Category Archives: Notice

On the operation of the Zengaku Computer System during University Wide Power Outage (October 26, 27 and November 16, 2024)

The University Wide Power Outage will take place on October 26 (Sat.), 27 (Sun.) and November 16 (Sat.).
Basic server functions (mail, Web, etc.) of The Zengaku Computer System will be available as usual.
Satellites will not be available.

(Reference)
On Computer and Network System Operations during University Wide Power Outage (October 26, 27 & November 16, 2024) (ACCC)

Responses during Summer Holidays

The Academic Computing and Communications Center will be closed from 8/10 (Sat) to 8/18 (Sun) and will not be in operation.

During this time, the Zengaku Computer System will be operational in principle, but the use of each satellite will be based on the opening policy of each building.

There will be maintenance work on the network system on 8/12 (Mon), so the Zengaku Computer System will also be unavailable during that time in principle.

Please see below for details.
End of Publication : ACCC Services during University Closure Period (August 13 – 16, 2024)

Installation of Anti-Virus Software on Your PC

Recently, incidents such as information leakage caused by malware infection has been occurring.
If you own a PC, you must have anti-virus software installed.
In our university, we distribute a brochure “Safe and Secure Use of the Information Systems”. We also distribute anti-virus software available for your PC. Please refer the pages below.

* Safe and Secure Use of the Information Systems

* Trend Micro Antivirus Software Site License Offer

 

Attention on use of Dropbox etc. on the Zengaku Computer System

Users can install and use online storage client software such as Dropbox. It is useful, but there are some points that you should be careful. Please use it at your own risk.

  1. Be careful for the capacity difference between the online storage and your home area of the Zengaku Computer System. When data on online storage are synchronized with your home area of the Zengaku Computer System, the usage may reach the upper limit without noticing it, and causes trouble such as losing your files.
  2. For the reason described above, we recommend that you do not use it synchronously on the Zengaku Computer System but only upload and download through a browser. If you want to synchronize, please set the online storage client software carefully so that there is no problem. Especially make sure of folders to be synchronized.
  3. ACCC will not deal with troubles related to online storage client software installed individually. Please use it at your own risk.

On Measure against Account Abuse

Recently, yet more news articles report damage caused by phishing or account hijack. In fact, also here in our university, we receive reports about such damage caused by account abuse. We’d like our users to be very careful about managing accounts.

As an emergency action against incidents such as supposedly abnormal transmission of mail messages, we may temporally lock user’s account without notifying the owner of the account. Under such circumstances, we will interview the user for more information.

We ask for your kind understanding and cooperation.

Operation Schedule of Zengaku Computer System during the New Year’s holiday

Zengaku Computer system will be operated during the new year’s holiday.

  • Use of terminal PC in satellite room and the libraryFor details on entering and exiting each satellite room and the library, please follow the notices posted in each satellite room and the library.
  • Closing period of Academic Computing & Communications Center
    ACCC office will be closed from Friday, December 29, 2023 until Thursday, January 4, 2024.
  • Support
    Problems and inquiries that may occur during the period will be addressed from Friday, January 5, 2024.

On the operation of the Zengaku Computer System during University Wide Power Outage (October 28, 29 and November 18)

The University Wide Power Outage will take place on October 28 (Sat.), 29 (Sun.) and November 18 (Sat.).
Basic server functions (mail, Web, etc.) of The Zengaku Computer System will be available as usual.
Satellites will not be available.

(Reference)
On Computer and Network System Operations during University Wide Power Outage (October 28, 29 & November 18, 2023) (ACCC)

Display of printed balance at terminal login [4/24 Update]

After the scheduled maintenance on 4/23 (Sun.), the balance information of the number of sheets printed will be displayed when logging in to the terminal.
Please note that the balance information is not reflected in real time.


Due to a software failure in the printing system, the balance of the number of sheets printed cannot be displayed when logging in.
This issue will be resolved during the scheduled maintenance on April 23 (Sun.), as it requires a software upgrade.

The print balance can be checked on the printer’s operation screen or Web Print.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Transfer user home files from the current system to the new system (Updated 3/9)

Added 3/9: The notice regarding this matter has been posted. Some details have been changed from the following. Please note the changes.

The user home in the current system, including all its files, is transferred to the new system in the old-icho2017 folder under the user home.
The contents of this folder are read-only.

The old-icho2017 directly will be accessible for at least one year, but access after that time is not guaranteed.
Each user should copy the necessary files to the new system.

The user data drive (Z:\), web data drive (W:\) (including www, wwws directories), and .ssh directory will be migrated to the new system.

More details will be provided in follow-up reports.

How to connect to Windows Remote Desktop on the Next Zengaku Computer System

Connecting to Windows Remote Desktop on the next Zengaku computer system is different from the current system.
The important points are as follows

 * To connect to the remote desktop, use VMware Horizon Client or access the specified URL in an HTML5-capable browser.

You cannot connect (via Remote Desktop Protocol, RDP) using the Windows Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc.exe) and Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac.

Network Maintenance (March 26, 2023, 9:00-11:00)

The following work will be performed to update the University of Tsukuba’s SINET connection lines.
During the connection change work, communication with off-campus and communication between Tsukuba Campus, Tokyo Campus, and related facilities will be temporarily disconnected.

Date and Time: Sunday, March 26, 2023, 9:00 – 11:00

Please see the following notice for details.
Renewal of off-campus connection and Tokyo Campus connection lines for the Backbone Network (2023/3/26)

Change the Email System

The Zengaku Computer System will be updated at the end of the FY 2022.

Along with this, there is a change in the email system.
Details will be announced around February 2023.
We will inform you of a brief outline of the plan at this moment.

For faculty and staff (including professor emeritus) using @u.tsukuba.ac.jp address

The mail system will be migrated to the M365 (Microsoft) environment.
The mailboxes will be migrated by the Academic Computing and Communications Center.
If you are using webmail (Active! mail), Active! mail will no longer be available.
Microsoft webmail will be provided.
If you are using email software (Thunderbird, Outlook, etc.), you will need to change your settings.
The ID and password will be the same as for Microsoft Teams.

For students (enrolled in or before FY 2016) using @u.tsukuba.ac.jp address

The procedure is the same as “Faculty and staff (including professor emeritus) using @u.tsukuba.ac.jp”.

For students (enrolled in or after FY 2017) using @s.tsukuba.ac.jp address

After the system is updated, the email address of a student will be @u. The currently using @s address will continue to work.
(Only @u will be available for students enrolling after FY 2023) After the system is updated, announcements from the university will be delivered to @u.
@s and @u are completely different systems.