This link is also on the AGSC home page.If you would like to have the latest Alerts and Warnings (e.g. service downtime due unscheduled outages and warnings of scheduled maintenance) from the AGSC automatically delivered to your desktop, you need to install an RSS reader (there are various readers available, such as these in the Google directory). Once you have your reader, you need to present it with the address of the AGSC RSS feed linked from this logo: This link is also on the AGSC home page.
10 Aug 2010 - Maintenance to IOCOM server virgo completed successfully
Maintenance on the primary IOCOM server virgo (http://virgo.agsc.man.ac.uk) was completed successfully on Monday evening 9 August.
All services are up and running normally.
09 Aug 2010 - IOCOM Users Only - Scheduled Maintenance to Primary IOCOM server virgo.agsc.man.ac.uk
Impact: Anyone using the primary IOCOM server (virgo.agsc.man.ac.uk) will not be able to connect. If you have scheduled a meeting between 22:00 - 23.59 this evening (Monday 9 August), please ensure you connect to the backup IOCOM server (http://knight.agsc.man.ac.uk)
Est. Timescale: 2 hours
Next Update: Tuesday 10 August 09:00
06 Aug 2010 - IOCOM Users Only - Scheduled Maintenance to Primary IOCOM server virgo.agsc.man.ac.uk
Impact: Anyone using the primary IOCOM server (virgo.agsc.man.ac.uk) will not be able to connect. If you have scheduled a meeting between 22:00 - 23.59 on Monday 9 August, please ensure you connect to the backup IOCOM server (http://knight.agsc.man.ac.uk)
Est. Timescale: 2 hours
Next Update: Tuesday 10 August 09:00
28 Jul 2010 - IOCOM Users Only - Scheduled Maintenance to Primary IOCOM server virgo.agsc.man.ac.uk
Impact: Anyone using the primary IOCOM server (virgo.agsc.man.ac.uk) will not be able to connect. If you have scheduled a meeting between 22:00 - 23.59 on Monday 9 August, please ensure you connect to the backup IOCOM server (http://knight.agsc.man.ac.uk)
Est. Timescale: 2 hours
Next Update: Tuesday 10 August 09:00
20 Jul 2010 - Maintenance to IOCOM server knight completed successfully
Update: Maintenance on the backup IOCOM server knight (http://knight.agsc.man.ac.uk) was completed successfully on Monday evening 19 July.
All services are up and running normally.
19 Jul 2010 - IOCOM Users Only - Scheduled Maintenance to IOCOM server knight.agsc.man.ac.uk
Impact: Anyone using the backup server (knight.agsc.man.ac.uk) instead of the primary server [http://virgo.agsc.man.ac.uk] will not be able to connect. If you have scheduled a meeting late on Monday, please ensure you connect to the primary IOCOM server [http://virgo.agsc.man.ac.uk]
Est. Timescale: 2 hours
Next Update: Tuesday 20 July 09:00
13 Jul 2010 - IOCOM Users Only - Scheduled Maintenance to IOCOM server knight.agsc.man.ac.uk
Impact: Anyone using the backup server (knight.agsc.man.ac.uk) instead of the primary server [http://virgo.agsc.man.ac.uk] will not be able to connect. If you have scheduled a meeting late on Monday, please ensure you connect to the primary IOCOM server [http://virgo.agsc.man.ac.uk]
Est. Timescale: 2 hours
Next Update: Tuesday 20 July 09:00
07 Jul 2010 - IOCOM Users Only - Scheduled Maintenance to IOCOM server knight.agsc.man.ac.uk
Impact: Anyone using the backup server (knight.agsc.man.ac.uk) instead of the primary server [http://virgo.agsc.man.ac.uk] will not be able to connect. If you have scheduled a meeting late on Monday, please ensure you connect to the primary IOCOM server [http://virgo.agsc.man.ac.uk]
Est. Timescale: 2 hours
Next Update: Tuesday 20 July 09:00
28 Apr 2010 - EVO 2.0 Now out of Beta
EVO 2.0 is now out of Beta and at present will run in parallel with the current version of EVO. EVO 2.0 will replace the current version in Mid May 2010.
User Guides for EVO 2.0 are available here on our Documents page:
We advise users to try EVO 2.0 before it replaces EVO as there have been some enhancements to the product. If you have any comments on EVO 2.0 or the documentation, please contact the AGSC.
09 Apr 2010 - Registration for AGSC Training Day now open
Registration is now open for the AGSC Training Day.
The Training Day will take place at the University of Manchester on 13 May 2010. The event is free of charge and attendees can participate in person or via Access Grid.
For more information, and to register for the day, please visit our workshops page.
06 Apr 2010 - Access Grid Toolkit Users: Short outage on sam.ag.manchester.ac.uk
A short outage on the main AGTk3 Server Sam occurred today (6/04/2010) between 13:00 - 13:15 due to a short power outage.
The service is now back up and running.
Please remember that if you do get disconnected in future meetings, there is a back-up server at fraser.ag.manchester.ac.uk and a back-up bridge (AGSC_backup)
06 Apr 2010 - Reminder for IOCOM Users Only - New IOCOM Client Release (Version 2.0.8) today 06 Apr 2010
Impact: The AGSC has scheduled a new IOCOM client release (Version 2.0.8) for this morning 06 April 2010.
This upgrade will be required to continue using the IOCOM client. Please upgrade your system as soon as possible after this date.
As from this morning this upgrade will be made available to download from the IOCOM Client Download link on the main IOCOM server
IOCOM do not advise mixing version V2.0.3 with the new version V2.0.8 in meetings
During installation say 'No' to the 'Express Installation' and use the 'Standard Installation' option to update your client or contact the AGSC if you have any questions
31 Mar 2010 - EVO Phone bridge now working
Update: The issue with the EVO phone bridge has now been resolved and it is working again
Apologies for any inconvenience that you may have encountered during this down time.
31 Mar 2010 - UK EVO phone bridge down
Impact: The EVO phone bridge is down at the moment so calls cannot be made into EVO meetings using the UK lines
The AGSC are looking into the issue and would advise using one of the international lines to connect to an EVO meeting if you need to call into one: http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/telephone.jsp
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused
Next Update: Thursday 1st April 09:00
29 Mar 2010 - Reminder for IOCOM Users Only - New IOCOM Client Release (Version 2.0.8) on 06 Apr 2010
Impact: The AGSC has scheduled a new IOCOM client release (version 2.0.8) for Tuesday 06 April 2010.
This upgrade will be required to continue using the IOCOM client. Please upgrade your system as soon as possible after this date as version 2.0.3 will no longer be available
On 06 April this upgrade will be made available to download from the IOCOM Client Download link on the main IOCOM server
This reminder is being sent 1 week prior to release
IOCOM do not advise mixing the current version V2.0.3 with the new version V2.0.8 in meetings
Please contact the AGSC if you have any questions