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.

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