This is a script I put together to copy a file.

Simple right? Not exactly. I needed confirmation that it suceeded sent to an email address and a log file detailing if the copy was successful or failed and the reason why.

Given the ultra cheap price of storage these days, I thought I'd start working on a external drive array. After seeing the price of most four bay external drive housings, I decided to build my own in true Do It Yourself (DIY) fashion.

This is a script I nicknamed SLARP - Share Listener And Reporter Program. It should run on just about any Windows server, but I've only tested it to run on Windows 2003.

My company needed a quick and dirty way to be notified if any changes occurred to the shares on a specific Windows 2003 server. Auditing was turned on, but we needed to be notified to at least look at the logs within a certain time frame.

When I was hired to run the IT department of a major company my predecessor left three letters in the desk that was now mine. Each letter was clearly labeled; System Failure #1, System Failure #2, System Failure #3. A post-it note was attached to the bundle of letters.

In case of a substantial system failure open the letters in order, once per failure, and they will help you through the problem.

This page offers some experience on how an install of SuSE 10.1 Linux went on a fully loaded $5000 Dell Latitude D820.