We have a package that tracks servers by name and application.  The contacts 
field is usually who requested the node, sometimes it is a person and sometimes 
it is a group.

Andy Huebner

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Lindsay Morris
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 7:51 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] HEY! All you lurkers on ADSM-L! (was: Tracking who "owns" a 
node)

A little help please?
I want more responses to my poll, about how you track who owns a node.

THIS MEANS YOU!

It'll take you JUST THREE CLICKS, starting here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ojC0QfiSbYEcc2B246nO_2bA_3d_3d

Why should you do this?

Guilt:
    After all the great advice you've gotten off this list, isn't it
time to help a little?

Logic:
    Many people write software to make TSM better.  Help them to help
you!

Greed:
    I'll buy beer at the next TSM symposium for anyone who responds.

Come on, share the knowledge please.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ojC0QfiSbYEcc2B246nO_2bA_3d_3d

And thanks!

------
Mr. Lindsay Morris
Principal
www.tsmworks.com
919-403-8260
lindsay AT tsmworks DOT com

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Lindsay Morris
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:09 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Tracking who "owns" a node

For every node we back up, there is someone who uses it.
This person knows that:

* They want it backed up ONLY between 2AM and 4AM;
* They can't afford TDP so please back up the flat-file database dump
and ignore the true DB directories;
* They prefer to exclude drive C:
* For recovery, the application depends on 3 other nodes too and so on.

It helps us do a better job, if we know who these people are.

So, how do you map people to nodes?
I'm trying to see what's common, so our bolt-on software can discover
this mapping if it's there, or help you set it up if it's not.

Reply to me off-list and I'll report back the results to the community
here.
Just pick a number below (I'm trying to make this so easy  ;-} ), and/
or discuss in detail.
Phone calls welcome too.
________________________________
How do you know who owns a node?

0.  We don't.
1.  We put an email address in the node's CONTACT field.
2.  We put structured info (like "joe AT foo DOT org; Joe Jones; HR;
212-223-1111") in the CONTACT field
3.  We put un-structured stuff in the CONTACT field, like name, phone
number, email, or whatever we have 4.  We put the email address in the
node's EMAIL_ADDRESS field 5.  We use home-grown spreadsheets or
databases or shell scripts 6.  We use 3rd-party apps like Servergraph,
or Bocada, etc.
7.  None of the above
__________________________________
Thanks!


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