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*  The CS IT Support staff operates out of Malone Hall. Our group is working a hybrid schedule with some of us working remotely on certain days, while others of our team are on campus. 
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* We are available M-F, 8:30 to 5pm, but there may be certain times we might be online only.
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*  Therefore, please remember to email [mailto:support@cs.jhu.edu support@cs.jhu.edu] for assistance.
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*  Also, please have [https://support.cs.jhu.edu/wiki/Zoom Zoom] available on your device(s), so that we can arrange to contact you using that method, as an alternative to in-person communication.
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* Steve DeBlasio, our accounts liaison, is providing a virtual version of his daily office hours for accounts, etc.  Email [mailto:support@cs.jhu.edu support@cs.jhu.edu] for details.
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''gradx.cs.jhu.edu'' - Down at this time.  Hardware issues.  Undergoing troubleshooting to determine the source of the problem.
 
  
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=== gradx.cs.jhu.edu Outage Scheduled ===
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'''WHEN: Monday, Feb 3, 9am to 5pm'''
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=== PLANNED CS IT SERVICE OUTAGES ===
  
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gradx.cs.jhu.edu, our Grad Net compute server (available remotely by ssh only) will be '''unavailable all day on ''Monday, Feb 3, from 9am to 5pm''''' due to it being upgraded to Fedora 20.  During this time, please use one of our [https://support.cs.jhu.edu/wiki/Linux_Clients_on_the_CS_Grad/Research_Net Grad Net Linux clients] instead.
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  |summary=We will need to shut down two of our [[:Category:Linux Clients|Linux clients]] for maintenance. The two clients are gradz and ugradz. They might be unavailable for as much as two days, depending on how long the maintenance takes. Please use our other Linux clients during the maintenance window.}}
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<!-- 9/14/13 - 10pm to 11pm - To correct a problem with one of the CS routers maintained by JHU, JHU Networking will be performing a router upgrade this Saturday evening, '''9/14/13''', '''from 10pm to 11pm.'''  They expect that during the reload of the router, there will be an outage '''''(Croft Hall/Shaffer CS networks)''''' of approx 10 to 15 minutes.
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::'''WHAT:'''  MH 122 (and its breakout rooms) are now '''''closed''''' for the summer due to a CLSP workshop being held there. 
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::'''WHEN:''' Wednesday, June 10 through Wednesday, August 12. And the computers in that room were moved from there and are now available remote-only since June 10.  On Thursday, August 13, MH-122 becomes available to CS again, with ugrad1 through ugrad12 and the lab's printer returning to the room sometime during August 12 and August 13.
  
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:* The MH 122 Linux systems, ugrad1 through ugrad12, will continue to be available, '''''but only remotely via ssh''''' ''until'' they are moved back into MH-122 in August. 
  
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:::On 6/10, we transferred the computers from MH-122 and made them remote access-only. 
  
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'''Wed, July 30, 9am through noon:'''  ''Entire Undergrad Net'' (clients and servers) will be down as we complete system maintenance and move some equipment to a different rack.
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Additionally, the Ugrad Net web and mail service will be unavailable during that time.  (Incoming ugrad net mail should queue up on another of our mail servers during that time, until the ugrad mail server is back up and running and transfers the mail.)
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:::During the transfer times, ugrad1 through ugrad12 may not be available.
  
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:*Please see our page on: [[Linux_Clients_on_the_CS_Undergrad_Net]] https://support.cs.jhu.edu/wiki/Linux_Clients_on_the_CS_Undergrad_Net for a list of our remotely-available Ugrad Linux systems.
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:* The printer in MH 122 will be ''unavailable'' during this time, but it too should be back in MH-122 on 8/12 or 8/13.
  
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:* The G61 Masters/Ugrad Lab is closed permanently.  Please see the G61 Lab section notices below...
  
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'''MAJOR''' motherboard repair of ''rtfm.cs.jhu.edu'', one of our main CS ''Grad/Research'' Net file system servers, will create up to (but hopefully, much shorter than) 6-hour planned downtime for the Grad/Research Network.  Our hardware service/repair company will be on-site completing repairs.
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:'''MH G61''' (CS Masters/Ugrad Labs) has '''''closed permanently''''' '''on June 1, 2026'''.
  
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'''Outage will begin at 12am (midnight), Thursday, 8/22, and will last until 6am (or earlier) Thursday.'''
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::After many years of operating a CS Masters Lab and a 2nd Ugrad Lab in Malone G61, we have closed G61 (as it's being repurposed.)  G61 is no longer a CS IT-administered computer lab starting '''Monday, June 1, 2026.'''
  
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During that time, the following services will be ''unavailable'':
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::For the CS Masters students, our new plan is to make access to the masters/grad Linux systems fully remote.  We will still have masters lab space (a collaborative space), but that has been relocated to Malone Hall 316 (sharing with the MSSI lab), and without the masters Linux computers available as desktops, as they had been in G61.  (Well, for a short period of time, we do have four of the masters systems --masters1 thru masters4-- configured as desktops and remotely-accessible in MH 316.  Eventually, though, those desktops will go away.)
  
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* ''Email in or out on the Grad/Research Net will be disabled.'' (Connections to smtp.cs.jhu.edu and pop.cs.jhu.edu will fail during that time. However, incoming mail to CS should queue at an alternative server.)
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::For our CS Undergraduate students, MH-122 has now become our only CS Ugrad computing lab, with the twelve active Ugrad systems, Ugrad1 through Ugrad12 remaining as desktops in that lab.  So, that room/lab will remain configured as it currently is.  The other Ugrad systems, ugrad13 through ugrad24 have being retired.  (Note: Ugrad1 through Ugrad12 are currently remote-only, as another group is using MH-122 for the summer.)
  
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* ''Email on the Undergrad Net will be disabled during this time'' (as CS Ugrad e-mail addresses are registered via a server on the CS Grad Net.)
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::Most CS students have already been accessing the masters and ugrad Linux computers remotely.  To compensate for the loss of those computers and their computing power, we plan to bring two new, powerful remotely-accessible compute servers online, one for the CS grad/masters students and one for the CS undergrad students, similar to gradx and ugradx.  And, we're hoping to have them in place by the beginning of the Fall semester.
  
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* ''DNS will only be available if you've configured your computer with a secondary DNS server.''  If you don't have a secondary server in your computer's DNS defined, please add 128.220.2.7  You may notice a delay in DNS name resolution when falling back to the secondary server.
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::In this new paradigm for CS academic computing, you'll be using your own computer to access our systems remotely, via ssh and vnc (vnc will allow access to a Linux desktop), without console access as had been the case in G61 (except, as stated, MH-122 will continue to operate its Linux desktops that are also remotely accessible.()
  
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* ''Grad/Research Net user accounts/home directories will be inaccessible'' during the downtime.
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* ''Access to any of our Grad/Research Net linux clients (including gradx and masters1 through masters16, as well as Dr. Smith's pllab machines that we maintain) will be unavailable''
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:* All of the G61 Linux computers (masters and ugrad) were shut down June 1.
  
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* ''peregrine.cs.jhu.edu (our Solaris login server) will be unavailable''
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:* Four of the masters Linux computers (masters1 thru masters4) have been relocated to MH 316.
  
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* ''Our mysql server, mysql.cs.jhu.edu, will be unavailable.''
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:* The current G61 printer has also been moved into MH 316.
  
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* ''Samba shares will be unavailable.''
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:* The dept has transferred J-Card access for current CS Masters students from MH G-61 to MH 316.  If there are issues, we will let you know.  And if you are a CS Masters student and you have issues gaining access to MH 316, please email [mailto:support@cs.jhu.edu support@cs.jhu.edu]
  
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* ''Your Grad/Research Net web pages will be unavailable.'' (The webserver is expected to be serving minimal pages, mostly notices, during that time.)
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:* MH 316 also houses the MSSI lab, and those MSSI computers will '''not''' be accessible to CS students (unless you are part of the MSSI program.)
  
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Latest revision as of 19:52, 11 June 2026


CS IT STAFF AVAILABILITY

  • The CS IT Support staff operates out of Malone Hall. Our group is working a hybrid schedule with some of us working remotely on certain days, while others of our team are on campus.
  • We are available M-F, 8:30 to 5pm, but there may be certain times we might be online only.
  • Therefore, please remember to email support@cs.jhu.edu for assistance.
  • Also, please have Zoom available on your device(s), so that we can arrange to contact you using that method, as an alternative to in-person communication.
  • Steve DeBlasio, our accounts liaison, is providing a virtual version of his daily office hours for accounts, etc. Email support@cs.jhu.edu for details.


CS IT SERVICE OUTAGES (Unplanned & Planned)

UNPLANNED CS IT SERVICE OUTAGES

None at this time.


PLANNED CS IT SERVICE OUTAGES

None at this time.



CS COMPUTING LAB AVAILABILITY

MH 122 UNAVAILABILITY
WHAT: MH 122 (and its breakout rooms) are now closed for the summer due to a CLSP workshop being held there.
WHEN: Wednesday, June 10 through Wednesday, August 12. And the computers in that room were moved from there and are now available remote-only since June 10. On Thursday, August 13, MH-122 becomes available to CS again, with ugrad1 through ugrad12 and the lab's printer returning to the room sometime during August 12 and August 13.
NOTES:
  • The MH 122 Linux systems, ugrad1 through ugrad12, will continue to be available, but only remotely via ssh until they are moved back into MH-122 in August.
On 6/10, we transferred the computers from MH-122 and made them remote access-only.
On 8/12 and/or 8/13, we will be transferring the computers back to MH-122.
During the transfer times, ugrad1 through ugrad12 may not be available.
  • The printer in MH 122 will be unavailable during this time, but it too should be back in MH-122 on 8/12 or 8/13.
  • The G61 Masters/Ugrad Lab is closed permanently. Please see the G61 Lab section notices below...


MH G61 (CS Masters/Ugrad Labs) has closed permanently on June 1, 2026.
After many years of operating a CS Masters Lab and a 2nd Ugrad Lab in Malone G61, we have closed G61 (as it's being repurposed.) G61 is no longer a CS IT-administered computer lab starting Monday, June 1, 2026.
For the CS Masters students, our new plan is to make access to the masters/grad Linux systems fully remote. We will still have masters lab space (a collaborative space), but that has been relocated to Malone Hall 316 (sharing with the MSSI lab), and without the masters Linux computers available as desktops, as they had been in G61. (Well, for a short period of time, we do have four of the masters systems --masters1 thru masters4-- configured as desktops and remotely-accessible in MH 316. Eventually, though, those desktops will go away.)
For our CS Undergraduate students, MH-122 has now become our only CS Ugrad computing lab, with the twelve active Ugrad systems, Ugrad1 through Ugrad12 remaining as desktops in that lab. So, that room/lab will remain configured as it currently is. The other Ugrad systems, ugrad13 through ugrad24 have being retired. (Note: Ugrad1 through Ugrad12 are currently remote-only, as another group is using MH-122 for the summer.)
Most CS students have already been accessing the masters and ugrad Linux computers remotely. To compensate for the loss of those computers and their computing power, we plan to bring two new, powerful remotely-accessible compute servers online, one for the CS grad/masters students and one for the CS undergrad students, similar to gradx and ugradx. And, we're hoping to have them in place by the beginning of the Fall semester.
In this new paradigm for CS academic computing, you'll be using your own computer to access our systems remotely, via ssh and vnc (vnc will allow access to a Linux desktop), without console access as had been the case in G61 (except, as stated, MH-122 will continue to operate its Linux desktops that are also remotely accessible.()
NOTES:
  • All of the G61 Linux computers (masters and ugrad) were shut down June 1.
  • Four of the masters Linux computers (masters1 thru masters4) have been relocated to MH 316.
  • The current G61 printer has also been moved into MH 316.
  • The dept has transferred J-Card access for current CS Masters students from MH G-61 to MH 316. If there are issues, we will let you know. And if you are a CS Masters student and you have issues gaining access to MH 316, please email support@cs.jhu.edu
  • MH 316 also houses the MSSI lab, and those MSSI computers will not be accessible to CS students (unless you are part of the MSSI program.)


AUDIO/VISUAL (A/V) OUTAGES

None at this time.