no way to compare when less than two revisions
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
— | old_pages:logs [2015/08/26 17:09] (current) – created - external edit 127.0.0.1 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
+ | ====== System Status ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Workstations Problem, Tues 12/17 ===== | ||
+ | System CS129 in OLB104 had a power supply issue. | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Workstations Update, Tues 9/17 ===== | ||
+ | I have done a non-critical update to our automated filesystem mounting for home directories. | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Network outage, Saturday 5/11 ===== | ||
+ | The night of Saturday 5/11/2013 the router for the department network went out. From around 7:10pm to 10:50pm workstations in the labs could not get out to the Internet, nor could anyone from outside the building connect into Mote. The problem was dealt with and all access was restored by 10:50pm. | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Labs unavailable, | ||
+ | The labs in OLB (Asprey, Cyberia, Intro) are reserved for mid-term examinations on Monday April 1st, 3:00pm - 4:45pm. Only students working on exams will have access, please plan accordingly. | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Mote scheduled for reboot, Tuesday 3/26 @ 10:00 ===== | ||
+ | To keep up with updates and get a fresh start with the second half of the semester Mote will be rebooted at 10:00am Tuesday morning. Please have all running programs stopped and open files saved at that time to prevent any loss of data. | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== New semester, new updates ===== | ||
+ | Several key packages were updated over the past week. Read about them and get told about gotchas and upcoming removals in the [[sysnews: | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Remote access server to be replaced morning of Nov 12 ===== | ||
+ | The new remote access server that brings far more hardware capacity and lines up with the current lab workstations is ready for use and will be put into production Monday, November 12th. [[: | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Oct 29 Storm information ===== | ||
+ | In preparations for possible power outages from today' | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== RESOLVED: emacs is crashing X ===== | ||
+ | There is a problem I am currently investigating with emacs in which calling it is crashing X. So far this appears to only be a problem on the podium workstations in OLB 105 and OLB 205. If can be worked around in the meantime by calling emacs with //-nw// or // | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | The problem also turned out to affect DrScheme, but is now resolved. Emacs works in graphical mode again. | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== New workstations ===== | ||
+ | The labs and classrooms have new hardware and all new software installed. [[sysnews: | ||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== mote33 reboot ===== | ||
+ | mote33 got locked up with an update and needed to be reboot. It should be all set again. | ||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Fri. Aug 3, 8:00pm - Shutdown...complete ==== | ||
+ | All CS services will be shutdown Friday August 3rd at 8:00pm for a central campus power shutdown. Services are expected to be restored around 8:30 pm Saturday August 4th. For more details see our [[sysnews: | ||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | All services have been restored. | ||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== mote33 maintenance complete | ||
+ | mote33 was brought down for updates this morning at 10: | ||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Asprey Printer Maintenance ===== | ||
+ | The pickup roller in the Asprey printer has been causing "paper jams" | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Mon. Sept 19, 17:30 - Drive rebuild on filer ===== | ||
+ | The filer server is rebuilding one of its drive arrays after the replacement of a bad disk. While there is no outage, some students will notice some delay tonight as the array takes a couple hours to resync its data. | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Sunday Eve & Monday May 29 and 30 2011 System Issues ===== | ||
+ | For some of Sunday Eve through 5:30pm Monday several servers and users home directories were not available. | ||
+ | ===== Saturday, April 30 some servers going down to protect them ===== | ||
+ | The cooling system for our server room is off line. I have shut down several less essential systems in hopes of being able to keep the remaining systems alive and running, | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Wed. March 30, 8:30am brief network interruption ===== | ||
+ | The network connection for the CS department was disconnected Wed. Morning while CIS tested new network equipment. | ||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Remote Access Problems ===== | ||
+ | The new 32 core remote access server has crashed twice today (3/22/2011) I am bringing back the old one while I work on the new one. Our older (4 core/8gig) remote access ssh/vnc server is back on line for now. | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Remote ssh/vnc access server replacedThurs. March 10th ===== | ||
+ | Our remote ssh/vnc server was off line for a little while late morning Thursday March 10th while it was replaced with a newer more powerful box. The new server is up and running. | ||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Department http proxy server - end of life ===== | ||
+ | We have had a squid proxy server for use in the department. It was not available from outside cs.vassar.edu. | ||
+ | The machine that was our http proxy server is being turned off over spring break. | ||
+ | I do not know if it will be replaced. | ||
+ | If you notice problems browsing please check if you are using mr42.cs.vassar.edu or 143.229.6.42 for your http proxy, if so, remove it. | ||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Printing - Asprey and vprint ===== | ||
+ | ==== The Asprey printer is now working ==== | ||
+ | It has a new toner cartage and seems to be working well with it. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Vprint from CS machines - not yet ==== | ||
+ | I am working on enabling access to vprint printing from within the department. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Once I have it working I will change this message and that one. | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===== 64 bit OS ===== | ||
+ | As of Summer 2010 all desktop linux systems in the department are running a 64 bit version of linux. | ||
+ | If you have any problems with the new system please let me know. So far there have only been two problems related to the change from 32bit to 64bit, but something else may emerge as time goes on. | ||
+ | --- // |