OIT has completed updates to the Identity Manager connection to MyFAU to correct a bug that prevents returning users from automatically receiving active directory accounts.
OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Oct 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, 10/16/2014 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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When: 3:00AM to 6:00AM
Affected services: Identity Manager, User account creation, Password Synchronization, MyFAU, SSO, Blackboard, Banner Self Service, All authentication Services
Affected systems: idm4p, idm1, idm2, MCSource
Description of maintenance: OIT will be upgrading the Identity Manager connection to MyFAU to correct a bug that prevents returning users from automatically receiving active directory accounts.
User impact: User passwords may not sync during this change window as the connector will be offline during the upgrade.
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When: 3:00AM to 6:00AM
Affected services: AD authentication on Jupiter campus
Affected systems: jupdcfau01 & jupdcirm01
Description of maintenance: OIT is updating the systems servicing user and computer account authentication for the Jupiter campus.
User impact: Logins on the Jupiter campus may be slower during the window
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When: 4:00AM to 6:00AM
Affected services: Blackboard
Affected systems: Blackboard
Description of maintenance: OIT will be changing the mail server blackboard uses to send emails out to the users. This is to fix an issue where a small percentage of users were getting [Suspicious Message] appended to their outbound emails.
User impact: We will be doing rolling restarts to make the config change and hope that this will not impact any users at all.
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When: 6:00AM to 6:10AM
Affected services: Exchange email
Affected systems: exchangeca[01-05] & exchangemb[01-05]
Description of maintenance: OIT will be implementing the following limitations on all FAU employee mail accounts: •Can send to 5,000 recipients per day •Can send a maximum of 30 messages per minute
User impact: No end-user impact is expected during the policy change
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When: 6:15AM to 6:50AM
Affected services: none
Affected systems: Ironport server (bertx)
Description of maintenance: OIT will upgrade the Ironport Server (bertx) from version 8.5.6-074 to 8.5.6-092 to fix a security problem
User impact: No end-user impact is expected
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When: 7:00AM to 7:10AM
Affected services: DPM (data protection manager)
Affected systems: Active Directory
Description of maintenance: OIT will link a DPM Group Policy to enable DPM client server communication.
User impact: No end-user impact is expected during the policy change
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When: 4:45PM to 5:00PM
Affected services: VIP Student Record Image Retrieval (vip.fau.edu)
Affected systems: qstarserver2.fau.edu, vip.fau.edu
Description of maintenance: The current server responsible for storing VIP images will be replaced by a newer, virtual one.
User impact: Users will not be able to retrieve images or image retrieval will be erratic during switchover.
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[Update] FAU email being blocked
October 9th 2014:
We continue to have problems delivering to MSN, Hotmail and Live email accounts. We are doing everything we can to work with these providers to remove the blocks and rate-limiting. We appreciate your patience on this matter.
October 1st 2014:
Outbound FAU email is currently blocked and rate-limited by a few ISPs. OIT is currently in contact with these ISPs to resolve the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience.
We are blocked (no delivery) by:
- MSN
- Hotmail
We are being rate-limited (slow delivery) by:
- AOL
Currently unaffected:
- Gmail
- Yahoo
Echo360 Service Restart
Echo360 will be intermittently unavailable from 6:30 am – 7:00 am.
The Echo360 service needs to be restarted to eliminate tapestry cache corruption within ESS. During the downtime, users will be unable to access ESS, the EchoCenter Portal, view Echo recordings, or publish any captures from the Personal Capture application.
[completed] Emergency Internet Maintenance from Midnight until 6:00 a.m.
The emergency Internet maintenance scheduled for 9/11/2014 has been completed.
Thank you
OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Sept 11 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, 09/11/2014 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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When: 3:00AM – 5:00AM
Affected services: The listed Blackboard tools will may be unavailable durning the update, and may continue to be unavailable until after Blackboard is restarted
Affected systems: Blackboard
Description of maintenance: OIT will be updating as many of the following Building Blocks as possible during the downtime window: Software Updates, Cloud Profiles, Social Profiles, Partner Cloud, Content System, SafeAssign, Collaborate, Cengage Mindlinks, Wiley Plus, McGraw Hil, Textbook, Bookshelf, xpLor
User impact: Users may be unable to access the tools listed. Other areas should continue to function
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When: 4:00AM – 5:00AM
Affected services: Banner Forms
Affected systems: Banner INB (FAUP)
Description of maintenance: Per Ellucian Case #1180758, install Oracle patch 18331282 on forms servers to resolve the bug with radio buttoms causing the form to hang.
User impact: Anyone on Production Banner INB would be kicked out of system.
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When: 5:00AM – 6:00AM
Affected services: Appworx production web interface
Affected systems: enzo.fau.edu
Description of maintenance: Upgrade Apache to version 2.4.10
User impact: Only the web interface will be down. The Appworx agents will remain up and running.
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When: 5:45AM – 6:15AM
Affected services: None expected
Affected systems: bigip1 and bigip2
Description of maintenance: OIT are adding a new virtual network to the BigIP load balancers
User impact: None expected
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OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Aug 28 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, 08/28/2014 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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When: 5:00 – 6:00AM
Affected services: OwlCard, Collections file prep site, FAU Reimbursements, Telephone bill payment
Affected systems: controller.fau.edu
Description of maintenance: OIT will be upgrading some software on controller.fau.edu. As a result, several services will be unavailable for approximately 30 minutes.
User impact: The following services will be unavailable for approximately 1 hour: OwlCard, Collections file prep site, FAU Reimbursements, Telephone bill payment
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When: 5:00 – 6:00AM
Affected services: None impacted
Affected systems: ADCON
Description of maintenance: OIT will replace a server used by the FAU community with a newer version.
User impact: Technical staff who manages computer objects, Organizational Units (OUs), and users will not be able do so until the new ADCON server is in place.
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When: 6:00 – 7:00AM
Affected services: Exchange email (faculty/staff)
Affected systems: exchangeca01, exchangeca02, exchangemb01, exchangemb02, exchangemb03
Description of maintenance: OIT will be preforming maintenance on the mail servers for FAU employees (Exchange).
User impact: No end user impact is expected
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When: 6:00 – 6:05AM
Affected services: Network Registration (NetReg)
Affected systems: ldapboc0
Description of maintenance: OIT will be increasing the resources to one of the directory servers.
User impact: No end user impact is expected
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OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Aug 7 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM
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, 08/07/2014 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:
Network Connectivity between FAU and the internet
When: 2:00 AM to 5:00 AM
Affected services: Network Connectivity between FAU and the internet
Affected systems: FAU core firewalls
Description of change: Network Maintenance will be performed Thursday August 7th and Saturday August 9th from 2:00 until 5:00 a.m. During this time, there may be an interruption of network service lasting 15 minutes
Expected end-user impact: Users may experience a short period of time where they are unable to access the internet from FAU, or access some of FAU’s services from the internet.
Network Upgrade on SeaTech Campus
When: 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM
Affected services: Network and telephone services utilizing the Seatech network will be momentarily interrupted as new connection is migrated over to the new AT&T Switched Ethernet service.
Affected systems: Network and telephone systems utilizing the Seatech network will be momentarily interrupted as new connection is migrated over to the new AT&T Switched Ethernet service.
Description of change: The goal of this change is to enable new network functionality for FAU on the Seatech campus.
Expected end-user impact: End users utilizing the Seatech network will be momentarily interrupted as new connection is migrated over to the new AT&T Switched Ethernet service.
Blackboard Changes
When: 4:00 AM to 6:00 AM
Affected services: Blackboard
Affected systems: Blackboard
Description of change: OIT will be changing the way the content folder is mounted on the blackboard app servers.
Expected end-user impact: Blackboard will be unavailable from 4:00 AM to 6:00 AM.
Ironport Email Servers
When: 6:00 AM to 6:45 AM
Affected services: None
Affected systems: Ironport email servers
Description of change: OIT will install a security patch on the Ironport mail servers.
Expected end-user impact: None
Intermittent Internet Connectivity
FAU’s internet service provider has had a fiber outage. Users may intermittently lose connection. We will place an update once this has been corrected.