Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 1 Andersen Summer Internship Carl Magnuson

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 2 Introduction Background Projects: -Server Audit -HP SIM Conclusion Agenda

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 3 About Me – Carl Magnuson St. Paul Native Computer Science Major Math Minor My Interests: Biking Photography Cooking

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 4 My Projects Server Audit Project I: Project II:

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 5 About Microsoft Server Administrators (MSA) Manage & Administrate Microsoft Servers Work with: -Application Team -Network Team -Desktop Team

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 6 MSA Management Life Cycle

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 7 Title Here and Here and Here. Andersen Corporation Company Confidential Server Audit

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 8 Title Here and Here and Here. Andersen Corporation Company Confidential Server Audit – Why? Many Servers in Environment Different Software Installations/Versions Different Physical Hardware Constantly Changing – New Hardware Replacing Old – Server Roles/Uses Changing

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 9 Title Here and Here and Here. Andersen Corporation Company Confidential AW Server Environment 190 Physical Servers 70 Virtual Servers

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 10 Title Here and Here and Here. Andersen Corporation Company Confidential DNS Record (Domain Name System) iLO (Integrated Lights Out) Status Backup Status MOM (Microsoft Operations Manager) Status When Last Seen on Network OS (Operating System) Version Hardware Revision Server Audit - Goals To Verify:

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 11 Title Here and Here and Here. Andersen Corporation Company Confidential Created Tool Which: -Dynamically Discovers All Servers -Query’s Server Status -Generates Excel Spreadsheet of Results Used Results To: -Add Servers to Backup Groups -Install MOM on Servers -Clean Up DNS Records Server Audit - Results

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Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 14 Andersen Corporation Company Confidential HP SIM

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 15 Andersen Corporation Company Confidential Monitors HP Hardware -Queries Status Regularly -Receives Instant Notification of Hardware Issues Complements Existing Monitoring Tools -Hardware Counterpart to MOM Improves Reliability -Increased Granularity of Hardware Alerts Creates Database of Hardware Profiles -Useful for Assessment of Current Hardware HP SIM Overview

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 16 Andersen Corporation Company Confidential Worked with MSA team to Install Configured Discovery, Monitoring & Alerting Collaborated with HP on Best Practice -Had Technician Come On-Site Made improvements based on feedback -Modified Alert Monitoring -Pushed Out Trust Certificates -Removed Unnecessary Hardware -Configured Settings for DMZ Servers My Role in AW Insight Manager

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 17 Andersen Corporation Company Confidential SIM Server Status Screenshot

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 18 Andersen Corporation Company Confidential Example SIM Alerts Event Name: Power Supply Failed (6050) URL: Event originator: bpusers1 Event Severity: Critical Event received: 24-Jul-2007, 13:26:12 Event description: The fault tolerant power supply condition has been set to failed for the specified chassis and bay location. Chassis: 0 Bay: 1 Status: generalFailure Model: Serial number: Auto Rev: %00%00%00%00 FW Rev: Part Number: Sys Id: CPQ0762 Event Name: Power Redundancy Lost (6032) URL: / / Event originator: bpusers1 Event Severity: Major Event received: 24-Jul-2007, 13:26:12 Event description: The Fault Tolerant Power Supplies have lost redundancy for the specified chassis. Chassis Number: 0

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 19 So What? - Cleaned Up Server Environment - Learned a Lot - Improved Monitoring System

Andersen Corporation Company Confidential 20 Questions?