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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

VMWare Academic Software

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The VMware Academic Program, provided as a service to the UAB STEM Community through UAB IT, accelerates instruction and research in the rapidly expanding area of virtualized infrastructure by providing faculty and students involved with science, technology, engineering, and math courses (STEM) with access to the virtualization technologies most widely used in commercial production environments.

  • STEM Faculty can use VMware software under specific usage guidelines in a variety of areas of academic research and classroom instruction.
  • STEM Students can use this software free of charge for one year with yearly renewals as part of qualified coursework or research projects.

 

Who Has Access to the VMWare Academic Program?

With UAB's annual subscription qualified members of the academic community in a STEM course can utilize the VMware Academic Program in the following areas:

Instruction – STEM Faculty within member institutions gain access to VMware software licenses free of cost for the purpose of classroom instruction.  STEM Students taking qualified courses can also install program software on their personal computers.

Research – STEM Faculty within member institutions gain access to VMware software licenses free of cost as a part of their research projects. Program software can be installed in research labs (open a ticket with AskIT (uab.edu/askit) to inquire about lab installations) as well on the personal computers of faculty and students involved in research projects.

Use of VMware software for instruction and research is governed by specific program guidelines and the conditions described within the VMware Academic Program EULA (End-User License Agreement) and all faculty/students installing VMWare products should be familiar with the licensing and comply. The use of software for infrastructure purposes is governed by the VMware Commercial EULA and not included under this Academic Program.

What are the Licensing/Compliance Requirements for Using the VMWare Products?

VMWare maintains strict compliance guidelines for the Academic Program and the following links are provided to ensure that specific licensing details are always the most up to date version and available to the UAB Community.  Each user of this program is responsible for ensuring they understand and are in compliance with the licensing requirements at all times.

Usage Guidelines 

End User License Agreement

Examples of Acceptable Use

  • The free single use licenses provided through The VMware Academic Program may be used for instruction and non-commercial research only. Please refer to the definitions of instructional and research use below
  • Lab licenses may only be installed in lab environments where the lab is primarily used for instructional and research purposes.
  • Program software installed in shared lab environments can be used across different courses offered by different faculty members. 
  • Faculty members as well as staff directly involved in administering systems and providing support for program software may install the software on their personal computers
  • Students taking qualified courses or conducting research can access program software within lab machines or download programs software on their personal computers. Students receiving licenses through a qualifying course or research project may use the licenses after the course or project is concluded.
  • Multiple academic groups in an institution may join the Program if each group meets the eligibility requirements.
  • Every copy of the software must be a true and complete copy and it must include all copyright and trademark notices. All software made available must include all of the files.

 

Examples of Unacceptable Use

  • Students who are in an approved department but are not taking courses that lead to credit or a certificate or who are not involved in relevant research projects are not eligible to use the software.
  • Students, faculty members, or other parties that received a license under the program but no longer attend or are employed by the institution.
  • Staff members who are not directly involved with system administration related to the program, such as administrative assistants, may not install the software on their personal computers.
  • Software that is part of the program may not be shared with non-approved departments. However, it may be installed on shared labs if the approved department's students regularly use that lab.
  • The designated Program Administrator for the member approved may not be a teaching assistant or a student. However, teaching assistants or students may help the Program Administrator with the program.
  • The software provided by VMAP may not be sold, rented, leased, or transferred to any third party including contractors, consultants, other companies, and other department personnel.
  • Software cannot be used for infrastructure purposes. Licenses acquired through the VMware Academic Program are for instructional, research and personal use only.
  • The software provided by VMAP may not be used for any purpose outside of instructional, research and personal use.
  • vSphere licenses provided under this program may not be used for desktop virtualization.

 

Use of free VMware software for instruction and research is governed by the specific program guidelines and the conditions described within the Academic EULA and the use of software for infrastructure purposes is governed by the VMware EULA for each of the products.

 

Definitions of Instructional, Research and Infrastructure Use

  • Instructional use is defined as conducting educational classes, labs, or related programs for teaching or learning concepts related to the products that are part of this program.
  • Research use is defined as conducting not-for-profit research projects.
  • Infrastructure use is defined as use of software as a part of the institution's or department's infrastructure that's not intended for specific classroom instruction or research project

 

IMPORTANT: These guidelines are provided for your convenience only. Please refer to the VMware Academic Program EULA for specific license rights.

What Products are Included?

For STEM students and faculty/staff

  • VMware Workstation
  • VMware Fusion
  • VMware Player
  • VMware eLearning
  • VMware Sales Professional Certification

 

For STEM faculty/staff only

  • VMware vSphere Enterprise
  • VMware vCenter Server Standard
  • VMware vCloud Director

How to Obtain Software

Software is available by download only to faculty/staff/students via the website below. Logon using your BlazerID and Password.  UAB will validate your participation in the program and pass the appropriate information to the web store. All UAB users can logon to the site, but only those faculty/staff/students validated as STEM will be allowed to actually order products.

VMAP - VMWare Academic Program logon  Order NOW

 

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Accessing Archived Messages on the Old Voice Mail System

The new voice mail platform was successfully implemented on November 15th, 2012. Archived messages were only available until December 15th, 2012.  

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

VPN Access

Click here to visit the full VPN website.

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Friday, October 26, 2012

LabView - National Instruments

LabVIEW is a powerful graphical development environment, for signal acquisition, measurement analysis, and data presentation. LabVIEW also provides the flexibility of a programming language without the complexity of traditional development tools. LabVIEW is an open environment designed to make interfacing with any measurement hardware simple. With interactive assistants, code generation, and connectivity to thousands of devices, LabVIEW makes gathering data as simple as possible. LabVIEW has more than 500 built-in functions designed specifically for extracting useful information from any set of acquired data and for analyzing measurements and processing signals. LabVIEW also provides tools for data visualization, user interface design, Web publishing, report generation, data management, and software connectivity. For more info on the LabVIEW product see the National Instruments web site.

What is Available?

As a current subscriber to the National Instruments Academic Site License, UAB receives:

  • Unlimited installations of all NI software included in the NI Academic Site License for teaching or research across campus (see below for products included)
  • Unlimited one-on-one technical support by NI applications engineers via phone/e-mail [ni.com/support]
  • Automatic semiannual updates with new and upgraded software (May and November)
  • The following products are included unless noted otherwise:
  1. Control Design, Simulation, and Mechatronics
  2. LabVIEW
  3. Control Design Toolkit
  4. Simulation Module
  5. System Identification Toolkit
  6. State Diagram Toolkit
  7. LabVIEW FPGA Module
  8. LabVIEW Real-Time Module
  9. NI SoftMotion Development Module
  10. LabVIEW PDA Module
  11. Signal and Image Processing
  12. LabVIEW
  13. Digital Filter Design Toolkit
  14. LabVIEW DSP Module
  15. Adv. Signal Processing Toolkit
  16. Sound and Vibration Toolkit
  17. Modulation Toolkit
  18. Vision Development Module
  19. LabVIEW FPGA Module
  20. Spectral Measurements Toolkit
  21. Measurements and Instrumentation
  22. LabVIEW
  23. SignalExpress
  24. DIAdem
  25. LabVIEW PDA Module
  26. Sound and Vibration Toolkit
  27. Circuit Design and Simulation (This software is not included in the UAB site license.)
  28. RF and Wireless Communications
  29. LabVIEW
  30. Modulation Toolkit
  31. Spectral Measurements Toolkit
  32. Advanced Signal Processing Toolkit
  33. Embedded Systems Design
  34. LabVIEW
  35. LabVIEW Real-Time Module
  36. LabVIEW FPGA Module
  37. LabVIEW PDA Module

How to Obtain the Software

The media can be ordered through AskIT at 205-996-5555 or via e-mail ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), but is not available for download.  Documentation (guides and manuals) is available on the LabVIEW web site - DOCUMENTATION.

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

New Voice Mail Upgrade Coming November 15th, 2012

UAB Telecommunications is implementing our new voice mail platform on November 15th, 2012.

Your new voice mail box has been created on the new system and we need you to setup your new voice mail box prior to the cutover on November 15th.

Please go to our IT Telecommunications website for complete directions in setting up your new voice mail box.

You will be able to access archived voice mail messages on your old voice mail until December 15th, 2012.  To access archived messages dial (6-6001) and follow the prompts.

For any questions or concerns please contact our help desk at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or call our Telecom help desk at 4-7777 with any issues or questions.

*Please note that UAB Health System Cisco VoIP phones will not be affected by the cutover to the new voice mail system.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Map a Personal Share

How to map a personal share (U: Drive/Home Directory) on UABFILE

Click link above to open PDF instructions
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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Oracle - Logging On/Logging Off

Oracle - Logging On/Logging Off

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

How Do I Interpret My MAC Address?

 

Each ethernet device is assigned a unique hardware address by the manufacturer. Manufacturers are each assigned a range of addresses that they may use in their manufacturing, so that it is not possible for two vendors to assign the same address. These hardware addresses are called MAC Addresses.

SOLUTION:

You can search by MAC number to find out what vendor's hardware you are looking for. An interactive database is available from the IEEE for this purpose. You can also check Cavebear's list of Vendor Codes

 

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

WIFI Guest User Access

Information about the WIFI Service

Connectivity

Industry standard 802.11 a/b/g wireless data network providing access to the campus network and Internet.  Access to the network requires authentications and authorization through the UAB enterprise directory.

Terms of service

All persons (including guests) utilizing the UABVisitor network are required to abide by relevant UAB policies, including the Policy for Acceptable Use of Computer and Network Resources (AUP). Guests must agree to the AUP when authenticating to the network. Any abuse of the service or UAB resources by a guest will result in termination of their access and potential suspension of the associated Allocation account where applicable. Additional setup or programming fees may be required for reactivation.

Privacy

Unencrypted sensitive data should not be transmitted through the UABVisitor network. SSL and/or VPN is strongly recommended for most uses. Guests should expect that their contact information and any records of network usage activity will be made available to legal authorities if requested through appropriate channels.

Security

Devices connected to the UABVisitor network should have all current OS security patches applied, and the use of personal firewall software is strongly recommended.

ID/Password

Each individual connecting to the UABVisitor network must be authenticated on a daily basis at minimum, with their own valid ID and password from the UAB enterprise directory. There is no option for shared, anonymous, or casual access.

SSID

In order to connect a device to the UABVisitor network, it is necessary to configure an SSID into its wireless adapter. The UABVisitor network is unencrypted and does not require an encryption key. Users are strongly encouraged to use SSL or VPN for sensitive data.

Service plans and Access Request Process
  

Target Audience

  • Plan A:  "Managed Allocation": Departments that routinely host short-term events such as continuing education classes, conferences, or sports camps. These events typically draw numbers of visitors to campus who request or require Internet access and can make use of Wifi capability.
  • Plan B:  "Ad-hoc Service": Departments that only occasionally host a visiting faculty, or vendor. These guests need Internet access temporarily and can utilize Wifi with their laptop in order make a presentation, contact company resources, or check their email.

Request Access and Provisioning

  • Plan A:  Guest Wifi Allocation account will be established which allows designated departmental staff to assign Wifi access for their visitors, through the use of an authenticated Web site at https://commservices.comm.uab.edu/guestwifi/login.aspx without ongoing requests to UABIT. The Allocation account will be provisioned with a maximum number of slots which can be in use at any given time.
  • Plan B:  Departmental finance officers and/or their designees can request Wifi access for a visitor on an as-needed basis, by submitting a service order to UABIT via an authenticated Web site at https://commservices.comm.uab.edu/guestwifi/login.aspx

Turnaround

  • Plan A:  Five business days to establish a new Allocation account, immediate guest access activation.
  • Plan B:  Immediate guest access activation

Cost

  • Plan A:  Setup fee of $20 per allocation account, and then $8.50 per month per available access slot
  • Plan B:  $1.50 per day per guest

 

Direct Link to Guest Wifi Request login

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

PGP Whole Disk Encryption - Reporting Issues

 

If you experience any issues with PGP, please report them to the help desk, AskIT, by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " target="_blank"> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or by phone at 205-996-5555.  Please be sure to provide the following information:

  • Issue/symptoms
  • Error messages
  • Computer make and model
  • Internet connection type
  • PGP installer version
  • Estimated time of occurrence (if possible)

Common Solutions to Installation Issues

  1. Verify that you are an administrator of the system on which you are attempting to install PGP. 
  2. Open your web browser and ensure that you have Internet connectivity by opening a website.
  3. Be sure that you have a current installation package for PGP Desktop.  Visit www.uab.edu/it/software for the latest installation files.
  4. Ensure that you are using your BlazerID and strong password for the PGP Enrollment credentials.

Common Solutions to Password Related Issues

  1. Verify that Caps Lock is not on while authenticating.
  2. If you recently changed your account password, you may have to provide the old password until you log in to the system with your new password.
  3. If the previously mentioned steps do not resolve your issue, you should call the AskIT Help Desk to request a PGP recovery token for the system or portable device.  A recovery token is a one-time password that will allow you to bypass PGP, but it will not bypass the operating system password; you are still required to log in.

Common Solutions to Boot/Startup Related Issues

  1. Ensure that a keyboard is connected to the system.  Systems such as tablets without physical keyboards will not be able to authenticate on the PGP boot screen.
  2. Remove any CDs, DVDs or USB drives from the system.  Many of these devices have features that allow them to start before the system hard drive.
  3. Does the system have multiple operating systems or Dell Media Direct?  If so, then you will need to contact your support personnel to assist you with the recovery of your hard drive.  Please note that PGP should never be installed on systems with multiple operating systems, as it will render the system inoperable.
  4. See the PGP Recovery documentation for further support.

 

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