What advantage does SCC have over using a typical pen & paper log book for recording system changes?
Siem Korteweg: It is automated, so it does not “forget” to record a change (supposing the changed attribute is part of the SCC-snapshot). It is not lazy (once you run it through cron). – The pen & paper logbook is a physical item that can only be at one place. Each admin of a group of systems can be at a different place, without access to the paper logbook. Suppose 7×24 systems, where the admins “follow the sun”. – By consolidating all snapshots on a system with scc-srv, you obtain much data that can be searched automatically. This enables you to quickly identify the systems that need an update or to compare two systems when one of them does not function correctly. This is impossible with pen & paper.
