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bwSync & Share not available on 11/18/21 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Due to an upgrade within Nextcloud, via which bwSync & Share is delivered, the service is not available for three hours.
No SMB access to web server at 132.230.132 and 132.230.133
SMB malfunction of the web servers - update: fixed
Important! Vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly: TSM) client < version 8.1.12
IBM has issued a security warning for all client versions < 8.1.12. This vulnerability may also affect SP servers, so no clients that have not been updated to the non-critical version 8.1.12 will be allowed starting next week. The download link for the current versions can be found below.
Nov. 4, 2021, zw. 07:00 - 07:30: Network maintenance work
There will be network maintenance on Thursday Nov 4 between 7am - 7:30am. During this time there MAY be problems accessing the internet from the private networks. Access to internal university services is NOT affected.
Spectrum Protect Server: Security-critical kernel updates completed
During the updates, the Spectrum Protect servers (formerly: TSM servers) were temporarily unavailable. All systems are back in normal operation.
27.10.2021 - Malfunction in course synchronization between HISinOne and ILIAS
On the evening of 27.10.21 between approx. 18:30 and 21:30h there was an error in the synchronization between the booking data from HISinOne and the courses transferred to ILIAS. As a result, numerous people had temporarily lost their course access (students as participants and teachers as course administrators).
26.10.2021,ca. 10:50 - 11:05am: Short-term network malfunction
This morning between 10:50 and 11:05 there was a brief disruption of the network. Access from the private networks to the Internet was interrupted during this time
Until Thursday, October 28, 2021 incl. all day - HISinOne DEMO and testsystem maintenance
The maintenance work on the HISinOne DEMO system and the active test system TEST2 must unfortunately be extended to Thursday, October 28th, 2021 inclusive. The systems are not available all day.
HISinOne (productive) available again
The campus management system HISinOne (productive) is available again after a successful update.
bwSync&Share not available on 28.10.21 between 19:00 and 20:00
During the maintenance window between 19:00 and 20:00 the database will be reorganized.
Until Monday, October 25, 2021 incl. all day - HISinOne DEMO and testsystem maintenance
The maintenance work on the HISinOne DEMO system and the active test system TEST2 must unfortunately be extended to Monday, October 25th, 2021 inclusive. The systems are not available all day.
Wednesday, October 27 from 4:30 pm - HISinOne maintenance
The campus management system HISinOne (producitv, demo, active test) is not available on Wednesday, October 27 from 4:30 pm for approx. 60 min. due to urgent update. >> Attention: In the maintenance time, no attendance confirmation (via HISinOne) can be made for affected attendance appointments. If necessary, please confirm your attendance in advance or do so after maintenance.
Monday, October 25 from 4:30 pm - HISinOne maintenance
The campus management system HISinOne (producitv) is not available on Monday, October 25 from 4:30 pm for approx. 60 min. due to urgent update. >> Attention: In the maintenance time, no attendance confirmation (via HISinOne) can be made for affected attendance appointments. If necessary, please confirm your attendance in advance or do so after maintenance.
Friday, October 22, 2021 all day - HISinOne DEMO and testsystem maintenance
The maintenance work on the HISinOne DEMO system and the active test system TEST2 must be continued on Friday, October 22nd, 2021. The systems are not available all day.
Survey on BigBlueButton among lecturers and students
Dear lecturers, dear students, help us improve our offerings and participate in our short, anonymous survey about BigBlueButton, our video conferencing or virtual classroom tool.
Malfunction 17:30 - 19:45: File server / central storage system: impairment of various services
Today, on 18.10.2021, between 17:30 and 19:45, the central storage system experienced a system malfunction. This caused severe delays, which also affected all connected services.
Thu./Fri. October 21-22, 2021 all day - HISinOne DEMO and testsystem maintenance
The campus management systems HISinOne DEMO and the active test system TEST2 are not available all day on Thursday and Friday, October 21-22, 2021 due to database update
Partial disruption of data center infrastructure and services due to power fluctuation on Sunday morning
On Sunday morning there were problems with the power supply. The UPS had to be switched back to battery operation manually first, the cause is not yet known. Although most of the servers in the virtualization, bw/de.NBI-Cloud, NEMO, ... ran through, there were side effects in the management cluster (Postgress, HiS) due to a defective FC switch. Likewise, some power supplies and thus services in other infrastructures are irreparably damaged.
The doctoral administration system Docata is currently unavailable
The error message "HTTP Status 500 - Internal Server Error" is displayed.
HISinOne available again
The campus management system HISinOne is available again after successful troubleshooting.
Disruption Campus Management System HISinOne
There are currently disruptions in the Campus Management System HISinOne
Update Partial fault: bwCloud (creation, deletion of VMs, images)
In the course of a necessary update of the basic infrastructure, problems arose in dealing with the necessary certificates, which in turn triggered problems with Python updates, on which many OpenStack components are based. This resulted in a partial malfunction that interfered with the creation and deletion of VMs or images, among other things. A fix was being worked on, but this might require control of the own machines.
Short term update bwSync&Share on Oct. 7, afternoon
Oct. 7, late afternoon, an urgent update had to be applied to the server platform for bwSync&Share. The service was not available between 17:00 and 19:00 (7.10.21).
bwSync&Share: Shutdown on Saturday from 12:00 to 19:00
The service bwSync&Share will be unavailable on Saturday, 09.10.21, due to a rack move of servers of KIT in the period from 12:00 to 19:00.
The new SPSS licenses are available in Asknet from now on
SPSS licenses can now be ordered in the Asknetshop. Versions 26, 27 and 28 are available.
HISinOne available again
The campus management system HISinOne is available again after a successful update.
The campus management systems HISinOne and LSF are currently shut down for security reasons
Following a security warning from the system manufacturer, the campus management systems HISinOne and LSF are currently shut down for security reasons.
HISinOne maintenance announced for Wednesday, 29.09.2021 is cancelled
HISinOne will be available on 29.09.2021 without maintenance break
Fri. 17.09.2021 14:00: Routing problems in the chemical area is fixed
Update 14:00: the routing problems have been solved, there was a short outage in the backbone area of Chemistry Institute at 13:15. In the University network, there are currently isolated faults and interruptions with regard to the connections that are routed via Chemistry Institute.
ILIAS available again after update to version 7.2
The update of ILIAS to the latest version 7.2 has been successful. File migration processes are still running in the background and will be completed automatically in the next few days. All files and courses are of course available. Thank you for your patience and have fun with ILIAS 7!