How much you doing this holiday?

[localzuk]

So, it is the time of year where we pull out the mops and gaffa tape and patch things up.

 

The question is, how much do you have planned this holiday?

 

Here is my work load/the things being done over the holiday involving me:

 

Refurb main computer room, including 34 new computers

Refurb secondary computer room, including 10 new computers

Create third computer room, including 34 new computers

Get rid of existing 3rd computer room (rip out cabling)

Have multiple new fibre's installed in various places to replace substandard cat5 links and wireless links

Implement a new phone system using asterisk and heartbeat

Refurbish our administration office (complete recable)

Move my office down into the admin office

Refurbish bits of 2 class rooms to make a couple of computer clusters (12 new machines)

A new proximity card access system is being installed, which I will have to set up for use

Produce ID cards/proximity cards for all staff

Reorganise server cabinet so I can lock it and also fit the new kit in.

Have a smartboard installed in our art room

Various other bits and pieces

Reimage all computers in school to ensure they have all the software they need on

Do some work on all staff laptops to remove copyright infringing software and ensure they are up to date and secure

Move all my bits and pieces stored around the school into my new store cupboard.

 

I've probably missed something...

 

But that lot is all going on in the holidays with my having a week off in the middle.

[ranj]

Ok where should i Start

 

refurb 2 IT suites to accomadate 44 Apple iMacs 17"

12 core fibre from server room to cabinet to accomadate new apples

Install 18 machines into new library. All over cat5 and store rackmount PC's in our data centre

rip out office and install more data electrical points, put in shelving and worktop for new work area. To accomadate new technician starting in September.

setup new SAN Bloc and migrate data from old server to this server

Get backup server up and running again

Install AV equipment, smartboards and Pixie pro controllers in various classrooms for room changes

Install all new software on machines and then send images out to all the IT rooms and create a few packages

Tidy up our IT technical area on the school web site with more pictures hopefully

Move cabinet from floor to wall and reroute cables.

 

plus managing all these projects and ensuring all deliveries arrive and chase up those damn suppliers

 

and the plan is to get some holiday as well!!

[webman]

• Install RM CC3 SR6
   
  
• Re-structuring software package allocations to machines, streamlining shortcut menus etc
   
  
• Rebuild all workstations (and backing up half a dozen outlook user profiles.. stupid outlook)
   
  
• Upgrade memory and harddrives in 60 machines
   
  
• Document and diagram the network - switches, ports, rooms etc in the IT wiki
   
  
• Create howtos and flash video tutorials to build up the user wiki
   
  
• Implement new IT helpdesk
   
  
• Install a new IT suite (5th) of 30 machines and 2 printers
   
  
• Install wireless in the sports hall and add more network outlets for new tablet PCs (also to be built onto the network)
   
  
• Coordinate ~12 Promethean IWB installs
   
  
• Continual testing of Moodle/Eduspaces, Zimbra, and Terminal Services
   
  
• SIMS updates (SQL server)
  

 

Looking forward to October when we have to move the servers! 8O

[Guest monkeyx]

We are rebuilding our entire domain. The people (who shall remain nameless) who originally built the domain, used a single label domain name!

 

Installed admt v3, to help migrate all the users from the old domain to the new domain. This has been a great tool, and almost reminds of the good things that MSN do Tool even migrates the users password We are redesigning the groups so will be scripting copying the file permissions to keep security as we want it on group/users.

 

In theory we could have renamed the domain, but have been looking for an excuse to rebuild the network from scratch

 

 

Also changing our network kit from Cisco to 3Com.

 

Setting up 47 new laptops for staff.

 

Above is on top of our daily duties, so going to busy

[Geoff]

Play Wii Sports on Hall Projector/Sound System with mates.

Sleep on the job.

 

[webman]

Also changing our network kit from Cisco to 3Com.

 

Not the other way round? 8O

 

Play Wii Sports on Hall Projector/Sound System with mates.

Sleep on the job.

 

Ah, I see you got those IBM self-managing, self-maintaining and self-ordering servers then?

[Guest richard]

Bugger all apart from drink myself into insensibility.

[Mano]

In comparison to most of you not a lot, but...

 

Create two new ICT Suites with 20 new pcs and 1 printer in each.

 

Upgrade two existing ICT Suites with new dells (20 in each)

 

Push 10 of the older pcs into our SEN Centre

 

Have the remainder attached to smartboards

 

Have drop down screen and projector in Assembly Hall and Gym

 

Have Digital Signage installed

 

Get 30 Laptops repaired (mainly keyboard replacements)

 

Replace our four year old servers with spanking new ones

 

Add a NAS into the equation

 

Upgrade Firewall to latest ISA

 

Completly revamp our website (looking tired now)

 

And then its the usual sims, bromcom end of year molarky!!

 

I am hoping to get the projector in hall mid Aug so my colleague and I

can properly test it out!!!!!!!!! :-)

[leuven]

Not too bad for us this year, we'll be:

 

Setting up 60 new laptops

Installing new 3Com WX1200 based wlan in one block

Migrating user data to new server

Upgrading email system and moving it to a new server

Rebuilding Squid server (its not happy)

 

All for the getting drunk suggestion too Richard

[projector1]

rolling out 35 new dual core pc's

moving into our new office

rolling out our two new quad core pc's!

creating network cables about 100!

and then on the 3rd of august off to india FOR 3 WEEKS to see family then nip down to goa for 5-10 days... oh computer free days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

if you folks can spare a few minutes you can have a look at the hotel i am stayin at.... techies salaries need to be increased! so that we can stay in more lavish surroundings

[tosca925]

Holiday

[russdev]

Not to bad this year

 

Install our new services server (helpdesk and other stuff located on it)

Rebuilding all workstations

Install SR6

Create office 2003/2007 packages.

Documentation

Rejig/add on printers

Lots of software

Cacti/NAGIOS Server

Get software licenses on our inventory

 

That is my starting list

[localzuk]

Oh, I missed something - implement video conferencing in our school and 3 of our feeder schools, including replacing old switches with new managed ones, sorting out cabling, and installing 42" plasma screens and the VC units.

[witch]

Going to Tenerife tomorrow -and after that - officially nothing but in fact I am getting 21 machines off a fellow Edugeeker which are twice as fast as ours - so I need to collect them and sort them out with XP

Which doesn't sound like much but I am not supposed to do anything at all in the holidays.

[Gatt]

Not as much as last year..

 

Figure out how to deploy Office 2007 via GPO!! 8O :?

Create fresh build with up-to-date software

Rebuild WSUS, Intranet & Exchange Servers

Get RM to rebuild SuckAssMaker Server

Strip out all network patch cables and tidy them up!!

Create Yr7 users and move exisiting users up a year.

Clear out File Server & shift software Repository onto new 2TB NAS

Update GPO's as needed.

 

Probably a few other jobs will crop up but thats the main gists of things..

[nebapneb]

nagging the LEA to open up the WOW ports

 

;o)

neb

[amyr]

erm, moving to portsmouth and starting new job in a college on 30th july - think they are reimaging the site over the holidays. am sure i'll find out more when i start - but basically will be learning my way around the site lol.

[Jake]

Portsmouth eh?? Why thats where I am !! *clap of thunder in background*

 

We have to do the following,

 

Refurb 3 IT suites

Upgrade 1 IT suite

PCs to allocate to PE Dept

1 PC to allocate to MFL Dept

Install CCTV in Chapel, Bike Area, SENCO

Refurb Finance

Network Sixth Form Block (trunking, cabling etc)

Install Video Conferencing

Install 2 new servers

Prep VLE for Sept

Refurb Careers Dept

Reclone all machines

Network Music Dept (trunking, cabling etc)

Install Macs in 1 IT suite

PAT test admin office

Install Projector, IWB in 2 rooms

Play traditional summer game

[witch]

good luck amyr

 

Do keep an eye out for Jake - he's easy to find - just look for the big cage with chains, locks and the like!!

[amyr]

lol! he should be easy to spot then! have currently got 2 weeks to get everything sorted out in current school ready for september as my replacement hasn't been hired yet!

[Halfmad]

I'm off a lot these holidays, 4 weeks in total (1 family week for moving house and 3 for annual leave.) Only leaves me 3 weeks really.

 

In that time I'm:

 

refurbishing 4 suites (software/hardware.)

 

Changing all the settings on the wireless in the school to make it more secure and configuring all of the wireless computers that I can get to at the moment.

 

testing my printer script works for auto creating printers depending on the computers containing OU (seems to work fine but I want to make sure)

 

updating the schools 3 inter/intra net sites.

 

Installing 11 new PCs that I've been putting off for the past month.

 

installing 2 new network printers (a doddle now I have that script working!!)

 

Reorganising the server room, taking the lot out of the room so I can put it back into the room in a far more sensible arrangement!

 

Messing about with a lot of projectors, some not working, all needing cleaned and one IWB with seems to be knackered.

 

I've already done a lot of that work already though, only a week and a half into the holidays

[enjay]

Well, I've got is easy this summer, especially in comparison to some of you!

 

* I've got about 10 rebuilds/new PCs to do

* Co-ordinate installation of 3x projectors and 2x 680i SMART boards (the funky new height adjustable ones)

* Co-ordinate installation of network points in our "new" Sixth Form block

* SR5 and SR6 installations

* SIMS update if I'm feeling brave (probably one for October half term though)

* update (i.e. write!) disaster recovery policy

* general holiday tasks like cleaning PCs, tidying office, etc

* familiarise myself with Vista and Office 2007 to see if there's any benefits in installing either of these.

* take 4 weeks holiday :-)

[markcuk]

personally nothing.

but my technician will be ghosting and installing some new hp dc7700.

 

while i'll be in NZ chillin

 

mark

[tomscaper]

Over the summer we are getting two new server and rebuilding our whole domain.

 

setup MS server 2003 on 4 servers

create new ris image for pc

reimage all 400 pc's

create software packages for new and old software

test software on network

install 30 new projectors around school

reimage 60 laptops

figure out how to set the wireless up around school, we have 17 access points but they have never actually worked properly

 

biggest pain will be the staff who want to take there laptops home over summer as the network is being rebuilt, when they come back they wont be able to connect and the offline file system wont work for them, so who knows what might go wrong there.

 

somewhere between all of this take holidays.

 

Tom

[localzuk]

I'm off a lot these holidays, 4 weeks in total (1 family week for moving house and 3 for annual leave.) Only leaves me 3 weeks really.

 

What do you mean only leaves you 3?? We only have 5 weeks altogether!