[ale] [OT] Good Server Documentation - Best Practices

[cfowler]

On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 16:25, Jonathan Glass wrote:
> I'm about to spend a half-day doing nothing but documentation!  Woohoo! 
> Now I'm in a quandary.  I have a nice, new, clean notebook (3-ring
> binder) with inserts.  WHat is the best way to document your servers?

Use VIM and ASCII art.

But you really should use something like Visio.  Convert to PDF and
print for your binder.  Pencils are part of the past.

> 
> I was thinking about going the minimalist route, including server name,
> ip, mac, switch port #, services, file-system layout, backup policies
> and recovery methods...one sheet for each server.  

Works fine.  Create a standard form

> 
> How do i document all my client machines?  Should I do the same, sans IP
> addresses?  I'm sure there is more to this.

Yep.  Do not forget equipment serial numbers

> 
> Thanks for any tips, suggestions, RTFMs (haven't looked for a "man
> documenting-servers" yet...).

Would'nt know of any.  

> -- 
> Jonathan Glass
> Systems Support Specialist II
> Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience
> Georgia Institute of Technology
> 404.385.0127
> 
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