservernews.com/archives/w2knews-20010510.html
Send me the missing items off-line (please indicate the categories) and I will
create a new one !
Warm regards,
Stu
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