Common Tasks

This page covers the common tasks for the MSU sysadmin and the privilege level required to perform it.

Tier 2

root

• Rebuild file server

nonroot

• Rebuild worker node*
• Start/stop worker node
• Monitoring
• Updating SVN/cfengine repositories

Tier 3

root

• Force stop condor jobs

nonroot

• Rebuild worker node*
• Start/stop worker node*
• Monitoring
• Updating SVN/cfengine repositories

Desktop Cluster

root

• Add/modify user login
• Updating SVN server
• Build new desktop
• Update desktop software

nonroot

• Most troubleshooting

Misc

root

• All VMWare/ESXi actions
• Update software repositories
• One-off server configuration
• Disk replacement (non-failed disk)
• Update foswiki software

nonroot

• Disk replacement (failed disk)
• Infrastructure administration (mostly)
• Network debugging
• Backup administration (Mostly. Adding a new server requires root on the server)
• Purchasing

* Requires use of sudo -- JamesKoll - 24 Jun 2014