Resolved – Single Sign On (SSO) Service Interruption

Posted on September 18, 2023 at 2:56 pm by cblock

Update:

Our single sign on (SSO) service is now fully restored and working as intended. If you have any issues with services, just close all your browser windows and re-try logging in. Thank you.

Original Post:

We have detected an issue with our single sign on (SSO) service where users may be getting a 503 error and not able to sign-in to new applications. Our single sign on service is now routing to a backup location. Users may need to close all browser windows and start a new session to ensure they can login correctly. Users already logged into applications, should not be impacted. We are now working towards restoring our main services for single sign on. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Posted in Uncategorized

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Sept 14 from 12:01AM to 7:00AM

Posted on September 12, 2023 at 10:57 am by ann

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, 09/14/2023 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the two virtual load balancers to newer versions.
Downtime window start: 09/14/2023 4:00 AM
Downtime window end: 09/14/2023 7:00 AM
Affected services: This will impact all services currently being handled by the load balancer from www.fau.edu, banner, talon, OnBase, lmsapps, and other services. The impact should be a blip as the services fail over to the other load balancer.
End-user impact: Faculty, staff, students, departments, all of FAU.

Upgrade OwlForms (OwlAdminPages)
Description of change: OIT will upgrade OlwForms (OwlAdminPages) to latest version to be up to date with new features and security updates.
Downtime window start: 09/14/2023 5:00 PM
Downtime window end: 09/14/2023 6:00 PM
Affected services: OwlForm (OwlAdmin Pages)
End-user impact: OwlForm Admin users

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Systems

[RESOLVED] fauwpa2 wireless network issue

Posted on September 12, 2023 at 9:53 am by ken

We are currently experiencing an issue connecting to the fauwpa2 wireless network. We are working to resolve the issue. Thank you

Posted in Network and Telecom

[RESOLVED] TouchNet Systems Maintenance, Friday, September 22nd from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM

Posted on September 12, 2023 at 9:26 am by silverst

The TouchNet payment processing system will be undergoing maintenance -Starting from 3:00am to 7:00am (EST) Friday, September 22nd. This affects student payment services (Bill+Payment), as well as all Marketplace Stores, uPay sites and TouchNet ready partner payment services. We expect all systems to be back online no later than 7:00 am (EST) that morning. When the system is back up and ready to go, we will notify you. You may wish to place warnings on your website, or take your store offline. If this scheduled downtime creates a conflict for your operations, please feel free to contact us at FIS@fau.edu for further discussion. Expected End-user impact: During this time all student payment services (Bill+Payment), as well as all Marketplace Stores, uPay sites and TouchNet ready partner payment services will be unavailable during this maintenance cycle.

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Workday

[NETWORK DISRUPTION] – Boca Raton Campus – 9:35 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

Posted on September 8, 2023 at 10:32 am by jcooley2

The Boca Raton campus experienced network disruptions between 9:35 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. today due to hardware issues. These disruptions may have prevented users from accessing FAU technology services as well as access to the internet from most FAU campuses.

Posted in Canvas / LMS, Network and Telecom

Success Network (EAB Navigate) is currently experiencing slow response times.

Posted on September 6, 2023 at 1:14 pm by wlinares

The Success Network (EAB Navigate) system is currently experiencing slow loading of search results and reports. The vendor has been notified and we will post an update as we have additional information.

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Systems, Uncategorized

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Sept 7 from 12:01AM to 7:00AM

Posted on September 5, 2023 at 2:48 pm by ann

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, 09/07/2023 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT is upgrading software for our email servers
Downtime window start: 09/07/2023 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 09/07/2023 7:00 AM
Affected services: Email
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

Banner Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be performing maintenance on Banner from 1:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m. on September 7, 2023. Banner will not be available during this time to allow the Ellucian support team to install several module upgrades/patches/administrative pages update to the latest Financial Aid releases for FISAP processing.
Downtime window start: 09/07/2023 12:01 AM
Downtime window end: 09/07/2023 7:00 AM
Affected services: Banner
End-user impact: During this time, Banner will be unavailable

REDCap Update
Description of change: This is a routine REDCap update. REDCap will be offline during update.
Downtime window start: 09/07/2023 12:00 AM
Downtime window end: 09/07/2023 2:00 AM
Affected services: REDCap
End-user impact: REDCap will be unavailable during this time

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

Touchnet – Banner connection issue

Posted on September 5, 2023 at 12:09 pm by nbaran1

We are currently experiencing issues with the connection between Banner and Touchnet payment system. Payments are being processed successfully, however due to the connection issue, student payments and changes may not be accurately reflected in the Student Account Balance in the Touchnet and Student Self Service portals.

We are currently working with Touchnet to identify and resolve the issue and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Uncategorized

OIT Systems Maintenance, Aug 31 from 12:01AM to 7:00AM

Posted on August 29, 2023 at 12:09 pm by ann

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, 08/31/2023 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be performing server maintenance on several core systems from 12:00am to 4:00am on August 31st. During this time, the undergraduate application, MyOwl Services, Owl KPIs, and Owl Files will be unavailable.
Downtime window start: 08/31/2023 12:00 AM
Downtime window end: 08/31/2023 4:00 AM
Affected services: the Undergraduate Application, MyOwl Services, Owl KPIs, and Owl Files
End-user impact: During this time, the undergraduate application, MyOwl Services, Owl KPIs, and Owl Files will be unavailable.

Accreditation system upgrade
Description of change: OIT will be updating a system associated with the accreditation program
Downtime window start: 08/31/2023 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 08/31/2023 6:00 AM
Affected services: Xitracs
End-user impact: During this time, the accrediation program will be unavailable.

Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be updating components to ensure document management websites remain secure.
Downtime window start: 08/31/2023 4:30 AM
Downtime window end: 08/31/2023 5:00 AM
Affected services: Onbase document management
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected.

Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be updating components to ensure user account information servers (LDAP) maintain their secure communications channel.
Downtime window start: 08/31/2023 5:30 AM
Downtime window end: 08/31/2023 6:00 AM
Affected services: Applications that are custom configured to rely on the OUD (Oracle Unified Directory) and LDAP servers directly instead of their frontend BigIP entry point.
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected.

Updates to Banner Registration Servers
Description of change: The Banner Self-Service 9 Registration environment will be re-configured to better support our students during registration periods.
Downtime window start: 08/31/2023 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 08/31/2023 6:30 AM
Affected services: Banner Production Self-Service Registration 9
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

Remove legacy configuration from Authentication Services
Description of change: OIT will be removing some legacy configuration from the Authentication Services
Downtime window start: 08/31/2023 7:00 AM
Downtime window end: 08/31/2023 7:00 AM
Affected services: Active Directory
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected.

Server Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be updating the software on one of its management servers.
Downtime window start: 08/31/2023 8:00 AM
Downtime window end: 08/31/2023 9:00 AM
Affected services: Advanced VPN clients
End-user impact: Advanced VPN clients will show that they are disconnected from their management server. This will not impact VPN/remote access.

Waive orientation hold for newly admitted NextEra & JM students
Description of change: OIT will update orientation holds for any NextEra & JM student
Downtime window start: 08/31/2023 5:00 PM
Downtime window end: 08/31/2023 6:00 PM
Affected services: Banner
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected.

Upgrade the image on the University wireless controller
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the image on the University’s wireless server for security reasons.
Downtime window start: 09/01/2023 12:00 AM
Downtime window end: 09/01/2023 6:00 AM
Affected services: Wireless
End-user impact: Wireless connections in some areas may not be available during this time.

Certificate renewals for VoIP
Description of change: Certificate renewal for VoIP Expressways
Downtime window start: 09/01/2023 8:30 PM
Downtime window end: 09/01/2023 10:00 PM
Affected services: Remote phones and Jabber clients
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

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

[RESOLVED] Apps.fau.edu will be unavailable the morning of 8/29/23 due to stability enhancement changes

Posted on August 28, 2023 at 10:19 am by rvitale

OIT will be performing changes to apps.fau.edu in order to improve stability of the site the morning of 8/29/23, between 3AM and 7AM. During this time apps.fau.edu will be down.

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Posted in Educational Technologies, Systems