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Scheduled Maintenance for February 18, 2025 7AM-12PM CDT

February 14, 2025 by Avarca, Anthony

On Tuesday, February 18, 2025, from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the CELS Systems Group will perform updates to the operating systems and applications for the systems listed below. During the maintenance window, these systems will be intermittently unavailable as updates are applied and the systems are restarted. We anticipate restoring their normal operation by noon. …

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Scheduled Maintenance: GCE Storage Migration on Monday, February 3, 2025

January 29, 2025 by Avarca, Anthony

CELS GCE Users, This notice is to inform you of a scheduled maintenance that will affect the General Computing Environment (GCE) on Monday, February 3, 2025. We will be migrating production file shares to new storage servers to improve system performance and reliability. Please review the details below to understand how this maintenance will impact your work.   …

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[Urgent Action Required] Apply Microsoft Outlook Critical Update

January 24, 2025 by Avarca, Anthony

Below is a message from our Cyber Security Program Office. What it boils down to: Apply the latest updates to Microsoft Outlook. For individuals who do not have a local administrator account on computers running Microsoft Outlook, the CELS IT group will begin updating machines starting on Monday, January 27. For co-managed machines, please update …

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Upcoming Change to macOS Update Notifications

December 17, 2024 by Avarca, Anthony

Hey there! I just wanted to give you a quick heads-up that starting Monday, January 6, 2025, the remainder (co-managed) of macOS computers supported by CELS will begin to notify you about available software updates in a new and friendly way. To help you get used to this change, we’ve put together a handy macOS …

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Scheduled Maintenance for December 19, 2024 7AM-12PM CDT

December 16, 2024 by Avarca, Anthony

On Thursday, December 19, 2024, from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the CELS Systems Group will perform OS and application updates for the systems listed below. During the maintenance window, these systems will be intermittently unavailable as we apply updates and restart them. We expect to restore their normal operational state by noon. If this maintenance …

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Scheduled Maintenance for December 3, 2024 7AM-12PM CDT

December 2, 2024 by Avarca, Anthony

On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the CELS Systems Group will perform OS and application updates for the systems listed below. During the maintenance window, these systems will be intermittently unavailable as we apply updates and restart them. We expect to restore their normal operational state by noon. If this maintenance …

Scheduled Maintenance for November 26, 2024 7AM-12PM CDT

November 25, 2024 by Avarca, Anthony

On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the CELS Systems Group will perform OS and application updates for the systems listed below. During the maintenance window, these systems will be intermittently unavailable as we apply updates and restart them. We expect to restore their normal operational state by noon. If this maintenance …

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Scheduled Maintenance for November 19, 2024 7AM-12PM CDT

November 15, 2024 by Avarca, Anthony

On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the CELS Systems Group will perform OS and application updates for the systems listed below. During the maintenance window, these systems will be intermittently unavailable as we apply updates and restart them. We expect to restore their normal operational state by noon. If this maintenance …

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Software License Server Scheduled Maintenance for November 4, 2PM CST

November 1, 2024 by Avarca, Anthony

On Monday, November 4, 2024, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CDT, the CELS Systems Group will perform updates to the software license servers hosting the following licenses: Pointwise Gurobi ANSYS NAG Fortran Matlab Mathematica Tecplot Allinea Converge Esgee Qchem Intel Comsol Altair Craft-tech The license servers will be temporarily unavailable during this period as we update …

Confluence Service Scheduled Maintenance for October 31, 8AM CDT

October 30, 2024 by Avarca, Anthony

On Thursday, October 31, 2024, from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM CDT, the CELS Systems Group will perform updates to the Confluence service hosted at https://apps.cels.anl.gov/confluence. The Confluence service will be temporarily unavailable during this period as we update and restart the system. We expect the service to be restored by 9:00 AM or possibly earlier. If this …

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