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\/24\/2014 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:<\/p>\n
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Decommission Mail Server
\nDescription of change: \u200bOIT will be decommissioning a legacy mail server.
\nDowntime window start: 8:00 AM
\nDowntime window end: 8:00 AM
\nAffected services: smtpsec
\nAffected systems: smtpsec servers
\nExpected End-user impact: During this time, end users will be unable to relay mail through smtpsec.fau.edu<\/p>\n
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\nOracle Server Maintenance
\nDescription of change: We will be applying the latest Oracle quarterly patch updates to the production \u200bdatabases.
\nDowntime window start: 3:00 AM
\nDowntime window end: 7:00 AM
\nAffected services: \u200bBanner production, Report Caster production, Oracle Identity Manager production, Identity Manager (IDM) production, ODS production, MSOP instance, MyFAU, Blackboard
\nAffected systems: \u200bBanner, Oracle servers
\nExpected End-user impact: During this time, \u200bthe services listed above will be unavailable intermittently.<\/p>\n
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\nServer configuration change
\nDescription of change: Updating configuration on the wordpress box to enable automatic minor change upgrades.
\nDowntime window start: 5:00 AM
\nDowntime window end: 6:00 AM
\nAffected services: WordPress may be unavailable for a few minutes if the configuration change inadvertently causes issues.
\nAffected systems: WordPress
\nExpected End-user impact: During this time, we do not expect any end user impact as the configuration changes should not cause any noticeable downtime if at all.<\/p>\n
****************************************************************************************************Server configuration change
\nDescription of change: OIT will be making a configuration change to MyFAU for a more fault tolerant external authentication.
\nDowntime window start: 5:00 AM
\nDowntime window end: 6:00 AM
\nAffected services: MyFAU
\nAffected systems: MyFAU
\nExpected End-user impact: During this time, MyFAU may be unavailable for a few minutes.<\/p>\n
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