IRM Systems Maintenance, Thursday 10/06/2011 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 PM

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, 10/06/2011 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 5:45 AM – 6:00 AM
Affected Service: Blackboard
Affected Systems: bba1, bba2, bba3, bba4, bba5, bba6, bbc1, bbc2, bbm1, bb.fau.edu, blackboard.fau.edu
Description of Maintenance: Blackboard requires that we upgrade its patch management software which will require a restart of the application.
Service Interruption: Blackboard will be offline during this change

When: 3:00 AM – 7:00 AM
Affected Service: Minimal service impact – DARS – Degree audits (SSB/INB)
Affected Systems: DARS – Degree audits
Description of Maintenance: Enhancement to the Degree audit system.
Service Interruption: Brief interruption during the upgrade

Cancelled:
When: 5:00 PM – 7:00 AM
Affected Service: Talisma
Affected Systems: TALDB01
Description of Maintenance: Talisma will be offline while its storage is upgraded.
Service Interruption: 14 hours

Cancelled:
When: 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM
Affected Service: OwlApp Graduate Applications
Affected Systems:
Description of Maintenance: Admissions has requested that we upgrade the Owlapp software to route student applications to banner with a new confirmation number format.
Service Interruption: 15 minutes

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Employee SSB 8.5 upgrade + patches this Friday morning

Employee SSB 8.5 upgrade plus patches, Position Control 8.5 patches and HR/Payroll 8.5 patches will be installed in Banner production FAUP this Friday (10/7/2011) morning between 3:00am – 7:00am.

This extended production maintenance window is due to the ODS 8.2 upgrade which is scheduled to be installed in production this Thursday (10/6/2011) morning between 3:00am – 7:00am.

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