The SDCC was informed about a major electrical intervention on 12/30 on very short-notice. Because this intervention comes with a small risk of an electrical power loss, the SDCC has decided to quiet-down its services to minimize the risk of a long-lasting recovery process with limited staff availability during the BNL self-declared quiet period.\n\nSee updated times (highlighted in capital letters) in the text below.

The SDCC was informed about a major electrical intervention on 12/30 on very short-notice. Because this intervention comes with a small risk of an electrical power loss, the SDCC has decided to quiet-down its services to minimize the risk of a long-lasting recovery process with limited staff availability during the BNL self-declared "quiet period",\n\n

As of September 2024, Cyber Security has issued new mandates around RHIC mail that affects all users. This announcement outlines the new requirements.\n\nEffective September 26, the SMTP port will be blocked from use outside of the campus. Users will need to either connect through VPN or will need a separate SSH tunnel to send mail through the RHIC SMTP port. The new requirements also mandate that any new or updated email password must be at least 16 characters long. Users whose email passwords don't currently comply with existing requirements will be contacted to change their passwords, which will need to meet this new 16-character mandate.

admingw00 and staffgw00 are scheduled to be updated tomorrow between 9-10 AM, there will be a short down time for the required reboot. Please use admingw01 and staffgw01 during this time to avoid any disruptions in your connections

The NX servers nxterm(01-04),nxcampus01 will be rebooted tomorrow Wednesday

The NX servers nxterm(01-04) will be rebooted tomorrow Wednesday

Access to Star GPFS (gpfs/gpfs01) has been restored.

End Date/Time: 2/12/2024 10:01 pm
Expected Impact: access is available

The Star GPFS File System experienced serious errors over the weekend and is currently Offline. We have opened a ticket with the Vendor and are working to get this resolved. Will send updates as available.

End Date/Time: 2/13/2024 7:27 am
Expected Impact: access is unavailable until issue is resolved

The US ATLAS storage system is scheduled for an upgrade to the latest software release, dCache 9.2. Consequently, this maintenance process will result in a temporary interruption of accessibility to the storage system from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (EST) on January 22, 2024. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this work may cause.

End Date/Time: 1/22/2024 1:00 pm
Expected Impact: US ATLAS dCache storage service interruption