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 AM, CIT Network Engineering will be migrating uplinks for the Humphreys node router. There may be brief network disruptions on RedRover and eduroam in our Wilson Lab Annex and Pine Tree Road locations. For more information, please see https://itservicealerts.hosting.cornell.edu/view/7226.

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.

GitLab Update: Tuesday, 14-May-2024 @ 10:30 AM

On Tuesday, 14-May-2024, at 10:30 AM, the CLASSE GitLab will be unavailable for approximately one hour for a series of updates. Please submit a ServiceRequest if you have any questions or concerns.

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.

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 Linux systems to AlmaLinux 9 over the next few weeks. If you have a CLASSE-managed Linux desktop or laptop system, we will contact you via a ticket to schedule the upgrade. 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 (or email service-classe@cornell.edu).

Other resources:

• CLASSE-IT Home Page
• Previous newsletters

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