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SysAdmin Tips from IUG 2005
Routine Tasks, Customization & a Look Ahead
Christine Pouncey
Dept. Head, Library Information Technology
Things to do Daily
• Backups– Verify Full Backup (A, B, V)– Initialize Full Backup (A, B, U, I)
• Check Transaction Files, Record Counts, Database files & index blocks
• Check System Messages• Track HelpDesk calls
Things to do Weekly
• Login Stats*
• Print Expansion Status (M,I,F,X)
• Print System Status (M,I,F,S)
• Check CSIDirect Open/Closed calls*
Things to do Monthly
• Clean up Create Lists• Remove Logins & Initials no longer
needed*• Change passwords for Initials used
by departed employees*• Check contention groups*• Encourage users to change Initials
password*
Things to do Yearly
• Review & Clean Up– Templates– System Codes– Location Tables– Loan Rules & Determiner Table– Run Lists to look for Bad Codes and
other anomalies
• Attend IUG*
Customizations Possible
• Service Commitments– Each Module has some available– SysAdmin = System Tune-Up
• More explanatory Passwords Labels
• Standardize Passwords Functions
• Standard Search Fields in Create Lists
• Turn on certain Fixed Fields
Customizations Possible
• Help Desk Requests– Each Module has some available– SysAdmin ones:
• Add Locations Served to Passwords list
• Increase Bibtemp file
• Character Based Menu Clean-up
Additional Functionality - Products
• Current– WebBridge– LDAP Authentication– AirPAC
• With 2006 Release– Single sign-on (gateway to Portal
integration due in 2006)– Blackboard Integration– Spell check for WebOPAC
Additional Functionality – Release 2006
• SSH client integrated
• SFTP solution for Data Exchange
• Block Patrons to WAM if owe money
• Many others – preliminary release doc should be out on CSIDirect this summer
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