[Completed] Optimize HR Non-production Patch Maintenance for 3/3/2013 from 8 am to 1 pm.

[Completed] The Optimize HR Non-Production servers, are scheduled to be patched on 3/3/2013 from 8 am to 1 pm. These are non-production servers and should not affect the remainder of the Optimize servers currently running, nor should any services on Campus be affected.

An update will be posted once server maintenance has been completed.

[Completed] Pre-production Patch Maintenance for 2/28/2013 from 7 am to 9 am.

The Pre-Production Patch Maintenance has been completed. The next scheduled maintenance is for Production servers on 3/10/2013. A separate blog will be posted.

The Pre-Production Patch Maintenance is scheduled for 2/28/2013 from 7 am to 9 am, and Production Server Maintenance tentatively set for 3/10/2013. A separate blog will be posted, prior to the Production Patch maintenance performed.

This should not affect any production services such as:

Email
Personal and departmental file shares (on Alexandria and Merlin2)
Database applications
Web services such as: Moodle
Print Services
vDesk

An update will be posted once server maintenance has been completed.

[Completed] 5-10-minute Interruption in Internet Service 2/22/2013

Update: 6:10 am. The replacement was completed without incident at 5:40 am. All services are online.

The Internet connection for university servers and the academic/administrative networks will be interrupted for 5-10 minutes between 5:30 and 6:00 AM Friday morning, while a faulty firewall device is replaced.

This outage will affect all outward-facing university services, but will will not affect the residential networks.

[Completed] Production Patch Maintenance – Sunday, 2/10/2013

The February 2013 patching has been completed. All services listed below are now back up and operational. The next scheduled patching for production servers, is for March 2013. A separation blog will be posted for this patch window later.

The production patch maintenance is scheduled for Sunday, 2/10/2013, from 3:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Most services may be intermittently or entirely unavailable, including:

  • Email
  • Personal and departmental file shares (on Alexandria and Merlin2)
  • Database applications that include Cascade
  • Web services such as Moodle
  • vDesk
  • Print Services

An update will be posted once server maintenance has been completed.