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.
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)
- Anything known? If not, when will it be known?
Cornell Active Directory (AD), both PCs and Macs
Problem statement:
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
Group must understand licensing at Northwestern.
For Windows OS.
MS Office on Windows.
MatLab: Yes
Gaussian: Banned at Northwestern?
Material Studio: Work with Paulette Clancy.
Cornell file share service (SFS)
Idea:
- On a specified day, turn off access to SFS so no one can change files on file share anymore.
- All files copied to 1TB ($60-80) 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.
Cornell-based group web site (CU Blogs)
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?
- Ryan reviewed list with Oliver, 3/4/16.