Starting in David's group

• An older, non-wiki version of this page is on [1]
• If you are an alien...
  • See Jill Bejerano's old page, tons of interesting stuff, unfortunately, not all of this is valid anymore (e.g. no need for credit history anymore these days, all you need is a debit card)
  • Count on running around for 2-3 weeks to get all the paperwork done
  • J1: You need ISSS to get your SEVIS entry OKed before you can apply for a social security number. After this, you have to wait until a day that is at least 10 days after your entry into the US, and 48 hours after ISSS has made the entry. You need to bring your DS2019 to ISS and your passport with the I94. At the social security office, you can shorten the wait by filling out a "new SSN" forms next to the entrance, on the wall. If you show up at 9:15, then the waiting time is usually not longer than 10 minutes. Show up at 11:00 and up might wait for one hour.
  • If you have a place to stay, have the social security card sent to this address. You will then be able to use the slip directly to open a bank account
  • Don't believe what the banks tell you: You can open a restricted account (no debit, no checks) without a social security number. I would rather wait until you have an SSN though and get the real deal directly.
  • Send the SSN to HR (Jolinda) and the bank account details to leeann@ucsc.edu
  • But at least you don't need to pay tax: http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/cao/paycoord/taxstate.html

• Administrative
  • You will have an appointment at Human Resources on the ground floor of the Engineering 2 building (=our building) where you will have to fill out and sign tons of forms. They might also give you a campus map
  • Use the map to get to the University ID office, they will print your ID card (it is located at the intersection of Steinhart / Hager roads) see also campus map http://interactivemap.ucsc.edu/
  • Go to see Al McGuire in the Baskin Engineering building (the old building just in front) in room 399 amcguire@soe.ucsc.edu to get your card activated
  • You should have an SOE account / SOE email address, this should have been done automatically via human resources or Branwyn
  • You will receive cruzID registration emails
    • define your passwords
    • redirect your cruzId emails to your SOE account
      • Look for the config buttons on the LEFT SIDE of your screen, that's actually a menu
  • Subscribe to any of these mailing lists (genecats and staff is recommended, other depending on your preferences)
    • genecats: https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genecats
    • Staff: https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/staff
    • Genome recombination http://lists.bx.psu.edu/options/rec
    • Haussler Wetlab https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/hausslerwetlab

• Technical
  • Add the "oops" printer (yes this is the DNS name), select the IPP protocol if asked

• Clusters
  • swarm : ~ 200 nodes, 4 CPUs each 8GB RAM
  • encodek : 5 nodes, 4 CPUs each, 16GB RAM
  • memk : 8 nodes, 2 CPUs each, 32 GB RAM

• Account config
  • use /cluster/install/utilities/chsh to change your shell to bash
  • copy ~hiram/.bashrc.hiram to your homedir and add the line "source .bashrc.hiram" to your own .bashrc file
  • If you have any problems with your account, email cluster-admin@soe.ucsc.edu
  • Read Cluster Jobs and "Where is everything" and "Parasol Manual"
  • make sure that you are a member of the "genecats" and "protein" groups
  • You might want to add these statements as well:

 complete -o default -W "create push try shove make check stop chill finished hung slow crashed failed status problems running hippos time recover priority maxJob resetCounts freeBatch showSickNodes clearSickNodes" para

• Cancer stuff:
  • Install http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html if you're on Windows or Mac
  • Get the .key and .cert files from Erich and place them into the openvpn/config directory.
  • place the .ovpn file into the same directory, adapt the paths
  • open the ovpn file with openvpn