Switched TB from LANG_1 (now finished) to LANG_4 this pay period. Completed all other timesheets and checked with folks who had recorded no hours (some correctly, one not).
December 10, 2012
December 7, 2012
December 7th 1:00-4:00 (3 hours)
Leaving early.
The Colonist crew needed a reliable backup.
I've got TSM installed in their VM and configured to only back up their stuff.
For future reference
1) The opt file that you get from the helpdesk is intended to provide complete backup for an entire machine. We only wanted to back up a single user's directory. I edited the opt file to accommodate this requirement.
2) If TSM is installed by an admin, but the backup application is going to be run by a non-admin, the app will complain that the non-admin user cannot write to the error log, and the app won't run unless the error log is writeable. So, move the error log.
3) Some files cannot be backed up while the user is logged in. Fortunately we don't care about backing up such things as NTUSER and so forth. Remove them.
Note: includes and excludes can be managed in the preferences editor in TSM. You can also edit the dsm.opt file directly (it's in the 'baclient' folder of TSM's install directory.
I removed all of the end user settings provided by the helpdesk's file and replaced it with this:
* ==== END USER SETTINGS ============================================
SKIPNTSECURITYCRC YES
SKIPNTPERMISSIONS YES
ERRORLOGNAME "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\tsmerror.log"
EXCLUDE "*:\...\*"
INCLUDE "C:\Documents and Settings\WorkerBee\...\*"
Exclude "C:\Documents and Settings\WorkerBee\NTUSER.DAT"
Exclude "C:\Documents and Settings\WorkerBee\NTUSER.DAT.LOG"
Exclude.Dir "C:\Documents and Settings\WorkerBee\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft"
The edits should be self-explanatory.
Putting this on the blog because I keep forgetting it:
Type Control+Shift+U, then release and type the hex of the character, then return.
Added the latest video, embedded from YouTube.
One annoyance I should document here: in order to get embedded YouTube video working, I had to use iframes, and getting valid code required rolling back to the XHTML 1.0 Transitional doctype. Grrr.
December 6, 2012
Got some good work in today, and it feels like it's coming together. 8 pages done, about another 8 to do, I think, and some diagrams required.
December 6th- 1230-3 (2.5 Hours)
Finally got a chance to look at PD's request to add building records data set. I haven't got the actual data yet, but did look through the specs. Asked PD for clarification on any linking or interaction with other datasets.
Once I see the actual dataset, then I can estimate what needs to be done.
Used new online system to place TEI membership order. Its categories of membership are slightly different than on the old form, so next year we'll migrate ourselves to a different category, which will be a bit cheaper.
Also noticed that our new membership is slated to expire on 1 January 2013, so asked TEI to extend that to 1 January 2014.
With Judy, talked to purchasing about how to actually pay for the TEI membership. Judy made webreq which I approved and forwarded on to purchasing with payment instructions obtained from the TEI. Now waiting for any feedback from purchasing, or no-feedback until we see the charge appear in our books.