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Windows Domain: System Upgrade

Sunday, June 28 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology services will be retiring some of our domain controllers this weekend.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·         Some services may become unavailable or have slow logins while the work is being performed.

·         On campus network access may be slower while services are migrated.

·         For more information on Technology Services’ Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our Service Announcements page on the Puget Sound website.

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Identity Provider: System restart

Wednesday, May 6, 2020 from 11 a.m.-11:10 a.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: One of our identity systems is having issues and requires a reboot to resolve.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·         Logging into some applications will fail when the system is down.  Some library journals, Canvas, 25live and other applications will be impacted.

·         For more information on Technology Services’ Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our Service Announcements page on the Puget Sound website.

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Domain Name Service (DNS): Planned Maintenance

Wednesday, May 6, 2020 from 6 a.m.-6:45 a.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: To ensure a secure, reliable computing environment TS will be upgrading our DNS system.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·         Some pugetsound.edu sites may be unreachable momentarily during the maintenance window.

·         For more information on Technology Services’ Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our Service Announcements page on the Puget Sound website.

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Server/Network Battery System: System Replacement

Saturday, January 25 @ 6:30 a.m. – Monday, January 27 @ 5 p.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: To ensure a reliable computing environment Technology Services will be replacing half of our primary battery backup systems that support our core server and network infrastructure.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·         No downtime is expected.

·         For more information on Technology Services’ Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our Service Announcements page on the Puget Sound website.

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Wnfs03: Planned Server Migration

Friday December 13 @ 5 p.m. – Monday December 16 @ 7:30 a.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services will be migrating the file server wnfs03 to a new server this weekend.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·         Files written over the maintenance period may not be available when the new server is put into production.  Technology Services will retain data written over the weekend on the old server and move it after the migration to the new server is complete.

·         Please reboot your system if you are unable to access files after the maintenance is complete.

·         For more information on Technology Services’ Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our Service Announcements page on the Puget Sound website.

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Wnfs02: Planned Maintenance

Monday December 10 from 1 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services will be restarting the server wnfs02 to complete a software installation.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·         Files stored on the server will be intermittently accessible to users during the maintenance period.

·         For more information on Technology Services’ Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our Service Announcements page on the Puget Sound website.

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Wnfs02 (aka facultyfiles, studentfiles) & Wnfs03 (aka stafffiles, merlin2): Planned Server Migrations

Friday December 6 from 5 p.m. to Monday December 9 @ 7:30 a.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services will be migrating the file servers wnfs02 and wnfs03 to new servers this weekend.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·         Files written over the maintenance period may not be available when the new server is put into production.  Technology Services will retain data written over the weekend on the old server and move it after the migration to the new server is complete.

·         Please reboot your system if you are unable to access files after the maintenance is complete.

·         For more information on Technology Services’ Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our Service Announcements page on the Puget Sound website.

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Server/Network Battery System: System replacement

Saturday, December 7 @ 7 a.m. – Monday December 9 @ 5 p.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: To ensure a reliable computing environment Technology Services will be replacing half of our primary battery backup systems that support our core server and network infrastructure.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·         There will be a period of approximately 10 minutes around 7 a.m. Saturday where new users accessing the network will not be allowed on as one of the network support systems reboots.

·         No downtime is expected for other systems as all systems have redundant power paths.

·         For more information on Technology Services’ Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our Service Announcements page on the Puget Sound website.

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Wnfs02/facultyfiles: Planned Server Migration

Wednesday November 27 from 6 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services will be migrating all file shares to a new server.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·         File shares on wnfs02/facultyfiles will be unavailable during the maintenance window.

·         Please reboot your system if you are unable to access your files after the maintenance has been completed.

·         For more information on Technology Services’ Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our Service Announcements page on the Puget Sound website.

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Puget Sound Systems and Applications: Planned Maintenance [COMPLETE]

Sunday, September 22, 2019 from 6 a.m.-3 p.m.

SYSTEMS IMPACTED: The following systems will be intermittently unavailable during the maintenance window:  

Campus file servers

Email and calendar

Canvas

Moodle

pugetsound.edu

myPugetSound.edu  

PeopleSoft Human Resources

PeopleSoft Financials

PeopleSoft Campus Solutions

vDESK

Various Puget Sound systems and applications

DATE(s) of IMPACT: Sunday, September 22, 6 a.m.-3 p.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: To ensure a secure, reliable computing environment TS will be completing routine patch maintenance on our Puget Sound production servers.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·        The university network, internet access and wireless will NOT be affected.

·        Technology Services schedules regular maintenance windows, generally on the second Sunday of every month, to ensure a secure, reliable computing environment. Thank you for your patience as we conduct this important work.

·        For more information on Technology Services’ Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our Service Announcements site.

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This is an announcement from Technology Services (TS). Please see details below:

Puget Sound Systems and Applications: Planned Maintenance

Sunday, September 22, 2019 from 6 a.m.-3 p.m.

SYSTEMS IMPACTED: The following systems will be intermittently unavailable during the maintenance window:  

Campus file servers

Email and calendar

Canvas

Moodle

pugetsound.edu

myPugetSound.edu  

PeopleSoft Human Resources

PeopleSoft Financials

PeopleSoft Campus Solutions

vDESK

Various Puget Sound systems and applications

DATE(s) of IMPACT: Sunday, September 22, 6 a.m.-3 p.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: To ensure a secure, reliable computing environment TS will be completing routine patch maintenance on our Puget Sound production servers.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·        The university network, internet access and wireless will NOT be affected.

·        Technology Services schedules regular maintenance windows, generally on the second Sunday of every month, to ensure a secure, reliable computing environment. Thank you for your patience as we conduct this important work.

·        For more information on Technology Services’ Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our Service Announcements site.

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ACTIVE DIRECTORY: Planned Maintenance

Thursday, September 12 from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology services will be performing maintenance on our Active Directory system to improve performance for internet name resolution.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·         During the maintenance window users may temporarily be denied access when logging into university services.

·         During the maintenance window websites may take longer to load than normal.

·         For more information on Technology Services’ Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our Service Announcements page on the Puget Sound website.

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