UPDATE – the issue with Webex within Canvas has been resolved.
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We are currently experiencing issues with Webex within Canvas. The vendor is working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
OIT
UPDATE – the issue with Webex within Canvas has been resolved.
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We are currently experiencing issues with Webex within Canvas. The vendor is working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
OIT
UPDATE: the network connectivity issue has been resolved.
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Please be advised that we are currently experiencing network connectivity issues. We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
OIT
We received reports that some users experienced degraded in-meeting performance, audio disconnections or no audio options.
This seemed to be resolved by 10:29am.
SonicFoundry is aware of intermittent issues within the Mediasite Video Cloud environment, and are investigating. Users may experience playback issues, issues with live streaming, and inability to log into the Management Portal and other applications.
Update: Resolved 3/21
Cisco Engineering identified an issue affecting services in the Texas data center. Some users experienced degraded in-meeting performance, audio disconnections or no audio options.
Update: Resolved at 1:56pm:
SonicFoundry has reported the intermittent issues with Mediassite has been resolved.
Sonic Foundry is aware of intermittent issues within the Mediasite Video Cloud environment, and are investigating. Users may experience playback issues, issues with live streaming, and inability to log into the Management Portal and other applications.
The Office of Information Technology will be performing maintenance to production Banner, ODS and Data Warehouse systems beginning Thursday, March 12th at 3:00 am. Services are expected to be fully restored by Thursday, March 12th at 7:00 am. The services listed below are affected by this maintenance will be unavailable during this time.
Please review these services upon the completion of the maintenance as application restarts may be necessary.
Account claiming and Password resets
Banner Self Service, Admin Pages, Access Manager and Workflow
Transcripts and degree auditing (uAchieve/DARS)
App Status portal
Admissions Applications (Grad and Undergrad)
Owldone
Financial Aid survey
eGrades for Canvas
Touchnet payment gateway
FLVS
Appworx
Harvest
IEA Warehouse (IEAP)
FAU Warehouse (FAUDW)
ODS Warehouse (ODSP)
WebFOCUS/Report Caster
Frevvo
4P (Not SSO)
Grouper
Phonebill Application
Wireless network authentication
Network Registration
Mandatory Course Entry Quiz
ACH/VPAS
OIT
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, 03/12/2020 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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Database Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will apply January 2020 Oracle patchset updates to all production databases
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7:00 AM
Affected services:
Banner production
Appworx
Harvest
ODS
FAUDW Warehouse
IEAP Warehouse
WebFOCUS/ReportCaster
OIM
MSOP Instance
Expected End-user impact: During this time, the listed services will be temporarily offline while the patches are applied. Some applications may need to be restarted after the maintenance is complete.
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Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the components of several systems to resolve bugs and add support for newer hardware.
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7:00 AM
Affected services: All services
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected
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Server Upgrade – Email
Description of change: OIT will be updating the software on the email spam filter appliances.
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 4:00 AM
Affected services: Inbound mail, smtp.fau.edu
Expected End-user impact: During this time, sending mail through smtp.fau.edu might fail during the change window.
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Server Upgrade – Active Directory
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the RDS licensing server to the latest version
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 5:00 AM
Affected services: TS Licensing, RDS host
Expected End-user impact: During this time, adcon will be unavailable.
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VMWare vCenter upgrade
Description of change: OIT will upgrade the BHRIC vCentere to the latest version
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7:00 AM
Affected services: BHRIC Virtual Desktops (Horizon)
Expected End-user impact: During this time, users will not be able to start virtual desktops that are shutdown while the upgrade is in progress.
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Patch Forms Production Server
Description of change: OIT will update the Forms (Frevvo) Production Server to the latest version.
Downtime window start: 4:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:00 AM
Affected services: Majority of the University online digital forms will be affected.
Expected End-user impact: During this time, affected forms will not be available for submission.
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Non-Degree Residency Changes
Description of change: The residency process used for non-degree for undergrad and grad will be changed. Holds will be used to show status of residency process as well as OnBase forms and workflow to do verification of residency.
Downtime window start: 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:00 AM
Affected services: Banner, Non-degree application
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected. This change impacts the way Registrar Residency officers process residency, and the way non-degree students submit their residency documentation.
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Remove med.ad.fau.edu domain
Description of change: OIT will remove the old med.ad.fau.edu domain.
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:00 AM
Affected services: med.ad.fau.edu
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected as this domain is no longer in use.
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