Summer 1998 Migration of Computers

  Purpose

This project details how the new servers and workstations will be implemented and how varios services will be migrated off of chaos, silly, fermi, and phys. Chaos will be removed from production on or about 1-Sep-1998 and silly will have its maintenance contract terminated on 31-Aug-1998 along with phys and fermi.

  Goals

1-Jul-1998, done on 30-Jun-1998
Approve bids
3-Jul-1998
Move horton to its own server, done on 1-Jul-1998
8-Jul-1998, installed on 2-Jul-1998
Install and configure pop mail server, begin user migration
9-Jul-1998
Install ppp server and modems, keep testing 845-0326 line
10-Jul-1998
Install DNS server and put it in production
15-Jul-1998
Receive servers, workstations, network switch and hubs, uninterrupted power supplies
17-Jul-1998, done
Install hubs and switch, reconfigure network
22-Jul-1998, done
Install and configure Linux server
24-Jul-1998, done
Install and configure NT server
27-Jul-1998
Put Linux server and NT server into production
29-Jul-1998, done - put workstations out temporarily as Win95 machines
Put workstations into production as `Linux only' machines
5-Aug-1998, should be completed by 13-Aug-1998
Set up faculty and people web servers
12-Aug-1998
Put accounts on ppp and pop servers.
21-Aug-1998, no plans for near future, will reschedule for end of September.
Put workstations into production as NT/Linux dual boot
31-AUG-1998
Put mail intercepter into production for chaos and silly in preparation for removing them from production
15-Sep-1998
Complete migration of pop mail users to pop.physics.tamu.edu, disallow any mail into chaos or silly
15-Sep-1998
Put ppp server into production
22-Sept-1998
Migrate Mathematica to Linus server
22-Sept-1998
Install MatLab software on Linux server
  Time Line

Time line last adjusted on 1-Jul-1998
26-Jun-1998
Initialted project documentation
29-Jun-1998
Obtained 4 486 computers from surplus. Having great difficulty installing Linux on them. As of 1-Jul-1998, one is DOA, one has Horton material, other two almost work. Need memory for them badly.
3-Jul-1998
Completed installation of Linux on 3 of the 486s, needed on to make the others work. Rearranged network from terminal room to feed them 10BaseT, put 2 machines in terminal room back on 10Base2/AUI.
3-Jul-1998
Talked with Shane at Adosea about computers and network devices. They will not deliver a partial shipment, very disappointing as this will unnecessarily delay us. They said they had until July 7th to deliver the order. They are still thinking about the additional ventilation needed for the servers and will contact us when they put them together.
31-July-1998
Resolved _never_ to do business with Adosea again.
  Discussions and Meetings