Documenting rack, servers, drives, CPU, RAM etc
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We use a mix of spreadsheet and visual layout (at the new office) I'll see if I can get a copy of the template,.. but it is very outlined with the idea that you have everything listed.
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It's rare we need much more than just a wiki. If we do, Visio or LibreOffice Draw do the trick.
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and pictures, don't forget to take picture if you are racking the gear, easier to identify to remote support personal.
One thing I've done: we're reducing the number of servers in colo so I've been able to move to a color coded label on each one for remote hands-on to aid in identifying (Red labeled server, blue labeled server, etc) -
Visio is great for this. There are lots of stencil kits out there that are free for various vendors.
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So I asked... seems it's a 'highly' formatted Excel spreadsheet..
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@gjacobse said in Documenting rack, servers, drives, CPU, RAM etc:
So I asked... seems it's a 'highly' formatted Excel spreadsheet..
those are the best kind.
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Thanks guys.
I have Visio but use it mostly as a drawing tool. However having looked closer at it now, I see that it will work fine for documentation as it's very easy to add data columns into every object. It can also be connected directly to a database / spread sheet if needed.
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I use https://www.draw.io/ and I know a tool that @stacksofplates recommended for Cloud Diagrams.
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@dbeato said in Documenting rack, servers, drives, CPU, RAM etc:
I use https://www.draw.io/ and I know a tool that @stacksofplates recommended for Cloud Diagrams.
Draw.io recently implemented one that looks almost identical to the one I was using so I've been playing with that. The other was cloudcraft.co.
For rack diagrams, phpIPAM isnt too bad. And you get the benefit of IPAM software with it.
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@stacksofplates said in Documenting rack, servers, drives, CPU, RAM etc:
@dbeato said in Documenting rack, servers, drives, CPU, RAM etc:
I use https://www.draw.io/ and I know a tool that @stacksofplates recommended for Cloud Diagrams.
Draw.io recently implemented one that looks almost identical to the one I was using so I've been playing with that. The other was cloudcraft.co.
For rack diagrams, phpIPAM isnt too bad. And you get the benefit of IPAM software with it.
Draw.io is in NextCloud too.
