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Why not? Moves, changes and additions that are unauthorized or undocumented can compromise the integrity of projects that might ordinarily benefit from automation. Outdated or incorrect php network inventory can contribute to long audit cycles and divert resources from more pressing projects. Annual inventories that are weeks or months old are worthless for reconciliation purposes.
This is the last thing an IT manager needs. After all, in exchange for hard-won server and software upgrades, datacenter managers are already asked to do more with less. So the sidetracking of critical datacenter personnel to perform equipment inventories can further impact service integration and server maintenance operations.
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