Re: HELP - Maintenance Plan
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Date: 08/11/04
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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:04:05 -0700
Thanks for your response. In response to your outline:
Backups:
Currently using Veritas Backup Exec which I configured
myself. Mission critical data is backuped daily to tape.
I'm also keeping weekly backups that are then overwritten
on a monthly basis. The recovery process is a weak one
that needs to worked on though.
Security:
Firewall installed by third party verndor. I have no
knowledge of how to tweak or manage. We're using
Watchguard Firebox.
Baseline Analyzer not run. I will add this to the list.
Antivirus installed and configured by myself - we're
using Symante Antivrus Enterprise 9.0 w/the Filtering
Agent for Exchange.
Patch management - needs imporvement. Seems like we've
been handling this haphazardly.
Group policies in line with corporate policies? - I have
no idea. Again, network installed by 3rd party
ACL's (who has access to your systems? should they?) -Do
you mean internally and externally?
Change management
Is every change documented/communicated/tested/approved
with backout plans in place? Major weakness here is
documentation.
Asset management
Hardware inventory - Some documentation
Warranties/support numbers documented? - This area needs
major organzing.
Do you have spare drives on hand? - No. However, our
database server is clustered. Our webserver is not nor
is it load balanced (but usage is low so I don't see this
as being necessary).
Network Health
SNMP alerts/pages set to notify you at home at 2 AM on a
Sunday when a system goes down? No, and I don't intend
suggesting this to my boss!
Thanks again for your input and I welcome additional
comments/suggestions.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Eric, are you sure you want this job?
>Let me give you a quick outline to get you started:
>
>Backups
> Is every server backed up? What is the overall
backup/disaster recovery
>strategy? Is it documented? Could you recover data
TODAY should you lose
>it?
>
>Security
> Has Baseline Analyzer been run on every box?
> Antivirus
> Firewall
> Patch Management (see Software Update Services)
> Group policies in line with corporate policies?
> ACL's (who has access to your systems? should they?)
> Actually, security is a very long topic best
addressed in another forum,
>but start with the basics listed above.
>
>Change management
> Is every change
documented/communicated/tested/approved with backout
>plans in place?
>
>Asset management
> Hardware inventory
> Warranties/support numbers documented?
> Do you have spare drives on hand?
>
>Network Health
> SNMP alerts/pages set to notify you at home at 2 AM
on a Sunday when a
>system goes down?
>
>Sorry about that last one. Welcome to my world! BTW,
don't think of it as
>proactive vs. reactive. Sometimes servers have a life
of their own and how
>quickly you are able to react to a problem is what will
make you a hero or a
>villain. But you are smart to be as proactive as
possible in trying to
>prevent problems in the first place.
>
>Good luck!
>
>
>
>
>"Eric" <erubin@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>news:441f01c47fb0$3c89ec20$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> I'm wondering if someone can help steer me in the right
>> direction. I'm currently changing my role at work
from a
>> developer (web/SQL Server) to that of a Network Admin.
>>
>> I've been asked to develop a maintentance plan for our
>> network. We have two web servers, two db servers (SQL
>> Server 2000), several file servers and a print server
>> (all running 200 server or Adv. Server). We have
>> approximately 30 desktops. We are currently running
>> under one domain but have two subnets and four DNS
>> servers.
>>
>> The aim of such a maintenance plan would be to provide
a
>> proactive vs reactive approach to the overall
performance
>> and reliablity of the network. I thank you in advance
>> for your help.
>
>
>.
>
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