OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. June 22 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, 06/22/2017 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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Application maintenance – Workday
Description of change: Workday will be updated to improve how users login in.
Downtime window start: 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:00 AM
Affected services: Workday Production, Implementation, and Preview​
Affected systems: workday.fau.edu​
Expected End-user impact: During this time, users may be unable to login.

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Server maintenance – Upgrade ODS to the new version ODS 9.0
Description of change: OIT is upgrading ODS from version 8.5 to 9.0​
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:00 AM
Affected services: ODS production environment. WebFocus won’t be able to connect to the ODS database.​
Affected systems: odsprod​
Expected End-user impact: During this time, ODS will be unavailable.​

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Hardware maintenance – Telephone system core battery replacement
Description of change: The current telephone battery system will be replaced with a new battery system.
Downtime window start: 6/22/2017 10:00 PM
Downtime window end: 6/23/2017 6:00 AM
Affected services: Inbound and outbound calling
Affected systems: AT&T smart jacks, call processing
Expected End-user impact: During this time, there will be intermittent disruption of inbound and outbound telephone calls. In the event of an emergency end-users should use a cellular or non FAU phone to dial 911.

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Server maintenance – Banner XE
Description of change: This upgrade builds onto the infrastructure for all of the other Banner XE modules and specifically supports the latest upgrade and modification of the Student Registration Self Service module.
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7:00 AM
Affected services: Banner XE
Affected systems: Banner XE
Expected End-user impact: During this time we do not anticipate any end-user impact.

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Server maintenance – Banner XE Student Registration Self Service
Description of change: This upgrade expands the functionality of the Student Registration Self Service module
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7:00 AM
Affected services: Banner XE Student registration self-service
Affected systems: Banner XE Student Registration Self Service module
Expected End-user impact: During this time, Banner XE self service link will be unavailable for a brief time

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Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Network and Telecom, Systems, Workday

[Completed] Wi-Fi upgrades in the student residence areas

The Wi-Fi upgrades have been completed.

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Posted in Network and Telecom

[Completed] Network upgrades in the Engineering East and Engineering West buildings on Sat. June 10

Network upgrades in the Engineering East and Engineering West buildings have been completed.

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Posted in Network and Telecom

[Resolved] Network outage in Engineering West building #36 on the first floor East wing

The network has been restored in the Engineering West building.

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Posted in Network and Telecom

Network outage in Engineering West building #36 on the first floor East wing

We are currently experiencing a network outage in the Engineering West building #36 on the East wing of the first floor.  We are working to replace the hardware and restore service as soon as possible.

Thank you

Posted in Network and Telecom

Complete: Network Registration maintenance

Network Registration has been updated and is now be available.

Posted in Network and Telecom, Systems

Complete: Single Sign On (SSO) maintenance

The Single Sign On (SSO) maintenance has been completed successfully and Single Sign On is now online.

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

Wi-Fi upgrades in the student residence areas

On Tuesday and Wednesday, June 13 and 14, 2017, between 5:00 am and 6:00 am, OIT will perform maintenance on the wireless network in the student residence areas. This upgrade will cause an interruption to the fau, fauwpa2, and fauguest wireless networks in the student residence halls. If you experience 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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Posted in Network and Telecom, Uncategorized

Network upgrades in the Engineering East and Engineering West buildings on Sat. June 10

On Saturday, June 10, 2017, between 12:00 am and 6:00 am, OIT will upgrade the network in the FAU Engineering East (96) and Engineering West (36) buildings. This upgrade will cause intermittent interruptions to the network, wireless, and telephones in the Engineering East and West buildings. If you experience difficulties after the times outlined above, please contact the FAU help desk at http://www.fau.edu/helpdesk or 561-297-3999 for immediate assistance.

Thank you

Posted in Network and Telecom

[UPDATED NOTICE] OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. June 8 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, 06/08/2017 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window.  In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Single Sign On (SSO) maintenance
Description of change: We will be updating the Single Sign On​ logout screen to include the following changes: ​
1. Remove Blackboard and Exchange WebMail links
2. Add Canvas link
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7:00 AM
Affected services:  All Single Sign on systems may go offline including, Canvas, Blackboard, Workday, Google Applications, Office 365, and many more.
Affected systems: shibboleth1, shibboleth2, shibboleth3
Expected End-user impact: During the maintenance window, access to applications utilizing FAU NetID logins may be intermittently unavailable including Canvas, Blackboard, Workday, Google Applications, and Office 365

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Server maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the VM version of several systems as well as expanding the processor capabilities for some VMs​​​​
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 4:00 AM
Affected services: Labs print server, Appadmin, Canvas import tool, Networking DHCP server, PaperCut, Talisma, College of Medicine admissions website, AFTSS server, University Police – wireless lock control, High Performance Computing Primary DNS and Web Server, IDM, eGrades and BbGoogle​, Starfish, Undergrad app, Middleware Identity Management
Affected systems: appadmin, as5, boc22canvascli, boc22cm102srv10, boc22cm102vrt101mrtg, boc22ora09, boc22pcapp01, boc22pclyprt01, boc22pcoffice01, boc22talweb2, comvmpsql1, comvmweb1, comvmwebdev1, controller, dsr2, dsr3, dsr5, duo, hpc, idm2, idm4p-oel6, madcat1p, pinky, shibboleth2, starfish, ugapp2, wildflymc1, wildflymc2, yakko​
Expected End-user impact: During the maintenance window, access to services including eGrades, Talisma, Lab Printing, Undergrad admission applications, and College of Medicine admission applications will be intermittently unavailable.

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Network Registration maintenance
Description of change: The network registration system will be receiving an updated theme and be switched to a more reliable authentication mechanism. ​
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:00 AM
Affected services: All services running on Talon.fau.edu including Chessboard, PrivateEye, Google Password Reset, Password Testing Tool, and others​ will be affected by this update.
Affected systems: talonx1, talonx2
Expected End-user impact: During the maintenance window, access to network registration and other services at the talon.fau.edu domain name may be intermittently unavailable.

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Boca Desktop Software Changes
Description of change:  ​Alertus Desktop software will be installed on user computers.
Downtime window start: 3:30 AM
Downtime window end: 4:00 AM
Affected services: ​N/A
Affected systems:  User PCs​ within FAU\BOC OU
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact regarding service access is expected. New software will be pushed to computers on Boca campus and part of the FAU Active Directory Domain. As a result, there will be a new icon in the system tray. This icon will be for the new desktop alert system.

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Oracle database maintenance
Description of change: Applying the Oracle upgrade to FAUDW db on host odsprod
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 5:00 AM
Affected services: FAUDW production environment. Webfocus won’t be able to connect to the FAUDW database.​
Affected systems: Odsprod​
Expected End-user impact:  During the maintenance window, access to Webfocus will be intermittent

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Oracle quarterly DB patches (odsprod)
Description of change:  Applying Oracle PSU to DB’s on host odsprod​
Downtime window start: 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:00 AM
Affected services: ODS and FAUDW production environment. Webfocus won’t be able to connect to the ODS or FAUDW databases​
Affected systems: Odsprod
Expected End-user impact: Users will be unable to login to ODS or FAUDW during the period the database is offline.  This should be no longer than 1 hour.​​

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Verasmart upgrade
Description of change: Upgrading Verasmart phone billing server to version 11.3​
Downtime window start: 11:00 PM
Downtime window end: 12:00 AM
Affected services: Phone billing​
Affected systems: Boc22comm1​
Expected End-user impact:  No end-user impact is expected.

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Identity Management Maintenance
Description of change: ​OIT will be performing maintenance on our Identity Management System.
Downtime window start: 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:00 AM
Affected services: OIM, OUD, MyFAU, Waveset
Affected systems: boc22oimp1, boc22oimp2​
Expected End-user impact: Changes are being performed on services that Google Applications, MyFAU and password changes rely on. No end-user impact is expected.

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Server maintenance
Description of change: Maintenance will be performed on a redundant DNS server. DNS servers allow a user to access websites and services by using an easy-to-remember name
Downtime window start: 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 5:30 AM
Affected services:  ​External facing DNS​
Affected systems: ​ns1
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected.

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