OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Aug 3 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, 08/03/2023 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Virtual Machine Migration
Description of change: OIT will be migrating several systems to new hardware
Downtime window start: 08/03/2023 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 08/03/2023 4:00 AM
Affected services: DHCP and SSO
End-user impact: No end user impact is expected

Removing a Virtual Machine Checkpoint
Description of change: OIT will shut down Confluence virtual machine and remove the checkpoint that was created on Friday 7/21
Downtime window start: 08/03/2023 4:00 AM
Downtime window end: 08/03/2023 5:00 AM
Affected services: Confluence
End-user impact: Confluence will not be accessible while it temporarily shut down.

Student Health Servers Maintenance
Description of change: The following Student Services/ Student Health servers will have maintenance performed on 8/2/2023 – 8/3/2023: Dell Wyse Manager
Downtime window start: 08/02/2023 5:00 PM
Downtime window end: 08/03/2023 6:00 AM
Affected services: Dell Wyse manager for thin clients
End-user impact: During this time the Dell Wyse Manager can not be used to update Wyse OS thin clients.

Student Health Servers Maintenance
Description of change: The following Student Services/ Student Health servers will have maintenance performed on 8/3/2023 – 8/4/2023: Dental Imaging server and EKG Servers
Downtime window start: 08/03/2023 5:00 PM
Downtime window end: 08/04/2023 6:00 AM
Affected services: Dental Imaging server, EKG Servers
End-user impact: During this time the EKG and dental imaging machines will be offline.

Posted in Research Computing, Systems

Network Registration and Links.fau.edu

Links.fau.edu and Network registration are currently offline due to a service issue. We are investigating.

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

New MYFAU design launches 7/31/23 4am-6am

UPDATE: Icons are now loading properly. Also, if you receive “Persona not found” in the MYFAU Mobile app, please select “Switch to the default persona”

UPDATE: Some icons are not loading properly and we are working to resolve as soon as possible. Also, if you receive “Persona not found” in the MYFAU Mobile app, please select “Switch to the default persona”

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MYFAU will launch a redesign from 4am-6pm. During this time some pages may not load or show an error while we make the changes. Please clear your browsers cache if you experience an error after 6am. FAU | Clear Your Cache Also, if you have any bookmarks saved and the page is not properly loading, please visit https://myfau.fau.edu

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

[RESOLVED] FAU Printing Services Upgrade 7/27/23 7AM-9AM

Printing services are back online.

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Printing services for the FAU Library and Labs will be upgraded 7/27/23 between 7AM and 9AM. During this time fauprint.fau.edu will be offline.

Posted in Educational Technologies, Systems, Uncategorized

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. July 27 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, 07/27/2023 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Server migration
Description of change: OIT will be migrating several servers to new hardware
Downtime window start: 07/27/2023 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 07/27/2023 4:00 AM
Affected services:DNS, DHCP, SSO, Networking config backup server
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

Banner records insert
Description of change: Create Fund Award Schedule Rules and Fund Disbursement Schedule Rules Table records for athletic funds.
Downtime window start: 07/27/2023 12:01 AM
Downtime window end: 07/27/2023 12:05 AM
Affected services: Banner
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

Banner program change
Description of change: Modify StarRez Demographic Banner extract program to get @health.fau.edu email address for medical field related students.
Downtime window start: 07/27/2023 12:01 AM
Downtime window end: 07/27/2023 1:00 AM
Affected services: Banner
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

Network Maintenance – VPN
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the University VPN with new hardware
Downtime window start: 07/28/2023 5:30 AM
Downtime window end: 07/28/2023 7:00 AM
Affected services: FAU Boca FortiClient VPN (Basic, Advanced, DARPA/ONR)
End-user impact: Boca VPN will be down during the window. NWRDC/DR VPN will remain available.

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

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. July 20 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, 07/20/2023 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Change Office 365 Email Protection Settings
Description of change: OIT Security will be making a change to increase the security of Office 365 email. If you have any issues with receiving email please open a ticket with either OIT Security or OIT Systems.
Downtime window start: 07/20/2023 8:00 AM
Downtime window end: 07/20/2023 8:05 AM
Affected services: Office 365 Exchange email
End-user impact: Emails with a spam confidence level (SCL) of 8 or 9 will be quarantined instead of delivered to the junk folder. If you suspect an legitimate email has been quarantined, please contact the OIT Help Desk or submit a helpdesk ticket.

Server updates
Description of change: OIT will update servers to the latest update.
Downtime window start: 07/20/2023 12:00 AM
Downtime window end: 07/20/2023 3:00 AM
Affected services: Assessment, Crosswalk, GradeMan, gradrates, ServiceAwards, SoftLic, TechFee, wconline
End-user impact: Services listed will not be available during this time.

Server migration
Description of change: OIT will be migrating several systems to new hardware
Downtime window start: 07/20/2023 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 07/20/2023 4:00 AM
Affected services: DNS, DHCP, SSO, Networking config backup server
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

REDCap Update
Description of change: This is a routine REDCap update. Will be offline during update.
Downtime window start: 07/20/2023 12:00 AM
Downtime window end: 07/20/2023 2:00 AM
Affected services: REDCap
End-user impact: Service will be offline during update.

Posted in Email, Research Computing, Systems

[RESOLVED] Issues logging into uAchieve and Office Apps

We have identified and resolved these issues. Login to uAchieve and Office Apps has been resolved.

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After our single sign on upgrade we have identified that users are receiving Access Denied when trying to access uachieve. We also have identified that logging into Office apps on Windows for the first time is giving a white screen. We recommend logging into Office apps via the web until we update this status.

The issue with logging into the library information systems has been resolved.

We are currently debugging and will update this post as we have a status.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

OIT

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

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. June 29 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, 06/29/2023 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Data Center Storage Upgrade (Netapp Snapvault Cluster)
Description of change: OIT is performing software upgrades to the Netapp Snapvault Cluster
Downtime window start: 06/28/2023 10:00 AM
Downtime window end: 06/28/2023 5:00 PM
Affected services: Snapvault functionality for Netapp volumes
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected. This is a backend netapp cluster for backup purposes

BHRIC VMWare Maintenance
Description of change: Research Computing is performing maintenance on the BHRIC VMware vcenter
Downtime window start: 06/29/2023 12:05 AM
Downtime window end: 06/29/2023 3:00 AM
Affected services: Bhric VMWare vcenter
End-user impact: During this time, end users will not be impacted. However, vm’s can not be rebuilt, recomposed, or updated during the update as vcenter will be offline

CM22 Network Topology Changes
Description of change: OIT will be implementing network topology changes affecting the Building 22 subnet. While the change should have minimal impact to normal operations on the desktops in building 22, we will communicate to users via oit-l to communicate the change and expectations.
Downtime window start: 06/29/2023 6:30 AM
Downtime window end: 06/29/2023 6:59 AM
Affected services: Building 22 desktop network
End-user impact: Users of the desktop subnet in CM22 will have a brief period of network disruption during the change. After the maintenance, there may be some access to other desktop networks in other buildings that may not work as expected, but security staff will be able to address as any problems are reported

OIM Display Correct HIPAA Flag For Grads
Description of change: Change SQL code used by OIM so graduates with multiple records properly retain hipaa flag for 90 days after graduation.
Downtime window start: 06/29/2023 8:00 AM
Downtime window end: 06/29/2023 10:00 AM
Affected services: OIM
End-user impact: No end-user impact

Data Center Storage Upgrade (Netapp Disaster Recovery Cluster)
Description of change: OIT is performing software upgrades to the Netapp Disaster Recovery Cluster
Downtime window start: 06/29/2023 10:00 AM
Downtime window end: 06/29/2023 5:00 PM
Affected services: Disaster recovery snapshot functionality for Netapp volumes
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected. This is the DR netapp cluster for disaster recovery purposes

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Research Computing, Systems

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. June 22 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, 06/22/2023 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

System Upgrade
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading SCCM.
Downtime window start: 06/22/2023 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 06/22/2023 6:00 AM
Affected services: All SCCM-related services will be impacted during the upgrade including windows updates, monitoring, software deployment, and OS imaging.
End-user impact: SCCM will be intermittently unavailable during the upgrade process.

Moving gitlab.hpc.fau.edu to new infrastructure
Description of change: OIT Research Computing team will be performing maintenance on the gitlab.hpc.fau.edu service.
Downtime window start: 06/22/2023 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 06/22/2023 8:00 AM
Affected services: gitlab.hpc.fau.edu
End-user impact: Gitlab will be offline during the backup and restore process as we move the information from one machine to another.

Enable logging feature on authentication systems
Description of change: OIT will be enabling a new feature on some systems that provide authentication service.
Downtime window start: 06/22/2023 7:00 AM
Downtime window end: 06/22/2023 7:05 AM
Affected services: Active Directory
End-user impact: No end-user impact expected

Update code in Identity Management for graduates with @health accounts.
Description of change: Change SQL code used by OIM so graduates with multiple records properly retain hipaa flag for 90 days after graduation.
Downtime window start: 06/22/2023 8:00 AM
Downtime window end: 06/22/2023 10:00 AM
Affected services: Identity Management (OIM)
End-user impact: Graduating students with @health email account.

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Research Computing, Systems, Uncategorized

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. June 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, 06/15/2023 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Load balancer rotation
Description of change: OIT will be changing the active load balancer.
Downtime window start: 06/15/2023 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 06/15/2023 7:00 AM
Affected services: Any websites behind the load balancers.
Main fau website, banner.fau.edu, links, lmsapps, talon, owlres, egrades, papercut, myowl, appstatus and more.
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected.

Enable logging feature on authentication systems
Description of change: OIT will be enabling a new feature on some systems that provide authentication service.
Downtime window start: 06/15/2023 7:00 AM
Downtime window end: 06/15/2023 7:10 AM
Affected services: Active Directory
End-user impact: No end-user impact expected

Decommission system utilized by College IT
Description of change: OIT will be retiring a server utilized by College IT for management work
Downtime window start: 06/15/2023 7:00 AM
Downtime window end: 06/15/2023 7:10 AM
Affected services: remotecon
End-user impact: remotecon will no longer be available for use. College IT will be instructed to use adcon as a replacement

Enable 2factor authentication for system utilized by IT staff
Description of change: OIT will be enabling 2factor auth for a system utilized by IT staff
Downtime window start: 06/15/2023 7:00 AM
Downtime window end: 06/15/2023 7:10 AM
Affected services: adcon
End-user impact: IT staff will need to use DUO when using Remote Desktop to adcon

Course Entry Quiz: Enrollment modification
Description of change: OIT will make modifications to the Course Entry Quiz
Downtime window start: 06/15/2023 5:00 PM
Downtime window end: 06/15/2023 6:00 PM
Affected services: Course Entry Quiz
End-user impact: Students who have last attendance date in the system will not be required to take the quiz.

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Systems, Uncategorized