Kategorie: ‘Support, Services & Updates’
Background knowledge on the research data storage

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We already reported on the commissioning of the new research data storage system at the beginning of the year. In this article, we take a closer look at the process level of the storage system.
NHR4CES News – New project categories when applying for computing time
Since November 2020, the IT Center of RWTH Aachen University is a National High Performance Computing Center (NHR). Together with seven other funded computing centers in the NHR network, we offer scientists from all over Germany the opportunity to use computing resources and expertise for high-performance computing. RWTH Aachen University and TU Darmstadt have joined thematically to form the “National High Performance Computing Center for Computational Engineering Sciences” (NHR4CES), and thus cooperate in the context of NHR.
For years, RWTH Aachen University, like TU Darmstadt, has successfully operated high-performance computers of national importance – so-called Tier 2 computers. Parts of both systems have since been open to academic researchers from all over Germany. In this way, HPC is promoted nationwide and further funding is ensured.
Because of the alliance is now changing the way computing resources are requested and granted.
New Layout for the SelfService
After the PasswordReset got a new design on July 15, 2021, we are now working on a new look for the SelfService. The SelfService is a system that allows you to view and partially edit your personal data in the Identity Management.
IT Center Help – Your Lifesaver in IT Matters

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Have you forgotten the password to your RWTH e-mail account? Or are you new at the IT Center and need to insert a coupon for your employee email? Maybe you want to register the campus WLAN eduroam on a new device.
Many questions you can get answers to. Moreover, you don’t even have to pick up the phone or start a chat to get them. Because the solution to all of them is called IT Center Help. Never heard of it? Then we need to change that very quickly!
The GitLab Project LifeCycle goes into the second round

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GitLab is used at RWTH Aachen University with pleasure and actively. However, after projects have been processed, a lot of data often accumulates that is no longer used. To prevent a mountain of data waste from piling up in GitLab, a Project LifeCycle for RWTH was designed and introduced at the IT Center. In March 2021, it went live.
In the first few weeks, we received a number of suggestions and requests for adjustments to the process from users. So that these could be examined in detail by the responsible department, the GitLab Project LifeCycle was paused for the time being.
The review and revision phase has now been completed. In this article, we present the adjustments made with the help of the feedback.
The RWTH email address – your faithful companion to stay up to date

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To avoid chaos, in this article we summarize what the RWTH email address is and what else you need to keep in mind around it. Read the rest of this entry »
Founding of an association: Moodle an Hochschulen
On July 22, 2021, the non-profit association “Moodle an Hochschulen” was founded during a video conference between 29 universities. With this foundation, a representation of interests for the digital education platform Moodle was created. Read the rest of this entry »
More transparency for you –
the support level is now viewable in the ticket portal

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The IT-ServiceDesk is the central point of contact for all questions relating to the IT Center’s IT services. The support requests we receive every day are very diverse. To avoid losing track of them, all requests are recorded as “tickets”, assigned a unique ticket number/reference number for further tracking, and stored in an IT service management tool for further processing. To increase the transparency of ticket processing for our users, the IT Center offers a web interface to the Ticket-Portal.
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Our “About IT” module 2021

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At the IT Center, everything is about technology – but what is behind it in detail?
This and much more was exactly what the new office management trainees of the RWTH Aachen University learned at the About IT module on 11 January 2021. Whether RWTHmoodle or IdentityManagement – employees and trainees very often have to deal with various IT services at RWTH Aachen University and the IT Center is the central point of contact for this. Read the rest of this entry »
The IT-ServiceDesk is reopening for personal support!

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We can finally welcome you in person again! Our IT ServiceDesk is reopening and you can get our assistance directly on site. Read the rest of this entry »




