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, 02/18/2016 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:
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Enforce SSL on VIP student records site
When: 5:30AM – 6:00AM
Affected services: VIP student record images
Affected systems: vip.fau.edu
Description of maintenance: We are enhancing the security for the VIP student records website
User impact: Registrar’s and admission’s offices and other departments that may rely on the VIP system.
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Upgrade SSH software on secure file server
When: 5:45AM – 6:00AM
Affected services: All SFTP and SMB access on andisec
Affected systems: andisec
Description of maintenance: OIT will be upgrading the SSH software on OIT’s secure file server
User impact: SFTP and SMB may be unavailable on andisec during the window
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LDAP Server Certificate Update
When: 4:00AM – 5:00AM
Affected services: Sun Directory Servers at all campuses. Password Syncronization of Netid.
Single Sign may go offline during the update process so logins to Blackboard, Workday and other services may be delayed.
Affected systems: ldapboc0, ldapboc1, ldapjup1, ldapjup2, ldapdav1, ldapftl1
cas1, cas2, shibboleth1, shibboleth2
Description of maintenance: We will be applying new signed wildcard certificates to the ldap servers
User impact: Single Sign may go offline during the update process so logins to Blackboard, Workday and other services may be delayed
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Update firmware for Talisma
When: 4:00AM – 5:00AM
Affected services: Talisma
Affected systems: Talisma
Description of maintenance: We will be updating the firmware on taldb01
User impact: Talisma will be unavailable while the server reboots after the firmware change
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Secure Oracle TNS connections for Banner test/development
When: 5:00AM – 5:30AM
Affected services: All remote SQL connections to Banner test and development instances.
Affected systems: banoradev
Description of maintenance: Force secure TNS connections for all Banner test/development instances.
User impact: Users may not be able to make remote SQL connections to databases on banoradev.fau.edu.
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Prepare mail systems for migration of College of Science mailboxes
When: 6:00AM – 7:00AM
Affected services: Exchange on-prem, Exchange 365
Affected systems: exchangeca01, exchange 365
Description of maintenance: OIT will be making changes to the on-prem and cloud based mail systems to prepare for the migration of College of Science users
User impact: No end-user impact is expected
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