See also

Facilitating ideas

• Cornell can provide Northwestern staff with a NetID if that would make things easier.
  • For example, CU Blogs exporting work.
  • Other ways doing this can help the process?

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• Move date will be around July 15th.
  • Lab space to be finished by July 1st (as of 4/29/16)
• By in large not taking any of the computers, even those attached to instruments. Also, not taking any printers. Exceptions:
  • Will's Mac laptop (likely he'll keep)
  • PC laptop attached to group's Mass Spec (MS).

Outstanding issues.

Info for historical purposes

Cornell Active Directory (AD), both PCs and Macs

Problem statement

Computers (PCs, Macs) are currently on Cornell's AD, and access is by NetID. That is not a sustainable configuration for when the computers are outside Cornell, even if will work in the short-term.

• Also, machine names are using Cornell's AD naming convention. Northwestern likely will prefer to change these names.

Next step

• Ryan to contact Northwestern with this question/ issue find out their thoughts.

Idea

• Leave machines on Cornell's Active Directory for move.
  • This retains all passwords locally, as cached credentials. Thus logging in will work indefinitely with current accounts when device no longer at Cornell.
  • Do not let machines reconnect to Cornell's AD once NetIDs expired!
• Change local Admin password (user names are: PC: ad-admin; Mac: ChemIT)
  • They tell us what they prefer as a password.
• Move machines to Northwestern. Should "just work" as they always have.
  • Won't allow the creation of any new AD-based accounts, obviously.
• Local IT, using local Admin, disengages them from AD. Optionally reattaches device to their AD.

Mac

One way: Hand-edit the uid and the gid of the accounts to match the new AD's user account.

PC

One way: ChemIT in the past has used (many years ago) a tool called Forensit.

• https://www.forensit.com/domain-migration.html

Another possibility: Microsoft's Easy Transfer tool.

Licensing

Next step

• Ryan: Closer to the move date, intends to contact Northwestern about this issue.

Group must understand licensing at Northwestern, and how it will affect them.

Microsoft

• Windows OS.
  • At Cornell, licensing through constant contact with campus license server.
• MS Office on Windows.
  • At Cornell, licensing through constant contact with campus license server.
• If Northwestern set up like Cornell (campus license server; no charge-backs), then this Microsoft software will work fine there.

MatLab

• Needed by group.
• Our license won't work off-campus.
  • A good idea: ChemIT to remove CU's license file before machines leave campus.
  • Don't VPN back to CU to get license to work, or might disable machine access to others.
• Idea: Northwestern insert their license file.

Gaussian

• Banned at Northwestern? Options?
• No role for ChemIT.

Material Studio

• Work with Paulette Clancy.
• No role for ChemIT.

Data file move (file share)

Cornell file Cornell file share service (SFS)

Next steps

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• On a specified day, turn off access to SFS so no one can change files on file share anymore.
• All files copied to 1TB ($60-70) USB external hard drive.
  • Time estimate, if done on campus?
• USB external hard drive taken to Northwestern and data moved to their files storage service.
• Once confirmed all data successfully in Northwestern, then turn off Cornell's SFS file share.

Outward facing (2 web sites)

Cornell-based group web site (CU Blogs)

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Matthew Ivaliotes
Manager, Systems Solutions
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Northwestern University
(847) 467-1544

Idea

Export group site from CU Blogs using WordPress tools made available within our CampusPress instance.

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Cornell-based CATON site (CU Blogs)

See also

• See above info in their group web site since much applies to this blog, too.

Next step

• Ryan: To follow up with Will. Perhaps get access to the GoDaddy web site to do the necessary work to close out the non-Cornell domain name ticket.

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• Finish getting non-CU-based domain name configured correctly.
  • ChemIT ticket #: INC000001551512
  • CIT ticket #: INC000001566397 2DPolymer.net => blogs/caton
  • Group will want to inform Northwestern of this need, so they are prepared for when it moves.

• Rework workflow, including no longer relying on use of Ryan's Cornell-contracted Box.com account.

Printers

• Anything to be done?
• Northwestern may want to change the settings we set. No password needed. Currently on DHCP.

Equipment disposal or reuse in Chemistry

• Anything?

Any grads staying?

Ryan reviewed list with Oliver, 3/4/16:

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Ordering new technology through Northwestern

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