Wednesday, August 31, 2005
AOLIS Report 2005
This report is an addendum and update to the AOLIS Report 2004 and therefore not as specific, elaborative, and inclusive or all things about aolis. The reader is advised to digest the AOLIS Report 2004 with this document.
Contents
* AOLIS Services by Priority
* Active Projects
* Coming Projects
* Operations Manual
o Daily Tasks
o Weekly Tasks
o Monthly Tasks
o Termly Tasks
o Yearly Tasks
o Automated Tasks
* Ongoing Research and Development for future projects
o VOIP
o Samba PDC
o Linux'ation of some office workstations
AOLIS Services by Priority
Priority Service
5 Backups
4 Student Accounts
4 Grades
4 Cafeteria System
3 Reports
3 Desktop Support
3 AOLIS Website
2 Telephone and Email Directory
2 Bellringer
2 Academic Internet
1 Wifi Service
1 Student Info
1 Data Recovery
1 AOLIS Personal ATM
Active Projects
* Accounting AOLISation
some modules usable already, a lot still 'work-in-progress'.
* Undergrounding of Sci-Annex & Dentistry Datalines
Coming Projects
* Online enrollment
Operations Manual
This section aims to transfer technology between successions of AOLIS Personnel. It is assumed that workers know how to read and write, and need minimum or no teaching to understand and implement new technologies.
Daily Tasks
* check email for critical updates for all servers
* audit /var/log/secure of all servers
* audit /var/log/messages of all servers
* check disk free of all servers
* look for expired login attempts in aolis (verify authenticity and re-enable expired accounts)
* look for other failures in logs
*
* check connectivity specifically with caf2.aolis.aup.edu.ph
* check connectivity to www.google.com and put necessary proxy announcement to reduce telephone calls
*
* check backup1.aolis.aup.edu.ph backup logs
*
* take a visiting walk to accounting office, registrars', and dsf
* take a visiting walk to administration offices, graduate school, COH, COB, CAST, dentistry, music, pe, education, pic
* wait for service calls by bringing long range telephone
Weekly Tasks
* download antivirus updates
* check slashdot for new stuff
* copy pictures for students from ro to aolis:/pictures for scheduled organizepictures.php to process
Monthly Tasks
* burn files modified in the last 30 days to CD/DVD (from backuppc)
Termly Tasks
* adjust year and sem in configuration files (aolis.conf, charges.conf, etc...)
* adjust year and sem in congrats
* adjust year and sem in shell environment variables
* delete table permissions
* adjust dates in accounting programs
* adjust dates in shell environment variables
Yearly Tasks
* make yearly report
Automated Tasks
* postgresql aolis backup (every two hours from 7am to 7pm)
* postgresql databasewide backup (every friday 4pm)
* generation of Enrollment List Summary (every 3 hours)
* generation of Enrollment List (every 3 hours)
* generation of misc sso & dsf reports (every 4am)
* organizing pictures for cafeteria (every 9pm)
* bellringer (every and 10 mins before between periods)
* copy of dumps from aolis.aolis.aup.edu.ph to db.aolis.aup.edu.ph (every night)
* backup of all hosts to backup1.aolis.aup.edu.ph (non-specific times)
Ongoing Research and Developments for future projects
* VOIP
(Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol) when in collaborative arrangements with co-Adventist establishments local, and specially abroad, will give the benefit of free local calls to peered-to call terminators with only the cost of internet bandwidth.
* Samba PDC
Setting up most workstations in the offices in Domain mode will increase productivity by orchestrating software updates which will greatly reduce if not extinguish virus and spyware proliferation in the campus network. Roaming profiles will lower downtime in servicing of workstations.
* Linux'ation of some office workstations
The benefits of linux workstations are
1. zero software cost
2. lowered maintenance and downtime (terminal services)
3. savings on hardware brought by the decrease in hardware requirements due to more efficient use
4. no viruses
5. easier administration
however the issues like local printing, sound, usb, floppy still have to be learned by compsci & aolis people.
Copyright AOLIS 2005
Written by Winelfred G. Pasamba
System Administrator, etc, of AOLIS ¶ 5:09 AM
This report is an addendum and update to the AOLIS Report 2004 and therefore not as specific, elaborative, and inclusive or all things about aolis. The reader is advised to digest the AOLIS Report 2004 with this document.
Contents
* AOLIS Services by Priority
* Active Projects
* Coming Projects
* Operations Manual
o Daily Tasks
o Weekly Tasks
o Monthly Tasks
o Termly Tasks
o Yearly Tasks
o Automated Tasks
* Ongoing Research and Development for future projects
o VOIP
o Samba PDC
o Linux'ation of some office workstations
AOLIS Services by Priority
Priority Service
5 Backups
4 Student Accounts
4 Grades
4 Cafeteria System
3 Reports
3 Desktop Support
3 AOLIS Website
2 Telephone and Email Directory
2 Bellringer
2 Academic Internet
1 Wifi Service
1 Student Info
1 Data Recovery
1 AOLIS Personal ATM
Active Projects
* Accounting AOLISation
some modules usable already, a lot still 'work-in-progress'.
* Undergrounding of Sci-Annex & Dentistry Datalines
Coming Projects
* Online enrollment
Operations Manual
This section aims to transfer technology between successions of AOLIS Personnel. It is assumed that workers know how to read and write, and need minimum or no teaching to understand and implement new technologies.
Daily Tasks
* check email for critical updates for all servers
* audit /var/log/secure of all servers
* audit /var/log/messages of all servers
* check disk free of all servers
* look for expired login attempts in aolis (verify authenticity and re-enable expired accounts)
* look for other failures in logs
*
* check connectivity specifically with caf2.aolis.aup.edu.ph
* check connectivity to www.google.com and put necessary proxy announcement to reduce telephone calls
*
* check backup1.aolis.aup.edu.ph backup logs
*
* take a visiting walk to accounting office, registrars', and dsf
* take a visiting walk to administration offices, graduate school, COH, COB, CAST, dentistry, music, pe, education, pic
* wait for service calls by bringing long range telephone
Weekly Tasks
* download antivirus updates
* check slashdot for new stuff
* copy pictures for students from ro to aolis:/pictures for scheduled organizepictures.php to process
Monthly Tasks
* burn files modified in the last 30 days to CD/DVD (from backuppc)
Termly Tasks
* adjust year and sem in configuration files (aolis.conf, charges.conf, etc...)
* adjust year and sem in congrats
* adjust year and sem in shell environment variables
* delete table permissions
* adjust dates in accounting programs
* adjust dates in shell environment variables
Yearly Tasks
* make yearly report
Automated Tasks
* postgresql aolis backup (every two hours from 7am to 7pm)
* postgresql databasewide backup (every friday 4pm)
* generation of Enrollment List Summary (every 3 hours)
* generation of Enrollment List (every 3 hours)
* generation of misc sso & dsf reports (every 4am)
* organizing pictures for cafeteria (every 9pm)
* bellringer (every and 10 mins before between periods)
* copy of dumps from aolis.aolis.aup.edu.ph to db.aolis.aup.edu.ph (every night)
* backup of all hosts to backup1.aolis.aup.edu.ph (non-specific times)
Ongoing Research and Developments for future projects
* VOIP
(Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol) when in collaborative arrangements with co-Adventist establishments local, and specially abroad, will give the benefit of free local calls to peered-to call terminators with only the cost of internet bandwidth.
* Samba PDC
Setting up most workstations in the offices in Domain mode will increase productivity by orchestrating software updates which will greatly reduce if not extinguish virus and spyware proliferation in the campus network. Roaming profiles will lower downtime in servicing of workstations.
* Linux'ation of some office workstations
The benefits of linux workstations are
1. zero software cost
2. lowered maintenance and downtime (terminal services)
3. savings on hardware brought by the decrease in hardware requirements due to more efficient use
4. no viruses
5. easier administration
however the issues like local printing, sound, usb, floppy still have to be learned by compsci & aolis people.
Copyright AOLIS 2005
Written by Winelfred G. Pasamba
System Administrator, etc, of AOLIS ¶ 5:09 AM