Old Infrastructure Home Page
Systems Administration FAQs
ComputerCenterSchema - A brief description about the LONI Computer Center
GridComputing - How to submit command-line jobs to the Cerebro and the Cerebellum Clusters
GettingOnline - How to get connected to the LONI network
LoniServices - How to access various LONI services
Video Teleconferencing - How to initiate a VTC connnection
Weekly Sysadmin Meetings Summary
MeetingSummarySite - Chronological List of the
SysAdmin Meetings.
Systems Administration Guides
ACSLS - Administrate
StorageTek? tape silos
ActiveDirectoryBackup - Backup and Restore Active Directory
AddUser - script used to add a new UNIX user account on Severian
AdminScripts - useful perl scripts used for administering purposes
AgentSmith - In charge of monitoring and diagnosing the Cerebro cluster
Apache - How to setup Apache (2.0.58)
CatOS4Levitt - ACL for Levitt's Lab
CerebroRocks - Documentation on installing Rocks 4.3 in the Cerebro cluster.
ControllingCerebroCluster - Powerful perl scripts to interact with the Cerebro cluster
Dashboard Prototype
DelUser - script used to remove a current UNIX user account on Severian
DHCPSetUp - Setting DHCP Servers
EditingComputersDB - How to edit the LONI Computers Database
ExchangeCluster - Exchange 2007 Writeup
GettingOnline - Ethernet, Wireless, VPN
InstallingClusterNodes - Different methods used to install Solaris 10 on the Cerebro cluster nodes
JumpStart - How to install Solaris 10 on the Sun Fire V20z nodes via the
JumpStart method
JumpStartDHCPServer - How to configure a DHCP and
JumpStart server
LinuxVirtualServer - Administrate Linux Virtual Server
ModifyDNS - Add/edit DNS entries
MySQL - How to setup
MySQL (4.1.22)
NetservInstallation - netserv installation process
NetworkInstallRedHat - Howto perform a network-based installation Red Hat Linux over HTTP
NetworkPortScanning - Port scanning by using "Network Mapper” for a network exploration at LONI
OpenDellCase - calling dell for part replacement
ObtainCrucialRMA - Obtain RMA from Crucial.com
OrderTracker - Current orders that have not been received
PC2WindowsSetup - Steps taken to install Windows on PC2 from reclaimed LVM space.
PatchLink - Info on LONI's patch management software
PHPIISHowTo - How to install PHP on a Microsoft IIS server
PostfixSpamassassin - Configuring Postfix and Spamassassin
PowerUpOrder - Order to power up machines
PropagatingConfigFiles - How to propagate configuration files
RebuildRAID - Rebuiling RAID mirror image
RedHatSystems - A list of LONI's Red Hat Linux systems by version
SyncCluster - How to set up a rsync server and its client nodes to synchronize the installed packages on the cluster
SecondaryDNS - Setting up a slave name server
SetupCerebellum - Maya6.5, Maya7, Rush, LWSN and Rocks
SetUpNIS - How to set up NIS server
SetupSamba - Setup Samba on Linux servers
SetupUnixAccounts - Setting up a new user account
SolarisGCC - Steps taken to install GCC on cerebro-cc (running Solaris 10)
SPCommonActions - Commonly used SP commands for the v20z and X2200 machines
Subversion - Subversion Howto's and help for Admins and Developers
SystemSetup - Steps to be taken to initially setup a
WinXP?, Linux, or OSX system
SynchronizingCerebroCluster - Steps taken to synchronize the Cerebro cluster
UbuntuWriteup - How to configure and reinstall Ubuntu on the Boxx
UsingFTP - How to put dir/files to be share by using FTP
UpdatingV20zSPandBIOS - How to update the BIOS and SP firmware in the Sun Fire V20z
VizFAQ - FAQ on installing and running the Visualization Cluster
VncBanksy - How to set up a VNC account for a user on Banksy
WhiteBoard - Polyvison Whiteboard System
WindowsServerRoles - Roles of various Windows 2003 server
WindowsXpRemoteDeploy - How to perform an Unattended Install of Windows
Yum - How to configure and use yum, for clients
YumServer - How to setup a yum repository for Red Hat Linux distributions
To be organized...
BuildingSecurity?
CvsRepository
DellTricks
FileSystemPolicies?
IssueRequest
MacOSXHints
ObservingMRIScans
ProgramLocations
RenewTomcatHTTPSCertificate
SharedGroupCalendars
SunCaseDB - Database of all opened cases since 02.16.07
SystemAccounts
SecuringSQLServer2005
RaidSetupOnSolaris10r606
EmailConfig