Header Search Widget
IRIS

Instructional & Research Information Systems

Lars Rohrbach

IRIS to begin syncing names from CalNet

by

Currently, when an IRIS account is created, the account name is set by the person requesting the account. It can be changed afterward, but such requests are processed manually.

In order to facilitate compliance with the new Gender Recognition and Lived Name policy, beginning on April 4, IRIS will begin syncing the following fields from the CalNet Directory to our systems:

  • First Name
  • Last Name

These fields are under the direct control of the owner. You can use a form on the CalNet website to update these fields.  We strongly recommend everyone review their current name settings so they are not surprised by any changes. You may have one of those accounts where your last name is in all capital letters – this is where you can change that.

We will sync these fields over from CalNet once a day at about 7am.  The updated fields will appear in these places:

One added benefit of this is that we will begin supporting Unicode characters in these name fields so that we can properly display non-Latin characters.  You can add Unicode characters using the CalNet update form.

IT Support During Winter 2022 Energy Curtailment

by

Due to the Winter Holiday, Energy Curtailment, and New Year’s Holidays, the Berkeley campus is officially closed for the period Friday, December 23 to Monday, January 2, reopening on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. 

All departmental computing servers will remain on and should be available during the break, but there will be no staff on site to provide any computing support or handle any requests. Automatic monitoring systems will alert staff to critical infrastructure problems, and any such problems will be dealt with on a best-effort basis.

The IRIS Helpdesk office will be closed Wednesday, December 21 through Wednesday, January 4, re-opening on January 5. If you need assistance between December 21-22 or January 3-4, please email help@eecs, and we may be able to schedule an appointment with you. Problem reports can be left on the Helpdesk voice mail (510-642-7777) or emailed to help@eecs during the campus closure period, but staff may not receive or reply to these messages until January 3.

Requests for network support or new IRIS accounts that are received after 5pm December 21 may not be processed until January 3, 2023.

During the break, Instructional labs will be locked, but the main servers will remain online (for details, see the Instructional website). Instructional support staff will occasionally monitor inst@eecs email over the break. Please be aware, though, that staff may not be able to respond or reply to messages until January 3.

Computing support staff will be monitoring their email when possible, so please use standard email addresses to report any urgent problems. As a reminder:

Instructional Computing Environment: inst@eecs

Research / Staff Computing Environment: help@eecs

Information regarding campus IT closures is available here: https://technology.berkeley.edu/news/reminder-reduced-it-support-winter-holidays-and-curtailment

Happy Holidays!