Owlpulse will be offline for maintenance 08/17/2021 from 8 pm until 9 pm. Users will not be able to report the COVID-19 symptoms during this time.
[Resolved] Jupiter campus DNS unavailable
The DNS server for the Jupiter campus is down at the moment. Systems is currently investigating this issue.
OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. August 5 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, 08/05/2021 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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Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be updating the website certificates for various public webservers as they are about to expire.
Downtime window start 8/5/2021 3:00 AM
Downtime window end 8/5/2021 7:00 AM
Affected services: Any public website using OIT’s SSL certificate. Examples are: www.fau.edu, helpdesk.fau.edu, directory.fau.edu, banner self service, network registration
Expected End-user impact: During this time, there might be a brief interruption as webservers are reloaded.
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Banner Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the Touchnet BannerConnect client from version 7.6.0.0.2 to 7.10.0.2.1 in production.
Downtime window start: 8/5/2021 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 8/5/2021 7:00 AM
Affected services: Touchnet BannerConnect – Payments made through Banner
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected
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Server Upgrade
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading one of its infrastructure servers related to DNS. OIT requests that no DNS changes be made after end of day on 8/4.
Downtime window start 8/5/2021 3:00 AM
Downtime window end 8/5/2021 5:00 AM
Affected services: DNS
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected.
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BHRIC VDI maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the BHRIC VDI environment
Downtime window start 8/5/2021 12:05 AM
Downtime window end 8/5/2021 2:00 AM
Affected services: vhealth, vhealthon
Expected End-user impact: During this time, users will not be able to use the BHRIC VDI
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OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. July 29 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, 07/22/2021 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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Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be performing server maintenance on several core systems from 3:00a.m. until 7:00 a.m. on July 29th. During this time, access to the network registration system, Banner, Degree Auditing, Transcripts, payments, and reporting systems may be unavailableOIT will be upgrading print services on the Jupiter campus from server 2016 to server 2019.
Downtime window start: 7/29/2021 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7/29/2021 7:00 AM
Affected services:
Banner production
Admin Pages (Forms)
Application Navigator
Banner Access Manager
Banner self-service
Touchnet – Payments/Deposits
Workflow
uAchieve – DARS
FLVS
Transcripts
Appworx
Harvest
ODS
FAUDW Warehouse
DWPROD: OwlDone
DWPROD: FinancialAid Attendance Survey
IEAP Warehouse
WebFOCUS/ReportCaster
OIM
Account claiming
Password resets
MSOP Instance
ACH_PROD: ACH or VPAS
GBP_PROD: Mandatory Course Entry Quiz
WORKDESK_PROD: accounts.fau.edu – Accounts Self Service
CANV_EGRADES_PROD: Canvas Electronic Grading “Banner Grade Submissions” in Canvas
FAUVISITOR_PROD: Wireless network authentication for guests.
FREVVOAPI_PROD: 4P Configuration, Admissions Status, Znumber page, ssoauth.fau.edu/*, egrades.fau.edu/* (except egrades itself)
GROUPER_PROD: Group Management – grouper.fau.edu
PHONEBILL_PROD: Phonebill application pre latest system.
PWDEXPIRE_PROD: Password expiration
REG_PROD: network registration, talon.fau.edu/netreg, talon.fau.edu/networkregistrationadmin, DHCP Logger
FREVVO61_PROD: Frevvo
NEWUNDERGRAD_PROD: Undergraduate Admissions
OWLAPP_PROD: Graduate Admissions
OWLRESIDENCY_PROD: Residency Project
ONBOARDUSR: OwlDone
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.
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Server Upgrade
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading one of its infrastructure servers.
Downtime window start: 7/29/2021 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7/29/2021 4:00 AM
Affected services: DNS lookups on dnsnw1.fau.edu
Expected End-user impact: DNS lookups on dnsnw1.fau.edu will fail during the maintenance window.
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Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be performing server maintenance on a core system from 5:00a.m. until 7:00 a.m. on July 29th. During this time, access to the Mediasite application may be unavailable
Downtime window start: 7/29/2021 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7/29/2021 7:00 AM
Affected services: Mediasite
Expected End-user impact: Mediasite application will be offline during the move
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[COMPLETE] Banner, ODS and Data Warehouse Production Maintenance
The Office of Information Technology will be performing maintenance to production Banner, ODS and Data Warehouse systems beginning Thursday, July 29th at 3:00 am. Services are expected to be fully restored by Thursday, July 29th at 7:00 am. The services listed below are affected by this maintenance and will be unavailable during this time.
Please review these services upon the completion of the maintenance as application restarts may be necessary.
Account claiming and Password resets
Banner Self Service, Admin Pages, Access Manager and Workflow
Transcripts and degree auditing (uAchieve/DARS)
App Status portal
Admissions Applications (Grad and Undergrad)
Owldone
Financial Aid survey
eGrades for Canvas
Touchnet payment gateway
FLVS
Appworx
Harvest
IEA Warehouse (IEAP)
FAU Warehouse (FAUDW)
ODS Warehouse (ODSP)
WebFOCUS/Report Caster
Frevvo
4P (Not SSO)
Grouper
Phonebill Application
Wireless network authentication
Network Registration
Mandatory Course Entry Quiz
ACH/VPAS
OIT
OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. July 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, 07/22/2021 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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Server Upgrade
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading print services on the Jupiter campus from server 2016 to server 2019.
Downtime window start: 7/22/2021 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7/22/2021 7:00 AM
Affected services: Print services on the Jupiter campus.
Expected End-user impact: Printing will be unavailable during this time
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Server Upgrade
Description of change: OIT will be performing upgrades to its authentication servers.
Downtime window start: 7/22/2021 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7/22/2021 5:00 AM
Affected services: Active Directory
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected
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Server Upgrade
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading a mail server.
Downtime window start: 7/22/2021 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7/22/2021 4:00 AM
Affected services: Qualtrics
Expected End-user impact: Users will not be able to send emails through flashgordon during the window.
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OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. July 15 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, 07/15/2021 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:
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Network Services Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be performing maintenance on some network services on July 15th at 12:00 a.m. There is no end-user impact anticipated
Downtime window start: 7/15/2021 12:01 AM
Downtime window end: 7/15/2021 12:30 AM
Affected services: DNS queries for users using on-campus DNS servers
Expected End-user impact: There is no expected end-user impact
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AppWorx Upgrade
Description of change: The AppWorx automation application will be upgraded to a new version.
Downtime window start: 7/15/2021 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7/15/2021 6:00 AM
Affected services: Appworx
Expected End-user impact: There is no expected end-user impact
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Server Upgrade
Description of change: OIT will be performing upgrades to its authentication servers.
Downtime window start: 7/15/2021 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7/15/2021 5:00 AM
Affected services: Active Directory (irm.ad.fau.edu)
Expected End-user impact: There is no expected end-user impact
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Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be making some configuration changes to OnBase for better usability.
Downtime window start: 7/15/2021 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7/15/2021 7:00 AM
Affected services: OnBase
Expected End-user impact: There is no expected end-user impact.
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OIT systems Maintenance, Thurs. July 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, 07/08/2021 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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Wireless Network Enhancements
Description of change: OIT will upgrade the software and certificate on the wireless controllers to enhance the end user experience.
Downtime window start: 7/8/2021 11:00 PM
Downtime window end: 7/9/2021 2:00 AM
Affected services: Wireless network
Expected End-user impact: There will be a brief outage of access to wireless networks during the upgrade.
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Enhance security for OIT managed fileserver
Description of change: The storage supporting fauandi1 will be encrypted
Downtime window start: 7/8/2021 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7/8/2021 6:05 AM
Affected services: all shares on fauandi1
Expected End-user impact: There is no expected end-user impact.
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Posted in Network and Telecom, Systems
OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. July 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, 07/01/2021 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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Voice Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be performing maintenance on the voice servers between 9:00 PM on June 30th to 2:00 AM July 1st. Phones may have brief connectivity issues.
Downtime window start 6/30/2021 9:00 PM
Downtime window end 7/1/2021 12:00 AM
Affected services: Cisco phones
Expected End-user impact: Cisco Phones will experience a brief 30 second outage during the maintenance window.
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Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be performing maintenance on its spam filters on July 1st between 3am and 4am. Mail delivery may be impacted during this window.
Downtime window start 7/1/2021 3:00 AM
Downtime window end 7/1/2021 4:00 AM
Affected services: Inbound email for fau.edu, outbound email via smtp.fau.edu
Expected End-user impact: Sending email using smtp.fau.edu during the maintenance window may fail.
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AppWorx Upgrade
Description of change: The AppWorx automation application will be upgraded from version 9.1.3 to version 9.3.5.
Downtime window start 7/1/2021 3:00 AM
Downtime window end 7/1/2021 6:00 AM
Affected services: None expected since this is being done during our maintenance window.
Expected End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected.
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Brief Network Maintenance Affecting SSO Tonight (June 29th at 12:00 a.m.)
OIT will be performing brief network maintenance tonight at midnight (June 29th at 12:00a.m.) that may affect SSO logins. These logins may be briefly unavailable or slow for a few minutes during the maintenance. If issues are encountered, please try again in a couple of minutes.
Posted in Systems