The /home volume on the mail server filled from 97% to 99% in about 6 hours. In order to prevent problems with the mail server, data was moved from the /home volume to /home3. The LDAP directory was updated and permissions were reassigned to the relocated data. The /home volume is currently at 75% capacity.
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WWW Monthly Log Rotation Set Up
Automatic monthly Apache log rotation was set up on the main web server, www.ups.edu.
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MS Updates Applied to SHASTA and WHITNEY
Since these two machines were being rebooted anyway, the latest Security and critical updates from Microsoft were applied to both SHASTA and WHITNEY.
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SHASTA and WHITNEY Rebooted
In preparation for Registration nex week, SHASTA and WHITNEY, the Cascade application servers, were rebooted.
Sendmail patch
Added patch to Sendmail 8.11.6 to fix buffer overflow problem reported on March 29, 2003 per CERT Advisory CA-2003-12 Buffer Overflow in Sendmail
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/897604
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FENWICK Down
Fenwick began refusing telnet sessions. When it was rebooted, it failed to boot properly. Upon booting into minimal mode, it was determined that the system disk was full. The OPERATOR.LOG file was deleted, and Fenwick was rebooted, the system booted normally, and telnet sessions were no loger refused.
Newest MS Security Updates Apllied to HERMIONE
The time reinstalling Office 2000 was used to apply the latest Security Updates from Microsoft. HERMIONE was rebooted.
Excel Installed on HERMIONE
In order to support an academic project, Excel 2000 was installed on HERMIONE. This involved some extra work.
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PIX Firewall Reconfigured
The PIX firewall was reconfigured to allow outside access to ports 5000 through 5350 on library.ups.edu (the Library web server). This is for a second instance of the ezproxy application.
Webboard Crashed
Webboard crashed yet again. System was restarted at 7:30 3/25/03.
Hermione IIS Patched to Latest Update
Hermione’s IIS instance was patched to the latest upgrade spec to fix the most recent vulnerabilities.
Trimble Hall Network Reconfigured
Jim and Larry reconfigured the Trimble Hall network topology to simplify troubleshooting in the future. The switch stacks on the first floor now feed directly to the basement MDF, whereas before, the switch stacks were daisy chained.
Merlin2 IO System Problem
On Friday, March 14th the “warning” indicator on Merlin2 was flashing, and the third drive was also flashing yellow. As we were in the middle of the data move from Merlin to Merlin2, we decided to push onward and deal with the problem later.
Today, the OS went BSOD. The server was shut down, then powered back up. The server came back up without any data loss and automatically started rebuilding the array onto the previously failed disk.
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Move of Merlin Data to Merlin2 Completed
The move of data from Merlin to Merlin2 is now complete. Merlin has been decomissioned from file sharing.
Trimble Hall Network Malfunction V
Jim found the source of the trouble – a wireless access point in Trimble 004. The device has been taken off the network until it can be examined.