Archive for November, 2007

Wins 11/2007

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Helix Upgrade

                ITS is preparing to upgrade the streaming media software to the latest release version, which will fix a problem that causes us to restart the service on the streaming servers.

 

IMSP Count

                In an effort to retire the IMSP service, ITS has been gathering statistics on how many users are attaching by day in a one month period.

 

VUNETID

                Have been working the the infrastructure development to replace the VUNETID system. Currently, ITS is in a phase where the new web server used to start on demand transactions, needs access to various tools that the current production environment has access to. Currently ITS is setting up a method for the new web server to check the quota for a given mailbox in the IMAP system

 

LISTSERV

                The new listserv application to replace majordomo has begun development and staging. This month ITS successfully got the application installed and configured, and now are awaiting the status of a baseline security scan. Once the scan comes back, we will put this on a public network, and begin testing.

LEGATO ESX

                ITS successfully architected and testing a backup / restore model that can used in the Virtual Infrastucture to backup VMDK files (essentially a ghost image). ITS is now looking at ways to automate this process.

IDM

                ITS has agreed to a proposed architecture for the Identity Mangement Solution, and are now looking for buy-in on the architecture from the customer. ITS is now aggressively working to get a functional test environment

AMCOM

                ITS has setup amcom access to development server using the applications hosting build network, and ITS applications hosting authentication standards.

 

Move VM’s

                This month an upgrade to the SAN infrastructure caused a quick need to move about 7 VM’s from Stevenson Center to Hill Center. ITS performed this task quickly and efficiently.

 

New ESX Servers

                ITS expanded the virtual resources available to two clusters this month. One went into the Intel Production Cluster, and the other went into the Co-Lo cluster.