A-D Conversion May 19, 20, 21.
To: Psychology Faculty, Graduate Students and Staff
From: Gordon Legge (Chair), Guillermo DePaz (Administrator), and Carla Bates (Psych OIT Manager)
Subject: Active Directory Migration
Dear Colleagues,
As you may know, CLA-OIT has recently begun transitioning the entire
College of Liberal Arts from CLA's Novell system of server-based storage
and file sharing to the University's Active Directory system. This new
system provides better data security and improved methods for
safe-guarding your documents.
Due to the size and complexity of our department, our transition to
Active Directory will occur on three consecutive dates: May 19, 20 and
21, 2008. Please join us for an informal pizza lunch and informational
session on Monday, May 12 at noon in N-227 if you have questions or just want
more information. Please RSVP to Carla (bates014@umn.edu) for pizza.
We will have a specific schedule for the conversion process that we will
send out to you on May 9th. We can make adjustments if necessary.
Here is the basic information regarding the transition to Active Directory:
1) Access to the old Novell system will be turned off at 4pm on Sunday,
May 18 to enable the transfer of data to the new Active Directory
system. Note: This does NOT affect e-mail access from home or other
computers.
2) Chris Neville, Carla Bates, Esther Steenlage, Tony Odufuye and
CLA-OIT technicians will convert individual desktops and laptops
beginning at 8:30AM each morning. Conversion of each computer takes
approximately one hour, and you do not need to be present during the
process.
3) If you have a CLA owned laptop or desktop at home, please contact
Chris and/or Carla to arrange for its conversion.
4) GRADUATE STUDENTS- if you have any data stored on the local drives of
any department computer you will need to make sure you back it up to
your Novell Home share prior to the conversion date.
5) The logon process may change for you following the conversion.
Please follow the instructions that will be provided following your
computer's conversion.
6) As of now, the following areas of Psychology will not be included in
this conversion: the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research, the
Patrick lab, the Krueger lab, the Luciana Lab, and the computers in
Elliott 150 and 160.
CLA-OIT is committed to making this transition successful and to
resolving any issues that might arise in a timely and effective manner.
Several technicians, including Chris and Carla will be present in the
department on the day after your computer is converted to assist with
any issues that may arise.
For more information, please contact:
Carla Bates: 4-7076, bates014@umn.edu
Chris Neville: 612-423-1715, nevi0030@umn.edu
Service Desk: 4-4357, help@cla.umn.edu
Kevin Smith: 6-3667, kjsmith@umn.edu
Thank you,
(Departmental Chair and/or Administrator)