IRIS

For 2014, Matlab will be paid for by the EECS IT budget, for EECS users.

If you need Matlab in 2014, or to renew Matlab, please go to http://ist.berkeley.edu/software-central/matlab and click on the College of Engineering 2014 Matlab License link.

This form is helping us gain an accurate assessment of Matlab demand. You will not be charged.

The EECS IT budget will be paying for you in 2014, please be aware of your usage and only use what you need.

If you need information regarding concurrent licensing, labs or clusters. Please come to the meeting on Thurs, Jan 30th from 2 – 3pm, in 373 Soda Hall.

IRIS previously offered courtesy email forwarding and URL redirect service for
up to one year after the closure of an IRIS account. We are removing
the “one year” limitation now, so that you can expect forwarding to continue
into the forseeable future after your account is closed, unless you request
otherwise.

Many members of our community publish papers and collaborate with others, with
their @eecs.berkeley.edu or @cs.berkeley.edu email address
serving as their primary contact. This
step will ensure that working relationships can continue well after leaving
the Berkeley campus.

Please see our
FAQ for IRIS Account Closing page for more information.

On Thursday, January 16th at 7:00 AM, IRIS will be switching the department’s LDAP infrastructure over to our new OpenLDAP servers so that we can retire the old iPlanet servers.

This new system has been designed for high reliability, with two front-end proxy servers that are distributing the queries over a cluster of three back-end servers. The servers are distributed across Soda, Sutardja-Dai and Warren Halls.

For the most part we hope that this transition will be transparent, other than faster queries. However, there is one notable change to mention: We are taking this opportunity to retire the current separate LDAP password and instead passing all authentication through to our Windows Active Directory servers.

**Beginning Thursday, January 16th, 2014 at 7am, wherever you previously used your EECS LDAP password, you will now use your EECS Windows AD password. The current LDAP passwords will be archived and retired. The means you will have one less password to remember!**

Most people will not be affected by this change. But based on recent logs, any people who have been using their LDAP password will receive a second email notification after this with more information.

Here are the answers to some questions we are anticipating:

Q. What is my Windows password?

A. We can’t tell you what your password is, but your Windows password is the same password you use to login to a Windows workstation in EECS, map a network drive from an EECS fileserver, or authenticate to the EECS-Secure or EECS-Open wireless networks.

You can check now to see if you know your current Windows password by making a Remote Desktop Connection to winterm.eecs.berkeley.edu. Login as username@eecs.berkeley.edu to see if you know your password.

Q. I don’t know my Windows password. How do I reset it?

A. Please visit the helpdesk in 395 Cory with a picture ID.

If you are off-campus and cannot come in person, send an email to help@eecs.berkeley.edu and we will send you a special link where you can change your password.

Please direct any other questions to IRIS at help@eecs.berkeley.edu.
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