[122778] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: centeralized server management solutions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Regnauld)
Sun Feb 21 05:30:52 2010
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:30:06 +0800
From: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@nsrc.org>
To: Matt Kelly <mjkelly@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <E46DE929-039E-40AA-85B3-3AB1E340BF55@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Matt Kelly (mjkelly) writes:
> >>You didn't specify what OS'es you deploy, but for Linux/Red Hat-like
> >>systems: PXE boot, Kickstart [1], Puppet [2], Bacula [3].
> >>PXE/Kickstart/Puppet can be managed with Cobbler [4]. Foreman [5]
> >>is an alternative for managing Puppet hosts.
>
>
> Any options that also handle Windows Server?
A FreeBSD boot CD ?
Joke aside, it seems that Puppet already has support for it, contrary
to the FAQ:
http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#does-puppet-run-on-windows
http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/PuppetWindows
Foreman seems to be built on Puppet, as I understand.
PXE is well supported:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722358(WS.10).aspx
... and to finish off, Bacula works like a charm on windows, including
registry backups, provided you create the system image backup and schedule
it.
