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Documenting Server Changes

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mwesol

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My boss wants to have more structural and procedural changes in the network. Now he wants me to document anytime I make a change to a server be it a DNS change to clicking a check box on a windows 2000 server setting. Does anyone have any worksheet or database they use to keep track of server changes? Are any Network Admins doing things like this now? I built this network from the ground up and they did an IT audit on us and found we were lacking documentation. Yes I tend to keep most of the stuff in my head. I grew up with the command line era and learn by doing. Now I find it hard to document everytime I add an IP or change a bat file. Anybody going through anything simular or have a good way to document server changes? Anything you can share with me would greatly be appreciated.

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Mike
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I keep a similar log for all our servers. Any time I stop or start a service, edit a regkey, install anything, etc, I write it down in the appropriate log for that server. I also run periodic IP scans for the different subnets for IP's, MACs, hostnames, etc and keep those in a binder. I don't think you can ever have enough documentation, and it is crazy to try and keep everything in your head. You're still human and may forget a change or something that would help you to figure out what is happening...
My Two Cents...

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Matt Wray
MCSE, MCSA, MCP, CCNA

 
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Hey Matt

Do you have any samples or forms you could send me? I would like to see exactly how to list it out.

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Mike
 
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Sorry, but I don't have any forms that I use. The logs are just notepads that I write the Date, Time and the change made in. I used Visio for a diagram of the overall network. I also keep the router configs all printed in a binder. The IP scanner I use is Languard. All the procedures I follow, I just wrote up in Word and posted them to our Intranet. If you do a Google search for Network Documentation, there are lots of links to try and get started on yours....

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Matt Wray
MCSE, MCSA, MCP, CCNA

 
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