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2024PowerShutdowns
The following are the scheduled power outages per building. Note that lab controlled machines will be shut down at 3pm to give time to fix problems, and machine...
r3 - 24 Apr 2024 - 13:27 by StevenLindsey
LabstaffDowntime
Outages date status description Scheduled Maintenance date status description 5/6/24 pending power shutdowns click to see downtime history...
r694 - 12 Apr 2024 - 18:37 by StevenLindsey
PublicPrinters
Public CS printers * unix name * * ip address * * location * * reachability * model special notes *config options * ae118lex.cs.rpi.edu A...
r56 - 27 Oct 2023 - 17:36 by StevenLindsey
2022PowerShutdowns
location July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 Amos Eaton 4 5pm 4 5pm 4 5pm CII 3 7pm 3 7pm 3 7pm Lally 4 5pm 4 5pm 4 5pm ...
r2 - 27 Jun 2022 - 17:29 by StevenLindsey
Outage202105
5/7/21 5/17/21 restored Off campus internet access disabled due to hacking activity.
NEW - 21 Mar 2022 - 12:47 by StevenLindsey
DowntimeHistory
2021 * May 2021 Outages 2019 * October 2019 Outages * June 2019 Outages * April 2019 Outages 2018 * September 2018 Outages * May 2018 Outages ...
r66 - 21 Mar 2022 - 12:46 by StevenLindsey
CampusPowerOutages
Location July 6 July 7 July 8 Amos Eaton 4pm 6pm 4pm 6pm 4pm 6pm CII 3:30pm 6pm 7am until 11:30pm Lally 4pm 6pm 4pm 6pm 4pm 6pm...
r4 - 02 Jul 2021 - 18:57 by StevenLindsey
Outage201910
10/25/19 down Network switch for our racks in the CII did not come back after power outage
NEW - 26 Aug 2020 - 18:35 by StevenLindsey
LabstaffMacintosh
Table of Contents VPN to campus Follow the directions at https://dotcio.rpi.edu/services/network remote access/vpn connection and installation/configuring vpn ma...
r20 - 23 Sep 2019 - 21:25 by PeterBailie
Outage201906
6/26 ok power blip from storm reset a lot of computers
NEW - 10 Jul 2019 - 18:22 by StevenLindsey
Outage201904
4/11/19 ok AC failure in CII 3226 led to EPO tripping breakers cooling and power restored
NEW - 27 Jun 2019 - 13:13 by StevenLindsey
2019ElectricShutdowns
Location May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10 Amos Eaton 4pm 5pm (1) 4pm 5pm (1) 4pm 5pm (1) x x CII 4pm 6pm (2) 4pm 6pm (2) 4pm 6pm (2)...
r2 - 11 Apr 2019 - 19:47 by StevenLindsey
ComputingFacilities
Offices Each graduate office typically has at least one general purpose CSLab machine. While these machines may not restrict logins locally or remotely, it is exp...
r15 - 11 Jan 2019 - 19:44 by StevenLindsey
EmailHowto
Email Servers exchange server for faculty and staff * https://dotcio.rpi.edu/services/email/exchange Students will use their standard RCS accounts for email. N...
r42 - 11 Jan 2019 - 19:42 by StevenLindsey
LabstaffServers
Department servers Network services provided by the department include web, filesystem, backup, and remote access. Servers that you are likely to need are: hos...
r12 - 11 Jan 2019 - 19:11 by StevenLindsey
2018upgrades
We will be upgrading most of our public facing servers starting December 13th and continuing into December 14th. We will try to keep the outages short, but note ...
r7 - 14 Dec 2018 - 14:45 by StevenLindsey
Outage201809
9/13/18 resolved wireless connection problems due to dns issues 9/14/18 rate limited DDOS on www.rpi.edu blocking connections blocked at firewall
NEW - 09 Oct 2018 - 17:58 by StevenLindsey
LabstaffPrinting
Printing Configuration * Check the list of PublicPrinters for details on drivers and configuration options before proceeding to the general directions below ...
r49 - 02 Oct 2018 - 20:22 by StevenLindsey
SoftwareAndUpgrades
The following is a list of commonly used packages with high impact vulnerabilities (more recent at the top): Package OS Minimum Version As of * Severity...
r164 - 20 Aug 2018 - 17:30 by StevenLindsey
LabstaffUbuntu
Bionic Beaver (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop Version) Install With VirtualBox 5.2.x 1. If you are using a Windows host operating system, it must be either Pro or E...
r5 - 03 Aug 2018 - 15:37 by PeterBailie
2018ElectricalShutdown
Location July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 Amos Eaton 4 6pm (a) 4 6pm (a) 4 6pm (a) all day (b) CII 4 6pm (a) 4 6pm (a) 4 6p...
r2 - 02 Jul 2018 - 12:35 by StevenLindsey
Outage201805
5/23 ok campus power outage approximately 20:20 22:00
NEW - 02 Jul 2018 - 12:33 by StevenLindsey
Outage201801
1/24/18 ok Campus wide network outage 12:15pm 12:31pm
NEW - 03 May 2018 - 12:41 by StevenLindsey
WebpageSetup
Setting up your CS web page * create a directory named public.html * cd * mkdir public.html * chmod 0755 public.html * create all web docu...
r5 - 02 May 2018 - 17:49 by StevenLindsey
VirtualboxConfiguration
Resolving Guest DNS While Connected to Campus VPN If your Virtualbox Guest cannot resolve DNS while the host is connected to campus VPN do the following: Find ...
NEW - 17 Jan 2018 - 17:56 by PeterBailie
WebHome
Important Note * Do not fall for scams that try to gather passwords or personal information. (Click here for tips on avoiding them) * Alerts and Downtime ...
r89 - 17 Jan 2018 - 17:43 by PeterBailie
EmailListserver
Department email list server Login * Go to https://sympa.cs.rpi.edu/ * click on Rensselaer Computer Science * In general, you want to log in with your R...
r13 - 18 Aug 2017 - 18:52 by StevenLindsey
WebBrowserPlugins
chrome firefox * T ools, Add Ons * Click the Get Add ons tab * Click Browse All Add ons in the top right corner * Search for plugins of interest the...
r7 - 10 Jul 2017 - 12:53 by StevenLindsey
WebScams
Avoiding Web Scams * Always suspect requests for information that you did not initiate. * Hover over links before clicking them and make sure they are point...
r5 - 10 Jul 2017 - 12:50 by StevenLindsey
PowerOutage2017
location July 3 July 5 July 6 July 7 *July 10 * Amos Eaton N/A 4:30pm 9:30pm (a) 4:30pm 8:30pm (a) 4:30 6:30pm (b) all day (c) CII all ...
r5 - 28 Jun 2017 - 15:25 by StevenLindsey
Outage201705
5/15/17 5/16/17 unreliable overnight It appears that the exchange server ran out of space and some messages were being rejected, problem fixed 5/16/17@8:34
NEW - 07 Jun 2017 - 17:51 by StevenLindsey
Outage201701
1/30/17 ok Chiller outage required shutdown of CII machine room around 5:15am
NEW - 01 Feb 2017 - 20:19 by StevenLindsey
Outage201612
12/4/15 ok Network outage in VCC 6:30am 12:30pm
NEW - 01 Feb 2017 - 20:17 by StevenLindsey
Outage201610
10/4/16 ok Our connection to the netapp was down from around 9am to 11am due to NFS server memory exhaustion 10/5/16 ok CII machine room overheated and ...
NEW - 05 Dec 2016 - 13:42 by StevenLindsey
RestoringDataFiles
Departmental Backups Files in your unix home directory or under project space are automatically backed up several times each day. A snapshot (see below) of files...
r14 - 09 Sep 2016 - 15:26 by StevenLindsey
JavaFirefox
* Unless you have a paid support contract, you can only update Java 6 to update version 45, and they reference 81. * If you need to be able to use Banner and...
r2 - 11 Jul 2016 - 15:34 by StevenLindsey
Outage201605
5/31 service relocated the machine serving www.cs.rpi.edu suffered a hard drive failure and services have been relocated to another machine
NEW - 08 Jun 2016 - 18:54 by StevenLindsey
HowtoOutlookConfig
For exchange * https://sharepoint.rpi.edu/support/exchange/WikiPages/Outlook2007and2010Settings.aspx For gmail with two factor authentication * You need to...
r2 - 18 May 2016 - 19:04 by StevenLindsey
PowerOutage2016
Building 5/31 6/1 6/2 6/3 Amos Eaton 5pm 7pm 5pm 7pm 5pm 7pm CII 1pm 2am 5pm 7pm 5pm 7pm Lally 5pm 7pm 5pm 7pm 5pm 7pm ...
r2 - 10 May 2016 - 20:52 by StevenLindsey
Outage201601
1/29/16 fixed aeloungelw was not accepting print jobs
NEW - 01 Mar 2016 - 14:54 by StevenLindsey
Outage201511
11/2/15 ok Widespread problems with wireless networking. The VCC is aware and working on it.
NEW - 08 Jan 2016 - 18:28 by StevenLindsey
LabstaffHowto
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions Topics * Computing Facilities * Computing Services * perl * Python * Subversion Revision Control * Servers * ...
r51 - 08 Dec 2015 - 17:01 by StevenLindsey
Outage201510
10/12 fixed 10/15 One AC in AE 118 not working, part ordered and awaiting repair, operating using portable AC
NEW - 02 Nov 2015 - 17:24 by StevenLindsey
Outage201508
9/21/15 fixed DNS timing out sporadically VCC aware
NEW - 12 Oct 2015 - 20:19 by StevenLindsey
WebPageSetup
From your home directory, type: * mkdir public.html * chmod 755 public.html and then put your index.html and other files inside the directory. Your web p...
r2 - 06 Oct 2015 - 12:40 by StevenLindsey
HowtoThunderbirdConfig
* Select "Local Folders", then click on "View settings for this account" * Click on "Account Actions" at the bottom, and select "Add Email Account" * Fill i...
r2 - 30 Sep 2015 - 15:44 by StevenLindsey
Outage201506
6/23/15 ok Unexpected power outage around 8:45pm
NEW - 21 Sep 2015 - 13:15 by StevenLindsey
Outage201505
5/18/15 fixed Networking or DNS issues on campus from about noon to 2pm
NEW - 04 Jun 2015 - 20:28 by StevenLindsey
2015PowerShutdowns
Location Jun 1 Jun 2 Jun 3 Jun 4 Jun 5 AE (a) (a) (a) CCNI 7am 7pm (b) 7am 7pm (b) CII 5pm 2am (c) 5pm 7pm (...
r5 - 04 Jun 2015 - 20:24 by StevenLindsey
SupportedPlatforms
Linux * Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04 * Please see LabstaffUbuntu for additional advice. OSX/ Apple ( not officially supported ) * Labstaff will help as p...
r29 - 02 Jun 2015 - 20:15 by PeterBailie
ObtainingAccounts
Obtaining CS Accounts * Any faculty, staff, or graduate student of the Department of Computer Science may obtain an account for CSLab machines. These accounts ...
r2 - 14 May 2015 - 19:58 by StevenLindsey
UserMaintainedServers
To set up a server you maintain that can be accessed from off campus * Secure your server * Don't use weak passwords * Keep up to date on system pa...
r8 - 14 May 2015 - 19:56 by StevenLindsey
SubversionHowto
Subversion references url Description https://svn3.cs.rpi.edu/reponame Web based repository browser http://svnbook.red bean.com Oreilly documentat...
r29 - 14 May 2015 - 19:53 by StevenLindsey
ComputingServices
FTP * sftp available on any CS machine
r2 - 14 May 2015 - 19:50 by StevenLindsey
LabstaffLogins
Introduction Logging in remotely Logging in from the command line * Use the ssh (secure shell) command * ssh ${login}@linux.cs.rpi.edu p 22 Logging in u...
r9 - 14 May 2015 - 19:47 by StevenLindsey
Outage201504
4/22/15 fixed Authentication issues interfering with wireless service and most methods of sending campus email
NEW - 14 May 2015 - 19:46 by StevenLindsey
Apr22Authentication
Starting a little before 3pm today, there have been authentication issues interfering with wireless networking and sending email from many clients. Sending email...
r2 - 23 Apr 2015 - 18:52 by StevenLindsey
Win7Support
Users are recommended (by US CERT) to take the following actions to remediate Simda (and other) infections: * Use and maintain anti virus software Anti virus...
r3 - 15 Apr 2015 - 18:22 by StevenLindsey
CompSciUbuntu
Passwords * new passwords must be at least 12 characters long and must be changed at least once every two years by using ssh to connect to master.cs.rpi.edu and ...
r13 - 23 Feb 2015 - 18:04 by StevenLindsey
WebBrowserConfiguration
Checking for certificate expiration * Internet Explorer * select Internet Options #8594; Advanced and under the Security heading, make sure that "Check ...
r13 - 22 Jan 2015 - 21:53 by PeterBailie
LabstaffWin32
UNC Paths path resource Description \\sambasrv\swinstall RCS RPI Software installation note Connect to RCS resources using your RCS login and pass...
r8 - 12 Dec 2014 - 19:32 by StevenLindsey
Nov2014Power
There will be a number of power outages, primarily on the weekends to allow for replacing the electrical feeder. We recommend shutting down your machines ahead of...
r10 - 20 Nov 2014 - 16:40 by StevenLindsey
FacultyApply
* Faculty_Apply_Oct2014.pdf: Faculty Apply Documentation for Faculty Search Committee Main.PeterBailie 16 Oct 2014
NEW - 16 Oct 2014 - 23:07 by PeterBailie
PoodleDirections
Adjusting browser settings to prevent use of SSLv3 Firefox * in a new tab, type about:config in the address box * scroll down and double click on the line ...
r3 - 16 Oct 2014 - 14:26 by StevenLindsey
Windows7Issues
Printing * If you have problems with the HP printer installer, try the following: * Download the latest software from the web site * Select the advan...
r3 - 25 Sep 2014 - 18:28 by StevenLindsey
TroubleTicketingSystem
For all regular requests, send email to labstaff #64;cs.rpi.edu. If you need to page labstaff, faculty and staff can email labstaff pager #64;cs.rpi.edu. Please ...
r11 - 23 Sep 2014 - 17:09 by StevenLindsey
Outage201406
June 3 fixed One of the Lally networking switches died, some ports on 2nd and 3rd floors affected. Awaiting repair by DotCIO.
NEW - 01 Aug 2014 - 19:56 by StevenLindsey
UsingAccount
Using Your CS Account You may ssh into linux.cs.rpi.edu to access your home directory and run programs. Please be considerate and confine extended runs for resea...
r3 - 01 Aug 2014 - 18:15 by StevenLindsey
Jun2014Shutdowns
LOCATION Mon 2 * *Tue 3 Wed 4 impact Amos Eaton 5pm 7pm 5pm 11pm 5pm 11pm normal power outage CCNI 7am 7pm 7am 7pm sporadic emerge...
r3 - 28 May 2014 - 19:52 by StevenLindsey
Outage201404
4/8/14 Patched ssl and rebooted web servers
NEW - 19 May 2014 - 17:45 by StevenLindsey
Aug2014Electrical
Lally and Amos Eaton will lose power for two weekends to allow the replacement of a faulty electrical feeder: 8am Friday Aug 8 4:30pm Sunday Aug 10th 8am Friday...
NEW - 30 Apr 2014 - 20:59 by StevenLindsey
Outage201402
2/27/14 ok Wireless is not working properly. It often takes several minutes of waiting to get an address
NEW - 01 Apr 2014 - 14:55 by StevenLindsey
PasswordChange
Changing your password When you receive your account info, please log in to master.cs.rpi.edu and change your password with the passwd command. When picking you...
r5 - 25 Mar 2014 - 14:17 by StevenLindsey
Outage201401
1/27/14 replaced zlw out of service, replaced by la218lw 1/28/14 1/16/14 ok www.cs.rpi.edu outage due to error in patching 1/3/14 ok Subversion ...
NEW - 07 Feb 2014 - 19:10 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
OutageSubversion20140103
The subversion and trac server appeared to have lost a power supply. Since it was going to take over 2 weeks to fix it, we transferred the service to another mac...
r4 - 22 Jan 2014 - 20:40 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
Outage201312
12/13/13 ok router in VCC crashed and rebooted please report any lingering issues 12/3/13 ok exchange email authentication outage
NEW - 03 Jan 2014 - 16:44 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
Outage201311
11/20/13 ok Networking down in CII and surrounding areas due to an outage in the networking closet. Service restored around 8pm.
NEW - 03 Dec 2013 - 19:34 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
Outage201309
8/31 9/3 fixed ldap problems July 19 2013 Service Outage MRC Machine Room cooling failed. We are looking to move machines out of the room.
NEW - 08 Oct 2013 - 12:41 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
OutageLDAP
One of the campus LDAP servers run by CMT, gondor.cct.rpi.edu, started having disk issues late last week. Saturday, it effectively died. As it turns out, a lot of...
NEW - 03 Sep 2013 - 20:31 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
Outage201308
Aug 30 working authentication issues with email again Aug 28 working authentication issues were causing problems sending email and connecting to wirel...
NEW - 03 Sep 2013 - 16:50 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
Outage201307
7/30 fixed The server for subversion and twiki lost a disk, restored from tape
NEW - 09 Aug 2013 - 18:41 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
Outage201306
6/13 fixed before 9:30am problems connecting to respite or sending email through IMAP reported web client seems to work
NEW - 01 Jul 2013 - 14:27 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
LabstaffGuest
We ask that you obtain an RCS Guest account to tie in for email and uid integration, and send the RCS login with the request for a CS account to labstaff. If you ...
r2 - 26 Jun 2013 - 17:22 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
ScanDocuments
Scanner Resources Lally 210 Copier Rom * Device: Xerox Workcentre 7775 MRC 335A * Device: Xerox Workcentre 7556 HOWTO: Scan and email documents in pdf fo...
r4 - 19 Jun 2013 - 18:36 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
LabstaffInhouse
HOWTOs * Request a new project area for submission * Contact labstaff with course number, group members/unix group name .StevenLindsey 2013 06 19
r4 - 19 Jun 2013 - 18:32 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
LaptopRequest
Requesting a loaner laptop * A CS faculty member should email labstaff@cs.rpi.edu with the following information: * A list of CS/RCS user ids who will ne...
r8 - 19 Jun 2013 - 18:29 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
SoftwareRequest
Packages Available from CS Windows * Windows 7 Enterprise (32 and 64 bit) * Microsoft Office 2010 (and 2013, but not recommended) Mac * Microsoft Offic...
r3 - 19 Jun 2013 - 18:26 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
SubversionRequest
Requesting creation of a subversion repository * A CS faculty member should email labstaff@cs.rpi.edu with the following information: * Repository name ...
r7 - 19 Jun 2013 - 18:24 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
LabstaffPerl
CPAN module shell/installer * cpan clean ${package} * cpan install ${package} * Reconfigure cpan environment: cmd=o conf init SEGV or out of memory whil...
r5 - 19 Jun 2013 - 15:28 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
ExplorerFavorites
The problem is typically due to a problem with the registry. As long as you are careful, you can edit it. * Select start run * Enter regedit * Next, b...
r2 - 19 Jun 2013 - 15:26 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
MailingLists
For CS mailing lists, log into https://cs.sympa.rpi.edu/wws/home with your subscribed email address and password. You should see a list of lists that you are su...
r4 - 19 Jun 2013 - 15:22 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
ComputerInfected
If you know which virus or worm you have, you can typically find the proper removal tool at Symantec http://www.symantec.com/security_response/index.jsp It is al...
r2 - 19 Jun 2013 - 15:17 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
SoftwareUpdates
The following is a list of commonly used packages with high impact vulnerabilities (more recent at the top): Package OS Minimum Version As of Java a...
NEW - 19 Jun 2013 - 15:08 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
2013ElectricalShutdown
Location Wednesday 5/29 Thursday 5/30 Friday 5/31 Monday 6/3 Tuesday 6/4 Wednesday 6/5 Thursday 6/6 Friday 6/7 Amos Eaton (1) (1) (1) 5p...
r4 - 06 Jun 2013 - 18:51 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
MaintExchange
There is a planned outage of the campus exchange email server from 5pm 6pm on Wednesday, March 13th. It is recommended (but not required) that you exit your mai...
NEW - 06 Mar 2013 - 13:39 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
Outage201301
1/24 ok CS mailing lists are bouncing to all recipients. VCC notified 1/26 @ 20:42
NEW - 05 Feb 2013 - 18:26 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
OutageMailingLists20130124
It appears that email sent to (CS) mailing lists started bouncing January 24th or 25th. Regular email does not appear to be affected. Missed messages will still...
r2 - 27 Jan 2013 - 10:52 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
MaintenanceDBtransition
I migrated our database from our FreeBSD server to an Ubuntu server on Tuesday, January 15. There was a brief outage from 9am to about 9:30am while the current d...
r2 - 15 Jan 2013 - 14:37 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
Outage201211
11/4 degraded old mail server running with hardware problems 11/18 fixed cooling problems in VCC, shutting some servers down
NEW - 08 Jan 2013 - 17:30 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
OutageCampusNov30
The following message came out warning of a brief outage Friday, November 30 starting at 6am. Please plan accordingly. DotCIO will be implementing some changes t...
NEW - 28 Nov 2012 - 17:46 by lindss2@LAB.CS.RPI.EDU
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