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, 06/29/2023 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:
Data Center Storage Upgrade (Netapp Snapvault Cluster)
Description of change: OIT is performing software upgrades to the Netapp Snapvault Cluster
Downtime window start: 06/28/2023 10:00 AM
Downtime window end: 06/28/2023 5:00 PM
Affected services: Snapvault functionality for Netapp volumes
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected. This is a backend netapp cluster for backup purposes
BHRIC VMWare Maintenance
Description of change: Research Computing is performing maintenance on the BHRIC VMware vcenter
Downtime window start: 06/29/2023 12:05 AM
Downtime window end: 06/29/2023 3:00 AM
Affected services: Bhric VMWare vcenter
End-user impact: During this time, end users will not be impacted. However, vm’s can not be rebuilt, recomposed, or updated during the update as vcenter will be offline
CM22 Network Topology Changes
Description of change: OIT will be implementing network topology changes affecting the Building 22 subnet. While the change should have minimal impact to normal operations on the desktops in building 22, we will communicate to users via oit-l to communicate the change and expectations.
Downtime window start: 06/29/2023 6:30 AM
Downtime window end: 06/29/2023 6:59 AM
Affected services: Building 22 desktop network
End-user impact: Users of the desktop subnet in CM22 will have a brief period of network disruption during the change. After the maintenance, there may be some access to other desktop networks in other buildings that may not work as expected, but security staff will be able to address as any problems are reported
OIM Display Correct HIPAA Flag For Grads
Description of change: Change SQL code used by OIM so graduates with multiple records properly retain hipaa flag for 90 days after graduation.
Downtime window start: 06/29/2023 8:00 AM
Downtime window end: 06/29/2023 10:00 AM
Affected services: OIM
End-user impact: No end-user impact
Data Center Storage Upgrade (Netapp Disaster Recovery Cluster)
Description of change: OIT is performing software upgrades to the Netapp Disaster Recovery Cluster
Downtime window start: 06/29/2023 10:00 AM
Downtime window end: 06/29/2023 5:00 PM
Affected services: Disaster recovery snapshot functionality for Netapp volumes
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected. This is the DR netapp cluster for disaster recovery purposes