Bryan Duff
Friday, October 18th: 12:30-3:30 (3 hours)
Tech General

Today was a fairly productive day at Harte. Once we got the locksmith to open to the MDF room, we were able to reboot the server in order to move the Star data files over to the new server (harte-srv01). This was a very fortunate thing to do, as Mitch discovered today that the old server, ntsrv (I think), is having fan issues and is likely on its last legs. The Star data files were moved and other files were backed up (which will eventually be moved).

Because of this, it is now necessary to redirect all of the star programs in the building to the new data location: \harte-srv01ALSDATA. I was able to do all of the machines in the lab today, so there are likely only 30 or so left (at the most to do). This is a fairly easy process:
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	<li>Login to the computer (NOT INSTR) as student.</li>
	<li>Go to run and type in "\harte-srv01ALSDATA"</li>
	<li>Provide the necessary administrator login and password.</li>
	<li>Open each Star program's management program.</li>
	<li>When it asks to redirect the data location, point it towards "\harte-srv01ALSDATA" (For two programs - I forget which ones exactly - this will require browsing to it manually under My Network Places.</li>
</ul>
That's all. Just a note: There were actually 6 Star programs on each lab computer, so it took me longer than I thought it would. Luckily, it wasn't so painful as four of the programs allowed you type in the data location (I pasted it).

After this process is finished for the building, Harte will be in MUCH better shape and there will only be minor issues to address (such as getting rid of the old server - but its most important contents are now secure).