Administration for the smallest (Part 2: spelling identifiers correctly)

    Correctly naming computers is a small subtlety that comes with experience.

    Let's see what are the options, evaluate their pros and cons.

    IVANOV, PETROV, BOND


    This method comes to mind for almost all novice system administrators. If a person calls you - he simply calls his name and you immediately know what computer he is sitting at.
    But if people change places? To drag his computer behind him? Not the most convenient option. Again, we don’t want to do too much work and constantly rename the computers of the dismissed / newly hired employees? Many find a solution in complex indexes.

    11-WXP3-OFFICE-92SAL-25-NOTE


    Naturally, this is more convenient than the last name, it carries a lot of information, but, alas, if you do not want to rename the computer every time it is transferred from accounting to the warehouse and vice versa, it will not work for you. I don’t know about you, but I'm still a lazy person.
    By the way, the quick-witted task:

    How many minutes will Marya Ivanovna from the logistics department read the name of the computer by telephone and how many of her subordinates will be involved in this process?

    The most savvy is the prize. By the way, that’s why the naming of computers with existing words is so convenient in foreign companies.

    POWER, SQUIRREL, FLOWER, CVETOK, VODYANOI


    Even in small companies, this is very inconvenient. In the case of English words, the problem is lack of knowledge of the language, and if we use the Russian language, we will encounter incorrect pronunciation and the eternal search for the correct spelling.

    The option that I offer is practiced by many large and small companies around the world. And so simple in its essence that most graphomaniacs are frightened of system administration. Figures.

    4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42


    What are they good for:

    1) They are easy to read even by people who cannot read.
    2) You can put a very large number on one sticker, which is easy to notice
    3) The source does not end there ?
    4) Depersonalized

    . Moreover, the use of numbers literally forces us to follow the path of a Zen admin and keep our AD clean and tidy (it sounds somehow vulgar and even strange).

    In the comments, from more advanced guys, references to naming standards surfaced. Some of them are great for large companies, although it’s strange to keep the city name in the name, since it’s more logical for me personally to use subdomains.

    Also, you need to add one letter to the computer name so that utilities like ping work out normally. I already forgot why all computers have a letter in front of my name, I thought that I did it for some kind of identification when I was reminded - I remembered that the main problem was precisely the incorrect working out of network utilities if you did not add a prefix with a domain name.

    It is best to use letters like:
    W - Workstation
    N - Notebook

    Do you remember? ..


    A topic ago , I wrote about the need to scatter computers into folders — that is how to correctly structure computers in a domain, and for user names, departments, floors, software and chest size, you need to use Description, groups, lists and folders.
    It's easier. It seems complicated at first, but in reality it is simple and convenient. In the future, relying on just such a structure, we will set up group policies and so on and so forth.
    By the way, since I remembered the previous topic, I can not help but mention the “sticker war”.

    Let's live in friendship, and be friends in families


    In my practice, I use all available methods. Of course, when I got a job in previous jobs, one of the requirements for HR (except for a separate office, sofa, plasma and two macbooks) was the ability of users to remember a random set of letters and numbers. But after HR didn’t fall into this definition, along with the CEO, I had to reconsider my position.

    The most convenient way is to stick stickers on the system unit. In the case of numbers - even a single glance under the table will be enough. But, until we go through the entire office with stickers, we need to use BgInfo , Microsoft's software that displays the information we need on the desktop.

    Using the program is ridiculously simple and I was surprised that almost no one remembered it.

    Mini-man


    Run the utility. Customizable. Save the settings. Distributed through group policies.
    By the way, I personally abandoned the practice of displaying all available info on the user’s table. This disorientates and scares him.
    Print only the name of the computer, then he can only read the "digits in the upper right corner." It’s a lot easier. Believe me.

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