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June 24 - 30

June 24 - 30

Jun 30, 2011

UTForge

Complete:

  • coding and testing of classes that will allow for migration of Subversion access rights from current authorizations file to the UTForge MySQL production database

  • reviewed e-mail from admin list

Upcoming:

  • migrate from personal MySQL test database to the UTForge MySQL development instance

  • declare a maintenance period to deploy Apache module (mod_authz_svn_db) and UTForge code changes to production virtual servers

  • shift virtual server administration duties to ITS Systems

JIRA

Complete:

  • determined that the two issues reported last week (issue updates are not consistent as issues move through a workflow and inconsistent permissions accountability) were the direct result of the ITS JIRA virtual server (jira01.its.utexas.edu) running out of disk space

    • moved old log files off of the VM to free up space; we now have ~1.7 GB of disk space available on the virtual server

    • notified users that any issues updated on Wednesday, June 22 or Thursday, June 23 would not show up in JIRA list views until they were either updated in some way (forcing a partial re-index for the issue) or once a full re-indexing of the JIRA instance occurs

      • full re-indexing completed during maintenance window on Tuesday, June 28

  • reviewed e-mail from admin list

Upcoming:

  • determine who owns and is backup for JIRA

  • shift virtual server administration duties to ITS Systems

  • move all instances of JIRA to RedHat VMs (currently on Windows VMs)

University Wiki Service (UWS)

Complete:

  • reviewed open tickets in Footprints

  • reviewed e-mail from admin list

Upcoming:

  • determine who is backup for UWS

Contracts' Virtual Server Administration:

Upcoming:

  • determine what applications currently on capps should migrate to totoro (new Contracts' applications virtual server)

    • get Rob Brooks access to totoro

    • determine who will do the migration

  • shift virtual server administration duties to ITS Systems

PyPE

Complete:

  • testing of UTForge project creation, modification and deletion from deployment interface on the development server

  • reviewed e-mail from admin list

Upcoming:

  • maintenance window for UTForge load-balancer migration (from NetScaler to F5)

    • PyPE currently contacts UTForge via the load-balancer IP address which is changing now that Systems is migrating to F5

Configurable software for matrix-based, multi-user, Economics Experiments

Upcoming:

  • determine new timeline for project

  • continue development after 2+ month hiatus

Miscellaneous

Complete:

  • on leave for 1 day

  • meeting with ITS Systems Middleware regarding service coverage going forward

Upcoming:

  • complete virtual server spreadsheet provided by Jenn Coast – this is the next step in accomplishing the shift of virtual server administration duties to ITS Systems