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 AppsAnywhere service will be unavailable for up to 4 hours for a Cloudpaging server upgrade. During this time, any applications that are active might report that there is an interruption; they will resume when the connection returns. Applications that are "offline allowed" will not be affected. After the server upgrade is complete, a new version of the CloudPaging Player software will be pushed to your computer when you access the AppsAnywhere web interface, and you will be prompted to reboot. If you have any questions or concerns, please submit a ServiceRequest.

X2Go Virtual Desktops on AlmaLinux 9

Beginning on Tuesday, 14-May-2024, all virtual desktops created on AlmaLinux 9 using X2Go will no longer be persistent. When disconnecting from your X2Go session, any virtual desktops will be terminated and will have to be recreated. This change is required to ensure the stability of AlmaLinux 9. If you wish to create persistent virtual desktops on AlmaLinux 9 computers, please consider using NoMachine instead of X2Go. For assistance with switching from X2Go to NoMachine, please submit a ServiceRequest.

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 recommends and is supporting AlmaLinux 9, a rebuild of RedHat Enterprise Linux 9 (EL9), as a successor to Scientific Linux 7. In the coming weeks, we will contact users of SL7 desktops and workstations to schedule an upgrade to AlmaLinux 9. If you wish to expedite your Linux upgrade, please submit a ServiceRequest. This upgrade is not yet avilable for specialized Linux systems, such as control system or station computers. Please also consider switching from lnx201.classe.cornell.edu (SL7) to lnx209.classe.cornell.edu (AlmaLinux 9) as a general-purpose landing pad.

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

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

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Questions or problems? Submit a service request.

Other resources:

• CLASSE IT Home Page
• Previous newsletters

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