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Recent News Items:

  • Investigating Windows mount issue with new fileserver
    We have reports of problems with CIFS mounts of home directories and project shares from the new NetApp fileserver. CIFS is typically used by Windows or mobile clients. Staff are investigating and will report here as we learn more. NFS mounts (typically unix/linux) are working as expected.
  • April IRIS Server Patching
    Microsoft will release their patches for the month on Tuesday, April 14th, 2026. Various IRIS Windows and Linux servers will be patched and rebooted Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Linux servers lists.eecs, iris2.eecs, (for access to the network and roster databases) will be patched and rebooted Wednesday night. DNS servers cronus and themis may also be… Read more: April IRIS Server Patching
  • Cory Hall partial power outage, Thursday, April 16, 2026 — postponed
    Campus Facilities Services is scheduled to perform an urgent repair, replacing the main circuit breaker serving Cory Hall’s 188 Lab and 1st floor Mezzanine. An email from Logan Baldini, our Director of Facilities and Capital Projects, already went out on April 8 to Cory Hall occupants. Work will take place Thursday, April 16, 8:15pm —… Read more: Cory Hall partial power outage, Thursday, April 16, 2026 — postponed
  • NetApp Fileserver Migration, Saturday April 18, 2026
    We are scheduling a NetApp migration to new hardware, from 8am to Noon 5pm-9pm on Saturday, April 18, 2026. All Home directories and Project shares (CIFS/SMB and NFS) will experience disconnection during the migration that may cause data loss on active, open files.  Please close your open files and save them before Friday morning. Services… Read more: NetApp Fileserver Migration, Saturday April 18, 2026
  • March IRIS Server Patching
    Microsoft will release their patches for the month on Tuesday, March 10th, 2026. Various IRIS Windows and Linux servers will be patched and rebooted Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. PRINT, WINTERM, and WDS will automatically patch and reboot Wednesday, March 11th, at 3:00am. WINTERM may be unavailable until 10:00am Wednesday, depending on additional software updates. Linux… Read more: March IRIS Server Patching

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