I am on the systems management team that does patching and I know just enough about SCCM to monitor my turn at patch night. Beyond that I focus on SCOM and maintain our OCS environment. What I know about those other tools is overheard conversations and mentions on this list.
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Steve Kradel <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to add a different perspective, not every organization lumps > directory services and patch management or A/V together. I wouldn't > consider it essential for a DA at a large company to know about SCCM, > nor a DBA to know everything there is to know about storage > management... we're talking major division of labor here. > > --Steve > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 1:59 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > > All of them make more than me (kind of irrelevant) all are Sr SE’s (I’m > not > > Sr) and they are in control of our AD design and – in theory – > maintenance. > > By default when they (or someone comes to them) have an AD question they > > come to me as they understand “Active Directory, Dave’s our AD guy…”. > > > > > > > > IMO if someone knows less about AD than I do, they shouldn’t be a DA (not > > that I’m awesome, I just feel I should be the lowest common denominator > for > > allowing DA access). > > > > > > > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 10:42 AM > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: How you know some SE's aren't really in the Windows > management > > space > > > > > > > > Oy. > > > > > > > > How much do they make, and where are their jobs? > > > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 1:27 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I’m used to it now. I’ve got similar responses when I’ve suggested things > > like Access Based Enumeration (they’d never heard of it) or mentioned > that > > we can use GPO to allow local admin access to specific servers instead of > > making people Domain Admins (“you can do that?”). > > > > > > > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 10:15 AM > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: How you know some SE's aren't really in the Windows > management > > space > > > > > > > > Did you *facepalm*? > > > > On Friday, October 14, 2011, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> “What’s Shavlik? Never heard if it…” > >> > >> > >> > >> And these folks are Domain Admins… > >> > >> David Lum > >> Systems Engineer // NWEATM > >> Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 > >> > >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
