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Disruptions to home, group, and other directories concluded

The updates to home, group, and other directories proceeded generally as planned, and no further disruptions are expected.

Maintenance of the home directories completed

Maintenance of the home directories has been completed. The interruption affected the "C" and "F" home directories, only.

No further server restarts are necessary, and no further interruptions are currently planned.

April 8, 2026: Maintenance of home directories (C and F)

During preparation for the operating system updates on the file servers, it became apparent that some disks containing home directories require maintenance. We will carry out this work immediately after the updates.

The home directories “C” and "F" are initially affected:

However, it may be necessary to restart the servers during the process, which will make all home directories unavailable.

We are unable to estimate the duration of the interruption at this time.

April 8, 2026, after 6:30 pm: Short disruption to home, group, and other directories

Due to operating system updates, access to home, group, and other directories will be briefly interrupted this wednesday after 6:30 p.m.

We expect there to be only one or two short interruptions per file server cluster.

Constraints on the hotline and completion of tasks

Due to public holidays, school holidays, vacation time and sick leave of faculty and staff, there are currently constraints on the hotline and the completion of tasks.

We regret that we have to ask for your understanding.

COMSOL Meeting Münster - May 6, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Registration now open

Modeling and simulation have become a key component of scientific and engineering research, complementing experimentation and theoretical analysis.

COMSOL Multiphysics is an extensible multiphysics simulation platform that supports the modeling and coupling of a wide range of physical phenomena, including electromagnetics, fluid flow, heat transfer, (electro)chemistry, mechanics, acoustics, and defining user-defined systems of partial differential equations. It is widely used by research groups in Münster and around the world.

Join us at the COMSOL Meeting at University of Münster to see how multiphysics simulation can support your work. You’ll get an overview of how the COMSOL® software is applied across different technical areas, meet members of the COMSOL community, and discuss your own simulation goals. This is an opportunity to exchange ideas and discover practical ways to move your research projects forward.

Detailed information can be found on Learnweb and the COMSOL events page.

Register early to secure your spot.

Registration open: "Introduction to the administration of computers in the IVV"

In the summer term the lecture series "Administration of Computers in the IVV Naturwissenschaften" will take place again.

You can find the selection of event topics in Learnweb, now.

You can register online until April 12, 2026, for some or all of the topics.

Please note that you first have to enroll in the course in the Learnweb and then register for the individual topics via the so-called feedback.

The enrollment in the course alone, without answering the feedback for topic selection, is not sufficient. Enrolled-only students are NOT counted as participants (see below)!

The topics will be selected based on demand beginning April 13, at which time the exact dates for the individual topics will be fixed. If a minimum number of 5 participants is not reached for a topic, this topic will be skipped for this semester's course. In that case, registered participants will be informed of the cancellation by e-mail.

Please register only for the topics you are actually interested in.

The event will take place during the semester (starting April 16, 2026) at ComputerLab 745 in the Institute for Solid State Theory, Building IG 1, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10 on Thursdays from 10:15am to 12pm.

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