Consulting The Computing Services Help Center can give help and advice on using software packags supported by Computing Services. Education Computing Services offers training classes on a variety of topics, such as, HTML essentials or using the Cyrus mail clients, to all faculty and staff members. For more information on the classes available and how to register, see Computer Education's Course Catalog . This course is designed to give students a base level of computing competency. CSW is offered both in the traditional class room format and in an experimental On-line format.
Backups primarily ensure quick recovery in case of system failure.
However, users who have deleted files can request file restorations from system backups. Software Site and Volume-Purchase Agreements Carnegie Mellon has arrangements with many vendors that allow departments, colleges and individuals in some cases to purchase or license software at substantial discounts. See Software Volume Purchase Agreements for more details. Tape Library Services Computer Operations provides central tape facilities for VMS and Unix users. VMS tape facilities are provided for ACIS Vax cluster, and for the VMS computers aruba and linton, which belong to the Heinz school.