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These are things that syscom should do eventually:
These are things that syscom should do eventually:

== Timeline ==
Get Mac Minis: Week of May 1

Get Intel Nucs: At least August but tentative

Get Rack Server: May

Get Netapp: Late May but tentative

Server Room Trip: May


==General==
==General==
* Prepare for `sodium-benzoate` upgrades/replacement.
* Prepare for `sodium-benzoate` decom.
** Need to find the physical server
** new-mirror has like 30 disk shelves so we can just do a live sync on the 2TB disks and then insert the 4TB ones
** Give to CSCF for decom
* `/users` backups
* `/users` backups
* Disaster recovery plan
* Disaster recovery plan
* Find out status of backup mirror
* Get an IP/KVM for the machine room which doesn't suck?
* Get an IP/KVM for the machine room which doesn't suck?
* Sort through keyboards in the office
* Clean up wiki vandalism
* Clean up wiki vandalism
* Fix debian.csclub, aka our personal Debian repo which serves the CEO package
* Fix audio auth: audio is both a system group and an LDAP group and this has bad consequences for audio authorization
* Centralized repo for various configs: NFS, PAM auth with kerb, LDAP and Kerb5, routing/interfaces files
* Centralized repo for various configs: NFS, PAM auth with kerb, LDAP and Kerb5, routing/interfaces files
** Private subnet routing is broken on every machine ''except'' corn-syrup, taurine (see 'ethcrazy')
** Private subnet routing is broken on every machine ''except'' corn-syrup, taurine (see 'ethcrazy')
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** [[Projects]]
** [[Projects]]
** [[Scratch]]
** [[Scratch]]
** Merge [[Sun 2900]] and [[Sun 2900 Strategy Guide]]
** Add more info to [[Switches]]
** Add more info to [[Switches]]
** [[Virtualization]]
** [[Virtualization]]
** [[Webcams]] needs a serious update
** [[Wireless]]
** [[Wireless]]
* Reorganize in general. Separate Machine/System Documentation section into multiple sections.
** Idea: One part for members/users, one part for office admin stuff, one part for Linux machines admin stuff, one part for CloudStack


==When in the Machine Room==
==When in the Machine Room==
* Make sure that the console connections are correct, up-to-date, and working.
* Set up binaerpilot.
* Decom aspartame
* Set up rainbowdragoneyes
* Label bays / server backs
* Pick up paperclip to install a new OS
* Take pictures of cables
* Locate electrons
* Move alpha server to office
** Electrons, aka the giant power bar, is sitting somewhere *near* the rack. I can't remember why it was taken down. -ehashman
* Install new graphics card
* Make sure that the IPMI/console connections are correct, up-to-date, and working.
* Fix psilodump's and aspartame's IPs and routing
** psilodump should not be routable outside aspartame. This is currently accomplished by fuckery. This *should* be fixed to use the net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_filter sysctl.
* Look into expanding /scratch and using RAID using spare disks in the office.


==Science Machine Room==
==Science Machine Room==
* Replace cobalmin with better server
* Set up remote syslog2

Latest revision as of 16:35, 25 April 2023

These are things that syscom should do eventually:

Timeline

Get Mac Minis: Week of May 1

Get Intel Nucs: At least August but tentative

Get Rack Server: May

Get Netapp: Late May but tentative

Server Room Trip: May

General

  • Prepare for `sodium-benzoate` decom.
    • Need to find the physical server
    • Give to CSCF for decom
  • `/users` backups
  • Disaster recovery plan
  • Find out status of backup mirror
  • Get an IP/KVM for the machine room which doesn't suck?
  • Clean up wiki vandalism
  • Centralized repo for various configs: NFS, PAM auth with kerb, LDAP and Kerb5, routing/interfaces files
    • Private subnet routing is broken on every machine except corn-syrup, taurine (see 'ethcrazy')

Wiki Updates

When in the Machine Room

  • Make sure that the console connections are correct, up-to-date, and working.
  • Decom aspartame
  • Label bays / server backs
  • Take pictures of cables
  • Move alpha server to office
  • Install new graphics card

Science Machine Room

  • Replace cobalmin with better server