Hi everyone, I'm looking for any advice, policy templates, scripts, or anything else any of you would be willing to provide. Here's the background....
In my new position, i'm responsible for our secondary Data Center - soon to be setup with VMWare SRM, and it will function as our primary DR site. A lot of things need to be formalized, and I've discovered today that there is no emergency backup power for the facility (that's gotta change, and it will, but one thing at a time....). I have two UPSes that provide a decent amount of run time, but when we experienced an extended loss of power recently due to a storm, it still wasn't enough time to shut everything down gracefully. It quickly became apparent that no one had worked out a formal shutdown procedure, and it was a matter of, "Crap, start shutting everything down". *sigh* - don't get me wrong, I LOVE my job, it is a GREAT place to work, and I'm glad I'm here...... but I can now see why I'm here! So, I'm working on a formal document for how to shut everything down along with a preferred shutdown order. As well as other things to take into consideration, like automated notification of key people and distribution lists, physical access, what we want to have happen when the power comes back on, etc. Fortunately, we have not implemented VMWare yet, so we didn't have nearly the server count we could have, but it still wasn't fun. So I'm thinking about writing some scripts using psshutdown to get servers turned off gracefully, quickly, and in the proper order. Getting iLO connections working and documented - particularly the ones on the DMZ that are not readily accessible via the LAN.... Other thoughts revolve around physical access...who has keys and push button door codes if the batteries in the access control system have become exhausted due to the power outage. Any scripts, policy templates, or other suggestions along these lines would be most appreciated. Thanks, Jonathan A+, MCSA, MCSE Thumb-typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. Please excuse brevity and any misspellings. ~ 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
