I used Visio to build a relationship map of the ZENworks 7 Linux Management database.
(In a former life I use to use ERwin from Platinum Technology..)
If anyone wants a copy in PDF just give me a shout. If anyone wants to know how I did this – please also get in touch.
Nice article this month from Line56.com – about the business value of a CMDB.
It’s by the ex CTO of Marimba – who is now CTO of the Change and Configuration Management space at BMC – Kia Behnia.
I’d expect BMC to push a CMDB message – they after all message ITIL heavily and have a CMDB product.
The nice piece about this article is the real difference ‘process’ and ‘best practices’ can bring – regardless of your management technology.
The other truth is that a single repository as a CMDB is unworkable – a ‘meta-CMDB’ or ‘virtual-CMDB’ is far more realistic. Kia refers to federated CMDB:
However, not all management data related to configuration items are appropriate for storage in the CMDB. This is why organizations should consider a CMDB based on a federated data model. Why? Just like links within the general ledger to financial details stored in the accounts receivable system, a federated CMDB links to IT details. For example, a federated approach allows for other useful management information — such as service level agreements, purchase orders, incident and problem tickets, performance and utilization data–to be linked to the configuration items within the CMDB.
It may not be fashionable to talk about tradtional NetWare anymore – but there is a vast installed base that is running this reliable NOS.
Novell Cool Solutions has been running a competition to showcase server that have been up for years.
My favourite is this NetWare 3 server – it’s been running for nine years:
Lots of people commenting that Google Analytics is suffering under the load. My data is pretty slow coming in.
Tecosystems, Tim Bray and a few more.
Even Google acknowledges the additional load:
Update: 11:28 AM PST. Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
Currently, report updating for Google Analytics is experiencing delays. As a result, you may not be seeing any data in your reports even after implementing the Analytics tracking code.
We are currently in the process of updating all reports. You should be able to see these updates in several hours. While this is going on, you may notice different reports updating at different rates. Once this process has completed, all data should be restored to your profiles. Please be assured that this update process has no effect on data collection.
We apologize for any inconvenience. This reporting delay is associated with unexpected demand for Google Analytics. Under normal circumstances, the data in your reports will be at most six hours old.
A great read from IBM – the Redbook on File and Print services on Linux.
The focus is heavily on NT4 replacement – but there are some good notes and worked examples of Windows 200x and Active Directory migration.
One area that would be interesting (for Novell customers) is replacing the LDAP components of this Redbook with eDirectory; for more comprehensive management of this space Novell Open Enterprise Server would also be a great choice.
IKEA are to purchase land in Draper for a new store. Projected opening 2007.
This has been rumoured for a while; nice to see some movement.
This will save me visiting IKEA when in San Jose or Chicago 🙂
A quick turnaround from Novell Education – the ZENworks 7 Desktop Management training is live:
ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Administration
Novell is pleased to announce the availability of ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Administration
(Course 3062 v1.0) to all customers worldwide.
Product Description
ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Administration (Course 3062 v1.0) explores many key management features in Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management. Ideal for NetWare administrators—even those without prior ZENworks experience—this course focuses on basic administrative tasks, including the installation and configuration of ZENworks 7 Desktop Management services on Novell Open Enterprise Server—Linux.
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Google Analytics is live – that’s been blogged elsewhere.
I’m used to trawling my Apache logs and building my own reports on visitors; this takes away the pain and delivers some seriously heavyweight features.
Best of all – the service is free (as in beer). I am impressed with how Google have used the technology from their acquisition of urchin.
My servers have been subjected to extra ssh traffic in the last few days:
Nov 16 13:25:14 gc-blog sshd[6625]: Illegal user admin from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:16 gc-blog sshd[6628]: Illegal user test from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:19 gc-blog sshd[6631]: Illegal user guest from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:26 gc-blog sshd[6637]: Illegal user webmaster from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:36 gc-blog sshd[6645]: Illegal user oracle from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:38 gc-blog sshd[6647]: Illegal user library from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:41 gc-blog sshd[6650]: Illegal user info from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:43 gc-blog sshd[6653]: Illegal user shell from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:50 gc-blog sshd[6658]: Illegal user linux from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:53 gc-blog sshd[6661]: Illegal user unix from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:55 gc-blog sshd[6664]: Illegal user webadmin from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:26:05 gc-blog sshd[6672]: Illegal user test from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:26:09 gc-blog sshd[6678]: Illegal user admin from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
SANS also had a post – http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=846
I’m keeping an eye on behaviour – I think my sshd are configured reasonably well.
I was sent a link to a great new blog – MSIwisdom.
There are some great resources, hints and tips on this site – obviously focused on Windows application deployment using MSI packages.
Very useful for ZENworks Desktop Management.
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