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“Zen” Workstation Environment Status Report

“Zen” Workstation Environment Status Report. John Klein Debbie Carraway Information Technology, Systems. Current Status & Timetable. 63 PC’s in ITD Laundry lab moved Friday So far, students seem happy Norton Antivirus has some minor issues No data yet from Helpdesk re: Remote Control

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“Zen” Workstation Environment Status Report

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  1. “Zen” Workstation Environment Status Report John Klein Debbie Carraway Information Technology, Systems

  2. Current Status & Timetable • 63 PC’s in ITD Laundry lab moved Friday • So far, students seem happy • Norton Antivirus has some minor issues • No data yet from Helpdesk re: Remote Control • Other ITD labs to be converted during break between Summer II and Fall 2000

  3. Schedule Review

  4. Event Review • Deploy Summer I delayed so for improved communication & documentation • Summer II suffered two major disasters: • NDS “Obituaries” and mixed replica rings • Concurrent RAID failures on 2 of the 3 replica holders for .Users • Moving now to test at scale before Fall

  5. How do things work? Review changes from traditional setup • Novell Client-32 rather than NCSU GINA • kAuth for access to AFS on NT4 workstations • No additional restrictions on HKLM • Apps in Netware filespace for access from non-NT4 clients (Win2k, Win9X) • Profiles in Netware file space

  6. Application Assignment Application “Show” Application Associated with Associated “force run” with Workstation Objects User Objects Display Only if Registry Key is set Registry Gets set A Physical PC (with a physical Registry)

  7. Where do settings come from? Depends on OU=Zenlab env var to runSets L:, M: and a temporary K:Enables Proquota for each userAny other “Run at Login” type tasks Sets up Dynamic Local UserDisables RegeditAny other “User” policies (see NT Resource Kit) Disables Peer to Peer Networking Runs kAuth Installs printer drivers Any other workstation restrictions

  8. Details of WS Policies • Global Policies are assigned to the container, and impact all WS in that container • Specific Policies are assigned to WS groups (for particular printers, etc)

  9. Imaging to restore OS • We use “Boot Control” (part of Free DOS project), installed on Master Boot Record. • First partition: 1250 MB FAT16 with DOS, Ghost, and an AUTOEXEC to control restores • Integrates with our ‘unattended’ NT install • Initial admin touch to create ghost image including workstation’s identity

  10. Resources • On the webhttp://www.ncsu.edu/mtip/zen/labs • E-Mailmtip@chaos.cc.ncsu.edunag@chaos.cc.ncsu.edunt-discuss@listserv.ncsu.edu

  11. What we’ve achieved • “Simpler” (not trivial) Application creation • Most apps can run without security changes • NTFS permissions still “majic” • Quicker restores of damaged lab seats • “Self healing” applications replace individual files and settings on apps that won’t run • “Rebuild this PC” can be done by end users to restore to pristine installed condition, quickly

  12. What we’ve achieved (2) • Secure, Policy based Remote Control for improved help desk • Complete workstation inventory in Sybase • Policy based platform for managing PC’s, using standard tools • A more “open” platform to support OS’s besides NT4

  13. Where to go from here? • You tell us! • Address any “Anti-features” discovered in labs • Improve documentation • Develop and Publish Policies and Procedures for new applications in the open labs • Prepare for Windows 2000 and Zen for Desktops v3 

  14. “Zen” Workstation Environment Status Report John_Klein@ncsu.edu Debbie_Carraway@ncsu.edu Information Technology, Systems

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