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What is the best way to create documentation for servers on a network. I am the new sys admin for a software company. The guy who was here before me left six weeks before I arrived. I've been doing daily operations kinda by the hip. I was just for looking for some examples so I can hit the ground running. Our environment consists of Windows and Linux servers. All either running MS SQL or Oracle.

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Joe

You can look into trying this software. Although depending on how many servers you need to document you can look into creating this with Viseo.

http://www.neon.com/ls1.shtml?gclid=CND6t5XAgIYCFTvTJAodIwQAjA

Joe

kommie2000

3Com has a free product that will go out and scan your network for you. It's called Network Supervisor.

Steel Inventory is another freeware product that will go out and find the info as well.

What sort of information are you looking to capture?

the other product I have found is from http://www.mishelpers.com called Alchemy Network Inventory. It captures the most information I have ever seen, even down to the driver versions.

ECNSSMT

If you are talking technical specs, there is not much, but it has to be updated ever so constantly.
Build information; service packs; application that its running plus any software modifications.

The biggest thing would be PROCEDURES. If you are a small shop; there are other priorities that will require your attention.
For medium to large orgs; it becomes more so important.
Procedure on how to start a process up; stop a process; backups etc. So when the key person gets hit by a bus; the business continues. Updates are also important.

Regards,

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