The IT Services has launched a new newsletter in 2013 under the name “inside|out”. “inside|out” appears three times annually in German and in English and focuses on three main IT topics. The ITS hopes the newsletter will allow outsiders a better awareness of its services and foster cooperation with other ETH members. Please visit inside|out.
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If you experience problems with an application, we will first ask you if you have attempted a „repair“. If neither “repair” nor “unload” fixed the problem, please contact us by our web form.
Backup A backup of the files and folders on server gess-fs (personal home folder) and the NAS (group storage) is made daily by TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager) with a 3 month retention time. There is no backup for data stored on local disks. Previous Versions Additionally, 6 snapshots (checkpoints, aka previous versions) are taken on the home folders during 6 working days. As soon as a file or folder is modified or erased, its state at […]
In general At ETH you have to use these passwords: the ETH password for email (Active Directory) and the ETH password for web applications, AAI (LDAP) the ETH network password Detailed instructions and tutorials you will find in the IT Knowledge Base ETH password for email (Active Directory) and the ETH password for web applications, AAI (LDAP) The ETH password is used together with the ETH username to access your personal account information (www.password.ethz.ch), the […]
At ETH you will find different network ID assigned to the network access points: eduroam / eduroam-5 Recommended for ETH members. see WLAN Also for Visitors from universities using Eduroam may use this network to connect to the internet by providing there username and e-mail-domain of the home university (login@homeuniversity). For ETH members login is: <username>@gess.ethz.ch / <username>@gess-afz.ethz.ch /<username>@gess-sipo.ethz.ch. ETH members may use eduroam while visiting an other university. eth / eth-5 Same login as SSID eduroam: in […]
Dispite of the fact that Office has an auto save feature you should periodicaly press Ctrl+S to save your document. So you always have a quite uptodate version of your file in case you accidentely close it without saving or the sofware runs in an error.
D-GESS is a shareholder of Euler. We have access to nine fat compute nodes with 256GB of Ram and 10 TB Discspace (/cluster/project/gess/public). Euler is based on Linux. With Euler, Stata 13 MP may now be used with a graphic surface. Further information may be found here: Stata-WIKI Start using Euler: “Getting started with Euler” General information about High Performance Computing and clusters at ETH can be found here. Furthermore, the new Scientific Application Server called RDS […]
D-GESS is a shareholder of ETH Scientific IT Services (“Shareholder model” for HPC computing power, Scientific Compute Clusters) Due to the wide-spread application of quantitative and computer-based methods in Social and Political Sciences, the demand for support in terms of research-oriented IT has increased substantially at D-GESS. After joining the Scientific IT Services (SIS) in 2014, the researchers at D-GESS now have access to professional support in this area. The SIS offer research-based IT services for computer and […]
Hardware is acquired and financed centrally at D-GESS. The laptop stock comprises of models from Project Neptun. Desktop machines are purchased from Dell. With regards to Apple desktop machines, iMac hardware is continually be used. Special orders and their funding may be discussed with the support administrator. The operating time of our hardware is at least four years or as long as the equipment satisfies the needs. Orders may be made directly via the IT […]
