Documentation
Contents
- 1 Office365 Preparation Instructions
- 2 Accounts & Getting started
- 3 Fileservers/Backup and Restore
- 4 Cluster Usage & Information
- 5 Applications
- 6 Email
- 7 Conference rooms
- 8 Internet and Wireless
- 9 Remote Access
- 10 Security
- 11 Software Downloads
- 12 SSH
- 13 Support
- 14 TCGA Data Mirror
- 15 Telephones
- 16 UNIX
Office365 Preparation Instructions
Accounts & Getting started
Q: How do I get PI account?
Q: How do I get an account?
Q: How do I change my password?
Q: Access to reliable network storage?
Q: Email account?
Q: What do I do if the computer will not allow me to log on?
Fileservers/Backup and Restore
Documentation
Frequently asked questions
Q: What is my quota? Can it be increased?
Q: Are my files backed up?
Q: How do I get my files restored?
Q: What is the backup tape retention policy?
Q: How do I connect to a network file system or share for ICG & Cancer Center members?
Cluster Usage & Information
Documentation
- Introduction to HPC cluster computing at C2B2
- Slurm Cheat Sheet
- Policies and procedures for cluster use
Frequently asked questions
Q: How do I get a graphical interactive session on HPC?
Q: Where can I find Sun Grid Engine Info?
Q: Where can I find MPI Info?
Q: How do I find out why my cluster job died?
Q: How do I setup a qsub script?
Q: How do I get a summary of activity for sge jobs?
Q: How do I checkpoint my job?
Q: How do I run MPICH jobs?
Q: Why is my job still on the wait queue?
Q: How do I keep my SSH sessions from being dropped when connecting to login nodes?
Applications
Q: Available Applications
Q: Module System
Q: How do I access and use R?
Q: How do I access and use Tensorflow?
Q: Endnote X2 and Word 2007
Q: Endnote X3 and Word 2007 link disappears
Q: Export Endnote Web Library
Q: How do i create my own library for perl so i can install modules without root
Q: How to upgrade to new Zimbra Connector for Outlook
Q: Zimbra Migration Instructions
Q: How do I setup my c2b2 email?
Q: How do I check my email from home?
Q: Can I check my email on my PDA/smartphone?
Q: What is the maximum message size I can send or receive?
Q: How do I forward my email?
Q: How do I view and modify my @columbia.edu forwarding address?
Q: How long will my email remain active if I leave Columbia University?
Q: How do I set up an Out of Office reply?
Q: How can I check emails from home for ICG and Cancer Center Members?
Q: How can I configure Entourage emails for ICG and Cancer Center Members?
Q: How do I forward my email for ICG and Cancer Center Members?
Q: Can I check my email on my PDA/smartphone for ICG & Cancer Center?
Q: What's the mail policy when a non Columbia alumni resigns?
Conference rooms
Q: Instructions to use the Projector in the 8th Floor Common Room and DAR
Q: Instructions to use the Projector on 5th Floor Conference Room
Internet and Wireless
Q: How do I set up a wireless connection?
Q: How to get the physical (MAC) address of your computer?
Remote Access
Q: How do I remotely login to my office desktop computer (running Windows)?
Q: How do I open a VPN connection from home?
Q: If you get Error 720 during a VPN connection look at this fix
Q: How do I check if I'm over the network download quota?
Q: How do I remotely login to my office desktop computer (running Windows) for ICG and Cancer Center memebers?
Q: How do I remotely connect to lab server (running Macintosh) for ICG and Cancer Center memebers?
Security
Q: How do I properly secure my PC?
Software Downloads
Q: Is there any useful software provided by Columbia?
Q: ImageJ Software for ICG and Cancer Center members?
Q: FinchTV Software for ICG and Cancer Center members?
SSH
Q: How do I set SSH to keep me from getting automatically disconnected?
Support
Q: How do I request help from the sysops group?
Q: How do I request help from the Columbia IT (CUIT) group?
TCGA Data Mirror
Q: Where can I find the TCGA data?
Q: How can I get permission to use the data?
Q: How should I work with the data?
Telephones
Q: How do I program the repertory dialing buttons on a ROLM phone?
Q: How do I change the ring tone for a ROLM 600 series phone?