[c-nsp] Change Management

[Diego de Oliveira]

Hi folks,

    I know a simple software named Catools makes a backup configuration, 
report for changes etc.. Look that
www.kiwisyslog.com

Regards
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rolf Mendelsohn" <rolf-web at cyberops.biz>
To: "Paul Stewart" <pstewart at nexicomgroup.net>
Cc: <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Change Management


> Hi Paul,
>
> If you're looking for that kind of functionality I'd recommend you use and 
> mix
> of the following programs / scripts / hacks etc.:
>
> Change Management Tracking: Subversion / CVS
> Router Change Management tracking: RANCID
>
> Popular ones we use in combination with those:
> Vexim, Cacti, mkrdns etc. etc.
>
> The thing is that in an ISP enviroment, you NEVER have a product that does
> everythind in the way that you need. But that you add features via perl /
> whatever to your text-based data structures, eg. zonefiles and router /
> system configs. Then you have most of the customer driven stuff in web
> frontends.
>
> With CVS / RANCID and the right mix of DB based and flat-text file hacks 
> you
> can easily get almost anything done.
>
> cheers
> /rolf
>
> On Friday 02 September 2005 03:30 am, Paul Stewart wrote:
>> Hi there...
>>
>> I'm looking for software for the ISP environment that tracks change
>> management.  I realize that's a broad scope but as an ISP we'd like to
>> track all changes to all routers/switches/servers/access points etc.
>> possibly to the point of where any changes would require a "release"
>> from a manager etc.  I don't believe automatic auditing and automatic
>> backups are a big issue in our case as other systems we currently have
>> do that.
>>
>> I know a number of carriers we deal with have such a system (Level 3,
>> Bell Canada etc.)... Is there an open source or commercial solution that
>> meets this criteria.  The problem is that currently we have a number of
>> techs who make changes and no records are kept or what those changes
>> were and when etc....
>>
>> Any input is much appreciated....
>>
>> Paul
>>
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