

You also do not want to pay confiscatory licensing fees, if for no other reasons than your boss said that there is no money for that. This way, you do not have to constantly tweak and mess with it to make sure it does what you want it to do. This tool would ideally be one that you “set it and forget it”.

What you need is a cost effective, yet powerful tool that can perform hardware and software inventory that is easy to install, configure and manage. Maybe you have not even been using any management and reporting consoles, but the company is growing and you do not have time anymore to do manual or piecemeal audits. Maybe you are already using an enterprise management console and your boss has come to you and said that the firm can not afford to continue paying the licensing for what you have been using. This can be a real headache if you are responsible for keeping track of the hardware and software on your network.

The current economical situation also means that you are not going to have the funds to pay for the tools you need to get things done faster. What does this mean? Well, essentially, it means that if you are one of the survivors, you are going to have to do the work of the people that were let go, and probably not get paid any more for it. The entire business scene is going through stress and many IT shops are actually losing headcount.

This is because the business of Information Technology is not getting the money it used to get. IT departments need to be able to do more with less. $LSDBBackup = "$TempPath\$LSDBName$Date.Things are tough all over. #SQL Query to backup the database (if not using SQL Compact) $ZipBackup = Join-Path $WorkingFolder "$Name.zip" $TempPath = Join-Path -Path $WorkingFolder -ChildPath $Name New-item -Path $WorkingFolder -ItemType Directory $WorkingFolder = Join-Path -path $env:temp -childpath $(::GetRandomFileName()) #Set up a working folder for creating the ZIP file $DatetoDelete = (Get-Date).AddDays(-$BackupsToKeep) $DependantServices = "W3SVC","IISExpressSVC","LansweeperService" #Which services need to start/stop as part of this backup process? $LSDBName = "lansweeperdb" # Lansweeper Database Name (If not using SQL Compact) $LSDBServer = "localhost" # Lansweeper Database Server (If not using SQL Compact) $LSRoot = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Lansweeper" # Lansweeper Installation Folder I've seen a few scripts on here, so i've taken them all, along with the guidelines to make this. I wrote a backup script to backup Lansweeper as per their guidelines ().
