http://network.blogs.anderson.edu AU Network News and Notes Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:39:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Faculty/Staff file server will be restarted tonight at approximately 10:30 PM.  The outage is expected to last only 10-15 minutes. The primary application server will be restarted this afternoon at 5:00 PM.  The outage is expected to last only 10-15 minutes. Network Team http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=209 Outgoing mail is being processed at a normal rate however there is an overabundance of it resulting in slow delivery.  One external account was being used for spamming and was clogging the system.  This Gmail account has been identified and has been blocked.  Apparently this user configured his or her ... http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=207 Zeller's migration to new hardware went very well this time.  It is up and running again and appears to be fully functional.  Please contact ITS if you have problems connecting. I have begun working on our second application server, Zumsteeg.  It will be down for several hours. ITS Network Team http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=205 The Faculty/Staff File server will be restarted at 5:00 PM today to recover from a backup error.  This reboot should take 5-10 minutes. ITS Network Team http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=203 Zeller has been restored.  I just kicked off a backup in case the failure occurs before a solution can be achieved. ITS Network Team http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=201 Zeller is having a problem with one or more of its hard disks.  I am currently attempting a hard disk repair on the server.  This will take a couple hours to complete.  I will keep you posted on the progress. ITS Network Team http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=197 The second Novell Application Server (Zumsteeg) with be unavailable from 5:00 PM, Friday, May 2 to noon, Saturday, May 3. ITS Network Team http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=192 The Primary Novell Application Server (Zeller) will be unavailable from 5:00 PM, April 17 to Noon, April 18. ITS Network Team http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=188 The Faculty/Staff File Server and the primary network authentication server will be unavailable from 11:45 AM to 2:00 PM on May 7, 2009. ITS Network Team http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=183 Due to recent performance problems with the Faculty/Staff GroupWise Post Office, a new Post Office has been created and about 100 accounts were moved it last week.  We will be watching both PO's closely for problems.  We are looking for this to help performance for all Faculty/Staff users.  If you ... http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=181 There has been continuing work performed on the Faculty/Staff File Server Migration over the weekend.  Several users' home directories (P: drives) have been moved from the old server, Mahler, to the new server, Mozart.  If you experience problems connected to your home directory, please reboot and login to get the ... http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=179 This morning a small change was made to GroupWise WebAccess.  When you go the http://gww.anderson.edu, instead of being redirected to https://gww.anderson.edu/gw/webacc, you will be redirected to https://gwwc.anderson.edu/gw/webacc.  You will still be accessing the same server but the name has just changed a bit, notice it is 'gwwC' now.  This has been ... http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=177 VPN access to campus resources is available again.  Please let us know if you continue to have problems. ITS Network Team http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=175 As of approximately 5:00 PM, VPN access became unavailable.  We are currently troubleshooting the problem and will resolve it as soon as possible. All other network related services appear to be working properly. ITS Network Team http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=173 Work continues… These areas have been completed. Wellness Center Mansfield Boyes Rice Hardacre Hartung Olt Morrison Myers SOT Fine Arts Library Reardon South Campus Tara These are the areas set to be reconfigured on Thursday. Decker Hall Users in this area will experience intermittant network outages. ITS Network Team http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=171 Replacement of network blade was completed at approximately 12:00 pm.  All wireless services should be restored. We are current reconfiguring network equipment in Morrison, Myers, Smith House and other points west.  That work should be completed in the early afternoon.  Report problems if they persist after a re-boot after 2 pm. http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=168 We have received a replacement for a faulty wireless blade in our primary router.  The removal of the old one and the placement of a new one will take 60 to 90 minutes.  Once we begin this process there will be no wireless service in Library, Olt, Byrum, Fine Arts, ... http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=163 Work continues... These areas have been completed. South of Reardon Smith Hall Martin Hall These are the areas set to be reconfigured today. Wellness Center Rice Hall Dunn Hall Users in these areas will experience intermittant network outages today. ITS Network Team http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=161 We are beginning to make progress in our efforts to improve network reliability and speed.  Each building from Reardon south has been reconfigured and should be working properly.  This includes Tara and South Campus among others.  The next area is everything north of Dunn which includes Smith, Martin, Wellness, and ... http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=157 As of 1:30 PM today, all student email accounts have been "unlocked".  We fully restored just over 700 accounts manually over the past several days.  This afternoon, we restored functionality (no old mail) to the remaining 1500 accounts. Email should be flowing properly again.  If you continue to receive undeliverable error ... http://network.blogs.anderson.edu/?p=155