We are currently experiencing intermittent connectivity issues impacting VPN and remote desktop connections.
We are currently investigating the issue and will update this post as more information becomes available.
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[Completed] Network maintenance on February 5 after 9:00 pm
The network maintenance scheduled for February 5 has been completed.
Thank you
Posted in Network and Telecom
Network maintenance on February 5 after 9:00 pm
OIT will be performing upgrades and enhancements to the FAU network between 9:00 p.m. on February 5 and 1:00 a.m. on February 6. During the maintenance window, Internet traffic will be automatically rerouted.
If you experience any difficulties after the times outlined above, please contact the FAU help desk at https://helpdesk.fau.edu or 561-297-3999 for immediate assistance.
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OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Feb 4 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, 02/04/2021 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 Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will make changes needed to fix a filter.
Downtime window start: 2/4/2021 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 2/4/2021 7:00 AM
Affected services: Single Sign-on
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected.
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Voice Mail Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the software on the voicemail servers.
Downtime window start: 2/4/2021 9:00 PM
Downtime window end: 2/5/2021 12:00 AM
Affected services: Voice Mail and Voice Directory
Expected End-user impact: During this time, there will be approximately 1-2 minutes where callers will be unable to leave a voicemail or access the voice directory.
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Frevvo Production Server Update
Description of change: OIT will update Frevvo Forms Server to the newest version.
Downtime window start: 2/4/2021 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 2/4/2021 7:00 AM
Affected services: Frevvo forms server, Admission Application Forms, COVID Attestation Form
Expected End-user impact: During this time, University forms will be offline. Users should be directed to try to submit again after the maintenance window.
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Server Upgrade
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the operating system on 2 of its authentication servers.
Downtime window start: 2/4/2021 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 2/4/2021 6:00 AM
Affected services: Active Directory
Expected End-user impact: During this time, authentication to AD may be delayed. There might be intermittent authentication issues on the Jupiter campus.
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OnBase transcript solution: Eprint replacement
Description of change: OIT will implement an OnBase transcript solution to replace Eprint EDI transcripts
Downtime window start: 2/4/2021 12:00 AM
Downtime window end: 2/4/2021 12:00 AM
Affected services: OnBase
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected. This is a new solution in OnBase
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User Manager Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be adding a new view/process to User Manager to control the manual deprovisioning of Health email accounts from Workday.
Downtime window start: 2/4/2021 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 2/4/2021 7:00 AM
Affected services: User Manager – Used by Help Desk and admin staff
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected.
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[Completed] Network maintenance on Sunday January 31 at 11:00 pm
The network maintenance scheduled for January 31 has been completed.
Thank you
Posted in Network and Telecom
[Resolved] Network and Telephone outage at the Seatech campus
We are currently experiencing a problem with the network and telephone services on the Seatech campus. We are working to resolve the problem as soon as possible.
Thank you
Posted in Network and Telecom
OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Jan 21 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, 01/21/2021 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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uAchieve Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be making code changes to student interface library to pull additional student attributes from Banner into uAchieve.
Downtime window start: 1/21/2021 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 1/21/2021 7:00 AM
Affected services: uAchieve/DARS Degree Auditing
Expected End-user impact: During this time, the uAchieve site may be unavailable for a short period of time.
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Single Sign-on Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be converting the InCommon metadata provider in Shibboleth from the legacy aggregate to their new MDQ service.
Downtime window start: 1/21/2021 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 1/21/2021 7:00 AM
Affected services: Single Sign-on
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected.
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Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be applying updates to virtualization hosts.
Downtime window start: 1/21/2021 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 1/21/2021 5:00 AM
Affected services: Cisco meeting and videoconferencing services.
Expected End-user impact: During this time, the videoconferencing services will be unavailable.
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HPC Cluster Storage Addition
Description of change: OIT will be adding low priority storage to the HPC cluster as a means to offer additional storage for researcher scratch drives.
Downtime window start: 1/21/2021 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 1/21/2021 7:00 AM
Affected services: HPC clusters
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected.
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Update Financial Aid Counselor Function for 2021
Description of change: OIT will be applying updates for 2021 : assign Financial Aid Counselors to students.
Downtime window start: 1/21/2021 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 1/21/2021 5:00 AM
Affected services: Not Applicable
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected.
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REDCap upgrade
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading RedCAP from 10.0.18 to 10.7.0 for security reasons.
Downtime window start: 1/21/2021 12:05 AM
Downtime window end: 1/21/2021 6:00 AM
Affected services: RedCAP
Expected End-user impact: During this time, RedCAP will be unavailable.
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[POSTPONED][NETWORK MAINTENANCE] Monday January 18th from 5:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m.
The network maintenance scheduled for tomorrow on the Jupiter and Boca Raton campuses has been postponed and will not take place tomorrow as originally planned.
Posted in Network and Telecom
[NETWORK MAINTENANCE] Monday January 18th from 5:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m.
OIT will be performing core network maintenance on the Jupiter and Boca Raton campuses from 5:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m. on Monday January 18th During this time, network traffic on these campuses may experience momentary disruptions.
Posted in Network and Telecom
[Resolved] AT&T Outage affecting phone service
Our service provider AT&T is currently experiencing a widespread outage which is affecting phone and internet service. On campus phones, as well as AT&T cell phones may be affected. They are working to resolve and we will update as we receive additional information.
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Posted in Network and Telecom, Uncategorized