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BIS Maintenance Weekend 5/18-5/20

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

Please see the below notice from BIS regarding next week’s maintenance weekend.  Please note this work is being performed by BIS and not CELS Systems, though we’re happy to pass on any concerns you may have.  The affected systems below and the timeframes are worth noting.  The most likely to have an impact are the …

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COMPLETE: GitLab maintenance window

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

Maintenance of our GitLab services has been completed. Please let us know if you encounter any issues by emailing [email protected] – CELS Systems

STARTING: GitLab maintenance window

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

Beginning work to update our GitLab services at https://gitlab.cels.anl.gov and https://xgitlab.cels.anl.gov Services will be disrupted during this maintenance window. Service is expected to be restored by 13:00 CST and may be available sooner than that. We will send a followup email upon completion of the work.

Maintenance window for GitLab services Wednesday 2018-05-02

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

A maintenance window of our GitLab services has been planned for Wednesday 2018-05-02 from 12:00 to 13:00 CDT in order to update the software. GitLab services provided by gitlab.cels.anl.gov and xgitlab.cels.anl.gov will be unavailable during maintenance. Service is expected to be restored by 13:00 CDT, and may be available sooner than that. If this window …

Update: Standardizing communications across CELS divisions – new mailing lists

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

A quick update to this. First of all, each of the divisional “-all” list now has an even easier shortcut. Just [email protected]. Secondly, by and large, the only lists you should generally use are [email protected]. You might want the “-employees” list for things dealing specifically with Argonne administrative issues like Dayforce that non-employees don’t need …

Standardizing communications across CELS divisions – new mailing lists

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

Hi, everybody. With the advent of new divisions in CELS it seems an opportune time to address an issue we’ve had in CELS for some time – consistent methods of communications among the divisions and their employees with mailing lists. Each division had its own standards, some had automatic lists built from HR/Workday, some were …

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UPDATE: Maintenance window for CELS GitLab services

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

We have run into a small issue while performing maintenance on https://gitlab.cels.anl.gov and services may not be available until after the announced window. We will send a final email when updates are completed for that service. Maintenance of https://xgitlab.cels.anl.gov is complete and services are restored.

STARTING: Maintenance window for CELS GitLab services

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

Beginning work to update our GitLab services at https://gitlab.cels.anl.gov and https://xgitlab.cels.anl.gov Services will be disrupted during this maintenance window. Service is expected to be restored by 13:00 CST and may be available sooner than that. We will send a followup email upon completion of the work.

smtp.anl.gov retired

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

Some of you may have been using smtp.anl.gov to send mail from offsite providers (such as Google, for instance). Since the switch to Office365, that service has been deprecated, and on Monday it was retired. You’ll need to update your mail server to use the O365 servers. See anl-username, and your password is your Argonne …

Maintenance window for GitLab services Wednesday 2018-04-04 12:00 to 13:00

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

A maintenance window of our GitLab services has been planned for Wednesday 2018-04-04 from 12:00 to 13:00 in order to update the software. GitLab services provided by gitlab.cels.anl.gov and xgitlab.cels.anl.gov will be unavailable during maintenance. Service is expected to be restored by 13:00 on 2018-04-04, and may be available sooner than that. If this window …

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