Account Deletions
Account deletions for Spring 2006 on clam and crab. 

Time/Date: May 26, 2006 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM (8 hours)

Summary of services affected:
 - email
 - H: drives
 - web pages
 - ssh/sftp/ftp access to Unix servers

We have chosen this particular time and date in order minimize the number of people who will be directly affected by the 8-hour downtime needed to complete a massive upgrade to our campus network file servers.  These file servers are used to store all campus web pages, home directories on timeshare systems (clam, crab, hpc), email for clam and crab accounts, and for forwarding/scanning services related to the new Exchange server.

For details about the affected services and additional information about the upgrade itself, please visit:

  http://computing.camden.rutgers.edu/Announce/netapp.upgrade.506.php

Computing Services is unable to guarantee the installation of any software presented less than two weeks before it's needed for a class.

We appreciate your cooperation.

The Foreign Language computer lab, located in the basement of Armitage Hall (B-2), will soon open its doors and a select number of seats to the general public as a general computing lab.  Initially, there will be 6 seats available in the lab for any student/faculty/staff. Systems 34 thru 39 will be available for general use (back 6 systems in the lab) starting this Wednesday, 4/19/06. The number of available systems will likely increase in the future. 

So, if the other labs are filled, or you happen to be in Armitage Hall and want access to a lab computer, you can check out the basement Foreign Language lab.  (Note - if you have a wireless laptop, all of Armitage Hall is also on a wireless network and you can use that also).

You will find typical software available, including word processors, email access and web browsers.  The Foreign Language lab is open Monday thru Thursday from 8am till 9pm and Friday from 8am till 12noon.

Clean-up CD for PCs:

Has your PC slowed down to a snail’s pace?

Is your PC sending you strange messages about problems?

When you try to go to a WEB site does your PC send you somewhere else?

Is your PC telling you to visit some WEB site?

Does your PC seem to have a mind of its own?

Are you seeing strange “pop-ups” on your screen?

Are you having trouble passing “RU Compliant”?

Then try the new CD produced by Camden Computing Services available at the Help Desk in BSB or CCC. It is loaded with software and information that can be useful in eradicating problems that can infest your PC. The CD is “self-starting” and menu driven.

Changes to Email Settings:

Camden Computing Services will be disabling insecure email protocols (imap/pop) and just supporting secure email protocols (imaps/pops) in the near future. This is a step to enhance email security on campus. This change will take affect on August 1, 2006. These changes may require some people to modify their email software configurations. For faculty/staff office systems, no changes will need to be made by yourself, since your departmental IT/UCS staff will be handling your systems. For those who solely use webmail, no changes are needed either. For home users or residential students who use other email software besides webmail, it is important to make sure that the email software you use is correctly configured to use secure email. You can make that change today, or anytime before August 1st. This change is just a matter of checking a few configuration boxes dealing with secure connections, in your email software.

For details on how your email software should be configured to be secure, please see: http://computing.camden.rutgers.edu/email/configure.php If your email software is not configured correctly before August 1, 2006, your email software may fail to work on that date. Our help desk will be available to assist people to convert to secure email protocols. If you have any questions..please contact: help@camden.rutgers.edu

Changes to Spam Filtering:

1. Spam Filtering Defaults:

For current faculty and staff there are no changes. For all new faculty who create accounts after May 15, 2006, their accounts will be setup to have spam filtering turned on by default. They will receive automated email when they create their account, that will give them information on this issue. (including information on how to turn this off if they wish). Students already have spam filtering turned on by default. This is an excellent way to minimize spam email. Any user can turn on/off spam filtering on their account by going to:
http://clam.rutgers.edu/account_tools.html (students)
http://crab.rutgers.edu/account_tools.html (faculty/staff)
Camden Computing Services encourages all people to turn on spam filtering.

2. Forwarding Email and Spam Filtering:
Another change is how spam filtering and forwarding are handled. Currently, on student accounts, if a student has chosen to forward their email to another account, no spam filtering is done. On May 15, 2006, all forwarded mail on student accounts will be spam filtered first before forwarding, with spam being saved to the student's Spam-Messages folder in their accounts. There are no changes for faculty/staff with this issue. For all users, who decide to forward their email in the future, they will have the ability to have spam filtering turned on by default before forwarding their email (and thus receive less
spam). This can be done at the above web page as well. Camden Computing Services encourages all people to use this feature also if forwarding your email. (This includes faculty/staff who forward their email to camlink, the campus exchange server) For questions or more information, please contact help@camden.rutgers.edu

Reserve Scantron Optical Scanner for Finals:

Reservations are now being accepted to score final exams on the Scantron Optical Scanner in room 132, Business & Science Building.  Faculty using the scanner, their department secretary or TA should have already been instructed on it's use.  Computing Services is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the Scantron ES2800, not scoring the tests. Please go to the following web page, http://computing.camden.rutgers.edu/reservations/  and click on view  under  "Scantron Exam Scanner" to check for available time slots.  Click on "email" next to Ann Bilbrough's name to send her the day and time you are requesting.  Your reservation will be confirmed via e-mail.

Computing Services will be extending weekend hours in the Business and Science Building from 9 am to 10 pm on Sunday 4/16, 4/23 and 4/30.  The last weekend of the semester that BSB labs will be open is Saturday, 5/6 and Sunday, 5/7 during normal hours of operation, 2 pm to 10 pm.  The last evening the labs will be open is Wednesday, 5/10.  Please plan accordingly.

Camden Computing Services has developed a PHP based form processor for web based forms, that will process an HTML form's submission and email the results to the owner of the web page.  See the following for more information:

http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/HELP/Internet/formmail.php

CAMPUS CENTER LAB: CLOSED 3/11/06 through 3/19/06. Reopens on 3/20/06

BUSINESS & SCIENCE BUILDING LAB : CLOSED - 3/11, 3/12 & 3/18

Mon. thru Thurs., 3/13 thru 3/16: 8 am to 9 pm; Fri., 3/17: 8 am to 5 pm; Sun., 3/19: 2 pm to 10 pm. Normal hours resume on 3/20/06.

All other labs are open the same hours as the building in which they are located.

The Office of the Vice-President for Research, the Office of Information Technology and Internet2 are co-sponsoring a multi-campus day-long symposium that will expose faculty, researchers and staff to the emerging influence cyberinfrastructure is having on the conduct of research. The event will showcase speakers and demonstrations on the aspects of cyberinfrastructure most likely to impact you and your collaborative partnerships. You will hear from cyberinfrastructure experts and funding agencies with real information you can incorporate into your research environment. Learn about some of the ways Rutgers is preparing to help you navigate these issues. NJEDge, Lifesize, InSors, vBrick and Polycom are providing significant support to make this event a success.

An aggressive agenda has been planned to help you understand how emerging technologies and cyberinfrastructure will impact your research. Click HERE to review the agenda. Click HERE to register for the event.

Even if you cannot commit to the entire event, attend when you can and learn how cyberinfrastructure will impact you.

To learn more about the Internet2 at Rutgers, click HERE.

On Sunday February 26th, 2006, the Rutgers University Office of Information Technology will be converting data storage and upgrading the mainframe for administrative systems. This conversion will begin at 8AM Sunday, February 26, 2006 and will last until 6:30AM on Monday, February 27. Due to the conversion process, almost all computing services provided by Enterprise Systems and Services in ASB will be unavailable between the specified conversion hours. The services that will not be available include all IMS related screens and virtually all web services. Please see the attached links for a list of applications that will be unavailable:

·            Faculty /Staff:  http://www.acs.rutgers.edu/Apps/adminweb.htm 

·            Prospective Students:  http://www.acs.rutgers.edu/Apps/psa.htm

Computing Services is accepting resumes for the following positions: Help Desk Consultant, Web Page Editor, Technical Assistant ( Knowledgeable in XP & Hardware Configuration). Computing Services is also looking for a technical person with experience in Unix/Linux to work as an assistant Unix System Administrator. Some of these positions will become available for the Summer ’06 and others for the Fall '06 Semester. Mandatory training will be held in May. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to add customer service, troubleshooting and communications skills to their resumes. Salaries range from $7.75 to $10 per hour. We encourage interested students to contact the Financial Aid Department and determine their qualification for Federal Work Study before applying. Submit resumes to: cs-resumes@camden.rutgers.edu For more information, please go to: http://computing.camden.rutgers.edu/joblistings.php

OIT - Telecommunications Division will be installing an upgrade to the operating system on both routers that support network connectivity in Housing on Tuesday morning, 2/14/06.  A short downtime of about 5 minutes will occur sometime between 7AM and 8 AM.  We apologize for any inconvenience. Questions and problems should be addressed to help@camden.rutgers.edu or by calling 856-225-6274.

Camden Computing Services has updated its vacation messaging system. You can now set up your vacation message to automatically turn off on a specified date and time.  No more worrying about whether or not you'll forget to turn off your vacation message when you come back to work, simply set the date and time you want it to turn off and the system will take care of the rest.  To access the new webvacation system, please point your web browser to one of the following URLs:
 Students:      https://clam.rutgers.edu/cgi-bin/usertools/webvacation
 Faculty/Staff: https://crab.rutgers.edu/cgi-bin/usertools/webvacation

This was recently requested by a faculty/staff member on our campus.
Another service brought to you by Camden Computing Services (OIT).

On Tuesday, Feb. 7th at 7 AM the building router in BSB will be upgraded. Down time should be over and the router back in operation by 7:30 AM. Since many Camden Campus services originate  from the Computing Center in BSB, access to email, web services and other computing support will be affected by this down time across the entire campus.  Please Plan Accordingly.

Administrative Services Unavailable 2/11 to 2/13

During the weekend of February 11th, 2006, the Rutgers University Office of Information Technology will be converting student identification numbers from Social Security numbers to Rutgers University IDs (RUID). This conversion will take place on Saturday and Sunday. Due to the conversion process, most computing services provided by Enterprise Systems and Services will be unavailable from Saturday February 11 from 12:01 a.m. to Monday, February 13th at 6:30 a.m. This includes REGIS, Web Registration, Statement of Accounts, IMS Student and Financial Screens, Student and Faculty/Staff Address Update, Online Directory. The following systems will be unaffected by the conversion to the new Rutgers University ID: RIAS, HRInfo, Absence Reporting System, Time Reporting System.

Rutgers ID Moving from SSN to new RUID on February 13

Students at all campuses of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey will be assigned a new student identification number effective February 13, 2006.

Currently, a student's social security number is the default student identification number. Except for students who do not have a social security number, such as international students, or those who have requested a substitute student identification number through the Office of the Registrar.

New ID cards will be issued to students starting in March. Students will be informed, via email and alerts posted to the myRutgers portal, of the address to the web site where they will be able to obtain their new RUID starting on February 13th.

For more information, please visit the official Rutgers web site:

http://studentaffairs.rutgers.edu/conversion.html

Faculty and staff identification numbers are not changing at this time. The University does anticipate that it will develop RUID numbers for faculty and staff in the near future.

Camden Computing Edseries

Computing Services EdSeries for the Spring 2006 semester will begin Friday, February 3, 2006. These seminars are open to all Faculty/Staff/Students at no charge.  A list and highlights of the topics being offered and required advance registration can be found at the following web site:

http://edseries.camden.rutgers.edu/

Network Disruption on Friday, 1/20/06

The network connection between the Camden campus and Rutgers-New Brunswick, which also provides Camden access to the Internet, suddenly stopped working at approximately 7pm on Friday, January 20th.

OIT (Telecommunications and Camden Computing Services) staff worked with Verizon throughout the night and all day Saturday to resolve the problem. It was eventually determined that the problem was with Verizon's circuits to the Camden campus, which they then had to reconstruct.

Their efforts were finally able to bring service back to the campus around 4pm on Saturday, January 21st.

We do not expect any further network failures, and apologize for the prolonged disruption of service.

New Wireless and Open Data Jack Printing

Camden Computing Services now offers printing to any public lab printer via our wireless or open data jack services. The new printing solution supports printing from the following operating systems: Windows 2000/XP/2003, Linux, and MacOS X.

After connecting to the Rutgers network and logging in simply point your web browser to:

http://printing.camden.rutgers.edu/

for detailed instructions on how to setup a printer on your laptop.

On 1/12/2006, the student email server, clammail, will be upgraded from 6am to 8am to fix an issue with performance of the system.  During this time, email services to students accounts will not be available.  This upgrade will improve performance of the student email server.  Questions should be email to help@camden.rutgers.edu

Thank you for your patience and cooperation.

Computing Services will perform router upgrades early Tuesday morning, 01/10/06, starting at 6 am and should be completed by 7:30 am. The upgrades will be done on the Armitage Hall, Law School and Campus Center routers.

Armitage Hall, Fine Arts Building, ASB and the Gym will be affected by the Armitage Hall router outage. The Law School and 406 Penn St. will be affected by the Law School router outage. The Campus Center and all of Cooper Street, including LEAP, will be affected by the Campus Center router outage. Computing Services does not anticipate any additional down time. All problems or questions may be directed to Computing Services Help Desk at help@camden.rutgers.edu or by calling extension 6274. Thank you for your patience and cooperation.

Account Deletions on Clam and Crab for Spring 2006

Electronic mail has been sent to accounts which have been marked as "no longer  current Rutgers faculty, students or staff" as determined by our data base. Crab and Clam accounts will be closed on April 24, 2006.   We ask that these account holders move their files to new systems before this date, or save them to a floppy disk. The checking of accounts is an automated procedure performed with the computer systems every semester on all campuses of Rutgers. This list of clam and crab accounts that are to be deleted is posted below for your review. If your account is listed, it is scheduled for closing.

Clam Account Deletion List
Crab Account Deletion List

If your name is on this list and you feel that you are still a valid student/staff/faculty member, please send us E-mail before the above dates with your FULL first name, last name, and account name to:

rohrman@camden.rutgers.edu

We will then manually check further on the status of your account and will respond back to you personally via E-mail.

Note...if you are a student who is not taking courses this semester, then your account has to be closed. No exceptions. You can reopen your account, using the normal makeacct procedure, as soon as you start attending classes again.

There are many commercial providers of Internet access such as Prodigy, CompuServe, and America-Online whose fees are reasonable. There are many local firms also that provide Internet access (called ISPs). Check your phone book or newspapers for their advertisements