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11/22/2024 12:27:00 PM

Campus power outage

Ithaca campus lost power around noon on Friday, November 22, 2024

CAC systems staff will be addressing affected servers/clusters when we hear the power is back and stable. More announcements to follow.
11/8/2024 9:06:00 AM

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, November 13th, 2024, 8am-5pm

REASONS: To apply November 2024 security patches (Windows and Linux)

WHO WILL BE AFFECTED? Users of CAC managed resources housed in Rhodes Hall

WHAT WILL BE UNAVAILABLE WHILE THEY ARE PATCHED AND REBOOTED?

WHAT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED THIS MONTH?

  • Linux Clusters: Aclab, Altas, CapeCrystal, Cayuga, CommCloud, Cqmetrics, Hopper, Marvin, Marx1, Mbot, Pool, Tardis3, TheCube, Yuegroup
  • Red Cloud
  • Archival Storage

STATUS: Downtime status will be posted.

QUESTIONS: https://www.cac.cornell.edu/help/

NEXT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Announcement: Red Cloud 2 is launching November 25th, 2024. Watch for an email with migration details.

10/17/2024 12:51:00 PM

Globus downtime at 9:00am Central on Saturday, November 2, 2024

Globus downtime at 9:00am Central on Saturday, November 2, 2024

Globus services will be unavailable for up to 1.5 hours beginning at 9:00 AM US Central on Saturday, November 2, 2024 due to planned maintenance that includes database upgrades. During the downtime, the following will be impacted: All Globus services will be unavailable, including Auth, Transfer, Flows, Search, Timer, and Action Providers. Users will not be able to authenticate to applications that rely on Auth, including the Globus Web app, the Globus command line interface, third party applications and services, for example web portals that use Auth for user login or applications that use Globus services for data management. Transfers that are inflight when the downtime begins will resume at the last checkpoint when the services are restored at the end of the maintenance period. With the exception of runs from Timers that reach their end criteria during the downtime, a Timer run scheduled during the downtime will execute as soon as the service is restored. If multiple Timer runs are scheduled during the downtime, only one run will execute when the service resumes. We recommend that users check the state of their Timer runs after services have resumed. Flow runs that attempt to start a new step during the downtime will fail. We recommend that users check the state of their flow runs after services have resumed. Compute tasks submitted before the downtime will be available once services are restored. If this maintenance window causes a significant problem for you or those you support, please contact support@globus.org as soon as possible.
10/4/2024 2:53:00 PM

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 8am-5pm

REASONS: To apply October 2024 security patches (Windows and Linux)

WHO WILL BE AFFECTED? Users of CAC managed resources housed in Rhodes Hall

WHAT WILL BE UNAVAILABLE WHILE THEY ARE PATCHED AND REBOOTED?

WHAT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED THIS MONTH?

  • Aclab, Altas, CapeCrystal, Cayuga, CommCloud, Cqmetrics, Hopper, Marvin, Marx1, Mbot, Pool, Tardis3, TheCube, Yuegroup
  • Red Cloud
  • Archival Storage

STATUS: Downtime status will be posted.

QUESTIONS: https://www.cac.cornell.edu/help/

NEXT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, November 13, 2024

REMINDER: The AIDA cluster will be upgraded and unavailable to users between October 4th and October 11th.

9/9/2024 9:17:00 AM

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 8am-5pm

REASONS: To apply September 2024 security patches (Windows and Linux)

WHO WILL BE AFFECTED? Users of CAC managed resources housed in Rhodes Hall

WHAT WILL BE UNAVAILABLE WHILE THEY ARE PATCHED AND REBOOTED?

WHAT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED THIS MONTH?

  • Linux Clusters: Aclab, Aida, Altas, CapeCrystal, Cayuga, CommCloud, Cqmetrics, Hopper, Marvin, Marx1, Mbot, Pool, Tardis3, TheCube, Yuegroup
  • Red Cloud
  • Archival Storage

STATUS: Downtime status will be posted.

QUESTIONS: https://www.cac.cornell.edu/help/

NEXT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, October 9, 2024

8/8/2024 4:22:00 PM

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 8am-5pm

REASONS: To apply August 2024 security patches (Windows and Linux)

WHO WILL BE AFFECTED? Users of CAC managed resources housed in Rhodes Hall

WHAT WILL BE UNAVAILABLE WHILE THEY ARE PATCHED AND REBOOTED?

WHAT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED THIS MONTH?

  • Linux Clusters: Aclab, Aida, Altas, CapeCrystal, Cayuga, CommCloud, Cqmetrics, Hopper, Marvin, Marx1, Mbot, Pool, Tardis3, TheCube, Yuegroup
  • Red Cloud
  • Archival Storage

STATUS: Downtime status will be posted.

QUESTIONS: https://www.cac.cornell.edu/help/

NEXT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, September 11, 2024

7/15/2024 3:28:00 PM

CAC Archival Storage is Online

The maintenance on CAC Archival Storage (Globus endpoint: CAC Archive 2/DTN) has been completed successfully. Any ongoing Globus transfers that were disrupted by the maintenance should have resumed. If you encounter problems, please email help@cac.cornell.edu. Thank you!

7/15/2024 10:17:00 AM

CAC Archive Storage Scheduled Maintenance

CAC's archival storage is unavailable Monday, July 15th for system maintenance. During the maintenance: 1) The CAC Archive 2/DTN globus endpoint will be unavailable. 2) Scripted globus file transfers to host cacdtn.cac.cornell.edu will fail.

7/8/2024 9:59:00 AM

IMPORTANT message for Red Cloud Linux customers regarding the OPENSSH vulnerability CVE-2024-6387

Last week an openssh vulnerability (CVE-2024-6387) was discovered: https://www.qualys.com/regresshion-cve-2024-6387/. This vulnerability allows remote ssh users to bypass authentication and gain access to the system. The following Linux distros contain this vulnerability:

  • Rocky Linux 9
  • All current Ubuntu Linux versions: 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04

The official Linux images in Red Cloud have been patched. You need to patch your existing instances as soon as possible by issuing these commands at the prompt on your instance(s):

Rocky Linux 9: sudo dnf update openssh
Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04: sudo apt upgrade openssh-server
7/3/2024 9:58:00 AM

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 8am-5pm

REASONS: To apply July 2024 security patches (Windows and Linux)

WHO WILL BE AFFECTED? All who use CAC managed resources housed in Rhodes Hall

WHAT WILL BE UNAVAILABLE WHILE THEY ARE PATCHED AND REBOOTED?

WHAT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED THIS MONTH?

  • Linux Clusters: Aclab, Aida, Altas, CapeCrystal, Cayuga, CommCloud, Cqmetrics, Hopper, Marvin, Marx1, Mbot, Pool, Tardis3, TheCube, Yuegroup
  • Red Cloud
  • Archival Storage

STATUS: Downtime status will be posted.

QUESTIONS: https://www.cac.cornell.edu/help/

NEXT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, August 14, 2024

7/3/2024 8:11:00 AM

Jetstream2 Cornell Regional Cloud Scheduled Maintenance Completed

The scheduled maintenance for Jetstream2 Cornell Regional Cloud has been completed. The cloud is back online.

7/2/2024 9:07:00 AM

Jetstream2 Cornell Regional Cloud is under maintenance

Jetstream2 Cornell Regional Cloud is under scheduled maintenance for network reconfiguration.

6/6/2024 3:17:00 PM

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 8am-5pm

REASONS: To apply June 2024 security patches (Windows and Linux)

WHO WILL BE AFFECTED? All who use CAC managed resources housed in Rhodes Hall

WHAT WILL BE UNAVAILABLE WHILE THEY ARE PATCHED AND REBOOTED?

WHAT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED THIS MONTH?

  • Linux Clusters: Aclab, Aida, Altas, CapeCrystal, Cayuga, CommCloud, Cqmetrics, Hopper, Marvin, Marx1, Mbot, Pool, Tardis3, TheCube, Yuegroup
  • Red Cloud
  • Archival Storage

STATUS: Downtime status will be posted.

QUESTIONS: https://www.cac.cornell.edu/help/

NEXT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, July 10, 2024

5/9/2024 9:35:00 PM

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 8am-5pm

REASONS: To apply May 2024 security patches (Windows and Linux)

WHO WILL BE AFFECTED? All who use CAC managed resources housed in Rhodes Hall

WHAT WILL BE UNAVAILABLE WHILE THEY ARE PATCHED AND REBOOTED?

WHAT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED THIS MONTH?

  • Linux Clusters: Aclab, Aida, Altas, CapeCrystal, Cayuga, CommCloud, Cqmetrics, Hopper, Marvin, Marx1, Mbot, Pool, Tardis3, TheCube, Yuegroup
  • Red Cloud
  • Archival Storage

STATUS: Downtime status will be posted.

QUESTIONS: https://www.cac.cornell.edu/help/

NEXT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, June 12, 2024

4/5/2024 9:28:00 AM

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 8am-5pm

REASONS: To apply April 2024 security patches (Windows and Linux)

WHO WILL BE AFFECTED? All who use CAC managed resources housed in Rhodes Hall

WHAT WILL BE UNAVAILABLE WHILE THEY ARE PATCHED AND REBOOTED?

WHAT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED THIS MONTH?

  • Linux Clusters: Aclab, Aida, Altas, CapeCrystal, Cayuga, CommCloud, Cqmetrics, Hopper, Marvin, Marx1, Mbot, Pool, Tardis3, TheCube, Yuegroup
  • Red Cloud
  • Archival Storage

STATUS: Downtime status will be posted.

QUESTIONS: https://www.cac.cornell.edu/help/

NEXT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, May 15, 2024

SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING TRAINING WEBINARS: https://its.weill.cornell.edu/scientific-computing-training-series

UNRESTRICTED FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR AWS SCIENCE AWARDEES: https://www.cac.cornell.edu/about/news/240402.aspx

4/3/2024 4:53:00 PM

Power Outage - Ithaca Campus

There was an unplanned Ithaca Campus power outage at 11:45 Wednesday, April 3, 2024. This outage affected many CAC managed servers in Rhodes Hall.

CAC staff are working to restore affected nodes.
4/3/2024 12:03:00 PM

CAC machine room Power Outage

Staff will be restoring systems as soon as possible

Staff will be restoring systems as soon as possible
3/7/2024 3:10:00 PM

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 8am-5pm

REASONS: To apply March 2024 security patches (Windows and Linux)

WHO WILL BE AFFECTED? All who use CAC managed resources housed in Rhodes Hall

WHAT WILL BE UNAVAILABLE WHILE THEY ARE PATCHED AND REBOOTED?

WHAT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED THIS MONTH?

  • Linux Clusters: Aclab, Aida, Altas, CapeCrystal, Cayuga, CommCloud, Cqmetrics, Hopper, Marvin, Marx1, Mbot, Pool, Tardis3, TheCube, Yuegroup
  • Red Cloud
  • Archival Storage

STATUS: Downtime status will be posted.

QUESTIONS: https://www.cac.cornell.edu/help/

NEXT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, April 10, 2024

SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING TRAINING WEBINARS: https://its.weill.cornell.edu/scientific-computing-training-series

2/9/2024 1:10:00 PM

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, February 14, 2024, 8am-5pm

REASONS: To apply February 2024 security patches (Windows and Linux)

WHO WILL BE AFFECTED? All who use CAC managed resources housed in Rhodes Hall

WHAT WILL BE UNAVAILABLE WHILE THEY ARE PATCHED AND REBOOTED?

WHAT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED THIS MONTH?

  • Linux Clusters: Aclab, Aida, Altas, CapeCrystal, Cayuga, CommCloud, Cqmetrics, Hopper, Marvin, Marx1, Mbot, Pool, Tardis3, TheCube
  • Red Cloud
  • Archival Storage

STATUS: Downtime status will be posted.

QUESTIONS: https://www.cac.cornell.edu/help/

NEXT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, March 13, 2024

SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING TRAINING WEBINARS: https://its.weill.cornell.edu/scientific-computing-training-series

1/4/2024 3:11:00 PM

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, January 10, 2024, 8am-5pm

REASONS: To apply January 2024 security patches (Windows and Linux)

WHO WILL BE AFFECTED? All who use CAC managed resources housed in Rhodes Hall

WHAT WILL BE UNAVAILABLE WHILE THEY ARE PATCHED AND REBOOTED?

WHAT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED THIS MONTH?

  • Linux Clusters: Aclab, Aida, Altas, CapeCrystal, Cayuga, CommCloud2, Cqmetrics, Hopper, Marvin, Marx1, Pool, Tardis3, TheCube
  • Red Cloud
  • Archival Storage

STATUS: Downtime status will be posted.

QUESTIONS: https://www.cac.cornell.edu/help/

NEXT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, February 14, 2024