OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. May 4 from 12:01AM to 7:00AM

Posted on May 2, 2023 at 11:37 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, 05/04/2023 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

RDS Licensing Server upgrade
Description of change: OIT will perform a Windows OS upgrade on our Remote Desktop Licensing Server
Downtime window start: 05/04/2023 12:01 AM
Downtime window end: 05/04/2023 6:00 AM
Affected services: This change will have an impact on any services using the server for remote desktop services, terminal services or VDI.
End-user impact: Faculty and Staff using the remote desktop services, terminal services or VDI.

Secure File Server maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be migrating data on the secure file server.
Downtime window start: 05/04/2023 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 05/04/2023 4:00 AM
Affected services: All andisec shares
End-user impact: All andisec shares will be unavailable for a short time during the window

API Upgrades
Description of change: The Office of Information Technology will deploy several new features and bug fixes for the API tool that enables features in FAU Forms, Single SignOn and, other tools.
Downtime window start: 05/04/2023 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 05/04/2023 6:15 AM
Affected services: Frevvo, eGrades, single sign on
End-user impact: During the redeploy SSO’s prompting engine may timeout and cause it to be skipped.

BHRIC SAN maintenance
Description of change: Research Computing will be doing maintenance on the VMWare storage
Downtime window start: 05/04/2023 12:01 AM
Downtime window end: 05/04/2023 5:00 AM
Affected services: BHRIC VMware
End-user impact: No interruption of service should occur

OIM Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will be updating the global addresses book to remove students from the view.
Downtime window start: 05/04/2023 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 05/04/2023 6:15 AM
Affected services: OIM
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected

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

[RESOLVED]Workday Unavailable

Posted on May 1, 2023 at 1:06 pm by turner

Workday is currently unavailable. We have reached out to the vendor and will update as we have more information.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

OIT

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Uncategorized, Workday

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. April 27 from 12:01AM to 7:00AM

Posted on April 25, 2023 at 1:45 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, 04/27/2023 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Banner program change
Description of change: Create New Banner program to populate Workday payroll accounting adjustment records into a Financial Aid Banner table.
Downtime window start: 04/27/2023 12:01 AM
Downtime window end: 04/27/2023 1:00 AM
Affected services: Banner and Workday
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected with this change.

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems

FAU Forms is back to normal operation.

Posted on April 25, 2023 at 11:54 am by johnsonc

FAU Frevvo Forms issue has been resolved and the service is back to normal operation. Please resume regular use and resubmit any forms that were unavailable. Thank you.

Posted in Uncategorized

FAU Forms is experiencing technical difficulties.

Posted on April 25, 2023 at 11:39 am by johnsonc

FAU Frevvo forms server (forms.fau.edu) is experiencing technical difficulties. Forms service is currently down and being investigated. We will update as soon as the issue has been resolved. Please try to submit your forms later today. Thank You.

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Posted in Uncategorized

[RESOLVED] Papercut Print Services Intermittently Unavailable 4/20/23

Posted on April 20, 2023 at 7:33 am by rvitale

Papercut printing services have been restored.

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Papercut pay for print services will be intermittently unavailable this morning while we fix an issue with the software. This issue will impact printing in the library, computer labs, and jobs submitted via the web portal fauprint.fau.edu. We are working to correct the problem as quickly as possible.

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OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. April 20 from 12:01AM to 7:00AM

Posted on April 18, 2023 at 11:55 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, 04/20/2023 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

Zoom – New Meeting Join Flow
Description of change: Zoom has created a new meeting join experience and will be enforcing it on all accounts this month. The new join flow will help to improve the user experience of joining a meeting. For more information on what is changing, please review the FAQ page. https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/11461720682509
Downtime window start: 04/20/2023 7:00 AM
Downtime window end: 04/20/2023 7:00 AM
Affected services: Zoom
End-user impact: Users will experience a new join flow. Change is mostly cosmetic and eliminates some redundant steps when joining a meeting.

Server Upgrade
Description of change: OIT is performing a Windows OS upgrade on our Remote Desktop Licensing Server
Downtime window start: 04/20/2023 12:01 AM
Downtime window end: 04/20/2023 6:00 AM
Affected services: This change will have an impact on any services using the server for remote desktop services, terminal services or VDI.
End-user impact: Faculty and Staff using any of the services that using the server for remote desktop services, termincal services, or VID.

Endpoint Software Change
Description of change: OIT will be making a configuration change to Office 365 apps software on endpoints.
Downtime window start: 04/20/2023 8:00 AM
Downtime window end: 04/20/2023 8:30 AM
Affected services: Office 365 app installations on Intune managed computers.
End-user impact: Office 365 apps may be forcibly closed going forward to install updates if they have reached the update deadline (7 days).

Identity Management Pain Point fixes
Description of change: The accounts management team has identified two pain points that cause the Help Desk to receive call tickets. These adjustments will automatically correct issues with the Outlook Global Address list and users mistakenly being provided Outlook 365 mailboxes.
Downtime window start: 04/20/2023 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 04/20/2023 6:00 AM
Affected services: Outlook 365 and OIM
End-user impact: 365 mailboxes will be correctly de-provisioned from users who are no longer STUDENT, EMPLOYEE, CONTINGENT with access, or COURTESY.

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Instructional Technologies, Research Computing, Systems

Mediasite Maintenance

Posted on April 12, 2023 at 8:08 am by acampb28

Sonic Foundry will be applying a hotfix to Mediasite during their maintenance window on April 13, between 1:01AM and 5:00AM EDT. Extended downtime is not expected. However, the site may be unavailable for brief periods during this time.

Posted in Canvas / LMS, Lecture Capture

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. April 13 from 12:01AM to 7:00AM

Posted on April 11, 2023 at 11:13 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, 04/13/2023 from 12:01 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

EDI Transcript Modifications – Civics Literacy Compliance
Description of change: As part of Civics Literacy compliance, OIT will be adding two new values to the EDI transcripts, Civic Literacy Assessment and Civic Literacy Course completion.
Downtime window start: 04/13/2023 12:01 AM
Downtime window end: 04/13/2023 12:10 AM
Affected services: EDI Transcripts
End-user impact: No end-user impact is expected during the change.

REDCap Update
Description of change: OIT will peform routine REDCap updates.
Downtime window start: 04/13/2023 12:01 AM
Downtime window end: 04/13/2023 1:00 AM
Affected services: REDCap
End-user impact: Service will be offline during update.

Remote Desktop Session (RDS) Licensing Server upgrade
Description of change: OIT will perform a Windows OS upgrade on our Remote Desktop Licensing Server
Downtime window start: 04/13/2023 4:00 AM
Downtime window end: 04/13/2023 6:00 AM
Affected services: RDS licensing
End-user impact: Some users using VDI and terminal service may be impacted during the change.

Banner Registration Self Service Maintenance
Description of change: The servers hosting the Banner Self Service Registration service will undergo maintenance while new software installations conducted.
Downtime window start: 04/13/2023 8:00 AM
Downtime window end: 04/13/2023 9:00 AM
Affected services: Banner Self Service Registration
End-user impact: Students may be impacted during the change.

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

[RESOLVED] TouchNet Systems Maintenance, Friday, April 21st from 3:00AM to 7:00AM

Posted on April 11, 2023 at 7:00 am by silverst

The TouchNet payment processing system will be undergoing maintenance -Starting from 3:00am to 7:00am (EST) Friday,April 21st. 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