From djb at tc.umn.edu Thu Jan 10 06:46:22 2002 From: djb at tc.umn.edu (Dave Bianchi) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 08:46:22 -0600 Subject: TCSA meeting January 17 Message-ID: The Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA) group meets monthly to discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. The meetings are free and open to the public. Check out our web site at http://www.tcsa.org/ TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. Next Meeting: Topic: LISA 2001 Conference Highlights Speaker: LISA 2001 Conference Attendees Date/Time: January 17, 2002 7:00 pm Location: University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy) Synopsis: TCSA members that attended LISA 2001 in San Diego in December will provide the group with a review of the highlights from the conference. Topics of interest include: Certification, SAGE Board news, and an invited talk about CNN.com on Sep 11. We will meet at University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy office), 2829 University Ave. SE, in a conference room on the first floor of the building. Tentative Meeting Schedule February 21, 2002 - SANs, Brocade March 21, 2002 Directions: Directions to University Park Plaza (Onvoy): The Onvoy office is at University Park Plaza Office Building, 2829 University Ave. SE. It is a white-concrete, 9-story, hexagonal building (previously occupied by Group Health). The windows are distinctive, shaped somewhat like TV screens. University Park Plaza is on the north side of University Ave. (across from the Octopus Car Wash), about 3 blocks east of the intersection of Washington Ave. and University Ave. or about 3 blocks west of KSTP-TV. - From the South (35W) Proceed north on 35W, exiting onto Interstate 94 East. Continue in the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left on University, proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the North (35W) Proceed south on 35W, exiting onto Highway 280 South. Continue on Highway 280 until the University Ave. exit. Turn right on University. Continue 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the West (94/394) Proceed east on 94, cross the Mississippi river and continue in the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left on University, proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the East (94) Proceed west on 94, continue in the far right lane to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left onto University, proceed 7 blocks to SE 29th St. The building is on your right. - Parking Free parking is available in the visitor lot off SE 29th Ave. and in front of the building along University Ave. - Web map is at: http://www.onvoy.com/about_offices_upp.html For more information on TCSA, check out our web site: http://www.tcsa.org/ To subscribe to the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS mailing lists, follow the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS link from: http://list.onvoy.com/ For any other information, please send email to: info at tcsa.org or contact: Dave Bianchi 651-260-1770 -- Dave Bianchi Collective Technologies djb at colltech.com A Pencom Company djb at tc.umn.edu http://www.colltech.com/ From djb at tc.umn.edu Fri Feb 15 11:26:37 2002 From: djb at tc.umn.edu (Dave Bianchi) Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 13:26:37 -0600 Subject: TCSA meeting February 21 Message-ID: The Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA) group meets monthly to discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. The meetings are free and open to the public. Check out our web site at http://www.tcsa.org/ TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. Next Meeting: Topic: Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Speaker: Clay Fandre, Consultant Date/Time: February 21, 2002 7:00 pm Location: University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy) Synopsis: The Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is a subsystem for online disk storage management for Linux. Clay Fandre will talk about the Logical Volume Manager for Linux. This talk will provide an introduction to LVM, how to set up and use Linux LVM, and the future plans for LVM, including LVM2. About the Speaker: Clay Fandre is a Unix and Linux Systems Administrator and was a founder of the Twin Cities Linux Users Group. We will meet at University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy office), 2829 University Ave. SE, in a conference room on the first floor of the building. Tentative Meeting Schedule March 21, 2002 - SANs, Brocade April 18, 2002 Directions: Directions to University Park Plaza (Onvoy): The Onvoy office is at University Park Plaza Office Building, 2829 University Ave. SE. It is a white-concrete, 9-story, hexagonal building (previously occupied by Group Health). The windows are distinctive, shaped somewhat like TV screens. University Park Plaza is on the north side of University Ave. (across from the Octopus Car Wash), about 3 blocks east of the intersection of Washington Ave. and University Ave. or about 3 blocks west of KSTP-TV. - From the South (35W) Proceed north on 35W, exiting onto Interstate 94 East. Continue in the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left on University, proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the North (35W) Proceed south on 35W, exiting onto Highway 280 South. Continue on Highway 280 until the University Ave. exit. Turn right on University. Continue 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the West (94/394) Proceed east on 94, cross the Mississippi river and continue in the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left on University, proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the East (94) Proceed west on 94, continue in the far right lane to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left onto University, proceed 7 blocks to SE 29th St. The building is on your right. - Parking Free parking is available in the visitor lot off SE 29th Ave. and in front of the building along University Ave. - Web map is at: http://www.onvoy.com/about_offices_upp.html For more information on TCSA, check out our web site: http://www.tcsa.org/ To subscribe to the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS mailing lists, follow the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS link from: http://list.onvoy.com/ For any other information, please send email to: info at tcsa.org or contact: Dave Bianchi 651-260-1770 -- Dave Bianchi Collective Technologies djb at colltech.com A Pencom Company djb at tc.umn.edu http://www.colltech.com/ From djb at tc.umn.edu Tue Mar 12 05:51:49 2002 From: djb at tc.umn.edu (Dave Bianchi) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 07:51:49 -0600 Subject: TCSA meeting March 21 Message-ID: The Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA) group meets monthly to discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. The meetings are free and open to the public. Check out our web site at http://www.tcsa.org/ TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. Next Meeting: Topic: Business Relevance of SANs Speaker: Todd Bichsel, Brocade Communications Systems Date/Time: March 21, 2002 7:00 pm Location: University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy) Synopsis: Todd Bichsel will discuss the Brocade network approach to Storage Area Networks (SANs) and the value proposition that Brocade brings to SANs, and will describe how SANs provide business continuance. About the Speaker: Todd Bichsel is a Support Engineer for Brocade in Minneapolis and has worked in the area of storage management for ten years. We will meet at University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy office), 2829 University Ave. SE, in a conference room on the first floor of the building. Tentative Meeting Schedule April 18, 2002 May 16, 2002 Directions: Directions to University Park Plaza (Onvoy): The Onvoy office is at University Park Plaza Office Building, 2829 University Ave. SE. It is a white-concrete, 9-story, hexagonal building (previously occupied by Group Health). The windows are distinctive, shaped somewhat like TV screens. University Park Plaza is on the north side of University Ave. (across from the Octopus Car Wash), about 3 blocks east of the intersection of Washington Ave. and University Ave. or about 3 blocks west of KSTP-TV. - From the South (35W) Proceed north on 35W, exiting onto Interstate 94 East. Continue in the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left on University, proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the North (35W) Proceed south on 35W, exiting onto Highway 280 South. Continue on Highway 280 until the University Ave. exit. Turn right on University. Continue 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the West (94/394) Proceed east on 94, cross the Mississippi river and continue in the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left on University, proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the East (94) Proceed west on 94, continue in the far right lane to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left onto University, proceed 7 blocks to SE 29th St. The building is on your right. - Parking Free parking is available in the visitor lot off SE 29th Ave. and in front of the building along University Ave. - Web map is at: http://www.onvoy.com/frames/framebody/pages/about/upp.htm For more information on TCSA, check out our web site: http://www.tcsa.org/ To subscribe to the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS mailing lists, follow the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS link from: http://list.onvoy.com/ For any other information, please send email to: info at tcsa.org or contact: Dave Bianchi 651-260-1770 -- Dave Bianchi Collective Technologies djb at colltech.com A Pencom Company djb at tc.umn.edu http://www.colltech.com/ From djb at tc.umn.edu Fri Aug 9 13:11:45 2002 From: djb at tc.umn.edu (Dave Bianchi) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 15:11:45 -0500 Subject: TCSA meeting August 15 Message-ID: The Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA) group meets monthly to discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. The meetings are free and open to the public. Check out our web site at http://www.tcsa.org/ TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. ----- Next Meeting: Topic: MacOS X Enterprise Speaker: FirstTech Computer Date/Time: August 15, 2002 7:00 pm Location: University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy) Synopsis: FirstTech will present the Mac Xserve and Mac OS X for the Enterprise, as well as Xserve under the hood. They plan to have an Xserve system at the meeting. We will meet at University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy office), 2829 University Ave. SE, in a conference room on the first floor of the building. Tentative Meeting Schedule September 19, 2002 October 17, 2002 Directions: Directions to University Park Plaza (Onvoy): The Onvoy office is at University Park Plaza Office Building, 2829 University Ave. SE. It is a white-concrete, 9-story, hexagonal building (previously occupied by Group Health). The windows are distinctive, shaped somewhat like TV screens. University Park Plaza is on the north side of University Ave. (across from the Octopus Car Wash), about 3 blocks east of the intersection of Washington Ave. and University Ave. or about 3 blocks west of KSTP-TV. - From the South (35W) Proceed north on 35W, exiting onto Interstate 94 East. Continue in the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left on University, proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the North (35W) Proceed south on 35W, exiting onto Highway 280 South. Continue on Highway 280 until the University Ave. exit. Turn right on University. Continue 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the West (94/394) Proceed east on 94, cross the Mississippi river and continue in the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left on University, proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the East (94) Proceed west on 94, continue in the far right lane to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left onto University, proceed 7 blocks to SE 29th St. The building is on your right. - Parking Free parking is available in the visitor lot off SE 29th Ave. and in front of the building along University Ave. - Web map is at: http://www.onvoy.com/frames/framebody/pages/about/upp.htm For more information on TCSA, check out our web site: http://www.tcsa.org/ To subscribe to the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS mailing lists, follow the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS link from: http://list.onvoy.com/ For any other information, please send email to: info at tcsa.org or contact: Dave Bianchi 651-260-1770 -- Dave Bianchi djb at tc.umn.edu 651-260-1770 From fferret at telocity.com Sat Aug 10 13:28:28 2002 From: fferret at telocity.com (Michael G. Thompson) Date: 10 Aug 2002 16:28:28 -0400 Subject: Old Bay SAGE - Next Meeting Message-ID: <1029011309.12551.16.camel@shalmaneser> We're currently taking our summer break, but Old Bay SAGE's next meeting will be held on September 10th, 8 PM, and every 2nd Tuesday of the month. It's at AmNet Computers, 3500 Boston Street in Canton. Last few meetings have covered topics as diverse as writing a sysadmin's book, system recovery, and the Bastille Linux script. Join our mailing list by sending a subscribe to majordomo at lists.oldbaysage.org -- Mike Thompson|fferret at telocity.com|ICQ:21672921 We're through being cool! Eliminate the ninnies and the twits! -Devo From jsdy at tux.org Sat Aug 10 15:22:16 2002 From: jsdy at tux.org (Joseph S D Yao) Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 18:22:16 -0400 Subject: Old Bay SAGE - Next Meeting In-Reply-To: <1029011309.12551.16.camel@shalmaneser>; from fferret@telocity.com on Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 04:28:28PM -0400 References: <1029011309.12551.16.camel@shalmaneser> Message-ID: <20020810182216.C22441@gwyn.tux.org> On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 04:28:28PM -0400, Michael G. Thompson wrote: > We're currently taking our summer break, but Old Bay SAGE's next meeting > will be held on September 10th, 8 PM, and every 2nd Tuesday of the > month. It's at AmNet Computers, 3500 Boston Street in Canton. Last few > meetings have covered topics as diverse as writing a sysadmin's book, > system recovery, and the Bastille Linux script. Join our mailing list > by sending a subscribe to majordomo at lists.oldbaysage.org > -- > Mike Thompson|fferret at telocity.com|ICQ:21672921 > We're through being cool! Eliminate the ninnies and the twits! -Devo For those not acquainted with crab spicing in Maryland, Old Bay SAGE is the Baltimore MD group. ;-) They even welcome those of us who, though in Maryland, consider ourselves affiliated with dc-sage. ;-] Or so they tell me ... -- /*********************************************************************\ ** ** Joe Yao jsdy at tux.org - Joseph S. D. Yao ** \*********************************************************************/ From djb at tc.umn.edu Fri Sep 13 20:09:24 2002 From: djb at tc.umn.edu (Dave Bianchi) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 22:09:24 -0500 Subject: TCSA meeting September 19 Message-ID: The Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA) group meets monthly to discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. The meetings are free and open to the public. Check out our web site at http://www.tcsa.org/ TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. ----- Next Meeting: Topic: LVM2: The New Linux Logical Volume Manager Speaker: Matthew O'Keefe, Founder and CTO, Sistina Software, Inc. Date/Time: September 19, 2002 7:00 pm Location: University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy) Synopsis: LVM (Linux Logical Volume Manager) version 2.0, is a new version of the volume manager for Linux. This talk will highlight the new features of LVM, which include (1) atomic transactions, (2) faster, better snapshots, (3) device mapper kernel design, and more! We will meet at University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy office), 2829 University Ave. SE, in a conference room on the first floor of the building. Tentative Meeting Schedule October 17, 2002 November 21, 2002 Directions: Directions to University Park Plaza (Onvoy): The Onvoy office is at University Park Plaza Office Building, 2829 University Ave. SE. It is a white-concrete, 9-story, hexagonal building (previously occupied by Group Health). The windows are distinctive, shaped somewhat like TV screens. University Park Plaza is on the north side of University Ave. (across from the Octopus Car Wash), about 3 blocks east of the intersection of Washington Ave. and University Ave. or about 3 blocks west of KSTP-TV. - From the South (35W) Proceed north on 35W, exiting onto Interstate 94 East. Continue in the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left on University, proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the North (35W) Proceed south on 35W, exiting onto Highway 280 South. Continue on Highway 280 until the University Ave. exit. Turn right on University. Continue 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the West (94/394) Proceed east on 94, cross the Mississippi river and continue in the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left on University, proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the East (94) Proceed west on 94, continue in the far right lane to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left onto University, proceed 7 blocks to SE 29th St. The building is on your right. - Parking Free parking is available in the visitor lot off SE 29th Ave. and in front of the building along University Ave. - Web map is at: http://www.onvoy.com/frames/framebody/pages/about/upp.htm For more information on TCSA, check out our web site: http://www.tcsa.org/ To subscribe to the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS mailing lists, follow the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS link from: http://list.onvoy.com/ For any other information, please send email to: info at tcsa.org or contact: Dave Bianchi 651-260-1770 -- Dave Bianchi djb at tc.umn.edu 651-260-1770 From djb at tc.umn.edu Tue Nov 12 10:52:38 2002 From: djb at tc.umn.edu (Dave Bianchi) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 12:52:38 -0600 Subject: TCSA meeting November 21 Message-ID: The Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA) group meets monthly to discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. The meetings are free and open to the public. Check out our web site at http://www.tcsa.org/ TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. ----- Next Meeting: Topic: How the IT Hiring Process Works Speaker: Mark Dembouski, Senior Recruiter - West Group Date/Time: November 21, 2002 7:00 pm Location: University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy) Synopsis: Mark will talk about how companies are hiring for IT and how it affects candidates. Potential topics, depending upon interest, include insights into the hiring process, resumes, where to look for jobs, online applications, and other tips. About the Speaker: Mark Dembouski has been the Senior Corporate Recruiter at West Group, supporting the 1300+ person IT Department, for the past two years. Before coming to West, he spent over three years at Consulting and Manufacturing companies in the Twin Cities. Prior to that, he spent six years as a headhunter in the Silicon Valley. During that time, he was heavily involved in the recruitment of UNIX talent. He has attended two LISA conferences, and has been a member of SAGE and BayLISA. In addition, he assisted with the writing of SAGE's first booklet in the "Short Topics in System Administration" titled "Job Descriptions for Systems Administrators." Mark holds a Master's Degree in Physics from the University of North Dakota, and a Bachelor's degree in Physics and Math from Augsburg College. We will meet at University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy office), 2829 University Ave. SE, in a conference room on the first floor of the building. Tentative Meeting Schedule December 19, 2002 January 16, 2003 Directions: Directions to University Park Plaza (Onvoy): The Onvoy office is at University Park Plaza Office Building, 2829 University Ave. SE. It is a white-concrete, 9-story, hexagonal building (previously occupied by Group Health). The windows are distinctive, shaped somewhat like TV screens. University Park Plaza is on the north side of University Ave. (across from the Octopus Car Wash), about 3 blocks east of the intersection of Washington Ave. and University Ave. or about 3 blocks west of KSTP-TV. - From the South (35W) Proceed north on 35W, exiting onto Interstate 94 East. Continue in the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left on University, proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the North (35W) Proceed south on 35W, exiting onto Highway 280 South. Continue on Highway 280 until the University Ave. exit. Turn right on University. Continue 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the West (94/394) Proceed east on 94, cross the Mississippi river and continue in the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left on University, proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the East (94) Proceed west on 94, continue in the far right lane to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left onto University, proceed 7 blocks to SE 29th St. The building is on your right. - Parking Free parking is available in the visitor lot off SE 29th Ave. and in front of the building along University Ave. - Web map is at: http://www.onvoy.com/frames/framebody/pages/about/upp.htm For more information on TCSA, check out our web site: http://www.tcsa.org/ To subscribe to the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS mailing lists, follow the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS link from: http://list.onvoy.com/ For any other information, please send email to: info at tcsa.org or contact: Dave Bianchi 651-260-1770 -- Dave Bianchi djb at tc.umn.edu 651-260-1770