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Login System: Domain Controller Reboot

Monday, October 22, 2018 from 8:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services is restarting one of our four domain controllers during this maintenance window to remove an application related to our former Cascade system that is no longer needed. There should be little noticeable impact to our Puget Sound applications. However, if you attempt to login to a Puget Sound site or service during this time and you have difficulty, wait for a few minutes and try again.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·       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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NETWORK: Intermittent Firewall Issues/ Internet Outage

October 19, beginning at 1:15 p.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services is working with our Palo Alto vendor to resolve an issue with our firewall. The campus experienced a brief Internet outage around 1:15 p.m. where access to off-campus Internet sites was not working. That issue was resolved, but we are still working on the original issue. We will send out an update via the TS Communications list when we have more information or if we experience any other Internet issues.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·       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.

To opt out from receiving these messages in the future, please go to mailweb.pugetsound.edu/mailman/listinfo/tscommunications and follow the Unsubscribe options in the TScommunications Subscriber section. For support questions please contact the TS Service Desk via phone at 253-879-8585.

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NETWORK: Firewall Maintenance

Friday, October 19, 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services will be performing maintenance on our firewall during this timeframe to troubleshoot an interface issue we’ve encountered. During this maintenance window there will be a couple brief, less than a minute, Internet outages while we put one of the firewalls into maintenance mode and then again when we take it out of maintenance mode.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·       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.

To opt out from receiving these messages in the future, please go to mailweb.pugetsound.edu/mailman/listinfo/tscommunications and follow the Unsubscribe options in the TScommunications Subscriber section. For support questions please contact the TS Service Desk via phone at 253-879-8585.

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KACE: SYSTEM MAINTEANCE

Wednesday, September 19 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: During this maintenance window Technology Services will be installing a system update to KACE, our support ticketing and Windows deployment appliance, and upgrading the SSL certificate. KACE will be unavailable during this timeframe.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·       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.

To opt out from receiving these messages in the future, please go to mailweb.pugetsound.edu/mailman/listinfo/tscommunications and follow the Unsubscribe options in the TScommunications Subscriber section. For support questions please contact the TS Service Desk via phone at 253-879-8585.

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PS FINANCIALS: "Application Message Instance Error" Email Sent
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 3:15 p.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: An email with the subject “Application Message Instance Error” was sent from the PS Financials system to a large number of individuals. Technology Services is investigating why this occurred to prevent it from happening again. Please disregard the message.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·       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.

To opt out from receiving these messages in the future, please go to mailweb.pugetsound.edu/mailman/listinfo/tscommunications and follow the Unsubscribe options in the TScommunications Subscriber section. For support questions please contact the TS Service Desk via phone at 253-879-8585.

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PS FINANCIALS: INVALID CERTIFICATE ERROR – RESOLVED

Tuesday, September 4, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services has resolved the certificate issue on PeopleSoft Financials.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·       To access PS Financials Self-Service items in my.pugetsound.edu you may need to log out, close your Internet browser and then log back in.

·       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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PS FINANCIALS: INVALID CERTIFICATE ERROR

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services is working to resolve an expired certificate issue on PeopleSoft Financials. Currently Financials Self-Service items via mypugetsound.edu are not accessible.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·       To access PS Financials while we are working on this issue, go directly to https://psfinancials.pugetsound.edu and accept the invalid certificate error. The steps to do this will vary based on the web browser that you are using. Please contact the Service Desk for assistance.

·       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.

To opt out from receiving these messages in the future, please go to mailweb.pugetsound.edu/mailman/listinfo/tscommunications and follow the Unsubscribe options in the TScommunications Subscriber section. For support questions please contact the TS Service Desk via phone at 253-879-8585.

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EMAIL: Intermittent System Issues

Friday, August 31, 2018, 10:45 a.m. to 1:10 p.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services is working to resolve an issue with one of our Exchange email servers. Over the specified timeframe some individuals were unable to access their email via Webmail or the Outlook client and received a “Cannot connect to server” error message. Please note that this issue only impacted some individuals. As of 1:10 p.m. everyone should be able to access email as we have isolated the issue to a particular server and removed it from active use. As we work to resolve the issue with this server, we will notify you if we experience any other issues that may impact your ability to access email.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·       You may need to close your Outlook client and re-open it or if you use Webmail to access your Puget Sound email, please close your Internet browser and re-open before attempting to login.

·       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.

To opt out from receiving these messages in the future, please go to mailweb.pugetsound.edu/mailman/listinfo/tscommunications and follow the Unsubscribe options in the TScommunications Subscriber section. For support questions please contact the TS Service Desk via phone at 253-879-8585.

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EMAIL: UNPLANNED SYSTEM RESTART

August 23, 2018 from 9:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services restarted an email server to resolve un unexpected issue. Due to the multiple servers we use for our email system it’s not likely that anyone should have been impacted by this restart. However, if you notice any slowness or issues accessing your email via Webmail or an email client, please restart the application or web browser.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·        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.

To opt out from receiving these messages in the future, please go to mailweb.pugetsound.edu/mailman/listinfo/tscommunications and follow the Unsubscribe options in the TScommunications Subscriber section. For support questions please contact the TS Service Desk via phone at 253-879-8585.

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Firewall/ Network: System Maintenance

Wednesday, August 15 from 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services will be testing our new firewall equipment to ensure that our back up procedures function correctly in the event of equipment failure. Our firewall equipment sits in front of our primary Internet line and helps funnel access appropriately. If we encounter technical issues with our main Internet line or part of our firewall equipment, we want to ensure that the campus will not lose complete network and Internet access. During this maintenance window the campus will briefly lose access to the Internet while we test our back up procedures. Any loss of Internet/ network should be brief with minimal impact to those on campus during this window.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·       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.

To opt out from receiving these messages in the future, please go to mailweb.pugetsound.edu/mailman/listinfo/tscommunications and follow the Unsubscribe options in the TScommunications Subscriber section. For support questions please contact the TS Service Desk via phone at 253-879-8585.

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vDesk: System Maintenance

Friday, August 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services will be working with our vendor partner during this time frame to resolve an issue with HTML-only access to our vDesk environment. From 10:00 a.m. until noon please expect the vDesk environment to be intermittently available. If you need to actively work during this time, please save your work often.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·       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.

To opt out from receiving these messages in the future, please go to mailweb.pugetsound.edu/mailman/listinfo/tscommunications and follow the Unsubscribe options in the TScommunications Subscriber section. For support questions please contact the TS Service Desk via phone at 253-879-8585.

Good afternoon-

Technology Services has partially resolved the issue with vDesk. Please use the vDesk Horizon client to access vDesk over the weekend. TS is working with our vendor partner to get HTML only access to vDesk accessible again and we anticipate this will be resolved early next week. Thank you for your understanding!

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Internet/ Network: Firewall Upgrade Complete, vDesk Inaccessible

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services has completed our firewall upgrade and most systems and services are accessible. Our vDesk system is currently inaccessible and we intend to have this available again later this weekend.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·        A network firewall is used to help protect our internal Puget Sound network from both external and internal threats. Firewalls help information technology teams wall off portions of technology systems, like our Puget Sound servers, from general Internet access, which is a key step in preventing unauthorized access to our University data and systems. Next generation firewalls like the Palo Alto we’re installing are also setup to help mitigate potential threats as they are happening, in the moment they are happening. Older firewalls have less proactive toolsets and rely on staff to manually update configurations to address potential threats.

·        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.

To opt out from receiving these messages in the future, please go to https://mailweb.pugetsound.edu/mailman/listinfo/tscommunications and follow the Unsubscribe options in the TScommunications Subscriber section. For support questions please contact the TS Service Desk via phone at 253-879-8585.

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Internet/ Network: Firewall Upgrade Complete, vDesk Inaccessible

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services has completed our firewall upgrade and most systems and services are accessible. Our vDesk system is currently inaccessible and we intend to have this available again later this weekend.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·        A network firewall is used to help protect our internal Puget Sound network from both external and internal threats. Firewalls help information technology teams wall off portions of technology systems, like our Puget Sound servers, from general Internet access, which is a key step in preventing unauthorized access to our University data and systems. Next generation firewalls like the Palo Alto we’re installing are also setup to help mitigate potential threats as they are happening, in the moment they are happening. Older firewalls have less proactive toolsets and rely on staff to manually update configurations to address potential threats.

·        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.

To opt out from receiving these messages in the future, please go to https://mailweb.pugetsound.edu/mailman/listinfo/tscommunications and follow the Unsubscribe options in the TScommunications Subscriber section. For support questions please contact the TS Service Desk via phone at 253-879-8585.

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Internet/ Network: Firewall Upgrade

Saturday, August 4 from Midnight to 4:00 a.m.

REASON FOR IMPACT: Technology Services will be replacing our current Cisco firewall with a next generation Palo Alto firewall. During the maintenance window, midnight to 4:00 a.m., access to all Puget Sound sites and services, including pugetsound.edu, my.pugetsound.edu, vDesk and VPN will be unavailable if you are not on campus and there will be intermittent loss of Internet access if you are on campus.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

·       A network firewall is used to help protect our internal Puget Sound network from both external and internal threats. Firewalls help information technology teams wall off portions of technology systems, like our Puget Sound servers, from general Internet access, which is a key step in preventing unauthorized access to our University data and systems. Next generation firewalls like the Palo Alto we’re installing are also setup to help mitigate potential threats as they are happening, in the moment they are happening. Older firewalls have less proactive toolsets and rely on staff to manually update configurations to address potential threats.

·       We will use this TS Communications list serve to post updates as we complete this 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 page on the Puget Sound website.

To opt out from receiving these messages in the future, please go to https://mailweb.pugetsound.edu/mailman/listinfo/tscommunications and follow the Unsubscribe options in the TScommunications Subscriber section. For support questions please contact the TS Service Desk via phone at 253-879-8585.