Meeting:2010/12/02

Meeting (to be) held on 2010/12/02 at 19:00 in #sown

Previous meeting: 25 November 2010 19:00:00 Next meeting: 9 December 2010 19:00:00

Minutes

• HomeNodes (HeliosFA)
  • Steep Close
    • No contact from node host.
    • Crwilliams will call node host to return it
  • Chamberlain
    • Hasn't come up. We suspect it may be beinng unplugged
    • We may need to do a proper deployment so it can't be unplugged. Maybe use an outdoor meraki.
    • daveruss will email th enode host to investigate.

• Projects
  • Eduroam-in-a-Box (Davetaz)
    • Janet want to continue to use it and are happy with the results they've got.
    • Priotise getting this more stable for mass deployments so we can trial in halls.
  • OpenWRT backfire packages (Leth)
    • Not present
  • Wifi Survey (daveruss)
    • No progress

• Admin Tasks
  • ZeplerNode login problems
    • Davetaz has setup the fast login script. This may fix the problem with PHP thread running indefinitely long.
    • Davetaz has written a campus login log script so we can debug problems in future.
  • Backup3 problems
    • Davetaz has gone to see John Wynn to get access to reboot it but he hasn't been in.
  • Temperatures is server rooms today
    • Davetaz noticed temepratures going up gradually over the day.
    • The snow may be responsible we are not quite sure how.
    • Max temperature reached: 32C
  • General backup problems for all servers
    • Symbolic link to nothing that couldn't be backed up.
    • Symbolic linked file only there at boot and created by package upgrade.
    • Leth has fixed the problem and restored the symbolic links.
  • Firewall4/6 and Conntrack6 on Gateway critical
    • Due to Backup3 nbeing down. Already set as being dependent on this server.
  • Dependency-based Boot migration issues on Auth and Gateway
    • Not important, we don't need to worry.
  • NWMonitor/Nagios going critical at 00:09
    • Double the timeout should fix this

• Janet News Article on eduroam-in-a-Box
  • Davetaz has emailed them to ask for a draft.

• To Do List
  • One task complete

• AOB
  • December workshop set for 11th
  • SUSU reminded us about the NUS referendum