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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.

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:

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. (smile)

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.

Cornell file share service (SFS)

Ryan: To give ChemIT an account number for them to buy a 1TB drive. He's to determine time of purchase and migration timeline.

ChemIT: ChemIT buy drive when given authority from Ryan. In date decided on, ChemIT cuts access; copy contents.

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 ($60-70) 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.

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?

  • Ryan reviewed list with Oliver, 3/4/16.

 

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