We don't back up workstations. Period. Full Stop. End Of Story. So, I've written a script with robocopy in it, and let the devs modifiy it to sync their machines as they wish, backing the directories they specify to their home directories on the file server, via a scheduled task. They can schedule it as often or as rarely as they like. They do have to remember to update the credentials every 90 days...
And, if a workstation is on my production network, it has an AV client on it. They will not remove or disable it. Period. Full Stop. End Of Story. I also get root/administrator on their machines, if they are on the production network. Kurt On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 20:45, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > Looking to see what other orgs of about 400-500 users do. We're effectively > a software developement shop, so we have a couple hundred servers (of which > about 30 are in my arena, ton of dev ones that only developers maintain)), > plus about 450 workstations. The issue we're how best to miantain the > environment - specifically the "middle" where antvirus, patching, backups > and software deployment land. > > > > Specifically I'm thinking backups and antivirus .We currently use Tivoli for > our servers and workstations - the trick being we only back up one folder in > folks' workstations. The Se team owns/operate the entire Tivoli system, the > problem is we run into enough issues that going between the Service Desk > guys and the SE team it's cumbersome to resolve issues. I'm wondering at > what point the SD guys might want to roll with their own backup solution, or > perhaps is there a better way to manage our current setup? > > > > Antivirus is almost the reverse of this as I manage our AV, including all > the AV on our servers...nothing like a fuzzy line.. > > > > Dave > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
