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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...