Grid Services Jobs can be submitted to grid resources using the ARC tools, which are available in CVMFS. Our colleagues in Durham have written a good tutorial; a...
Welcome to the PPE Group 1 Wiki Information about all IT related matters for the Glasgow PPE group. IT Basics Overview An introduction to IT facilities provided...
Back ups PPE storage provision is currently under review, and the following is subject to change. It is your responsibility to ensure that all important data is...
Some Cern Services The Problem If you create python noteboooks (e.g. jupyter), web based applications or plain old web pages, then you might want to share these...
Batch System (HTCondor) Overview The PPE group maintains an cluster for running batch jobs. This system is currently in its development phase, but it is expected...
IT Overview IT facilities for PPE staff and students are provided and supported by three separate groups: local PPE IT staff, School of Physics and Astronomy IT staff...
Storage PPE storage provision is currently under review, and the following is subject to change. Various file storage areas are available to PPE group members, with...
Managed (`Pull`) Printing The managed printers are provided by IT Services, who have overall responsibility for their support and maintenance. Information about the...
Printing Please help to keep the printer areas tidy by removing printouts promptly and by placing waste paper in the recycling bins provided. Managed Printers The...
ROOT CERN maintains copies of many versions of in CVMFS. You can get the latest version as follows: export ATLAS LOCAL ROOT BASE /cvmfs/atlas.cern.ch/repo/ATLASLocalRootBase...
Group Printers PPE maintains a few printers for the use of its members. The main printers for general use are: Description Location Name / Queue Kyocera...
Software Information about common software packages available to PPE group members is provided below. If you are interested in a package which is not listed here...
Grid Certificates If you need a grid certificate, you can obtain one through the UK Certificate Authority Portal: The portal includes a link to the CA helpdesk, which...
CVMFS (the CernVM File System) is a network file system, originally developed as part of the https://cernvm.cern.ch CernVM project as a way to deliver...
PPE Web Presence PPE`s web presence is divided between university hosted pages which form part of the main University of Glasgow website, and locally hosted pages...
Laptops Laptops are usually provided with little more than an operating system installed; different group members use their laptops in different ways, and so it is...
E Mail Staff and student e mail accounts are managed centrally by IT Services. In both cases, your GUID is used to access your account. Staff E Mail Information...
Wireless Networking The wireless network in the Kelvin building is managed by Trinder and the school IT staff. Wireless problems may be reported to school IT support...
IT Management Three separate groups are involved in the management of the IT infrastructure that you will encounter: PPE group support, school IT support, and the...
Microsoft Office University Computers The university has an enterprise agreement with Microsoft which allows the full Office ProPlus suite to be installed on...
Mailing Lists IT Services Mailing Lists IT Services manage mailing lists with addresses ending @glasgow.ac.uk; more information about such lists can be found...
Microsoft Windows Full time equivalent members of staff are entitled to purchase a copy of Microsoft Windows at nominal cost for use on a personal machine. Further...
AFS in PPE PPE storage provision is currently under review, and the following is subject to change. Introduction PPE uses AFS (the File System), and specifically...
Web Access Control You can add simple password protection to a set of pages by adding a file named .htaccess to the containing directory. Be aware that unless pages...
ownCloud IT Services maintains an ownCloud service which `provides secure on campus storage for staff research data which can be securely shared with researcher collaborators...
Grid Certificates Before one can gain access to the Grid, you must request a certificate. This done via the CA Grid certificate website. The official entry point is...
CERN IT Guide The following topics contains some information that may be of use for PPE members travelling to CERN (some of these topics are rather old, and may or...
Hints and Tips Linux Printing Source Code Source code can be printed with coloured syntax highlighting by using enscript . For example. a postscript file can be...
Known Issues Mac OS X SSH access to CERN SL6 machines 2 June 2010 Using a Kerberos ticket to log in to lxplus.cern.ch via SSH may fail, reverting instead to...
Disposal of IT Equipment The university has various legal obligations when disposing of IT equipment, and particular consideration must be given to the following points...
Wired Networking The wired network generally offers better performance and reliability than the various wireless networks, and so it is recommended that it be used...
Using SSH with Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows does not include native support for SSH or for running X Windows applications, but various free third party applications...
Remote Access The university maintains a campus firewall which blocks access to all but a few nominated systems; for this reason, most PPE machines will not be directly...
Microsoft Products The following Microsoft products are not included in the standard campus licence agreements, but copies are available for purchase from IT Services...
Autocad Inventor As of 2007 the ppe group had two licenses for Autocad Inventor 10. One node locked to ppelab11 and the second to Aldo Saavedra`s laptop. Once current...
LabView LabView is a graphical programming environment written by National Instruments. The department has a site license for this software such that it can be installed...
Mentor Graphics 2012/01/01 The licenses for Mentor Graphics have not been renewed. 2011/01/01 We currently have a license agreement for 5 licenses which are attached...
Group Printers: Linux Linux machines print using the CUPS print server. The state of the print queues can be viewed here: http://ppecups.physics.gla.ac.uk:631/printers...
Group Printers: Mac OS X Mac OS X machines print using the Linux CUPS print server. The state of the print queues can be viewed here: http://ppecups.physics.gla...
Group Printers: Windows Printers should be installed automatically on desktop machines within the PPE GUPHYSICS domain. For other machines, including laptops, printers...
Login Services ppelx.physics.gla.ac.uk Access to PPE machines from outside the PPE network is via ppelx.physics.gla.ac.uk using your ppe linux account. Currently...
Tier 2.5 The Tier 2.5 link between the PPE IT system and the ScotGrid cluster allows the data stored on the PPE file systems to be accessed from ScotGrid batch nodes...
Video Conferencing: H323 Users can connect from a Microsoft Windows desktop in their office or lab using either a Polycom ViaVideo camera with associated software...
Video Conferencing: PPE Room (450) This page refers to the equipment that is presently located within room 450. To book the room first check if it is free by consulting...