OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Sept 8 from 12:00AM 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, 09/08/2022 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Certificate Renewal
Description of change: The research computing team will be renewing or replacing the certificates on the following services:
Hipaa file system listener for frevvo
General Purpose file system listener for Frevvo
Redcap File Storage
Redcap
Graduate Application
Downtime window start: 09/08/2022 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 09/08/2022 6:00 AM
Affected services: Hipaa file system listener for Frevvo, General Purpose file system listener for Frevvo, Redcap File Storage, Redcap, Graduate Application
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT is updating certificates to ensure secure data transfer on servers related to user account management.
Downtime window start: 09/08/2022 4:00 AM
Downtime window end: 09/08/2022 5:00 AM
Affected services: User account management system – OUD
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT is updating certificates to ensure secure web data transfer (https) on our document management system servers (onbase).
Downtime window start: 09/08/2022 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 09/08/2022 4:00 AM
Affected services: Document management system – Onbase
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

Email Security Change
Description of change: OIT Security is applying an email security change to only OIT accounts.
Downtime window start: 09/08/2022 8:30 AM
Downtime window end: 09/08/2022 8:35 AM
Affected services: Email
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

Desktop Security Change
Description of change: OIT will be making a security related change to desktops on the Boca campus.
Downtime window start: 09/08/2022 8:00 AM
Downtime window end: 09/08/2022 8:00 AM
Affected services: OIT supported desktops and laptops on Boca campus
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

Banner Maintenance
Description of change: OIT is upgrading BANNER Financial Aid for the 2021–22 FISAP reporting.
Downtime window start: 09/08/2022 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 09/08/2022 5:00 AM
Affected services: Banner
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

System Configuration Change
Description of change: OIT will be performing security ​enhancements on the HBOI campus.
Downtime window start 09/08/2022 4:00 AM
Downtime window end 09/08/2022 4:30 AM
Affected services: ​LDAP Authentication, Multicast Name Resolution
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected​

Canvas Subaccount Clean Up
Description of change: OIT is reorganizing the Canvas Subaccounts to facilitate more precise use of plugins for proper groups in Canvas.
Downtime window start: 09/07/2022 11:30 PM
Downtime window end: 09/08/2022 3:30 AM
Affected services: Canvas
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

REDCap Update
Description of change: This is a routine REDCap update.
Downtime window start: 09/08/2022 12:00 AM
Downtime window end: 09/08/2022 1:00 AM
Affected services: REDCap
Expected End-user impact: REDCap will be unavailable during the update.

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Canvas / LMS, Educational Technologies, Email, Research Computing, Systems

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Sept 1 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, 09/01/2022 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Desktop Configuration Change
Description of change: ​OIT will be making a security change to desktops in CM22.
Downtime window start 9/1/2022 8:30 AM
Downtime window end 9/1/2022 8:30 AM
Affected services: Windows Defender
Expected End-user impact: ​None, some security settings in Windows Defender will be enabled and will not be allowed to be turned off.

Microsoft 365 License Migration
Description of change: OIT will be migrating users to a new Microsoft 365 license​
Downtime window start 9/1/2022 6:00 AM
Downtime window end 9/1/2022 6:05 AM
Affected services: All 365 services​
Expected End-user impact: No end user impact is expected​

REDCap Update
Description of change: ​Research computing will conduct routine maintenance on REDCap
Downtime window start 9/1/2022 12:00 AM
Downtime window end 9/1/2022 1:00 AM
Affected services: REDCap database & REDCap (shown on the REDCap KB page)
Expected End-user impact: ​REDCap will be offline during the update.

Posted in Research Computing, Systems

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. July 28 from 1:00AM 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, 07/28/2022 from 1:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

REDCap Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be doing REDCap maintenance.​
Downtime window start 7/28/2022 1:00 AM
Downtime window end 7/28/2022 2:00 AM
Affected services: REDCap​
Expected End-user impact: ​REDCap will be offline during the update

Posted in Research Computing, Systems

Network Maintenance: July 21 5-6am

As part of OIT’s annual continuity of services testing, OIT will be conducting tests that will potentially interrupt campus services intermittently between 5am to 6am on Thursday, July 21.

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Canvas / LMS, Educational Technologies, Email, Instructional Technologies, Lecture Capture, Network and Telecom, Research Computing, Systems, Uncategorized, Video Conferencing, Workday

Multiple FAU services are currently unavailable

We have experienced a hardware failure and multiple FAU services are currently unavailable- including Account Self Service to reset your password, banner self-service, and others.

We are investigating and working to resolve as soon as possible.

We apologize for any inconvenience and will update the status as we have additional information.

OIT

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Educational Technologies, Email, Instructional Technologies, Network and Telecom, Research Computing, Systems, Uncategorized

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. May 26 from 12:01AM 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, 05/26/2022 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be performing server maintenance from 12:00 a.m. until 5:00 a.m. on Thursday May 26th. Web services may be briefly interrupted during this window. ​
Downtime window start 5/26/2022 12:01 AM
Downtime window end 5/26/2022 5:00 AM
Affected services: Web services may experience brief interruptions during the maintenance window​
Expected End-user impact: Users may experience a brief interruption while services are restarted​

Redcap Maintenance
Description of change: Research Computing will be performing REDCap maintenance​
Downtime window start 5/26/2022 1:00 AM
Downtime window end 5/26/2022 2:00 AM
Affected services: ​REDCap
Expected End-user impact: ​Users will not be able to use REDCap during this time

Posted in Research Computing, Systems

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. May 19 from 1:00AM 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, 05/19/2022 from 1:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Database Maintenance
Description of change: Applying latest patches and upgrades to production databases.
Downtime window start 5/19/2022 3:00 AM
Downtime window end 5/19/2022 7:00 AM
Affected services:
​ODS

Banner production:
Admin Pages (Forms)
Application Navigator
Banner Access Manager
Banner self-service
Touchnet – Payments/Deposits
Workflow
uAchieve – DARS
FLVS
Transcripts

FAUDW Warehouse:
OwlDone
FinancialAid Attendance Survey

IEAP Warehouse
Expected End-user impact: ​The listed services will be temporarily offline while the patches are applied. Some applications may need to be restarted after the maintenance is complete.

Redcap Maintenance
Description of change: Research Computing will be performing REDCap maintenance​
Downtime window start 5/19/2022 1:00 AM
Downtime window end 5/19/2022 2:00 AM
Affected services: REDCap
Expected End-user impact: ​Users will not be able to use REDCap during this time

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Research Computing, Systems

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. May 5 from 1:00AM 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, 05/05/2022 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

BHRIC HYPER-V maintenance
Description of change: Research Computing will be performing maintenance of the Hyper-V environment.​
Downtime window start: 5/5/2022 1:00 AM
Downtime window end: 5/5/2022 2:00 AM
Affected services: All services in the Research Computing Hyper-V environment
Expected End-user impact: No users should be impacted. However, each of the listed VMs/servers will be offline for about 2 mins.​

Posted in Research Computing

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. April 14 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, 04/14/2022 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

REDCap maintenance
Description of change: REDcap will be undergoing maintenance
Downtime window start 4/14/2022 1:30 AM
Downtime window end 4/14/2022 2:00 AM
Affected services: redcap.fau.edu
Expected End-user impact: RedCap will be offline during the update

BHRIC Server Maintenance
Description of change: Research Computing will be performing system maintenance on the BHRIC storage.​
Downtime window start 4/14/2022 1:00 AM
Downtime window end 4/14/2022 4:00 AM
Affected services: BHRIC VDI and server SAN storage
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected.

Posted in Research Computing, Systems

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. April 7 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, 04/07/2022 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Forms Update
Description of change: OIT will update the Forms Server
Downtime window start 4/7/2022 12:00 AM
Downtime window end 4/7/2022 3:00 AM
Affected services: The University Forms Server and all supported business processes and historical submissions.
Expected End-user impact: Many of the University’s forms will be unavailable for submission during the update.​

BHRIC VMWare maintenance
Description of change: Research computing will be performing maintenance on the BHRIC VMWare environment​
Downtime window start 4/7/2022 12:00 AM
Downtime window end 4/7/2022 2:00 AM
Affected services: vhealth.fau.edu​
Expected End-user impact: Users will not be able to log in during this time​

BHRIC Server Maintenance
Description of change: BHRIC Servers will be undergoing maintenance
Downtime window start 4/7/2022 3:00 AM
Downtime window end 4/7/2022 6:00 PM
Affected services: Login services
Expected End-user impact: ​No End user impact is expected

Server Maintenance
Description of change: ​During the maintenance window we will be applying upgrades to the Banner 9 web servers.
Downtime window start 4/7/2022 6:00 AM
Downtime window end 4/7/2022 7:00 AM
Affected services: All Banner 9 web services (Admin pages, Application Navigator, Student Registration)​
Expected End-user impact: ​These will be rolling updates so there should be no user impact.

Application updates
Description of change: Five servers will have OS application updates performed. The following services are on these servers:
-OwlRes
-KPIs
-Owlforms
Downtime window start 4/7/2022 11:00 PM
Downtime window end 4/7/2022 12:00 AM
Affected services:
​-OwlRes
-KPIs
-Owlforms
Expected End-user impact: ​Users will experience limited outages for the services listed.

Account Management changes for certain accounts
Description of change: ​OIT will be making changes to a limited number of accounts on Thursday April 7th. No end-user impact is expected
Downtime window start 4/7/2022 6:00 AM
Downtime window end 4/7/2022 7:00 AM
Affected services: Active Directory accounts as follows:
srv- accounts
it- accounts
SSO Accounts:
OIT Staff
Expected End-user impact: OIT staff will receive more prompts to provide DUO authentication to SSO services including access to the helpdesk.
Service accounts will lose the ability to logon to systems in an interactive fashion. it- administrative accounts will be prompted for new credentials periodically.​

Configure best practice settings for windows computers
Description of change: ​OIT will be changing default policy for windows systems to deny some anonymous access
Downtime window start 4/7/2022 6:00 AM
Downtime window end 4/7/2022 6:05 AM
Affected services: Active directory joined computers​
Expected End-user impact: No end user impact is expected

Desktop Configuration Changes – Limited
Description of change: OIT will be performing configuration changes on a limited number of desktops on Thursday April 7th
Downtime window start 4/7/2022 12:00 AM
Downtime window end 4/7/2022 12:05 AM
Affected services: OIT Desktop Logins​
Expected End-user impact: After the change, OIT desktops and laptops will automatically lock after a period of idle activity.

Posted in Research Computing, Systems