Status of Windows 2000 deployment at CERN Alberto Pace, for the IT/IS group - April

Status of Windows 2000 deployment at CERN – HEPNT Meeting, Catania, Italy – April 2002 NICE 2000 installations

Status of Windows 2000 deployment at CERN – HEPNT Meeting, Catania, Italy – April 2002 NICE 2000 / 95 / NT comparison

Status of Windows 2000 deployment at CERN – HEPNT Meeting, Catania, Italy – April 2002 NICE2000 Deployment estimations

Status of Windows 2000 deployment at CERN – HEPNT Meeting, Catania, Italy – April 2002 Migration Team u A migration team has been setup to help various CERN division u During Feb – Apr, the team had 4 persons, almost entirely booked u Important planning effort with all CERN Divisions

Status of Windows 2000 deployment at CERN – HEPNT Meeting, Catania, Italy – April 2002 Technicalities … u W2k now in smooth operations u Update cycles continuing u Exceed 7.1 introduced u G: drive mapping has been introduced u Oracle software upgraded and redeployed u Several security patch for IE introduced u often ready to deploy within hours after the announcement u RealPlayer security patch introduced u Norton AntiVirus 7.6 introduced u Siemens Simatic Step7 available u AFS progress \\cern.ch\dfs\Applications\IBM\OpenAFS-1.2.2a\INSTALLME.txt u Corel Suite SP2 available u SSH installed (PuTTY) u Servers u Two locally managed servers moved to the Computer Centre u Desktops u Image shipped for the new “EOLA” desktop PC u New portables being evaluated

Status of Windows 2000 deployment at CERN – HEPNT Meeting, Catania, Italy – April 2002 Demo u The new quota manager

Status of Windows 2000 deployment at CERN – HEPNT Meeting, Catania, Italy – April 2002 Current Plan u Freeze NICE 95/NT by end of 2001 u Still installable by floppy u No new applications, functionality, etc u Stop (central) support by mid 2002 u No answers from helpdesk u Solution to problems: upgrade to W2K u Still installable by floppy u Ensure servers are running until end of 2002 u NICE 95/NT environment still working u Open question: when to remove NICE 95/NT as an option for new PC’s u Before end of 2001 ?

Status of Windows 2000 deployment at CERN – HEPNT Meeting, Catania, Italy – April 2002 Conclusion u For the user u NICE 2000 now the primary CERN desktop environment u Smooth operation, process (almost) fully automated u Hardware order / delivery / installation u Service reliable and stable u Help desk support line in place and “under control” u For IT/IS u The whole group participates in 3 rd level technical support, load per person very limited. u Plenty of new technology to investigate and digest u Windows XP clients u Active Directory policies for XP clients u Windows.NET server soon to be released u Integration of Windows Services with Exchange

Status of Windows 2000 deployment at CERN – HEPNT Meeting, Catania, Italy – April