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Scheduled Maintenance — Puppet Server (kermit.cs.ucdavis.edu)
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 the Puppet service will be intermittently unavailable for a puppet upgrade starting at 8AM. Hosts that use puppet should not have issues due to this maintenance (some log entries may report the puppet server is down). Ken Gribble (he/him) System Support Group (SSG) Computer Science UC Davis http://ssg.cs.ucdavis.edu |
Scheduled Maintenance — Puppet Server (kermit.cs.ucdavis.edu)
Tuesday, April 19, 2021 the Puppet service will be intermittently unavailable for an OS upgrade starting at 10AM. Hosts that use puppet should not have issues due to this maintenance (some log entries may report the puppet server is down). Ken Gribble (he/him) System Support Group (SSG) Computer Science UC Davis http://ssg.cs.ucdavis.edu |
It’s not just you, Google says Gmail is messed up right now - The Verge
 While users can access their inboxes, they may encounter “error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior,” the company wrote in a message on its service status page. The errors come just a day after many Google properties, including Gmail, YouTube, and Google Docs, were hit with a widespread outage. If you are forwarding email from your Computer Science or @ucdavis.edu accounts to your personal gmail account, you will likely see these issues. For more information on the outage:https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/15/22176958/google-gmail-errors-down-outage-stadia You can check the status of this outage here: https://status.ucdavis.edu/incidents/lhvq9x5m6w4y |
CS Office Closed Dec 19, 2020 - Jan 3, 2021
 Email responses from the SSG will be limited to critical incidents only, and will likely be delayed. Check your email for contact information on how to reach the CS Chair for critical incidents. During this time of limited response, these resources available to you include: CS IT Support: http://ssg.cs.ucdavis.edu/ (this website) CS UG Advising: https://cs.ucdavis.edu/undergraduate/current-majors/advising Graduate Group in Computer Science: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/ and The CS SSG and all the CS Staff wish you Happy Holidays! |
Faculty Reflections on Teaching During COVID-19: Mark Verbitsky on Teaching Remotely and Using Video
 The importance of community has been highlighted for me now than ever before. In the face of a global pandemic unseen in any of our lifetimes, we must band together to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on individuals and the community at large. We are faced with both personal changes (no more handshakes! Social distance!) as well as institutional changes which necessitate a move to remote teaching. As a faculty member myself, I feel that hearing the teaching plans and reflections of our colleagues can bring us some comfort and even inspiration. As we work to teach in new ways and to continue to support our UC Davis students, I share here the reflections of our colleague Mark Verbitsky of the Department of Political Science. Best, Andy Jones ... Keep reading: Faculty Reflections on Teaching During COVID-19: Mark Verbitsky on Teaching Remotely and Using Video |
Google Drive File Stream is having issues on Campus
 As a work around the Google Drive Web Page is still working, this issue only affects Google Drive File Stream. UPDATE: 1/22/20, 11:59 AM -- The problem with Google Drive should be resolved. |
EndNote X9.3.1 is required for compatibility with Catalina Mac OS
 https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s/article/EndNote-for-Mac-macOS-Catalina-Compatibility?language=en_US |
The SSG is Updating the spam firewall today - Wednesday, October 30, 2019
 There will be a short interruption of mail flow to any @cs.ucdavis.edu address. Due to the robust nature of email, this should cause noticeable issues. |
CS Website web.cs.ucdavis.edu now SSL encrypted! (https://)
 This week the CS website that supports the traditional ~ (public_html) sites has been updated to use SSL encryption. Now you will find pages there are enforcing https instead of http. If you notice that the lock symbol is missing from your ~ site, it may mean you have something on your page that is unencrypted. As always, please contact support@cs.ucdavis.edu if you have any troubles or concerns. |
Continuing Upgrades on Spam and Virus Firewall April 9th
 During the update the Spam and Virus Firewall will be offline for a few minutes. No email should be lost, and should be transparent to CS as email is a quite robust system and all servers are expected to attempt delivery again after a short period of time. These updates are required to address security concerns with the device. Amazing Image by freezelight under Creative Commons license Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) |
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