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?
Timing hopes and expectations (general)
- Anything known? If not, when will it be known?
Cornell Active Directory (AD), both PCs and Macs
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.
- Change local (root) Admin 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.
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.
- 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.
Rework workflow, including no longer relying on use of Will's Cornell-contracted Box.com account.
Printers
- Anything to be done?
Equipment disposal
- Anything?
Any grads staying?
- If so, and not changing groups, where will they be and for how long?