Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!dnlunx!thor!willemdj From: willemdj@thor.pttrnl.nl (Willem de Jong) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: information for unix system management Summary: what information does a system administrator need? Keywords: unix administration database Message-ID: Date: 14 Mar 91 11:32:58 GMT Sender: news@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl Lines: 23 Hello! I am developing a tool to support Unix system administrators. At this moment I am trying to find out what data is needed to manage a Unix system. I reckon this data will consist of two parts: - Data that describes the managed system as it should be. This data might be used to check the actual status of the system. I am thinking of things like: which processes should run, and when; which files should be present, and in which directories, etc. - Historical data, to be able to do some predictions on the future (by extrapolation). Does anyone know which ATTRIBUTES might be of interest, or where I could find a DESIGN for a DATABASE to hold this information? -- Willem de Jong | PTT Research Neher Laboratories | P.O. box 421 Phone: +31 70 3323700 | 2260 AK Leidschendam E-mail: WA_dJong@pttrnl.nl | The Netherlands