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RDMG and current IT Services department FDM projects at local E-Science days
Representatives of the Research Data Management Group of the University of Freiburg and the chair for communication systems will be present at this year´s E-Science days, together with colleagues from the University library (UB) and coorperation partners. ViCE, CiTAR, bwSFS and the Science Data Center BioDATEN will be present in Heidelberg as well.
Friday, March 29, 9:00 - 10:00: short interruption of TSM operation
Due to a pressing driver update, some interruptions will occur in the TSM activity between 9 and 10 a.m.
New licenses for Matlab not available yet
Unfortunately. the current License Files and Activation Keys for students and for the individual licneses for the period from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 are not available yet. Current activations will run until April 30, 2019.
Workshops: Fellowships for innovation in academic teaching
This year, the Donor´s Association (Stifterverband) is again offering multiple fellowships for innovation in academic teaching and has also organized an information workshop for this.
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 from 4 p.m. - HISinOne maintenance
The Campus Management System HISinOne (productive, demo and active test system) will be unavailable on Wednesday, XXX, 2019 from 4 p.m. for about 60 minutes due to the installation of some bug fixes.
DAAD summer school for "Research Data Management in Data Intensive Computing"
The chair for communication systems as well as the eScience Group of the University IT Services are, together with colleagues from Ulm, organizing a three week DAAD Summer School on the subject of Research Data Management at the UFPR in Curitiba.
Research Data Management Principles
After being approved by the Rectorate and presented to the Senate, the Research Data Management Principles set by the Research Data Management Group and involved institutions like FRS, UB and IT Services is now here.
myAccount maintenance 19.03.2019 at 7 p.m.
On Wednesday, 19.03.2019, the myAccount service will not be available for approx. 30 minutes from 7p.m. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Campus Management Portal (HISinOne) issue - solved
The HISinOne interruption from earlier today has been resolved. Signing in is now possible again. Best, Your Campus Management Team
bwCloudScope interruptions
Attention: There are currently issues with the bwCloud Scope log-in. We are aware of the problem and are working tirelessly to make the Cloud avaiable again. Another note: There is currently another issue with the storage. This only pertains to the instances that were created before the interruption on Monday. New instances and volumes can be created and will work. We are working on this problem as well and are trying to solve it as soon as possible.
myAccount maintenance 14.03.2019 at 7 p.m.
On Thursday, March 14, 2019, at 7 p.m., the myAccount service will not be available for approx. 30 minutes. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 from 4 p.m. - HISinOne maintenance
The Campus Management System HISinOne (productive, demo and active test system) will be unavailable on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 from 4 p.m. for about 60 minutes due to the installation of some bug fixes.
bwLehrpool: pool room outages 14.03., 7:30-10:30
On Thursday, March 14, between 7:30 and 10:30, power will be shut down to test the emergency power supply. Although the bwLehrpool server will not be affected, outages are certainly to be expected in the pool rooms of the computer center.
bwLehrpool: Base system updated (Minilinux)
The updated base system is in operation as of today. Apart from some bugs being fixed, a number of new features are now available. However, some of these will only work once the new version of the satellite server is here, which is close to being completed. Additionally, a new version fo the bwLehrpool suite will be available in the near future.
Separation of admin forum and discussions surrounding FDM
The admin forum has been increasingly used as a discussion platform by various IT representatives of the university, the computer center and others. Since that has worked well, there is now a larger amount of threads. To keep the focus here, the admin forum and discussions surrounding the topic of research data management have been separated.
Positive appraisal for Science Data Center "BioDATEN"
The request for SDC BioDATEN, which was handed in together with various partners from Tubingen, Konstanz, Heidelberg and many others, has received a funding recommendation. The project is planned to start by the middle of the year and will run as part of the third eScience funding line by the department for science, research and culture in Baden-Wurttemberg. The project complements the efforts for virtualized research environments (ViCE), bwSFS and the bwHPC-S5 activites, with the objective of establishing long-term infrastructures for a qualified research data management in the field of bioinformatics.
Incomplete TSM status display in myAccount
Please note the following information on the "TSM-Backup" page in myAccount: Due to technical difficulties, only server names are currently being displayed. (Until completed migration of TSM server on Linux operating systems). These are scheduled to happen in the coming weeks. We would like to take this opportunity to mention our new email address "tsm@rz.uni-freiburg.de". Here, all questions surrounding error message and, suggestions regarding backup and archiving service can be posted.
26.02.2019 8.00 a.m.: Update on central router at computer center
Since all connections to the computer center and to the Internet, WiFi and also VoIP runs through the central router, outages in all areas are to be expected:
19.02.19, 9.30 a.m.: Mail server maintenance
Mail server maintenance with CommuniGate version update.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 from 4 p.m. - HISinOne maintenance
The Campus Management System HISinOne (productive, demo and active test system) will be unavailable on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 from 4 p.m. for about 60 minutes due to the installation of some bug fixes.
Example of electronic door monitor (X86/monitor)
In preparation for the booking display for the common PC pools at Werthmannstr. 4, an example of a electronic door monitor (based on net booting X86, Monitor) has been set up.
Extension of central storage system/file server
The IT Services extended the central storage system in the 6th week of 2019.
bwCloud downtime March 14, 2019
On March 14, 2019, there will be a day-long downtime due to emergency power testing at the computer center.
Microsoft Imagine not available anymore
Imagine Premium and Standard has been changed by Microsoft to "Azure Dev Tools" on February 11th 2019. Right now you can not purchase any software from the Webstore. You can only get the keys and files which you maybe have purchased before. We can´t say how to use the new program "Azure Dev Tools" because Microsoft did not inform anyone in Germany, how the change will impact the workflow.
LDAP server certificate running out and replacement required
The old LDAP server certificate is soon running out and therefore has to be replaced in the coming days. Please verify if the Telekom´s "Wurzelzertifikat T-Telesec Global Root Class 2" is installed and integrated.
LDAP server certificate running out and replacement required
The old LDAP server certificate is soon running out and therefore has to be replaced in the coming days. Please verify if the Telekom´s "Wurzelzertifikat T-Telesec Global Root Class 2" is installed and integrated.
bwLehrpool: pool rooms available again
The general testing of the electronic appliances in the computer pool rooms in the computer center have been completed.
OTRS maintenance work on 21.02.2019
On Thursday, February 21, 2019, some maintenance work will be done on the ticketing system OTRS. This will take place between 8.45 a.m. and 9.45 a.m.. OTRS will not be available during this time.
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 from 4 p.m. - HISinOne maintenance
The Campus Management System HISinOne (productive, demo and active test system) will be unavailable on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 from 4 p.m. for about 60 minutes due to necessary maintenance work.
Microsoft Home Use Program - Redirection error
When accessing the Microsoft Home Use Program website, users are wrongfully being redirected to another website by Microsoft. This leads to the message, that the "company" is not authorized. Users should contact lizenzen@rz.uni-freiburg.de if registration is not possible.