IRM will be performing routine systems maintenance which includes but is not limited to rebooting Windows servers as deem necessary, installing critical patches and other health checks on Thursday, 06/16/2011 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window.  In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 3:00 AM – 4:00 AM

Affected Services:  Blackboard 9.1 Production

Affected Systems: Solaris Zones: BP1 – BBP7 and COLLAB servers

Description of Maintenance:  The Blackboard 9.1 production servers will be updated for a vulnerability to cross-site scripting in a portion of the Discussion Board.  No reboots are necessary.

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When: 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM

Affected Services:

Identity Manager and Password Sync
SharePoint

Affected Systems:

IDM4P, SPWFE1, SPWFE2, SPAPP1

Description of Maintenance: We will be increasing the size of disk drives.

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When : 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM

Affected Services: DNS

Affected Systems: Nsboc0.fau.edu, Nsboc1.fau.edu, Nsdav1.fau.edu, Nsftl1.fau.edu, Nsjup1.fau.edu, Nspsl1.fau.edu

Description of Maintenance: We will be adding the following DNS zones to above name servers: ad.fau.edu

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When: 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM

Description of Maintenance: Java security patch installed on seeker, seeker2, seeker3, vkiller, vkiller2, bertjr, ns, ns1, faugpc01, irmftp, faujsa, and faujazz.

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When : 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM

Description of Maintenance: We will be applying Windows patches to all middleware systems.

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When: 3:00 AM – 7:00 AM

Description of Maintenance: Banner Channels 8.3.0 upgrade on FAUP – no downtime.

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When: Wednesday, (6/15)10:00 PM – Thursday (6/16) 7:00 AM

Description of Maintenance: The Barnes and Nobile links on the Registration Add/drop page and the My Schedule page will be temporarily unavailable due to an upgrade being done my Barnes and Noble. The links will be available by 7:00am on Thursday.

On Thursday June 16th from 5:00am till 7:00am CSI will be performing telephone system maintenance that will interrupt telephone service on the Davie Campus. Other Southern campuses may experience intermittent outages. All calls originating from the Davie campus may require dialing a seven or ten digit number for all off campus calls. If you are trying to reach the Davie campus, the ten digit number might be required. In the event of an emergency the FAU police department can be reached at 561-271-5163 by using a cellular or other non-FAU phone, and local police can be reached by Dialing 911 from a cellular or other non-FAU-phone. If you experience telephone difficulties after the date or time outlined above, please call CSI Support Services at 561-297-6235 or contact the FAU help desk at http://www.fau.edu/helpdesk/ or 561-297-3999 for immediate assistance.

The FAU network is experiencing high levels of packet loss (slowness.) We are working to resolve the issue.

On Friday May 27th from 5:00am till 7:00am CSI will be performing telephone system maintenance that will interrupt telephone service on the Jupiter Campus. Other Northern campuses may experience intermittent outages. All off campus calls originating from the Northern campuses may require dialing a seven or ten digit number for all off campus calls. If you are trying to reach the Northern campuses, the ten digit number might be required. In the event of an emergency the FAU police department can be reached at 561-297-3500 by using a cellular or other non-FAU phone, and local police can be reached by Dialing 911 from a cellular or other non-FAU-phone.

If you experience telephone difficulties after the date or time outlined above, please call CSI Support Services at 561-297-6235 or contact the FAU help desk at http://www.fau.edu/helpdesk/ or 561-297-3999 for immediate assistance.

The Metro Ethernet data circuit that connects the Jupiter campus and Boca Raton campus is congested due to incorrect ATT settings. We are working with ATT to correct this issue.

Networking will be performing a switch upgrade in building 47 on the fourth floor at the Boca Raton campus tonight from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. Network connectivity to the fourth floor of this building will be disrupted during this time.

IRM will be performing routine systems maintenance which includes but is not limited to rebooting Windows servers as deem necessary, installing critical patches and other health checks on Thursday, 05/05/2011 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window.  In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When : 3:00 AM – 6:00 AM

Affected Systems:

Netreg:  dhcpboc0.fau.edu, ldapboc0.fau.edu, nsboc0.fau.edu, netreg0.fau.edu,

IDM:  Idm4p.fau.edu

Affected Services:             NetReg & IDM

Description of Change: We will be migrating dhcpboc0, ldapboc0, nsboc0, netreg0, and idm4p from VMware ESXi to Hyper-V. Netreg and IDM (password synchronization) will be unavailable for the duration of the maintenance. We will be keeping backups of the VMware machines in case there are any problems and will be able to revert at any time during the process.

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What: Banner webtailor 8.3/8.3.1 upgrade

When: 4:00AM-5:00AM

Impacted: No downtime expected.

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What: Oracle patch installations on Banner test environment

When: 3:00AM-7:00AM (could be longer)

Impacted: All test/development banner instances unavailable

IRM will be performing routine systems maintenance which includes but is not limited to rebooting Windows servers as deem necessary, installing critical patches and other health checks on Thursday, 04/28/2011 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window.  In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When : 3:00 AM – 5:00 AM

Affected Systems:

• Netreg: dhcpboc1.fau.edu, ldapboc1.fau.edu, nsboc1.fau.edu,
• Lists: lists.fau.edu,
• SVN: Visualsvn.fau.edu
• IDM: Idmgatewayp.fau.edu

Affected Services: NetReg, Lists, SVN, IDM

Description of Change: We will be migrating dhcpboc1, ldapboc1, nsboc1, Idmgatewayp, and Visualsvn from Vmware ESXi to Hyper-V. Netreg should not experience any downtime. Lists, Visualsvn and password synchronization will be unavailable for the duration of the maintenance. We will be keeping backups of the Vmware machines in case there are any problems and will be able to revert at any time during the process.

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When: 5:00 AM -7:00 AM

Affected Services/Systems: Banner upgrades and patches (Accounts receivable, student, financial aid)

Impacted: No downtime expected.

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When: 6:00 AM -7:00 AM

Affected Services/Systems: Appworx production restart

Impacted: Appworx will be unavailable during this time.

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When: 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM

What: Clean address update

Impacted: No downtime expected.

On Friday, April 22nd, from 2:00am to 4:00am and Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 from 11:00am to 11:30am the SafeAssign tool in Blackboard will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance.

Blackboard is now back online.