[c-nsp] Change Management

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If you're looking for something quite robust, might want to check out 
Opsware:
www.opsware.com <http://www.opsware.com>. 

On 9/8/05, Diego de Oliveira <diegooli at terra.com.br> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,http://www.opsware.com
> 
> I know a simple software named Catools makes a backup configuration,
> report for changes etc.. Look that
> www.kiwisyslog.com <http://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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