Re: System Hardware Tracking
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cool, I know the answer to that one. You can use DMO (http://sourceforge.net/projects/dmo) The sourceforge link is the frontend to the database. Its still lacking some scripts but in general, it uses nmap, nessus etc. to discover as much as possible form a particular machine. If you want to get even more into detail .. you could use snmpd to read out the /var/log/dmesg file and do a remote lspci. Then you should know about everything you need to know from one particular machine. - - Cheers, Peter - -- Dipl.-Ing. Peter Burgstaller Technical Director @ all information network & services gmbh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +43 662 452335 fax : +43 662 452335 90 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAj/PEu8ACgkQezyUhHKdNXQoOACfUu5DCZtazRE2NrlR36CMnL5r 1acAmwRWhylkL5slmhhJjp/lSzhB2Hkw =t8yN -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: System Hardware Tracking
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cool, I know the answer to that one. You can use DMO (http://sourceforge.net/projects/dmo) The sourceforge link is the frontend to the database. Its still lacking some scripts but in general, it uses nmap, nessus etc. to discover as much as possible form a particular machine. If you want to get even more into detail .. you could use snmpd to read out the /var/log/dmesg file and do a remote lspci. Then you should know about everything you need to know from one particular machine. - - Cheers, Peter - -- Dipl.-Ing. Peter Burgstaller Technical Director @ all information network & services gmbh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +43 662 452335 fax : +43 662 452335 90 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAj/PEu8ACgkQezyUhHKdNXQoOACfUu5DCZtazRE2NrlR36CMnL5r 1acAmwRWhylkL5slmhhJjp/lSzhB2Hkw =t8yN -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: System Hardware Tracking
If you want something to build on, then maybe IRM might do it. php/mysql. We've hacked it too met our needs - it seems ok. It's a debian package too. jamie On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 06:35, Chris G. wrote: > Well it's finally hit the point where we have a few machines where we have > no idea what's in them. As an ISP with several hundred machines, it's > become quite the challenge to remember all of the hardware. > > Has anyone made/found/dreamed of a script that can be run on each machine > to keep track of the hardware in that machine. I'm more than happy to > write one using perl/mysql, but figured I would throw this out to the list > and see if someone has found/written something they use. > > Oh, and for all of those saying, write it down as your build the machine. > I wish that would work, we just have too many people dealing with these > things and when a problem comes up, our concern is to fix the problem > ASAP, not count our hardware. > > Thanks for any help/ideas. > > Chris G. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: System Hardware Tracking
If you want something to build on, then maybe IRM might do it. php/mysql. We've hacked it too met our needs - it seems ok. It's a debian package too. jamie On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 06:35, Chris G. wrote: > Well it's finally hit the point where we have a few machines where we have > no idea what's in them. As an ISP with several hundred machines, it's > become quite the challenge to remember all of the hardware. > > Has anyone made/found/dreamed of a script that can be run on each machine > to keep track of the hardware in that machine. I'm more than happy to > write one using perl/mysql, but figured I would throw this out to the list > and see if someone has found/written something they use. > > Oh, and for all of those saying, write it down as your build the machine. > I wish that would work, we just have too many people dealing with these > things and when a problem comes up, our concern is to fix the problem > ASAP, not count our hardware. > > Thanks for any help/ideas. > > Chris G. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: System Hardware Tracking
Chris, I've dreamed of a uniform system for managing and tracking system configurations. Agreed that configuration management is no problem with a few systems, but grow the list to 100+, and there's many a potential management problem brewing. I currently use some batching scripts to distribute updated code, but its far from a complete or ideal solution. The lack of free time has stopped me from building or implementing anything more complicated, but you may be interested in the following: The Arusha project: http://ark.sourceforge.net/ Configuration management tools: http://linas.org/linux/cmvc.html other... http://cbbrowne.com/info/linuxsysconfig.html I'd be interested in hearing of any other OSS solutions that have client machines updating to/from a central database with their current hardware and software configuration. Cheers, -- Martin Foster Phone: +61 3 9674 7659 Systems Engineer P A C I F I CFax: +61 3 9698 4959 Pacific Internet (Australia) I N T E R N E T Mobile: +61 4 1608 4325 http://www.pacific.net.au/ NASDAQ: PCNTF On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 04:35, Chris G. wrote: > Well it's finally hit the point where we have a few machines where we have > no idea what's in them. As an ISP with several hundred machines, it's > become quite the challenge to remember all of the hardware. > > Has anyone made/found/dreamed of a script that can be run on each machine > to keep track of the hardware in that machine. I'm more than happy to > write one using perl/mysql, but figured I would throw this out to the list > and see if someone has found/written something they use. > > Oh, and for all of those saying, write it down as your build the machine. > I wish that would work, we just have too many people dealing with these > things and when a problem comes up, our concern is to fix the problem > ASAP, not count our hardware. > > Thanks for any help/ideas. > > Chris G.
Re: System Hardware Tracking
Chris, I've dreamed of a uniform system for managing and tracking system configurations. Agreed that configuration management is no problem with a few systems, but grow the list to 100+, and there's many a potential management problem brewing. I currently use some batching scripts to distribute updated code, but its far from a complete or ideal solution. The lack of free time has stopped me from building or implementing anything more complicated, but you may be interested in the following: The Arusha project: http://ark.sourceforge.net/ Configuration management tools: http://linas.org/linux/cmvc.html other... http://cbbrowne.com/info/linuxsysconfig.html I'd be interested in hearing of any other OSS solutions that have client machines updating to/from a central database with their current hardware and software configuration. Cheers, -- Martin Foster Phone: +61 3 9674 7659 Systems Engineer P A C I F I CFax: +61 3 9698 4959 Pacific Internet (Australia) I N T E R N E T Mobile: +61 4 1608 4325 http://www.pacific.net.au/ NASDAQ: PCNTF On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 04:35, Chris G. wrote: > Well it's finally hit the point where we have a few machines where we have > no idea what's in them. As an ISP with several hundred machines, it's > become quite the challenge to remember all of the hardware. > > Has anyone made/found/dreamed of a script that can be run on each machine > to keep track of the hardware in that machine. I'm more than happy to > write one using perl/mysql, but figured I would throw this out to the list > and see if someone has found/written something they use. > > Oh, and for all of those saying, write it down as your build the machine. > I wish that would work, we just have too many people dealing with these > things and when a problem comes up, our concern is to fix the problem > ASAP, not count our hardware. > > Thanks for any help/ideas. > > Chris G. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
System Hardware Tracking
Well it's finally hit the point where we have a few machines where we have no idea what's in them. As an ISP with several hundred machines, it's become quite the challenge to remember all of the hardware. Has anyone made/found/dreamed of a script that can be run on each machine to keep track of the hardware in that machine. I'm more than happy to write one using perl/mysql, but figured I would throw this out to the list and see if someone has found/written something they use. Oh, and for all of those saying, write it down as your build the machine. I wish that would work, we just have too many people dealing with these things and when a problem comes up, our concern is to fix the problem ASAP, not count our hardware. Thanks for any help/ideas. Chris G. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
System Hardware Tracking
Well it's finally hit the point where we have a few machines where we have no idea what's in them. As an ISP with several hundred machines, it's become quite the challenge to remember all of the hardware. Has anyone made/found/dreamed of a script that can be run on each machine to keep track of the hardware in that machine. I'm more than happy to write one using perl/mysql, but figured I would throw this out to the list and see if someone has found/written something they use. Oh, and for all of those saying, write it down as your build the machine. I wish that would work, we just have too many people dealing with these things and when a problem comes up, our concern is to fix the problem ASAP, not count our hardware. Thanks for any help/ideas. Chris G.
