IT Checklist

tobe1424 · Post by **tobe1424** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:09 am

Any suggestions on what services or devices to check every morning?

So far on the list we have our Exchange, Citrix, Fax services, Scanning services, Internet... any suggestions or common things i should check for please let me know... Thanks

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:19 am

open the internet pipe WIDE OPEN and let everyone download torrents and youtube videos with all the bandwidth you can give them!!!

tobe1424 · Post by **tobe1424** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:16 am

come on.........

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:23 am

If you have a firewall that keeps logs and has some intrusion detection system in place it'd be good to check that.

tobe1424 · Post by **tobe1424** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:26 am

well we have a PIX. I check with the systems admin to see if the software has a data logging client or something of that nature.... thanks

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:37 pm

One of the more important things.....your nightly backup

Central antivirus control panel..monitor workstations, server, e-mail server.

E-mail server...spam quarantine

WSUS...keep network up to date...Windows and Office updates

Hard to think of more items without knowing what runs on your network.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:03 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:One of the more important things.....your nightly backup

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I agree with this one highly. Seen a lot of costly mistakes because things were missed.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:21 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:One of the more important things.....your nightly backup

Central antivirus control panel..monitor workstations, server, e-mail server.

E-mail server...spam quarantine

WSUS...keep network up to date...Windows and Office updates

Hard to think of more items without knowing what runs on your network.

Yes indeed! Back ups! Nightly Back ups!

Also, if you have bandwidth limitations on your internet or email, you may want to monitor usage...

Make nightly back ups and verify integrity...

Updates are very important for all progs, especially antivirus, antispyware, OS and apps such as Office.

Back ups are extremely important...

As SCat said, your email quarantines/blacklists and such...

Oh, did anyone mention BACK-UPS?

In addition to your firewall logs, perhaps server event logs...

Don't forget your back ups!

tobe1424 · Post by **tobe1424** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:05 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:One of the more important things.....your nightly backup

Central antivirus control panel..monitor workstations, server, e-mail server.

E-mail server...spam quarantine

WSUS...keep network up to date...Windows and Office updates

Hard to think of more items without knowing what runs on your network.

yea we do all of these...i just trying to add little things to perfect the morning check up...thanks guys