I have thought pretty seriously about using subversion (http://subversion.tigris.org/) to manage the configuration files. Right now, I use RCS. Another possibility is cfengine (http://www.cfengine.org/). With the later, configurations are tightly controlled. When unauthorized change happens, it is undone--however, if you are trying to debug something, it can bite you in the butt.
Since most of my backups are qtree based, I've scripted the policy part and run that to be sure I have a policy for each qtree I want to back up. Our non-UNIX admin can run the scripts as required to create new policies. This works pretty well (not perfect). Ian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 8:33 AM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NOT ME! It's not a matter of how many hands, it's a matter of how well they communicate. It also helps if you can have each person specialize in one item, such as making policy changes, trouble shooting, installing new clients, doing restores, etc. Since some of these tasks can get boring it might be wise to alternate them on some regular basis. Just my £.02 worth. :) Regards, Patrick Whelan VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for UNIX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WEAVER, Simon (external) Sent: 27 June 2007 16:17 To: 'King, Casey L.'; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NOT ME! As a rule, we have 2 doing the work, myself as overall help / support and a 4th as a backup! Is that too many hands? Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of King, Casey L. Sent: 27 June 2007 16:11 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NOT ME! I sure hope so, this would be an excellent addition to an MP. I wouldn't need to keep a manual change_log. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stump, Bob A Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:00 AM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] NOT ME! We have too many hands in the pot for our NetBackup environment. We discover changes and everyone in the group says "not me". Is there any good security product out there that can track NetBackup? Specifically versions 5.x and 6.x with Solaris9/AIX5 master servers and Solaris/AIX/W2K/W2K3 media servers. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu