[Resolved] Cisco Webex LTI Outage in Canvas

Posted on September 2, 2020 at 12:46 pm by cdominguez

The Cisco Webex tool in Canvas is now back up and operational. Students and Faculty should be able to access their scheduled Webex sessions through Canvas again.

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Students and teachers trying to access the Cisco Webex tool in their Canvas courses are currently receiving a “502 Bad Gateway” error. For the time being, teachers that are holding Webex meetings at this time should find the direct meeting links for their sessions and send them to students who have trouble joining.

Posted in Canvas / LMS, Educational Technologies, Instructional Technologies

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Sept 3 from 3:00AM to 7:00AM

Posted on September 1, 2020 at 10:48 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, 09/03/2020 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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Single Sign On Maintenance
Description of change: OIT will update single sign on (SSO) to improve usability.
Downtime window start: 9/3/2020 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 9/3/2020 6:30 AM
Affected services: Login Captive Portal and all SSO client services
Expected End-user impact: During this time, SSO will be unavailable and error for ~5 minutes. ​

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Address Verification 4P prompt and button
Description of change: New address verification 4P prompt that directs registered students to the personal information app. Then a new “Verify” button on the personal information app that appears once a semester until a student verifies their physical location. This in response to new federal regulation that went into effect July 1st to get location of students studying remotely. ​
Downtime window start: 9/3/2020 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 9/3/2020 5:00 AM
Affected services: Banner, Personal Information App, 4P​
Expected End-user impact: During this time, all registered students will be required to verify their address on file is correct after 4 logins to SSO via 4P prompt. Must hit verify button.

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Server Upgrade
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the hardware and operating system of one of its servers.​
Downtime window start: 9/3/2020 5:00 AM
Downtime window end: 9/3/2020 5:30 AM
Affected services: ​Squid proxy – octopus.fau.edu:3128
Expected End-user impact: During this time, the squid http proxy will be unavailable.

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Frevvo ANDI File Connector Upgrade
Description of change: OIT will apply a service patch for the Forms Secure File Server. This is adding on to the BHRIC Tomcat update already approved in an effort to homogenize systems maintenance by getting both servers on the same version of Tomcat.
Downtime window start: 9/3/2020 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 9/3/2020 8:00 AM
Affected services: ​Forms that require secure file submission.
Expected End-user impact: During this time, forms utilizing the Secure File Submission Service will experience a temporary disruption.

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Frevvo Secure File Connector Upgrade
Description of change: OIT will apply a service patch for the Forms Secure File Server
Downtime window start: 9/3/2020 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 9/3/2020 8:00 AM
Affected services: ​Forms that require secure file submission.
Expected End-user impact: During this time, forms utilizing the Secure File Submission Service will experience a temporary disruption.

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Research Computing Cluster Login Node Move
Description of change: OIT will be moving the HPC clusters login nodes behind a load balancer.
Downtime window start: 9/3/2020 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 9/3/2020 4:00 AM
Affected services: koko-login.fau.edu (ssh, rdp)​, bast.hpc.fau.edu (ssh)
Expected End-user impact: During this time, no end-user impact is expected. The account login behavior may change as idle sessions may be terminated.

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Server Maintenance
Description of change: ​OIT will be migrating a server to new hardware.
Downtime window start: 9/3/2020 3:00 AM
Downtime window end: 9/3/2020 5:00 AM
Affected services: ​SFTP for external clients/vendors
Expected End-user impact: During this time, ​SFTP services will be unavailable

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Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Research Computing, Systems

[RESOLVED]Zoom Cloud Recording Processing Delays

Posted on August 31, 2020 at 5:43 pm by acampb28

Zoom has resolved the issue causing delays in cloud recording processing time

Posted in Canvas / LMS, Video Conferencing

Global CenturyLink internet Outage may affect access to some FAU services

Posted on August 30, 2020 at 10:13 am by turner

Global CenturyLink internet Outage may affect access to some FAU services such as Workday and Duo Mobile. It appears to be impacting Comcast/Xfinity customers with some services.

We are monitoring the situation and will update as soon as more information is available.

OIT

Posted in Network and Telecom, Systems, Uncategorized, Workday

Zoom Cloud Recording Processing Delays

Posted on August 27, 2020 at 3:43 pm by acampb28

Zoom has identified delays in cloud recording processing times. The zoom team is working to resolve the delays, and will provide updates.

Posted in Canvas / LMS, Video Conferencing

Parking Server Certificate Error

Posted on August 26, 2020 at 10:34 am by rresnick

Due to a problem with the Parking servers site https://parking.fau.edu is not accessible. We are working to resolve is issue and expect it to return to service in the next hour or two.

Posted in Uncategorized

Research Computing Cluster Logins

Posted on August 26, 2020 at 8:36 am by rresnick

A bad fiber line on the Jupiter Campus is affecting the Research Computing equipment performance. The infrastructure team is investigating and during this investigation logins and file system operations will be impacted for short periods of time. We will update this post as we learn more.

Posted in Network and Telecom

[RESOLVED] Zoom

Posted on August 24, 2020 at 11:10 am by acampb28

Zoom services appear to be restored at this time. Zoom is in the process of applying a nationwide fix and it appears FAU’s service has already been restored.

Posted in Canvas / LMS, Video Conferencing

Zoom sign-in issues

Posted on August 24, 2020 at 8:52 am by acampb28

Zoom is experiencing intermittent issues where users may not be able to sign in. Updates will be provided as new information becomes available.

Aug 24, 10:58 Update – We are in the process of deploying a fix across our cloud. Service has been restored already for some users. We are continuing to roll this out to complete the fix for any users still impacted.

Aug 24, 09:50 Identified – We have identified the issue causing users to be unable to authenticate to the Zoom website (zoom.us) and unable to start and join Zoom Meetings and Webinars, and we are working on a fix for this issue.

Aug 24, 08:51 Investigating – We have received reports of users being unable to visit the Zoom website (zoom.us) and unable to start and join Zoom Meetings and Webinars. We are currently investigating and will provide updates as we have them.

Posted in Canvas / LMS, Video Conferencing

Single Sign-On Update

Posted on August 23, 2020 at 4:52 pm by rresnick

08-23-2020 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm

OIT will be updating the Single Sign-on System to correct a performance issue that was recently discovered. During this window, there will be a short period of time where users receive an error when attempting to login to any single sign-on enabled service.

Posted in Banner and Admin Systems, Canvas / LMS, Educational Technologies, Email, Instructional Technologies, Lecture Capture, Network and Telecom, Systems, Video Conferencing, Workday