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Alberto Di Meglio, Ivan Deloose, Per Hagen, Frédéric Hemmer, Alberto Pace Information Technology Division - CERN
At CERN
Progress ReportProgress Report
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OutlineOutline
• Pilot experience
• Plans for production services• Home directories• Migration out of Novell Netware • Migration out of NT4 • Tools• Application distribution
• Next Steps
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Windows 2000 Pilot ExperienceWindows 2000 Pilot Experience
• ~ 150 systems• 30 Windows 2000 Servers• 130 Windows 2000 Professional• 2.5 % of expected scope
• Variety of users • … but mainly volunteers
• Variety of platforms• Laptops (15)• 90-800Mhz, 48->512 MB
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General problems encounteredGeneral problems encountered• DFS FRS on large volumes sometime fails
• Maybe due to staging space limitations• Decided to switch FRS off for Home dirs.
• SMS software metering sometimes fail• Will see if future versions solve this
• DNS integration with Unix bind was not easy• Server backup SW long to arrive• Some problems with portable and PNP/Modem/APM
have been observed• Cleared by a reboot
• Support for some devices is still flaky• E.g. GSM, HP consumer printers
Problems Encountered ?Problems Encountered ?• Client for MS sometimes not correctly configured
• Manual fix
• Netware/NT Password not synchronized• Manual / automated fix
• ftp access syntax changed• New syntax to learn, scripts to modify
• Manual drive mappings• Needs to be recreated
• No root mapping• Kludge exist on NT; nothing on W95
• Trustee manager not available• Trustee manager written
• Disconnected portable take time to logon• Eject PCMCIA Ethernet adapter
• Home Directories are browsable• Feature, similar to AFS
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OutlineOutline
• Pilot experience
• Plans for production services• Home directories• Server Migration out of Novell Netware • Server Migration out of NT4 • Tools • Application distribution
• Next Steps
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NT 4 Server Migration to W2000NT 4 Server Migration to W2000
• WINS Servers done
• Domain Controllers done• Including remote DCs in experiments
• CERN Domain promoted to Win2000 native mode
• In-place upgrade
• Mostly transparent to users
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OutlineOutline
• Pilot experience
• Plans for production services• Home directories• Migration out of Novell Netware • Migration out of NT4 • Tools • Application distribution
• Next Steps
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Tools that had to be developedTools that had to be developed• Printer Wizard• Trustee Manager• Group Manager• User Registration Services• Computer Registration Services• To be done
• Password recovery, “Administrators” Local Group management, Local Administrator Password recovery, Computer Account Reset, User Profile recovery and reset, quota enforcement, quota management …
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OutlineOutline
• Pilot experience
• Plans for production services• Home directories• Migration out of Novell Netware • Migration out of NT4 • Tools • Application distribution
• Assigned to Computer (using MSI)• MS Office 2000
• Access, Excel, FrontPage, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word
• Acrobat Reader, Printing Package, Phone Book, Winzip, anti virus, and other tools …
• Published to User (using MSI or ZAP)• MS Project, MS Publisher• Remedy• Exceed
All most used functionalities are provided
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Application DeploymentApplication Deployment
• Still unclear to what extent SMS will be used• We are trying to deploy using mainly MSI
and ZAP files• In order to use ZAP files, the
“Administrators” local group has to be managed
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Comparing SMS 2.0 and Win 2000Comparing SMS 2.0 and Win 2000Windows 2000 SMS 2.0
Application deployment New OS deployment OS update deployment User settings management User data management Hardware / software inventory Remote tools Software metering Network analysis / diagnostics Health monitoring
Only overlap is in software deployment!Only overlap is in software deployment!
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SMS QuestionsSMS Questions
• Are there any privacy issues?
• Do we have to restrict access to these tools? To whom?
• Do we have to include special clauses in outsourcing contracts ?
• Do we have to have our own staff to sign something ? (cf. HR data).
• How do we publicize this ?
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Few words on an hot topicFew words on an hot topic
• Netscape is currently the most used app at CERN
• But we see a dark future …• Netscape 4.7 has not been made available
(as a managed app.) in the pilot• No SMS/MSI install available• No CERN customization available• Repackaging risk to be difficult• IE 5.x integrated in the OS• Outlook now part of Office (with MSI)
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Current ProposalCurrent Proposal
• Recommend Internet Explorer and Outlook 2000 as the browser and mail client for Windows 2000• Apparently stable• No CERN specials anymore • Bookmarks and Address Books can be imported• IMAP mails & structure unchanged• Deployment of collaborative tools possible
(calendaring, groupware, video conferencing, …)
(under discussion)(under discussion)
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W2KMTFW2KMTF• The current question is now:
• How to proceed with the next steps, I.e. how do we go from the current NICE 95/NT to NICE 2000 and what timescale ?
• Applications: many of them, overlapping functionality, support not always clear, work needed to repackage ?
• At what speed are the divisions/experiments ready to migrate ?
• What are the show stoppers ?
• A working group has been setup• Windows 2000 Migration Task Force• First meeting scheduled the 7th of November• More than 30 participants …
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OutlineOutline
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Next StepsNext Steps
• Define automated installation procedures • Unattended W2K setup + assigned applications• sysprep / disk image for new PC’s & portables