A Wiki for DICE jottings.

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Transient

• Covid-19 server room access arrangements

• PasswordPortalComments
• BondingProblems - a log of bonding problems - add any events here.. C states - possible solution is to disable C states in BIOS?, Possible related Redhat bug
• DICE servers with local home directories
• PasswordEntry
• SecondaryAuthentication
• DICESL7DesktopReleaseNotes
• MovingToO365Issues - issues experienced with moving to Office 365
• EdLANreviewProject
• ChangeFreezeFeb2018
• ForumSRPowerWork2019

Site Information

• Informatics Forum - design and occupation of the new Forum
• InSpace - information on InSpace
• MovingKit - how to move kit from site to site
• FHWilkieDecant - FH/Wilkie decant
• ReturnToAT - The 2017 return to AT
• BayesClosets

Service Information

• The Subversion Repository - and how to use it
• The LCFG Subversion Repository - and how to use it
• Lightweight accounts
• A Wiki with DICE authentication
• OpenAFS Pilot Service | Test OpenAFS Installation
• Kerberized KX509 Infrastructure

Guides and Instructions

• CRITICAL SHUTDOWN - how to shut down servers in an EMERGENCY
• Where's my software? How to find what's running/installed where. Useful when determining level of exposure to exploits.
• LCFG information
• Using Cosign to Protect an Apache website
• Upgrading a client to Cosign 3.0
• Using elements of the DICE environment on self-managed machines:
  • DICE under Windows
  • DICE under Mac OS X
• DICE Releases FAQ - your questions about DICE releases answered
• Single User Networking - The commands to run to get a machine in single user mode networking, useful to fetch a new profile
• Local Software Packaging Guidelines
• DICE and Bluetooth
• DecommissioningMachinesAndDrives
• Privacy Policy implementation FAQ
• Procedure to follow when investigating a compromised machine
• Procedure to follow when responding to requests from third parties (e.g. the Police) for personal data
• Procedure for announcing scheduled downtime for services
• Guidelines and policies for responding to major interruptions to services
• Using the computing staff development Ipad
• Accessing different Mac OS X versions for testing
• Specifying a Dell Server
• Some information about the jabber service, including how to configure self-managed clients.

Other Resources

• Holidays and Absences
• Record of decisions made
• DICE Discussion Papers
• Component Ownership list
• Computing Library
• Technical strategy 2009
• Pandemic Planning
• FC5Upgrade
• FC6Upgrade
• Web Strategy
• IS Alerts and Status Page and a quick local copy in case www.ed is down
• Parked kit , Displaced servers for redeployment (2015)
• Documentation week wishlist, Documentation week prioritised
• Some IDRAC8Investigation
• Investigations and rulings from the RolesSupremo

Cross-Unit Meetings

• Computing Executive Group
• Development Meeting
• Operational Meeting
• Technical Discussion Meeting
• Talk Series
• Cross Unit Meetings
• Innovation Ideas

Unit Related links

• Infrastructure Unit
• Managed Platform Unit
• Research And Teaching Unit
• Services Unit - Services Unit Meetings
• User Support Unit - User Support Meetings

Old News

• Dec2009PowerDown
  • Notes and actions from power-down brainstorming meeting
  • Inf unit notes
• Nov2010PowerDownBSMeet - Placeholder for November 2010 power-down brainstorming
  • Inf unit notes
  • US Unit servers
  • User information about what will be working
• ATPowerOff - Power off at AT 16.9.2006.
• StructuralReview2013Topics
• Coordinating the SL7 Server upgrades
• Getting a Mac to work with the DICE Infrastructure
• Staffmail Notes - Hints and tips, gotchas and glitches for moving to Staffmail, and some on the StaffMailManagement.
• Migrating to Apache 2.2 on SL5

Configuring this Wiki Web

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