Waterloo Nexus Advisory Group minutes June 21, 2006

Present

Department Advisor name
Applied Health Science (AHS)
Lowell Williamson
Environmental Studies (ES) Bernie Rutter (Chair)
Arts
Nevil Bromley
Information System and Technology (IST) Tim Farrell
Science
Steph Sempson
Computer Science
Steve Nickerson
Math Naji Alamrony
Engineering Computing
Erick Engelke
  Hon Tam
  Ray White
  Daniel Delattre (Secretary)

Regrets

Department Advisor name
IST Steve Carr
Math Jim Johnston
ESAG Peter Routledge

Agenda

SAV Update problem - post Mortem

  • No follow-ups.
  • Hon corrected it with certificates updates in the Domain Policy.
  • Could have affected only one DC.
  • Note: New SAV can push out patch updates.

Review UCIST presentation

  • Changes and additions were discussed.
  • Main addition was money for upgrades/updates of software/OS and hardware.

Roaming profiles naming

  • At the moment pointing to "windows2000".
  • Lots of effort to switch and why?
  • Steph and Tim proposed future change for Vista.
  • Note: As of Beta 2 Vista creates a new directory with a V2 extension (i.e. "windows2000.V2").

Shutdown scripts

  • Logoff scripts create issues with Profile Synchronization in ES.
  • Fix: GPO disable offline files for lab workstations.

Vista beta testing

  • New SAV for Vista available.
  • Only few testers, coordinated effort seems preferable.
  • Sysprep does not work, but M$ has its own HAL independent imaging tool (only need for 32 and 64 bit).

Automatic profile creation for staff and faculty

  • University of Waterloo Directory (UWDir) does not give correct data.
  • Can be scripted via adman (Nevil has examples).