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Linux Student Laboratory Shutdown Policy
- The bigjobs machines and sas.stat.uiowa.edu are never shut down.
- The machines in 346 Schaeffer will turn on at 7:00 am daily.
- The machines in B5 and 301 Maclean Hall will turn on at 7:00 am each day.
- Between 7am and 10pm (6pm on Fridays), machines in all Linux laboratories should be up.
- After 10pm (6pm on Fridays), each machine will check once each hour to determine whether it is unused. Unused is defined as no one being logged in at the console, and no one running processes.
- If the system determines that it is not being used, it will shut down.
CSG Managed Windows Shutdown Policy
- Users of CSG managed windows workstations are encouraged to shutdown their machines when they are not in use, or when leaving for the day. Remote access, using remote desktop (RDP), is available for faculty and staff by remotely waking up your workstation using the Remote Power On utility.
CSG Managed Linux Workstation Shutdown Policy
- Users of CSG managed Linux workstations are encouraged to shutdown their machines when they are not in use, or when leaving for the day. Send email to request@divms.uiowa.edu if you'd like CSG to automatically shutdown your Linux workstation if you're not logged in and power it on in the morning. Otherwise, just use the "System>Shut Down" menu pick to power off your machine.
Apple/Mac Shutdown Policy
- Self managed Mac users are encouraged to configure their machines to sleep after 15 minutes and enable various other power saving features for the mac. Detailed configuration details are documented here.
