April 1, 2013 Today's topics: lnx201 maintenance lnx201, LEPP's public login node, will be rebooted at 10am Tuesday, 4/2. Please ensure all jobs running on lnx...
April 2, 2012 Today's topics: Scientific Linux 6 As previously announced, LEPP is continuing the upgrade from SL5 to SL6 wherever possible. This week we will b...
April 4, 2016 Today's topics: Beware of Ransomware The past two weeks have seen a dramatic rise in ransomware attacks both in the outside world and here at Corne...
April 5th, 2011 Today's topics: Firefox, Java and Flash updates for Windows The LEPP computer group will be pushing updates to Firefox, Java and Flash beginning ...
Monday, April 07, 2014 Today's topics: Wilson Lab Network Outage: Tuesday, April 8 @ 9:00 AM There will be a brief network outage (including RedRover eduroam w...
April 8, 2013 Today's topics: Matlab 2013a License Server Upgrade PC176, the Matlab license server at CLASSE, will be upgraded at 10:00 AM Tuesday, 4/9. During t...
April 11th, 2011 Today's topics: Accelerator Subversion Server Upgrade For required functionality not available in our current server, the Accelerator group pla...
April 11, 2016 Today's topics: Unscheduled power outage, Mon Apr 11 Shortly before noon on Monday, April 11, we experienced a campus wide power outage, which las...
April 13th, 2015 Today's topics: CLASSE Windows Managed Computers Firefox update April 13th, 2015 This will update Firefox to ESR 31.6.0 during our normal Window...
Monday, April 14, 2014 Today's topics: Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability. Cornell's IT Security Office has issued alerts about the recently discovered "Heartbleed...
April 15th, 2013 Today's topics: LEPP Matlab Upgrade to 2013a LEPP currently uses Matlab 2010a as the standard Matlab deployment. This version is now 3 years old...
April 17, 2012 Today's topics: Laptops at LEPP infected with Flashback Several personal Mac laptops have been infected with the recent Flashback malware. We've ...
April 18th, 2011 Today's topics: CLASSE Domain general update schedule change For general use CLASSE Domain systems, we will change the updates to be applied at ...
April 18th, 2016 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Windows Computers AntiVirus migration * Tonight, during our normal update period, CLASSE managed Windows compu...
April 20, 2015 Today's topics: Update to SL6.6 on Tuesday, April 28 Starting Tuesday morning, 4/28, all CLASSE SL6 systems will update to Scientific Linux 6.6. ...
April 21st, 2014 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Windows Computers Firefox Update We will be updating Firefox to 24.4.0ESR, Flash to 13, and Java to 7u55 during o...
April 22, 2013 Today's topics: Red Rover IP address conflict If your laptop reports an IP address conflict when you (re)connect your laptop to a Red Rover wirel...
April 23, 2012 Today's topics: Grid Engine Queues During the upgrade to SL6, the queues previously known as lnx65101 lnx65111 have been renamed ilc301 ilc31...
April 25th, 2011 Today's topics: REMINDER: CLASSE focussed tutorial and Q A sessions for Exchange Calendaring The LEPP Computer Group is offering CLASSE focussed...
April 25, 2016 Today's topics: CHESS Data Archive and Rotation The second full CHESS archive and data rotation is underway. As a result, the main DAQ and MAIA f...
April 27, 2015 Today's topics: CLASSE Cluster maintenance on Tuesday, April 28. If you are working on samba or NFS file systems, save and close your work before ...
April 29, 2013 Today's topics: SAMBA service maintenance 9:30am Tuesday April 30 At approximately 9:30am Tuesday, April 30, there may be a momentary interrupt...
April 6, 2015 Today's topics: Print Server Upgrade The main CLASSE print server used by Windows, Linux, and OS X will be updated in the early morning of Tuesday,...
08/01/2011 Today's topics: Mathematica 8 The default version of Mathematica on all SL5 systems is now 8.0. Version 7.0 can still be run using mathematica v 7....
August 3rd, 2015 Today's topics: Partial Power Outage and Scheduled IT maintenance on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Please plan for a general computing outage on Augu...
August 4th, 2014 Today's topics: Running Linux programs from Windows: the CLASSE GRID icon The Windows desktop program "CLASSE GRID.exe" (the program previously ...
August 8, 2011 Today's topics: CESR Control System down starting at 9am Tuesday, August 9th. The CESR Control System will be down on Tuesday August 9th. Start...
August 10, 2015 Today's topics: Partial Power Outage and Scheduled IT maintenance on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Please plan for a general CLASSE (including CHESS) ...
August 11, 2014 Today's topics: Getting notifications of outages While we strive to notify people of changes to computing in this newsletter, sometimes services ...
August 12, 2013 Today's topics: RedRover and Cordless Phones If you use a Cordless Phone at CLASSE, please verify the frequency range that it uses. Cordless phon...
August 17, 2015 Today's topics: CLASSE Central Filesystems In order to ensure the security and availability of your data, it is important you store them in centr...
August 18th, 2014 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Windows computers: Firefox update tonight We will be updating Firefox to ESR 24.7.0, including Flash and Java up...
August 19, 2013 Today's topics: Mathematica 9 Mathematica 9 is available for testing from any managed CLASSE Linux box using the command, mathematica r 9.0.1. ...
Monday, August 20, 2012 Today's topics: Scheduled network outage: Saturday, August 25 There will be a scheduled network outage of the LEPP and CHESS networks fr...
August 24, 2015 Today's topics: General computing outage 10pm Tuesday 8/25 There will be a general computing outage from approximately 10pm to 11pm Tuesday nig...
August 25, 2014 Today's topics: Downtime for lnx201, Tuesday September 2 @ 12:01 AM On Tuesday, September 2, at 12:01 AM, the main Linux login node, lnx201, will...
August 26, 2013 Today's topics: MATLAB server upgrade, Aug 27 On Tuesday, August 27, at 7 am, we will upgrade the license server for MATLAB versions 2012a and ea...
August 29, 2011 Today's topics: Security Alert Watch for phishing attempts: Ten year anniversary of 9/11 The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integra...
August 29, 2014 Today's topics: Downtime for lnx201, Tuesday September 2 @ 12:01 AM On Tuesday, September 2, at 12:01 AM, the main Linux login node, lnx201, will...
Friday, August 31, 2012 Today's topics: Firefox update on LEPP Windows computers to 10.0.7 During the night of Tuesday evening/Wednesday morning, September 4th a...
Monday, August 31, 2015 Today's topics: General computing outage Noon Wednesday 9/2 There will be a general computing outage from approximately Noon to 1pm Wed...
December 1, 2014 Today's topics: Compute farm outage, Dec. 9 11 In order to upgrade the network connection between the compute farm and the central file systems,...
Monday, December 2, 2013 Today's topics: Exchange (Office 365) upgrade: December 4th starting at 5 PM. Microsoft will be upgrading Cornell's instance of Office 3...
Monday December 3rd, 2012. Today's topics: LEPP Windows computers Firefox update to 17.0.1ESR We will be pushing an update tonight to coincide with normal updat...
December 7th, 2015 Today's topics: Internet Explorer 11 for CLASSE Managed Windows Computers How does this affect me? * CLASSE IT supports Firefox for all we...
December 8th, 2014 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Windows computers Firefox Update We will be updating during our standard updates the following browser softwa...
December 10,2012 Today's topics: CLASSE userid and password needed for Lab. IT Changes As the Lab. makes a transition from autonomous LEPP and CHESS IT environm...
December 12, 2011 Today's topics: Printing Transparencies If you need to print transparencies, please contact Bill Brangan, who will put them in the printer for...
December 14th, 2015 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Windows computers Flash update Adobe Flash will be updated to 20.0.0.235 during normal updates tonight. CLASS...
December 15th, 2014 Today's topics: Flash Update on CLASSE Managed Windows computers We are updating Flash to v16 during our normal Windows Updates schedule. I.e...
December 16, 2013 Today's topics: Computer security videos Cornell's central computer security group has produced several informational videos which are availabl...
December 19, 2011 Today's topics: CLASSE computers are not backed up Please don't forget that LEPP Windows computers in the CLASSE domain are NOT being backed u...
12/19/2012 Today's topics: CLASSE Account Password Expiration Emails If your CLASSE account password is about to expire, you will get an email that looks like t...
December 21, 2015 Today's topics: Major milestone reached: 40,000 tickets! Well, it took us almost 16 years, but on December 16, 2015, we received our 40,000th s...
Monday, December 23, 2013 Today's topics: Powering down desktop computers for the holidays. If you'll be away for an extended period of time, please do a gracef...
February 02, 2015 Today's topics: GHOST: glibc vulnerability In response to the recent GHOST glibc vulnerability, sshd and all other forward facing services will...
February 3rd, 2014 Today's topics: VPN outage Tuesday at 10AM 11AM We will be migrating the VPN endpoint of the CLASSE VPN from a legacy server to a clustered se...
February 5, 2013 Today's topics: CLASSE e mail migration to Office 365 will happen on February 20th. If you did not receive a notice about your Exchange mailbox...
February 6th, 2012 Today's topics: Firefox Extended Support Release Mozilla is now providing an ESR (Extended Support Release) of version 10 of the Firefox Web b...
February 7, 2011 Today's topics: Reserving rooms at Wilson Lab Remember that the method for using Outlook Calendar for reserving rooms in Wilson Lab is changing ...
February 8th, 2016 Today's topics: Stock Computer Models The CLASSE Computer group keeps several "classes" of computer models and peripherals available for the l...
February 9th, 2015 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Computers: Flash updates Adobe has had many updates in the last two weeks. Each time there is an update, Mozill...
February 10th, 2014 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Windows computer Firefox, Java updates We will be updating to Firefox 24.3.0 and Java 7u51 during our normal W...
February 11, 2013 Today's topics: Passwords In the coming months the Laboratory will be transitioning to a single central system for authenticating CLASSE perso...
February 13th, 2012 Today's topics: Cornell NetID password change In the near future, about 2000 Cornellians, some at LEPP, will be receiving notices that they n...
February 14, 2010. Today's topics: CLASSE Domain server patching There will be some down time on the CLASSE Domain Controllers this Tuesday, Feb 15th starting a...
Monday, February 15, 2016 Today's topics: Linux Developer Toolsets Update As previously announced, on Tuesday 2/16/16 the Red Hat Developer Toolset 4 will be i...
February 16th, 2015 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Flash Update on Windows We are again updating flash tonight for CLASSE managed Windows computers. CLASSE Conf...
February 17th, 2014. Today's topics: New functions for PDFs on CLASSE Managed Windows computers Tonight during Windows updates, we are upgrading from PDF X Chang...
Monday, February 18. 2013. Today's topics: Exchange to Office 365 migration: informational sessions There will be informational sessions about the migration to ...
February 20, 2012 Today's topics: Firefox Extended Support Release Mozilla is now providing an ESR (Extended Support Release) of version 10 of the Firefox Web b...
February 22nd, 2016 Today's topics: Antivirus (AV) software will be changing at CLASSE Cornell will stop providing Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) in the next...
February 23, 2015 Today's topics: VPN Upgrade March 3rd 10AM The CLASSE VPN will have a 30 minute outage starting at 10AM for updates to the server. As part of t...
February 24, 2014 Today's topics: Vulnerability in iOS (and maybe MacOS) Last Friday, Apple released a critical update to iOS 6 and iOS 7 to fix a major security...
February 25th, 2013 Today's topics: LEPP Windows computers Firefox update during standard Windows update schedule We will be updating the Firefox bundle as follo...
February 29th, 2016 Today's topics: Logitech and other brands of Wireless Keyboards and Mice: potential local security vulnerability * We have become aware of...
January 2, 2013 Today's topics: Use your CLASSE userid and password for SAMBA starting January 3rd Currently, access to the server known as "samba" from Windows...
January 6, 2014 Today's topics: CLASSE Windows desktops Firefox update to Firefox 24ESR CLASSE managed desktops running Windows will be updated to Firefox 24ESR ...
January 7th, 2013 Today's topics: Open Session for Red Rover, bring your lab laptop 1PM, Jan 14th, 2013 in Wilson Commons There will be an Open Session for Red ...
January 11th, 2016 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Windows Computers IE11 Update * Is now approved for install during the next possible update window. For many...
DATE Today's topics: Red Hat Developer Toolset 3.0 The Red Hat Developer Toolset 3.0 package is now installed locally on every CLASSE Linux system and provides t...
January 13, 2014 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Windows Firefox update to Firefox ESR 24 We are deploying Firefox ESR24. As part of this update, we will also be ...
January 14th, 2013 Today's topics: RedRover wireless, VPN, SAMBA, and CLASSE login training The "LNS Protected" wireless network has been shut down in Wilson Lab...
January 16th, 2012 Today's topics: Virtual Servers (PC570A PC570D) We are retiring the Virtual Windows XP Servers PC570A PC570D on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012. W...
January 17, 2014 Today's topics: Accelerator Subversion Repository Switching to CLASSE Authentication On Tuesday, January 21st, at 10am, the Accelerator Subversi...
January 21, 2014 Today's topics: Replicon issues resolved The previously reported issue with accessing Replicon from off site was resolved on Saturday, 1/18. Pl...
January 22nd, 2013 Today's topics: CLASSE Service service classe #64;cornell.edu can now be used for submitting service requests to the CLASSE Computer Group for...
January 23rd, 2012 Today's topics: Inventor Update to SP2 Feb, 1st 2012 We will be pushing an update to Inventor to bring it to SP2 on February 1st, 2012. All In...
January 25, 2016 Today's topics: ELOG Software Update Noon Tuesday, January 26 All of the CLASSE ELOG servers will be updated at Noon Tuesday, January 26. Sig...
January 26th, 2015 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Windows updates Computer may REBOOT * Tonight during the normal updates, your computer might reboot if a P...
January 27, 2014 Today's topics: CLASSE Authentication for additional web services. On Tuesday, 1/28, the CLASSE IT group will work to transition several remaini...
January 28, 2013 Today's topics: Requesting Computers and Computer Accounts The LEPP Web site includes links to many useful Web and Wiki pages. When new arrival...
January 30th, 2012 Today's topics: Inventor SP2 update Wed, Feb 1st, 2012 Starting at 4PM An e mail has been sent to all known Inventor suite users with more inf...
January 31, 2011 Today's topics: Scheduling Meetings There has been quite a bit of confusion about how to schedule meetings using Outlook. Here's an attempt to c...
January 5, 2012 Today's topics: Scientific Linux 6 As LEPP continues the migration from 64 bit SL5 to 64 bit SL6, two farm nodes (lnx301 and lnx302) are now run...
July 1, 2013 Today's topics: CLASSE Windows Systems will update the Firefox Package at 10PM 7/1/2013. This evening there will be updates applied to Firefox to ES...
July 7th, 2014 Today's topics: RedRover Secure retiring on July 15 On July 15, CIT will discontinue the RedRover Secure wireless service. For more information, s...
July 8, 2013 Today's topics: Accelerator File Systems Upgrade (lnx113 deprecation) 4pm Monday, July 8 Starting at 4pm Monday, July 8, the following accelerator...
July 9, 2012 Today's topics: Campus migration to Microsoft's Office 365 Cornell has decided to take advantage of Microsoft's Cloud based Office 365 service (fr...
DATE Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Computers Flash Player updates Linux Adobe Flash Firefox Plugin Security update on Tuesday 14 Jul 2015 * The patched Adob...
July 14, 2014 Today's topics: Usage of lnx201 Over the past year, we have been promoting lnx201.classe.cornell.edu as a general purpose Linux login node, to be u...
July 15, 2013 Today's topics: Matlab 2013a push to CLASSE managed Windows computers Monday, July 22, 2013 Windows computers currently running Matlab 2010a will...
July 18, 2011 Today's topics: Scientific Linux 5 SL 5.6 All LEPP SL5 systems are being upgraded to SL5.6. Other than a new graphical theme called "Atom Shine,...
July 21, 2014 Today's topics: Computing at CLASSE homepage On Tuesday, July 29, the CLASSE Computing homepage will be updated the new homepage will be the Quic...
Monday, July 22, 2013 Today's topics: Replicon requires Firefox ESR You must use Firefox ESR 17 in order for Replicon to work for you. Firefox ESR is the version...
July 23, 2012 Today's topics: LEPP Windows users Firefox Update We will be pushing an update to Firefox to take place with our normal update schedule, Monday Nig...
July 25, 2011 Today's topics: More Phishing bogus email warning On Thursday, July 21, many people received email from a non Cornell address claiming that thei...
Friday, July 27, 2012 Today's topics: Remote access to Windows Computers (LogMeIn) If you have been using LogMeIn to remotely access a Windows or Mac computer v...
Monday, July 27, 2015 Today's topics: Partial Power Outage and Scheduled IT maintenance on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 The East and Central Modules will be without ...
July 28, 2014 Today's topics: Wilson computer room AC upgrade, Aug 4 13; AC is down today. The main cooling unit in the Wilson computer room (W221) will be repl...
July 29, 2013 Today's topics: Power Outage at Wilson Lab Saturday, August 3 Wilson Lab will be without power from 8AM until 12 noon THIS Saturday, August 3rd. ...
June 1st, 2015 Today's topics: CLASSE IT Help Desk hours suspended in Newman and PSB Mike Roman has been injured in a bike accident and will not be in for a bit....
DATE Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Windows Computers PDF Package upgrade during normal updates tonight. We are upgrading the PDF X Change Editor software to 5.5...
June 03, 2013 Today's topics: CLASSE IT Help Desk In the upcoming week, we will be establishing a CLASSE IT Help Desk in Wilson 229, which will be staffed by an ...
June 6, 2011 Today's topics: LEPP Solaris and Linux Compute Farms: Cooling Problems As usually happens in the spring and fall, the air conditioners in the compu...
June 8th, 2015 Today's topics: Logitech Video conference Cameras: unavailable in Wilson conference rooms June 15 19. The Logitech video conference cameras in Wil...
June 09, 2014 Today's topics: Network Filesystems To ensure your data is secure and available, CLASSE maintains several terabytes of centrally maintained, redund...
June 10, 2013 Today's topics: Wilson Lab RedRover Service Interruption, Tuesday 6/11 @6:00 PM CIT will be restarting the RedRover Wireless Access Points in Wil...
June 11, 2012 Today's topics: Networked Filesystems LEPP provides several network accessible fileystems to our linux and unix systems using NFS. As with all ce...
June 14, 2011 Today's topics: Campus wide Network Interruptions Campus network connections will be briefly unavailable several times on Sunday, June 19th. These...
Monday, June 15, 2015 Today's topics: New Cornell Login page: clear your browser cache Please clear your browser's cache. Cornell's "CU Web Login" page is changi...
June 16, 2014 Today's topics: Accelerator Computing Mailing List CLASSE ACC COMP L is a new mailing list for announcements and discussions concerning accelerator...
DATE Today's topics: Wilson Lab RedRover Service Interruption, Tuesday 6/18 @6:00 PM As a follow up to last week's intervention, CIT will be restarting the Red...
Monday, June 18, 2012 Today's topics: ACCFS (lnx113) to be down Tuesday morning Maintenance has been scheduled for accfs (also known as lnx113) starting at 10a...
June 20th, 2011 Today's topics: Updates for Windows desktops Firefox, Adobe Updates for Windows These updates are scheduled for Tuesday between 10 and 11Am on J...
June 22, 2015 Today's topics: Firefox Graphics Hardware Acceleration * New releases of Firefox enable graphics hardware acceleration. If you experience slown...
June 25, 2012 Today's topics: New Restrictions on CLEOc HyperNews Server A HyperNews vulnerability is being exploited, leading to compromises of HyperNews fora....
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 Today's topics: Kronos and Java For this week only, hourly employees and their supervisors should be sure to use Kronos Basic, not full Kr...
June 27, 2011 Today's topics: Many basic computer peripheral items in Stock Room If you need some basic computer peripheral items like flash drives, CAT5 / patc...
June 29th, 2015 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Computers Flash Player updates Linux Adobe Flash Firefox Plugin Security update on Tuesday 30 Jun 2015 * The p...
June 30, 2014 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Windows computers Firefox update The web browsing package will be updated during today's regularly scheduled updates...
March 2, 2015 Today's topics: VPN upgrade tomorrow (Tuesday, March 3rd) As mentioned last week, at 10AM tomorrow: * There will be a 30 minute outage of VPN se...
March 04, 2013 Today's topics: Phishing In response to the recent successful phishing exploit, CIT has published a web page with general advice about phishing h...
March 7th, 2016 Today's topics: New Antivirus Software on CLASSE Managed Computers We have tentatively scheduled the switch over from Symantec Endpoint Protectio...
March 8, 2011. Today's topics: Windows 7 SP1 has been released * This past Wednesday, Microsoft officially announced the availability of Service Pack 1 for W...
March 8, 2012 Today's topics: EDMS Maintenance On Tuesday March 13 starting at 10am, LEPP's Invenio installation will be updated to v1.0.0. During this time, al...
March 09, 2015 Today's topics: Improved CUDA support in CLASSE Compute Farm The CUDA resources in the CLASSE GridEngine Compute Farm are now available to both ba...
March 10th, 2014 Today's topics: Microsoft Windows Performance Ever wonder what makes your Windows machine run sluggishly or crash all the time? We have a write ...
March 11th, 2013 Today's topics: Firefox on LEPP Windows computers will be upgraded during normal updates today We will be updating Firefox to 17.0.4, Flash 11.6...
March 14, 2011 Today's topics: Wilson Lab Color Printer w229_ibm_1567 * On Thursday afternoon (Mar. 17th) we hope to move the Wilson lab color printer from ...
March 14, 2016 Today's topics: Second Test of CLASSE Computer Quick Notification System * CLASSE IT has been working on a system to quickly notify users of CL...
DATE Today's topics: Linux Adobe Flash Firefox Plugin Security update on Tuesday 17 Mar 2015 * The patched Adobe Flash Firefox Plugin Security update (version...
March 17, 2014 Today's topics: Linux Introduction At the recent CESR Software meeting, a Linux Tutorial for VMS Users was giving. While some aspects are specifi...
March 21, 2011 Today's topics: Calendaring * Michael Roman will be giving Exchange calendaring training sessions sometime in the next week or two. If you plan...
March 21, 2016 Today's topics: CLASSE IT Privacy Statement The CLASSE IT group takes the privacy of our users' electronic data very seriously, and we make every ...
March 23rd, 2015 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Windows Firefox and Flash update March 23, 2015 We are updating Firefox and Flash for security patches during the...
March 24, 2014 Today's topics: Newman Lab Network Outage: Tuesday, March 25 @ 7:30 AM There will be brief network outage (including RedRover eduroam wireless) ...
March 25th, 2013 Today's topics: Outage for WinAPP re configuration Tuesday There will be a 1hr outage Tuesday Morning starting around 8:30 to reconfigure WinAPP...
March 26, 2012 Today's topics: Linux Firefox Redhat has released Firefox 10 ESR as a security update to firefox in EL5 and EL6. All LEPP Linux users should beg...
March 28th, 2011 Today's topics: Newman Lab power outages Power will be shut off to parts of Newman Lab the first four evenings this week; shutdowns start at 6 P...
March 28th, 2016 Today's topics: Firefox updates CLASSE Windows computers will get security patches to Firefox and Flash tonight during our standard update perio...
March 30, 2015 Today's topics: Print Server Upgrade The main CLASSE print server used by Windows, Linux, and OS X will be updated in the early morning of Tuesday...
Monday, March 31, 2014 Today's topics: Wilson Lab Network Interruption: Tuesday, April 1 @ 9:00 AM There will be a brief 30 second network interruption in Wilson...
March 3rd, 2014 Today's topics: Security Vulnerability fixed in latest versions of iOS, MacOS On Friday, Feb 21st, Apple announced that they discovered a serious...
May 2, 2011 Today's topics: Bogus Mail Maintenance message: Don't Click That! Never click on Web links in messages from people you don't know. This (Monday) mor...
May 2nd, 2016 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Windows Computers Updates * PDF XChange Pro will be updated to the newest major version, v6. * Note: Some p...
May 4, 2015 Today's topics: CESR Cluster Maintenance Noon Tuesday May 5 At approximately Noon on Tuesday, May 5, the CESR Linux cluster will reboot and undergo...
Monday, May 5, 2014 Today's topics: Power outage in West (New) Wing of Wilson Lab The following rooms in Wilson Lab will be without power on Tuesday, May 6, 2014...
May 7th, 2012 Today's topics: Windows Inventory and deployment agent upgrade We will be converting from our legacy OCSNG Agent on Windows XP x32 and Fusion Inven...
May 10, 2011 Today's topics: LEPP Trailer Conference Room resource name change The LEPP Trailer Conference Room is currently known to the Exchange Calendaring S...
May 11, 2015 Today's topics: Summer students arriving soon Because of space limitations, a small number of this year's summer students will be assigned to comput...
May 12, 2014 Today's topics: New CLASSE website (beta) The beta release of the new CLASSE website is now available at https://wwwdev.classe.cornell.edu. CLASSE c...
Monday, May 13, 2013. Today's topics: CLASSE Windows License Server outage (PC176) Tuesday at 10AM We will be migrating the CLASSE Windows License server (PC176...
May 15, 2012 Today's topics: SSL Certificate Update The SSL certificates for imap.lepp.cornell.edu and smtp.lepp.cornell.edu have been updated. You may need to...
May 19, 2014 Today's topics: New CLASSE Website Over the next two days, the long awaited CLASSE website will be moved into production. In addition to replacing ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Today's topics: CLASSE Wiki Server Upgrade, May 27 On Monday, May 27, the CLASSE Wiki server will be upgraded to new software and hardware...
May 23, 2011 Today's topics: LEPP network outage One of LEPP's core infrastructure switch/routers failed around 6:30 am Sunday morning. Connectivity to most sys...
May 24th, 2012 Today's topics: Windows third party software updates Traditionally LEPP has pushed updates for third party software such as Firefox, Flash, Java e...
May 29, 2013 Today's topics: CLASSE Wiki server upgraded, May 27 (This changes the URLs) The CLASSE Wiki server was upgraded to new hardware and software on Mond...
May 6th, 2013 Today's topics: How To Use VPN at Newman * Wednesday, May 8 10 AM in Newman 311: A presentation on "How To Use VPN" will be provided for those ...
Friday, November 2nd, 2012 Today's topics: Java for Kronos Under Firefox The LEPP preferred browser for running Kronos is Firefox. If Kronos complains that Java ...
Monday, November 2, 2015 Today's topics: Suggestions for configuring Outlook's "Clutter" service Brian Heltsley recently provided the following information about...
November 3, 2014 Today's topics: /nfs/acc/temp, /nfs/acc/libs, and Accelerator SVN Repository maintenance At 10am on Tuesday 11/4, we will begin maintenance on t...
November 4th, 2013 Today's topics: CLASSE managed Windows Firefox updates tonight We will be updating Firefox to 17.0.10ESR, Flash to 11.9, Java to 7u45. During...
November 7, 2011 Today's topics: Outlook and Exchange problems Cornell's central Exchange email service has had many problems during the past week. Although the...
Monday, November 9th, 2015 Today's topics: Brief network outage at 10am on Tuesday, November 10th At 10am on Tuesday, 11/10, there will be a brief network glitch...
November 10, 2014 Today's topics: Firefox update to ESR 31 profile reset As previously announced, all CLASSE computers should already be updated to ESR 31. Whe...
Monday, November 11, 2013 Today's topics: Brief network outage, Tue Nov 12 @ 9 AM There will be a brief network outage starting at 9am, Tuesday, November 12, 201...
November 12th, 2012 Today's topics: LEPP Windows Firefox update During normal patches tonight, LEPP will be pushing Firefox ESR 10.0.10, Flash 11.5 and Java 7u9 ...
November 14, 2011 Today's topics: Office Activation Warning Some users on Windows computers have received a warning from Microsoft Office that it will shut down ...
November 16, 2015 Today's topics: Another bogus phish: do NOT "Update your Cornell University Webmail" Many people have received yet another attempt to steal the...
November 17, 2014 Today's topics: Autodesk Design Suite upgraded to version 2015 During this past weekend, all computers with Autodesk Design Suite (Inventor, Va...
Monday, November 18, 2013 Today's topics: Brief network outage 9am EST, Tuesday, November 19, 2013 There will be a brief network outage starting at 9am EST, Tues...
November 21, 2011 Today's topics: Reporting Network "slowness" When reporting network slowness, please include the following information with your service reques...
November 23, 2015 Today's topics: LNX201 reboot 10am Tuesday 11/24 LNX201 will be rebooted at 10am Tuesday, 11/24, and is expected to be down for approximately...
November 24, 2014 Today's topics: Compute farm outage, Dec. 9 11 In order to upgrade the network connection between the compute farm and the central file systems...
Monday November 25, 2013 Today's topics: Campus network outage Sunday, December 1 On Sunday, December 1st between 5:00am and 12:00pm CIT Network Engineering will...
November 30th, 2015 Today's topics: Firefox and Flash updates for CLASSE Managed Windows Computers During our standard third party update window we will update t...
October 1st, 2012 Today's topics: LEPP VPN service (Computing/CmpGrp.OpenVPN / ZeroShell) changing to CLASSE authentication Currently, users of the LEPP VPN serv...
October 3, 2011 Today's topics: Linux Scientific Linux 5.7 As announced last week, all LEPP SL5 systems have been upgraded to SL5.7. Please note that this upd...
October 6, 2014 Today's topics: Migration of CLASSE file systems Tuesday October 7 After repeated disk failures on a decades old file server, the CLASSE IT gro...
October 7, 2013 Today's topics: CLASSE Authentication in Wilson Public Terminal Room To prepare for the upcoming CHESS run and the expected use of W315 (the Wils...
October 8, 2012 Today's topics: Home disk quotas In the near future, quotas will be enabled on the LEPP Unix home disks (/home/username). Up until January of t...
October 10th, 2011 Today's topics: Windows Office 2010 upgrade: substantial disruption starting Monday evening, October 17 You must close all Windows Office pro...
October 13, 2014 Today's topics: X2Go replacing NX X2Go has replaced NX as CLASSE's solution for remote linux desktops. For more information, please see X2Go. D...
October 14th, 2013 Today's topics: LNX201 upgrade Tuesday October 15th at 10AM Noon. LNX201 will be unavilable from 10AM to Noon on Tuesday October 15th while we...
October 15th, 2012 Today's topics: Cornell Migration to Office 365 limits e mail attachments to 25MB During the spring semester, Cornell is planning to transfer ...
October 17, 2011 Today's topics: Windows Office 2010 upgrade: Monday evening Reminder: Please exit from all Windows Office applications before 4:30 PM, Monday, ...
October 19th, 2015 Today's topics: 2000 NetID passwords compromised every year Every year more than 2000 Cornell NetIDs have their passwords compromised, resulti...
October 21, 2013 Today's topics: Some Linux computers will start using CLASSE logins CLASSE (the Lab) is in the process of changing LEPP Linux computers to accep...
October 22nd, 2012 Today's topics: LEPP Windows Firefox update Tonight As part of our normal updates, we are planning to update Firefox to 10.0.9ESR, Java to v6u...
October 24, 2011 Today's topics: Windows Office 2010 patch update Tuesday morning: logout Monday evening. Windows Office 2010 SP1 will be installed early Tuesda...
October262015 Today's topics: Brief network outage at 11am on Tuesday, October 27th At 11am on Tuesday, 10/27, there will be a brief network glitch (pause or out...
October 27th, 2014 Today's topics: CLASSE Windows Firefox package update: reboots might be needed Tonight we will be updating CLASSE managed Windows computers to...
October 28, 2013 Today's topics: Matlab 2013a on Linux On Tuesday October 29, the default version of matlab for all Scientific Linux 5 and 6 computers will be up...
October 31st, 2011 Today's topics: Firefox versions in use at LEPP LEPP is currently running (and has standardized on) the Firefox 3.6 series, the most recent as...
October 5 , 2015 Today's topics: Project Management After extensive research and evaluation, the CLASSE IT group recently deployed Active Collab (https://www.act...
September 3rd, 2013 Today's topics: Updates for CLASSE Managed Windows Computers Firefox Firefox will be updated to 17.0.8 ESR, Flash to 11.8 Tuesday night. Ma...
Monday, September 8, 2014 Today's topics: Login change for CESR ELOG CESR logbooks (CESR Ops, CESR MS, CHESS_MS, and Instrumentation) were moved to cesrwww at 1...
September 09, 2013 Today's topics: New instructional videos We have produced two new instructional videos, showing how to perform common tasks on Windows: * I...
September 10th, 2012 Today's topics: PC50 is READ ONLY today As warned in our previous newsletter, PC50 has been set to READ ONLY today. If you find you cannot w...
September 14, 2015 Today's topics: Brief network outage at Noon on Tuesday, September 15th At Noon on Tuesday, 9/15, there will be a brief network glitch (pause ...
September 15th, 2014 Today's topics: CLASSE Managed Windows Firefox update 9/29/2014 CLASSE will be pushing Firefox ESR31 during standard updates on September 29...
Monday, September 17, 2012. Today's topics: Samba authentication changing to CLASSE credentials The LEPP samba server (\\samba\user etc...) will change from LNS...
September 19, 2011 Today's topics: Exchange migration started on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. CIT began migrating all mail accounts from servers running Exchang...
DATE Today's topics: Temporary Printing solution We have a temporary solution for those users who have had occasional problems printing. Here is the temporary ...
September 24, 2012 Today's topics: LNX201 upgraded to SL6 LNX201 hung on Monday, September 17 and needed to be rebooted. To avoid multiple disruptions, we proc...
September 26, 2011 Today's topics: Email Problems CIT is still in the process of moving email accounts from the old Exchange 2007 servers to the new Exchange 20...
September 29th, 2014 Today's topics: Firefox update to ESR31 on CLASSE Managed Windows Computers We will be updating Firefox to ESR31 tonight during our normal u...
Monday, September 30, 2013 Today's topics: WorkDay Problems? If you are having problems accessing WorkDay (e.g. long periods of the "busy" indicator), please su...
07 Feb 2022 Pritunl Client Update: Tuesday, 08 Feb 2022 On Tuesday, 08 Feb 2022, the Pritunl client software will be updated on CLASSE managed Windows computers ...
14 Feb 2022 CLASSE VPN (Pritunl) Outage: Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE VPN service, Pritunl, will be unavailab...
21 Feb 2022 PSB Conference Room Computer Upgrades: This Week This week, on Tuesday, 22 Feb 2022 and Thursday, 24 Feb 2022, we will be upgrading the PSB conferenc...
28 Feb 2022 CLASSE Duo for Remote Logins: Tuesday, 22 Mar 2022 @ 10:00 AM As previously announced, CLASSE has adopted Duo for two factor authentication, and we a...
07 Mar 2022 Microsoft Office 2021 Upgrade: Tuesday, 05 Apr 2022 On Tuesday, 05 Apr 2022, we are planning to upgrade Microsoft Office on CLASSE managed Windows co...
14 Mar 2022 CLASSE VPN (Pritunl) Interruption: Tuesday, 15 Mar 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 15 Mar 2022, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE VPN service, Pritunl, will be una...
21 Mar 2022 GitLab Updates: Tuesday, 22 Mar 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 22 Mar 2022, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hou...
28 Mar 2022 NoMachine Updates: Tuesday, 29 Mar 2022 Please save your work and log out of any NoMachine Virtual Desktops at the end of today, Monday, 28 Mar 2022....
04 Apr 2022 Microsoft Office 2021 Upgrade: Tuesday, 05 Apr 2022 On Tuesday, 05 Apr 2022, Microsoft Office on CLASSE managed Windows computers will be upgraded to...
11 Apr 2022 GitLab Updates: Tuesday, 12 Apr 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 12 Apr 2022, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hou...
18 Apr 2022 GitLab Updates: Tuesday, 19 Apr 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 19 Apr 2022, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hou...
25 Apr 2022 ScreenConnect: Opt In to CLASSE Duo Since early March, CLASSE Duo has been enabled for remote access to CLASSE computers via NoMachine, SSH, X2Go, an...
02 May 2022 Unexpected CLASSE Duo Prompt: What To Do? If you receive an unexpected prompt from CLASSE Duo on your phone or tablet, please stop and think twice ...
09 May 2022 Pritunl and Duo In the Pritunl software, we recommend that you leave the "Autostart Off" setting untouched, in order to avoid spurious Duo prompts (e...
16 May 2022 Possible Brief Network Interruption: Tuesday, 17 May 2022 @ 12:00 Noon On Tuesday, 17 May 2022, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM, there is a slight chance ...
23 May 2022 Possible Brief Network Interruption: Tuesday, 14 Jun 2022 @ 12:00 Noon On Tuesday, 14 Jun 2022, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM, there is a slight chance ...
31 MAY 2022 Virtual Machine Maintenance: Wednesday, 01 Jun 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Wednesday, 01 Jun 2022, from 10:30 11:30 AM, there will be brief interuptions as ...
06 Jun 2022 GitLab Updates: Tuesday, 07 Jun 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 07 Jun 2022, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hou...
13 Jun 2022 Central Filesystem Maintenance: Tuesday, 14 Jun 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 14 Jun 2022, from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM, there will be periodic brief pause...
21 Jun 2022 ScreenConnect: Opt In to CLASSE Duo Earlier this year, CLASSE Duo was enabled for remote access to CLASSE computers via NoMachine, SSH, X2Go, and Glo...
27 Jun 2022 Possible Service Interruptions: Tuesday, 28 Jun 2022 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 28 Jun 2022, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon, there is a possibility of brief...
05 Jul 2022 GitLab Updates: Tuesday, 12 Jul 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 12 Jul 2022, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hou...
11 Jul 2022 GitLab Updates: Tuesday, 12 Jul 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 12 Jul 2022, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hou...
18 Jul 2022 Compute Farm Reduced Capacity: CANCELLED We have cancelled the Compute Farm disruption that was originally scheduled for this week (announced in last...
25 Jul 2022 ScreenConnect Maintenance: Tuesday, 02 Aug 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 02 Aug 2022, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be...
01 Aug 2022 ScreenConnect Maintenance: Tuesday, 02 Aug 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 02 Aug 2022, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be...
15 Aug 2022 Brief Autodesk License Outage: Tuesday, 16 Aug 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 16 Aug 2022, from 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM, there will be a brief outage of Au...
22 Aug 2022 Brief Autodesk License Outage: Wednesday, 24 Aug 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Wednesday, 24 Aug 2022, from 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM, there will be a brief outage o...
29 Aug 2022 Gitlab Updates: Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hou...
19 Sep 2022 AppsAnywhere Server Upgrade: Tuesday, 20 Sep 2022 @ 9:00 AM On Tuesday, 20 Sep 2022, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, there will be a series of brief outages...
26 Sep 2022 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 27 Sep 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 27 Sep 2022, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
03 Oct 2022 NoMachine Update: Tuesday, 04 Oct 2022 Today, 03 Oct 2022, please save your work and log out of any Computing.NoMachine Virtual Desktops at the end o...
10 Oct 2022 ScreenConnect: Opt In to CLASSE Duo Since March 2022, CLASSE Duo has been enabled for remote access to CLASSE computers via NoMachine, SSH, X2Go, and...
17 Oct 2022 Printing 11x17 Format in Wilson Lab The 11x17 printer in Wilson 320 (chesstrailer_ricoh_ap610n) is obsolete and will soon be retired. For general pur...
24 Oct 2022 macOS Catalina Deprecation Apple has officially announced that macOS Ventura (i.e., macOS 13) will be released today, Monday, 24 Oct 2022. After this...
31 Oct 2022 Printing 11x17 Format in Wilson Lab As previously announced, the 11x17 printer in Wilson 320 (chesstrailer_ricoh_ap610n) has been retired. For genera...
07 Nov 2022 ScreenConnect Maintenance: Tuesday, 08 Nov 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 08 Nov 2022, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be...
14 Nov 2022 NoMachine Update: Tuesday, 15 Nov 2022 If you are a NoMachine user, at the end of the day TODAY, Monday, 14 Nov 2022, please save your work and log o...
28 Nov 2022 CLASSE Account Expiration Notices Every CLASSE computer account needs to be renewed periodically, usually every two years. As the account expiration ...
05 Dec 2022 ScreenConnect Maintenance: Tuesday, 06 Dec 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 06 Dec 2022, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be...
12 Dec 2022 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 13 Dec 2022 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 13 Dec 2022, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
19 Dec 2022 Computer Care Over Winter Break Similar to recent years, we are making the following recommendations for the winter break from 24 Dec 2022 through 02...
23 Dec 2022 2022: The Year in Review Happy holidays from CLASSE IT! When reflecting on the past year, one theme that emerges is the continued evolution towards h...
09 Jan 2023 CLASSE VPN (Pritunl) Outage: Tuesday, 24 Jan 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 24 Jan 2023, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE VPN service, Pritunl, will be unavailab...
17 Jan 2023 CLASSE VPN (Pritunl) Outage: Tuesday, 24 Jan 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 24 Jan 2023, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE VPN service, Pritunl, will be unavailab...
23 Jan 2023 NoMachine Update: Tuesday, 24 Jan 2023 If you are a Computing.NoMachine user, at the end of the day TODAY, Monday, 23 Jan 2023, please save your work...
30 Jan 2023 Gitlab Updates: Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hou...
06 Feb 2023 ScreenConnect Update: Tuesday 07 Feb 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 07 Feb 2023, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be unava...
13 Feb 2023 Possible Brief Service Interruption: Tuesday, 21 Feb 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 21 Feb 2023, at 10:30 AM, we will be performing UPS maintenance on t...
20 Feb 2023 Possible Brief Service Interruption: Tuesday, 21 Feb 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 21 Feb 2023, at 10:30 AM, we will be performing UPS maintenance on t...
27 Feb 2023 NoMachine Update: Tuesday, 28 Feb 2023 If you are a NoMachine user, at the end of TODAY, Monday, 27 Feb 2023, please save your work and log out of an...
06 MAR 2023 Ring Central Cornell is in the process of migrating all CLASSE phone numbers to Ring Central. Although support requests should go through CIT, pleas...
13 Mar 2023 Gitlab Updates: Tuesday, 14 Mar 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 14 Mar 2023, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hou...
20 Mar 2023 CLASSE Duo with ScreenConnect: Tuesday, 04 Apr 2023 Since March 2022, CLASSE Duo has been available for ScreenConnect on an opt in basis. As part of ...
27 Mar 2023 ScreenConnect Update: Tuesday, 28 Mar 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 28 Mar 2023, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be unav...
03 Apr 2023 Service Interruptions: Tuesday, 04 Apr 2023 @ 10:00 AM At 10:00 AM on Tuesday 04 Apr 2023, the following servers will be rebooted. This is necessary...
10 Apr 2023 Compute Farm Maintenance: Wednesday, 12 Apr 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Wednesday, 12 Apr 2023, starting at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE Compute Farm will undergo ser...
17 Apr 2023 Autodesk Vault Outage: Tuesday, 18 Apr 2023 @ 4:00 PM On Tuesday, 18 Apr 2023 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM, the Vault server go offline for an update. Aft...
24 Apr 2023 Nudge Software on CLASSE Managed Macs: Tuesday, 25 Apr 2023 On Tuesday, 25 Apr 2023, to improve the security of CLASSE Managed Macs, CLASSE IT will i...
01 May 2023 Gitlab Updates: Tuesday, 02 May 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 02 May 2023, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE Gitlab will be unavailable for approximately one hou...
08 May 2023 Gitlab Updates: Tuesday, 09 May 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 09 May 2023, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE Gitlab will be unavailable for approximately one hou...
15 May 2023 Gitlab Updates: Tuesday, 16 May 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 16 May 2023, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE Gitlab will be unavailable for approximately one hou...
22 May 2023 PSA Cornell Microsoft Sign in Upgrade: Wednesday, 24 May 2023 On Wednesday, 24 May 2023, the sign in process for Cornell Microsoft services like Off...
29 May 2023 LNX201 Reboot: Tuesday, 30 May 2023 @ 12:00 Noon On Tuesday, 30 May 2023, at 12:00 noon, the general Linux login node, LNX201, will be unavailable fo...
05 Jun 2023 Wilson Lab 320 Printer/Copier Retirement: Wednesday, 07 Jun 2023 On Wednesday, 07 Jun 2023, the following equipment in W 320 will no longer be availa...
12 Jun 2023 Cloudpaging Player Update: Tuesday, 13 Jun 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 13 Jun 2023, at 10:30 AM, the AppsAnywhere Cloudpaging Player software will be...
16 Jun 2023 Wilson Lab Office Networking Maintenance Over the next two weeks, from 20 Jun 2023 to 30 Jun 2023, we will be cleaning up network cables in the Wilso...
26 Jun 2023 CLASSE Computing Outage: 28 Jul 2023 to 30 Jul 2023 From Friday, 28 Jul 2023, through Sunday, 30 Jul 2023, a scheduled power outage at Wilson Lab wil...
03 Jul 2023 Computing.NoMachine Update: Tuesday, 04 Jul 2023 If you are a Computing.NoMachine user, at the end of TODAY, Monday, 03 Jul 2023, please save your wo...
10 Jul 2023 CLASSE Computing Outage: Week of 24 Jul 2023 Through 31 Jul 2023 A building wide power outage at Wilson Lab is scheduled to occur from Friday, 28 Jul...
17 Jul 2023 CLASSE Computing Outages: 26 Jul 2023 to 31 Jul 2023 From Wednesday, 26 Jul 2023, through Monday, 31 Jul 2023, CLASSE computing services both onsite ...
24 Jul 2023 NoMachine Update: Tuesday, 25 Jul 2023 If you are a Computing.NoMachine user, at the end of TODAY, Monday, 24 Jul 2023, please save your work and log...
31 Jul 2023 Power Outage Recovery Status Following the scheduled power outage at Wilson Lab last weekend, all central CLASSE IT services have now been restored, ...
07 Aug 2023 Power Outage Recovery Status Following the scheduled power outage at Wilson Lab at the end of July, all central CLASSE IT services have now been rest...
14 Aug 2023 PSA CAC/Weill Scientific Computing Training Series This past year, Cornell's Center for Advanced Computing (CAC) and Weill Cornell Medicine's Scient...
21 Aug 2023 Possible Network Glitch: Tuesday, 22 Aug 2023 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 22 Aug 2023, at 10:30 AM, there might be a momentary glitch or pause on CLASSE n...
28 Aug 2023 Gitlab Update: Tuesday, 29 Aug 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 29 Aug 2023, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
05 Sep 2023 CLASSE Windows Laptops: Monday Night Updates If you are using a CLASSE managed Windows laptop while working from home, please connect to the CLASSE V...
11 Sep 2023 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 12 Sep 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 12 Sep 2023, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
18 Sep 2023 Potential Service Interruptions: Tuesday, 19 Sep 2023 @ 10:00 AM At 10:00 AM on Tuesday, 19 Sep 2023, maintenance will be conducted on the CLASSE vir...
25 Sep 2023 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 26 Sep 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 26 Sep 2023, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
02 Oct 2023 Windows Terminal Server Outage: Tuesday, 03 Oct 2023 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 03 Oct 2023, at 10:00 AM, we will begin an upgrade of the Windows termina...
09 Oct 2023 NoMachine Update: Tuesday, 10 Oct 2023 If you are a Computing.NoMachine user, at the end of TODAY, Monday, 09 Oct 2023, please save your work and log...
16 Oct 2023 ScreenConnect Update: Tuesday, 17 Oct 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 17 Oct 2023, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be unav...
23 Oct 2023 ScreenConnect Update: Tuesday, 24 Oct 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 24 Oct 2023, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be unav...
30 Oct 2023 Potential Service Interruptions: Tuesday, 31 Oct 2023 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 31 Oct 2023, at 10:00 AM, maintenance will be conducted on the CLASSE vi...
06 Nov 2023 Potential Service Interruptions: Tuesday, 07 Nov 2023 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 07 Nov 2023, at 10:00 AM, maintenance will be conducted on the CLASSE vi...
13 Nov 2023 AlmaLinux 9 On 30 Jun 2024, Scientific Linux 7 (SL7) will reach its end of life and will no longer receive updates after that date. CLASSE IT recomme...
20 Nov 2023 MongoDB Server Upgrade: Tuesday, 20 Nov 2023 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 20 Nov 2023, at 10:00 AM, the central CLASSE MongoDB server will be upgraded from...
27 Nov 2023 NoMachine Update: Tuesday, 28 Nov 2023 If you are a Computing.NoMachine user, at the end of TODAY, Monday, 27 Nov 2023, please save your work and log...
04 Dec 2023 ScreenConnect Update: Tuesday, 12 Dec 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 12 Dec 2023, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be unav...
11 Dec 2023 ScreenConnect Update: Tuesday, 12 Dec 2023 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 12 Dec 2023, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be unav...
18 Dec 2023 Linux Updates: Tuesday, 19 Dec 2023 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 19 Dec 2023, at 10:00 AM, the latest Linux kernels will be pushed to all CLASSE Linux boxe...
20 Dec 2023 2023: The Year in Review Happy holidays from CLASSE IT! 2023 was another busy year filled with constant IT changes resulting from space modifications...
02 Jan 2024 AlmaLinux 9 On 30 Jun 2024, Scientific Linux 7 (SL7) will reach its end of life and will no longer receive updates after that date. CLASSE IT recomme...
08 Jan 2024 Potential Service Interruptions: Tuesday, 09 Jan 2024 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 09 Jan 2024, at 10:00 AM, maintenance will be conducted on the CLASSE vi...
22 Jan 2024 Linux NVIDIA and CUDA Updates The latest NVIDIA drivers and CUDA Toolkit (12 3 12.3.2 1) have been pushed to all CLASSE Linux boxes. Please reboot yo...
29 Jan 2024 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 30 Jan 2024 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 30 Jan 2024, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
05 Feb 2024 NoMachine Update: Tuesday, 06 Feb 2024 If you are a Computing.NoMachine user, at the end of TODAY, Monday, 05 Feb 2024, please save your work and log...
12 Feb 2024 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 13 Feb 2024 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 13 Feb 2024, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
19 Feb 2024 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 20 Feb 2024 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 20 Feb 2024, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
26 Feb 2024 ScreenConnect Update: Tuesday, 27 Feb 2024 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 27 Feb 2024, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be unav...
04 Mar 2024 AlmaLinux 9 On 30 Jun 2024, Scientific Linux 7 (SL7) will reach its end of life and will no longer receive updates after that date. CLASSE IT recomme...
11 Mar 2024 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 12 Mar 2024 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 12 Mar 2024, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
18 Mar 2024 CLASSE VPN Upgrade: 02 Apr 2024 On Tuesday, 02 Apr 2024, we will begin introducing a new always on VPN service called ZeroTier, which will replace Pr...
25 Mar 2024 PSA CIT Network Disruption: Thursday, 28 Mar 2024 @ 4:00 AM On Thursday, 28 Mar 2024, between approximately 4:00 AM and 5:00 AM, CIT Network Enginee...
01 Apr 2024 New VPN Deployment This Week: Tuesday, 02 Apr 2024 On Tuesday, 02 Apr 2024, we will begin introducing a new always on VPN service called ZeroTier, wh...
08 Apr 2024 New VPN Deployment Starting Tuesday, 02 Apr 2024, we began introducing a new always on VPN service called ZeroTier, which will replace Pritunl on CLA...
15 Apr 2024 Linux Updates: Tuesday, 16 Apr 2024 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 16 Apr 2024 at 10:00 AM, the latest Linux kernels will be pushed to all CLASSE Linux boxes...
22 Apr 2024 AlmaLinux 9 On 30 Jun 2024, Scientific Linux 7 (SL7) will reach its end of life and will no longer receive updates after that date. CLASSE IT recomme...
29 Apr 2024 PSA CIT Network Disruption in Wilson Annex and PTR: Tuesday, 30 Apr 2024 @ 4:00 AM On Tuesday, 30 Apr 2024, between approximately 4:00 AM and 5:00 A...
06 May 2024 AppsAnywhere Upgrade and Outage: Tuesday, 14 May 2024 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 14 May 2024, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.AppsAnywhere service wi...
13 May 2024 PSA CIT Network Disruption in Wilson Annex and PTR: Tuesday, 14 May 2024 @ 4:00 AM On Tuesday, 14 May 2024, between approximately 4:00 AM and 6:00 A...
20 May 2024 Scientific Linux 7 Deprecation In preparation for the end of support for Scientific Linux 7 (SL7) on 30 Jun 2024, we will be upgrading all CLASSE Lin...
24 May 2024 AppsAnywhere Upgrade and Outage: Tuesday, 28 May 2024 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 28 May 2024, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.AppsAnywhere service wi...
03 Jun 2024 Scientific Linux 7 Deprecation In preparation for the end of support for Scientific Linux 7 (SL7) on 30 Jun 2024, we will be upgrading all CLASSE Lin...
10 Jun 2024 LNX201 Reboot: Tuesday, 11 Jun 2024 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 11 Jun 2024 at 10:30 AM, the general Linux login node, LNX201, will be unavailable for app...
17 Jan 2024 Scientific Linux 7 Deprecation In preparation for the end of support for Scientific Linux 7 (SL7) on 30 Jun 2024, we will be upgrading all CLASSE Lin...
24 Jun 2024 Scientific Linux 7 Deprecation In preparation for the end of support for Scientific Linux 7 (SL7) on 30 Jun 2024, we will be upgrading all CLASSE Lin...
01 Jul 2024 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 02 Jul 2024 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 02 Jul 2024, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon for a major...
08 Jul 2024 Scheduled Maintenance: Tuesday, 09 Jul 2024 @ 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM On Tuesday, 09 Jul 2024, between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM, we will be performing routine...
15 Jul 2024 Firewall Updates: Tuesday, 16 Jul 2024 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 16 Jul 2024, at 10:30 AM, we will be updating firewall settings as part of our ongoing ...
22 Jul 2024 NoMachine Update: Tuesday, 23 Jul 2024 If you are a NoMachine user, at the end of TODAY, Monday, 22 Jul 2024, please save your work and log out of an...
29 Jul 2024 NoMachine Update: Tuesday, 30 Jul 2024 If you are a NoMachine user, at the end of TODAY, Monday, 29 Jul 2024, please save your work and log out of an...
05 Aug 2024 Network Disruptions: Tuesday, 06 Aug 2024 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 06 Aug 2024, between 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM, please expect intermittent network disru...
12 Aug 2024 Network Disruptions: Tuesday, 13 Aug 2024 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 13 Aug 2024, between 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM, please expect intermittent network disru...
19 Aug 2024 Network Disruptions: Tuesday, 20 Aug 2024 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 20 Aug 2024, between 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM, please expect intermittent network disru...
26 Aug 2024 Network Disruptions: Tuesday, 27 Aug 2024 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 27 Aug 2024, between 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM, please expect brief network disruptions ...
30 Aug 2024 Network Disruptions: Tuesday, 03 Sep 2024 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 03 Sep 2024, between 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM, please expect brief network disruptions ...
09 Sep 2024 Potential Service Interruptions: Tuesday, 10 Sep 2024 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 10 Sep 2024 @ 10:00 AM, maintenance will be performed on the CLASSE virt...
30 Sep 2024 Network Disruptions: Tuesday, 01 Oct 2024 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 01 Oct 2024, between 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM, please expect brief network disruptions ...
07 Oct 2024 NoMachine Update: Tuesday, 08 Oct 2024 If you are a NoMachine user, at the end of TODAY, Monday, 07 Oct 2024, please save your work and log out of an...
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 ...
21 Oct 2024 Compute Farm Upgrade to AlmaLinux 9 This week, we are upgrading the following CLASSE Compute Farm nodes to AlmaLinux 9 (EL9): ilc321, ilc324, and ilc...
28 Oct 2024 Compute Farm Upgrade to AlmaLinux 9 This week, we are upgrading the following CLASSE Compute Farm nodes to AlmaLinux 9 (EL9): lnx307, lnx323, lnx326 ...
04 Nov 2024 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 05 Nov 2024 @ 11:00 AM On Tuesday, 05 Nov 2024, at 11:00 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
11 Nov 2024 Compute Farm Upgrade to AlmaLinux 9 This week, we are upgrading the following CLASSE Compute Farm nodes to AlmaLinux 9: lnx307, lnx321, lnx325, lnx32...
GitLab Update: Tuesday, 19 Nov 2024 @ 11:00 AM On Tuesday, 19 Nov 2024, at 11:00 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour for a series...
25 Nov 2024 Update Teams on CLASSE Managed Windows Computers We previously explained that the new Microsoft Teams app is unable to be installed on CLASSE manage...
02 Dec 2024 Linux Updates: Tuesday, 03 Dec 2024 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 03 Dec 2024, at 10:00 AM, the latest Linux kernels will be pushed to all CLASSE Linux boxe...
09 Dec 2024 LNX201 Reboot: Tuesday, 10 Dec 2024 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 10 Dec 2024, at 10:00 AM, we will be rebooting LNX201, our general purposes Linux login no...
16 Dec 2024 LNX201 Reboot: Tuesday, 17 Dec 2024 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 17 Dec 2024, at 10:00 AM, we will be rebooting LNX201, our general purpose Linux login nod...
20 Dec 2024 2024: The Year in Review Happy holidays from CLASSE IT! 2024 was another busy year for us. On the personnel front, we welcomed Samantha Weeks to the ...
06 Jan 2025 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 07 Jan 2025 @ 11:00 AM On Tuesday, 07 Jan 2024, at 11:00 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
13 Jan 2025 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 14 Jan 2025 @ 11:00 AM On Tuesday, 14 Jan 2024, at 11:00 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
17 Jan 2025 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 21 Jan 2025 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 21 Jan 2024, at 10:00 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
27 Jan 2025 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 28 Jan 2025 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 28 Jan 2024, at 10:00 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
03 Feb 2025 Network Maintenance: Tuesday, 04 Feb 2025 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 04 Feb 2025, between 10:30 AM and 11:00 AM, we will be performing network maintenanc...
10 Feb 2025 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 11 Feb 2025 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 11 Feb 2025, at 10:00 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
17 Feb 2025 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 18 Feb 2025 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 18 Feb 2025, at 10:00 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
24 Feb 2024 Linux Updates: Reboot Your Computers A new Linux kernel has been pushed to all CLASSE Linux boxes. Please reboot your computer at your convenience fo...
03 Mar 2025 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 04 Mar 2025 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 04 Mar 2025, at 10:00 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
10 Mar 2025 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 11 Mar 2025 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 11 Mar 2025, at 10:00 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
17 Mar 2025 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 18 Mar 2025 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 18 Mar 2025, at 10:00 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
24 Mar 2025 Network Maintenance: Tuesday, 25 Mar 2025 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 25 Mar 2025, between 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM, we will be performing network maintenanc...
31 Mar 2025 Linux Updates, Reboot Your Computers: Tuesday, 01 Apr 2025 @ 12:00 Noon A new Linux kernel will be pushed to all CLASSE Linux boxes by Tuesday, 01 Ap...
07 Apr 2025 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 08 Apr 2025 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 08 Apr 2025, at 10:00 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour...
14 Apr 2025 Network Maintenance: Tuesday, 15 Apr 2025 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 15 Apr 2025, between 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM, we will be performing network maintenanc...
21 Apr 2025 Network Maintenance: Tuesday, 22 Apr 2025 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 22 Apr 2025, between 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM, we will be performing network maintenanc...
01 Apr 2019 Problems Sending Email to service classe #64;cornell.edu Beginning on Sunday, 31 Mar 2019, some users have been unable to reach service classe #64;co...
02 Apr 2018 CHESS Data Rotation Tuesday 03 Apr 2018 Starting at 3pm Tuesday, 4/3, the main CHESS DAQ and Maia filesystems will become read only and backed up t...
03 Apr 2017 Duo Enrollment Clinic: Wednesday, 05 Apr 2017 Starting 20 Apr 2017, IT@Cornell will require Two Step Login to access financial and tax related tasks ...
05 Apr 2021 Preparing for Autodesk 2021: Monday, 05 Apr 2021 In preparation for a future Autodesk 2021 upgrade, Autodesk users are requested to keep their comput...
06 Apr 2020 Linux At Home If you run Linux at home and want to build software that will eventually run at CLASSE, or if you want to run software that was built a...
09 Apr 2018 Linux Packages Updates The following software packages have been updated (both Scientific Linux 6 and Scientific Linux 7, unless noted): * Ansys (...
10 Apr 2017 Second Duo Enrollment Clinic: Thursday, 13 Apr 2017 Starting 20 Apr 2017, IT@Cornell will require Two Step Login to access financial and tax related ...
12 Apr 2021 Farm Subnet Maintenance Tuesday 13 Apr 2021 @ 10:00AM On Tuesday, 13 Apr 2021 @ 10:00AM, we will be performing minor maintenance on the networking ...
13 April 2020 Online Trainings from IT@Cornell Are you looking to brush up on your computer skills? Do you want to learn a new programming language? With a Corne...
15 Apr 2019 ScreenConnect Upgrade: Tuesday, 16 Apr 2019 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 16 Apr 2019, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon, we will upgrade our ScreenConnect server...
16 Apr 2018 In an emergency.... If you have a computer related emergency, please follow up your Computing.ServiceRequest with a beamphone page or a phone call. T...
19 Apr 2021 Firefox Update: Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021 Although Vivaldi is the primary web browser on CLASSE computers, and Firefox is now deprecated, we continue to m...
20 Apr 2020 IT Purchases While working from home, if you need to purchase IT equipment or software which is intended for future use the lab (e.g. printers, moni...
22 Apr 2019 Brief Pause of CESR Online Filesystems: Tuesday, 23 Apr 2019 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 23 Apr 2019, at 10:00 AM, there will be a configuration update of...
23 Apr 2018 CESR Network Isolation test tomorrow, 24 Apr 2018 On Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018, there will be a CESR Network Isolation test from approximately noon 1pm. T...
24 Apr 2017 Power outage Sunday, 23 Apr 2017 There was a brief power outage on campus Sunday morning around 9:20 AM. Most of the core CLASSE IT servers rode out ...
26 Apr 2021 Autodesk 2021 Upgrade: Tuesday, 27 Apr 2021 On Tuesday, 27 Apr 2021, upgraded Autodesk 2021 products will be made available in Computing.AppsAnywhere...
27 Apr 2020 CHESS DAQ Rotation 10AM Wednesday, 29 Apr 2020 With the completion of the 2020 1 run, the main CHESS Data Acquisition file systems will be rotated ...
29 Apr 2019 Windows Laptops OpenVPN Client Upgrade: Tuesday, 30 Apr 2019 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 30 Apr 2019, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon, the Computing/CmpGrp/Ob...
30 Apr 2018 Reminder: ScreenConnect for Remote Access, LogMeIn Deprecated After many years of using LogMeIn as our remote access solution for Windows computers, ...
02 Aug 2021 CLASSE Network Outage: Tuesday, 03 Aug 2021 @ 9:00 AM On Tuesday, 03 Aug 2021, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon, there will be a general network outage for...
03 Aug 2020 AppsAnywhere Upgrade: Tuesday, 04 Aug 2020 @ 8:00 AM On Tuesday, 04 Aug 2020, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 noon, the Computing.AppsAnywhere service will be ...
05 Aug 2019 Upcoming Compute Farm Outage In approximately two weeks, there will be a power outage in the Wilson Lab East Module, which will affect the CLASSE Com...
Aug 06 2018 Full X2Go Client on CLASSE Managed Windows computers We are deploying the full X2Go Client on all CLASSE Managed Windows computers this week. This wi...
07 Aug 2017 Update to SL6.9 on Tuesday, 08 Aug 2017 Starting Tuesday morning, 08 Aug 2017, all CLASSE SL6 systems will update from Scientific Linux 6.8 to Scient...
August 8, 2016 Reboot of LNX201 on Tuesday, August 9 at 10 AM Our general purpose Linux login node, lnx201, will be rebooted at 10 AM on Tuesday, August 9 for ro...
09 Aug 2021 Fake Antivirus Popups If you have a CLASSE managed computer, you might occasionally see legitimate popup windows from our ESET antivirus software. An...
10 Aug 2020 Service Outage Summary Last Wednesday, 05 Aug 2020, there was an extended unscheduled outage of central CLASSE IT services from approximately 10:30 A...
12 Aug 2019 Compute Farm Outage Wednesday 14 Aug 2019 @ 1PM At 1PM Wednesday 14 Aug 2019, electrical work will be conducted on the East Module. To prepare for...
13 Aug 2018 Isolating non CLASSE managed personal devices In an effort to improve the security of critical infrastructure services, we will gradually be isolatin...
14 AUG 2017 Windows Firefox and Flash updates, Tuesday, 15 AUG 2017 CLASSE managed Windows computers will be updated early Tuesday morning to have Firefox ESR 52...
August 15, 2016 Update to SL6.8 on Tuesday, August 23 Starting Tuesday morning, 8/23, all CLASSE SL6 systems will update from Scientific Linux 6.6 to Scientific ...
16 Aug 2021 Compute Farm Reduced Capacity: 23 Aug 2021 to 25 Aug 2021 Starting Monday, 23 Aug 2021 @ 8:00 AM, most CLASSE Compute Farm batch queues will be disab...
17 Aug 2020 MATLAB License Renewal for 2020 2021 MATLAB licenses for CLASSE have been renewed until 31 Jul 2021. Most CLASSE installations of MATLAB (including t...
19 Aug 2019 Matlab Update The 2019a version of Matlab is now available on CLASSE Linux, using the command "matlab r 2019a" or "matlab r latest". Please see the...
20 Aug 2018 ScreenConnect server update, 21 Aug 2018 On Tuesday, 21 Aug 2018, from 10 AM to 12 noon, we will upgrade the ScreenConnect server. You will be unable...
21 AUG 2017 W210_XRX_5550 The old Xerox 5550 printer stopped working. We replaced that printer with a new Brother 6200 printer. The printer name stayed the sa...
August 22, 2016 Update to SL6.8 on Tuesday, August 23 Starting Tuesday morning, 8/23, all CLASSE SL6 systems will update from Scientific Linux 6.6 to Scientific ...
23 Aug 2021 Compute Farm Reduced Capacity: 23 Aug 2021 to 25 Aug 2021 Starting Monday, 23 Aug 2021 @ 8:00 AM, most CLASSE Compute Farm batch queues will be disab...
24 Aug 2020 Linux Update to SL7.8: Tuesday, 25 Aug 2020 and Wednesday, 26 Aug 2020 Starting Tuesday, we will be updating all CLASSE Scientific Linux (SL) 7 syste...
26 Aug 2019 LNX201 Maintenance: Tuesday, 27 Aug 2019 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 27 Aug 2019, our general purposes Linux login node, lnx201, will be DOWN for one hour...
27 Aug 2018 Decommissioning CLASSE HyperNews, 31 Aug 2018 With the widespread use of Cornell mailing lists, the CLASSE HyperNews service has seen no significant ...
August 28th, 2017 Microsoft Office Upgrade on Tuesday, 29 AUG 2017 Microsoft Office will be upgraded from 2010 to Microsoft Office 2016 on CLASSE Managed Windows...
August 29, 2016 Possible network glitch 10 AM Tuesday 8/30 At approximately 10 AM tomorrow, Tuesday, August 30th, there may be a momentary network glitch or pa...
30 Aug 2021 AppsAnywhere Upgrade: Tuesday, 31 Aug 2021 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 31 Aug 2021, from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM, the Computing.AppsAnywhere service will be ...
31 Aug 2020 MATLAB License Renewal for 2020 2021 MATLAB licenses for CLASSE have been renewed until 31 Jul 2021. Most CLASSE installations of MATLAB (including t...
03 Dec 2018 CLASSE VPN Certificate File Update As we mentioned in last week's newsletter, because of an expired security certificate, all computers (both persona...
04 Dec 2017 Do not forward CU mail To avoid blocks on your Cornell email, it is important that you do not forward your CU Mail to any external mail providers (cm...
December 5th, 2016 Theft of login credentials: Phishing Many people at Cornell recently received a fraudulent message which was designed to steal their Google lo...
06 Dec 2021 Service Glitches Possible: Tuesday, 07 Dec 2021 @ 9:00 AM On Tuesday, 07 Dec 2021, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon, there is a possibility of brief servic...
07 Dec 2020 Adobe Flash Uninstallation: Tuesday, 08 Dec 2020 (Test Your Websites) As previously announced, on Tuesday, 08 Dec 2020, we will begin uninstalling Ad...
09 Dec 2019 X2Go Desktop Sharing and Software Update: Tuesday, 10 Dec 2019 On Tuesday, 10 Dec 2019, a major update to the X2Go server will be pushed to all CLASS...
10 Dec 2018 Network Interruption: Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 noon, CLASSE IT will perform network maintenanc...
11 Dec 2017 Change to Caller ID Beginning Saturday, December 16, calls placed from your Cornell phone to off campus numbers will display your Cornell phone numbe...
13 Dec 2021 CLASSE Network Outage: Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021 @ 9:00 AM On Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon, there will be a general network outage...
14 Dec 2020 Scientific Linux 7.9 Upgrade: Tuesday, 15 Dec 2020 On Tuesday, we will be updating all CLASSE Scientific Linux (SL) 7 systems from SL 7.8 to SL 7.9 a...
16 Dec 2019 ScreenConnect Upgrade: Tuesday, 17 Dec 2019 @ 10:00 AM This Tuesday, 17 Dec 2019, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, we will be upgrading our ScreenConnect s...
17 Dec 2018 Update to SL7.6: Tuesday, 18 Dec 2018 Starting Tuesday morning, 18 Dec 2018, all CLASSE SL7 systems will be updated from Scientific Linux 7.5 to Scie...
18 Dec 2017 RESCHEDULED: Home disk maintenance Tuesday 02 Jan 2018 At approximately 4pm on Tuesday, 02 Jan 2018, all public CLASSE home directories will become...
18 Dec 2018 2018: The Year in Review It has been a year of many changes at CLASSE, with the complete overhaul of the Wilson Lab experimental areas for CHESS U an...
December 19, 2016 CHESS DAQ Read Only Tuesday, 12/20 At approximately 10am on Tuesday, 12/20, the main CHESS DAQ and MAIA file systems will become read only. ...
20 Dec 2021 Linux Updates: Tuesday, 21 Dec 2021 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 21 Dec 2021, at 10:00 AM, the latest Scientific Linux 7 (SL7) kernels and NVIDIA drivers w...
21 Dec 2020 Virtual Machine Cluster Upgrade: Tuesday, 22 Dec 2020 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 22 Dec 2020, between 10:00 AM and 12:00 noon, we will upgrade the CLASSE...
22 Dec 2020 2020: The Year in Review In the past, the CLASSE IT holiday newsletter has included statistics summarizing our activities for the year. However, 2020...
22 Dec 2021 2021: The Year in Review Happy Holidays from all of us in CLASSE IT! It has certainly been another eventful and unpredictable year for us. On the one...
23 Dec 2019 Windows 7 Network Termination on 07 Jan 2020 Microsoft has set an end of life date for Windows 7 of 14 Jan 2020. After this date, no security update...
24 Dec 2019 2019: The Year in Review 2019 was another busy, transformative year for CLASSE and for CLASSE IT. We devoted significant resources to CHESS and CBET...
01 Feb 2021 ScreenConnect Update: Tuesday, 02 Feb 2021 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 02 Feb 2021, starting at 10:30 AM, the ScreenConnect service will be unavailable fo...
03 Feb 2020 Accelerator SVN Certificate Update: Tuesday, 04 Feb 2020 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 04 Feb 2020, at 10:00 AM, the SSL certificate for the accelerator SVN...
05 Feb 2018 CLASSE Compute Farm is running Scientific Linux 7 (SL7) * All the nodes on the CLASSE Compute Farm have been upgraded to SL7! * Please keep thi...
February 6, 2017 Power outage recovery Following the extended power outage in the Ithaca area on Saturday (Feb. 4), we restored almost all central CLASSE IT serv...
08 Feb 2021 CIT Cornell Wireless Network Outage: Tuesday, 09 Feb 2021 @ 5:00 AM On Tuesday, February 9th at 5:00am the Cornell University wireless system will b...
10 Feb 2020 Goodbye, Linux Login Messages After some consideration, the CLASSE Linux login messages (technically known as the sshd banner and "message of the day...
11 Feb 2019 Wilson Lab Chilled Water Shutdown: Potential Disruptions and Performance Degradation From 11 Feb 2019 (today) through 22 Feb 2019, the Wilson Lab ser...
12 Feb 2018 Remote Access: Introducting ScreenConnect, LogMeIn Deprecated After many years of using LogMeIn as our remote access solution for Windows computers, ...
February 13, 2017 Core CLASSE network disruption Tuesday, February 14th, starting at 10AM We will be updating and restarting a core 1Gbit CLASSE switch at 10AM. ...
15 Feb 2021 Network Outage Cancelled: Tuesday, 16 Feb 2021 We are cancelling a network outage announced in meetings at the end of last week, that was tentatively...
17 Feb 2020 Upcoming Change: Windows Firewall During the spring down of April 2020, we will begin enabling the ESET firewall on CLASSE managed Windows computers,...
18 Feb 2019 AppsAnywhere Upgrade: Tuesday, 19 Feb 2019 @ 7:30 AM On Tuesday, 19 Feb 2019, from 7:30 AM to 12:00 noon, the Computing.AppsAnywhere service will be ...
February 19th, 2018 CLASSE Network Outage Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 CLASSE IT is planning an upgrade to our central Firewall system at 10am. This will interru...
February 20, 2017 CLASSE network and service maintenance Tuesday, February 21, starting at 10AM We will be reconfiguring core CLASSE switches and restarting seve...
22 Feb 2021 Reminder: Use Samba for Important Files This is a periodic reminder that files stored locally on CLASSE computers are not backed up. Please move any ...
24 Feb 2020 Remove Windows 7 on LNS Protected and CHESS Public If you have a personal Windows 7 laptop connected to the LNS Protected or CHESS Public networks, p...
25 Feb 2019 Wilson Lab West Module Switch Replacement: Tuesday, 26 Feb 2019 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 26 Feb 2019, at 10:00 AM, we will replace a defective network ...
February 27, 2017 Service request response times We typically receive 3000 new service requests per year, generating hundreds of emails per day. We make every ef...
02 Jan 2018 Home disk maintenance 4pm Today At approximately 4pm on Tuesday, 02 Jan 2018, all public CLASSE home directories will become unavailable for up to ...
03 Jan 2022 Reboot Your Linux Computers Last December, the latest Scientific Linux 7 (SL7) kernels and NVIDIA drivers were pushed to all CLASSE SL7 boxes. Please...
04 Jan 2021 NoMachine Update: Tuesday Morning, 05 Jan 2021 On Tuesday morning, 05 Jan 2021, all CLASSE NoMachine servers will update to v7 during the regular wee...
06 Jan 2020 Windows 7 Network Termination: Tuesday, 07 Jan 2020 Microsoft has set an end of life date for Windows 7 of 14 Jan 2020. After this date, no security ...
07 Jan 2019 CLASSE Filesystem and Linux Outage: Tuesday, 08 Jan 2019 @ 5:00 PM On Tuesday, 08 Jan 2019, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, we will be replacing a central s...
08 Jan 2018 Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities Last week, a pair of serious hardware vulnerabilities (dubbed Meltdown and Spectre) was disclosed, affecting nea...
January 9, 2017 Network Maintenance 10am Tuesday On Tuesday January 10 at 10am, we will restart several infrastructure services that may result in brief pauses...
10 Jan 2022 CLASSE Duo for CHESS Remote Logins: Tuesday, 11 Jan 2022 @ 10:00 AM As previously announced, CLASSE has adopted Duo for two factor authentication, an...
11 Jan 2021 CHESS Filesystem Maintenance: Tuesday, 12 Jan 2021 @ Noon Starting at Noon on Tuesday, 12 Jan 2021, the CHESS Aux and CHESS Scratch filesystems will ...
13 Jan 2020 AppsAnywhere Outage: TODAY, 13 Jan 2020 @ 2:00 PM With apologies for the short notice, TODAY, 13 Jan 2020, starting at 2:00 PM, there will be an outa...
14 Jan 2019 Autodesk Inventor Upgrade: Tuesday, 15 Jan 2019 On Tuesday, 15 Jan 2019, Autodesk Inventor will be upgraded to SP4.7 during the weekly maintenance wi...
January 13, 2017 CHESS User file system maintenance 10am Tuesday, January 17 At 10am on Tuesday, January 17, the CHESS User directory (/nfs/chess/aux/user) wil...
16 Jan 2018 Database Support and Solutions Do you have a need for a database? Do you have a lot of data you want to keep in a centralized, backed up location? CL...
17 Jan 2020 Because of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on 20 Jan 2020, next week's CLASSE IT newsletter is being delivered to you early. Autodesk 2020 Upgrade: Monday...
18 Jan 2022 OpenVPN Retirement: Monday, 28 Feb 2022 On Monday, 28 Feb 2022, we plan to shut down the legacy CLASSE VPN service, Computing/CmpGrp/Obsolete.OpenVPN...
19 Jan 2021 GitLab Upgrade: Tuesday, 26 Jan 2021 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 26 Jan 2021, starting at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be upgraded, and the service wi...
21 Jan 2019 Compute Farm Outage: Ongoing The CLASSE Compute Farm queues are currently disabled in preparation for an upgrade to the network and to the SGE queue ...
January 23, 2017 All VMS computers were shut down on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 This past Tuesday marked the end of an era: the last of the CLASSE computers runni...
24 Jan 2022 Computing.NoMachine Updates: Tuesday, 25 Jan 2022 Please save your work and log out of any Computing.NoMachine Virtual Desktops at the end of today, ...
25 Jan 2021 CIT Two Step Login for Academic Applications: Monday, 25 Jan 2021 On Monday, 25 Jan 2021, CIT will enable two step login for key academic applicatio...
27 Jan 2020 Autodesk 2020 Upgrade: Monday, 27 Jan 2020 @ 3:00 PM On Monday, 27 Jan 2020, at 3:00 PM, we will begin migrating Autodesk products (AutoCAD, Inventor...
28 Jan 2018 AppsAnywhere Upgrade: Tuesday, 19 Feb 2019 @ 7:30 AM On Tuesday, 19 Feb 2019, from 7:30 AM to 12:00 noon, the Computing.AppsAnywhere service will be ...
29 Jan 2018 Retirements: Selden Ball and Rich Sholtys At the end of January, we bid a fond farewell to two longtime members of the CLASSE IT team: Rich Sholtys a...
31 Jan 2022 OpenVPN Retirement: Monday, 28 Feb 2022 On Monday, 28 Feb 2022, we plan to shut down the legacy CLASSE VPN service, Computing/CmpGrp/Obsolete.OpenVPN...
01 Jul 2019 Timesheet Has Replaced Replicon The Replicon application for tracking effort at the lab was retired on June 30 and replaced with Timesheet. Starting ...
02 Jul 2018 CLASSE Account Expirations on 09 Jul 2018 Please note that many CLASSE accounts are set to expire on 09 Jul 2018. Affected users will receive a warni...
3 Jul 2017 Central virtual machine maintenance Wednesday 5 Jul 2017 From approximately 10 10:30am, the following central virtual machines will be rebooted. l...
July 05, 2016 Many CLASSE computer accounts will expire on Saturday, July 9th. Quite a few CLASSE computer accounts are scheduled to expire on Saturday, July 9th...
06 Jul 2020 CLASSE Computing Outage: 24 Jul 2020 to 25 Jul 2020 On Friday, 24 Jul 2020 and Saturday, 25 Jul 2020, a series of scheduled power outages at Wilson L...
06 Jul 2021 Windows Firefox Uninstallation: Tuesday, 13 Jul 2021 As previously announced, Vivaldi has now replaced Firefox as the primary web browser on CLASSE c...
08 Jul 2019 CLASSE Account Expirations: Tuesday, 09 Jul 2019 (TOMORROW) Please note that many CLASSE accounts are set to expire on Tuesday, 09 Jul 2019. Affected...
09 Jul 2018 CLASSE Account Expirations, Today 09 Jul 2018 Please note that many CLASSE accounts are set to expire today, 09 Jul 2018. Affected users will have re...
10 Jul 2017 Central virtual machine maintenance Tuesday 11 Jul 2017 From approximately 10 10:30am, the following central virtual machines will be rebooted. ...
July 11, 2016 SSHFS (alternative protocol for Macintosh access to samba drives) looking for a small number of "beta testers" SSHFS (SSH Filesystem) is a filesy...
12 Jul 2021 Upcoming Schedule for Summer Down This table summarizes important dates for CLASSE IT during the 2021 summer down. For more information on each item,...
13 Mon 2020 CLASSE Computing Outages: 22 Jul 2020 to 27 Jul 2020 During the week of 20 Jul 2020, a series of scheduled power outages at Wilson Lab will disrupt C...
15 Jul 2019 ScreenConnect Upgrade: Tuesday, 16 Jul 2019 @ 10:00 AM This Tuesday, 16 Jul 2019, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon, we will be upgrading our ScreenConnect...
16 Jul 2018 Disk Server Reboot: Samba and Main User Disk, Tue 17 Jul 2018 @ 12:00 Noon At 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 17 Jul 2018, one of our central disk servers wil...
17 Jul 2017 Linux Packages Updates The following software packages are now available under both Scientific Linux 6 and Scientific Linux 7: * Ansys (and AnsysE...
July 18, 2016 Reminder: The end of VMS at CLASSE After many years of service, all CLASSE computers which are running the legacy VMS operating system will be shut...
19 Jul 2021 Upcoming Schedule for Summer Down This table summarizes important dates for CLASSE IT during the 2021 summer down. For more information on each item,...
21 Jul 2020 CLASSE Computing Outages: 22 Jul 2020 to 27 Jul 2020 This week, a series of scheduled power outages at Wilson Lab will disrupt CLASSE computing servi...
22 Jul 2019 Virtual Machine Cluster Upgrade: Tuesday, 23 Jul 2019 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 23 Jul 2019, between 10:00 AM and 12:00 noon, we will upgrade the CLASSE...
23 Jul 2018 Network Outage: TOMORROW, 24 Jul 2018 @ 12:00 Noon At 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 24 Jul 2018, we will upgrade the network infrastructure for the CLASSE C...
24 Jul 2017 Network interruptions, Tuesday 01 Aug 2017 We will be performing network maintenance on Tuesday 01 Aug 2017 from 9 AM to noon. During this window, t...
24 Jul 2023 CLASSE Computing Outages: 28 Jul 2023 to 30 Jul 2023 This week, a series of scheduled power outages at Wilson Lab will disrupt CLASSE computing servi...
July 25, 2016 Reboot of LNX201 on Tuesday, July 26 at 10 AM Our general purpose Linux login node, lnx201, will be rebooted at 10 AM on Tuesday, July 26 for routi...
26 Jul 2021 Upcoming Schedule for Summer Down This table summarizes important dates for CLASSE IT during the 2021 summer down. For more information on each item,...
27 Jul 2020 Power Outage Recovery: Monday, 27 Jul 2020 Following the scheduled power outages at Wilson Lab last weekend, all central CLASSE IT services have now ...
30 Jul 2018 Linux SL6 and SL7 nVidia Graphics Driver updates on Tuesday 31 Jul 2018: Tomorrow morning, updates of the latest nVidia Graphics Drivers will be push...
31 Jul 2017 Network interruptions, Tuesday, 01 Aug 2017 Network maintenance on Tuesday 01 Aug 2017 from 9 AM to 12 noon EDT will cause 20 to 30 minute interrupt...
10 Jun 2019 Central Filesystem Maintenance: Tuesday, 11 Jun 2019 @ 11:00 AM On Tuesday, 11 Jun 2019, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, several central Linux filesystems ...
17 Jun 2019 Hourly Employees Begin Using Timesheet App This Week The Replicon application for tracking effort at the lab will be retired this summer and replaced...
01 Jun 2020 IT Equipment for Home Use If you plan to retrieve computer equipment from your office or lab for use at home, please inform CLASSE IT by submitting a...
01 Jun 2021 Campus network outages: Saturday, 05 Jun 2021 and Sunday, 06 Jun 2021 CIT This weekend, on both Saturday, 05 Jun 2021, and Sunday, 06 Jun 2021, bet...
03 Jun 2019 Central Filesystem Maintenance: Tuesday, 04 Jun 2019 @ 12:00 Noon On Tuesday, 04 Jun 2019, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM, several central Linux filesyst...
04 Jun 2018 CST Studio Suite (Microwave Studio) The CST Studio Suite license server has been updated with this year's license and moved from pc176 to lnxlm. *...
05 Jun 2017 Possible delays in response June 5 9 The week of June 5 9 will be a busy one for CLASSE IT, with summer students arriving at the same time as the CBB...
June 06, 2016 LNX201 reboot at 10am Tuesday, June 7 LNX201 will reboot at 10am Tuesday, June 7 for routine maintenance. Please logout of lnx201 before 10am Tues...
07 Jun 2021 ScreenConnect Maintenance: Tuesday, 15 Jun 2021 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 15 Jun 2021, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be...
08 Jun 2020 IT Equipment for Home Use If you plan to retrieve computer equipment from your office or lab for use at home, please inform CLASSE IT by submitting a...
12 Jun 2017 Phishing emails When forwarding a questionable message to service classe, please be sure to change your subject line. If the subject is the same and ...
June 14, 2016 Replicon outage June 15 16, new timesheets Yesterday, all CLASSE staff members received an email announcement of a change to Replicon timesheets be...
14 Jun 2021 ScreenConnect Maintenance: Tuesday, 15 Jun 2021 @ 2:00 PM On Tuesday, 15 Jun 2021, starting at 2:00 PM, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be u...
15 Jun 2020 IT Equipment for Home Use If you plan to retrieve computer equipment from your office or lab for use at home, please inform CLASSE IT by submitting a...
18 Jun 2018 Linux transition to Scientific Linux 7 (SL7) We are now in full transition mode from SL6 to SL7. If you have a CLASSE Linux workstation running SL6,...
June 20, 2016 TeX Live 2016 now available The newest version of TeX Live 2016 is now available to all CLASSE Linux SL6 and SL7 systems. Please see https://wiki....
21 Jun 2021 Firefox Deprecation and User Installations (Windows) As previously announced, Vivaldi has now replaced Firefox as the primary web browser on CLASSE c...
22 Jun 2020 CLASSE Windows Laptops: Monday Night Updates If you are using a CLASSE managed Windows laptop while working from home, please connect to the CLASSE V...
24 Jun 2019 Salaried Employees Begin Using Timesheet July 1 The Replicon application for tracking effort at the lab will be retired on June 30 and replaced with ...
26 Jun 2017 CLASSE and CHESS firewall scans, 29 Jun 2017 On Thursday, 29 Jun 2017, at 1:30 PM, we will perform a routine vulnerability scan of the CLASSE and CHE...
June 27, 2016 The end of VMS at CLASSE After many years of service, all CLASSE computers which are running the legacy VMS operating system will be shut down this...
28 Jun 2021 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 29 Jun 2021 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 29 Jun 2021, at 10:30 AM, there will be a brief 5 10 minute outage of the CLASSE GitLab wh...
29 Jun 2020 ScreenConnect Upgrade: Tuesday, 30 Jun 2020 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 30 Jun 2020, starting at 10:30 AM, the ScreenConnect service will be unavailable f...
01 Mar 2021 Please Perform Your Lenovo Updates On CLASSE Lenovo computers, you may occasionally see a pop up window from the Lenovo System Update utility, which ...
02 Mar 2020 Upcoming Change: Windows Firewall During the spring down of April 2020, we will begin enabling the ESET firewall on CLASSE managed Windows computers,...
04 Mar 2019 Potential Network Disruption: Tuesday, 05 Mar 2019 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 05 Mar 2019, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 noon, there will be potential network d...
March 5th, 2018 New Image Viewer for CLASSE Managed Windows computers Due to limitations in the base Windows 10 image and to provide consistent software across W...
Monday, March 6, 2017 Two step login for Cornell services To help protect your Cornell NetID and password, we strongly encourage you to sign up for two step logi...
08 Mar 2021 AppsAnywhere Update: Tuesday, 09 Mar 2021 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 09 Mar 2021, beginning at 10:30 AM, the Computing.AppsAnywhere CloudPaging Player wi...
09 Mar 2020 ScreenConnect Upgrade: Tuesday, 10 Mar 2020 @ 11:30 AM On Tuesday, 10 Mar 2020, starting at 11:30 AM, the ScreenConnect service will be unavailable f...
11 Mar 2019 PSB Conference Room Computers This week, we will replace the old Linux computers in the PSB conference rooms (PSB 301, 308, and 470) with new Mac Min...
12 Mar 2018 C: Drive filling up on CLASSE managed Windows computers Many CLASSE managed Windows computers are experiencing an unfortunate side effect of a recent...
Monday, March 13, 2017 Zoom training reminder Zoom will be replacing WebEx as Cornell's web and video conferencing service in June 2017. Zoom Basic training will...
15 Mar 2021 ScreenConnect Update: Tuesday, 16 Mar 2021 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 16 Mar 2021, starting at 10:30 AM, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be unav...
16 MAR 2020 Working From Home * The CLASSE Virtual Private Network (VPN) provides access to CLASSE central storage (a.k.a samba), etc. * CLASSE computers c...
18 Mar 2019 Possible Network Disruption: Tuesday, 19 Mar 2019 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 19 Mar 2019, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon, there will be possible network dis...
19 Mar 2018 CESR Network Isolation test tomorrow, 20 Mar 2018 On Tuesday, 20 Mar 2018, there will be a CESR Network Isolation test from approximately noon 1pm. ...
March 20, 2017 Autodesk upgrade on Monday 17 Apr 2017 We are tentatively scheduling a major upgrade to our Autodesk software products on Monday, April 17. As par...
22 Mar 2021 Spring Down Maintenance: Tuesday, 30 Mar 2021 On Tuesday, 30 Mar 2021, we will be performing minor maintenance on the central CLASSE infrastructure c...
23 Mar 2020 CLASSE IT Online Help Desk: Thursday, 26 Mar 2020 @ 10:30 AM Are you having problems with working from home? This Thursday, 26 Mar 2020, from 10:30 t...
25 Mar 2019 New Computer Shortage In our 25 Feb 2019 newsletter, we noted that availability of new computers is being affected by a widely reported shortage of I...
26 Mar 2018 New Web Client for CLASSE Chat Service CLASSE provides a chat service for all CLASSE users, using CLASSE authentication. The service was designed to ...
29 Mar 2021 Spring Down Maintenance: Tuesday, 30 Mar 2021 On Tuesday, 30 Mar 2021, we will be performing minor maintenance on the central CLASSE infrastructure c...
01 May 2017 Firefox Update to 52.1.0ESR on CLASSE Managed Windows Computers * CLASSE is updating to the new major ESR release 52 from 45 which we have used fo...
03 May 2021 Firefox User Installations The centrally managed Firefox update that was announced last week will be postponed until a later date. In the meantime, i...
04 May 2020 Work From Home IT Purchases While working from home, if you need to purchase IT equipment or software which is intended for future use at the lab (e....
06 May 2019 ESET Endpoint Protection Upgrade: Tuesday, 07 May 2019 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 07 May 2019, beginning at 10:00 AM, we will begin upgrading the ESET En...
07 May 2018 From Noon to 1PM on Tuesday, 08 May 2018, the following central servers and filesystems will be unavailable. Please note that this includes the CLASS...
08 May 2017 Samba With the goal of addressing periodic delays and slowdowns accessing samba, the IT group has made several significant configuration changes to o...
May 9, 2016 Change is in the air In response to feedback from our user community, we are piloting a new HTML version of our newsletter, delivered directly to CLA...
10 May 2021 GitLab Update: Tuesday, 11 May 2021 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 11 May 2021, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately 15 minut...
11 May 2020 Wiki Tutorial: Friday, 15 May 2020 @ 2:00 PM On Friday, 15 May 2020, at 2:00 PM, CLASSE IT will host a wiki tutorial on Zoom: https://cornell.zoom.us...
13 May 2019 Central Filesystem Maintenance: Tuesday, 14 May 2019 @ 12:00 Noon On Tuesday, 14 May 2019, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM, central Linux filesystems will...
15 May 2017 WannaCry Ransomware Worldwide, more than 200,000 computers have been infected with the "WannaCry" malware/ransomware over this past weekend. To prote...
May 16, 2016 CLASSE ELOG Authentication On Tuesday 5/17, the CLASSE ELOG authentication system will change slightly. You will still login using your CLASSE user...
17 May 2021 Maintenance Filesystem Expansion: Tuesday, 18 May 2021 @ 11:00 AM On Tuesday 18 May 2021, starting at 11:00 AM, the \\samba\maintenance filesystem wi...
18 May 2020 Zoom Security Updates (Action Required) In the near future, Zoom will implement two security changes that require the following actions by its users:...
20 May 2019 RDP Gateway Shutdown To address a recently disclosed Windows vulnerability, we have shut down the CHESS Remote Desktop Gateway server. If you are aff...
21 May 2018 Vidyo on PSB in room linux computers To use Vidyo on a PSB in room computer, start Firefox and go to https://vidyowebrtc.cern.ch/web/index.html, use...
22 May 2017 Exchange E mail CNAMEs to be retired CIT will retire 58,000 CNAMEs on Monday, 22 May 2017 that were created during the Office 365 project. For the mo...
May 23, 2016 Blocked email attachments Starting today, Cornell's email system will block attachments of file types that are frequently used to distribute malware...
24 May 2021 New Windows VPN Installation In preparation for a future Windows VPN migration, we have installed a new VPN application known as Pritunl (pronounced ...
25 May 2020 CLASSE Windows Laptops: Monday Night Updates If you are using a CLASSE managed Windows laptop while working from home, please connect to the CLASSE V...
28 May 2019 Summer Usage of Public Terminal Rooms Between 28 May 2019 and 09 Aug 2019, CLASSE will be hosting 30 summer students in the SERCCS, SUnRiSE, PREM, R...
May 29th, 2018 LogMeIn deprecated CLASSE is retiring LogMeIn and will be contacting people who have access to CLASSE managed computers via LogMeIn. You will rece...
30 May 2017 Possible delays in response June 05 11 The week of June 05 11 will be a busy one for CLASSE IT, with summer students arriving at the same time as the...
May 31, 2016 Possible delays in response June 6 10 The week of June 6 10 will be a busy one for CLASSE IT, with summer students arriving during the CHESS Users'...
01 Nov 2021 CLASSE Windows Laptops: Monday Night Updates If you are using a CLASSE managed Windows laptop, please make sure it is on a CLASSE network every Monda...
02 Nov 2020 JAMF Self Service for Macs Last July, all CLASSE managed Macs were migrated to a new configuration and management system called JAMF. With JAMF, user...
04 Nov 2019 Reminder: No Backups for Desktops and Laptops CLASSE IT does NOT provide local backups of CLASSE managed desktops and laptops. Instead, please store ...
05 Nov 2018 WinAPP To Be Replaced With WinAPP2: Tuesday, 06 Nov 2018 Starting Tuesday, 06 Nov 2018, the official CLASSE Windows terminal server will be WinAPP2 (...
06 Nov 2017 CESR Cluster Maintenance 10 AM to 12 PM (Noon) on Tuesday, 7 Nov 2017 The CESR Cluster will be rebooted at 10 AM on Tuesday. This is necessary to ...
November 7, 2016 New Wiki Search Engine The default wiki search engine used when entering text in the upper right corner "Search" box has been updated as follows...
08 Nov 2021 ScreenConnect Update: Tuesday, 16 Nov 2021 @ 12:00 Noon On Tuesday, 16 Nov 2021, starting at 12:00 noon, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be ...
09 Nov 2020 Adobe Flash Deprecation: Test Your Websites As previously announced, we will be uninstalling Adobe Flash from CLASSE managed computers during the mon...
11 Nov 2019 Windows 7 Network Termination on 07 Jan 2020 Microsoft has set an end of life date for Windows 7 of 14 Jan 2020. After this date, no security updates...
12 Nov 2018 Changes to Adobe Creative Cloud Licensing Because of changes to Cornell's contract with Adobe, users of Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) must now have an in...
15 Nov 2021 ScreenConnect Update: Tuesday, 16 Nov 2021 @ 12:00 Noon On Tuesday, 16 Nov 2021, starting at 12:00 noon, the Computing.ScreenConnect service will be ...
16 Nov 2020 macOS Big Sur: Wait To Upgrade Last week, Apple released a new major version of macOS (version 11), known as Big Sur. CLASSE IT and CIT are both reco...
18 Nov 2019 LNX201 Reboot: Tuesday, 19 Nov 2019 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 19 Nov 2019, at 10:00 AM, the general purpose Linux login node, LNX201, will be rebooted f...
19 Nov 2018 CLASSE VPN Certificate File Update Because of an expired security certificate, all computers (both personal and CLASSE managed) that connect to the C...
20 Nov 2017 CLASSE Accelerator Repository Server Upgrade The CLASSE Accelerator Repository Server (accserv.lepp.cornell.edu) has been upgraded to version 1.9.3. ...
November 21, 2016 Windows updates: an update Last Tuesday, November 15, many CLASSE managed Windows computers rebooted between 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM because of thi...
22 Nov 2021 OpenVPN Retirement: Monday, 28 Feb 2022 On Monday, 28 Feb 2022, we plan to shut down the legacy CLASSE VPN service, Computing/CmpGrp/Obsolete.OpenVPN...
23 Nov 2020 ScreenConnect Maintenance: Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020 @ 10:30 AM On Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020, starting at 10:30 AM, the ScreenConnect service will be unavailab...
25 Nov 2019 New Computer Shortage Because of a widely reported shortage of Intel CPUs, many of our standard computer models are currently backordered with our su...
26 Nov 2018 Network Maintenance: Tuesday, 27 Nov 2018 @ 10 AM On Tuesday, 27 Nov 2018, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon, we will be performing some network maintenanc...
29 Nov 2021 General Filesystem Outage: Tuesday, 30 Nov 2021 @ 5:00 PM On Tuesday, 30 Nov 2021, there will be a general CLASSE filesystem outage from 5:00 PM to 6...
30 Nov 2020 AppsAnywhere Update: Tuesday, 01 Dec 2020 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 01 Dec 2020, beginning at 10:00 AM, the Computing.AppsAnywhere CloudPaging Player wi...
01 Oct 2018 Wilson Lab Computing Outage: Tuesday, 02 Oct 2018 @ 9:00 AM On Tuesday, 02 Oct 2018 at 9:00 AM, there will be a CLASSE computing disruption for some ...
02 Oct 2017 Software Installation Policy CLASSE IT understands that many users often require specific software to accomplish the Lab's research mission. We make ...
October 3, 2016 Network maintenance 2 4pm Tuesday October 4 From 2 4pm Tuesday, October 4, there may be periodic network glitches as we update the configuration ...
04 Oct 2021 Printing at CLASSE Because of recent security concerns around networked printing, we will be introducing a new method for printing on CLASSE managed ...
05 Oct 2020 Windows 7 Quarantine Starting Monday, 05 Oct 2020 On Monday, 05 Oct 2020, Cornell's IT Security Office will start using the Network Quarantine to con...
07 OCT 2019 Tomcat maintenance 10am 08 OCT 2019 From 10 11am Tuesday, 08 OCT 2018, the CLASSE central tomcat service will be down for maintenance. During this...
08 Oct 2018 Password Management Tool Outage: Tuesday, 09 Oct 2018 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 09 Oct 2018, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon, the CLASSE online password man...
09 Oct 2017 Update to SL7.4 on Tuesday, 10 Oct 2017 Starting Tuesday morning, 10 Oct 2017, all CLASSE SL7 systems will update from Scientific Linux 7.3 to Scien...
October 10, 2016 Symantec expires next week REMINDER: Cornell's Symantec Anti Virus software license expires on October 21st. If you have Symantec Endpoint Prote...
11 Oct 2021 Printing at CLASSE Because of recent security concerns around networked printing, we will be introducing a new method for printing on CLASSE managed ...
12 Oct 2020 LNS Protected Reorganization On two consecutive Tuesdays, 20 Oct 2020 and 27 Oct 2020, we will apply a security upgrade to the LNS Protected network,...
14 Oct 2019 CHESS Firewall Upgrade: Tuesday, 15 Oct 2019 @ 9:00 AM On Tuesday, 15 Oct 2019, from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM, we will be upgrading the internal CHESS fir...
15 Oct 2018 Urgency of Service Requests When you submit a Computing.ServiceRequest via our web form, you have the opportunity to provide an urgency rating indica...
16 Oct 2017 Reminder: reduced coverage due to meeting support Responses to IT problem reports might be delayed because people are busy supporting the various pro...
Monday, October 17, 2016 Windows 7: new update mechanisms Starting this week, CLASSE managed Windows computers will be adapting to Microsoft's new update system,...
18 Oct 2021 New Windows Printer Queues: Tuesday, 19 Oct 2021 As previously announced, we are introducing a new method for printing from Windows, called PrinterLo...
19 Oct 2020 LNS Protected Reorganization: Beginning Tuesday, 20 Oct 2020 Over the next three weeks, we are planning to apply a security upgrade to the LNS Protec...
21 Oct 2019 Upgrading Windows 7 to Windows 10 On January 14, 2020, Microsoft is ending support for the Windows 7 operating system. To prepare for this deadline, ...
22 Oct 2018 Replicon Maintenance: Tuesday, 23 Oct 2018 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 23 Oct 2018, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon, Replicon will be unavailable while it und...
October 24, 2016 Windows updates: changes and challenges We would like to provide more information about the new Windows update mechanism from Microsoft that we ...
24 Oct 2017 Power Outage Tuesday Morning. There was a campus wide power outage at about 7:15 AM EDT on Tuesday, 24 Oct 2017. It took down many central CLASSE com...
25 Oct 2021 New Windows Printer Queues: Tuesday, 26 Oct 2021 As previously announced, on Tuesday, 26 Oct 2021, we are migrating Windows printer queues from CUPS ...
26 Oct 2020 LNS Protected Reorganization: Ongoing As previously announced, on Tuesday, 27 Oct 2020, at 10:00 AM, there will be a brief network glitch on the LNS ...
29 Oct 2018 CLASSE ELOG Server Upgrade: Tuesday, 30 Oct 2018 @ 10:00 AM The CLASSE ELOG server will be upgraded at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, 30 Oct 2018, to include s...
28 Oct 2019 Firefox Update: Tuesday, 29 Oct 2019 On Tuesday, 29 Oct 2019, Firefox on CLASSE managed Windows and Linux computers will be updated from version 60 t...
Monday, October 31, 2016 Happy Halloween! Forcing SSL to www.classe.cornell.edu In response to a Cornell security audit, the CLASSE IT group will be forcing SS...
03 Sep 2019 Newman Network Upgrade: Tuesday, 10 Sep 2019 @ 10 AM Next Tuesday, 10 Sep 2019 starting at 10:00 AM, we will be upgrading the main CLASSE network swi...
07 Sep 2020 CHESS Public Network Outage: Wednesday, 09 Sep 2020 @ 4:00 AM On Wednesday, 09 Sep 2020, from 4:00 AM to 7:00 AM, there will be an outage of the CHES...
07 Sep 2021 CLASSE Managed Windows ESET update: 14 Sep 2021 @ Noon Starting at Noon 14 Sep 2021, ESET endpoint security will be updated on CLASSE Managed Windows...
09 Sep 2019 General Network Maintenance: Tuesday, 10 Sep 2019 @ 10:00 AM On Tuesday, 10 Sep 2019, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon, we will be upgrading the LNS Prote...
10 Sep 2018 Virtual Machine Maintenance: Tuesday, 11 Sep 2018 @ 10:00 AM Starting at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, 11 Sep 2018, the main CLASSE Virtual Machine infrastruc...
11 Sep 2017 Some central services unvailable on Tuesday, 12 Sep 2017 From 10:00 AM until about 2 PM on Tuesday, 12 Sep 2017, some central CLASSE services that re...
September 12th, 2016 Microsoft is changing Windows servicing model October 2016 * Microsoft is changing their servicing model significantly starting in Octobe...
13 Sep 2021 Windows ESET Update: Tuesday, 14 Sep 2021 @ 12:00 Noon Starting at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 14 Sep 2021, ESET endpoint security will be updated on CLAS...
14 Sep 2020 CLASSE Windows Laptops: Monday Night Updates If you are using a CLASSE managed Windows laptop while working from home, please connect to the CLASSE V...
16 Sep 2019 ESET Endpoint Security Client Update: Tuesday, 24 Sep 2019 On Tuesday, 24 Sep 2019, the ESET Endpoint Security Client will be updated on CLASSE manag...
17 Sep 2018 Update to SL7.5: Tuesday, 25 Sep 2018 Starting Tuesday morning, 25 Sep 2018, all CLASSE SL7 systems will update from Scientific Linux 7.4 to Scientif...
18 Sep 2017 CHESS DAQ Rotation, 22 Sep 2017, 10am At approximately 10am Friday 22 Sep 2017, the main CHESS DAQ and MAIA file systems will become read only. A fi...
September 19, 2016 Network Maintenance from 10 2 tomorrow: Tuesday, September 20. There will be periodic network glitches between 10am and 2pm tomorrow, Tuesday,...
20 Sep 2021 Virtual Machine Cluster Maintenance: Wednesday, 22 Sep 2021 @ 10:30 AM On Wednesday, 22 Sep 2021, between 10:30 AM and 12:00 noon, we will perform ro...
21 Sep 2020 Web Browsers for CULearn CU101 Last week, Cornell introduced a new required staff training available as CULearn course CU101. In our testing, this co...
23 Sep 2019 Samba Server Configuration Update: Monday, 23 Sep 2019 @ 5:00 PM This evening, 23 Sep 2019, at 5:00 PM, the central CLASSE Samba server will be recon...
24 Sep 2018 CLASSE Computing Outage: Tuesday, 25 Sep 2018 @ 8:30 AM On Tuesday, 25 Sep 2018 at 8:30 AM, there will be disruptions to CLASSE computing services be...
September 26, 2016 Network Maintenance from 12 4 Wednesday, September 28. There will be periodic network glitches between Noon and 4pm on Wednesday, September 28...
27 Sep 2021 Printers At CLASSE For a comprehensive list of available printers, including location and capabilities, please see https://wiki.classe.cornell.edu/Co...
28 Sep 2020 Windows 7 Quarantine Starting 05 Oct 2020 On 05 Oct 2020, Cornell's IT Security Office will start using the Network Quarantine to contain, or disable...
30 Sep 2019 New Compute Farm Queues and Nodes Users of the CLASSE Compute Farm might notice that we recently added four new CHESS queues to the Farm. These queue...