Brief Power Outage in NSH and Smith Friday Morning

[Predrag Punosevac]

Anthony Wertz <awertz at cmu.edu> wrote:

> Predrag,
> 
> Does this affect athena (or wherever jdeere is located)? Some things are
> running there I just need to know if I need to kill it somewhere.

No it doesn't not! Sorry folks I should have been more clear about this.
The power outrage will NOT affect our servers. We have two generators
plus batteries to gracefully shutdown the servers. Unfortunately we no
longer have UPS for the desktop machines. 

If we see more frequent power outrage I am sure we will scrap 2-3K and
equip all desktops with new UPS.

Predrag

> 
> 2015-07-23 13:59 GMT-04:00 Predrag Punosevac <predragp at cs.cmu.edu>:
> 
> > Dear Autonians,
> >
> > Unfortunatelly this power outage will affect us since most of our UPSs
> > have been retired. Please shutdown your desktop machine when you leave
> > the work today unless it is plugged into an UPS. Otherwise I will
> > shutdown all desktop computers tonight at 10:00 PM and have them back
> > tomorrow around 8:30 AM.
> >
> > Best,
> > Predrag
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > From: "SCS Help Desk" <help+ at cs.cmu.edu>
> > To: <help at cs.cmu.edu>
> > Subject: RE: Brief Power Outage in NSH and Smith Friday Morning
> > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:49:10 -0400
> >
> > SCS Computing Facilities recommends that office occupants shut down all
> > desktop machines prior to these outages as a precaution.
> > There should be no interruption of SCS network connectivity, email
> > services,
> > AFS or printing during these outages.
> >
> > Please contact the SCS Help Desk at x8-4231 or send mail to
> > help+ at cs.cmu.edu or skees at cs.cmu.edu with any questions or concerns
> > regarding
> > these scheduled power outages.
> >
> > Thank you for your attention,
> >
> > SCS Help Desk
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > From: Jim Skees
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 2:43 PM
> > To: Jim Skees
> > Subject: Brief Power Outage in NSH and Smith Friday Morning
> >
> > *Division of Campus Affairs*
> > *Facilities Management Services*
> > *TO:   Shutdown Group, FMS, Newell Simon, Hamburg, Smith*
> > *FROM:  Service Response Center*
> > *DATE:  July 22, 2015*
> > *SUBJECT: Power Transfer Affecting FMS, Newell Simon, Hamburg and Smith on
> > 7/24*
> >
> > FMS electricians will be transferring power on Friday, 7/24, starting at
> > 6:00AM, to support the new chiller being installed for the Scott Hall
> > Project.  During this time, the following buildings will experience a short
> > power outage:
> >
> > FMS Building
> > Newell Simon
> > Hamburg Hall
> > Smith Hall
> >
> > Power should be restored by 6:30AM to all affected buildings.
> >
> > If you have questions about this work, please contact the Service Response
> > Center at 412-268-2910 or fixit at andrew.cmu.edu
> >
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> *Anthony Wertz*
> Research Programmer and Analyst
> Robotics Institute - Auton Lab
> Carnegie Mellon University
> awertz at cmu.edu