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==Announcements==
 
==Announcements==
<dt><b> Mail and some network access delayed or failed (Oct 19,2012)</b>
 
<dd> This morning you may experience delays in accessing your email or fail to reach the mail server and/or other network services. We believe this is due to DNS servers overloading and we are adding more resources to remedy the problem. We appreciate your patience.
 
 
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<dt>[[Windows workstations in the UBC_ECE rejecting logons (Sep 10, 2012)]]
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<dt>[[Kaiser power outage (February 20, 2021)]]
<dd>A number of Windows workstations in the UBC_ECE domain (such as the workstations in undergraduate computer labs) are rejecting logons with the message, "There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request."  '''Today only,''' you may need to reboot the workstation to clear this error.
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<dd>There is a power outage planned for the Kaiser building on Saturday, February 20, from 10 am to 2 pm. This outage is necessary as part of the MacLeod construction project.
<dt>[[Kaiser Server Room and Network Failure (Aug 2012)|Kaiser Server Room and Network Failure (Aug 28, 2012)]]
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<dd>At 16:11, the Kaiser server room lost power due to a UPS failure.  The phone and data networks for the Kaiser building, as well as some other services, were unavailable until 17:20. All services should be restored by now.
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<dt>[[File and mail migration (2020)]]
<dt>[[Sporadic Problems With DNS and Other Services (Aug 2012)|Sporadic Problems With DNS and Other Services (Aug 23-24, 2012)]]
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<dd>In October and November 2020, ECE IT will be performing migrations of two major systems that will affect ECE users. A file migration involves some disruption during each user's cutover period.  The ECE e-mail migration will happen seamlessly and with negligible disruption for the majority of users.
<dd>DNS lookups were failing sporadically, leading to transient failures in many other services, including:
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authentication, e-mail, NFS, and software license servers.  That problem has now been resolved.  However, mail from the ECE mail server to Yahoo e-mail addresses will likely be blocked for the next two days.
 
<dt>[[MacLeod Server Room Failure (Aug 2012)|MacLeod Server Room Failure (Aug 7, 2012)]]
 
<dd>A large number of services were down due to an air conditioner failure in ECE's MacLeod server room.  The air conditioner has been repaired, and all services should be running again.
 
 
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Announcements

Kaiser power outage (February 20, 2021)
There is a power outage planned for the Kaiser building on Saturday, February 20, from 10 am to 2 pm. This outage is necessary as part of the MacLeod construction project.
File and mail migration (2020)
In October and November 2020, ECE IT will be performing migrations of two major systems that will affect ECE users. A file migration involves some disruption during each user's cutover period. The ECE e-mail migration will happen seamlessly and with negligible disruption for the majority of users.