[RESOLVED] MyFAU Currently Unavailable

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[RESOLVED] Intermittent Issues with MyFAU

We are currently experiencing intermittent issues with MyFAU. We are currently working on resolving the issue.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

OIT

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OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. April 2 from 3:00AM to 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, 04/02/2015 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Office365 and Single-Sign on integration
When: 4:00AM – 5:00AM
Affected services: Office 365, Outlook on 365, Health on 365, Microsoft Azure
Affected systems: ​adfs.fau.edu and its cluster members
Description of maintenance: ​Configure Office365 to use sso.fau.edu for authentication. This will allow users visiting various systems include Blackboard and MyFAU to directly access Office365 without needed to enter their password again.
User impact: There will be no downtime. Users will be able to access Office365 services without reauthenticating after logining into any Single Sign On Service such as Blackboard and MyFAU

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Upgrade Identity Manager to Google Applications Connection
When: 3:00AM – 6:00AM
Affected services: Identity Manager and Google Appplications​
Affected systems: ​idm1, idm2, idm4p​
Description of maintenance: We will be upgrading the connection between Google Applications and Identity Manager
User impact: User accounts and password syncronizations will be delayed during the maintenance window.

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Rebalance electrical loads in NTS datacenter.
When: 3:00AM – 6:00AM
Affected services: DNS/DHCP/LDAP/AD, all NTS services, HPC camera recording, all Codian services on the Jupiter campus, Facilities’ ESX instance.
Affected systems: ​Jup17HV01&02, JUPDCFAU01 and JUPDCIRM01, all NTS servers, Codian devices, HPC camera systems, facilities ESX server.
Description of maintenance: Currently B phase is handling the majority of the electrical load in RF219. We will be shutting down all systems in that room and redistributing the load equally to phase A, B, and C. Once the loads have been shifted, we will power all systems back up.
User impact: All services related to DHCP/DNS/LDAP, authentication, NTS services, Codian services, and HPC camera recording will be unavailable.

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Oracle Patchset Installation
When: 3:00AM – 5:00AM
Affected services: ​Banner Production (FAUP)
Affected systems: ​bannerprd, bannerprddr
Description of maintenance: Install ​latest Oracle patchset for production databases
User impact: User may report that they are not able to login to one or more of the affected systems.

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Add CPU/Memory to Virtual machine
When: 3:00AM – 5:00AM
Affected services: Resource25 (R25B) and IEA Reporting Database (IEAP)
Affected systems: ​boc22ora05.fau.edu​
Description of maintenance: Adding additional CPU and RAM to virtual machine.​
User impact: Services may be unavaialble during the window

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Banner Financial Aid 8.22.1.1 upgrade and 8.22.1 patches
When: 3:00AM – 7:00AM
Affected services: None
Affected systems: ​Banner Financial Aid
Description of maintenance: ​Install Banner Financial Aid 8.22.1.1 upgrade and 8.22.1.1 and 8.22.1.2 patches to Production.
User impact: No end-user impact is expected

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Educational Technologies, Network and Telecom, Systems

[COMPLETED] FAU’s Online Payment System (TouchNet) – Unavailable Friday, April 3 from 6:00am to 10:00am

FAU’s Online payment systems (TouchNet) will be unavailable on Friday, April 3 from 6:00am until 10:00am.

 ***All Electronic Payments and Refunds will be disabled during this time ***

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Educational Technologies, Email, Network and Telecom, Systems, Uncategorized

“My Foto” Phishing Email – DO NOT open

If you receive a message with the subject line: “My Foto”, please DO NOT open this message.

We are taking the necessary steps to prevent this message from propagating to the university community further.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We will also take the necessary steps to clean up any infected system.

 Office of Information Technology

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Retailer Statement Phishing Email – Do Not Open

If you receive a message with the subject line: “Retailer Statement for 2524500”, please DO NOT open this message.

We are taking the necessary steps to prevent this message from propagating to the university community further.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We will also take the necessary steps to clean up any infected system.

 Office of Information Technology

Posted in Email, Systems

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. March 12 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, 03/12/2015 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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Single-Sign On for Office365
When: 4:00AM – 5:00AM
Affected services: Office 365, Outlook on 365, Health on 365, Microsoft Azure
Affected systems: adfs.fau.edu and its cluster members
Description of maintenance: Configure Office365 to use sso.fau.edu for authentication. This will allow users visiting various systems include Blackboard and MyFAU to directly access Office365 without needed to enter their password again.
User impact: There will be no downtime. Users will be able to access Office365 services without re-authenticating after logging into any Single Sign On Service such as Blackboard and MyFAU

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Decommission Blackberry system
When: 6:00AM – 6:15AM
Affected services: Blackberry Enterprise Server​
Affected systems: besnode01​
Description of maintenance: OIT will be decomissioning ​the Blackberry Enterprise Server. All users with Blackberries are now using ActiveSync to send/receive mail and BES is no longer needed.
User impact: No end-user impact is expected​

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Blackboard Maintenance
When: 5:00AM – 6:00AM
Affected services: Blackboard
Affected systems: Blackboard
Description of maintenance: Apply Hotfix to fix issue with Blackboard Enterprise Surveys
User impact: Blackboard temporarily unavailable​

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OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. March 5 from 12:01AM to 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, 03/05/2015 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

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Upgrade NetApp filers bocana03 and bocana04
When: 6:00AM to 7:00AM
Affected services: ANDI drives
Affected systems: bocana03, bocana04
Description of maintenance: Upgrade NetApp filers bocana03 and bocana04 from 8.1.4P2 to 8.1.4P7, which contains the latest security fixes.
User impact: There might be a ​30 second pause while filer fails over to its partner. If so, try reconnecting to network drive.

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Blackboard Building Block Updates
When: 3:00AM to 6:00AM
Affected services: Blackboard​
Affected systems: Blackboard​
Description of maintenance: OIT will be updating several Building Blocks including : Retention Center, Achievements, Blackboard Mobile, and Self and Peer Assessment
User impact: Blackboard will be intermittently unavailable during this process which will require multiple restarts​.

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LDAP Account Lockout
When: 12:00AM to 12:05AM
Affected services: Self Service, Single Sign On, Blackboard, Shibboleth, CAS, Google Applications, and NetID authentication.
Affected systems: ldapboc0, ldapboc1, cas1, cas2
Description of maintenance: To decrease the likely hood of users accounts being attacked via single sign on we plan to lock accounts for 5 minutes after 10 failed logins.
After implementation users who fail to successfully login to single sign on 10 times will have their accounts locked for 5 minutes. This change will help protect numerous services from potential data breach.
User impact: SSO will be offline for a short period of time while we upgrade the CAS server.

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Glibc patch reboot
When: 12:00AM to 12:15AM
Affected services: PCI-DNS, DNS forwarder for PCI systems​
Affected systems: ​All systems on PCI networks that utilize DNS
Description of maintenance: OIT will reboot a server that was recently converted from from redhat linux to scientific linux and patches were applied including glibc update.
User impact: No impact is expected. Although clients cache their DNS responses, we are planning the maintenance during a time that PCI services are not in use in order to be cautious.

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Posted in Educational Technologies, Network and Telecom, Systems

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Feb 26 from 3:00AM to 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, 02/26/2015 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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BANNER Maintenance
When: 3:00AM to 7:00AM
Affected services: There is no anticipated user/service impact
Affected systems: BANNER Production (FAUP)
Description of maintenance: ​The following updates will be installed in Banner Production: General 8.7.0 Upgrade, General 8.7.1 Upgrade, General 8.7.1.1 Patch, General 8.7.2 Upgrade.
User impact: There is no anticipated user/service impact.

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Update incoming email component of helpdesk software
When: 6:00AM – 6:15AM
Affected services: Emails sent to helpdesk (Team Dynamix)​
Affected systems: boc22tmdynamix​
Description of maintenance: ​OIT will be updating the Team Dynamix Email Service to a newer version to support the current version of Team Dynamix
User impact: Emails sent to the system will be delayed as the email service is upgraded​

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Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Email

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. February 19 from 3:00AM to 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, 02/19/2015 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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PaperCut Color Queue Driver Changes
When: 4:00AM – 7:00AM
Affected services: PaperCut
Affected systems: ​Boc22pcprt01
Description of maintenance: PaperCut Color Queues will be changed to Toshiba Universal 2 drivers from HP Universal PS 3 drivers due to a color printing issue with the HP Universal.​
User impact:  Printing to color printers in PaperCut during this time will be disrupted.

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