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A place to inventory IT-related issues and their current status. And to promote understanding and coordination among Will and other research group members, Chemistry IT, and the folks at Northwestern. |
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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?
Info
- 11 people going to Northwestern, from the current group.
- Group has 20 members, per ChemIT's records on 3/4/16.
- Also, 3 system accounts (shared by the group members)
Timing hopes and expectations (general)
- Move date will be around July 15th.
- Lab space at Northwestern hoped 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).
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Dichtel group members and where they are going (private)
P133 Park Moving from Cornell to Chicago
(1) Timing: Confirm and coordinate.
See above "Timing hopes and expectations (general)
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- Anything known? If not, when will it be known?
Cornell Active Directory (AD), both PCs and Macs
Problem statement:
Next step: Ryan to contact Northwestern with this question/ issue find out their thoughts.
Machine names are using Cornell's AD naming convention. Northwestern likely will prefer to change these names.
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.
Another possibility: Microsoft's Easy Transfer tool.
Licensing
Ryan: Closer to the move date, intends to contact Northwestern about this issue.
Group must understand licensing at Northwestern.
Microsoft
- For Windows OS.
- MS Office on Windows.
- If Northwestern set up like Cornell, then they'll just work there.
MatLab
- Needed by group. Won't work off-campus. A good idea: Remove CU's license file before machines leave campus. (Don't VPN in or might disable everything else for others!)
- Idea: Northwestern insert their license file.
Gaussian: Banned at Northwestern?
Material Studio: Work with Paulette Clancy.
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(2) Hardware: What leaving behind and what taking?
See above "Timing hopes and expectations (general)". Some specifics:
Will's laptop
Currently on Cornell's Active Directory (AD) and has Cornell-licensed software
- It's an Apple MacBook Air, which Will is most likely to keep.
- Must be re-configured:
- Convert to self-support mode so accounts are no longer dependent on Cornell's AD for log-in, etc.
- Address Cornell licensed software: What can be safely ignored?
- Q: Steps to take?
- Must be re-configured:
(3) Data file move (file share)
Cornell file share service (SFS)
Next steps
- Ryan: To give ChemIT an account number for them to buy a 1TB drive
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- (or larger, if required).
- Ryan to determine time of purchase and migration timeline.
- ChemIT: ChemIT to buy drive when given
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- the go-ahead from Ryan.
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- On date decided on, ChemIT cuts access
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- and copy contents to drive, for the group.
Current plan: Sneaker-net data (via FedEx)
Oliver confirmed this plan with Will and Ryan on Friday, 4/29/16.Idea:
- On a specified day, turn off access to SFS so no one can change files on file share anymore.
- As of 4/29/16, Will thought this day would be around July 15th.
- If group finds they need more than their 1TB within CIT's SFS, Will is fine paying to expand it for the few months they need it.
- All files copied to 1TB ($60-70) USB external hard drive (or larger, if necessary).
- Time estimate to make the copy, if done on campus?
- Roger suggest using tools he recommends to ensure complete copy.
- USB external hard drive taken to Northwestern and data moved to their files storage service.
- Will wants the drive FedEx'd, not carried by group or moving service (as of 4/29/16).
- Once confirmed all data successfully in Northwestern, then turn off Cornell's SFS file share.
Cornell-based group web site (CU Blogs)
Ryan: Try to get a Northwestern ID and get a site started. And find out if someone there is willing to Admin group's CU blog, for export work. (request sponsored NetID)
Confirmed by Oliver: CIT can't add value, even if paid.
Idea:
Export group site from CU Blogs using WordPress tools made available within our CampusPress instance.
- Also pullout anything that process misses.
Import into NUBlogs (sp?) using WordPress tools made available within their CampusPress instance.
- Hand-correct anything missing from the export, if necessary.
Cornell-based CATON site
- Finish getting non-CU-based domain name configured correctly.
- 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?
Contact and info from Northwestern
From: Jackie Milhans <milhans>
Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 9:50 AM
To: "Oliver B. Habicht" <oh10>
Cc: Ryan Patrick Bisbey <rpb223>
Subject: Re: Data storage and filesharing - Dichtel group
Hi Oliver,
Thank you for the confirmation. I think all that’s left is data transfer. If you let me know your preferable method, I can make sure everything is in place on our end.
Ryan – When you get a Northwestern NetID, could you request a data storage share? http://www.it.northwestern.edu/research/user-services/storage/research-data.html. If you do not have Will’s NetID and do not yet have a chart string, let me know.
Regards,
Jackie
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