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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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....
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
30 Apr 2018 Reminder: ScreenConnect for Remote Access, LogMeIn Deprecated After many years of using LogMeIn as our remote access solution for Windows computers, ...
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...
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...
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...
12 Feb 2018 Remote Access: Introducting ScreenConnect, LogMeIn Deprecated After many years of using LogMeIn as our remote access solution for Windows computers, ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...