Studied by 37 people
Looks like no one added any tags here yet for you.
Asset
something of either tangible or intangible value that is worth protecting and includes people, information, infrastructure, finances and reputation
process of identifying and creating an inventory of IT assets
First Step in IT Asset Management
IT Asset Management
Fundamental prerequisite to developing a meaningful security strategy.
- Developing a list of assets is the first step in managing software licenses and classifying and protecting information assets.
- Should be employed for software and hardware assets. It is common to physically tag hardware assets.
- Inventory uses barcode as it is easier
- Dependent infrastructure and Independent Infrastructure
job schedule
lists the jobs that must be run and the order in which they are run, including any dependencies.
- Commonly done by server administrators
- All their actions will be stored/saved
- Snap Ins are not a backup but a job scheduling method
a major function within the IT department.
Low-priority Jobs
can also be scheduled, if time becomes available.
High-priority Jobs
should be given optimal resource availability, and maintenance functions (such as backup and system reorganization) should, if possible, be performed during non peak times.
Schedules
- provide a means of keeping customer demand at a manageable level and permit unexpected or on-request jobs to be processed without unnecessary delay.
Job Scheduling Software
system software used by installations that process a large number of batch routines.
sets up daily work schedules and automatically determines which jobs are to be submitted to the system for processing.
Job Information
set up only once, reducing the probability of an error
Job Dependencies
defined so that if a job fails, subsequent jobs relying on its output will not be processed.
Records
maintained of all job successes and failures.
Note 
Flashcard (21)