June 28, 2007
RITC File Service Maintenance
The RITC FIle Service will be offline this Sunday July 1st from 1-4pm for hardware changes.
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June 25, 2007
BioChem Grants File Sharing Changes
Due to recent security updates the department will slightly change the way faculty log onto their grants folders to share information with the administration office. Please follow the instructions below to regain access to your grants folder.
TO CONNECT WITH MAC OS X :
1. In the "Finder" select "Connect to Server" under the "Go" Menu
2. Type in the server name research.ritc.med.umich.edu under the field for "Server Address"
3. Press the plus symbol directly to the right of that field to add this server to your "Favorite Servers" list below. (this way you wont have to type it in every time you want to connect)
4. Enter your username and password
5. A dialog box will appear with the directories you can access. Among those is "biochem-grants"
6. Select the directory you wish to access and it will mount the server in your finder
7. When you are finished with the server remember to disconnect.
TO CONNECT WITH WINDOWS 2000 or WINDOWS XP
1. Open "My Computer"
2. Under the "Tools" Menu select "Map Network Drive"
3. This will spawn a smaller window. Under the menu " Drive:" select any unused drive letter. I would not use "A","B","C","D", "F", or "G"
4. Under the menu "Folder" type in the following verbatim "\\research.ritc.med.umich.edu\biochem-grants" do not include the quotation marks
5. Ensure that the 'Reconnect at Logon" is selected
6. Click the link towards the bottom of the window "connect using a different user name"
7. Enter the username and password you provided me and click finish
8. Now return to "My computer" and you will see your server space mounted as a drive.
9. I suggest you do not "disconnect" the drive when you are finished with accessing the server but rather log out of windows and log back in. This will wipe out the previous user password and when you double click on the drive again it will prompt you to enter your username and password again.
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June 23, 2007
Call for Faculty Profile Web Updates in BioChem
A Note for Prof Nichols in the Dept. Of Biological Chemistry:
Colleagues,
Please update your online research interests and publications, and
whether you're currently taking students for research rotations. An updated website will better represent your work and our department, and help incoming students identify research opportunities. Please contact Jonathan (submit a request through RITC or contact jkufahl@umich.edu) if you'd like help with your updates.
Thanks! -Ruthann
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June 20, 2007
tombaker.ritc.med.umich.edu is alive
A new file repository for RITC staff and associates is now available. Email Jonathan jkufahl@umich.edu for connection details.
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June 07, 2007
RITC Ordering Service Documentation UPDATED
The RITC Ordering Service Client Tutorial has been updated to reflect recent updates and corrections. It can be found at the main RITC Ordering Service web page.
RITC Ordering Service
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June 06, 2007
ZFS To Become Default File System In Leopard
Semi-interesting news.
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ULAM File Access
ULAM file services are moving from MCIT Novell Server to the RITC Research server.
Due to the malfunction of the Novell Client I am forced to move all of the ULAM files over at once. This will take me some time as I still have a lot of files to move and reorganize. My original plan was to move everyone over on groups. However MCIT made changes to LDAP server and this forced us off of Med-Core-24, this is why the client won't login. The changes did not effect everyone but enough of us to warrant moving the entire file structure. I still do not know the complete fix for the Novell issue and MCIT is not helping. It has gotten to the point where they don't want to bother with any department that isn't directly maintained by MCIT or the Hospital.
With that said the good news is that we are moving to a new server maintained by RITC. We have more space and a more reliable and secure file server than before. The data is backed up but only for disaster recovery. We will not be able to restore data lost/deleted due to human error.(At least not at present) Ideally if you have files onthe server it is always a good idea to keep someone kind of personal backup. Whether you have aportable hard drive or back them up to a CD. If you need a backup solution please contact me. ULAM IT Support I will find you a workable solution.
I know this file move has been inconvenient and I apologize. But it has been harder on me as well. When it is complete we will be off of Novell completely and the only service we will have with MCIT is GroupWise. I believe we will be happier with the new service. More room and the annoying Novell "Out of disk space" pop ups will be gone for good!!
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June 05, 2007
Read What We Read....
We are always getting asked..."How do you keep up with all this stuff?" Mostly tech people have to constantly read. We read tech blogs, tech magazines, tech reviews, tech manuals.. it never seems to end. Here are a few of my favorite daily tech news sites.
DIGG News
AFP548 Apple Server News
Good Ole' Slashdot.org
Tips and Tricks for Mac OS X
SAN News and Info
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Main RITC Project Web Site Updated
The main RITC web site has been updated. Please visit it to read about our services and partners.
RITC Project Home
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RITC Ordering Service News
Department procurement officers can now individually approve new vendors added to the RITC Ordering Service database. RITC Ordering Service
We hope this will streamline continued use of this system.
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RITC Support Blog is Active
In the hopes that the RITC staff will list interesting updates and important service information this blog now exists. Enjoy!
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