We’ve got a two phased linux compute environment upgrade we’re in the process of doing this year. Phase one is rolling out an Ubuntu 14.04 build (aka Trusty), and phase two will be rolling out a CentOS 7 build. Phase two won’t be starting until end of summer, but phase one is already under way, …

Hi, all! I’ve got a couple of quick announcements to knock out here, so let’s get to it. New staff! Jasan left our group a few weeks ago for a fantastic opportunity, and we’ve just now been able to bring on his replacement. Please welcome Steve Verdone to the group! He’ll be manning the Help …

The core IT services provided by CELS Systems are back online. This includes the BIO infrastructure, the MCS general computing infrastructure, and any virtual machines CELS Systems hosts. Other larger systems (such as the compute clusters) will come back online as previously announced by their admin teams. We had a few issues during the outage, …

First announcement: https://mcssys.wordpress.com/2016/05/26/cels-systems-outage-june-17-19-2016/ Second announcement: https://mcssys.wordpress.com/2016/06/13/cels-systems-outage-june-17-19-2016-2/ For status updates during the outage you can follow our twitter account at https://twitter.com/mcssys First, updates for BIO (MCS/CELS announcements follow this section): I’m awaiting word that the switchover is complete, but we should have DHCP (network address assignment) switched over to CIS servers today, which means if a …

(Previous announcement here: https://mcssys.wordpress.com/2016/05/26/cels-systems-outage-june-17-19-2016/) Here’s an update on the state of things for the outage this Friday. Please read the above for context. Another reminder/announcement will be sent on Thursday. MCS/CELS/ALCF: Aside from what’s noted in the prior announcement, please note we will be turning off the Mac file servers on Thursday evening at close …

In order to apply some security patches to our gitlab servers, we’re going to have a brief outage on Wednesday afternoon (June 8) from noon to 12:30pm. During this time, the servers won’t be reachable, pushes and pulls will fail, etc. No data loss will occur, and everything will be back in operation within 30 …

As you may be aware by now, building 240 is undergoing a complete shutdown of power beginning in the morning of Friday, June 17, with an outage window extending into Sunday, June 19. We hope the outage will be shorter than that, but fully expect it will last until the evening of the 18th at …

On June 1, ANL Cyber will be implementing new rules on the outgoing web proxy (affects all hosts in BIO, and all hosts on wireless at ANL) that block traffic for outdated/vulnerable machines. This is not a new policy, just updating the rules to reflect currently supported versions. If CELS Systems is the administrator for …

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We’ve received notice regarding upcoming power work for building 240. Time frames have not been set, but this is something that will take out the entire building for a weekend, and many servers and services we provide. The current expectation is a weekend in June will be scheduled for the work. This work is to …