Hello Marhn, No there is not a image lookup tool that would provide such information via the web interface. This could be a useful tool.
There is provenance data that exists in different tables and would be fairly easy to source. We do run scripts to purge such images to an archive location to free up storage. i.e. we images not used in an X time frame. Aaron On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Marhn Fullmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > For those who generally need help in getting images created > or in support thererof, is there provenance data in VCL accessible > to help deal with upcoming Windows XP or other code/images > that need deprecated? Oftimes a graduate student creates an image > under the VCL image ownership model and then leaves it behind > with no apparent & clear relationship to any given faculty memeber > or other staff member. > > It seems frameworks could be created to more gracefully deal with > life-cycle issues if this infomation is available rather than > firedrill-driven > audits & scrambles to replace functionality when something is deprecated, > In particular, Windows XP end of life (EOL) by Microsoft without paying > extra > support costs will be in effect 08 April 2014 which is fast approaching. > > Extra layers of firewalls & VPNs, etc. likely can protect some access but > unless federated access control like that which might be possble by > Eduroam, > etc. are instituted & supported, the userbase may radically have to be > shrunk > in some cases. Assocated access control costs for labor will probably also > rise. > > > sincerely, > Marhn Fullmer > Manager, COE Networking Lacoratories > NCSU Computer Science Dept -- Aaron Peeler Program Manager Virtual Computing Lab NC State University All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
