Welcome
The University IT Services ("RZ") is the IT service provider for the University of Freiburg. The RZ has been the central operating facility since 1966. We provide the IT infrastructure for the university. On our web pages you will find all information about our tasks and services.
Further instructions and information regarding our services are available in the RZ-Wiki (currently available only in German).
Current Announcements
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| Title | Creation Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 15:55: HISinOne will be available as usual on Thu., Oct. 29 - maintenance at the data center has been postponed to Wed., Nov. 4 | Oct 28, 2026 03:02 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung Maintenance work at the data center has been rescheduled from Thu., October 29, to Wed., November 4, 2026. Therefore, the HISinOne campus management system will be available as usual on Thu., October 29. |
| 4 November 2026, 06:00 – 07:00 Firmware update for various firewalls (postponed) | Oct 28, 2026 01:18 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung #stoerung The firmware upgrade for various firewalls, originally scheduled for Thursday 29 October 2016, has been postponed by one week to Wednesday 4 November 2026. On Wednesday 4 November 2026, between 06:00 and 07:00, we will be installing new firmware on various firewalls. During the installation of the update, the firewalls must be restarted to activate the new firmware. The ‘restart’ may briefly interrupt the following services/access: access to the BelWü network and the internet, telephony service, DNS name resolution, VPN access (general and ZUV VPN), bwSFS, bwCloud, OSVDI, Nemo, email (Uni / ZUV Exchange), HisInOne, Wi-Fi, and general administrative services. |
| 6 November 2026: SuperX will be offline on Friday 6 November 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 04:40 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung On Friday 6 November 2026, SuperX will be unavailable due to a software update. Please plan your workflows accordingly. Further information is available at: https://www.superx.uni-freiburg.de/news/versionsupdate-20261027 |
| Planned network outage at Schänzlestraße 18 – BIOSS on 30 October 2026 from 09:00 to 13:00. There will be an interruption to the internet and VoIP telephone services. | Oct 27, 2026 01:30 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung #stoerung Network outage at Schänzlestraße 18 – BIOSS on 30 October 2026 from 09:00 to 13:00. There will be an interruption to the internet and VoIP telephony. Replacement of the old OS6850 switch with an OS6560. All devices connected to switch 10.1.230.151 will be affected by this change. (Network sockets 11.1.A/B.1 to 11.1.C/D.14 and 11.1.15.1 to 11.1.16.24) #wartung #stoerung |
| 2026-10-27 14:08: HISinOne is expected to be available on Thu., Oct. 29, starting at 7:30 AM | Oct 27, 2026 01:17 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung The HISinOne campus management system is expected to be available on Thu., Oct. 29, starting at 7:30 AM (due to maintenance work at the data center). |
| 2026-10-26 14:35: Maintenance work on the bwSFS storage system | Oct 26, 2026 02:37 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung On Monday, 26 October 2026, a security update will be installed on the bwSFS file servers from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Only NFS and SMB services of the bwSFS system will be affected. The work can be carried out during ongoing operations and should not have any noticeable impact for users. |
| 26 October 2026 09:14: bwCloud-OS had been unavailable due to a power cut in Freiburg | Oct 26, 2026 08:16 AM | #ufrstatus #stoerung Due to a power cut in Freiburg city, some services have been unavailable or experiencing issues. Further information and updates can be found at: https://bwcloud-os.de/status |
| 25 October 2026, 23:43: Open WebUI is available again | Oct 25, 2026 10:46 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung The Open WebUI maintenance window ended successfully on 25 October 2026 at 22:45. The system is available again. Good night and have a good start to the week! |
| 25 October 2026, 17:30: Systems back up and running following a power cut | Oct 25, 2026 05:25 PM | #ufrstatus #stoerung The systems affected by the city-wide power cut are now fully operational again. |
| 25 October 2026 17:17: Open WebUI maintenance window, 25 October 2026 22:00 – 24:00 | Oct 25, 2026 04:18 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung Open WebUI will be unavailable on Sunday 25 October 2026 from 22:00 to approximately 24:00 due to maintenance. |
| 25 October 2026, 10:14: Some systems out of service following a city-wide power cut | Oct 25, 2026 09:26 AM | #ufrstatus #stoerung Due to a city-wide power cut shortly after 6 am, some systems that are not normally connected to the uninterruptible power supply are currently unavailable. Amongst others, AI and cloud services are affected. |
| 23 October 2026, 18:15: Exchange: Maintenance work completed. | Oct 23, 2026 06:18 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung Maintenance work has been completed. The Exchange servers are now fully operational again. |
| 23 October 2026 09:41: Exchange Server – Urgent maintenance work / Outage from 15:00 | Oct 23, 2026 09:49 AM | #ufrstatus #wartung An urgent update is required to address a critical security vulnerability on Exchange servers. |
| 21 October 2026 10:39: Action taken in relation to the critical PHP vulnerability (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) | Oct 21, 2026 10:40 AM | #ufrstatus #wartung #stoerung Due to security vulnerabilities in the widely used programming language PHP, which have come to light at short notice, various websites and key services at the University of Freiburg will have to be taken offline as a precautionary measure today, Wednesday 21 October 2026. A redirect to this page has been set up on the affected websites. |
| 21 October 2026, 10:10: ILIAS platforms are currently only accessible from the university network and via VPN | Oct 21, 2026 10:13 AM | #ufrstatus #stoerung The ILIAS platforms ilias.uni-freiburg.de, wb-ilias, kosmic, medicAL and eklausur are currently only accessible from the University’s network and via VPN. This is due to a critical PHP security vulnerability. We will provide an update as soon as we have any news regarding the availability of patches for the affected systems. |