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--- announce:fall-2020 [2020/10/22 21:31]
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 **Note**:  Some links  in this message will open to the [[https://swiki.ics.uci.edu/|Support Wiki]].  Please use your [[https://swiki.ics.uci.edu/doku.php/accounts:faqs|ICS credentials]] when prompted.
-==== Strict Spam Checking Applied to Forwarded Addresses ====
+==== ICS Account/ICS Gsuite Password Synchronization to End====
-Currently, only ICS mail that is delivered locally is scanned for spam, phishing, and malware.  Up until this point we have relied on external mail providers to perform this scanning upon delivery.   Beginning on 10/23/2020, a random selection of email messages relayed through ICS mail servers to external mail providers will undergo additional scanning.  Beginning on 10/26/2020 we will perform aggressive scanning of all email routed the ICS email servers.  Send email to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu if you have any questions.
+Final ICS Account/ICS Gsuite password synchronization has been delayed until 1/5/2021.   Unexpected messages were received during a test run of the new account synchronization.  Out of an abundance of caution we have delayed implementation until after the break while we work with our Google support team to ensure the notifications are harmless.
+On January 5, 2021 ICS Computing Support will begin managing ICS account passwords and ICS Gsuite passwords separately.  **Most users will not immediately notice this change.** But this change means that, in the future, in order to change your [[accounts:ics_google_apps|ICS Gsuite]] passwords you will use a new tool.  There will be no changes to the way that [[accounts:faqs|ICS account]] passwords are managed.
+  * To change the password for your campus ICS account, please continue using https://password.ics.uci.edu
+  * To change the password for your ICS Gsuite account, please log in to your ICS Gsuite account and use this [[https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/41078|Google Tool]]
+Please send questions and comments to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu.
+==== Future CentOS8 Distros @ ICS ====
+In early December 2020, the CentOS project announced an abrupt change to it's CentOS8 and future relapse  roadmap.   The CentOS8 end of life has been moved up to [[https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product|December 2021]] (about three years before CentOS7 in 2024).
+As a direct result, ICS Computing Support is suspending CentOS8 installation immediately.   We are considering a replacement distro for [[services:supported_os|ICS Servers]].   Licensed RHEL8 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS the chief candidates.   If you have opinions, requirements, or goals you would like to share with us, please send email to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu.
+ICS Computing Support Criteria:
+  * Package based with security updates
+  * Multi-year roadmap
+  * Unattended installation
+  * Vendor Support
+  * Puppet Support
+  * Security focused
+  * Broad community adoption and support
+  * Low cost
+==== Updated Software ====
+The following packages have been updated in the [[software:software_library|ICS Software Library]] for Winter Quarter
+  * anaconda/2020.11
+  * vault/1.6.0
+  * go/1.15.6
+  * singularity/3.7.0
+==== ICS Grafana and Prometheus ====
+Grafana Metrics:  Statistics are being collected and graphed via [[https://prometheus.io/docs/visualization/grafana/|Prometheus]] and [[https://grafana.com/|Grafana]].  Charts are available to view at the following URL(Please login using your ICS credentials).
+[[https://grafana.ics.uci.edu:3000/]]
+=== Internal Documentation ===
+[[services:monitoring:grafana|]]
+===Permissions===
+Staff and faculty have been editor access to the grafana dashboards. Faculty and supervisors may send mail to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu in order to request additonal privilege for students.
+All other users have been granted viewer permissions.
+===Dashboards and Prometheus Exporters===
+We are currently running the base Prometheus node_exporter as well as the Postfix SMTP exporter.   Feel free to send requests for additional dashboards or editors to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu.
+==== ICS OpenGPU SGE Queue Removed ====
+In order to reduce contention for resources on the [[hardware:cluster:opengpu|ICS OpenGPU cluster]] (currently consisting of a single node, poison.ics.uci.edu) we will be disabling the SGE queue.  Please use the [[services:slurm|SLURM@ICS]] queue instead.  Send email messages to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu for help converting your SGE scripts to [[services:slurm|SLURM]].
+==== Strict Spam Checking Applied to ICS Email Forwarding====
+ICS is changing its spam and malware scanning policy to streamline delivery to external mail providers.
+**Who will this affect**:  This affects any user that forwards their ICS email to an external mail provider (e.g. @gmail.com, @hotmail.com)
+**Who will this not affect**:  Any mail that is delivered locally or through [[accounts:ics_google_apps|ICS Gsuite]].
+**When**:  Initial changes were made 10/23/2020.   Changes will be complete on 10/27/2020.
+**How do I opt out**:  Faculty, staff, and graduate students may opt out by setting up [[https://swiki.ics.uci.edu/doku.php/accounts:ics_google_apps?s[]=google&s[]=setup#set_up|ICS Gsuite delivery]]
+Currently, only ICS mail that is delivered locally is scanned for spam, phishing, and malware.  ICS Email systems rely on mail providers to scan for mail and malware upon delivery.  This policy has resulted in some mail providers to black listing ICS mail servers.
+In order to address this, beginning on 10/23/2020, messages received by ICS and forwarded to non-ICS mail services will be scanned.  Messages identified as spam will be bounced back to sender.   Messages containing super-spam or malware will not be delivered.  Send email to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu if you have any questions.
 ==== Forwarding your UCInetid@exchange.uci.edu mail ====
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+==== Adobe Creative Cloud ====
+All Adobe Creative Cloud apps are now available for free to enrolled UCI students, current employees, and their guests/sponsored accounts.
+Visit [[https://www.oit.uci.edu/adobe/|this page]] for more information and [[https://www.oit.uci.edu/adobe-creative-cloud-install-instructions |this OIT guide]] for download and install directions.