ITCWeb: November 2007 ITC Research Computing Support Newsletter

ITC Research Computing Support Newsletter - November 2007

This is the November 2007 newsletter for ITC Research Computing Support. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the information presented here, please contact ITC Research Computing Support by emailing Res-Consult@virginia.edu, or phoning either the Research Computing Lab in Brown Library at 243-8799 or the Scholars' Lab in Alderman Library at 243-8800.

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HigherEd 2.0 Workshop on November 19

Event Details
When: Monday, November 19, 2007
Where: Clemons 407
Who should attend: Educators in all disciplines interested in using the power of Web 2.0 technologies to unleash student creativity and engagement
Cost: free
Registration: Required; see below.
Instructors: Ed Berger, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UVa, and Chuck Krousgrill, Purdue University

Our new NSF program funds SEAS and Curry in a joint venture to deploy and assess Web 2.0 tools in higher education. One key aim for the grant period is technology transfer to other faculty and staff interested in using podcasting, blogging, wikis, and the like in their classes.

This hands-on workshop will introduce many Web 2.0 technologies for use in higher education ("HigherEd 2.0"), including pedagogical approaches, assessment techniques, and resource requirements. We have organized the presentation and hands-on sessions to show you how to use these tools to help students learn.

Agenda

To register

This training workshop is a coproduction of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the Teaching Resource Center, the University VP/CIO's office, and Apple Computer.

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Software and Hardware..........

New Elder Cluster Available for Large-Memory Jobs

ITC's newest Linux cluster, Elder (elder.itc.virginia.edu), is now available for large-memory jobs. Elder has 12 nodes, each consisting of a dual-core Intel EMT Xeon processor; moreover, each node has 32 GB of main memory. Because of its small size and large memory per node, Elder is intended for large-memory serial jobs. A user may run a maximum of four jobs at once with an aggregate total of four cpus among all jobs. In order to support the large memory, Elder's operating system is a 64-bit installation and the compilers available on Elder produce 64-bit code. This means that user codes should be recompiled for use on the machine, and all such codes must be 64-bit clean. Standard ITC applications such as Matlab and Mathematica are available on Elder in 64-bit versions.

view of Elder cluster view of Elder cluster If you have questions about running jobs on the new Elder cluster, please contact ITC Research Computing Support at 243-8800 (Scholars' Lab, Alderman Library) or 243-8799 (Research Computing Lab, Brown Library), or by email to Res-Consult@virginia.edu.

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IMSL Fortran Libraries Upgraded

The IMSL Fortran libraries have been upgraded on the 32-bit clusters Cedar and Dogwood to Version 6.0. A 64-bit version of the libraries has also been installed on the Elder cluster. This version matches the C/C++ libraries now available on those clusters.

The new version of the Fortran libraries uses MPICH2 for parallelization. Users who are combining IMSL with MPI should review the cluster's Getting Started Guide for information about using MPICH2.

The new libraries will be automatically initialized when the default module script is loaded, i.e.

module load imsl

on Cedar, Dogwood, or Elder.

Please see more information about the IMSL mathematical and statistical libraries online.

Please email Res-Consult@virginia.edu with any questions about this library or the upgrade.

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Totalview Debugger Upgraded

The Totalview graphical debugger has been upgraded to Version 8.3 on the ITC Linux clusters Cedar and Dogwood. Please see http://www.itc.virginia.edu/research/totalview for information about this very powerful programming tool.

Please email Res-Consult@virginia.edu with questions about Totalview.

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Important Reminder for Users of Licensed Software

Before you install your software, you should first make sure that the clock time and time zone are both correct. In particular, two products at UVa that have been adversely affected by clock changes are SAS and ArcGIS.

After you have installed the software, do not change either the time or the time zone by more than a few minutes. Software with an expiration time can detect clock changes and disables the software under the assumption that the user is attempting to circumvent the licensing system. Repairing problems that occur in this situation are extremely difficult. In the Windows environment the registry is usually affected in ways that are less than obvious.

If you have questions about your clock settings or have problems renewing or installing your software, please contact ITC Research Computing Support at 243-8800 or Res-Consult@virginia.edu for assistance.

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Insightful Miner for Windows Users

Insightful Miner is the data mining product from the makers of S-PLUS statistical software and is now available on the Windows platform for eligible faculty, staff and students.

Insightful Miner is a powerful, scalable, data mining and analysis workbench that enables organizations to deliver customized predictive intelligence where and how it is needed. Its easy-to-use interface is specifically designed for statisticians and business analysts without specialized programming skills.

Eligible users can get more information and download the product from the ITC licensing database.

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Data Mining Tools at UVa

Insightful Miner is not the only data mining suite available for UVa users. The SAS system also contains powerful data mining tools. In Spring 2008, Text Miner for SAS will be added to labs and classroom PCs and will be included in the UVa SAS Education Analytical Suite 9.1.3 on the Windows Vista Business, Windows XP Professional platforms.

Researchers with potential interest in text mining tools can contact ITC Research Computing Support at 243-8800 or Res-Consult@virginia.edu for further information.

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S-PLUS 8.0 Is Now Available

S-PLUS 8.0 is the latest update to the S-PLUS product family, and is designed to enable statisticians to create statistical applications with large data sets and rich, graphic output for use by business users, researchers, analysts and others to make informed and reliable decisions at critical points across the organization. Already installed in labs and classrooms, S-PLUS 8.0 is now available for users of Unix and Windows users who want to install the product on their own machines.

The S-PLUS Workbench enhancements build on the 7.0 release. Among the new features included in version 8.0 are:

You can learn more about S-PLUS 8 and how to get started by visiting http://www.insightful.com/products/splus/S-PLUS8_brochure.pdf and http://www.insightful.com/support/splus80win/getstart.pdf.

Eligible UVa users can visit the ITC licensing database for more information on eligibility and downloading.

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LISREL 8.8 Is Now Available

LISREL 8.8 is now available through ITC Research Computing at reduced costs to eligible UVa users. LISREL is software for structural equation modeling and now includes statistical methods for complex survey data. LISREL allows you to create path diagrams in an easy to use interface and generate syntax directly from the diagram. The latest LISREL for Windows includes the following statistical applications.

To learn more about LISREL at UVa visit http://www.itc.virginia.edu/research/lisrel/.

To find out what's new in LISREL 8.8 visit http://www.ssicentral.com/lisrel/new.html.

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SPSS 15 for Windows: HotFix Patch Allows SPSS 15 to Work on Vista Machines

SPSS has put out a patch which will allow SPSS 15 to run on the Vista OS. The patch is available from the ITC Research Computing licensing database (web.virginia.edu/rescomp). SPSS 15 for Windows is also downloadable from this same web site.

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SPSS 16 is Coming!

SPSS, Inc has announced the release of Version 16, however shipping is not expected to start until after Thanksgiving. Therefore we do not expect to have it tested and ready for installation until the end of this fall semester at the earliest, assuming they ship it the end of November as announced. This is a significant release for SPSS, as it is the only version that will allow SPSS to be run on Intel Macs. There are currently no supported versions of SPSS for the Intel Mac, so we are very excited for this release. Watch this newsletter space for more information!

If you have questions about this new version of SPSS, please contact ITC Research Computing Support at 243-8800 (Scholars' Lab, Alderman Library) or by email to Res-Consult@virginia.edu

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eXceed 12 Now Available

eXceed 12 is now available for free via download from the ITC licensing website. The Security Connectivity Suite is also bundled in the download and you must install it as well as eXceed 12 in order to connect to any ITC supported Unix workstations or servers on-grounds (e.g., blue.unix, dogwood.itc, oak.itc)

If you have questions about eXceed or downloading the software, please contact ITC Research Computing Support at 243-8800 (Scholars' Lab, Alderman Library) or at 243-8799 (Research Computing Lab, Brown Library), or by email to Res-Consult@virginia.edu.

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SAS Site License Renewed

The UVa site license for SAS on Window PCs, Macintoshes, Linux, Solaris, and RS6000 (e.g. blue.unix) computers has been renewed (updated). SAS in all the ITC Public Microcomputer facilities and the UNIX SAS licenses for the Linux, Solaris, and RS6000 installations have been updated and tested.

SAS will not run after October 13, 2007 unless the user updates the license file (SETINIT or SID). Email reminders have being sent out to currently registered users of SAS at the University notifying them of the availability of the new 2007-2008 SETINIT/SID license codes for their SAS software in our software license/registration Web database.

Current SAS users who do not receive this notice, have misplaced it, or need assistance licensing their copy of SAS should contact the Research Computing Support Group by phoning 243-8800 or by sending email to Res-Consult@Virginia.EDU.

If you are interested in SAS or other Research Computing software, visit the Web page at http://web.virginia.edu/rescomp/software.html.

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GPL Packages for S-PLUS at CSAN

CSAN is the Comprehensive S-PLUS Archive Network. Functioning much like R packages, CSAN provides data analysis and statistical methods packages to users of S-PLUS. The methods are provided as self contained software packages that can be loaded into S-PLUS. Currently, the packages are S-PLUS specific, but Insightful plans to leverage recent work on making common functions and interfaces in S-PLUS and R, thereby developing CSAN into a collection of open-source, cross-dialect-compatible packages.

CSAN packages are designed for S-PLUS version 8.0 only. For more information on CSAN and downloading information, visit http://csan.insightful.com.

Note: While S-PLUS is required for package installation, no additional software is needed if you are only installing packages from CSAN. However, users of S-PLUS 8.0 in the Windows environment must install additional software components to build and install packages from source code. This software is available for free download from the sites listed at http://www.insightful.com/support/splus80win/csan_win_tools.htm.

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Events and Announcements..........

Thanksgiving Recess Schedule for Scholars' and Research Computing Labs

The Scholars' Lab is expected to be open and staffed when Alderman Library is open during the Thanksgiving Recess, specifically:

The Research Computing Lab in Charles L. Brown Science and Engineering Library will be open when the Library is open, and staffed:

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Celebrate GIS Day in the Scholars' Lab!

Wednesday, November 14th, is GIS Day! Come explore GIS (Geospatial Information Systems) in the Scholars' Lab that day from 2-5 PM. Andrew Greene, Office of the Architect, is our featured speaker, and will discuss GIS and UVa. In addition to our speaker, we will have experts on hand to demonstrate GIS techniques, discuss GPS technology, and explore examples of GIS and mapping around the University and the State. We will also have some refreshments, so come and enjoy GIS Day at the Scholars' Lab.

For more information about International GIS Day, please visit http://www.gisday.com/.

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ITC Planned Downtime/Home Directory Service and Related Storage Services [11/25/07]

The Home Directory Service and related storage services will be shutdown for file server upgrades on Sunday, November 25, from 6-7 AM. The upgrades will require two restarts of the file servers home1.virginia.edu and home2.virginia.edu. During these restarts, file service will be unavailable. Between the two restarts and after the second one is completed, normal file services will be available.

Many other servers may be affected, in most cases by delaying processes which are running on them, including:

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Scholars' Lab Programs for Fall 2007

The Scholars' Lab is presenting a series of technology workshops and presentations this fall semester.

"Copyright 101: How the law affects teaching, scholarship and publishing in a digital age" will be presented by Madelyn Wessell, Special Advisor to the University Librarian and Liaison to the Office of the General Counsel, in Alderman Library, Room 317, on November 30, from 12:00-1:30 PM.

Technical workshops
Bring your lunch and learn a trick or two. These hands-on workshops held in the Scholars' Lab classroom are designed to get you started with technical tools for the digital scholar. We'll provide the cookies.

If you have questions these presentations or workshops, please contact ITC Research Computing Support at 243-8800 (Scholars' Lab, Alderman Library) or by email to Res-Consult@virginia.edu.

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Digital Media Lab Short Courses

Information about the Digital Media Lab Short Courses is now available online. These courses cover a variety of topics in digital media and are free to students, faculty and staff. Basic introductory-level courses are offered for popular software packages like Photoshop, Flash, Maya and Final Cut Pro as well as Web technologies, including HTML, CSS and PHP/MySQL. Advanced and specialized topics are also offered by knowledgeable and experienced staff and students.

To check out the list of diverse digital media learning opportunities and sign up for these courses, please visit the Digital Media Lab homepage and click on the link to our Tutorials and Short Courses. You can also go directly to the Short Courses website.

If you have questions about the Short Courses, please contact Will Rourk, DML, will@virginia.edu, 434-243-6300.

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Usability Lab in Research Computing Lab Now Open

The Library's usability lab in the Research Computing Lab, Brown Science and Engineering Library in Clark Hall is now available for use by other UVa units. There is an important connection between usability testing and user requirements and such research can help guide the focus of studies. For help incorporating usability testing into the design processes for your websites, please check out the online tutorials on Morae, the usability testing software in use in the Library's usability lab.

To reserve time in the Library's usability lab, contact Andrew Sallans at als9q@Virginia.EDU, Manager of the Research Computing Lab. Library staff can also help you get started using the lab and conducting your own usability studies and point you towards books, journals, websites, and other resources for your self-education!

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ITC Planned Downtime/ES-WEB1 (Affects Software Licensing and Other Websites) (Nov. 21, 2007)

On November 21, 2007, at 6:00 PM, the server ES-WEB1 will be down for extended hardware maintenance. The downtime will last approximately 6 hours. All websites and virtual hosts will be unavailable during that time as well as applications on other servers using UVaAuth. NetBadge will not be affected. Website traffic will be redirected to another server which will display a page informing users that the server is unavailable due to hardware maintenance. After completion of the maintenance, traffic will once again return to the correct websites. Sites affected include all sites on www.web.virginia.edu and the following hosts:

If you have any questions or concerns please contact itc-microsystems@virginia.edu. ITC apologizes for any inconvenience.
ITC Micro Systems

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Computational Science Speaker Series Continues Nov. 2 with "Supercomputing and Universities - Then, Now, and Tomorrow"

On Friday, November 2, the UVa Computational Science Speaker Series continues with a lecture by UVa alumnus John R. ("Jay") Boisseau, director of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin. The lecture begins at 3 PM and will be in Mechanical Engineering (MEC) Room 205.

Dr. Boisseau will talk about "Supercomputing and Universities - Then, Now, and Tomorrow." The last two decades have demonstrated the growing importance of "supercomputing," or generally advanced computing technologies (including scientific visualization, massive data storage, high-bandwidth networking, and distributed computing software), in the conduct of leading-edge research. Now, at the beginning of the 21st century, the increased integration and sharing of these advanced computing technologies has produced the concept of cyberinfrastructure (CI). There is widespread recognition that CI, including supercomputing, will be fundamental to knowledge discovery across disciplines, as well as to economic productivity and competitiveness, homeland defense, health care, education, and many other aspects of science and society. Universities around the world, therefore, are developing and deploying comprehensive advanced CI for enabling and accelerating research across academic programs. This presentation will summarize the current leading programs and trends in supercomputing and CI, using the emergence of the Texas Advanced Computing Center at The University of Texas at Austin as a case study in developing and supporting a leading-edge academic advanced computing center.

Boisseau received his Bachelor's degree in Astronomy and Physics from the University of Virginia in 1986, and his Master's in Astronomy in 1990 at The University of Texas at Austin. Before his involvement with TACC, he held positions at the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center and at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, where he was founder and Associate Director of the Scientific Computing Department.

Since Boisseau assumed the directorship in June 2001, TACC has grown into one of the leading advanced computing centers in the world, by developing and deploying powerful HPC, remote visualization, data storage, and grid computing technologies for researchers. Boisseau also serves as principal investigator for TACC's two largest awards, the NSF TeraGrid institutional lead, and the "Track2" petascale computing system. His newest interest is the application of HPC and grid technologies to computational biology and biomedicine.

The Computational Science Speaker Series is co-sponsored by James Hilton, UVa Vice President and Chief Information Officer; the College of Arts and Sciences; and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

For more information, contact Alice Howard at agh@virginia.edu.

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A "Blended Librarians" Webcast on Nov. 6

Blended Librarian Webcast: Designing Deliberately - Putting Pedagogy Into Your Library Instruction
Steven Bell and John Shank, co-founders of the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community invite you to join the next Blended Librarian community event, "Designing Deliberately - Putting Pedagogy Into Your Library Instruction" on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 3 PM.

Event Description:
Steven Bell and John Shank, co-founders of the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community, invite you to join them and their guest speaker, Nadaleen Tempelman-Kluit, for a presentation and discussion about using design thinking to develop instructional products. The designers of Web-based library instruction products traditionally pay too little attention to educational learning theories. Instead, their design approach is modeled on print resources. Paying more attention to pedagogy would result in the production of superior Web-based learning experiences for library users. This session will focus on why those librarians creating instructional tools should be exploring learning theories for maximum benefit to both themselves, and their users.

Although this event is free, advance registration is required to reserve a virtual seat. If you are already a member of the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community here is a link into the Learning Times Network that will get you to our Community and the registration page.

If you need to join the Blended Librarians Online Community in order to register (no fee to join):

  1. Go to the Blended Librarian website.
  2. Click on the "Join" button on the home page of Blendedlibrarian.org and follow the instructions.
  3. After you receive confirmation of your Learning Times account you can return to this email message and use the link above for registered members of Learning Times. Click on the link, and then register on the next page (you may need to scroll down to see the register button).
  4. We recommend that those participating in the webcast obtain a microphone or headset in order to make use of the VoIP technology that allows conversation between the speakers and participants. A microphone or headset is not required to participate.
  5. Please plan on allowing yourself sufficient time to log in to the webcast on November 6, 2007. If it is the first time attending a Learning Times event it may take a few extra minutes to log on to their Elluminate webcasting software. Once you have registered for the event you may wish to try the "test room" to make sure your computer is set up and ready to go the day of the webcast.

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Matlab Event on Wednesday, Nov. 7

Using MATLAB and Simulink for Signal Processing, Communications Applications and for Control System Development
Two UVa alumni return to talk about the the potential of this software in your research and instruction on Wednesday, November 7, 2007, from 9 AM - 11 AM (including Q&A time) in Clark Hall, Room 133, Brown Science and Engineering Library.

This is a technical workshop for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates with advanced standing. The event is free, no registration required.

Presenters:
Mike McLernon (U.Va. B.S.E.E. '83) Development Manager, MathWorks
Terry Denery (U.Va. B.S.ChemE '84, M.S.MAE '86) Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks

Using MATLAB and Simulink for Signal Processing and Communications Applications will be presented at 9 AM by Mike McLernon.

  1. Why MATLAB and Simulink?
  2. A Guided Tour through Signal Processing and Communications Products
    Filter Design, Spectral Analysis, BER Analysis, Channel Modeling
  3. Putting It All Together: Larger Scale Demos
    GSM Digital Downconverter, WiMAX
  4. Building Your Own Systems
    A Simple Comms Link with Modulation and Coding

Using MATLAB and Simulink for Control System Development will be presented at 10 AM by Terry Denery, Ph.D.

  1. Model-Based Design of Motion Control Systems with Simulink
  2. Modeling Mechanical Linkages in Simulink
  3. Modeling Electric and Hydraulic Actuation and Power Transmission in Simulink
  4. Demonstration: Controlling Electric Actuation of a Four-Bar Linkage
  5. Using Models to Design, Test and Implement Control Algorithms

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October R Newsletter

The pdf version of the R Project's October newsletter is now online. The current issue features an excellent article by Peter Dalgaard, New Functions for Multivariate Analysis. Generalized nonlinear models are separately treated in an article by Heather Turner and David Firth.

Other featured articles address analyzing fmri data, optimal matching, an R web apps and many more. The newsletter, along with older issues, is at http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/index.html.

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Upcoming Maple Webinars

Maplesoft's webinar series continues. Free online presentations for November and December are listed (register here).

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Learn GIS Skills with ESRI

For those of us who are not familiar with GIS (Geospatial Information Systems), the concept of learning to do GIS can be intimidating. ESRI, the industry leading maker of GIS software products, has produced several ways to learn GIS. As a member of the statewide site license for these products, members of the U.Va. community can:

So, take advantage of these learning opportunities to familiarize yourself with GIS. Any data that can be visualized and analyzed spatially can be mapped with GIS. And for those users of SAS: we now have the EAS SAS Bridge module to ease your SAS data into GIS for analysis.

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Mathematica Free Online Seminars

The Wolfram Education Group has begun offering free online seminars to Mathematica customers worldwide. Taught by experienced Wolfram Research staff, presentations are given twice weekly. The seminar series began with S10: A Technical Overview of Mathematica located at
     http://www.wolfram.com/weg/seminars

For a list of dates and to enroll, visit:
     http://www.wolfram.com/weg/calendar

Further information on how to access and use Mathematica can be found on the Research Computing Services Web page at
     http://www.itc.virginia.edu/research/mathematica/

Please contact ITC Research Computing Support if you have questions by emailing Res-Consult@Virginia.edu or by telephoning or visiting either the Research Computing Lab in the Brown Science and Engineering Library (243-8799) or the Scholars' Lab in Alderman Library (243-8800).

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Virtual SAS Users Group

VirtualSUG is a new online resource for SAS software users. SAS users can attend free, online, VirtualSUG meetings to enhance SAS software skills without having to travel to an in-person meeting. All you need is a computer with high-speed Internet access, speakers or a headset. Coming up on November 28 are:

For more details and free registration, please visit http://virtualsug.org/

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Announcing Apple Training at the University of Virginia

The Office of Learning and Development and Information Technology and Communication are proud to announce that the University of Virginia is now an Apple Authorized Training Center.

Under this designation, UVa will offer hands-on courses, led by Apple certified instructors, designed for IT professionals who are responsible for planning, maintaining, and integrating Mac OS X workstations and solutions into their network environments. Classes are open to both UVa and non-UVa persons.

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ITC Announcement/ftp.Virginia.EDU Retirement [10/30/07]

ftp.Virginia.EDU (also known as pluto.itc.Virginia.EDU), an FTP server administered by ITC, will be retired from service on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.

The anonymous account and all private accounts supported on ftp.Virginia.EDU are included in this retirement. The anonymous service has allowed files to be placed on the server temporarily for access by other users, both local and remote.

For UVa users, alternative storage space and FTP functionality options include:

  • Home Directory Service (HDS), http://www.itc.virginia.edu/homedir
  • Collab, http://collab.itc.virginia.edu, a free service that may be used to share files both within the University (local) and with non-University community members (remote).
  • SharePoint, soon to be available as part of the Exchange for-fee service, may be used to share files with other SharePoint users within the University (local).
  • Personal Web space (www.people.virginia.edu)

Individual account holders whose needs are not met by these alternatives should contact their Local Support Partner (LSP) or department's technical staff to see if disk space is available on departmental servers. Commercial solutions are also available; free or for-fee plans depend on specific file sizes, storage space and download bandwidth required. This information is available from ITC; please email a request and/or any other questions about this service retirement to service-comments@virginia.edu.

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ITC Announcement/Migration to Exchange Calendaring Services

In the coming months, Oracle Calendar users at the University will be migrated to Microsoft Exchange for online calendaring services. The University's decision to retire Oracle Calendar and migrate to Exchange was based primarily on the growing use of Exchange and the need for a central calendar solution. Departments involved in the Exchange community have raised significant concern about further segmentation of the University scheduling solution. The timetable for this effort will be based on a combination of contract expirations, resource allocation needs and the University academic calendar. In short, Exchange, which has already built a significant presence at UVa, will become an even more critical part of our institutional operations in 2008.

In addition to a calendar service, Exchange encompasses a suite of applications - including electronic mail, attachment management, and an online collaboration tool (Sharepoint) - that employees can choose to use or not. Those who elect to use the optional applications will find that they make the calendar easier and more efficient to use, and vice-versa. The full suite will be made available to departments with no per-user or departmental charges.

ITC will provide additional information about the transition plan and timing over the next few weeks.

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Sign Up for UVa Alerts

UVa Alerts, the University of Virginia's Emergency Text Messaging Service for students, faculty and staff is free and an optional service that will be used only for potential, developing, or existing emergencies. You will receive a UVa text message alert advising you of the situation and directing you to additional information on http://www.virginia.edu.

Nothing else. No advertisements. No gimmicks. No hassle. Just UVa safety alerts and advisories when you need them.

You may choose any user name and password for your UVa Alerts account, they are not your UVa computing ID and Netbadge password.

You can sign up and learn more at https://www.virginia.edu/uvaalerts/

An important reminder: the UVa website - http://www.virginia.edu - is the primary and most complete resource for current emergency information. The UVa Alerts text messaging service is just one of the methods the University will use to communicate emergency information. If appropriate, global e-mails, the telephone switchboard, flyers, local media and other communication tools will also be used.

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Now is the time to encourage your colleagues and students to join us and learn about research computing support at U.Va. We only send out an e-mail once or twice a month to this mail list. Anyone can subscribe to this "itc-research" mail list via the Web page at:
http://list.mail.virginia.edu/mailman/listinfo/itc-research

Please encourage your colleagues to subscribe to our Research Computing mail list today!

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