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Upgrade to Spectrum Protect Client version 8.1 for Linux (EZ-Backup)

The software for the EZ-Backup service underwent major changes between version 7.1 and version 8.1. IBM changed the name to IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) and the look of the interface has changed. Most of the controls and procedures are either exactly the same or very...Read more

Install Spectrum Protect Client version 8.1 for Linux (EZ-Backup)

The software for the EZ-Backup service underwent major changes between version 7.1 and version 8.1. IBM changed the name to IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) and the look of the interface has changed. Most of the controls and procedures are either exactly the same or very...Read more

Patch Management: Unix

Patches are applied every six months on a regular schedule, starting the first week of December and the last week of April. Typically, the first three weeks are used for development servers and the last three weeks for production servers.

This process involves applying operating system patches...Read more

Connect to Cornell-Visitor Wi-Fi

Visitors from eduroam-participating institutions: Connect to the eduroam secure Wi-Fi network using your credentials from your home institution. You do not need to register as a guest or obtain Cornell credentials to...Read more

Wi-Fi

Get Online

Connect to eduroam, Cornell's secure wireless (Wi-Fi) network, to access the Internet, keep everything you do online private, and use your eduroam account at other eduroam schools (link...Read more

Win/Unix Client and a Unix Server

Note: This page outlines secure methods for transferring files between a Windows or Unix client and a Unix server. If you are transferring files between other systems, please see the...Read more

Start Up and Shut Down Scripts

Use this procedure as a consistent method of starting services on Unix. A side benefit of this procedure is that it keeps user-space applications out of the system startup/shutdown process so they do not hinder a system during boot or shutdown.

The system directory tree "/usr/app/"...Read more

Supported Operating Systems

To use CU VPN with Cornell campus networks and services, you must use the Cisco AnyConnect VPN software. Built-in Windows and Mac OSX software will not work.

Supported operating systems:

Windows 7 (both 32- and 64-bit versions) Mac OS X or macOS, version 10.9 or higher iPhone and...Read more

Connect Linux

To use CU VPN with Cornell campus networks and services, you must use Cisco VPN software. See the How to Install Cisco VPN Software page for instructions.

Note : You will use Two-Step...Read more

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