Category Archives: Local IT systems

The regular remote backups that were suspended on 30th January have now resumed. In particular home directories are now up to date on the remote server and should continue to be backed up hourly. Some snapshots with non-standard names will … Continue reading →

There has recently been a change to the IPv6 address allocations used in the University, though at present this affects relatively few people. The reason for the change is that the original allocation to Cambridge was not thought to be … Continue reading →

Since the morning of Monday 30th January, we have had a problem with the offsite backup system; a number of filesystems, including the one containing user home directories, are not being copied to the offsite server. The problem began when … Continue reading →

There was a major problem with the CL internal network during the afternoon of Friday 25th November, believed to have been caused by a faulty switch. There were a number of consequential side effects on other systems, which we now … Continue reading →

On departmental Linux systems, many Unix groups have been added locally, to facilitate groups of users jointly editing files. Use the shell command “id” to see which groups you are a member of. To avoid malfunctions, we now need to … Continue reading →

Phase 2 of the wireless network replacement is now complete, adding a number of mid-corridor access points. No further expansion is currently planned. Filling in any remaining dead spots should be technically straightforward, but will incur an additional cost.

The Computing Service send their apologies for the telephone system outage this morning. A small and fairly routine reconfiguration was made to the West Cambridge routers during this morning’s CUDN vulnerable period, ironically with the ultimate goal of improving network … Continue reading →

The initial phase of the replacement wireless network installation is now complete. All of the old access points have been decommissioned, and 24 Aruba access points have been installed. We now intend to assess the coverage before deciding whether to … Continue reading →