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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