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Reflection Paper #1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week marks my completion of my first 50 hours as an intern for the Systems Group at Old Dominion University. Over the weeks that followed, I have held the position as a System Administrator in which I have been involved in several important task that I believe was challenging and exciting. This included assisting the team with developing an infrastructure for a computer science course that had specific needs for the Professors and students. I was also involved with the Systems Group team meetings that are held every week. During these meetings staff members of the group all come together and discuss what each member has done for the week and what their plans were moving forward. Which I found to be an effective way to build relationships with my colleagues and learn from others the problems they faced and how they went about solving them.
At the start of my internship my goal was to gain hands-on experience with System Administrator tasks and improve my troubleshooting skills. For example, as mentioned in the beginning of the paper I was involved in assisting with the team in creating a infrastructure for a computer science course. This came with quite of few challenges that I had to work through in order for everything to work effectively. I experienced the most errors with the configurations of the software that was being implemented which included terraform and ansible. I was able to identify and resolve these misconfigurations by paying attention to the errors that the software was outputting and research how to solve the issue. I was also able to collaborate with my team on how to address the errors and come up with different solutions. In conclusion, at the end of the first 50 hours, I\u2019ve encountered challenges that I believe has helped me grow as a System Administrator and has given me more confidence in my troubleshooting abilities which will help me in my future employment. I am excited to see what else that follows and I look forward to working with my team to solve any issues that may rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reflection Paper #2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the internship at Old Dominion University’s Systems Group, I had the opportunity to help install Proxmox VE onto a server that had previously been utilized for student projects. This was a beneficial learning experience since it caused me to work on both the hardware and software ends so that everything would be in the proper place. Configuring the static IP address of the server was on my agenda, and this implied that I needed to make sure that network configuration was correct. I collaborated with the team to place the server on the network and have it correctly recognized. The exercise was an education on network management as I needed to make sure that the server was able to communicate with the other systems within the infrastructure. Another essential step of the installation procedure was modifying the BIOS of the server. My role was to disable the RAID configuration. This was needed so that I would not interfere with Proxmox VE, which needed to access storage devices directly. Navigating through the BIOS interface allowed me to understand server hardware and the role played by configurations in the operations of software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project also involved a number of challenges, mainly in network and BIOS setting troubleshooting. I also faced some issues where the server was not accepting the static IP or was not properly connecting to the network. Based on research of the problems with the help of my team, I managed to fix them and find solutions, also improving in troubleshooting as well as solving high-level technical issues. It was a fulfilling exercise, as it offered a chance to apply theory to real problems, which was an advancement in my competency as a System Administrator. It also enhanced my competency on how the servers are being set up and incorporated in a large network infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reflection Paper #3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While working with the Systems Group at Old Dominion University during my internship, I got to participate in a big project which was PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) booting for the faculty and lab computers. The main aim of the exercise was to migrate systems from Windows 10 to Windows 11. The method was rolled out to systems whether they are old ones that had been part of our domain or new ones that were still not set up. With respect to the old computers that were in use, the process consisted of the restart of the computers from the network and the initiation of a PXE boot that allowed our server to be used. They bypassed the need for installations and thus the upgrade process was more efficient. The new computers, on the other hand, made us first go to the BIOS, before the Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE) started, and change the storage mode from RAID to AHCI. After this change had been made, we began the PXE the same way we did for the other computers. Executing the task of quickly changing the OS of many hundreds of computers was a great learning lesson for me in the area of PXE and its automation capability. I discovered how PXE can become the tool to install one operating system to many devices at the same time and at the same time can be very useful in the process of building the environment with software, group policy objects, and standard computer namings of your choice. Besides, it has become aware to me how much a powerful, adaptive, and efficient infrastructure can be especially in areas where the network is in charge of a large number of machines. This project has given me the possibility to gain practical knowledge of the automated deployment tools and network based booting methods. It has also equipped me with a strong capability of handling the pressure at work and at the same time configuring the BIOS settings perfectly well before the start of the OOBE process. On the whole, this project marked a significant leap in my professional growth alongside the career path of a System Administrator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reflection Paper #1 This week marks my completion of my first 50 hours as an intern for the Systems Group at Old Dominion University. Over the weeks that followed, I have held the position as a System Administrator in which I have been involved in several important task that I believe was challenging and exciting…. <\/p>\n

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