Pictures from the Datacenter move
Pics taken by Max. All in all, it took a little less than 11 hours. Everything went generally smoothly. It bodes very well for the move in two weeks!
CELS Virtual Helpdesk
CELS Shared Services Systems Group
Dispatches from the Geeks
First Datacenter Move
The first phase of the move of equipment from our old datacenter (the BMR) to the new datacenter (the Core) is complete, from a physical perspective. All the racks made it over with no issues. On Friday, our smallest cluster was up and running. To…
History
Today, the first computer came up in our new datacenter, The Core. The cosmea cluster came up, largely without incident, and backed itself up to the tape library (that is, incidentally, still sitting in 221). Tomorrow’s gonna be a fun day.
Datacenter Move, Episode I, The Phantom Menace
Okay, folks, this is it. A little over two weeks ago, we moved a bunch of people into the spiffy new building. And this Friday, we begin the process of moving our computers over from the BMR to the Core (which is now what we’re calling the SSF). A…
Upcoming moves and Updates
Things have generally been “steady-state” with regards to the office moves, and we’re picking up the last pieces. Some notes. The copier/printer on 4 (4171) is still awaiting its PostScript module. (I referenced the wrong printer in my last post.)…
Moving Madness
Three full days in the new digs. We’re pretty much settled in, things are becoming normal, and we’re getting comfortable in our new surroundings. Thus far, there have been no zombie attacks from the rock gardens, so things are definitely starting …
Printing and Wireless
The wireless network in TCS is slightly different from the one in 221, and we have to open up some firewall holes to allow printing from guest wireless. This should be working soon, in the short term use Auth wireless (which you really should use …
Mailing List Server out of disk space
Our mailing list server ran out of space on 9/12/09. We’ve made some quick fixes to free up some, and will have the problem addressed permanently on Monday.
TCS Tour Take Two
Simple walkthrough of the 2nd floor of TCS. TCS Tour Take Two.
Maintenance Weekend, 8/15, 8AM – 1PM
As previously announced we are re-racking our core infrastructure servers to make the machine room move in October as “simple” as possible. This Saturday, the 15th, marks the last major event in that process. We purposely chose this weekend as it …