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Configuration
Management Resources
Configuration
Management Resources can be found in several locations ranging from
white papers to templates for configuration management plans. Just
be aware that a good proportion of this material is focused on Software Configuration
management.
Configuration
Management Resources – online
There are some very
interesting vendor focused sites. The software ones such as HP,
remedy and Peregrine are all quite good. Then you find that some of
the independent sites such as the Configuration Management Users
Group also provide a lot of links etc.
Configuration
Management Resources – other tools to support Configuration
Management
There are many support
tools that can assist Configuration Management. These may come in a
variety of combinations and include:
- document-management
systems
- requirements
analysis and design tools, systems architecture tools, which can
facilitate impact analysis from a business perspective
- database management
audit tools to track physical databases
- distribution and
installation tools
- comparison tools
(software files, directories, databases)
- build and Release
tools (that provide listings of input and output CIs)
- installation and
de-installation tools (that provide listings of CIs installed)
- compression tools
(to save storage space)
- listing and
configuration baseline tools (e.g. full directory listings with
date-time stamps and check sums)
- audit tools (also
called 'discovery' or 'inventory' tools)
- detection and
recovery tools (where the build is returned to a known state)
- reporting tools.
THE ASSET MANAGEMENT TOOLKIT
Each
item included is of the highest quality, tailor made to cover a
different aspect and issue. It includes presentations,
questionnaires, guidelines, fact sheets.... and whole gamut of
material specifically put together to both introduce and take you
through Asset Management.
It comprises the
following components (click
here)
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