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Sounds like there may be room for a 'option' to select optional or more advanced querying structure... But then again too many 'options' via radio buttons and drop downs can take you slightly outside of the user friendly element that SW seems to be trying to keep here.

Get more points... I mean, SNMP and WMI or SMI and SNMP ... I think I could live with both options of duality.

lol....i think that has something to do with Tony Blair.

I gather your meaning there, and it makes me think back to some folks that I have worked with. Check the Date

Telemarketers don't report your activity to the Gubment. And it's a lot easier to mess with the telemarketers as well. For some reason they never hang up you are supposed to get so mad that you hang up.. and then it gets fun!

YES, and YES I say! Module status and information monitoring is key in my book. And Tabular pollers do the trick to display things in nice neat formats all grouped together. Module Model, Serial, Status, Admin & Operation Status in some cases, Power and Operation Status in some other cases. Power Supply & Fan Module Model…

Improving over time, as I find it is needed more and more I learn more than I knew yesterday. I like the references here!

I used to live close to compucycle.com, and would just drop off any unwanted old hardware with them. The old company auction was always a good way to score some slightly outdated but useful hardware.

Good article, and great to re-read specifically for the Azure options!

YES! 10 AM, I can't wait - but am being forced to.

I found the one mixed in there that I had not voted up and did so.. of course it all led to the Next Gen UI which is what they are 'working on'! And now I am excited all over again.

The Dr.

Great Points. There is a reason you call someone a Master, or Artist at their craft. People skills and communication is the exact same in my mind.

I think exchange and AD admin should be the core of any systems admin. It's too widely used and too easy to understand not to.

Very nice Post! We are very slowly getting closer to having all stack layers

armadillo's actually jump when frightened... and once a Yankee didn't know what to expect after hearing this and traveled the entire spread of the Great State of Texas at about 25 MPH. Took the poor guy a week to pass through. Watch out for the Armadillo Bump!

Very nice Tips.

Good Follow Up!

We do a good bit of monitoring, and our IS department has a knack for finding malicious traffic or devices doing things they should not be. Even with some of our "exceptions" any unwanted traffic gets blocked or re mediated quickly.

Great Story! I Love hearing tales from the trenches!

bump

June I believe.... though I am tired and spent a good part of the weekend in the French Quarter, so don't quote me (today is my Monday)

ROI biggest issue here, and being able to monitor the experience to make sure performance matches what you are paying for.

wluther​ for the win!

Bump IT Up! #bumpsquad​

some people say money is truth...<SWIPE>, where's your wallet!?

where's my WIFI Signal gone to? BUMP!

Have Fun!!!

IT Security is often a reactionary process.

We use SW, some other folks/Depts use their own type of tools. Collecting everything allows you the possibility of wading through it all to find 'baby'. Key is filtering, and it may not be filtering on the severity of the logs gathered. Filter on the node, or group of nodes. The multi-display invention is key in this…