Blackboard was intermittently unavailable the latter part of today (11/02/2011) for Firefox users. The issue has been corrected as of 8:30 PM this evening.

Banner TEST will be cloned from a copy of production this Friday, 11/4/2011. Banner TEST will be unavailable all day.

IRM will be performing routine systems maintenance which includes but is not limited to rebooting Windows servers as deemed necessary, installing critical patches and other health checks on Thursday, 11/3/2011 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 3:30 AM and 7:00 AM Affected Systems: ibiweb Description of Maintenance: Patching ibiweb

When: 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM Affected Service: Blackboard Affected Systems: bba1, bba2, bba3, bba4, bba5, bba6, bbc1, bbc2, bbm1 Description of Maintenance: We will be applying a cross site scripting security patch and a patch that allows Mac users to download pdf files. Service Interruption: Yes, 30 minutes.

When: 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM Affected Service: DHCP and Network Registration Affected Systems: dhcpboc0, dhcpboc1, dhcpftl1, dhcpdav1, dhcpjup1, dhcppsl1, talon.fau.edu Description of Maintenance: Middleware will be installing OMAPI keys and upgrading the network registration database schema to support a new and improved administrative interface. Service Interruption: None

When: 3:00 AM – 5:00 AM Affected Service: MyFAU Google Application Portal Graduate College Admissions Application DNS DHCP Owl Radio Shoutcast Lists.fau.edu Phonebill Network Registration Video Stream authentication for College of Business Blackboard (should not have a service interruption as no reboot is required) Identity Manager OPSView Affected Systems: Talon.fau.edu LinTalon0 LinTalon1 LinTalon2 LinTalon3 Blackboard (bba1 – bbc2) Bbx1.fau.edu Bbx2.fau.edu Broadcast1.fau.edu Broadcast2.fau.edu Cuttlefish.fau.edu (opsview) Idm1 – idm4 Ldapboc0 Ldapboc1 Ldapftl1 Ldapdav1 Ldappsl1 Ldapjup1 Dhcpboc0 Dhcpboc1 Dhcpftl1 Dhcpdav1 Dhcppsl1 Dhcpjup1 Dnsboc0. Dnsboc1 dnsftl1 dnsdav1 dnsjup1 dnspsl1 owlapp1 owlapp2 shoutcast Description of Maintenance: We will be applying Redhat patches on these servers. Some will require a reboot. Service Interruption: Each service will be offline for approximately 15 minutes.

When: 3:00 AM – 7:00 AM Affected Service: SharePoint, OwlApp, Blackboard, Xitracs, PhoneBill, NetReg Affected Systems: bbx1, lintalon1, owlapp2, spwfe2, talon0, xitracs, spwfe1, owlapp1, bbx2 Description of Maintenance: We will be moving these systems to different virtual machine hosts, to facility the creation of a Hyper-V cluster. Service Interruption: Yes brief interruptions of service are expected for SharePoint, OwlApp, Blackboard, PhoneBill, NetReg

When: 3:00 AM – 3:30 AM Affected Service: IDM Affected Systems: idm-gateway-p Description of Maintenance: We will be increasing the memory assigned to this system to prevent failures like the one on Tuesday morning, Service Interruption: Yes brief interruptions of service are expected for password syncs

When: 3:00 AM – 7:00 AM Affected Service: Talisma, IDM, SharePoint, Xitracs, VisualSVN, SCOM, SCVMM, Cuttlefish Affected Systems: flashgordon.fau.edu, 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.fau.edu, 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, hvboc06, hvboc07, hvboc08, hvboc09, taldb01, talapp01, bba1, bba2, bba3, bba4, bba5, bba6, bbc1, bbc2, bbx1, bbx2, bbm1 Description of Maintenance: We will be applying critical Windows patches Service Interruption: Yes brief interruptions of service are expected for password syncs, SharePoint, OwlApp, PhoneBill, NetReg, DNS, Talisma, Xitracs, VisualSVN, SCOM, SCVMM, Cuttlefish, Blackboard