[3260] in Release_7.7_team
Also for Wednesday: Disconnected Operation Outline
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Cattey)
Tue Apr 30 17:46:44 2002
From: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
To: release-team@mit.edu
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Date: 30 Apr 2002 17:46:41 -0400
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For some time, I've been meaning to write a document that explains what
stands in the way of having people with Laptops be totally happy with a
totally vanilla Athena install.
Some people think that such a goal is impossible.
Others think we're already there.
Below is an outline for what I thought the issues, present progress, and
needed work fall. I'd be grateful if people would comment on it.
If there's time tomorrow, I'd like to talk about it. Postponing
discussion until we're out of release crunch is fine too.
-wdc
---- disconnected-operation.txt ----
Disconnected Operation
Service Levels:
Default does not hang.
When powered up off net.
When net turned on/off.
When system suspended/resumed.
When system hybernated/re-animated.
Explicit tools to turn stuff on and off.
Automatic scripts to do housekeeping.
Services:
Network printing -- gracefully notices if network off.
Email delivery -- waits until network is up.
Kerberized login -- gracefully notices if network down.
time synch -- runs only when network is up.
Auto update -- may want to disable.
Software -- local installs instead of via lockers.
Zephyr -- gracefully turns off/on when network does down/up.
AFS -- gracefully turns off/on when network goes down/up.
-- Tool to explicitly synch with a local disk.
Backup -- explicit command to perform remote backup.
