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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Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Instructional Technologies, Network and Telecom, Systems, Video Conferencing

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Jan 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, 01/07/2021 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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Database Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be performing storage maintenance on the boc22mssqloit3 Microsoft SQL Cluster. Databases located on CIFS shares will be moved to iSCSI.
Downtime window start: 1/7/2021 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 1/7/2021 7:00 AM
Affected services: The following databases on the boc22mssqloit3 cluster will be offline for a short period while moved:
collegeexpo_prod, eCollege, EMS, EMS_Master, FacStaffAlert, FAU_CIG, fsaATLAS, grantsERA, GRAS, inauguration, Master_Calendar, Medicine, onbase_prod, orinoco_base, orinoco_directory, orinoco_esig, orinoco_flow, orinoco_hr, owlcard, owlcard_test, PrivateEyeProd, PrivateEyeTest, ServiceAwards, SOFTLIC, TechFee, ThirdPartyAlert, Transients, VPAS
Expected end-user impact: During this time, services connecting to the databases listed above may go offline or need to be restarted during the maintenance.

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Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT is making changes to enhance the security of FAU’s main website (www.fau.edu)
Downtime window start: 1/7/2021 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 1/7/2021 5:30 AM
Affected services: primary FAU website (www.fau.edu)
Expected end-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected. After the change, users will be forced to load www.fau.edu via https only

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Posted in Systems

[RESOLVED] Starfish Success Network is not displaying connections

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The issue have been resolved.

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The Starfish system is currently not displaying any connections including advisors and advising offices for students. The problem is being investigated and will update when we have more information.

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Educational Technologies, Instructional Technologies, Systems

COVID-19 Health Check-in Update

The Office of Information will be updating the COVID-19 Health Check-in which is displayed when users login to Canvas and Workday. This upgrade will occur at 8 pm and last until 8:15 pm.

While not expected some users may have difficulty logging in and updating their health status during this time. If you have any trouble please try again after 8:15 pm.

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Canvas / LMS, Educational Technologies, Email, Instructional Technologies, Lecture Capture, Research Computing, Systems, Workday

Storage maintenance, Dec 22 & 23 from 3:00AM to 7:00AM

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Storage Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be performing maintenance on some backend storage.
Downtime window start: 12/22/2020 4:30 AM
Downtime window end: 12/22/2020 6:30 AM
Affected services: No downtime expected but there is a potential to affect:
All services dependent on NetApp storage, including major ones like:
all VM’s on Hyper-V
all VM’s on VMware
Some of the major services, but not limited to are:
Banner
OIM
Andi Shares
Ibiweb
MSSQL databases and services dependent on those
Network Registration
Grouper
Owlapp
Edocs
Papercut
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The two Cluster switches will be upgraded, one at a time. VM hosts may see a pause in data transfer while volumes are failing over and back.
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected.

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Storage Maintenance
Description of change
OIT will be performing maintenance on some backend storage.
Downtime window start: 12/23/2020 3:30 AM
Downtime window end: 12/23/2020 6:30 AM
Affected services: No downtime expected but there is a potential to affect
All services dependent on NetApp storage, including major ones like:
all VM’s on Hyper-V
all VM’s on VMware
Some of the major services, but not limited to are:
Banner
OIM
Andi Shares
Ibiweb
MSSQL databases and services dependent on those
Network Registration
Grouper
Owlapp
Edocs
Papercut
…

The Cluster Update Wizard installs the Data ONTAP non-disruptively by performing a rolling upgrade, but VM hosts may see a pause in data transfer while a node is failing over and back.
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected.

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Posted in Systems

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Dec 17 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, 12/17/2020 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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Voice Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the software on the voice servers.
Downtime window start: 12/17/2020 7:00 PM
Downtime window end: 12/18/2020 3:00 AM
Affected services: Desk Phone Connectivity
Expected End-user impact: During this time, some phones may lose connectivity for 10-30 seconds while they switch to the backup servers.

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Database Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be performing storage maintenance on the boc22mssqlfau2 Microsoft SQL Cluster. Databases located on CIFS shares will be moved to iSCSI.
Downtime window start: 12/17/2020 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 12/17/2020 7:00 AM
Affected services: The following databases on the boc22mssqlfau2 cluster will be offline for a short period while moved:
InternationalServices
COE Production
COE Development
propel
PSLA
ITNClient0310_samp
ITNCommon
ITNClient0310_prod
USA
FabLab
StudentAffairsDB
BDRegistrar
Expected End-user impact: During this time, services connecting to the databases listed above may go offline or need to be restarted during the maintenance.

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Client Configuration Change
Description of change: OIT will be making a change to which computers receive VPN settings.
Downtime window start: 12/17/2020 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 12/17/2020 5:00 AM
Affected services: Group Policy
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected.

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Research Computing Scheduler Upgrade
Description of change: Research Computing will be upgrading the scheduler used to control jobs on the cluster. This upgrade should resolve several problems preventing GUI and MPI applications from running correctly.
Downtime window start: 12/17/2020 8:00 AM
Downtime window end: 12/17/2020 5:00 PM
Affected services: Research Computing Cluster
Expected End-user impact: During this time, the cluster will be offline while we apply this update to all compute nodes, login nodes, images, and dependent services.

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Update applicant’s email on UG Application
Description of change: OIT will enable a new Appworx job for the Admissions Office to manually update an applicant’s email address on their UG application.
Downtime window start: 12/17/2020 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 12/17/2020 7:00 AM
Affected services: None
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected.

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Snaplogic upgrade
Description of change: OIT will upgrade Snaplogic to the newest version
Downtime window start: 12/17/2020 12:00 AM
Downtime window end: 12/17/2020 5:00 AM
Affected services: All Snaplogic pipelines
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected.

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Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Network and Telecom, Research Computing, Systems

Google Apps- including Owl Mail unavailable

Google Apps are currently experiencing an outage. Student Owl Mail email, YouTube, Google Drive, and other google services may not be available or you may not be able to login. We will update as google provides additional information.

OIT

Posted in Educational Technologies, Email, Systems, Uncategorized

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Dec 3 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, 12/03/2020 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 Upgrades – Pay-for-print (Papercut)
Description of change: Papercut will be migrated from the current production environment to a new production environment. As part of the upgrade, please take note: Papercut will be offline for 3 days, from 12/2/2020-12/4/2020, while all hardware and software is upgraded and tested.
Downtime window start: 12/2/2020 8:00 AM
Downtime window end: 12/4/2020 5:00 PM
Affected services: Papercut printing.
Expected End-user impact: During this time, users will not be able to use Pay-for-print (Papercut) services

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Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the firmware on its spam filters.
Downtime window start: 12/3/2020 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 12/3/2020 4:00 AM
Affected services: Inbound FAU email. Outbound email via smtp.fau.edu
Expected End-user impact: During this time, sending email using smtp.fau.edu may fail.

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Add the Student HIPAA indicator column to OIM view
Description of change: OIT will add a student HIPAA indicator in the identity management system.
Downtime window start: 12/3/2020 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 12/3/2020 5:00 AM
Affected services: Not Applicable
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected.

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Confluence Upgrade
Description of change: OIT will upgrade our Confluence installation
Downtime window start: 12/3/2020 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 12/3/2020 7:00 AM
Affected services: kb.fau.edu
Expected End-user impact: During this time, KB.fau.edu (Confluence) used by OIT will be offline.

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Change Path of Home Directories HPC
Description of change: OIT is going to change IPA home directories to keep Ceph from enumerating invalid home directories
Downtime window start: 12/3/2020 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 12/3/2020 5:30 AM
Affected services: Home directories on HPC
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact expected.

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Posted in Systems

Pay-for-print unavailable due to maintenance – 12/2 at 8:00am – 12/4 at 5:00pm

The pay-for-print service will be unavailable due to maintenance and necessary upgrades starting Wednesday, Dec 2 at 8:00am until Friday, Dec 4 at 5:00pm.

During this time, you will not be able to submit print jobs via pay-for-print.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

OIT

Posted in Systems

[RESOLVED] Possible connectivity issues to network/Internet

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The issue have been resolved.

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We are currently experiencing issues with computers not being able to renew the DHCP lease (network connection). This can result in not being able to remotely connect to the computers or not being able to access the network/internet if you are on campus.

OIT is working on resolving this issues as soon as possible.

We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

Posted in Network and Telecom, Systems