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hooray database server down

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

Hi all, The database server hooray.mcs.anl.gov has a failed disk array requiring us to take it down. We expect it to be available again in about 24 hours. —- Daniel Murphy-Olson Systems Administrator Mathematics & Computer Science Division Argon…

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Upcoming Mail Improvements for MCS, ALCF, and CELS.

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

Hey, folks! You’re getting this message because you have an account on our Zimbra server in a domain that we serve. Chances are pretty good you’ve got an address you use regularly ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected]), and your “zimbra …

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Zimbra Upgrade this Saturday (2011-03-19)

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

The Zimbra service will be upgraded this Saturday. The outage window will be from 9AM to 1PM, Central Daylight Time. During this period, you won’t be receiving new mail, probably won’t be able to send (depending on how your mail client is configur…

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Zimbra Upgrade postponed until March 19

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

From the Zimbra admin team: > Some of the Zimbra administrators have requested no interruption to the email > service this weekend. We will be postponing the scheduled Zimbra maintenance > that was going to occur this Sunday, March 6. >> I’d like …

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Zimbra Upgrade postponed until first weekend of March

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

Some issues with one of the Zimbra servers early this morning is necessitating holding off on the upgrade that was supposed to happen on Sunday. Will post more details as they emerge. == Craig Stacey, IT Manager, MCS & CI [email protected] stace@c…

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Reminder: Zimbra upgrade this weekend.

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

The Zimbra server will be upgraded this Sunday (2/13) between 9 AM and 1 PM. During this time, you won’t be able to get to your mail or calendar, and depending on your mail client’s configuration you may not be able to send mail. No mail will be l…

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New date for Zimbra upgrade

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

The new date for the Zimbra upgrade is Sunday, February 13. During this time, your inbox and calendar will be inaccessible. Mail will not be lost and will queue up during the outage. We’ll send another reminder beforehand. Thanks. == Craig Stacey,…

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Blog is moving

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

Please see http://mcssys.posterous.com for the most up-to-date information

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Zimbra Upgrade Postponed – Mailing List and RT outage – Blog move

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

Greetings, folks! First up, the announced upgrade to Zimbra that was supposed to happen on Sunday has been postponed. There were some hangups in other areas that prevented adequate testing to be done beforehand, and we like to be sure before we up…

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Mailing list and RT outage – UPDATE: Fixed

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

We’ve had a failure on the server that handles mailing lists and trouble tickets. We’re bringing RT back online via a backup machine ASAP, and are working on getting the mailing list data in sync so we can bring that back. Mail is not being lost, …

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