OIT will be performing maintenance on core network equipment from 5:30 a.m. until 7:00 a.m. on 10/16, 10/17 and 10/18.
Tuesday: Boca Raton
Wednesday: HBOI Campus
Thursday: Jupiter Campus
Network connectivity within these campuses and to the Internet will be affected for 10-15 minutes while affected equipment reboots.
Update:
The upgrade has been completed and account claiming and password reset services are available at this time.
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The Oracle Identity Management upgrade scheduled this morning between 12:01AM and 7:00AM is taking longer than expected.
At this time, account claiming and password reset services are currently unavailable. Our team is working on completing the upgrade as soon as possible.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
OIT
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, 10/11/2018 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 – Oracle Identity Management
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the Oracle Identity Management (OIM) system from 11.1.2.2 to 11.1.2.3 (PS3).
Downtime window start: 12:01 AM
Downtime window end: 7:00 AM
Affected services: Password resets, account claiming, Oracle Identity Management (OIM)
Affected systems: OIM servers
Expected End-user impact: During this time, users will not be able to claim accounts or reset passwords.
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Banner Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading several Banner modules, such as Student, Faculty Self-Service, and General
Downtime window start: 2:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7:00 AM
Affected services: Banner 8, Banner XE, Application Navigator and Self-Service
Affected systems: Banner
Expected End-user impact: During this time, users may not be able to connect to Banner and/or Self-Service.
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Server Upgrade and Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the components of several systems to resolve bugs and add support for newer hardware.
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:00 AM
Affected services: ADFS, Shibboleth, Banner DR
Affected systems: ADFS, Shibboleth, Banner DR
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected
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Server Maintenance – Oracle Identity Management
Description of change: Updating e-mail address in Oracle Identity Manager for users that should have an @health.fau.edu address. This is in preparation for the Trusted e-mail go-live. OIM may be slower than usual during this time.
Downtime window start: 10/11/2018 6:00 PM
Downtime window end: 10/14/2018 6:00 PM
Affected services: Password resets, account claiming, Oracle Identity Manager (OIM)
Affected systems: OIM servers
Expected End-user impact: Please note this change will begin on Thurs. Oct 11 at 6:00 PM and run for a few days. Expected end time is Sun, Oct 14 at 6:00 PM or sooner. No downtime is expected but password resets might take a little longer to synchronize.
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Issue is resolved and services are fully online.
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DHCP, DNS, Single Sign On, Network Monitoring, and EDURoam may experience delays and possible errors this morning due to an issue with a device in Building 96. Information Technology is working on resolving the issue and will update this notice as we learn more.
The admissions status portal for undergraduate applicants will be upgraded the morning of October 4th at 5 am. During this upgrade the status portal will not be available and users may receive a 404 page not found.
The network outage in building 96 has been resolved.
Thank you
We have received reports of a network outage in building 96. We are currently investigating the cause and working to resolve as soon as possible.
OIT
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, 10/04/2018 from 12:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:
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Identify Management
Description of change: Add HIPAA role to Oracle Identity Manager and sync to OUD
Downtime window start: 12:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7:00 AM
Affected services: Oracle Identity Manager
Affected systems: boc22oimp
Expected End-user impact: Password changes may be delayed a few minutes during the time. No services will be restarted.
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Application Maintenance – Forms.fau.edu user and role sync
Description of change: OIT will begin syncing all Employees and their roles into forms.fau.edu’s database one per day.
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 3:00 AM
Affected services: forms.fau.edu
Affected systems: frevvo server
Expected End-user impact: During this time there is no end-user impact. After the change, users will be able to accurately route forms to employees as needed.
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Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be performing maintenance on its server infrastructure.
Downtime window start: 4:00 AM
Downtime window end: 5:30 AM
Affected services: DHCP, DNS, SSO, Network Monitoring, EDURoam
Affected systems: dhcpboc1, dhcpboc18, dnsboc1, ldapboc1-el6, overwatch, shibboleth2p, tatooine, boc96hv01, boc96hv02, boc96esxi01, boc96esxi02
Expected End-user impact: Affected services may either be down or partially degraded.
Password changes are working as intended at this time.
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We are currently experiencing issues with Password changes/resets. We recommend holding off changing your password until further notice.
We are working quickly to resolve as soon as possible.
We appreciate your patience during this time.
OIT
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, 09/27/2018 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 – Inbound email update
Description of change:
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:00 AM
Affected services: Inbound email
Outbound email: smtp.fau.edu
Affected systems: email servers
Expected End-user impact: During this time there will be minimal to no impact. Outbound email using smtp.fau.edu may be delayed and/or may get bounced back depending on how the individual server is configured. Inbound email may be delayed during the change window.
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Banner Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading several Banner modules
These modules include: Student, Account Receivable, and Financial Aid
Downtime window start: 2:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7:00 AM
Affected services: Banner 8, Banner XE, Application Navigator and Self-Service
Affected systems: Banner
Expected End-user impact: During this time, users may not be able to connect to Banner and or Self-Service during the installation.
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Application Maintenance – Forms.fau.edu user and role sync
Description of change: OIT will begin syncing all Employees and their roles into forms.fau.edu’s database one per day.
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 3:00 AM
Affected services: forms.fau.edu
Affected systems: frevvo server
Expected End-user impact: During this time there is no end-user impact. After the change, users will be able to accurately route forms to employees as needed.
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Identity Management
Description of change: Upgrades and patches which may require restart. User management application will be upgraded to v. 0.2.4
Downtime window start: 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:00 AM
Affected services: OIM web servers
Affected systems: Changes are occurring to back end services. User should not see any impact on their existing services due to this changes.
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected.
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Jupiter Data Center migration.
Description of change: OIT is condensing 4 Jupiter racks into 2. This will require downtime for all services on the Jupiter campus.
Downtime window start: 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 7:00 AM
Affected services: All services on the Jupiter campus including Domain Authentication, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, application and file share services. All Video Conferencing services.
Affected systems: Jupiter Domain controllers, Jupiter File Servers, VC server equipment, Jupiter Application Servers.
Expected End-user impact: During this time, users will be without the majority of computing services on the Jupiter campus during this 4 hour window. This will include login authentication, Jupiter application and Jupiter server shares, plus all VC services.