News - Jul 2006

Jul 29 2006 - The tigger system will be down from 8:00PM Friday July 28 until 8:00AM Saturday July 29. Its operating system software will be upgraded from AIX 5.2 to the latest AIX 5.3. This change should not affect users since most of the improvements in 5.3 are in the areas of security and performance.

While it is down, email destined for tigger will be safely queued until it is back up.

Jul 27 2006 - The ADSM Network Backup Service will be down for operating system upgrades from 9:00AM to 5:00PM Thursday July 27. All files previously backed up, will be available for restore after service is restored.

Jul 25 2006 - We're experiencing problems with the webmail and helpdesk servers. You may not be able to login or may get kicked out. We're looking into the problem.

Jul 23 2006 - ACCC's central file server named "netapp1" will be upgraded this Saturday night, July 22, starting at 9:00 PM.

Netapp1 plays an important role in many of the email and web services offered by the ACCC. Due to increasing demands on the hardware, systems must upgrade it.

We anticipate that only web and email will be impacted by the upgrade process.

Regarding mail, there may be brief outages but we don't anticipate any major problems. As to web, it will be accessible but read-only.

Jul 22 2006 - The lab in BSB (BSB - B001) has a strong chemical smell due to work being done in another department. Fans have been placed to improve ventilation, however the odor remains strong. It is expected to remain for the rest of the week.

Other labs may be more comfortable to use during this time. Check here for the hours and locations of other labs: http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/pclabs/index.html

During afternoons of Wednesday, 19 July and Thursday, 20 July the 4th floor of SCE will be closed for Orientation. During those times as well as the mornings on those days, SSB computer lab will only have a few computers available for public use.