OIT will be performing maintenance on core network equipment during the early morning hours of Saturday July 20th and Sunday July 21th. During this time, all network services on the Boca Raton campus will be sporadic or generally unavailable. All services will be restored to full operation before 7:00 a.m. Another notice will be posted if maintenance is concluded early, or if the Sunday maintenance window is no longer needed.
Network Maintenance – Boca Raton Campus Saturday July 20th and Sunday July 21st from 12:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m.
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[COMPLETED] Network Maintenance – Jupiter Campus Saturday July 13th and Sunday July 14th from 12:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m.
The network maintenance scheduled for the Jupiter campus scheduled for this weekend has been completed, and all services are expected to be operating normally. Due to the early completion of this maintenance, no maintenance is expected for the remaining maintenance window on Sunday morning.
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OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. July 10 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, 07/10/2019 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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Server maintenance
Description of change: Certificates for various secure web sites managed by OIT are being renewed
Downtime window start 7/11/2019 3:00 AM
Downtime window end 7/19/2019 7:00 AM
Affected services: Almost all services that rely on our wildcard certificate.
Affected systems: bigip and any other system using the wildcard fau certificate
Expected End-user impact: varies. some to none depending on the sensitivity of the service on accepting a new certificate.
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Secure file server data migration
Description of change: OIT will be moving the data internally on a secure file server
Downtime window start 7/11/2019 3:00 AM
Downtime window end 7/11/2019 6:00 AM
Affected services: all shares on andisec
Affected systems: andisec
Expected End-user impact: all shares on andisec will be unavailable during the window
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Mail Server Upgrade
Description of change: OIT will be migrating the mail servers that handle smtp.fau.edu to new servers.
Downtime window start 7/11/2019 3:00 AM
Downtime window end 7/11/2019 4:00 AM
Affected services: Mail relay for smtp.fau.edu
Affected systems: boc22esa02.fau.edu, nwesa02.fau.edu
Expected End-user impact: Ideally none, however depending on how dns is cached for each client and how the smtp server settings were configured you may see bouncebacks/failed to connect messages when dns is updated.
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Windows configuration and deployment system upgrade
Description of change: The system providing configuration, deployment and updates to Windows clients will be upgraded to the latest version
Downtime window start 7/11/2019 3:00 AM
Downtime window end 7/11/2019 7:00 AM
Affected services: OS deployments, app installs, windows updates from SCCM
Affected systems: boc22sccm
Expected End-user impact: All OS deployments, app installs, windows updates from sccm will be unavailable during the window
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BHRIC Servers upgrade from Windows 2012R2 to Windows 2019
Description of change: We have series of Windows servers on BOCA RATON and JUPITER cloud platforms running Windows 2012 R2. These servers will be upgraded to Windows 2019. Several servers are upgraded successfully. We would like to continue upgrading all servers in 3/4 servers per batch over next few months.
Downtime window start 7/11/2019 3:00 AM
Downtime window end 7/11/2019 6:00 AM
Affected services: Various services on following servers in health domain: boc22-s-adc1, Boc22-s-ps.med, research-mssqlX, boc22-s-sql
Affected systems: boc22-s-adc1, Boc22-s-ps.med, research-mssqlX, boc22-s-sql
Expected End-user impact: NONE is expected
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Banner Self-Service Maintenance
Description of change: Change to fix flaws associated with Banner Registration (Version 9.12) that causes inaccurate information to be displayed to the students. This fix includes updates to the Registration search feature to fix defects on what courses are rendered and fix inaccurate descriptions/sorting of other data points.
Downtime window start 7/11/2019 4:00 AM
Downtime window end 7/11/2019 6:00 AM
Affected services: Banner Self-Service
Affected systems: Banner XE
Expected End-user impact: There are no impact on user services expected
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Updates Accounts Self Service
Description of change: Upgrading and patching account self service website.
Downtime window start 7/11/2019 5:00 AM
Downtime window end 7/11/2019 6:00 AM
Affected services: accounts.fau.edu
Affected systems: boc22oimwebp1, boc22oimwebp2, nwrdcoimwebp1, nwrdcoimwebp2
Expected End-user impact: Users may see a delay in password resets during the time the systems are being patched and rolled out.
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Server Maintenance
Description of change: We will be changing two northwest www.fau.edu webservers with new ones that are able to do shibboleth.
Downtime window start 7/11/2019 6:00 AM
Downtime window end 7/11/2019 7:00 AM
Affected services: None as these are the northwest www.fau.edu webservers and are also behind BigIP
Affected systems: Northwest www.fau.edu webservers
Expected End-user impact: No end user impact expected
Network Maintenance – Jupiter Campus Saturday July 13th and Sunday July 14th from 12:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m.
OIT will be performing maintenance on core network equipment during the early morning hours of Saturday July 13th and Sunday July 14th. During this time, all network services on the Jupiter campus will be sporadic or generally unavailable. All services will be restored to full operation before 7:00 a.m. Another notice will be posted if maintenance is concluded early, or if the Sunday maintenance window is no longer needed.
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[POSTPONED] Network Maintenance – Jupiter Campus – Saturday June 29th and Sunday June 30th from 12:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m.
The network maintenance originally scheduled for this weekend in Jupiter has been postponed. The maintenance will now take place sometime in July and a new notice will be posted prior to the maintenance when the dates are finalized.
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[Completed] Wireless network upgrades on July 8 – 10 and July 15 – 17 between 5:00 am and 6:00 am
OIT will be performing upgrades and enhancements to the wireless network segments between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. beginning on Monday, July 8 through Wednesday, July 10, and Monday, July 15 through Wednesday, July 17. During the maintenance windows, there will be a 15-20 minute disruption to the FAU wireless networks. Expected campus upgrades are as follows:
Monday, July 8, 2019
Fort Lauderdale, Davie, and Harbor Branch campuses will experience a 15-20 minute disruption to the campus wireless networks.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Jupiter campus will experience a 15-20 minute disruption to the campus wireless networks.
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Security enhancements will be applied to the campus locations listed above. The security enhancements will include a new digital certificate for the fauwpa2 network.
Please note: All fauwpa2 users will be prompted to accept the new digital certificate.
Monday – Wednesday, July 15 – 17, 2019
Portions of the Boca Raton Campus will experience a 15-20 minute disruption to the campus wireless networks. Security enhancements will also be applied during this time. The security enhancements will include a new digital certificate for the fauwpa2 network.
Please note: All fauwpa2 users will be prompted to accept the new digital certificate.
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.
Thank you
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Network Maintenance – Jupiter Campus – Saturday June 29th and Sunday June 30th from 12:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m.
OIT will be performing maintenance on core network equipment during the early morning hours of Saturday June 29th and Sunday June 30th. During this time, all network services on the Jupiter campus will be sporadic or generally unavailable. All services will be restored to full operation before 7:00 a.m. Another notice will be posted if maintenance is concluded early, or if the Sunday maintenance window is no longer needed.
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[Service Restored] Davie Campus Power Outage Second Floor of Education an Science Building
There is a power outage in the Davie Campus second floor networking closet that is causing data and wireless network to be down for users in the surrounding area. Facilities is aware of the issue and physical plant is deploying technicians to restore service.
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Wireless network upgrades on July 8 – 10 and July 15 – 17 between 5:00 am and 6:00 am
OIT will be performing upgrades and enhancements to the wireless network segments between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. beginning on Monday, July 8 through Wednesday, July 10, and Monday, July 15 through Wednesday, July 17. During the maintenance windows, there will be a 15-20 minute disruption to the fau, fauwpa2, fauguest, and eduroam wireless networks. Expected campus upgrades are as follows:
Monday, July 8: Fort Lauderdale, Davie, and Harbor Branch campuses will experience a 15-20 minute disruption to the campus wireless networks.
Tuesday, July 9: Jupiter campus will experience a 15-20 minute disruption to the campus wireless networks.
Wednesday, July 10: Security enhancements will be applied to the campus locations listed above. The security enhancements will include a new digital certificate for the fauwpa2 network. All users will be prompted to accept the new certificate.
Monday – Wednesday, July 15 – 17: Portions of the Boca Raton Campus will experience a 15-20 minute disruption to the campus wireless networks. Security enhancements will also be applied during this time. The security enhancements will include a new digital certificate for the fauwpa2 network. All users will be prompted to accept the new certificate.
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.
Thank you
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OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. May 23 from 3:00AM to 7:00AMm
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, 05/23/2019 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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Storage Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be moving backend NetApp storage to two new switches
Downtime window start: 2:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7:00 AM
Affected services: ALL SERVICES WILL BE UNAVAILABLE except the following:
DNS
LDAP
DHCP
Single Sign On
Active Directory
Main FAU web page
Expected End-user impact: During this time, most services except the ones mentioned above will be unavailable for a few hours.
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Single Sign On Maintenance for Testing Center
Description of change: OIT is updating the single sign on (SSO) system to improve the user experience in the testing center.
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:00 AM
Affected services: Single Sign On and all dependent services
Affected systems: Shibboleth
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected. After the change, single-sign on will not prompt for 2Factor when users access Canvas from the testing center.
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uAchieve Maintenance
Description of change: Updating student queries file in uAchieve production.
Downtime window start: 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:30 AM
Affected services: uAchieve production
Affected systems: uAchieve server
Expected End-user impact: During this time, the uAchieve degree auditing/planning system will be unavailable.
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Banner Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will make changes to reduce the complexity of UDCID generation in Banner by removing Banner Enterprise Identity Services and replacing with database triggers.
Downtime window start: 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:00 AM
Affected services: No downtime for any services
Affected systems: No downtime for any systems
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected.
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