Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Services and Access to Them

Computer Operations provides mainframe services to administrative staff of the University of Chicago. Usually, a supervisor will request enrollment for a staff member through the Account Representative assigned to the department. Upon proper identification, a person-id and password are created for the staff member. With valid authorization by the Project Administrator, the staff member is also enrolled in one or more projects. For the convenience of staff, the Account Representative is also able to facilitate the creation of an e-mail address and ph-alias. These latter services are managed by Academic Computing Services.

The mainframe is optimized for administrative functions; and, is ordinarily not used for academic or research uses. There are a variety of other servers on campus designed for specific academic and research uses. They are partially described at the Computing Resources Page.

Some mainframe services require additional registration. For example, Financial Systems controls registration for the Financial Analysis System (FAS); Alumni Development controls registration for the Alumni Development Data System (ADDS).

Computer Operations manages a number of IBM and Sun administrative servers. Access to these servers is controlled by the departments responsible for the functions run on those machines.

Mainframe Services

Mainframe Enrollment	Who to contact and what information is required to obtain a Person-ID and optional e-mail and ph services. Definitions of Person-ID, Project-ID, Logon-ID, ph.
Project Administrator Functions	The responsibilities of a Project Administrator and a description of some useful tools to monitor project use.
Using the Mainframe	How to login and navigate through TSO and ISPF. How to submit and use magnetic tapes. Information on disk dataset storage budgets. Disk backup schedules and how to request restoration of datasets from past backups. How to use the laser and impact printers. Where to get further information about applications and utilities.
Software Available	Descriptions of the software available on the mainframe.
Hardware Descriptions	A short description of the mainframe and peripheral hardware
Planned Updates	The plans for upgrading hardware and software on the mainframe in the near future.
Mainframe Availability	When is the mainframe available, when is it not. Who to call if you can't get to it.
Production Services	How to have routine jobs installed, scheduled, and monitored by Computer Operations staff.
Other Servers	Some information about administrative servers that are managed and/or operated by Computer Operations. What services are provided. Procedures for installing other administrative servers in the central area.

Suggestions

If you have suggestions or corrections, please send them to Ernie Froemel.

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