[Staff] [Faculty] Migration from the ENGINEERING2 to the ENGINEERING Windows domain

[Subrata Bhattacharjee]

Thanks for explaining the reason behind this domain conversion.

I will pass on this information to my students in the class who uses the
Engineering2 domain.

Sooby

Subrata (Sooby) Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., ASME Fellow
Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Adjunct Professor, Computer Science Department
San Diego State University

 prof.bhattacharjee at gmail.com
Tel: (619)-594-6080; Fax: (619)-594-3599; Office: E323-K; Lab: E-331

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Department Website: http://mechanical.sdsu.edu



On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 2:09 AM, Christopher Paolini <
paolini at attila.sdsu.edu> wrote:

>
> Greetings College of Engineering Faculty and Staff,
>
> A Microsoft Windows Domain ("Domain") is a set of computer workstations
> that utilize a central database for storing user account information, as
> well as configuration resources for shared printers and computer
> security policies.  The primary benefit of placing workstations in a
> Domain is it allows a user to login to any workstation that is a member
> of the domain, using the same username and password.  Such a benefit is
> a practical necessity for students who require access to workstations
> that reside in instructional computer laboratories.  The primary Domain
> in the College of Engineering has been the one named "ENGINEERING2".
> The college has recently acquired a new Dell M1000e "blade server" that
> will provide all of you with increased workstation performance.  The
> M1000e provides a more flexible and scalable architecture than
> individual rack-mounted servers, and reduces the complexity involved in
> administering a domain.  This semester, the IT staff created a new
> Domain named simply "ENGINEERING" (absent the number '2') that is
> running on the new M1000e.  IT staff members are now in the process of
> migrating workstations in the college from the older "ENGINEERING2"
> domain to the new "ENGINEERING" domain.  Account credentials
> (i.e. usernames and passwords) are not compatible across the two
> domains, so faculty, staff, and students will need to obtain new
> credentials to login to the "ENGINEERING" domain.  Faculty and staff can
> obtain "ENGINEERING" domain credentials by sending a request to
> helpdesk at engineering.sdsu.edu.  Students can obtain new credentials from
> the College of Engineering Student Computing Help Desk located in
> Engineering Room 223, weekdays, between the hours of 8:00AM and 4:00PM.
> The migration plan is to convert, first, workstations residing in
> dedicated computer laboratories (ENG-220, ENG-221, ENG-301, and PS-231),
> then workstations residing in research laboratories, then individual
> faculty and staff stations.  Students who discover their existing
> "ENGINEERING2" domain credentials have expired will only be given
> credentials in the new ENGINEERING" domain.  This may pose a problem for
> students who require access to research laboratory workstations that
> still reside in the "ENGINEERING2" domain.  If you are a faculty member
> and you find a student can no longer access a workstation in your
> research lab because the workstation is in the "ENGINEERING2" domain and
> the student has "ENGINEERING" domain credentials, please email
> helpdesk at engineering.sdsu.edu and an IT staff member will resolve the
> issue.  If you have any questions or concerns regarding either Windows
> domain used in the College of Engineering, please send me email or call
> x4-7159 and I will be glad to answer any of your questions.
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Chris
>
> ---
>
> Christopher Paolini, PhD
> Operating System Analyst (Expert) and IT Lead
> College of Engineering
> San Diego State University
> paolini at engineering.sdsu.edu
> http://paolini.sdsu.edu/
>
>
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