Thanks to Adam Sander in SD20 for the guide he has posted for Mac users with JAVA/BCeSIS issues. You can find his step by step guide at http://www.sd20.bc.ca/technology/articles/running-bcesis-at-home-on-a-mac.html
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OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Admittedly I have been unhappy with Apple as of late. The new OS X 10.9 Mavericks being free is one silver lining though. We ask that users at this time do not download it for their machines as we are in the process of testing it against software. Actually we are in the process right […]
Allow List at DK progress
At the end of the day Tuesday we have 258/437 IPs used at DK on the trusted network with the change over to the allow list. 40% available is excellent where quite often before this would be in single digits or at zero! The lease times have been reset to 7 days. This should help […]
Beware of the shiny things
A very smart man passed the following thought and quote to me today. A pitfall to avoid is the seductive power of shiny digital services and wares that prompt many companies to pursue technology for its own sake. “Technology can be a siren song. Without a focused approach, it’s easy to be led astray,” It is something […]
Thank you
Thank you to our Trustees for the apples.
Planned Upgrade & Service Disruption – Oct 4, 5am-8am
We will be working on an upgrade to Helpdesk and a SQL server early Friday morning (5am-8am). We hope to have services back up and running prior to most users being on site.
Macbook Exchange – teachers at BB and DK
We have a surplus of spares this year due to decrease in grade 6/7 enrolments and there is no need to pull out a computer lab and replace it with a mobile lab in one of the elementary schools due to space needs. Because of this we plan on replacing teacher laptops at Bowes and […]
Networking Changes at Dr. Kearney
Over the last year we have made some networking changes at Dr. Kearney and Bert Bowes. A significant change was to add a virtual local area network that allows for a separate network for internet only connections for personal devices. This is accessed through the wireless network SSID SD60-Public. This network has space for 64000 […]
Service Degradation
One of our three ESX servers that share work would not reboot last night after the power outage. We have migrated services to the other two so that services are available. We will work today to rebuild the server and get back to 100% capacity. Account related tickets will have to wait for a bit. […]
Unplanned Outages
9:20am Thursday – There are province wide issues with the Provincial Learning Network which is causing numerous issues with the internet. No ETA on repair has been provided.