News - Aug 2004

Aug 30 2004 - We are currently have hardware problems with our LDAP server which is affecting mailserv and may be affecting other systems. We do not have an estimate as to when the problem will be fixed at this time.

Aug 30 2004 - We have fixed the ldap server problem, mailserv and other systems that required ldap authentication should be available now.

Aug 27 2004 - The tigger system will be down tonight, Friday Aug 27, from 11:30PM until 2:00AM for file system maintenance.

Aug 23 2004 - Please remember that food and drinks of any sort (including unopened or empty containers!) are not allowed in any of the ACCC Computer Labs. Lab Monitors and Consultants will be strictly enforcing the ACCC Acceptable Usage Policy.

• ACCC Policies
• Acceptable Usage Policy
• PC LAB Usage Policy
• Abuses and Sanctions

Aug 20 2004 - Parts of mailserv are responding intermittently. We're looking into causes, and will fix asap.

Aug 20 2004 - We have an intermittent problem with an internal network link between BGRC and SEL. This is causing trouble for half of our mailserv users. We're still working on it.

Aug 20 2004 - We replaced a broken network switch, so mailserv is fully back in action. Of course, now the mailserv servers are a bit overwhelmed by the flood of incoming mail, but that will settle down shortly. No mail was lost, any incoming mail would have been queued on the mail relay servers, so things will be back to normal very soon.

Aug 13 2004 - The ADSM client download page now has version 5.2.3 of the Tivoli Storage Manager (ADSM) client programs for Mac OSX, AIX, and Windows XP/2000/2003. This is the latest version.

The Mac and AIX versions are mostly bug fixes, but version 5.2.3 for Windows contains new support for Windows XP SP1 and SP2. It also has a very nice new feature: Open File Backup. For more information about this, see the README file where you download your client program.

Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) for Windows

Firewall users (which now includes ALL users of Windows XP SP2 by default) should make sure you have the TSM Scheduler in "Polling Mode", not "Prompted Mode". Determine and reset this by starting up the Backup/Archive GUI program and clicking Edit --> Preferences --> Scheduler and make sure the Polling radio button is selected.

The Web Client may also be troublesome for Firewall users; if that is the case use the regular GUI Client instead.

All ADSM client programs, including these latest versions, can be downloaded from
http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/software/adsmnew/adsmdnld.html

Roger Deschner
ACCC Basic Systems Group

Aug 12 2004 - Upgrades will be performed on the UPrint Printing System from 8:30am to 9:30am Thursday 8/12. Printing services in the ACCC public computer labs will be unavailable starting at 8:30am. Printing services will be restored to the computer labs thoughout the remainder of the day.

Aug 11 2004 - The ACCC has purchased 32 more machines for the argo system. The machines are Sun V60 SunFires with dual 3.0GHz Xeon processors.

Twelve of the new machines, named argo12-4 to argo10-1, are in production and available to run jobs.

However, the original sixteen machines (called argo4-4 to argo1-1) will be taken out of service, temporarily, beginning Monday. As a result, Scali MPI will not be available. Instead, users of Scali will have to use vanilla MPI. On Monday, any job(s) using the old nodes will be killed prior to shutdown.

I apologize for any inconvenience.

If you have any questions, please do not reply to this email. Instead, send you question to systems@uic.edu.

Michael Homa
Systems Group
ACCC

Aug 10 2004 - The tigger system will be down for emergency maintenance tonight Tuesday Aug 10 from 11:00PM to 1:00AM.

Aug 04 2004 - Printing in the ACCC Public Computer Labs will be unavailable from 4pm to 6pm on Friday August 6. Upgrades to the UPrint Printing system will be performed during this period.

Aug 02 2004 - The tigger system will be down tonight from 11:30PM until 1:00AM to fix suspected file system corruption.