ISG News has posted a new item, 'Backup service for laptops and lab PCs'
Since Netbackup can't handle backups of PCs with intermittent network access
(e.g. laptops or seldomly used lab PCs) nor MacOS X 10.5 or Windows Vista, there
is a rising demand for backup of computers. For D-PHYS-owned laptops, laptops
holding a relevant amount of ETH D-PHYS data, and for D-PHYS lab PCs, we now
offer a backup service specifically targeted at computers with intermittent
network access. It uses the free backup system BackupPC which does not need a
local backup client to be installed on the computers to be backed up.
We ran the service in beta test for a couple of months and gathered a lot of
experience with BackupPC. So we can now offer easy and regular backups of
computers running any flavour of Linux and MacOS X, and---with the addition of
locally installed 3rd party software (Cygwin)---also for Windows XP. Windows
Vista as well as Windows XP without 3rd party software will follow. Read more
about this service in our documentation wiki.
You may view the latest post at
https://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/2008/11/20/backuppc/
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Axel Beckert
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Printer server broke down completely over the weekend
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/2008/11/10/printer-server-broke-down-completel…
Currently our printer server "leuggel" is not available. It broke
down completely over the weekend. We are currently setting up a
temporary replacement. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Xen hosting
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1225785453
Even though the [1]list of our services has reached quite some extend,
there are some special needs we cannot cover with our standard
services. In well-founded cases we now offer virtualized Xen machines
with full root access.
Please contact us if you think this could be for you
References
1. https://wiki.phys.ethz.ch/readme/summary_of_the_services_we_provide
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