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Enforced MAC ID Password Change: December 31, 1969
UTS is requiring everyone to change their MAC ID passwords by Wednesday, May 29th. They have also announced new rules for password complexity. Starting May 29th, UTS will begin locking accounts which have not had their passwords changed. See...
Software Update - MATLAB R2103a: December 31, 1969
MATLAB R2013a has been installed on the 64-bit workstations and the compute servers managed by RHPCS. The ms workstations are still running MATLAB R2102b, which was the last version to support 32-bit processors.For the next week or so, the command...
Software Update - Maple 17: December 31, 1969
Maple 17 - released earlier this month - is now installed on the ms workstations, compute servers and to other systems for which it is licensed.For the console version, run ...mapleFor the graphical version, run ...xmaple...
Software Updates - R 3.0.0 and R 2.15.3; RStudio: December 31, 1969
R 3.0.0 and R 2.15.3 have been installed on the ms compute servers and workstations. Version 2.15.3 will be the default run by the command R for now; to run version 3, use R-3.0.0.I will make version 3.0.0 - or...
Changes to Mail-Filter Archiving & Reporting: December 31, 1969
Spam and other filtered mail folders on ms are now being archived weekly for most accounts rather than daily; this means, of course, that the reports are going to be sent out weekly, too.You can specify either daily, weekly of monthly...
Server Shutdowns Redux: December 31, 1969
The recent cooling problem in the Hamilton Hall server room persists, I'm afraid. In order to keep the temperature down, I've shut off the servers which were either idle or did not have any jobs with significant runtime on them:anatoliusbayesfreesurfaceearnserv1These...
Servers Back Up: December 31, 1969
The server room temperature has fallen since last night's shutdowns and I've powered the compute servers back up. No particular cooling problem has been identified by Facility Services yet, but I have asked them to turn the temperature down in...
Server Shutdowns - update no. 1: December 31, 1969
The cooling problems in the server room persist. I've now shutdown two more compute servers:gossetearnserv1...
Server Shutdowns: December 31, 1969
There has been a cooling problem in the Hamilton Hall server room since Wednesday afternoon, a problem exacerbated by heavy computational load (and thus heat output) on several servers.I have already shutdown compute servers which did not have any long-running...
Adobe Acrobat XI Professional Licenses at ca. $10: December 31, 1969
UTS is putting in a bulk order for licenses of Adobe Acrobat XI Pro; the cost per license should be about $10 per year. That compares to $79.99 at Titles for a boxed copy - or US$449 (!) retail.I say "about $10"...
Printer in HH-105: December 31, 1969
We have a (functional) printer in HH-105 again - after more than a year without one. It's about twelve years old, sort of noisy, and it doesn't have a lot of memory, but it works.If you are printing anything with...
More About MATLAB Error: December 31, 1969
The MATLAB problem reported earlier is affecting only a few people and only in particular circumstances.If you run the command 'matlab' and get this error message ...Fatal Error on startup: Internal Error: Failure occurs during desktop startup. Details: Failure loading...
MATLAB Problems on Workstations and Servers: December 31, 1969
Some people are experiencing problems with MATLAB using the graphical interface on the workstations and servers; we're looking into it. Do let us know if you are unable to start MATLAB with graphics.MATLAB works fine in console mode, however,...
SAS 9.2 Running on the New Bayes: December 31, 1969
SAS 9.2 is available again, now in a 64-bit installation on the new version of bayes, the stats computation server.Login to bayes via ssh and run ...sas...
Main server down for a bit: December 31, 1969
The main departmental server, ms - which provides email, web and file services - crashed on New Year's Eve at 5 pm. It is back up as of 9 am New Year's Day. There's no obvious problem and we will...

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Contents Overview News I'm new - help People Research Support Accounts & Access Hardware & Printers Software Email Web Laptops & Wireless FAQ Help! Search	News & Notices See the Computing News blog for a complete and searchable archive of news and notices. Enforced MAC ID Password Change December 31, 1969 UTS is requiring everyone to change their MAC ID passwords by Wednesday, May 29th. They have also announced new rules for password complexity. Starting May 29th, UTS will begin locking accounts which have not had their passwords changed. See... Software Update - MATLAB R2103a December 31, 1969 MATLAB R2013a has been installed on the 64-bit workstations and the compute servers managed by RHPCS. The ms workstations are still running MATLAB R2102b, which was the last version to support 32-bit processors.For the next week or so, the command... Software Update - Maple 17 December 31, 1969 Maple 17 - released earlier this month - is now installed on the ms workstations, compute servers and to other systems for which it is licensed.For the console version, run ...mapleFor the graphical version, run ...xmaple... Software Updates - R 3.0.0 and R 2.15.3; RStudio December 31, 1969 R 3.0.0 and R 2.15.3 have been installed on the ms compute servers and workstations. Version 2.15.3 will be the default run by the command R for now; to run version 3, use R-3.0.0.I will make version 3.0.0 - or... Changes to Mail-Filter Archiving & Reporting December 31, 1969 Spam and other filtered mail folders on ms are now being archived weekly for most accounts rather than daily; this means, of course, that the reports are going to be sent out weekly, too.You can specify either daily, weekly of monthly... Server Shutdowns Redux December 31, 1969 The recent cooling problem in the Hamilton Hall server room persists, I'm afraid. In order to keep the temperature down, I've shut off the servers which were either idle or did not have any jobs with significant runtime on them:anatoliusbayesfreesurfaceearnserv1These... Servers Back Up December 31, 1969 The server room temperature has fallen since last night's shutdowns and I've powered the compute servers back up. No particular cooling problem has been identified by Facility Services yet, but I have asked them to turn the temperature down in... Server Shutdowns - update no. 1 December 31, 1969 The cooling problems in the server room persist. I've now shutdown two more compute servers:gossetearnserv1... Server Shutdowns December 31, 1969 There has been a cooling problem in the Hamilton Hall server room since Wednesday afternoon, a problem exacerbated by heavy computational load (and thus heat output) on several servers.I have already shutdown compute servers which did not have any long-running... Adobe Acrobat XI Professional Licenses at ca. $10 December 31, 1969 UTS is putting in a bulk order for licenses of Adobe Acrobat XI Pro; the cost per license should be about $10 per year. That compares to $79.99 at Titles for a boxed copy - or US$449 (!) retail.I say "about $10"... Printer in HH-105 December 31, 1969 We have a (functional) printer in HH-105 again - after more than a year without one. It's about twelve years old, sort of noisy, and it doesn't have a lot of memory, but it works.If you are printing anything with... More About MATLAB Error December 31, 1969 The MATLAB problem reported earlier is affecting only a few people and only in particular circumstances.If you run the command 'matlab' and get this error message ...Fatal Error on startup: Internal Error: Failure occurs during desktop startup. Details: Failure loading... MATLAB Problems on Workstations and Servers December 31, 1969 Some people are experiencing problems with MATLAB using the graphical interface on the workstations and servers; we're looking into it. Do let us know if you are unable to start MATLAB with graphics.MATLAB works fine in console mode, however,... SAS 9.2 Running on the New Bayes December 31, 1969 SAS 9.2 is available again, now in a 64-bit installation on the new version of bayes, the stats computation server.Login to bayes via ssh and run ...sas... Main server down for a bit December 31, 1969 The main departmental server, ms - which provides email, web and file services - crashed on New Year's Eve at 5 pm. It is back up as of 9 am New Year's Day. There's no obvious problem and we will...
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