The other day someone commented that it seemed like a bit much that 50% of my 100-ish servers have DHCP reservations - driving home yesterday I realized another reason why I have it that way (because yes, I chew on these questions and constantly evaluate why I do some process or another) - because my fellow SE's have their server monitoring set up to look at specific IP's instead of hostnames and I am unable to convince them otherwise. If the server IP changes it hoses their tests and the dependencies.
It's not how I set *MY* monitoring up for servers I maintain, but I have posted that question here in fact and have seen differing opinions on weather hostname or IP is preferred. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 503.548.5229 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ 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
