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NewsletterFebruary082021
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...
NewsletterDecember222020
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...
NewsletterDecember242019
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...
NewsletterNovember302020
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...
NewsletterNovember232020
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...
NewsletterNovember162020
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...
NewsletterNovember092020
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...
NewsletterOctober122020
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,...
NewsletterOctober052020
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...
NewsletterSeptember282020
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...
NewsletterSeptember212020
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...
NewsletterSeptember072020
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...
NewsletterAugust312020
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...
NewsletterAugust242020
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...
NewsletterAugust172020
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...
NewsletterAugust102020
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...
NewsletterAugust032020
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 ...
NewsletterJuly272020
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 ...
NewsletterMay182020
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:...
NewsletterMay112020
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...
NewsletterMay042020
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....
NewsletterApril272020
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 ...
NewsletterApril202020
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...
NewsletterApril132020
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...
NewsletterApril062020
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...
NewsletterApril152019
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...
NewsletterApril302018
30 Apr 2018 Reminder: ScreenConnect for Remote Access, LogMeIn Deprecated After many years of using LogMeIn as our remote access solution for Windows computers, ...
NewsletterAugust262019
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...
NewsletterDecember182017
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...
NewsletterDecember182018
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...
NewsletterFebruary032020
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...
NewsletterFebruary122018
12 Feb 2018 Remote Access: Introducting ScreenConnect, LogMeIn Deprecated After many years of using LogMeIn as our remote access solution for Windows computers, ...
NewsletterJuly222019
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...
NewsletterMarch092020
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...
NewsletterMay202019
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...
NewsletterNovember042019
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 ...
NewsletterMarch022020
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,...
NewsletterFebruary242020
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...
NewsletterFebruary172020
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,...
NewsletterFebruary102020
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...
NewsletterJanuary272020
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...
NewsletterJanuary172020
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...
NewsletterJanuary132020
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...
NewsletterJanuary062020
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 ...
NewsletterDecember232019
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...
NewsletterDecember162019
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...
NewsletterDecember092019
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...
NewsletterNovember252019
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...
NewsletterNovember182019
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...
NewsletterNovember112019
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...
NewsletterOctober212019
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, ...
NewsletterOctober142019
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...
NewsletterOctober072019
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...
NewsletterSeptember302019
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...
NewsletterSeptember232019
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...
NewsletterSeptember162019
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...
NewsletterSeptember032019
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...
NewsletterAugust192019
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...
NewsletterAugust122019
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...
NewsletterAugust052019
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...
NewsletterJuly152019
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...
NewsletterJuly082019
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...
NewsletterJuly012019
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 ...
NewsletterJune242019
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 ...
NewsletterJun172019
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...
NewsletterJun102019
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 ...
NewsletterJune032019
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...
NewsletterMay282019
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...
NewsletterMay132019
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...
NewsletterMay062019
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...
NewsletterApril222019
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...
NewsletterApril012019
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...
NewsletterMarch252019
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...
NewsletterMarch182019
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...
NewsletterMarch112019
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...
NewsletterMarch042019
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...
NewsletterFebruary252019
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 ...
NewsletterFebruary182019
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 ...
NewsletterFebruary112019
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...
NewsletterJanuary282019
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 ...
NewsletterJanuary212019
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 ...
NewsletterJanuary142019
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...
NewsletterJanuary072019
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...
NewsletterDecember172018
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...
NewsletterDecember102018
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...
NewsletterNovember122018
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...
NewsletterNovember052018
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 (...
NewsletterApril032017
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 ...
NewsletterOctober291018
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...
NewsletterOctober222018
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...
NewsletterOctober152018
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...
NewsletterOctober082018
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...
NewsletterOctober012018
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 ...
NewsletterSeptember242018
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...
NewsletterSeptember172018
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...
NewsletterJuly252016
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...
NewsletterSeptember102018
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...
NewsletterSeptember042018
04 Sep 2018 CESR Network Outage: Thursday, 06 Sep 2018 @ 12:00 Noon to 4:00 PM On Thursday, 06 Sep 2018, between 12:00 noon and 4:00 PM, the main CESR network sw...
NewsletterAugust272018
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 ...
NewsletterAugust202018
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...
NewsletterAugust062018
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...
NewsletterJuly302018
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...
NewsletterJuly232018
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...
NewsletterJuly162018
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...
NewsletterJuly092018
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...
NewsletterJuly022018
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...
NewsletterJune182018
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,...
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NewsletterJune042018
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. *...
NewsletterMay292018
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...
NewsletterMay212018
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...
NewsletterApril232018
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...
NewsletterApril162018
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...
NewsletterApril092018
09 Apr 2018 Linux Packages Updates The following software packages have been updated (both Scientific Linux 6 and Scientific Linux 7, unless noted): * Ansys (...
NewsletterApril022018
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...
NewsletterMarch192018
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. ...
NewsletterMarch122018
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...
NewsletterMarch052018
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...
NewsletterFebruary192018
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...
NewsletterFebruary052018
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...
NewsletterJanuary292018
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...
NewsletterJanuary162018
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...
NewsletterJanuary082018
08 Jan 2018 Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities Last week, a pair of serious hardware vulnerabilities (dubbed Meltdown and Spectre) was disclosed, affecting nea...
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NewsletterJanuary022018
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 ...
NewsletterDecember112017
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...
NewsletterDecember042017
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...
NewsletterNovember202017
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. ...
NewsletterNovember062017
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 ...
NewsletterOctober242017
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...
NewsletterOctober162017
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...
NewsletterOctober092017
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...
NewsletterOctober022017
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 ...
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NewsletterSeptember182017
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...
NewsletterSeptember112017
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...
NewsletterAugust282017
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...
NewsletterAugust212017
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...
NewsletterAugust142017
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...
NewsletterAugust072017
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...
NewsletterJuly312017
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...
NewsletterJuly242017
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...
NewsletterJuly172017
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...
NewsletterJuly102017
10 Jul 2017 Central virtual machine maintenance Tuesday 11 Jul 2017 From approximately 10 10:30am, the following central virtual machines will be rebooted. ...
NewsletterJuly032017
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...
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NewsletterJune262017
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...
NewsletterJune192017
19 Jun 2017 Linux Adobe Flash Firefox Plugin Security update on Tuesday 20 Jun 2017 * The patched Adobe Flash Firefox Plugin Security update (version 26.0.0.1...
NewsletterJune122017
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 ...
NewsletterJune052017
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...
NewsletterMay302017
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...
NewsletterMay222017
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...
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NewsletterMay152017
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...
NewsletterMay082017
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...
NewsletterMay012017
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...
NewsletterApril242017
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 ...
NewsletterApril172017
17 Apr 2017 Linux Adobe Flash Firefox Plugin Security update on Tuesday 18 Apr 2017 * The patched Adobe Flash Firefox Plugin Security update (version 25.0.0.1...
NewsletterApril102017
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 ...
NewsletterMarch202017
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...
NewsletterMarch132017
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...
NewsletterMarch062017
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...
NewsletterFebruary272017
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...
NewsletterFebruary202017
February 20, 2017 CLASSE network and service maintenance Tuesday, February 21, starting at 10AM We will be reconfiguring core CLASSE switches and restarting seve...
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NewsletterFebruary132017
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. ...
NewsletterFebruary062017
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...
NewsletterJanuary232017
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...
NewsletterJanuary162017
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...
NewsletterJanuary092017
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...
NewsletterDecember192016
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. ...
NewsletterDecember052016
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...
NewsletterNovember212016
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...
NewsletterNovember142016
November 14, 2016 Linux Adobe Flash Firefox Plugin Security update on Tuesday 15 Nov 2016 * The patched Adobe Flash Firefox Plugin Security update (version 11...
NewsletterNovember072016
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...
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NewsletterOctober312016
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...
NewsletterOctober242016
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 ...
NewsletterOctober172016
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,...
NewsletterOctober102016
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...
NewsletterOctober032016
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 ...
NewsletterSeptember262016
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...
NewsletterSeptember192016
September 19, 2016 Network Maintenance from 10 2 tomorrow: Tuesday, September 20. There will be periodic network glitches between 10am and 2pm tomorrow, Tuesday,...
NewsletterSeptember122016
September 12th, 2016 Microsoft is changing Windows servicing model October 2016 * Microsoft is changing their servicing model significantly starting in Octobe...
NewsletterAugust292016
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...
NewsletterAugust222016
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 ...
NewsletterAugust152016
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 ...
NewsletterAugust082016
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...
NewsletterJuly182016
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...
NewsletterJuly112016
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...
NewsletterJuly052016
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...
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NewsletterJune272016
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...
NewsletterJune202016
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....
NewsletterJune142016
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...
NewsletterJune062016
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...
NewsletterMay312016
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'...
NewsletterMay232016
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...
NewsletterMay162016
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...
NewsletterMay092016
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...
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