Summer Hols Work

[ticker]

That time is nearly here, summer hols. When teachers and student leave us for six weeks and the real work begins.
don’t know if most or any of u work the hols but I can tell this one is going to be hard been putting together a summer job list and probably got enough to last a year never mind 6 weeks and I keep adding to it. Here’s just a small selection.

Replace Print server
Replace ISA server
Final phase wireless network
Rewiring science and FT
Video editing suite
a load of software
Move offices
New technician starts
Oh and develop the new learning platform

What’s everybody else got planned? Beside a well earned break.

[DMcCoy]

Replace sims server
Replace ISA server
Second ISA server
Reimage all client
Package and deploy all applications after client refresh
squidguard/dansguardian server
Retire old mail server
Implement exchange for all users, configure profiles for mandatory profiles.
New year in Sims.net
New year in bromcom
Migrate web server
New antivirus deployment (symantec -> Nod)
Reconfigure Mac server for AD integration
Reimage Mac clients
Organise cabling for 3 main areas of the building
rewrite ICT policies
backup firewall
implement layer 3 vlans and routing

Any other things I can't remember off the top of my head

[Gatt]

Move all staff PC's to correct domain
Create new image for Pupil PCs
Rebuild Intranet & File Servers (and poss DC)
Import 1200 users into AD - can at least just ipen excel and click "add users" - then deal with any duplications
Remove 150 CD/DVD/FDD drives
Replace ISA Server with Dansguard or Censornet
Install & Config Moodle
Finalise new Group Policy structure for kiddies
Train new ICT Technician

[Dos_Box]

Remove entire network, hardware, servers, office and relocate to new building.
Once in new building unpack 50-ish new PCs' and set them up, after I've ensured the relocated kit is working correctly.

[indiegirl]

Re-do entire Art/Music suite and redeploy old machines to Admin staff.
Rebuild two ICT suites
(for me only) Organise handover documentation for new staff member
A general tidyup of rooms, paperwork, network, etc
Reinstallation of Bromcom 'Winfolder' (new version) across all staff PCs (easy, thank god)
New student / staff creation (on network, Sims, Bromcom, Truancy Call etc etc)
Probably other stuff that a) I have forgotten and b) I don't really care about...

Well, that's all I have planned. I daresay the NM has much less...... ;-)

[Disease]

Jake and ME have to do........

Re-wire Head of year block
Re-wire Music
Install New swipe Card door security system.
Install/build 5 Disaster Recovery Servers
Install backup external Cat5E Links to buildings
32 unit room upgrade
Re-Clone 400 units
Work on VLE
Install NEw Admin Fileserver
Install New Exchange Server
install 5 new machines in Music
Get installed problamatic intranet software
Fix Spector
Install Norton Corporate 10
resuite 3 rooms inc. install of IWB and Projector -we do this in house.
look at Mandatory Profiles
upgrade remaining fibre links to Gigabit
Replace 200 CRT's with 200 TFT's
and probably loads of other things I have forgotten.

[Norphy]

Ultan and myself are going to:

install a network cable into each classroom
Recable at least one computer room, maybe more depending on time
Install cabling in new computer room
Install extra network cabling in server room
Add wireless link to sports hall

Along with the usual reimaging of computer rooms and other miscellaneous maintenance tasks

While that is going on, our VLE is allegedly going to be installed and if I can pin down the ICT coordinator some new projectors will be as well.

[Irazmus]

I need to:

Build admin RIS image
Modify curriculum RIS images
Reimage all admin & curriculum machines
Build new Success Maker server
Rebuild 10 iMac's for Success Maker
Fix problem in user profiles
Build & install firewall/proxy
Change IP range
Finish building website
Link OSX mailserver to AD
Add new students
Look for holes in new AUP (SMT created)
Build machine for OCS and install
Network documentation
DRP
Software/Licensing audit
Convert iMacs to webkiosks
Build new admin machines
Plan & cost replacement network - create proposal
Finish modifying MRBS - Roll out
Implement helpdesk
Upgrade to SSPR 2.1

But as I'm not contracted for the summer hols, my list is more likely to be:

Find book
Find tree
Read

Unless I can get the school to authorise some overtime

[openhgs]

It looks like I've got it easy compared to everyone else :

install an LTSP network - 2 servers, 30 thin clients
chuck out a load of junk
go on holiday

and thats it!

[steve]

And you all think you've got it hard:

Day 1: I've got to discover electricty, harness it, create the national grid ......
Day 2: Invent the transistor, make the first semiconductor, write an operating system .....
Day 3: Create the worlds first telephone, unleash a telecoms revolution, setup the internet across the world...
Day 4: Have a nap
Day 5: Setup the principals of currency, develope democarcy, implement free education for all the countries children ....

Then in the second week I need to make a time machine to go back and do all that.

Rest of the hols i'm free (time machine)

For all thos python fans out there

[Jake]

Electricity !? Oh...how we would have loved to have to discover electricity. Back in our day, we had to pay them to let us discover fire, then we would work on other research for 25 hours a day, for tuppence a year, come home where our fathers would beat us to death with a chainsaw and dance merry hell on our graves

[webman]

Puttin me feet up, I'm term-time

*awaits onslaught*

[Ric_]

Not a busy Summer this year... did the big stuff last year.

Amongst other things I have to:
* Replace most unmanaged switches for managed switches
* Hang the Bluesocket APs on the walls
* Do a little bit of computer configuration
* Build a server
* Move some server roles about to spread the load
* Tidy up a bit

[_Bat_]

Two jobs...

1. Throw servers out of window
2. Throw client machines out of window

Woohoo! Then no more things can go wrong!! No computers, no problems (for me anyway).

We are designing a poster for my office door that says: -

"Before knocking, please check the following:

- Have you tried turning it off and on again?

- Are you sure it is plugged in?"

While taken from "the IT crowd", I think it will cut my work by 50%, haha.

[NetworkGeezer]

Originally Posted by Disease

Jake and ME have to do........

Re-wire Head of year block
Re-wire Music
Install New swipe Card door security system.
Install/build 5 Disaster Recovery Servers
Install backup external Cat5E Links to buildings
32 unit room upgrade
Re-Clone 400 units
Work on VLE
Install NEw Admin Fileserver
Install New Exchange Server
install 5 new machines in Music
Get installed problamatic intranet software
Fix Spector
Install Norton Corporate 10
resuite 3 rooms inc. install of IWB and Projector -we do this in house.
look at Mandatory Profiles
upgrade remaining fibre links to Gigabit
Replace 200 CRT's with 200 TFT's
and probably loads of other things I have forgotten.

Wow! Why don't you set up your contracting business. You seem to do alot more of sparky stuff then alot of techs.