Do's and Don'ts for Client and Server Administration

Or: How to ruin your system availability. smile

This list is based on experience, fell free to extend it!

Do

...reboot your system once to see if it boots cleanly, before you add or remove any hardware.
...remount file systems as read-only on the file server before performing any major changes.

...change anything on the central file server if you are not physically present.
...intall a new kernel without rebooting afterwards to test it.
...make any changes to a server without announcing them first.

-- AsaMacWilliams - 05 Sep 2003

		Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality Lehrstuhl für Informatikanwendungen in der Medizin & Augmented Reality
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