I used to buy tamper evident stickers at great cost - the good quality ones are not cheap, even in bulk...
http://www.polylabel.com/security-labels/ such as that type, or the ones that break into tiny pieces if you try to peel them off. It became much easier to use an engraver to etch a custom-series unique serial number into the bottom of each thing, separated by dashes so it's easier for people to memorize and type. The engraver method doesn't let you use barcodes or QR codes, so that's a hassle, and it does take 15-20 seconds per device... Tamper evident sticker residue can be easily removed with solvent. I suppose so can an engraving, if somebody is willing to take a piece of sandpaper to a device, but it leaves much more obvious damage. like: 1234-5678-0000 On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Paul Stewart <p...@paulstewart.org> wrote: > We use non removal stickers on all equipment and track it via bar code > scanning into an internally developed application. This is primarily > desktops/corporate servers/notebooks more than anything else. Public > servers and network gear do not have this yet as they are operated by a > different group, but at some point we’d like to integrate both sides. > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Eric Kuhnke > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 3, 2016 4:04 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Physical asset inventory > > > > Everything I care about has an IP address in management RFC1918 blocks and > is monitored in OpenNMS - if somebody steals a piece of a POP, we'll know > about it... > > $15 cordless engraver is used to etch names on some key equipment. > > http://www.amazon.com/General-Tools-Instruments-505-Precision/dp/B004YK66NM > > Equipment that is in storage for spares or awaiting deployment is tracked > using the same inventory spreadsheet used to track purchasing (eg: an > incoming purchase invoice/bill of sale email is matched with an incoming > UPS or FedEx tracking number, when the item arrives and is unboxed and > placed on a shelf, the status column of its row is updated). > > > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > Anyone use barcodes? How exhaustive and anal do some of you get when > maintaining your asset records? > > >
