EZ, after your meeting, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on your 3rd bullet.
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Ziots, Edward <ezi...@lifespan.org> wrote: > Three main problems, > > > > Configuration Management ( ability to set configuration settings, jobs, etc > etc and let them apply to the entire farm from one central console across 5 > datacenters) > > Systems Performance Monitoring ( Instead of me having 6-10 Perfmon mmc’s > open looking at systems, I set the performance monitor baselines I want to > see on the servers and when they go outside the parameters, I am alerted via > central console) > > Eventlog Management and Reporting. ( Need to be able to parse the eventlogs > and achive and store them for compliance and security efforts across the > farm) > > > > Compliance measuring would be a added benefit. > > > > HTH > Z > > > > Edward Ziots > > Network Engineer > > Lifespan Organization > > MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + > > ezi...@lifespan.org > > Phone:401-639-3505 > > ________________________________ > > From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 3:14 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Using System Center for Management of about 700 Windows File > Servers Your thoughts? > > > > Well the question I’d ask you is what problem(s) are you trying to solve > with this product? > > > > Thanks, > > Brian Desmond > > br...@briandesmond.com > > > > c - 312.731.3132 > > > > Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ > > Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian > > > > From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] > > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 1:52 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Using System Center for Management of about 700 Windows File > Servers Your thoughts? > Importance: High > > > > We are having Microsoft coming in to talk with us about Systems Center for > Management of our ever-growing server farm, for those using it, please feel > free to give me your pro’s con’s and tales from the trenches on what this > platform said it will do, and what it really does when the rubber hits the > road. > > > > My Mix of servers are ½ physical ½ virtual, SQL (2000/2005), IIS (5&6), File > and Print (2000-2008), DC’s (2003), Application servers ( 3rd party) > (2000/2003) > > > > TVK, I especially want to hear your thoughts on this subject, since this is > your MVP realm and you tend to know the most about the features and > functionality. > > > > TIA in advance, > > Z > > > > Edward Ziots > > Network Engineer > > Lifespan Organization > > MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + > > ezi...@lifespan.org > > Phone:401-639-3505 > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
