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Wednesday, June 5, 2019 from 4 p.m. - HISinOne maintenance
The Campus Management System HISinOne (productive, demo and active test system) will be unavailable on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 from 4 p.m. for about 60 minutes due to the installation of some bug fixes.
Benchmarking board SCOPE at Freiburg location
New dashboard for benchmarking measurements from the bwCloud SCOPE helps with trouble-shooting and approximations of the own performance expectations.
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 from 4 p.m. - HISinOne maintenance
The Campus Management System HISinOne (productive, demo and active test system) will be unavailable on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 from 4 p.m. for about 60 minutes due to the installation of some bug fixes.
The old LDAP server certificate will expire on May 24, 2019 and will be replaced by a new one
The Microsoft Home Use Program is available again
University employees can now acquire Office Pro Plus licenses for private use at a reduced price.
bwCloud SCOPE goes IPv6, first steps, presentation May 27, 2019, 3 p.m.
The presentation on the topic "Development IPv6 strategy at Freiburg location of bwCloud SCOPE" by Tamas Baumgartner-Kis will take place on May 27, 2019 at 3 p.m. in the room RZ 112.
16.05.2019, 4 p.m. maintenance work ILIAS systeme
Due to the installation of a patch, the learning platform ILIAS and the ILIAS for continued education must be shut down between 4 and 6 p.m.
New exploit: RDP ports closed
Info regarding port closure RDP 3389
TSM Migration "adsm" server Thu 16.5 - Fri 17.5.19
From Thursday, approx. 8 a.m. to Friday around noon, "adsm.uni-freiburg.de" will not be available. The nightly schedules will also not be served. The exact duration cannot be predicted since this is the first migration of a productive system from AIX to Linux.
IT Services and SDC BioDATEN at NDFI conference in Bonn
The University IT Services as well as other members of the SDC BioDATEN are present at the NFDI conference in Bonn. The conference serves as preparation for the NFDI tenders, which will start this year in three rounds. The SDC´s goal was to identify potential partners and central topics.
bwCloud Scope upgrade successfully completed
The upgrade works at all four locations of the bwCloud SCOPE were successfully completed and all VMs can now be started again by their users.
myAccount maintenance May 5, 2019, 7.00 - 11.00 p.m.
myAccount maintenance work on May 9, 2019, 7.00 - 11.00 p.m. The service will be unavailable during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 from 4 p.m. - HISinOne maintenance
The Campus Management System HISinOne (productive, demo and active test system) will be unavailable on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 from 4 p.m. for about 60 minutes due to necessary maintenance work.
Opening ceremony of the common pool and E-exam center at Werthmannstraße 4
Today the opening ceremony of the common pool and E-Exam center at Werthmannstraße 4 took place. Among those present were students, the rector, the prorector for teaching, the prorector for digital transformation, the cooperating faculties and colleagues from the University IT Services.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019: Interruption of TSM operations due to migration
From approximately 9 a.m. onwards, the library manager will be migrated from AIX to Linux. During this time, TSM operations will be interrupted. As this is the first time the University IT Services is performing such a migration, it is not clear yet how long this works will last.
24.04.2019 9 a.m. to 25.04.2019 5 p.m.: Migartion works on the Infoblox
From Wednesday, April 24, 9 a.m. to Thursday, April 25, 5 p.m. the central DHCP/DNS Appliance (Infoblox) will be migrated to a new hardware. The services (DHCP and DNS) will continue to work during this time.
New opening times for the PC pools in the data center and in Werthmannstr. 4
The PC pools in the data center are only open for registered courses, not for "free practice". The current controlled 3G Corona rules apply. The PC pools are currently in Werthmannstr. 4 also only open for courses and "free practice" (after prior registration in HISinOne) under the current controlled 3G Corona rules.
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 from 4 p.m. - HISinOne maintenance
The Campus Management System HISinOne (productive, demo and active test system) will be unavailable on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 from 4 p.m. for about 60 minutes due to necessary maintenance work.
Issues with receiving emails during mail server renovation
During the renovation of the mail server, some of the incoming emails did not get delivered due to a mail loop.
Issues with Windows Updates
Some are experiencing issues due to updates from Microsoft, which were sent out for patchday (Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2)
Docata error message
Due to technical issues, the doctoral administration system Docata is currently not available. Update: Docata is available again.
New E-Learning courses offered during Summer Semester 2019
Following courses will be offered during the summer semester:
Electronic examination at University of Freiburg
For a couple years now, the E-Learning department and the state project bwLehrpool have supported electronic examinations at university PC rooms. With the opening of the PC rooms at Werthmanstraße 4 on April 24, the capacities have been increased, as bigger rooms and generally more spaces will be available. Legally reliable E-Exams with over 150 participants are now also possible in Freiburg.
Completed: myAccount maintenance 10.04.2019, 19:00 - 23:00
Due to maintenance work, the myAccount service will not be available on April 10, 2019 between 7 and 9 p.m. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
DAAD summer school for "Research Data Management in Data Intensive Computing" completed successfully
The Summer School, co-organized by Freiburg (RDMG, eScience, chair for communication systems) and Ulm (OMI), had the objective of providing a broad overview of handling data management and different aspects of research data management over the complete life cycle of the data. The importance of data for science and the future development of the scientific landscape were also covered.
Friday, April 12, 2019, 6 p.m.: Mail server renovation works
Due to renovation works on the mail server for the set-up of the redundant location, the mail server will be shut down for approximately two hours at 18:00. The mail service will not be available during this time.
Matlab licenses available in Asknet shop
Matlab licenses are now available to employees and students through the Asknet shop
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 from 4 p.m. - HISinOne maintenance
The Campus Management System HISinOne (productive, demo and active test system) will be unavailable on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 from 4 p.m. for about 60 minutes due to necessary maintenance work.
Central Matlab license server updated
The IT Services´ central Matlab license server has been updated. Clients may now activate the new Matlab Version 2019a.
Presentation of compute and PC pool concepts for partners at UFPR
As part of the DAAD summer school, an existing exchange with partners from C3SL (computer science) has been intensified. For this, colleagues from the eScience department presented the present state of the current compute and PC pool concepts.