Wiki's Feedback

  • Next version of Wiki rollout hoping before end of summer.  (wikis.mit.edu going to confluence 3.0)
  • Send additional feedback to Ranjani (Jim will send a list of additional folks for Ranjani should talk to)
  • Jim definitely thinks Theme Builder should be there
  • Jim would like a point of contact to talk to than an anonymous mailing list (for him as an aggregrator)
  • Oliver would like structured process for plugins to be installer with expectations around turn around time and criteria
  • Oliver would like more plugins around Presenting Data (excel, csv, etc.) maybe tabular 2 plugin
  • Jon H. would like find and replace

Ranjani to ask Jeff Pankin if he would do a wiki quickstart

Athena Deployment

On last cluster today.  Some loose ends out in the DLCs, not sure what those are because DITR started doing those.  Building 54 and 24 and some.  All Suns out of the clusters except for building 4.  There are a few classroom ones to go in 54 & 24.  Big popular rooms are all done.  Can start putting DebAthena on the rest of clusters.  We should think of some signage.  Building 38 is likely still on cat3.  Mark and Andrew said they are doing network upgrades building by building as fast as they can.  Still getting lots of complaints about 38-370 because of network performance.

Windows Cluster Meeting Update

See forwarded meeting notes

Facilitator next will be Ranjani

then volunteer and establish the next list.  Jon Reed to do 28th.  Tommy Smith the week after.  Jim Cain as floater (still need Joanne, Joyce and John Guy).

h3 . VMware Student Windows VM
Jon Reed willing to assist as is Ranjani.  Jon Reed fills up in August and wonders about the VMware Fusion DHCP issue.  Getting mixed message as to whether that has been filed as a bug.

IS&T Website training

Direct access to web pages related to FSX.  IS&T website in Drupal.  Heather Anne has offered to do introduction to Drupal and the IS&T website.

New Technologies and Ideas

New Idea - Conflict resolution - Getting Past NO book - maybe have a FSX library

Jim's update on the clusters - putting new MacAthena image on iMacs, but putting extra partition on there for DebAthena instance later in the semester.  Jon Reed would like to have access to the MacAthena image.  1-142 all converted DebAthena workstation because they have Microscopes in there.  Building 37 space, used the DebAthena "live CD" to create bootable USB stick which works really well, even on the worst piece of equipment, an HP tablet, and the tablet functionality even worked.  680MB for the flash drive.  Doesn't work on a Mac because it used EFI.  Hope to have 37 cluster dual bootabled (WIN.MIT.EDU and DebAthena).

Little bit of update on Room Wizard that Sloan is doing.  Looking like early August to schedule a room with it.  Looks pretty nice from everything Oliver's seen if you are on Exchange.  Integrating system was a royal pain, but they documented it so it was much easier for Virginia to replicate.  Still needs Yuhui or someone to create an Exchange account.  They had to set every room wizard with signed server certificate and Exchange account which is a manual process every year.  Can get a group calendar and invite using Outlook like any other resource.

Oliver might know more by tomorrow about 14-0637 which he did get the schedule.  There has been an uptick in use this year compared to year before, but pretty heavily booked this summer.

Lincoln Labs - Dell & 1E - Jon H. will be at Lincoln Labs tomorrow.

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