Here is my .02 but I am not a developer. These are more for admin/helpdesk but useful for devs too maybe
Shadow copies or previous versions on your server. Keeps a snapshot of files so you can revert back pretty quickly in case you pushed some bad content with jobs.txt. Actually shadow copies are enabled on all of my data volumes where user data is kept. It is self-service if you have smart users (we have a few).
bginfo-part of sysinternals. I put this on every server and every workstation so as I work on a server remotely I always know which one I am on. It just stamps the wallpaper with specific information. I put computer name, IP address, boot time, IE Version, logon server, DNS servers, OS version, username, free disk space on all volumes. I have various reasons for wanting this information on workstations but I color code things like workstation name so when I am on the phone with a user and they don't know the name of their computer, I can tell them "Look for RED".
I have many bat and vb scripts to use daily or whenever I want. If it can be automated, I do it.
nagios-tells me the uptime of all of my IP devices. If it has an IP address on it I can tell if it is up right now and how long it has been up. Worth the time and effort to set this up
iperf- great small tool to test bandwidth (Windows, linux, OSX version available)
Malware Bytes-Helps with your CSI investigations of malware
putty-used for SSH to my linux boxes and consoling to my routers and switches
belarc-useful as it has saved me trips to remote sites or opening computers to see how teh RAM is installed for upgrad purposes.
VNC-better than RDP to assist users remotely so you both can look at their screen and interact
Wordpress blog-My knowledge base to refer to.
ScreenPass- http://screenpass.net/ I had to pay for this one but it is very userful. Mainly to unlock user workstations when they are not there so you can troubleshoot their issue with them logged in.
Password Policy Enforcer for Active Directory- http://anixis.com/products/ppe/. Among other things this allows you to have a dictionary of common passwords to compare to so your users can't use their kid's names or whatever.
Mike Zavolas
Tallahassee Neurological Clinic
Posted : April 27, 2015 8:06 am