Common Tasks
This page covers the common tasks for the MSU sysadmin and the privilege level required to perform it.
Tier 2
root
nonroot
- Rebuild worker node*
- Start/stop worker node
- Monitoring
- Updating SVN/cfengine repositories
Tier 3
root
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
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
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JamesKoll - 24 Jun 2014