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rc.partners.org Website Maintenance

April 6, 2017 7:00 am to 8:00 am

Research IS & Computing website maintenance took place on Thursday, April 6, 2017 starting at 7a.m. The site was offline for approximately ten minutes. Updates included bug...

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REDCap Scheduled Downtime

April 5, 2017 8:00 pm to 8:38 pm

REDCap (https://redcap.partners.org/redcap) upgrades to v7.0.10 scheduled for Wednesday April 5th at 8:00 PM EST are complete. REDCap was offline from 8:00PM-8:38PM EST. 

This upgradel...

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REDCap Email Notification Plugin v2.0

March 15, 2018 1:39 pm

A new Email Notification Plugin (v2.0) has been released to REDCap.

New Users can access the new feature and plugin URL on our Extensions Page:  ...

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REDCap: Infrastructure/Security Update

March 3, 2018 10:55 am

Service Alert: REDCap Infrastructure/Security Update 

We are continually re-evaluating the security of our servers. As a result, we have disabled support for TLS 1.0 and...

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Microsoft Windows Patch Tuesday

February 14, 2017 8:00 am

Did you know that Microsoft regularly releases security patches for its software products on the second Tuesday of every month? How frequently do you update your...

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Monthly Information Systems Maintenance (ISM)

February 13, 2017 12:00 am to 4:00 am

Applies To: All Users

Information Systems Maintenance (ISM) took place on Monday, February 13th from 12:00 am to 4:00 am.

During that time, planned system maintenance and testing...

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LabArchives Log in Issue

January 21, 2017 10:00 am to January 24, 2017 11:59 pm

Users have reported issues logging into LabArchives starting Saturday, Jan 21 - Monday Jan 23.

Partners IS has determined the issue is likely due to...

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Web Proxy Server was offline

January 24, 2017 9:30 am to 10:00 am

The ERIS proxy server is now performing as expected.

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LimeSurvey: Unexpected Downtime on Jan. 6 2017

January 6, 2017 9:49 am to 12:49 pm

LimeSurvey (https://limesurvey.partners.org/limesurvey) experienced unplanned maitenance today January 6th, 2017 due to a PostgreSQL database platform issue. LimeSurvey was down from 9:04AM - 11:13AM EDT. 

We...

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An Update Regarding Apple's macOS Sierra

November 16, 2016 12:39 pm

With the release of macOS Sierra 10.12.2 on December 13, 2016, you may now upgrade to this latest version. Please note that if you choose...

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RFA Maintenance

December 18, 2016 10:02 pm to 11:59 pm

This coming Sunday, December 18th 2016 from 10pm to 12pm we will be upgrading the Operating System on our Backend storage system that supports RFA...

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An Update Regarding Apple's macOS Sierra with VPN & Citrix

November 16, 2016 12:39 pm

There are two enterprise applications used for connectivity that do not work automatically after upgrade. Until fixed, we do not recommend upgrading. For those already...

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StudyTRAX: Unexpected Downtime

November 15, 2016 2:49 pm

StudyTRAX (https://studytrax.partners.org/StudyTrax/) experienced an unexpected outage from Sunday November 13th 12:30AM EDT until Monday November 14th 10:00AM EDT.

StudyTRAX was one of the applications...

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REDCap Scheduled Downtime

November 10, 2016 2:34 pm

REDCap (https://redcap.partners.org/redcap) upgrades to v6.15.11 scheduled for Tuesday Nov. 15th at 7:00 PM EDT are complete. REDCap was offline from 7:00-7:50PM EDT.

This upgrade...

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Upgrade your Apple iOS devices

September 18, 2016 2:00 pm

On 10/24/2016 Apple released an important patch (10.1, followed by 10.1.1) for their mobile operating system (iOS).

This update fixed multiple vulnerabilities that might...

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Matlab Access Issue

October 3, 2016 9:17 pm to October 10, 2016 12:17 am

Matlab users -



The license server issue is affecting all versions of Matlab, not just 2016a as first thought.  ERIS engineers have identified the server...

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RFANFS Unexpected Downtime

September 29, 2016 5:34 pm to 8:34 pm

The rfanfs.research.partners.org server had to be rebooted on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 5:35p.m. EDT to resolve an issue with the server. Users should verify they...

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An Update Regarding Apple's macOS Sierra

September 18, 2016 2:00 pm



On Tuesday, September 20th, 2016, Apple is releasing their next Operating System (OS) for Mac laptops & desktops, macOS Sierra. At this time, we recommend you do...

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RFA - Important Mapping Information

September 18, 2016 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm

On Sunday, September 18, 2016, the main server of RFA was successfully transitioned to a new server. RFA was down intermittently for maintenance between 2pm and...

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REDCap Limited Service Alert: Sep. 12-14

September 6, 2016 2:30 pm

There will be limited support next week while EDC Support attends the annual REDCap Conference. Please plan for delayed response times.  Priorities will be made...

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Syncplicity Renewals Postponed until November 1, 2016

September 1, 2016 3:25 pm

Applies To: Current Syncplicity Users

The renewal period for your Syncplicity online storage account has been postponed until November 1. You may continue to use your...

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Application and User Authentication issue Resolved

August 19, 2016 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Applies To: All Users

The earlier issue regarding applications being unable to authenticate users, or users being slow to login has been resolved. If you...

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Syncplicity Renewals Postponed

August 1, 2016 9:00 am

Applies To: Current Syncplicity Users

The renewal period for your Syncplicity online storage account has been postponed until September 1. 

You may continue to use...

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Upgrade your Apple devices

July 28, 2016 11:10 am

Applies to:           Users of Apple Devices  (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Macs)

Apple has released patches to both address a calendaring bug which can crash...

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MAD (Massive Array of Disks) Data Storage Service

July 26, 2016 10:00 pm

To attempt to repair a long-standing issue with one of the nodes in the MAD storage cluster, ERIS did a full restart of the cluster on...