dlt update mairéad martin june 28, 2007. dlt infrastructure 1.annual lifecycle –170 dlt public...

DLT Update

Mairéad MartinJune 28, 2007

DLT Infrastructure

1. Annual Lifecycle– 170 DLT public workstations; 200 Library

workstations, laptops, 17 printers Receipt of hardware Imaging development, testing and installation Coordination and scheduling of campus,

departments, special software visits Delivery and installation of workstations and

printers Change and installation of peripherals

DLT Infrastructure

2. Server Hardware and Software Support

CMS – Creating multiple environments; final authentication testing for authoring environment

Planning for Solaris 10 migration Installing Sun box for Dpubs Focus on storage solutions - high priority

Disaster Recovery Installing HP AMD Opteron 4 processor server

DLT Infrastructure

3. Networking & Network Security Adding new WAPs in Pattee/Paterno Selection and purchase of eight hardware

firewalls Firewall implementation planning Remediation issues – desktop and public

file space Intrusion Protection System

implementation planning for Fall

DLT Infrastructure

Additional High Priority Projects IPAS Phase I IT Services migration

Email, Calendar, imaging initially

Developing DLT Knowledge Base ColdFusion upgrade

DLT Infrastructure

Ongoing Projects SIRSI maintenance Backup Help Desk support Account maintenance EPIC database maintenance On call support 7/24 Developing monitoring tools Email and calendar application support

DLT Research & Development

1. CMS Building components, templates Collaborating on implementing “look-and-

feel” Enabling user authentication/authorization

and enabling administrative infrastructure Participating in testing Training and consultation

DLT Research & Development

2. DPubs Working with Cornell on upcoming

software release Installation, testing, QA on new

release and production move Ensuring Fedora interoperability Supporting WEPAN implementation

DLT Research & Development

3. MetaLib Upgrade Scheduled for July in-house and

August publicly Installed in test Aligning with existing A-Z list X-Server upgrade and

implementation planning

DLT Research & Development

4. ShibLib Pilot Implementation planning to convert

EZProxy to Shibboleth Participation in Internet2 pilot

activities Investigation of impact on

applications (SFX, MetaLib)

DLT Research & Development

Ongoing Projects SIRSI maintenance

Reports; Bibloads; Vouchering; Planning for Acquisitions end-of-year rollover and rebuilds; web-based registration

Patch cluster installations GOBI

Ongoing software tweaking SFX MetaLib Proxy Server EPIC A-Z List

Project Investigation

Google/Olive Pilot Widgets for Gateway page Cdigix RefWorks Open Conferencing System and Open

Journaling System CIC Shared Digital Repository Institutional repositories Fedora Workflow Management System

DLT Administration

TrackITS implementation Budget development w/ ITS

Financial Office Personnel development and

succession planning Recruitment: Unix Sys Admin

DLT Training & Development

Process Improvement: Project management

Training:• Network Security: SANS certification, SOS and

other firewall training• Oracle Development Tools Users Group• Shibboleth CAMP• MSI Implementation• CMS – Day Tech Seminars plus consultant visit• Ex Libris Technical Seminar and ELUNA• IT Leadership Program