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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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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Windows login on LTSP Thin Clients
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1225459893
Incited by the success of our [1]Linux-based noiseless thin clients we
were highly motivated to further increase the benefit of these clients
to our users.
Today, we are happy to announce the availability of Windows logins on
these machines.
Read on if you're interested in giving it a try.
References
1. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1204219612
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Windows Terminal Server login on LTSP thin clients
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/251
Printing with SMB (Windows)
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/8
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Downtime of D-PHYS Webserver this evening
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1225197664
To resolve some performance issues with our main webserver "zwoelfi"
by updating its BIOS, there will be short downtime of the webserver
this evening at about 17:30.
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Microsoft announced an high critical security bulletin
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1224839746
Last night [1]Microsoft has released an high critical [2]Security
Bulletin (MS08-067).
Users running any version of Windows must install the patch today
urgently!
The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an affected
system received a specially crafted RPC request. It is possible that
this vulnerability could be used in the crafting of a wormable
exploit.
References
1. http://www.microsoft.com/
2. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx
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Downtime of all essential D-PHYS servers on Saturday
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1222863544
This Saturday, 4th of October 2008, we will move most of the D-PHYS
servers to the new server room in the HIT building. This results in a
downtime of nearly all ISG D-PHYS services from approx. 9am to approx.
6pm, including but not limited to file servers, mail server, web
server, authentication servers, backup servers, etc. DHCP will
continue to work.
Read on for a more detailed description of what won't be available on
Saturday.
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New or updated readmes
Installing a new D-PHYS Debian Server
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/224
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