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Windows 7 deployment at CERN

Windows 7 deployment at CERN. Michal Budzowski , Michal Kwiatek, Andreas Wagner Operating Systems and Information Services Group IT Department, CERN. Motivation. Windows 7 pilot project was started at CERN in December 2009 On 31st March 2010 Windows 7 support was officially started

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Windows 7 deployment at CERN

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  1. Windows 7 deploymentat CERN • Michal Budzowski, Michal Kwiatek, Andreas Wagner • Operating Systems and Information Services GroupIT Department, CERN HEPiX Spring’10

  2. Motivation • Windows 7 pilot project was started at CERN in December 2009 • On 31st March 2010 Windows 7 support was officially started So we want to share: • Experience from the pilot phase • Our subsequent deployment plans HEPiX Spring’10

  3. Windows 7 at CERN time line Beta RC RTM Official Release Jan 09 May 09 Aug 09 Oct 09 Dec 09 Mar 10 Evaluation & Testing Pilot Service RC - Release Candidate RTM – Release To Manufacturer HEPiX Spring’10

  4. Current Windows 7 status • Already over 430 Windows 7 installations • Default OS for newdesktop machines: • 32-bit version of Windows 7 • Veryfewsupportcases to helpdesk • CERN Windows 7 distribution tested on all HW models for which Vista was previously available (currently 11 different models of laptops and 7 models of desktops – available at CERN from 2006 up to now) • Windows 7 available for installation on all hardware (which satisfies min HW reqs) HEPiX Spring’10

  5. Trends HEPiX Spring’10

  6. CERN facts and figures • 6000 managed Windows PCs (mostly XP) • Microsoft Extended Support for Windows XP stops in April 2014 • Importance of starting the migration to Windows 7 early (big effort) • 3 months of Windows 7 availability resulted in more installations than we saw during 4 years of Vista availability HEPiX Spring’10

  7. Windows 7, Engineering and Controls • A large number of engineering applications are supported at CERN: AutoCAD, Inventor, ANSYS, Mathcad, Matlab, Mathematica, Cadence, Altium, etc. • All  these applications were tested by IT-PES group and are now available for Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit). • The only engineering product which is not yet supported by the supplier on Windows 7  is Catia/SmarTeam ( should be available in Q3 2010 ). • PVSS is still not available for Windows 7 HEPiX Spring’10

  8. Hardware requirements • For Windows 7 32-bit: (*)Equal or less than for Vista (**) 1 GB memory is enough if Windows 7 is configured without the AERO user interface (***) 60 GB disk space for typical set of CERN supported applications HEPiX Spring’10

  9. Hardware requirements • For Windows 7 64-bit: (*)Main motivation of installing a 64-bit OS is to support higher memory configurations HEPiX Spring’10

  10. Evolution of old hardware • Analysis of the life time of the hardware, where Windows 7 is not supported HEPiX Spring’10

  11. Evolution of old hardware HEPiX Spring’10

  12. Windows 7 image customization • Making CMF icon always visible in notification area • Password-protected screen saver • Removed links to local hard-disk folders from Windows 7 libraries • „Recently changed” search added to search folder • International settings set to CERN default (English(UK), Switzerland, US, Euro) HEPiX Spring’10

  13. Windows 7 image customization Default user profile Sysprepwith copyToProfileoption Windows 7 with: Cmf icon visible Password-protected screen saver Removed links from libraries Added “Recently changed’ search XML Cern Regional settings Windows Automated Installation Kit Windows 7 image HEPiX Spring’10

  14. CERN Roadmap • 2009Q4 • Validate core office applications on Windows 7 • Validate most recent CERN standard PC models • Windows 7 installable over the network • 2010Q1 • Validate remaining applications • Update documentation and training offers • Start Window 7 service (32- and 64-bit) • No new Windows Vista installations • 2010Q2 • Windows 7 as default Windows version for new installations at CERN on supported hardware • 2010Q3 • Phase out Windows Vista at CERN • 2010Q4 • Define roadmap for ending support of XP at CERN

  15. Summary • Windows 7 deployment proceeds according to plan • The user feedback is very positive • We get prepared to define roadmap for ending support of XP at CERN HEPiX Spring’10

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