There are many other groups using HTCondor, and they often have great ideas for how to solve problems that you may encounter – UW Physics has some great information on using Condor on their site …
Year: 2020
Planned Server Maintenance 10-15-2020 from 23h00 to 00h00.
Please be aware of a planned server maintenance scheduled for Thursday, October 15, 2020 from 23h00 to 00h00. During this time, there may be several Windows Servers unavailable at brief intervals. Some of the specific …
Friday, June 26th, 2020: 8:00pm Service Outage for /z/Comp
Friday evening there will be an outage for maintenance and upgrades to our compute file server: /z/Comp/$PROJECT_NAME This outage will last from 8:00pm to 9:00pm.
Editing the website
We use the WiscWeb WordPress service to manage most of our websites. The WiscWeb team has put up some great documentation on how to use it. They also have in person classes, that will open …
connecting with a mac
Instructions for connecting to BMI resources or your office desktop computer from a macOS laptop or desktop. The instructions will vary depending on what you are trying to connect to, and whether you need a …
Wed, March 18, 2020: Teleconferencing Difficulties
As reported by DoIT, WebEx is having intermittent issues. Here are some vendor links to check up on the status of these tools: Webex Status Zoom Status Skype Status Google’s tool suite, including Hangouts See also DoIT’s …
Tue, March 17, 2020: WiscVPN/Global Protect Issue
The background update has caused problems for some people. The recommendation is to uninstall and reinstall: Users are having issues with Global Protect upgrading in the background. The solution is to uninstall the client, login …
Monday, March 16, 2020: COVID-19 Updates
In response to the Chancellor’s telecommute recommendations, the BCG is making a few operational changes: Most BCG staff are now working from home, with a small rotation of one or two people occasionally in the …
Friday, March 13th, 2020: 9:00pm service outage for /z/Comp
This evening there will be an outage for maintenance and upgrades to our compute file server: /z/Comp/projectname This outage will last from 9:00pm to 11:00pm.
Wed, March 11, 2020: Communication and Collaboration Tools
Chancellor Blank has just announced that face-to-face instruction has been suspended, starting March 23rd. Instructors will be contacted about other methods of instruction by the University. (See also the Instructional Continuity site.) For non-instructional collaboration within research …