[BIC-announce] UPDATE: *** IT Equipment move completed, yet not fully functional ***

[Julien Doyon, Dr.]

Congratulations Sylvain and Jean-François 

Great job !!!

Thanks to both of you. 

Julien

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> On Mar 16, 2019, at 6:19 PM, Sylvain MILOT <sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello BIC community,
> 
> just a quick update to tell you that the move of equipment has been successfully completed and systems are safe and ready to go ... yet we still have a subtle configuration/networking issue related to the Isilon Data Cluster, for which we know the solution but need McGill IT to intervene. In essence, we resolved networking issues last night and we should resolve the Isilon config issue at the latest Monday morning.
> 
> Thanks for your patience and Happy St-Patrick's !
> 
> Your Sys Admin team...
> 
>> On Wed, 13 Mar 2019, Sylvain MILOT wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hello BIC community,
>> 
>> The move is happening tomorrow morning - the following services will go OFFLINE at 9 AM and will hopefully be back before 5 pm Friday...
>> 
>> All compute servers, i.e. SGE/batch services
>> 
>> The storage cluster, i.e. all storage leases
>> 
>> The following Web portals and/or virtual machines (VM) ...
>> 
>> box.bic
>> cloud.bic
>> dist.bic
>> forum.bic
>> jupyter.bic
>> learn.bic
>> 
>> ipmsa-admin
>> ipmsa-loris
>> ipmsa-mysql
>> 
>> biobank.bic
>> imaging.bic (DICOM transfers)
>> loris.bic
>> packages.bic
>> redcap.bic
>> 
>> You will be able to work locally on your workstation as network information (user/directory) and DNS services will remain functional, along with the user accounts filesystem (/home/bic).
>> 
>> Printing and matlab licensing services will also be available.
>> 
>> ALSO, don't forget the generator test that will affect all Neuro pavilions SATURDAY, March 16, 2019 From 06:00 to 07:30
>> 
>> So before leaving work for the weekend, you should properly shutdown your BIC workstation, then power it off along with any connected devices (USB disks, etc). Lastly, power down the UPS and unplug it from the power outlet. The Workstations in 527 Pine will NOT be affected.
>> 
>> Your Sys Admin team...
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