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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 29 Oct '05

29 Oct '05

------------------------------------------------------------------------ forced reboot of new file server http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1130501724 Around 14:00 we where trying to fix some minor problems with the new file server. This locked us the file system where the home directories are in and then forced us to reboot. Currently there is a file system check running. If everythings works fine the server should be back online at 14:30. We apologise for the inconvenience. Update: Server is back online since 14:30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 26 Oct '05

26 Oct '05

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Migration home directories http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1130251480 On Thursday, 27. 0ctober at 20:00 we will start moving the home directories to an other server. This will take serveral hours, during which we have do disable access to the home directories. If everything works as expected this will be finished at around midnight and the home directories are accessible again. Update informations will be posted here. Read on for more important informations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 23 Oct '05

23 Oct '05

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Server migration http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1129987665 Tuesday, 25. October, 07:00, the uplink of our servers will be changed from the old network to NETng. You will discover 5 to 10 minutes outage, after this time, everything should work as expected. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fileserver Crash -- Again http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1129974684 Last night at 02:20 our file server [1]sardona, which holds the home directories, crashed again. The situation is similar to [2]10 days ago. Currently there is a file system check running. The connections should be reestablishing automatically when the server is back online, which should be around 13:00. Update: Server back online since 12:40 References 1. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/hosts/sardona/ 2. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1129111703/index_html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

------------------------------------------------------------------------ New or updated readmes MacOS X Setup - alternate boot with nvram settings http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/171 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 15 Oct '05

15 Oct '05

------------------------------------------------------------------------ New or updated readmes Readme http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/1 How to use Condor http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/207 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

------------------------------------------------------------------------ New WINS Server http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1129201500 On Monday, Oct. 17, in the early morning, we will change the IP address of our WINS server (aka NBNS, aka NetBIOS Name Server). Please read on in case you are * using a [1]Windows computer * manage it yourself * not using DHCP auto configuration or you are * operating a [2]Samba server on [3]Linux, [4]MacOS X, UNIX or BSD. References 1. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ 2. http://www.samba.org/ 3. http://www.linux.ch/ 4. http://www.apple.com/macosx/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New or updated readmes Readme http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/1 Debugging USB storage devices http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/206 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Microsoft Security Bulletin October 2005 http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1129099459 Last night [1]Microsoft has released the [2]Security Bulletin Summary for October, 2005. There are 3 critical, 4 important, 2 moderate updates. Users without automatic update activated must visit [3]Microsoft Update to install the Security Updates. References 1. http://www.microsoft.com/ 2. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-oct.mspx 3. http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fileserver Crash -- Again http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1129111703 Today, at 11:06 am our home directory server crashed again. The situation is similar to [1]two weeks ago. It is now working again. The downtime was 1 hour. The connections should be reestablished automatically now that the server is back online. References 1. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1127723111 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

------------------------------------------------------------------------ NETng migration HPZ http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1128947991 Thursday morning, 13.10.05 09:00, we will switch all network connections in the building HPZ to the new NETng network. Please read on in case you are using a computer in this building. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

------------------------------------------------------------------------ New or updated readmes Setting up xcdroast http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/160 Updating a D-PHYS3 Linux kernel http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/204 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 07 Oct '05

07 Oct '05

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Viiri in your mailbox http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1128588876 Last night, we got some virusses ([1]Sober.R) by E-Mail which were not filtered by our two virus filters. Subjects like Klassentreffen and Ich habe ihre Mail erhalten! were seen. Please shred those mails and remember, that also our [2]mailserver is not perfect... References 1. http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_136390.htm 2. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/service/email/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New or updated readmes Readme http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/1 Updating a D-PHYS3 Linux kernel http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/204 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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