The network was upgraded this morning which caused some network outages. Most of the issues have been resolved. At this time, only wired network connections in the student housing buildings on the Boca Raton and Jupiter campuses are unavailable. We are continuing to work to resolve the issue and send an update 12:00 pm.
All the wireless networks are working including in student housing.
Network – network maintenance Tuesday 12/20 between 6 and 7am for redundant fiber link to T6. No downtime is anticipated.
Blackboard will be UNAVAILABLE from 11:00 pm December 18th until 6:00 am December 19th while the database is upgraded.
Please be aware that Blackboard will UNAVAILABLE during this upgrade.
Blackboard will be unavailable tomorrow morning (Wednesday, November 30) from approximately 3:00-4:00 am. This downtime is necessary in order for us to install a patch recommended by Blackboard to help ensure a smoother experience with online tests as we enter the final exam period. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.
One of the Blackboard Collaboration servers (BBC1) became unresponsive at approximately 4:11pm today. It has been restarted and Collaboration has resumed proper operation.
We are currently experiencing issues with the 10.50.64.x network. The Systems and Networking teams are currently investigating and we shall provide additional information as it is available.
The WebFOCUS production box was stopped at 12:15 am this morning and was restarted again at 8:23 am. ReportCaster is currently runing all scheduled jobs that were not run during this period.
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, 10/20/2011 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 – 7:00 AM
Affected Service: Talisma
Affected Systems: TALDB01, TALAPP01, TALAPP02
Description of Maintenance: Talisma will be offline while a hotfix is installed to fix an outgoing email error.
Service Interruption: 4 hours
When: 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM
Affected Service: Blackboard
Affected Systems: bbm1, bba1, bba2, bba3, bba4, bba5, bba6, bbc1, bbc2, bbx1, bbx2, bb.fau.edu, blackboard.fau.edu
Description of Maintenance:
Apply the following patch: LRNSI-4851 – Student receives Access Denied message in assessment when clicking Save and Submit simultaneously with autosave form and Students can change local clock to cheat on timed, forced submission tests
NFS Security Changes
Service Interruption: Yes, Blackboard will be unavailable while patch is being applied.
Network: Network data and voice problems bldg. 2 have been resolved
Problem caused by faulty hardware that has been replaced.
The Xpressions (voicemail) servers are back online and functioning.
Regards
Mark
Mark Truman Rolm/IBM/Siemens Certified Engineer Sr. Telecommunications Specialist Communication Services Infrastructure Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 Tel: 561.297.2388