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Technical Infrastructure Operations
The Technical Infrastructure Operations group (TIO) manages Columbia's Computer Center, a centralized, 24x7x365, climate-controlled environment equipped with emergency generator power. The Center houses the administrative mainframe computer, as well as over a hundred servers required by Columbia University Information Technology (CUIT) and by other computing units on the Morningside campus.
TIO supports multiple operating systems and architectural platforms. We are responsible for the equipment and operating software for the University's central administrative information applications such as the Student Information System (SIS), Accounts Payable System (APS), and the Financial Accounting System (FAS). Some applications on the UNIX servers include the Financial Front End (FFE) and the Data Warehouse. We also support the enterprise backup system for MALTS servers (including Central) and the data storage system for the mainframe and AIX systems.
Services we provide include monitoring software and hardware status, monitoring production batch jobs, following up on job results, and coordinating output distribution and other input/output functions (tapes and printers). We also schedule the timing of jobs and online systems, as well as provide front-line hardware problem resolution some systems. In addition, we monitor over a 100 Sun servers running the University's e-mail systems and other academic applications. We also monitor servers for additional University business areas, such as the Controller's Office Accounts Payable invoice scanner and the University's One Card ID system.
TIO coordinates the movement and placement of all Computer Center hardware equipment, and works with vendors in servicing the equipment. Our staff also works with Columbia departments to plan, schedule, and implement hardware installations and maintenance. In addition, we provide tapes and cartridges that can be purchased or distributed to vendors.
Some of the computer equipment we monitor at the Center includes:
- An IBM S/390 mainframe model 2086-Z890, running the administrative information applications
- An IBM Regatta P690, running additional administrative applications (AIX)
- An EMC Symmetrix model DMX2000 Data Storage Subsystem for administrative mainframe and AIX systems
- Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), supporting MALTS servers
- Academic UNIX servers running e-mail and web systems
- Windows-based departmental application servers
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Online Schedule
Production Processing Schedule
Documentation Template
Documentation Sample
ReportWeb
Instructions for ReportWeb (PDF)
IBM S/390
EMC Symmetrix
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