14-Oct-2024

Network Disruptions: Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 @ 10:00 AM

On Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024, between 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM, please expect brief network disruptions as we commission an upgraded hardware component. If you have any questions or concerns, please submit a ServiceRequest.

ScreenConnect Update: Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 @ 11:00 AM

On Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024, starting at 11:00 AM, the ScreenConnect service will be unavailable for up to one hour for maintenance. During this time, you will be disconnected from existing remote sessions, and you will not be able to start new remote sessions. Please submit a ServiceRequest if you have any questions or concerns.

AppsAnywhere Update: Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 @ 11:00 AM

On Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024, at 11:00 AM, the AppsAnywhere server will be updated, resulting in a brief outage. After the update, if you find that you cannot launch any apps using the web interface, please reboot your computer. If the problem persists after the reboot, please submit a ServiceRequest.

GitLab Update: Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 @ 11:00 AM

On Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024, at 11:00 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour for a series of updates. Please submit a ServiceRequest if you have any questions or concerns.

Compute Farm Upgrade to AlmaLinux 9

This week, we are upgrading the 16 CLASSE Compute Farm nodes, ilc302 through ilc325. The Compute Farm queues on these nodes are currently paused to allow existing jobs to finish, and they will be re-enabled by the end of the week, after they have been migrated from Scientific Linux 7 (EL7) to AlmaLinux 9 (EL9). If you wish to submit jobs to these Alma9 nodes after the upgrade, please use the "-l os_name=el9" SGE GridEngine flag. Otherwise, any submitted jobs will default to running on SL7 nodes, for legacy compatibility with some executables. To see a complete list of Alma9 nodes (and the queues on those nodes), please type "qhost -q -l os_name=el9". In the future, we will change the default operating system from SL7 to Alma9. If you have any questions or concerns, please submit a ServiceRequest.

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General network and server maintenance will occur every Tuesday from 12:00 noon to 2:00 PM. The CLASSE-IT group will always announce any expected disruptions in our NewsLetter and via CLASSE-IT-NEWS-L, but with the size and complexity of our network there is always the potential for something to go wrong. We will do our best to contain all network maintenance and planned outages to Tuesdays from 12:00 noon to 2:00 PM.

Unless other arrangements have been made, CLASSE-managed Windows systems may be updated and rebooted on Tuesday morning at 2:00 AM, so please avoid critical or lengthy operations at that time. For more details, please see SystemExpectations.

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Questions or problems? Submit a service request.

Other resources:

• CLASSE-IT Home Page
• Previous newsletters

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