OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. April 13 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, 4/13/2017 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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Migration of servers ds0p/ds1p from old BigIP to the new BigIP
When:  5:00AM – 6:00AM
Affected services:  We expect that there might be ldap disruptions for 1 minute during the move.
Affected systems:  This will likely affect any systems using ds0p and ds1p for ldap lookups.
Description of maintenance: We are continuing the move of servers from the older BigIP load balancer hardware to the new ones.  This move will be for the backend servers that support ldap and changing the IP for ds0p and ds1p.
User impact:  Some services that use ldap may not function during the downtime (1-5 minutes)​

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Upgrade to the deployment and Windows client management server (SCCM)
When:  5:00AM – 6:00AM
Affected services:  All OS/application/windows update deplyoments from boc22sccm​​
Affected systems:  boc22sccm​
Description of maintenance: OIT will be upgrading the System Center Configuration Manager server (boc22sccm) to version 1702​. SCCM clients may update to version 1702 over the next week.​​
User impact:  All OS/application/windows update deplyoments from boc22sccm will be unavailable during the upgrade​​

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Ironport Upgrade to v10.0.1
When:  4:00AM – 6:00AM
Affected services:  Various email exchanges that cross the ironports, mostly incoming from the outside, but also emails that cross from gmail to office 365, vice versa, list email and possibly others. Internal Office365 to Office365 and internal Gmail to Gmail would not be affected.
Affected systems:   bertx, berty, ironportnw2​
Description of maintenance:  We are upgrading the incoming email spam protection servers to a newer version to fix bugs and gain new features
User impact: None​ significantly as each server will be done separately while the other two servers will pick up the email communication.

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Multiple systems down for upgrade
When: 3:00AM – 4:00AM
Affected services:  Undergrad app, Blackboard, SCCM, OARS, FileLocker, Labs servers, Gitlab, Lists, Papercut, SharePoint onprem, Malware bytes​
Affected systems:  ugapp1, bbm1, boc22sccm, boc22oars, filelocker1, ls-snap, ls-osd, gitlab, boc22mbes, boc22spwfe1, boc22spapp1, lists, boc22pcprt01, ls-medmodel, filelocker2
Description of maintenance:  OIT will be upgrading the VM version of several systems as well as expanding the processor capabilities for some VMs​
User impact:  The services listed above may be unavailable for a few minutes during the window

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Windows authentication system migration
When:  3:00AM – 7:00AM
Affected services:  AD authentication​​
Affected systems:  davdcfau01, davdcirm01, bocdcfau01
Description of maintenance:  OIT will be migrating an AD domain controller to server 2016​​
User impact:  No end-user impact is expected​​

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Encryption method changing on secure fileserver
When:  3:00AM – 7:00AM
Affected services:  ANDISEC
Affected systems: ANDISEC
Description of maintenance:  OIT will be removing the IPSEC requirement for connecting to andisec and enforcing SMB encryption​
User impact:  Fileshares on andisec will be unavailable for about 10 minutes during the window​

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Upgrade vWorkspace for BHRIC
When:  3:00AM – 6:00AM
Affected services:  vWorkspace for the BHRIC VDI environment​
Affected systems: boc22-s-vws01, jup17-s-vws01, boc22-s-sa, jup17-s-sa, boc22-s-vws-web, jup17-s-vws-web​, boc22-s-hy1, boc22-s-hy2, boc22-s-hy3, boc22-s-hy3, boc22-s-hy4
Description of maintenance:  ​Upgrading Quest vWorkspace from 8.6.1 to 8.6.3
User impact:  ​End users will not have their deployed applications (SAS, eClinical Works) and desktops. The web gateway will also be down.​

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Banner General 8.8.6 – 8.9.0 upgrades and patches
When:  3:00AM – 7:00AM
Affected services:  Banner will be unavailable during installation but that effect should be minimized by installing the upgrades/patches during the maintenance window.
Affected systems:  ​Banner 8 General module
Description of maintenance:  ​These Banner 8 upgrades and patch releases represent the basic infrastructure of the Banner system and are required to promote all of the remaining Banner 8 modules and Banner XE Administrative pages into production
User impact:  None expected

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Banner XE Admin Common 9.3.2.4/9.3.3.4 administrative pages
When:  3:00AM – 7:00AM
Affected services:  ​Banner
Affected systems:  Banner
Description of maintenance: ​These two upgrades are required as the initial support of the Banner XE system administrative pages which will be in place of the Banner 8 system forms. Admin Common must be in place before the other pages can be deployed
User impact:  None expected

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Banner XE Financial Aid 9.3.1.2 administrative pages
When:  3:00AM – 7:00AM
Affected services:  Banner Financial Aid
Affected systems: Banner Financial Aid
Description of maintenance: This upgrade represents the new front end system for Financial Aid in Banner XE. These pages upgrade the Banner 8 forms currently in production
User impact: None expected

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Banner XE General 9.3.2.1 administrative pages
When:  3:00AM – 7:00AM
Affected services:  ​The Banner General module will be unavailable during installation
Affected systems:  ​​The Banner General module will be unavailable during installation
Description of maintenance:  ​This upgrade rperesents the new frontend system for the General module in Banner XE. These pages upgrade the Banner 8 forms currently in production
User impact: ​Minimal user downtime is expected

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Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Email, Instructional Technologies, Systems

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. March 30 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, 03/30/2017 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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Windows authentication system migration
When:  3:00AM – 7:00AM
Affected services:  AD authentication​​
Affected systems:  bocdcirm02, jupdcfau01, jupdcirm01
Description of maintenance: OIT will be migrating an AD domain controller to server 2016​
User impact: No end-user impact is expected​

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Email changes for Proofpoint email gateway evaluation
When:  5:00AM – 6:00AM
Affected services:  Email
Affected systems:  Ironport email gateways, Gmail, Office365, on-premises exchange​
Description of maintenance: We are evaluating a new email security gateway product and it is necessary to insert the product into the existing flow of email.​
User impact: No end-user impact is expected

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Tms reconfiguration on BigIP
When: 5:30PM – 6:00PM
Affected services:  TMS
Affected systems:  tms.fau.edu
Description of maintenance:  We are correcting an issue with the network traffic flow of tms.fau.edu​
User impact: None – no tms sessions are scheduled for the rest of the day

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Division of Research SharePoint Site Collection Migration
When: 8:00PM – 9:00PM
Affected services: Division of Research SharePoint Site Collection and any subsites – https://sharepoint.fau.edu/research/
Affected systems: ​On-Premises SharePoint
Description of maintenance:  We will be completing the migration of the Division of Research SharePoint site to Office 365.
On-Prem URL: https://sharepoint.fau.edu/research/
365 URL: https://fau.sharepoint.com/sites/research/
User impact: Users will need to update any bookmarks, saved links, and any calendars that point to https://sharepoint.fau.edu/research/

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Posted in Email, Systems

[Resolved] Delivery Status Notification (Failure)

From the period of 10am to 3pm today (3/2), some of you may have erroneously received a Delivery Status Notification (Failure) email for emails being sent to FAU recipients.   The details would have said:

5.1.0 – Unknown address error 550-‘5.7.1 Relaying denied’

Rest assured that your message was properly delivered.  The bounce back message that you received was in error due to improper reporting.   We apologize for the inconvenience.

Posted in Email, Systems

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Feb 16 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, 02/16/2017 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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Migration of authentication system supporting Office 365
When: 3:00AM – 6:00AM
Affected services: Sign-on to all Office 365 services. Sign-on to College of  Business websites​
Affected systems: boc22adfsp, boc22adfs, nwadfsp, nwadfs​
Description of maintenance: OIT will be migrating the ADFS 2.1 farm to ADFS 3.0​
User impact: Sign-on to Office 365 services may be intermittent during the window​

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Migrate CoE SharePoint Sites to Office 365
When: 4:00AM – 5:00AM
Affected services: CoE site collection and any other subsites – https://sharepoint.fau.edu/coe/
Affected systems: SharePoint
Description of maintenance: ​We will be completing the migration of the College of Education’s SharePoint site to Office 365.
User impact: Users will need to update any bookmarks, saved links, and any calendars that point to https://sharepoint.fau.edu/coe/

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Migration of sharepoint from old bigip to the new bigip
When: 6:00AM – 7:00AM
Affected services: sharepoint.fau.edu​
Affected systems: sharepoint​
Description of maintenance: We are continuing the move of servers from older bigip load balancer hardware to the new ones.  This move will be for the backend servers that support sharepoint
User impact: SharePoint may be unavailable for 5 minutes while DNS is updated​

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Migration of tms (video bridge) from old bigip to the new bigip
When: 6:00AM – 7:00AM
Affected services: Tms and Tmsbridge​
Affected systems: tms.fau.edu, tmsbridge.fau.edu​
Description of maintenance: ​We are continuing the move of servers from older bigip load balancer hardware to the new ones.  This move will be for the backend servers that support video bridge​
User impact: Users may not be able to connect to tmsbridge​

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Posted in Email, Instructional Technologies, Systems

[Completed] OIT network maintenance January 22 from 6:00 am – 7:00 am

Network maintenance has been completed.

Thank you

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

OIT network maintenance January 22 from 6:00 am – 7:00 am

On Sunday, January 22, 2017, between 6:00 am and 7:00 am, OIT will implement an emergency update to the core network. Due to the nature of the maintenance, users may experience intermittent network outages lasting approximately 10 – 20 minutes during this time period. This outage will affect connectivity to the Internet as well as connectivity within FAU.

Thank you

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

Do Not Open Phishing Email with subject line “Important announcement from President John Kelly”

If you received an email that appears to come from President John Kelly with subject line “Important announcement from President John Kelly” do not open and please delete this email immediately. This is a phishing email.

If you already opened the attached document contact the OIT Help Desk at 561.297.3999 for further assistance.

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

[Completed] OIT network maintenance January 7 from 1:00 am – 6:00 am

The network maintenance scheduled for January 7 has been completed.

Thank you

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

OIT network maintenance January 7 from 1:00 am – 6:00 am

On Saturday, January 07, 2017, between 1:00 am and 6:00 am, OIT will implement an emergency update to the core network.  Due to the nature of the maintenance, users may experience intermittent network outages lasting approximately 20 – 30 minutes during this time period. This outage will affect connectivity to the Internet as well as connectivity within FAU.

Thank you

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

[ongoing] Email delay

OIT is still experiencing email delays, now between 10-20 minutes.  We are still closely monitoring this and will provide another update at 11:30am.

Posted in Email, Systems
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