[Resolved] University Web Servers Down 3/8/11

Beginning at 6:50 AM, the university’s web servers went down, and the university’s website, listservs, and Moodle learning management system became unavailable. All services have now been restored.

We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience. If you experience any further issues, please contact the Technology Service Desk at 253.879.8585 or servicedesk@pugetsound.edu.

E-mail Service Affected by Increase in Spam 3/4/2011

A marked increase in spam activity has impacted Puget Sound’s e-mail system today. Members of the campus community may experience slow delivery of messages sent from a Puget Sound account to other e-mail systems such as Comcast, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.

We are working to restore normal service levels as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience!

[Completed] Production Maintenance Window 2/27/2011 From 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

The next production maintenance window is Sunday, March 27th, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

From 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, all services may be intermittently or entirely unavailable, including:

  • E-mail
  • Database Applications: Cascade, FAMIS, Millennium, and Banner
  • Web services such as www.pugetsound.edu, cs.pugetsound.edu, and Moodle
  • Personal and departmental file shares (on Alexandria and Merlin2)

[Completed] Service Disruptions due to Scheduled Maintenance 2/22/11 5:30 AM

[Update 2/22/11 6:37 AM] Maintenance is completed and all services have been restored.

Some Puget Sound online services, including Cascade, Banner, pugetsound.jobs, LoggerJobs, and the Online Service Desk may be temporarily disrupted between 5:30 and 6:00 AM on Tuesday, February 22, as required maintenance is performed.

An update will be posted when maintenance is completed. Thank you for your patience!

[Completed] Service Disruptions Due to Scheduled Maintenance 2/8/11 5:00 to 6:00 AM

[Update 2/8/11 6:31 AM] Maintenance is completed and all services have been restored.

The university’s online services may be temporarily disrupted between 5:00 and 6:00 AM on Tuesday, February 8, as required maintenance is performed. During this time, intermittent outages may occur with such services as Internet connectivity, e-mail, Cascade, Banner, Famis, Kronos, Sequoia, VPN, and others.

An update will be posted when maintenance is completed. Thank you for your patience!

[Resolved] Residential Internet Service Disruption 2/4/11

[Update 2:56 PM] Internet service has now been restored to residential buildings. Thank you.

Internet service to all university residential buildings is currently unavailable due to a major fiber cut on the network of our service provider, Integra Telecom. Integra is working to restore service as quickly as possible, and we are looking at ways to mitigate the situation locally. We will post updates as we have them.

This outage does not affect Internet service to the university’s academic and administrative buildings.

Thank you for your patience.

[RESOLVED] Puget Sound Webmail Unavailable

[Updated] Webmail access has been restored for all Puget Sound e-mailers. The outage only affected a portion of the Exchange users. All email services are fully restore and functional.

After patch maintenance it was discovered that OWA access was unavailable. Microsoft has been called and a ticket has been opened. Services will be returned to normal as soon as possible.

Domain Controller & DHCP Server Maintenance

Completion of the DHCP Server Maintenance will occur 01/11/11 from 5:30 AM to 6:30 AM. We expect no disruption in service.

Domain Controller & DHCP Server Maintenance will occur on 01/06/11 from 5:30 AM to 6:30 AM

From 5:30 AM to 6:30 AM, Domain Controller & DHCP services are expected to be fully available during maintenance.

[Resolved] Internet Access Disrupted 11/09/10

[Update 2:50 PM] Service has been restored. The disruption occurred due to a local equipment issue at the offices of the K-20 Education Network, the source of the Internet connection for the university’s academic and administrative buildings.

The university’s Internet connection is temporarily unavailable. We are working to assure service is restored as soon as possible and will post updates as they become available.

[Completed] Residential Internet – Emergency Maintenance Scheduled

[Updated 12:20 AM] The maintenance was completed successfully, and all connections have been restored.

Integra Telecomm has informed us that Emergency Maintenance has been scheduled for our Residential Internet Connection. It is scheduled to start at 12:00 AM (midnight). The outage is scheduled to be 15-20 minutes in duration. Please plan accordingly. All on-campus network access will still be available, but no off-campus Internet access will be available. 

This will also cause a loss of VPN access to the campus network.

[Resolved] E-mail Service Disruptions 10/13/10

[Updated 11:23 AM] Service has now been restored to all users. Again, we appreciate your patience. For any questions or concerns, please contact the Service Desk at 253.879.8585 or servicedesk@pugetsound.edu.

[Updated 10:45 AM] Some users with usernames A to LB are now experiencing issues. We are working to restore service and will provide an update soon.

[Updated 9:35 AM] Service has been restored, though initially some users may experience slow performance. We appreciate your patience!

Some users with usernames starting in LC to Z are experiencing intermittent problems connecting to campus e-mail. This problem is affecting some users but not all. Our team is working to resolve this issue as soon as possible. We will post updates as they become available.

[Resolved] Banner Login Error 10/5/10

[Update 9:05 AM] The problem is resolved, and Banner Web Forms is now available.

Banner Web Forms is not allowing users to log in. Instead, the web browser shows an error message beginning with “SCT Banner Login – ERROR”. This is a system issue connecting Banner to the user directory, and we are working to resolve it as soon as possible. We will post updates as they become available.