Tuesday, October 03, 2006

You must understand what you support

It is a unrealistic idea that you as the admin can support products that you do not understand. Sure, that is a FAR LEFT comment, but it's true.

Sure we all have somewhere to start, but a good admin will at least scan the readme, install docs, and knowledge base before calling the product stupid. Generally products are as great as you know them.

I see this again and again, admins will become very frustrated with ZENworks because they have not taken the time to understand what they are doing. You must at least have a 10,000 ft view of the product and how it functions. Otherwise it is hopeless.