CNT Lab Assistant Log

This page contains a log of work completed by the CNT Lab Assistant in reverse chronological order. For an example entry please see the example section at the bottom of this page. Headings are by year, month and day. Entries should be updated throughout the day as tasks are accomplished and should be signed and dated using the "--BenFranske 17:58, 31 August 2010 (UTC)" notation.

2010

September 2010

September 24

• Found CCDC topology from 2009 and 2010 and uploaded to \\obs\Virtual Machines
• Assisted student having trouble with CCNA1 labs
• Adam added the four students that were not automatically added to the CNT Students group

September 23

• Began working in B120 with Daniel's help. Moved white machines out of the closet to around the room and started sorting boxes
• Setup videos to run on a laptop on the TV in the hall

Projects (9/22):

• Cleaning B120, rebuilding machines into a correct, working order and checking for replacement and extra parts for all machines
• Getting videos set up on the monitor in the Business Building hallway
• Cleaning up B110 desk and getting rid of old hard drives
• Purchasing RAM for HP servers in B120
• Setting up the CCDC topology from last competition
• Getting updated pictures and information of CNT instructors

September 21

• Samsung Printer is currently being worked on, was called to double check the problem
• Had a meeting with Lenovo to figure out a fix for imagining their laptops and desktops
• Reimaged 10 silver laptops for SSD tomorrow
• Added second stick of 2GB RAM to computers in B144 (B114 was being used). None found that required any extra RAM in other classrooms
• Put up open lab schedules in all CNT classrooms, in the hall, and on the office door

September 15

• Pushed out the hotfix for Windows Networking Operators group in Windows 7, so CNT Students and Instructors can edit network settings on machines (requires authentication first)
• Installed the Administrative Tools on all the CNT Instructor stations and placed the Active Directory link on the desktop for all users (only instructors can use it)
• Sent an email to Kelly at NowMicro asking if we can get the RAM ordered exchanged for correct RAM
• Have slip from Samsung to get the printer shipped back and repaired (need to check if campus can ship it back)
• Finished the VMWare XP image (need to fix that the image is not coming out of sysprep correctly)
• Nearly finished VirtualBox XP image (machine failed to correctly sysprep before leaving)

The use of the Open Lab is split fairly evenly between CCNA students and Windows 7 students. Usually about 5+ students in the room at a given time, although there are some dead times during actual classes.