Questions tagged [documentation]
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How are you documenting your work, processes and environment?
Are you using a wiki format? If so, which product? (MediaWiki, Confluence, Sharepoint etc.)
Have you create a knowledge base? (Problem/solution-oriented short documents.)
What challenges do you find ...
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How do you document a network?
I'm not sure how to ask this question, since I'm not in the field. Say you're a network admin and you leave your job. How does the new guy know where to start?
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Documenting server details
This could be a very naive question for many of you, but I have problem in answering this one, your help will be deeply appreciated.
I need to document the server on which I work, and it should ...
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New Sys Admin job...Where do I begin?
I'm looking for some general advice here. I've decided to take my first job in a lead sys admin position...I don't start until next month, but in the meantime I'd like to prepare for the position.
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Documentation As-A-Manual vs. Documentation As-A-Checklist
I've had discussions in the past with other people in my department about documentation, specifically, level-of-detail and requirements. In their view, documentation is a simple checklist of Y things ...
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free tool for datacenter documentation [closed]
Is there any free tools out there that can help to better document at datacenter, for information like servers in a rack, the group port it is connected to and etc?
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Getting started with documentation
We haven't been doing any documentation at my workplace. I'm completely new to it and ask for some guidance getting started.
I have a few questions:
What are the essential documents that a sysadmin ...
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Where can I find introductory documentation for ZFS?
I recently installed OpenIndiana because of an interest in ZFS. I like the feature-list of ZFS, but I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around how to configure it. All of the documentation I ...
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Dell fumbles OpenManage installation process, forgets to write documentation?
I'm setting up a Dell PowerEdge 2950 for a small business, and I've just spent a while with Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 6.2, trying to clear the installation process of errors before I ...
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tutorial/training creation tools [closed]
I've used Wink to create Flash tutorials for employees on setting up and using various programs. It's a nice tool, but sometimes I wish I had more options.
Have you used a tool or tools to do this ...
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How to document mail setup after hand-over
I've just moved a client's email services over from my host to Google Apps. I would like to hand over a document providing all they (or their agent) need should I not be available etc.
How are such ...