Kategorie: ‘Support, Services & Updates’
Project Delay Archive Migration
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***Update***
Currently, the migration of the archive data is still ongoing and will last beyond the extended project goal. Users whose data has not yet been migrated will be contacted by email. You can check the current status of the migration on our reporting page. (*)
The “Archive Migration” project, in which we are transferring archived data from the TSM inventory system to the new target systems DigitalArchive and Coscine, is developing more and more into a mammoth project. Despite extensive planning of the five sub-projects and comprehensive communication on the classification of the archived nodes, unforeseeable problems occurred and continue to occur in the technical implementation of the migration, which are now leading to a project delay. Read the rest of this entry »
Email Security – Why Are Redirections Bad?
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The third part of our series of articles on e-mail security deals with the identification protocol DKIM and the standard method for e-mail authentication DMARC.
In our first article and second article on the topic of e-mail security, we informed you about the origins of e-mail and the current statistics in mail traffic at RWTH. In addition, we explained what the SMTP protocol is and what problems it can cause.
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MPI Runtime Correctness Analysis
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High performance computing (HPC) is largely concerned with parallelizing programs, especially complex simulations such as models for weather forecasting or climate. To ensure that computations finish quickly, the work to be done is divided among different processes in parallel. Depending on the use case, the processes must exchange their intermediate results with other processes at program runtime.
The IT Center’s IT Security Measures
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With technological progress and the increasing digitization of processes, the topic of IT security is gaining more and more importance. The risks associated with digitalization affect us all. Improper behavior and naivety in dealing with information technology can have serious, costly consequences. That is why the security awareness of users in particular should be actively encouraged. IT security also plays a major role at the IT Center. In this blog, for example, we repeatedly draw your attention to security risks and explain how you can be more aware when using information technology. In this post, we would like to give you an overview of the IT security measures that have been implemented at the IT Center, for both yours and our protection. Read the rest of this entry »
Deactivation of the Feedback-Function
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As we already know, everything has an end at some point.
So does our ticket feedback. After more than a year of testing, it’s time to say goodbye to our feedback function.
RWTHcontacts – Now Online!
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With RWTHcontacts, you get insight into the new organization directory at RWTH Aachen University. To support digitalized processes and in everyday work, we often need information about which employees work at RWTH, where exactly they work and, most importantly, how to reach them.
An organization directory helps us to get this information. It is an information system that contains important data about the mapped institutions. In addition to the master data record, this also includes contacts and addresses. Read the rest of this entry »
RWTHmoodle – Results of This Year’s User Survey
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This summer semester, RWTHmoodle users once again had the chance to evaluate the system and its associated services.
The user survey started in June 2022. 37.300 people who actively used at least one course room in the summer semester 2022 were asked to participate in the RWTHmoodle user survey. 1.820 users complied with this request.
Hooray, Hooray the New Backup System Is Here!
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Trust is good, backup is better! If you can rely on a good backup of data and systems, you are already on the safe side. We know that this time it took a little longer than planned, but we would like to take this opportunity to thank all at RWTH Aachen University backup admins for their patience and trust. Of course, we would also like to thank our Friendly User Group, which has accompanied us since February ’22. Therefore we are even more happy to announce: We are ready to go! To the clients, install, register and assign server plan! You can read more about it in this article.
How to Use IT Center Help – a Guide for our Docuportal
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As the central IT service provider of RWTH Aachen University, the IT Center offers numerous services for RWTH members. Whether right at the beginning when redeeming the ConnectMe coupon or for using W-Lan, VPN, Software & Co. – sooner or later everyone who studies or works at RWTH Aachen University uses the services we provide and may need support or have questions. For this reason, we maintain a detailed documentation portal with practical step-by-step instructions and information about IT Center Services: IT Center Help. Today we introduce you to our portal and give you helpful tips & tricks on how to use it. Read the rest of this entry »
#GoodToKnow: How to create distribution groups?
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Recently, we told you about mailing lists and how to request them. In this blog post, we’ll introduce you to the difference with distribution groups and describe how to create and manage them.
