OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs., June 14, 2012 from 3:00AM – 7:00AM

Office of Information Technology 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, 06/14/2012 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window.  In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 4:30-6:00 AM
Affected services: EMS
Affected systems: sql05vs, fauweb1
Description: EMS has released monthly patches for EMS, VirtualEMS, and MasterCalender, apps and databases. Also the Plan a meeting web service will be installed on fauweb1 in the EMS site.
User Impact: EMS will be online, but some user sessions may be interrupted during service restarts.

 

Posted in Network and Telecom

Harbor Branch network switch 3 bldg 18 image change overnight.

Networking plans to change the image on switch 3 in bldg. 18 on the Harbor Branch Campus overnight. No down time is expected.

Posted in Systems

WebLogic migration in Banner production

The WebLogic migration into Banner production FAUP has been rescheduled for Thursday, June 21, 2012 between 3:00AM – 7:00AM.

Posted in Network and Telecom

Banner INB/Forms have been restarted and are available

The Banner INB/Forms server has been restarted and is now available.

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Banner INB/Forms have been restarted and are available

The Banner INB/Forms server has been restarted and is now available.

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems

Banner INB/Forms will be restarted 12:40pm

In order to correct current issue with INB response time, the Banner INB/Forms server will be restarted today at 12:40pm. Please sign off if you can. Estimated downtime is 5 minutes.

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WebLogic migration to Banner production next Thursday 6/14/2012

WebLogic will be migrated to Banner INB production next Thursday 6/14/2012 between 3:00AM – 7:00AM. If you receive the following error when attempting to log into Banner FAUP INB, you will need to clear out the Java cache on your workstation.

How to clear out your Java cache: 1. Close down all web browser windows. 2. Go into your workstation’s control panel. 3. In upper right corner of window, select ‘Large icons’ in the drop down options for the ‘View by:’ 4. Select ‘Java’ 5. In the ‘General’ tab, click the ‘Settings . . . ‘ button in the ‘Temporary Internet Files’ section. 6. Click the ‘Delete Files . . .’ button in the ‘Disk Space’ section. 7. Click the ‘OK’ button in the ‘Delete Temporary Files’ window (both check boxes should be checked). 8. Click the ‘OK’ button in the ‘Temporary Files Settings’ window. 9. Click the ‘OK’ button in the ‘Java Control Panel’ window. 10. Close the ‘Control Panel’ window. 11. Start up your web browser and try again.

 

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems

BigIP Emergency Maintenance

Systems will be applying a livepatch to mitigate a vulnerability discovered by BigIP.

 

When: 6:00am Friday June, 8th, 2012

Affected services:  FAU main page, Banner, Blackboard, MyFAU

Affected systems:  BigIP LTM production, BigIP GTM production

User impact: None.  Patch is performed live and no downtime is expected.

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OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. June 7, 2012 from 3:00am – 7:00am

Office of Information Technology 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, 06/05/2012 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 4:30 am – 5:00 am
Affected services: Central Authentication Service (CAS), OwlApps, E-college, Network Registration,
Affected systems: lintalon0 and lintalon1
Description of maintenance: We will be upgrading our CAS server to the latest version and deploying our production InCommon Shibboleth instance.

When: 6:00 am – 7:00 am
Affected services: IDM
Affected systems: IDM1, IDM2, IDM4P
Description of maintenance: Create new IDM resource, we will be adding a new directory resource designed to securely populate directory information.
User Impact: None

When: 5:00 am – 6:00 am
Affected services: DHCP, Blackboard, Network Registration, Phone Bill
Affected systems: Bba[1-6], bbc[1-2], bbx[1-2], bbm1, dhcpboc[0-1], dhcpdav1, dhcpjup1, lintalon[0-1], talonx[1-2], idm[1-2], madcat1p
Description of maintenance: The goal of the change is to update Middleware Scientific Linux systems to the latest patch and feature level (6.2).
User Impact: Intermittent loss of service is expected for DHCP on all campuses between 5:00 am and 6:00 am. Blackboard, NetReg, and PhoneBill may be unavailable for small periods of time, but this is unexpected.

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[resolved] Lists is currently unavailable

*UPDATE @3:28PM – lists has been returned to service. We apologize for the inconvenience.

 

lists.fau.edu is currently unavailable. We are investigating the issue and will post when service is restored.

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