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\/2017 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window.\u00a0 In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:<\/p>\n
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Server Maintenance – Mail Routing changes<\/strong> *************************************************************************************<\/p>\n Application maintenance – Single Sign On Page Adjustments<\/strong> *************************************************************************************<\/p>\n Server maintenance (Davie campus)\u00a0–\u00a0\u00a0 Update Switch Firmware<\/strong> *************************************************************************************<\/p>\n Server maintenance – Identity Management Systems (idm.fau.edu)<\/strong> *************************************************************************************<\/p>\n Server maintenance<\/strong> *************************************************************************************<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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\/2017 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during…<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWe will be changing the way email is routed from our on-premises servers.\u200b
\nDowntime window start: 5:00 AM
\nDowntime window end: 6:00 AM
\nAffected services: On-Premises \u200bExchange
\nAffected systems: ExchangeCA01.ad.fau.edu, \u200bExchangeCA03.ad.fau.edu, \u200bExchangeCA04.ad.fau.edu,
\nExpected End-user impact:\u00a0 During this time, minimal impact on users is expected. Sending an email through our on-premises exchange transport servers may fail when the service is restarted. Office 365 will not be affected.<\/p>\n
\nThe Office of Information technology will be making small adjustments to the login system to improve usability and reliability
\nDowntime window start: 5:00 AM
\nDowntime window end: 6:00 AM
\nAffected services: Shibboleth, CAS, SSO
\nAffected systems: shibboleth1p, shibboleth2p\u200b
\nExpected End-user impact:\u00a0 During this time, users may be redirected to wordpress.fau.edu during this period. Single sign on will fail over between each server when they restart.<\/p>\n
\nOIT will be updating the firmware on a switch.
\nDowntime window start: 4:00 AM
\nDowntime window end: 5:00 AM
\nAffected services:\u00a0 The following services for the Davie campus:
\nActive Directory, Papercut, SCCM, DHCP, DNS, LDAP\u200b,
\nAffected systems: dav90hv01, dav90hv02, da\u200bv90pcprt01, dav90sccmdp01, davdcfau01, davdcirm01, dhcpdav1\u200b, dnsdav1, ldapdav1\u200b
\nExpected End-user impact: During this time, the affected systems will not be available during the change window.<\/p>\n
\nOIT is moving the idm.fau.edu server to a more suitable network for its usage.\u200b
\nDowntime window start: 5:00 AM
\nDowntime window end: 6:00 AM
\nAffected services: The IDM webpage
\nAffected systems: idm.fau.edu\u200b
\nExpected End-user impact:\u00a0 During this time, users may not be able to login to the idm site for a few minutes while the IP is changed\u200b<\/p>\n
\nWe are moving several servers to a more suitable network for their usage.
\nDowntime window start: 5:00 AM
\nDowntime window end:\u00a0 6:00 AM
\nOIT Units involved in the change\u00a0 Systems, fauapps
\nAffected services:\u00a0 owlapp and gradrates.\u200b
\nAffected systems: owlapp.fau.edu, gradrates.fau.edu\u200b,
\nExpected End-user impact:\u00a0 During this time, owlapp and gradrates may be unavailable for a minute while DNS is pushed to point to the new IPs.\u00a0 As such some users may experience connection issues while trying to access these servers.\u200b<\/p>\n