Instructional & Research Information Systems
Microsoft will release their patches for the month on Tuesday, December 14th, 2021. PRINT, WINTERM and WDS will automatically patch and reboot Wednesday, December 15th, at 3:00 am.
WINTERM may be unavailable till 10:00 am Wednesday, December 15th, depending on additional software updates.
Various Linux servers will be down for patching and needed reboots to activate changes delivered by some RHEL patches.
login.EECS.Berkeley.EDU is scheduled for downtime from 6:30am to 7am.
The departmental dhcp server is scheduled for downtime from 6:30am to 7am.
cronus one of the departmental DNS and time servers is scheduled for downtime from 6:45am-7:00am.
rhea the other departmental DNS and time server is scheduled for downtime from 7:00am-7:15am.
The departmental authenticating outgoing SMTP server gateway.eecs is scheduled for downtime from 7:30am to 7:45am.
We expect actual downtimes to be less than scheduled.
[Read more…] about Various Linux servers (login, dhcp, DNS, SMTP, NTP) downtime Tuesday November 30, 2021 06:30-07:45 amMicrosoft will release their patches for the month on Tuesday, November 9th, 2021. PRINT, WINTERM and WDS will automatically patch and reboot Wednesday, November 10th, at 3:00 am.
WINTERM may be unavailable till 10:00 am Wednesday, November 10th, depending on additional software updates.
[Read more…] about November 2021 Windows Server PatchingWe are investigating a network outage affecting Cory Hall which began at about 8am.
Update: The malfunctioning switch was repaired and service was restored as of 9:22 AM.
As with any major OS release, we recommend a cautious approach, especially where your primary device is concerned. Major releases often bring new compatibility or support issues, which may take some time for the vendor to address with patches and updates.
Windows 11 was released recently, and MacOS Monterey is being released today, Monday, October 25. We encourage you to delay upgrading your systems to these new releases, until after such time as IT staff have tested them in our EECS and campus environment.
UPDATE (12/22/2021): As announced campus-wide yesterday by our CIO, Jenn Stringer, both MacOS Monterey and Windows 11 seem to have no compatibility issues with campus applications and tools, including wifi and the VPN. This matches the experience of our local staff.
Various Linux servers will be down for patching and needed reboots to activate changes delivered by some RHEL patches.
login.EECS.Berkeley.EDU is scheduled for downtime from 6:30am to 7am.
The departmental dhcp server is scheduled for downtime from 6:30am to 7am.
cronus one of the departmental DNS and time servers is scheduled for downtime from 6:45am-7:00am.
rhea the other departmental DNS and time server is scheduled for downtime from 7:00am-7:15am.
The departmental authenticating outgoing SMTP server gateway.eecs is scheduled for downtime from 7:30am to 7:45am.
We expect actual downtimes to be less than scheduled.
[Read more…] about Various Linux servers (login, dhcp, DNS, SMTP, NTP) downtime Tuesday October 19, 2021 06:30-07:45 amRoutine Red Hat Linux operating system patches have been released which require system reboots. Starting at 5:30pm Thursday, Oct 14th, IDSG will be patching and rebooting affected servers. The following services will experience brief outages of 10 minutes or less between 5:30pm and 6:30pm.
* Department mailing list services (lists.eecs.berkeley.edu)
* IRIS Roster/Network applications (iris2.eecs.berkeley.edu)
[Read more…] about Linux Server Patching, Oct 14 5:30pmMicrosoft will release their patches for the month on Tuesday, October 12th, 2021. PRINT, WINTERM and WDS will automatically patch and reboot Wednesday, October 13th, at 3:00 am.
WINTERM may be unavailable till 10:00 am Wednesday, October 13th, depending on additional software updates.
[Read more…] about October 2021 Windows Server PatchingThe Cory Hall network was offline from about 12:29 – 12:40 due to a malfunction in the building core switch. The issue has been resolved.
A variety of areas have experienced network interruptions this evening, between 16:47 and 18:39: