November 2008 - ISG-news - lists.phys.ethz.ch

[ISG News] Backup service for laptops and lab PCs
by Axel Beckert 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

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/ You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Best regards, Axel Beckert beckert(a)phys.ethz.ch

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ISG Newsletter: Printer server broke down completely over the weekend
by ISG Department Physik 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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