winterm.eecs remains down after Tuesday’s unexpected network flood (see also https://iris.eecs.berkeley.edu/news/8094-unexpected-network-flood ).
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Temporary campus power outage Nov 29
IST reports that a number of campus buildings experienced a temporary power outage this morning, including Cory, Soda, and other College of Engineering buildings.
Staff are working to ensure that services are restored to normal.
Campus may post updates as more information is learned, at http://ucbsystems.org/
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Windows 7 activation failing
Activation of new Windows 7 installs is currently failing, due to our license limit being reached. EECS Staff have already contacted campus, who has contacted SHI (the Microsoft reseller for UCB). We hope to have the limit increased soon, so activations of Windows 7 can proceed normally.
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winterm.eecs down since early evening
The department Windows terminal server winterm.eecs has apparently crashed, and is currently offline. Staff are alerted and will investigate.
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Urgent Microsoft RDP patch (MS12-020)
A critical vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is addressed by a patch that Microsoft released for the March 2012 Patch Tuesday (patch MS12-020).
Exploit code for the RDP vulnerability has been made available online, so it’s especially important that this patch be applied as soon as possible to any Windows machines that have RDP enabled. Note that the campus Minimum Security Standard for Networked Devices dictates that
All currently available security patches must be applied on a schedule appropriate to the severity of the risk they mitigate.
We encourage you to apply all relevant Microsoft updates for any Windows machines you manage.
See also:
- Microsoft Issues Urgent Patch for ‘Wormable’ RDP Vulnerability (PC World)
- Critical update for Windows Remote Desktop (Berkeley Security website)
Exchange server FONTUS maintenance on Feb 20
The EECS Exchange service on FONTUS will be undergoing maintenance on Monday, February 20 (Presidents’ Day), beginning at about noon.
We will be defragmenting the Exchange database, which may take 3-5 hours. Service will resume once the defragmenting is complete.
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Problems Activating Windows 7 or Microsoft Project
New installs of Windows 7 (either using WDS network install or a DVD install) or of Microsoft Project (available on WINSWW) require activation of their license over the network.
Coincidentally, the license keys for both of these products have reached the limit set for our usage, so activation attempts are failing. We have already made requests to SHI (our campus software and license provider) to increase the limits set on our Multiple Activation Key (MAK) licenses, and hope to have resolution soon.
Microsoft Project should continue to work for up to 30 days without activation. Windows 7, unfortunately, may only work normally for 3 days unless activation completes.
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winterm.eecs unexpectedly offline
Our Windows Terminal Server winterm.eecs went offline early this morning. Staff will investigate.
Resolved as of 2012-02-10 10:01:00
Mathematica license service is down
The EECS Mathematica license service is currently unavailable. Staff are investigating.
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Thanksgiving CalMail Outage
A hardware outage at CalMail will delay email delivery, perhaps for most of this Thanksgiving weekend. Please see http://ucbsystems.org/ for further information and updates.
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