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Service Outage
Service Outage

Resolved: Service Outage: Keller Hall 1st Floor Power Outage

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At 7:49AM, a power outage was reported on the first floor of Keller Hall, impacting multiple CSE-IT services.

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New Gmail User Interface Available

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OIT recently announced Google is introducing a new user interface for Gmail. The main feature of the new interface is the addition of a navigation bar that allows you to move between applications like Google Chat and Meet without switching tabs or opening a new window. You can opt-in to use the new interface until it becomes the default for everyone in Summer 2022.

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Planned Maintenance

Planned Maintenance: Feb 13, 2022

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CSE-IT systems will undergo routine maintenance from 4 a.m. to noon. Avoid using CSE UNIX home directories and project spaces and MacOS systems maintained by CSE-IT via UMN’s Jamf Pro.

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Career Opportunities

[Hired] Now Hiring: System Administrator

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The College of Science & Engineering is seeking a Systems Administrator to join its Operations team. The focus of this position is on automation, orchestration, and software configuration in a complex and highly dynamic environment. As this position is partially funded by the Polar Geospatial Center, this position will also be involved in administering that facility’s HPC (High Performance Computing) infrastructure. A successful candidate will be a skilled professional who is able to work as part of a team as well as independently.

Service Outage
Service Outage

Resolved: Service Outage: Keller Hall systems

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On 01/28/22 at 7:45 AM, CSE-IT discovered that several workstations and servers on the first floor of Keller Hall appeared to have lost power. This includes the data center located on the first floor. Symptoms include: being unable to log into affected systems and the affected systems being unreachable over the network

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Planned Maintenance

Planned Maintenance: January 16, 2022

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CSE-IT systems will undergo routine maintenance from 4 a.m. to noon. Avoid using CSE UNIX home directories and project spaces and MacOS systems maintained by CSE-IT via UMN’s Jamf Pro.

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Deadline to Migrate Classic Google Sites Extended

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Google recently announced that it is extending the deadline to migrate classic Google Sites to new Google Sites to June 30, 2022.

Service Degradation
Service Degradation

Resolved: Service Degradation: File Servers

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On December 13th, CSE-IT began receiving reports of file server performance degradation. Symptoms include inaccessible home directories or project spaces.

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Career Opportunities

Now Hiring: Student Tech Support (CSE-IT Help Desk)

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The College of Science and Engineering Information Technology (CSE-IT) office is seeking to hire a Student Tech Support (CSE-IT Help Desk) to assist CSE-IT staff in supporting the technology needs of CSE departments, staff, and faculty. On-the-job training is provided to advance to higher tiers of technical support.

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Career Opportunities

Now Hiring: Service Desk Lead

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The College of Science and Engineering Information Technology (CSE-IT) office is seeking to hire a Service Desk Customer Service Lead to act as the general Support Coordinator for CSE-IT supported departments. The Customer Service Lead will also be responsible for managing the CSE-IT Service Desk Incident Management and Request Fulfillment processes, as well as providing technology consulting and business analysis for college faculty, staff, and students.