Temp Printer Installed at AIB Library.

For some reason, AIB-Library via PrintSrv-AIB has gone down..
I'm pretty certain that the problem is on the printer itself as the server seems to be configured just fine, but is not able to communicate.

Service has been called-in on it, but in the meantime, the Academic Computing Department has offered to bring one down from their area.

Because the networks are different, the server needs to be reconfigured to point print jobs to the new printer.

I solved this issue, but the workstations need to be reconfigured to print to the new printer address.

Like dominoes.
Falling into place.

313 REIMAGED

Warning: The content on this post was written while Richard Phung, the Labs & Classrooms Coordinator, held the title of Computer Lab Technician at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.... the content expressed here is out of date, at best.

we loaded a new image onto the computers in room 313:
image from July 28, 2009

for whole lab, the image process took about 30 minutes
we created 2 partitions: AIB-HD (40GB) and Temporary Storage (~112GB)

Post Installation:
Renamed Computers
System Preference > Sharing

Changed Permissions to Ignore Ownership on Temporary Storage

Installed Deep Freeze via Remote Desktop

Helpdesk v3 Up and Running

Warning: The content on this post was written while Richard Phung, the Labs & Classrooms Coordinator, held the title of Computer Lab Technician at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.... the content expressed here is out of date, at best.

Thanks for visiting the systems administration blog..
i will be posting updates and stuff to the site here. Along with any issue resolutions that have been made in the course of my days. i figure it's a good way to keep track of the stuff going on around here and to keep the general public informed.


:)

School's out for the summer!!

Warning: The content on this post was written while Richard Phung, the Labs & Classrooms Coordinator, held the title of Computer Lab Technician at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.... the content expressed here is out of date, at best.

WELCOME!

Thanks for stopping by the computer labs during the summer!
We are going through a lot of changes around here, so stay posted on the latest events around campus!







There are a few programs going on, so please check out our operating hours and availability!

Monday, May 11, 2009

Warning: The content on this post was written while Richard Phung, the Labs & Classrooms Coordinator, held the title of Computer Lab Technician at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.... the content expressed here is out of date, at best.

• Updated Universal-Install-Spring 2009 image
• Added Wacom Intuos and Graphire drivers
• Added links to preference panes on dock (energy, startup, screensaver, printers)

Discussed the possibility of adding software to the Video/Animation lab:

• Unity 3D + WebPlugi
• Processing
• iPhoneSDK

possible renderfarm solutions.

Deploy Schematic

Here are a couple of deploy schematics that I created to demonstrate the power of NetRestore...
There are tons of other graphics out there that do the same, but here's my version:

Warning: The content on this post was written while Richard Phung, the Labs & Classrooms Coordinator, held the title of Computer Lab Technician at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.... the content expressed here is out of date, at best.

BEFORE NetRestore:

AFTER NetRestore:

We do this practice to this very day.

Thinking out-loud....

Here are a few possible desktop profile scenarios that I was pitching the my supervisor at the time... about how to handle personal desktop and files.
*go figure we'd head to universal logins.

Warning: The content on this post was written while Richard Phung, the Labs & Classrooms Coordinator, held the title of Computer Lab Technician at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.... the content expressed here is out of date, at best.

At any rate... here are some of the configurations for local vs. roaming profiles.

Directory System-Conventional

Directory System - Contemporary

Directory System De-Centralized with Dept. 

Directory System Centralized with Dept.

Directory System-Centralized for Specific Course

Directory System-Decentralized with Network Share Support

AIB Office Redesigns

Here was my office re-design...
Our existing office was too wasteful in terms of floor space, so we put together a design that would suit everyone's needs:

Warning: The content on this post was written while Richard Phung, the Labs & Classrooms Coordinator, held the title of Computer Lab Technician at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.... the content expressed here is out of date, at best.

601N Office:

700B Office:

Office redesign (final):

Reservation Systems...

At some point in 2008, I had proposed that we integrate a number of reservation databases for equipment, rooms, and calendaring into a single database... of course, that never happened. *sigh.

Warning: The content on this post was written while Richard Phung, the Labs & Classrooms Coordinator, held the title of Computer Lab Technician at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.... the content expressed here is out of date, at best.

Before integration:

Proposed integration:

Fat chance that'll ever happen!