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We regularly post news and updates regarding i-doit, asset management and CMDB.
Location Management with i-doit – quickly fix IT disruptions
IT administrators who are responsible for the cross-location administration of IT infrastructures often face special challenges. They are often unable to access devices and systems directly, but must be able to track all changes in order to identify the causes of...
Press Release: IT service management at a fraction of the cost
Together with three technology partners, synetics GmbH, leading provider of IT documentation and CMDB software, is forging a new approach to implement modular ITSM, thanks to its cutting-edge i-doit software. i-doit and the tools presented by the technology partners...
doIT BETTER: Capacity management with i-doit
Today's practical example shows you how to document and visualize server cabinets with i-doit. The i-doit software already supports you during the planning phase as well as during the implementation of changes. Planning and coordination In our...
New Release: i-doit pro 1.13 and VIVA2 2.0.1
If you have i-doit VIVA 2 add-on installed, please update this add-on to version 2.0.1 before you update i-doit. The documentation of databases is similar to the common databases MySQL and MS SQL. Databases with more complex structures such as PostgreSQL and Oracle DB...
doIT BETTER: Software & License Management
As an IT administrator, our field of activity is broad. Our tasks include administration of servers and clients, monitoring of systems and services as well as the support of our users. Setting up and configuring workstations is a part of our daily business. Already...
Practical examples: SSH key management with i-doit
SSH Keys are handy but administering them can be a real nuisance. You might have used the ssh-keygen or similar tools, and created one yourself. So you might also know that an SSH key consists of two parts: sth. like id_rsa or equal id_<sth> files, and a...
A comprehensive guide to IT-documentation Step 1
Our users often ask what things to document and how to start an IT-documentation. The answer is pretty easy: Ask yourself what documentation you need and reduce it to this needs. This sounds easy in theory, but is hard in practice. Why is that? Because you tend to...
A comprehensive guide to IT-documentation Step 2
IT-Documentation needs to fit your needs Don’t fall for the hunter-gatherer trap! Try to consider what your needs are in the daily business, what questions you want to have answered and define a set of information that you need. Set this information as a...
A comprehensive guide to IT-documentation Step 3
Virtual Server Environments For virtual servers the same rules apply as for active network components. The only difference is: When you have a cluster of virtual hosts, don’t try to copy the exact configuration into your documentation manually. If you have an...
A comprehensive guide to IT-documentation Step 4
The Network Network documentation is one of the most important things that you shouldn’t miss out. It mostly consists of complex logical configurations that are hard to reproduce if systems are down and you don’t have a guide (your documentation) to it. Information to...