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ITA Meeting
March 6, 2008
1:30 - 2:30 pm
Mesquite Room, UC 2.01.24
ITA Meeting Agenda
Agenda Items PresenterTime
Allotted
Sun IdM Implementation Laurie Treviño 10 Minutes
WebCT 6.0 Update Alfredo Zavala 15 Minutes
Internet2 John McGowan 15 Minutes
Announcements Carolyn 5 Minutes
Q & A Carolyn 15 Minutes
Agenda Item: Sun IdM Implementation
Who: Laurie Treviño
Time: 10 minutes
Password Management Solution• Replace Psync (current product)• Why?
– Psync is costly– Limit of 50,000 users
• Banner to be the authoritative source for Account UID’s
• Synchronize passwords between Banner, AD and LDAP
• Change/Reset password using security questions and answers
• Ctrl-Alt-Del functionality?• Phase 1 does not include automatic provisioning
or de-provisioning of accounts
Project Timeline
Action Item Date
Project Start 1/25/2008
Development Environment completed 2/28/2008
Test Environment Due Date 3/21/2008
Functional User Acceptance testing 4/4/2008
Production Environment Due Date 4/9/2008
Go LIVE 4/10/2008
Future Plans
• Phase 2 of Identity Management– Replace current process of using MIIS for
automating the provisioning and de-provisioning of accounts
Q & A
Agenda Item: UTSA / UTHSCA
WebCT CE 6 Collaboration
Who: Alfredo Zavala
Time: 15 minutes
Configuration Overview
UTSAp HSCp HSCdUTSAd
UTHSCSA
DEV
PROD
UTSA
UTSA
DEV
PROD
AUTH
UTHSCSA
DR
UTSA
DR
AUTH
UTHSCSA
UTSAt HSCp HSCd HSCtUTSAp UTSAd
Dedicated Bandwith Dedicated Bandwith
Oracle Listening Port DataGuard
People Soft?AD Synchronization
Oracle Listening Port DataGuardPeople Soft?AD Synchronization
Public Bandwith Public Bandwith
SSL (HTTPS)SSH SSL (HTTPS)
SSH
Configuration Overview• Applications Tier
– Separate application clusters are set up for each institution
• Database Tier– All information for WebCT is stored in ONE common Oracle
RAC installation, with separate databases instances
– Databases will be synchronized using Oracle’s DataGuard
• Authentication– Each institution will have their own Authentication Source.
– Users attending both campuses will have to log in with different accounts.
Configuration Overview• Redundancy & High Availability
– Hardware redundancy for all components of production instances
– Development application servers not clustered, but their data will be replicated to the DR site
• Scalability– Each component in the production environment are
scalable to adjust for growth
• Backups– Performed in UTSA– Will transfer to UTHSCSA in the event of a disaster
Configuration Overview• What will happen in the event of a disaster?
– Either jump to the DR site or fix the problem in the production site
– The decision will be based on factors like:• How long to recover the productions site vs. changing to
the DR site• Connection status between the campuses
– Test needs to be done to determine the amount of time we can transfer to the DR site
– Agreement must be reached to determine acceptable downtimes to transfer to DR site
Project Status• UTSA Pilot
– The pilot extended to include the Summer term– Pilot over the Spring consists of 30 faculty, 64 sections,
and 2,240 students– The Fall term will only have sections for faculty that
have been to training and have had their content converted to the new version.
– We will continue to host courses on both CE4 and CE6 until all courses have been converted over to CE 6
• UTHSCSA Merger– UTHSCSA expected to joing in May– Currently in production
Things to Know• Accounts
– Faculty/Staff accounts the same as their Network ID and password (abc123)
• Faculty accounts created when assigned to a course in Banner• Staff accounts created by request
– Student accounts will be the last 8 digits of their Banner number
• Java (1.5 Update 7)– WebCT CE 6 is heavily dependent on Java. The major
issue encountered is related to multiple versions of Java installed on client computers.
Things to Know
• LDAP Authentication– Authentication to LDAP is planned for the
future. Currently there are some issues with how special accounts that need to be addressed.
• Portal Integration– Integration with the Portal remains to be tested.
Currently there are some issues with the Luminis Adapter that would limit the flexibility we have to manage the system.
Q & A
Agenda Item: Internet2
Who: John McGowan
Time: 15 minutes
What is Internet2?• Advanced networking consortium led by over 200
universities
• Provides both leading-edge network capabilities and unique partnership opportunities
• Facilitates the development, deployment and use of revolutionary Internet technologies
• Brings the U.S. research and academic community together with technology leaders from industry, government and the international community
What is Internet2?• Includes universities, companies, regional advanced
networks and other organizations
• Provides a nationwide high performance networking infrastructure and capabilities
• Networks aim to continually provide capabilities that are 3-5 years ahead of the commercial Internet
• Expands the possibilities of the broader Internet
Benefits of Internet2• Primary goal: to ensure the transfer of new network
technology and applications to the broader communities• Members develop, deploy and use new networking
technologies that include: – protocols such as IPv6– middleware and security capabilities such as federated
authentication– advanced applications such as high-definition videoconferencing
• New technologies enable people to use networking in completely new ways, such as:– digital libraries– virtual laboratories– distance-independent learning and tele-immersion– tele-health
Q & A
Agenda Item: Announcements
Who: Carolyn Ellis
Time: 5 minutes
ITA Announcements
• Office 2008 for Mac now available
• LabVIEW is now available
• Java software update for Banner/Appworx users this week
• ePO agent will be pushed to desktops March 15-16
• Departments’ phone bills going paperless May or June 2008
• SANS to provide online training to ISAs
Agenda Item: Q & A
Who: Carolyn Ellis
Time: 15 minutes
Next ITA Meeting:
April 3, 2008
Location: Mesquite Room, UC 2.01.24
Send comments, questions or concerns to Carolyn by March 26, 2008.
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