Preparing to Close your Experimental Account

Ron Fox

Revision History
Revision 1.1April 14, 2006Revised by: RF
As per Jon Cook's observation modified homedir tar command to catch . files.
Revision 1.2August 12, 2006Revised by: RF
Fix typo in title of document as per Barb's catch. Clarify restoration.
Revision 1.3November 8, 2006Revised by: RF
Describe alternatives for taking data home
Revision 1.3.1November 8, 2006Revised by: RF
Try to make clearer supported vs. unsupported options for taking data home
Revision 1.3.2October 17, 2007Revised by: RB
Update to exclude .zfs directories
Revision 1.4March 12, 2008Revised by: RF
Describe 8.1 usage.

Table of Contents
1. Task List
2. Writing Tapes
2.1. Writing event data to tape
2.2. Writing home directories to tape
3. Taking your data home
3.1. Using tapes to take your data home
3.2. Transferring data home via the network.
3.3. USB External disks
3.4. Writing CD and DVD optical disks (unsupported)
4. Preparing for analysis
5. Finally closing down the account

1. Task List

When you are done with an experiment you must take several actions to secure your data and to prepare for the closing of the account:

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