This document has been retained for historical reasons. It contains the timetable for UVa's move from single, stand-alone Unix machines to a Cluster of computers managed by the Network Appliance.
Note: Most of ITC's customers will retain their blue.unix accounts since this is connected to the Home Directory Service and to the web server www.people.virginia.edu. If you do not use your blue.unix account and want to delete it, send mail to accounts@virginia.edu. Deleting unused accounts is one thing you can do to prevent others from gaining unauthorized access to your mailbox or other files.
If you need assistance, contact the ITC Help Desk at 924-3731, or send e-mail to consult@virginia.edu.
The following schedule was in place when ITC was moving from a computing environment with multiple RS/6000's to a clustered system in which the individual nodes were not generally used for login.
Transition Schedule:
March 15, 1998 The CLAS RS/6000s faraday, fermi and darwin were disabled.
May 19, 1998 Watt accounts created on cluster, home directories copied to the Network Appliance and mailboxes copied to unix.mail.
July 14, 1998 Poe accounts created on cluster, home directories copied to the Network Appliance and mailboxes copied to unix.mail.
October 18, 1998 Palladio, Hobbes and Curry accounts created on cluster, home directories copied to the Network Appliance and mailboxes copied to unix.mail.
October 21, 1998 The SEAS RS/6000s watt, kelvin and fulton were disabled.
November 4, 1998 Poe was disabled.
November 29, 1998 Avery accounts created on cluster, home directories copied to the Network Appliance and mailboxes copied to unix.mail.
February 23, 1999 Hobbes and Palladio will be disabled. Curry will become a Web server only.
January 28, 1999 Assess feedback from Avery users on cluster.
March 30, 1999 Avery to become a Web server only.