Archives
- 2007.08.18: Blackboard upgrades 8/18/2007
- 2007.08.17: Blackboard downtime 8/16
- 2007.07.23: Blackboard pauses
- 2007.06.12: Blackboard file system repair
- 2007.06.04: Blackboard hang again
- 2007.05.24: Blackboard Hang
- 2007.05.08: Blackboard slowdown?
- 2007.04.25: Blackboard partial "hang"
- 2007.04.19: Blackboard security updates reboot
- 2007.04.12: More Blackboard slow downs
- 2007.04.12: Blackboard slowdown 4/12
- 2007.04.11: Blackboard
- 2007.04.11: AFS security change on core-managed systems
- 2007.04.04: Blackboard pauses at 1:30 - 2:00 AM
- 2007.04.03: New backup server to begin testing
- 2007.03.23: depot'd sudo change
- 2007.03.20: ldap-master upgraded to Solaris 10
- 2007.03.18: Cacti monitoring update
- 2007.03.15: Blackboard downtime
- 2007.03.14: mod_waklog fix
- 2007.03.13: Blackboard JVM memory problem 3/12
- 2007.03.09: IFS Fileserver Changes
- 2007.03.01: Increased Web Security
- 2007.02.28: Power Outage Lessons
- 2007.02.19: AFS Fileserver Configuration Upgrades
- 2007.02.19: New Password Construction Policies
- 2006.12.28: solaris.gl.umbc.edu upgraded to Solaris 10
- 2006.12.28: Main campus web server upgraded to Solaris 10
- 2006.12.17: One last bb peremptive reboot
- 2006.12.13: bb preemptive reboot
- 2006.12.13: im readin ur SAML, checkin ur AUTHZ
- 2006.12.13: 'm in your datacenterz, upgraden ur serverz
- 2006.12.09: Blackboard preemptive reboot
- 2006.11.27: webauth server upgrades
- 2006.11.27: What happened to all of my spam?
- 2006.11.23: Blackboard database checks
- 2006.11.23: blackboard down again
- 2006.11.01: New IMAP/POP servers and other stuff
- 2006.08.29: Blackboard 7 servers updated
- 2006.08.24: Blackboard down 8/24 in the morning
- 2006.07.27: Blackboard production
- 2006.07.20: Weblock... till death do us surf
- 2006.07.20: Blackboard hot fix
- 2006.07.14: Research storage project == done
- 2006.07.13: www5 is dead, long live www5
- 2006.07.10: Weblock (blackboard development server)
- 2006.07.06: IP whitelisting change
- 2006.06.20: BooBoo (Blackboard winter semester)
- 2006.06.20: Weblock (blackboard development server)
- 2006.06.19: Blackboard log rotation
- 2006.06.15: blackboard down...
- 2006.06.14: Quick Wrap Up/Update
- 2006.06.13: Disk failed and replaced in ff1-raid1
- 2006.06.13: Blackboard 7.1
- 2006.06.13: Webmail software (Squirrelmail) upgraded
- 2006.06.12: Blackboard updates
- 2006.05.25: Blackboard restart
- 2006.05.23: remove more mail domains.
- 2006.04.28: AFS Home Directory Fileserver Downtime -- Sun, Apr 30, 2am AFS Home Directory Fileserver Downtime -- Sun, Apr 30, 2am
- 2006.04.20: Another E250 for the scrap heap
- 2006.04.18: afs backup changes
- 2006.04.12: internal mail relaying change
- 2006.04.12: blackboard update
- 2006.04.03: webmail upgrade/move
- 2006.03.31: PUPcr stuff
- 2006.03.31: Blackboard custom auth mod
- 2006.03.30: consoles for v20z servers (and 4100s!)
- 2006.03.30: variety of mail tweaks
- 2006.03.24: Blackboard production upgraded
- 2006.03.22: sendmail upgraded on mx machines
- 2006.03.21: Shibboleth
- 2006.03.21: grimm.umbc.edu's RAM upgraded
- 2006.03.20: managment network
- 2006.03.14: Blackboard 7.1
- 2006.03.10: calendar.umbc.edu upgraded
- 2006.03.09: solaris.gl downtime this weekend
- 2006.03.08: Blackboard crash
- 2006.03.07: ldap server upgrades
- 2006.03.06: Titan.umbc.edu
- 2006.03.03: The return of system statistics
- 2006.03.03: tapestud upgraded
- 2006.02.22: userpages.umbc.edu server upgraded
- 2006.02.16: milter problems finally fixed(?)
- 2006.02.15: MySQL clients upgraded to 5.0.18
- 2006.02.15: Binutils for Linux updated
- 2006.02.14: Nighly NIS map refresh
- 2006.02.11: Blackboards DB internal mirrors
- 2006.02.07: SMTP-AUTH "whitelisting" fixed
- 2006.02.06: AFS Server Problems
- 2006.02.06: SMTP Message Size Limit Removed
- 2006.01.31: New www.umbc.edu server
- 2006.01.31: Systems moved to Public Policy
- 2006.01.31: Upgraded 'ifs' servers
- 2006.01.27: Blackboard upgrade
- 2006.01.23: Email Delivery System Upgrades
- 2006.01.19: Storage projects update
- 2006.01.18: Syscore wiki upgrade
- 2005.12.23: Inter-switch link redundancy testing success
- 2005.12.23: ff1-raid1 to be moved to PP
- 2005.12.21: Core fabric extended to PP building
- 2005.12.18: Kerberos.umbc.edu outage -- Sunday, Dec 18
- 2005.12.14: imap/pop mail reader upgrades
- 2005.12.14: Nightly myUMBC outages (hopefully) halted..
- 2005.12.06: syslog server update
- 2005.12.06: imapd update
- 2005.12.05: Service capacity upgrades
- 2005.11.22: New Syscore admin
- 2005.11.16: Update on the AFS problems of the past few days
- 2005.11.10: BB crash 11/10
- 2005.11.09: krb5 changes...
- 2005.11.09: Blackboard crash
- 2005.11.04: QLogic fiber channel switches now running in PP
- 2005.11.04: BFS5 content now being served from BFS1
- 2005.10.28: more AFS oddness
- 2005.10.27: syslog-ng on loghost
- 2005.10.27: Recent goings-on with the Core Storage Fabric
- 2005.10.25: hfs10/11/12 outage
- 2005.10.24: BB7
- 2005.10.20: BB 7.0
- 2005.10.19: ClamAV
- 2005.10.17: Wiki Available
- 2005.10.17: ClamAV
- 2005.10.14: Blackboard 6.2.3.23
- 2005.10.13: There is nothing wrong with Blackboard? Really?
- 2005.10.13: milter upgrades
- 2005.09.29: uPortal Production Environment
- 2005.09.29: SSN Usage Mitigation
- 2005.09.29: mxout (smtp.umbc.edu) planned reconfiguration
- 2005.09.29: bfs6.afs.umbc.edu
- 2005.09.09: listproc downtime sunday night 9/11/2005
- 2005.09.09: SSL on 'www.umbc.edu'
- 2005.09.08: TLS server-side enabled on mxin.umbc.edu
- 2005.09.02: 9/2 pt II: That just totally sucked.
- 2005.09.02: blackboard summer server patched
- 2005.09.02: service problems 9/2
- 2005.09.01: Mail Delivery (mxin)
- 2005.08.31: 'Weather' plugin on SquirrelMail disabled.
- 2005.08.31: GCC 3.4.4 now available as standard C, C++ and FORTRAN compiler
- 2005.08.31: spice3 deprecated, replaced with ngspice
- 2005.08.31: Mathematica 5.2
- 2005.08.30: pine update on linux
- 2005.08.30: Backup stuff removed
- 2005.08.27: /usr/afsws & /usr/k5 changes
- 2005.08.26: Linux Login Server Upgrades
- 2005.08.25: Firefox and Thunderbird now available in Linux depot
- 2005.08.23: cgi.umbc.edu
- 2005.08.23: ldap/kdc password sync, hashes
- 2005.08.23: Directory Service upgrade status
- 2005.08.19: listproc server now running "Uber" Apache
- 2005.08.19: Blackboard production
- 2005.08.09: Master Directory Server Downtime - Aug 20, 2005
- 2005.08.08: Quota Upgrades
- 2005.07.29: Enabling Serial-Over-LAN on a Sun V20z or V40z
- 2005.07.23: hfs11/hfs12 fileserver problems ~2am Jul 23
- 2005.07.20: Updating certs on iplanet LDAP servers...
- 2005.07.18: new zlib
- 2005.07.15: hfs11/hfs12 server downtime, Jul 17 [updated]
- 2005.07.14: HFS12 fileserver problems
- 2005.07.12: openssh 4 osx
- 2005.07.11: openssh, sudo upgrades
- 2005.07.08: Job Opening: Junior Systems Administrator
- 2005.07.06: AFS Backups "offsite"!
- 2005.07.05: MyUMBC: The more things change...
- 2005.07.05: Updated imapd/popd maildir code
- 2005.06.29: Upgrading Sun V20z SP software and BIOS
- 2005.06.29: console server changes
- 2005.06.28: Access Control on console.umbc.edu
- 2005.06.28: console.umbc.edu's "remote console" feature
- 2005.06.22: Blackboard server update
- 2005.06.20: Blackboard server update
- 2005.06.20: UMBC's internal CA certificate
- 2005.06.20: Schooling the site-wide Spam Assassin Bayesean DB
- 2005.06.15: jabber @umbc.edu
- 2005.06.14: MATLAB upgraded to R14.2
- 2005.06.09: Setting the current semester in LDAP
- 2005.06.09: Recent issues with myUMBC
- 2005.06.07: Deleting a package from emt/local
- 2005.06.03: MyTob is really annoying
- 2005.06.01: Updating the Virus Scanners
- 2005.05.31: AFS Server History
- 2005.05.31: Continuing Saga of Ftp1
- 2005.05.27: hfs11 problems (continued)
- 2005.05.25: Mail problems and other interests
- 2005.05.25: NIS/YP Maps
- 2005.05.25: Mail Transport: mxout
- 2005.05.25: Towards a more balanced life
- 2005.05.25: Mail delivery delays
- 2005.05.25: ftp1 problems.
- 2005.05.23: hfs11.afs memory problems(?)
- 2005.05.20: Real Live Account Deletion...
- 2005.05.19: hfs11 online
- 2005.05.18: Fixing "broken" AFS backup volumes
- 2005.05.12: hfs10 on-line
- 2005.05.11: Titan.umbc.edu crash
- 2005.05.11: New MySQL server backup regimine
- 2005.05.11: Another bb restart
- 2005.05.10: Legato Client stuff
- 2005.05.02: bb restart
- 2005.04.27: rack outage
- 2005.04.27: backed up mail
- 2005.04.27: Blackboard apppak3
- 2005.04.26: Who ever thought NIS would be resource intensive?
- 2005.04.25: console server aborted upgrade
- 2005.04.25: bfs4 unintended downtime
- 2005.04.25: Last week's myUMBC woes
- 2005.04.23: Bad Saturday.
- 2005.04.21: mr4 outage
- 2005.04.20: Live server monitoring roll out
- 2005.04.20: Dell Remote Managment
- 2005.04.19: KVM switches down
- 2005.04.19: Blackboard reboot
- 2005.04.19: Using WebAuth in the central UMBC Web Environment
- 2005.04.18: userpages.umbc.edu disabled account handling
- 2005.04.15: First PRODUCTION Solaris 10 x86 box
- 2005.04.14: Log Administravia
- 2005.04.13: AFS Fiber Channel Network Test Plan
- 2005.04.13: Mail Delivery Change, revisited
- 2005.04.12: Mail delivery change
- 2005.04.12: bb6.umbc.edu behavior change
- 2005.03.28: Remedy (jarjar.umbc.edu)
- 2005.03.25: hercules.rs disk failure
- 2005.03.24: license1 upgrade
- 2005.03.23: And so we begin: The AFS server overhaul.
- 2005.03.16: Sun Studio 10
- 2005.03.10: Welcome to the OIT SysCore Blog