[Halld-offline] reminder: IT Division Maintenance Period Set for 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20

[Mark Ito]

That's tomorrow...


On 06/14/2017 05:43 PM, JLab Communications Office wrote:
> To access the full version of the JLab Weekly Briefs, visit: 
> https://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/latest
>
> June 14 Briefs Excerpts:
>
> *Annual Property Inventory Underway*
> Now through the end of August, Property Management staff members are 
> verifying the physical location and serial number of randomly selected 
> Jefferson Lab tagged property. When asked, Property Custodians must 
> show Property Management personnel the items that they have assigned, 
> at the correct location, and be able to show the tag # and serial #. 
> More information about the property inventory and requirements can be 
> found in the full memo: 
> https://www.jlab.org/memo/annual-property-inventory-underway-through-august-31
>
> *IT Division Maintenance Period Set for 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20*
> On Tuesday, June 20, the IT Division will be performing systems 
> maintenance on Jefferson Lab servers and systems during the 
> maintenance period, 5-10 p.m. During this maintenance, there will be a 
> short voicemail outage. In addition, IT Division staff will upgrade 
> the login servers (login.jlab.org) to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 
> since REHL5 is no longer supported. The jlabscr (/scratch, \\jlabscr) 
> file server, cfs5, will also be down while it is relocated to the new 
> Data Center. There will be brief outages to other central services, 
> including web servers, while servers are rebooted overnight. 
> Additionally, patches will also be released to Windows and Linux 
> systems and servers. Plan on rebooting your desktop system no later 
> than Friday, June 23, to finalize patch installation. If you have any 
> questions or concerns about this maintenance, contact the IT Division 
> Helpdesk at helpdesk at jlab.org or x7155.
>
> *Zimbra Email/Calendar Outage During IT Maintenance Period*
> During the IT maintenance period on June 20, the IT Division will be 
> relocating the Zimbra servers to a new Data Center. Starting at around 
> 6 p.m., the Zimbra servers will be shut down, and all access to Zimbra 
> email will be down during the move. The Zimbra mail servers will be 
> back online no later than 10 p.m. Note that no incoming email will be 
> lost, as it will be stored on the incoming mail servers during the 
> outage and will be delivered once the Zimbra service is back online. 
> If you have any questions or concerns regarding this outage, contact 
> the IT Division Helpdesk at helpdesk at jlab.org or x7155.
>
> *Annual Electricity Reduction Test Set for June 22*
> For one hour on Thursday, June 22, Jefferson Lab will reduce the 
> amount of electricity it is drawing from the power grid, as part of a 
> region-wide drill to reduce stress on the grid. A Site-Wide Alert 
> message will be sent out notifying the lab community of the 
> load-reduction event and request that pre-identified areas reduce 
> their electrical use, and in general across the lab, unneeded lights 
> and appliances be turned off. For more information about the 
> electricity reduction test, see the full memo: 
> https://www.jlab.org/memo/annual-electricity-reduction-test-set-june-22
>
> *Quark Cafe’s New Self-Serve, Hot Food Bar*
> The cafeteria contractor, eLITE Management Group, has shifted the 
> breakfast and lunch hot food lines to a self-service food bar with a 
> standardized price per ounce. Breakfast selections are now 
> $0.30/ounce, and lunch selections are $0.50/ounce; the weight of the 
> container is deducted from the total. Individually priced items (such 
> as a sandwich), must be placed in a separate container for weighing 
> purposes. More information and a step-by-step process for using the 
> new hot food bar is available in the full memo: 
> https://www.jlab.org/memo/june-12-quark-cafe-moved-self-serve-hot-food-bar-charges-ounce-food-bar-selections
>
> *Jefferson Lab Advances STEM Awareness For Deaf and Hard of Hearing 
> Students*
> Jefferson Lab teamed up with Outreach Services of the Virginia School 
> for the Deaf and the Blind (VSDB) and the Va. Dept. for the Deaf and 
> Hard of Hearing (VDDHH) to conduct a series of informational and 
> educational events across the Commonwealth for deaf and hard of 
> hearing 4th-8th grade students and members of their families. The 
> events engaged students in STEM activities and provided them with the 
> opportunity to meet students from other school divisions who are deaf 
> or hard of hearing, while also making them aware of opportunities in 
> STEM. Read more about the events here: 
> https://www.jlab.org/news/releases/jefferson-lab-teams-state-organizations-advance-stem-awareness-deaf-and-hard-hearing
>
> *Consolidating Single Sign-On for Jefferson Lab Site*
> Over the next few weeks, IT Division staff will be upgrading and 
> consolidating the single sign-on server for MIS applications and 
> expanding it to other Jefferson Lab web applications. This should not 
> cause any errors, but you may notice that you have to re-log-in to 
> applications that have not been upgraded to use the single sign-on 
> server. For more information, see the full JLab Weekly Briefs.
>
> *Publications Refresher Course Set for June 21*
> The next Publications Refresher Course is set for June 21, 2-3 p.m. in 
> CEBAF Center room F226. Familiarize yourself with the publications 
> submission and approval system, DOE's Public Access program and 
> Jefferson Lab activities to support public access. If you plan to 
> attend, R.S.V.P. to kindrew at jlab.org no later than June 20.
>
> *Reminder: Temporary RadCon & IH Service Disruptions*
> There will be some intermittent service disruptions as specific work 
> centers in the Environment, Safety, Health and Quality Division move 
> into the new ESH&Q Division building (Bldg. 52). Full details on the 
> impact to services performed by the Radiation Control and Industrial 
> Hygiene departments may be found in the full JLab Weekly Briefs 
> document and at the link: 
> https://www.jlab.org/memo/temporary-radcon-ih-service-disruptions-begin-june-12-due-eshq-move
>
> To access the full version of the JLab Weekly Briefs, visit: 
> https://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/latest
>
>
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