[UPDATED] OIT Systems Maintenance, 2/9/2012 from 3:00AM to 7:00AM

IRM 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, 02/09/2012 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window.  In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 4:00AM – 6:00AM
Affected Services: Event Management System (EMS)
Affected Systems: Event Management System (EMS)
Description of Maintenance: Upgrade the EMS system with released patches, insert all buildings and rooms in the university as defined by OSUA, and increase security for associated websites by enforcing SSL to securing logins
User impact: EMS, Master Calendar, EmsWebClient, and VirtualEMS will be unavailable during this period
User Notifications: EMS users have been notified via email

When: 5:00 am – 7:00 AM
Affected Service:  Blackboard
Affected Servers: Bba1-6, bbm1, bbc1, bbc2
Description of Maintenance:  We will be applying a security patch to the black board servers.
User Impact: Minimal, down time is expected, maybe 5 to 10 minutes.
Notification: Users will be redirected to wordpress.fau.edu/irm/ and notification is being add within Blackboard.

When: 3:00AM – 6:00AM
Affected Service:  Graduate College Admissions Application
Affected Servers: owlapp.fau.edu, owlapp1.fau.edu, owlapp2.fau.edu
Description of Maintenance:  Due to a security fix in Internet Explorer we need to upgrade a component of the admissions application.
User Impact: The service will be offline between 3am and 6am.
Notification: Requests will be redirected to wordpress.fau.edu/irm/

Posted in Educational Technologies, Systems

OIT Systems Maintenance, 2/9/2012 from 3:00AM to 7:00AM

IRM 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, 02/09/2012 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window.  In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 4:00AM – 6:00AM
Affected Services: Event Management System (EMS)
Affected Systems: Event Management System (EMS)
Description of Maintenance: Upgrade the EMS system with released patches, insert all buildings and rooms in the university as defined by OSUA, and increase security for associated websites by enforcing SSL to securing logins
User impact: EMS, Master Calendar, EmsWebClient, and VirtualEMS will be unavailable during this period
User Notifications: EMS users have been notified via email

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IRM Systems Maintenance, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 from 3:00AM to 7:00AM

IRM 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, 02/02/2011 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window.  In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 5:00 am – 7:00 AM
Affected Service:  Blackboard
Affected Servers: Bba1-6, bbm1, bbc1, bbc2
Description of Maintenance:  We will be applying a security patch to the black board servers.
User Impact: Blackboard will be unavailable during this time

When: 6:00 am to 7:00am
Affected Services: Tandberg Systems
Affected Systems: tms.fau.edu
Description of Maintenance: tms2.fau.edu (131.91.224.119) is to be added back into rotation for tms.fau.edu on BigIP
User impact: None Expected

When: 6:00 am to 7:00am
Affected Services: Banner System
Affected Systems: FAUP.fau.edu
Description of Maintenance: FAUP.fau.edu data base configuration is to be modified in order to improve oracle stream performance.
User impact: None Expected

Posted in Network and Telecom

IRM Systems Maintenance, Thurs., January 26, 2012 from 3:00AM to 7:00AM

IRM 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, 01/26/2011 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window.  In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 3:00 AM – 6:00 AM
Affected Services: Talisma
Affected Systems: taldb01, talapp01, talapp02 Description of Maintenance: talapp01 and talapp02 will be migrated to virtual machines. Additionally Windows Service Pack updates, Microsoft Office Updates, Java updates, and other security patches will be applied.
User impact: Talisma will be offline during this period

When: 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM
Affected Services: Network Registration Admin Console
Affected Systems: talon.fau.edu
Description of Maintenance: Network Registration’s admin console will be upgraded to support the assigning of static ip addresses.
User impact: None expected

When: 3:00 AM – 4:00 AM
Affected Services: talon.fau.edu
Affected Systems: talon0.fau.edu, talon1.fau.edu, talonx1.fau.edu, talonx2.fau.edu
Description of Maintenance: Talon.fau.edu’s backend servers will be converted from Solaris to Linux.
User impact: None expected

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IRM Systems Maintenance, Thursday, January 19 from 3:00AM to 7:00AM

IRM 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, 01/19/2011 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window.  In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM
Affected Services: Blackboard
Affected Systems: bba1, bba2, bba3, bba4, bba5, bba6, bba10, bbc1, bbc2, and bbm1.
Description of Maintenance: Instruction technology has request that a patch be applied to Blackboard which will prevent errors when uploading new Building Blocks.

When: 3:00 AM – 6:00 AM
Affected Services:
Blackboard
College of Business video authentication System monitoring DHCP
Identity Manager (Password Sync)
The Google Portet within MyFAU
Network Registration
Phone Bill System
Boca DNS Servers
Graduate College Admissions Application
Undergraduate Admissions Application background processing
OwlRadio’s Shoutcast server
Microsoft SharePoint
Xitracs
Virtual Applications (vWorkspace)
Affected Systems:
flashgordon, ldapboc1, ldapboc0, visualsvn, app2, app1, nsboc1, nsboc0, broadcast2, broadcast1, lists, shoutcast, xitracs, owlapp1, owlapp2, mssqldr, spwfe1, spapp1, app6, app3, app5, app4, cuttlefish, scom, bbx2, idm4p, lintalon0, dhcpboc1, dhcpboc0, idm1, idm2, talon0, talon1, lintalon5, lintalon3, lintalon4, lintalon9, lintalon1, lintalon2, lintalon7, lintalon10, lintalon6, lintalon8, ibiweb2, vww2, vwb2, vww1, vwb1, spwfe2, bbx3, bbx4, idm-gateway-p, bbx1, bbc2-nw, bba3, bbc1, bba2, bba1, bba5, bba6, bbm1, bba4, bbc2, lnat, defiant, voyager, and enterprise.
Description of Maintenance: These systems must be shutdown to facilitate a restart of a SAN (Storage) controller.

Posted in Educational Technologies

IRM Systems Maintenance, Thursday, 1/5/2012 from 3:00AM to 7:00AM

IRM 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, 01/05/2012 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 6:15AM to 6:45AM Affected Service: Should have no effect on the mail system Affected Systems: bertx Description of Maintenance: Applying patch Service Interruption: None

Posted in Educational Technologies

IRM Systems Maintenance, Thursday, Dec 22, from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM

IRM 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, 12/22/2011 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 3:00 AM – 6:00 AM Affected Service: Network Registration (All Campuses) Affected Systems: dhcpftl1 dnsftl1 ldapftl1 dhcpdav1 dnsdav1 ldapdav1 dhcpjup1 dnsjup1 ldapjup1 dhcppsl1 dnspsl1 ldappsl1 dnsboc0 ldapboc0 dnsboc1 ldapboc1

Description of Maintenance: These servers will be migrated from Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Oracle Enterprise Linux. Some will require a reboot. Service Interruption: Each service will be offline for approximately 10 minutes.

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Issues with IE7 and Drop Down boxes

We have identified an issue with a security update for Internet Explorer 7 affecting drop down boxes on websites. As IE7 is no longer supported by many websites, we recommend to upgrade to a newer version – IE8 or IE9 or use a different browser.

Posted in Network and Telecom

IRM Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Dec 15, from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM

IRM 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, 12/15/2011 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window.  In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM
Affected Service: Video Stream authentication for College of Business
Affected Systems: Broadcast1.fau.edu, Broadcast2.fau.edu
Description of Maintenance: We will be applying Red Hat patches on these servers. Some will require a reboot.
Service Interruption: Each service will be offline for approximately 15 minutes.

When:  9:00am – 11:00am
Affected Service: Blackboard Collaborate
Description of Maintenance:  Blackboard Collaborate (formerly known as “Elluminate”) will be unavailable on Thursday, December 15 from 9:00-11:00am due to system maintenance

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IRM Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Dec 8, 2011 from 3:00am to 7:00am

IRM 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, 12/08/2011 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted: When: 3:00 AM – 5:00 AM Affected Service: Blackboard Affected Systems: Bba1, Bba3, Bba5, Bbm1 Description of Maintenance: We will be moving these systems to different virtual machine hosts, to facility the creation of a Hyper-V cluster. Service Interruption: Yes brief interruptions of service are expected for Blackboard

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