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OUTAGE: May 15 2023: /z/Comp file server out – UPDATE 9:57

Posted on May 15, 2023

8:40am. There is a hardware fault on the file server which provides most /z/Comp space. We are looking into this now and will update this page as we know more. 9:57am: The file system is …

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OUTAGE: Wed, Apr 5 2023 — /z/Comp file server – UPDATE 2pm

Posted on April 5, 2023

The file server that handles computational workloads has been under severe load the last few days, and has become unstable as a result. We are currently working that machine. We will start a reboot shortly …

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OUTAGE: Aug 30, 2022: unplanned file server outage, 9:10am / RESOLVED

Posted on August 30, 2022

One of the main file servers is currently unresponsive. We’re working on this now. 11:30 – issue resolved. Thanks for your patience.

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COMPLETE: Mon, Aug 29,2022: JIRA down for maintenance, 6-10pm

Posted on August 29, 2022

JIRA (sysreq@biostat.wisc.edu) will be down for maintenance tonight from 6pm until 10pm. The web interface will often be unavailable during that time. Any new requests you send to sysreq will be processed when the maintenance …

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OUTAGE: Mon, Aug 22, 8:30am – Computational File Sever Down / RESOLVED 9:20am

Posted on August 22, 2022

RESOLVED: 9:20am. File server access is working again. The computational file server, which hosts files from /z/Comp/, is currently down. We’re working on it now.

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Periodic outages Saturday, August 27, 2022, 8am-Noon

Posted on August 19, 2022

There will be periodic, brief network outages for Biostat compute and storage servers, between 8am and noon on Saturday, August 27, 2022. This will be happening as we upgrade some of the power infrastructure in …

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Network Outage: Tue, Jun 21 2022, 8pm – midnight

Posted on June 17, 2022

Work on networking infrastructure in one of our server rooms will result in intermittent access to core Biostat computing resources between 8pm and midnight, Tuesday, June 21st. Services provided by DoIT (such as your email) …

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Wed, Mar 30, 2022: Server Room Cooling Updates

Posted on March 28, 2022

On Wednesday, March 30th, from 6am to 4pm, Facilities will be making changes to the cooling in our CSC server room. To limit the need for cooling in that room while the work goes on, …

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Mon, March 28, 2022 – New Default Version of R: 4.1

Posted on March 28, 2022

The default version of R is now 4.1. If you need to use the previous version, you can use the command R35 to get that. If you regularly install packages for yourself, you may need …

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Monday Feb 22, 2021: Cannot Read Biostat Email Account in O365 Web Client and/or Desktop Client

Posted on February 23, 2021

When you log into the web client and click on username@biostat.wisc.edu, it sends you instead to netID@wisc.edu.  For some people, the desktop client does not show the biostat account.  This seems to be random.  Some …

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