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<p>Dear Colleagues,</p>
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<p>Starting tomorrow morning, Tuesday March 21st at 9am, access to
ifarm will only be possible with two-factor authentication through
scilogin.jlab.org. This is your final warning. Please contact the
helpdesk (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:helpdesk@jlab.org">helpdesk@jlab.org</a>) in case of any problems.</p>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">In addition, the scientific
computing data base will be down between 9am and 12pm, during
which all <swif2> and <jcache> commands will not work.
Please plan accordingly.</div>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">The original announcement by
Bryan Hess is attached below.</div>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Best regards,</div>
<div class="moz-forward-container">Alex</div>
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Tomorrow, Tuesday March 21st, two user visible changes to the
scientific computing environment will be made as part of monthly
scheduled maintenance.</div>
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<li><span><span><span class="ui-provider yq b c d e f g h i j
k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai
aj ak ContentPasted0" dir="ltr">The scientific
computing database will be down for several hours for
upgrades and maintenance. During this time, from 9:00
AM - 12:00 PM, attempts to access the tape library via
jasmine, or to invoke swif commands, will fail. Once
the database work is done and all services resumed,
jasmine and swif commands will again function
properly.</span></span><br>
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<li><span><span><span class="ui-provider yq b c d e f g h i j
k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai
aj ak ContentPasted0" dir="ltr">At 9:00am changes will
be implemented to require access to ifarm and qcdi
machines through the scilogin.jlab.org two-factor
login machines. </span></span></span></li>
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In addition to those visible changes, routine software updates
will be installed to keep pace with cybersecurity and patching. </div>
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