· Concurrent Use

Procedure for Using Multiple Computers in the Public Computing Labs (Richardson 203 and Peavy 236)

User will submit a 1 page proposal outlining the project (what are you doing), a description of the program being run, resources requested, timeline, responsible parties (department, major professor, student).

Request a meeting with the Forestry Computing Resources Group early in the process to determine what resources are available and appropriate for the project (i.e. Unix; PC; multiple computers; linux cluster)

Jerry Mohr will be the initial contact person in Computing Resources to submit a request through.

Users must sign up for computing time. An online Outlook calendar has been created for each room to reserve computers. You will be given rights to the calendar to reserve the room and computers. Jerry will track usage to see if this works and how much computing time is involved.

If administrator rights are needed on the computers, go through Mark Klopsch who will setup appropriate user rights/privileges.

Generally, usage of computers is on a first come, first serve basis. However, there may be circumstances that require rescheduling. It is the users' responsibility to signup for desired computers and time slots. If multiple users need the same resources they will negotiate time on the computer with other users.

Processes will not be run during open lab times during the Academic year: Monday - Friday 8am to 6pm or anytime the lab is reserved for a class or workshop. Following official open-lab hours, no processes will be run on an occupied computer.

Peavy 236 lab computers are set to reboot at 4:30am Monday through Thursday. They are unavailable on Friday from 12:30am to 6am for maintenance. All running processes will be terminated at these times.

Richardson 203 lab computers do not reboot automatically. So overnight or extended runs will require user to physically visit each computer no later than 7 am weekday mornings to log off and ensure there are no problems when the lab is open. Jobs will not be run if the user cannot guarantee they will be able to visit the computer before open lab times.

Computer programs will only be run during closed lab times. User will be responsible for troubleshooting problems that arise. And notifying Jerry if they encounter problems they cannot resolve..

Keycodes for the labs will be assigned by Jerry. Do not share this number with anyone else. Each person requesting after hours access is given a unique code.

Failure to conform to these conditions will result in termination of access to the computers.