I’m on the cusp of implementing my new Nagios install at the backup site. It’s going to be very similar in terms of configuration to the primary site. At the same time, I’m looking at alternate configuration methods, mostly to see what’s out there and available. Since the actual configuration of Nagios is…labyrinthine, I was [...]
Opsview->Nagios – Is simpler better?
June 10, 2009
I am such a dork
June 4, 2009
Yes, that was my real reputation score when I logged into serverfault.com this evening. The masses agree :-)
Update: The storage gods heard my lament
June 2, 2009
and delivered my extra storage processor! Praise be to EMC. Or something like that. Now to figure out where in the rack to jam the batteries ;-)
Outstanding new sysadmin resource
May 29, 2009
I always like posting cool sites and resources that I find, and man, today’s is no exception. I’m willing to bet a bunch of you have already heard of it and are probably participating. It just got out of beta the other day, and it’s live for new members. It’s called Server Fault, created by [...]
Software Deployment in Windows, courtesy of Admin Arsenal
May 28, 2009
One of the blogs that I read frequently is Admin Arsenal. To be honest, they’re really the only commercial/corporate blog that I follow, because it’s about many aspects of Windows administration, and doesn’t just focus on their product. Shawn Anderson, one of the guys who works there (and a frequent reader here on Standalone Sysadmin), [...]
Monitor Dell Warranty
May 26, 2009
A post over at Everything Sysadmin pointed me to an excellent Nagios plugin: Monitor Dell Warranty Expiration. Great idea!
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