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

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Oracle Listening Port DataGuard

People Soft?AD Synchronization

Oracle Listening Port DataGuardPeople Soft?AD Synchronization

Public Bandwith Public Bandwith

SSL (HTTPS)SSH SSL (HTTPS)

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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.

Carolyn.Ellis@utsa.edu

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