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Things to move off the wolfprep server before it dies

The wolfprep.unity.ad.ncsu.edu server is an early experiment based on fedora core 4

It needs to die, but is currently hosting

- auditlogin data gathering from nds03fs?

Where files live in the ISO blog

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The PHP configuration on our Drupal site limits how large a file one can upload.  It turns out, we can link anything in AFS through this site, with the appropiate paths and permissions.

All of the file content on this site is stored in AFS at

/afs/unity.ncsu.edu/web/x/xteams_oit/drupal/xteams.oit.ncsu.edu.iso/files

This path maps to the URL

http://xteams.oit.ncsu.edu/iso/sites/xteams.oit.ncsu.edu.iso/files/

As you can tell by clicking on it, browsing of files is not allowed, you must know the name of the file to which you're trying to link.

Active Directory OU Name Validation

We need to be sure that creating an account in an OU doesn't conflict with any current /or future/ Unity accounts. Based on this objective we want a script that will look for users/groups/computers that are not following the standard of <prefix>.<object name>. This is a requirement to prevent OU admin from coming into conflict with the naming convensions setup for Unity account creation.

I have attached a pdf with a flowchart of how the script.

Default location for domain joined computers changed in Unity.AD

I'm doing some cleanup in the UNITY domain, and am starting to collapse the "OU=Unity Computers" into OU=Organizations.

Towards this end, I've changed the container to hold unassigned workstations in Unity.ad (to OU=Computers,OU=Unassigned) and moved the existing machines into the new container.  I'm planning to leave the debris under OU=Unity Computers for a few days to make sure everything "took".

I've documented the steps to take to allow any domain user to register workstations in the domain at

http://xteams.oit.ncsu.edu/iso/node/131

Release Date for Windows Server 2008 R2

Good Afternoon,

According to Microsoft, Windows Server 2008 R2 is scheduled for delivery during 2010. No specific date is given.

Unfortunately this excludes Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 as the first choice in operating systems for the Windows 2008 Unity Server Migration Project.

You can find this release date posted at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/roadmap.aspx

 

Active directory working group met Jan 28, 2009

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We had the first meeting of the "Active Directory Working Group" on the 28th, the agenda and notes (once approved) will be available at

http://oit.ncsu.edu/iam/active-directory-working-group

In related news, the "IAM Service Team" met on the 29th, see http://oit.ncsu.edu/iam/iam-service-team

The IAM project is one of the first projects to be addressed in OIT's Strategic Operations Plan.

 

"Alinks" module added to ISO blog

Folks,

I've added the alinks module to the ISO drupal site.

This module allows one to identify text with a URL, and creates an external link to that URL whenever it displays the text.  This makes it easy to write documentation that refers to Vision with a capitol 'V" without having to remember to link it.

All authors, ISO and otherwise, can edit alinks at:

http://xteams.oit.ncsu.edu/iso/admin/build/alinks

Collectin Cluster Information

After much frustration fighting with the Microsoft documentation, I have managed to get a script that will collect roughly all the date we need and pruning off the unnecessary chaff. Kevin, John and I determined we need to have Name, Group, Resource Type, Dependencies and Possible Owners. We came up with two scripts to get all this information. One script lists the possible owners of all the resources. One script lists all the resources for which cluster node is the possible owner.

HOWTO TortoiseSVN on Windows

Here is a basic howto for setting up TortoiseSVN to manage a subversion repository. Let me know if there is anything missing or unclear.

Server Maintenance Scripts

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Added scripts to subversion that will enable/disable Maintenance mode based on commandline arguments. This will help mitigate the false positives caused by servers scheduled rebooting

https://svn.unity.ncsu.edu/svn/shs-general/ServerMaintenance/trunk