+++ Update 8:40 Uhr: Die Störung ist behoben, das Webmail-Portal ist wieder erreichbar. +++ Derzeit ist das Webmail-Portal für Studierende von außerhalb des Netzes der TU Darmstadt nicht erreichbar. Wir arbeiten derzeit mit Hochdruck daran, dieses Problem zu lösen. Aus dem Campus-Netz (z.B. via VPN) ist das Webmail-Portal erreichbar.

On 06.08.2024 between 07:30 and 08:00 a.m.

During this period, the webmail portal for students will be migrated, which is why there may be a short outage of the website. Students who were logged into the webmail portal at the time of the migration will have to log in again after the migration.

On 29.07.2024 between 10.00 and 12.00 a.m.

+++ 30.07.2024 08.53 a.m.: The maintenance work has been successfully completed. +++ The certificate will be replaced during this period. There may be brief interruptions to the service.

Important information on forwarding option – changes on 04.09.2024

To ensure reliable delivery of all study-related information, the use of the student email inbox is mandatory for all students at TU Darmstadt in accordance with the Enrolment Regulations of TU Darmstadt (ESO).

Plan urgent work on documents from SharePoint in advance

Use of the Microsoft SharePoint (SP) system is temporarily not possible from 22-23 August 2024 due to a necessary system update. Ideally, working with documents from SP must be suspended for the duration of the maintenance work and planned well in advance – this also affects OneNote notebooks.

From 21.08.2024, midnight to 23.08.2024, midnight

+++ Update from 26/08/2024 (2:05 p.m.): The update was successfully completed with a delay on 26 August. +++ +++ Update from 26/08/2024 (2:05 p.m.): The update was successfully completed . +++ The use of the Microsoft SharePoint (SP) system is temporarily not possible due to a necessary system update in the period from 22-23 August 2024. Ideally, working with documents from SP must be suspended for the duration of the maintenance work and planned well in advance – this also affects OneNote notebooks.

Create, conduct and analyse surveys with LimeSurvey

The University Computer Centre is now offering the data protection-compliant survey tool LimeSurvey to all members of TU Darmstadt.

Es gibt aktuell eine Störung, die mehrere Systeme – unter anderem das Mail-Gateway – betrifft. Es wird gerade nach der Ursache gesucht. Wir melden uns, sobald es neue Informationen gibt.

On 10.07.2024 between 7.30 and 9.00 a.m.

+++ 10.07.2024 08.30 a.m.: The maintenance work has been successfully completed. +++ Update 09.07.2024 11.00 a.m.: The maintenance work had to be postponed from 09.07.2024 to 10.07.2024. +++ Maintenance work will be carried out on the IDM system. During this period, there may be a short delay in the processing of data in the IDM system. There will be temporary outages in the IDM portal.

Why they do more harm than good

Many departments at TU Darmstadt protect their systems with a firewall or with rules on the corresponding hosts. For protocols such as TCP, UDP and ESP, a sensible approach is to first block everything and then enable specific services. This approach is also often used for ICMPv6 and ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol). However, this can lead to problems.

On 03.07.2024 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

As part of the annual certificate update, the presence servers of the Cisco UC system will be restarted. It will not be possible to use/login to the Jabber client and send/receive messages during this time. It may be necessary for the user to log in to the Jabber client again after the restart.

On 10.07.2024 between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

The TSM backup service will be down during this period due to hardware replacements and other maintenance work.

On 02.07.2024 from 7.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.

Unscheduled maintenance has to be carried out during this period.

On 05.07.2024 between 11.00 a.m. and 5 p.m.

The Hessenbox will be temporarily unavailable during this period due to storage maintenance.

On 04.07.2024 from 1.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.

During this period, a plug-in is installed to prepare for the migration of the system.

From 28.06.2024 12.00 p.m. to 01.07.2024 12.00 p.m.

+++ Update 28.06.2024 2.30 p.m.: The maintenance work has been successfully completed. The client application updates automatically and must then be restarted. +++ The database and software components will be updated during this period. The system is not available during this time.

SAP Wartungsarbeiten: 21.06.24

On 02.07.2024 between 7.30 and 8.30 a.m.

+++ Update from 03.07.2024: Maintenance successfully completed. +++ Maintenance work will be carried out on the IDM system. During this period, there may be a short delay in the processing of data in the IDM system.

Report your demand now!

The IT training coordination department at the university computing centre is once again accepting applications for vacancies in IT training positions.

On 19.06.2024 from 7.00 to 8.00 a.m.

+++ Update from 19.06.2024 07:45 a.m.: Maintenance successfully completed. +++ During this period, a minor update to the latest Moodle version will be installed. The Moodle system will be unavailable for a maximum of one hour. It is also not possible to login into Mahara and Panopto.