Blackboard was stopped and started at 5:00 am. This restart enabled a fix that will improve Blackboard’s stability. Downtime was approximately 3 minutes.
Blackboard Restart @ 5:00 am
[RESOLVED] – Blackboard is Down
Blackboard is online and we are contacting Blackboard Inc to investigate why the service experienced this error. Blackboard was unavailable from approximately 4:00 pm until approximately 4:45 pm.
Blackboard is currently down, we are working to restore service.
This post will be updated as more information is available.
Banner – Production Maintenance
The Banner Production Maintenance has finished and all processing is available.
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Banner – Production Maintenance status
Our estimate to complete the Banner Production maintenance is 9:00am. In the meantime, the process may impact response time, specifically with Financial Aid and payments.
Banner – Production Maintenance
The Banner Production Maintenance is running longer that estimated and past the 7:00am maintenance window. This may impact response time, specifically with Financial Aid and payments. Once we have more information, another status will be posted. .
IRM Systems Maintenance, Thursday, Sept. 29 from 1:00AM to 7:00AM
IRM will be performing routine systems maintenance which includes but is not limited to rebooting Windows servers as deem necessary, installing critical patches and other health checks on Thursday, 09/28/2011 from 1:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:
When: 1:00AM – 7:00AM Affected Services: Banner Financial Aid 8.12 Affected Systems: Banner Production Description of Maintenance: Banner Financial Aid 8.12 is scheduled to be installed in production FAUP this Thursday morning from 1:00am – 7:00am. There is a possibility that the database may be rebooted during this time. Please deactivate any AppWorx jobs that are scheduled to run at that time. Service Interruption: Yes
When: 3:00 AM – 7:00 AM Affected Services: Password Synchronization, Graduate Admissions Application Google Applications quick links in MyFAU Sharepoint Talisma, Xitracs, VisualSVN, System Alert Notifications, Network Registration, DHCP, On Site DNS Owl Radio Affected Systems: ldapboc1,ldapboc0,xitracsdr, visualsvn, bbpproxy2, nsboc1, nsboc0, broadcast2, broadcast1, dhcpboc0, lists, dhcpboc1, shoutcast, xitracs, idm-gateway-p, spwfedr1, spappdr1, owlapp1, owlapp2, mssqldr, spwfe1, spapp1, scvmm, cuttlefish, idm2p, scom, bbpproxy1,idm4p, talon0, lintalon3, lintalon0.fau.edu, lintalon1, lintalon2, madnfs, dhcpboc1 – SL6, dhcpboc0 – SL6, idm1, lintalon0, idm2, spwfe2, defiant.fau.edu, voyager.fau.edu, enterprise.fau.edu, hvboc01, hvboc02, hvboc03, hvboc04, hvboc05, taldb01, talapp01, flashgordon Description of Maintenance: We will be installing additional network adapters into the following systems: hvboc01, hvboc02, hvboc03, hvboc04, hvboc05, taldb01, talapp01, this will require that we shut them down one at a time, add the new hardware and then turn them back on. We expect each service to experience 30 minutes disruption. Service Interruption: Yes brief interruptions of around 30 minutes are expected for Talisma, Xitracs, VisualSVN, System Alert Notifications, Network Registration, Google Applications quick links, Graduate Admissions Application and Password Synchronization.
When: 5:45 AM – 6:00 AM Affected Service: Blackboard Affected Systems: bbm1, bba1, bba2, bba3, bba4, bba5, bba6, bbc1, bbc2, bbx1, bbx2,bb.fau.edu, blackboard.fau.edu Description of Maintenance: We will be updating the proxy server to prevent zip files from being corrupted when they are downloaded using Internet Explorer 7 and 8. Service Interruption: Yes, intermittent periods.
SSL Certificates: 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM Affected Service: LDAP servers Affected Systems: ldapboc0, ldapboc1, ldapdav1, ldapftl1, ldappsl1, ldapjpt1, ds0p, ds1p, ds2 Description of maintenance: We will be restarting the ldap servers twice to enable new ssl certificates. Service interruption: No, all critical systems are load balanced, we do not expect any downtime related to authentication or dhcp.
Banner production maintenance this Thursday 9/29/2011 1am-7am
Banner Financial Aid 8.12 is scheduled to be installed in production FAUP this Thursday morning from 1:00am – 7:00am. There is a possibility that the database may be rebooted during this time. Please deactivate any AppWorx jobs that are scheduled to run at that time. Thanks.
Resolved – Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate) is currently unavailable
Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate) is currently unavailable
The Collaborate (formerly known as “Elluminate”) web conferencing tool in Blackboard is currently unavailable. Blackboard is working to resolve this issue as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Alison Marcoff Assistant Director, eLearning Support and Training – Instructional Technologies Information Resource Management | Florida Atlantic University (561) 297-2054 | alison@fau.edu
Telecom Xpressions voicemail issue Resolved
The problem with the Xpressions voicemail system has been resolved.