Production Server Patch Maintenance 8/11/2013 [Completed]

[Update]  Production Server Patch Maintenance has been completed.

[Original] The Production Server Patch Maintenance is scheduled for 8/11/2013.  Most services may be intermittently or entirely unavailable, including:  Email, Personal and departmental file shares (on Alexandria and Merlin2), Webservices such as www.pugetsound.edu, Mahara and Moodle, Print Services, and the Optimize HR Production servers and services.

Production Server Patch Maintenance for 6/9/2013 [Canceled]

[Updated]  Production Patch Maintenance for 6/9/2013 has been canceled. The next scheduled Production Patch Maintenance is tentatively scheduled for 7/14/2013.

[Original] The Production Server Patch Maintenance is scheduled for 6/9/2013.  Most services may be intermittently or entirely unavailable, including:

  • Email
  • Personal and departmental file shares (on FacultyFiles, StaffFiles, and StudentFiles)
  • Database applications that include Cascade
  • Web services such as www.pugetsound.edu,  Mahara, and Moodle
  • vDesk
  • Print Services
  • Optimize production servers and services

[Completed] Monthly Production Patch Maintenance – Sunday, 10/14/12

The October Server Patch Maintenance has been completed at 10:55 a.m.

The next scheduled maintenance is a Quarterly, the Pre-Production tentatively set for 11/1/2012 from 7 am to 9 am, and Production Server Maintenance tentatively set for 11/11/2012. A separate blog will be posted, prior to the maintenance performed.

The monthly production patch maintenance is scheduled for Sunday, October 14, from 3:00 AM to 12:00 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 www.pugetsound.edu, cs.pugetsound.edu, and Moodle
  • vDesk
  • Print Services
  • Merlin2 server migration between 2:30am Saturday morning and 2:30am Sunday morning older version of user files may appear due to the data migration. At the end of this migration and period of time the files will be back up to date.

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

[Completed] Quarterly Production Patch Maintenance 12th August 2012, from 3:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Most servers and services for the quarterly patch maintenance have been completed to exclude Alexandria and some test/development servers. A separate notification will be sent in TS Alerts about this.

The quarterly production patch maintenance is scheduled for Sunday the 12th of August 2012, from 3:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Most services, may be intermittently or entirely unavailable, including:

  • Email
  • Alexandria to the VMware server upgrade
  • VMware storage array upgrade
  • Personal and departmental file shares (on Alexandria and Merlin2)
  • Database applications: Cascade, FAMIS, Millennium, and Banner
  • Web services such as www.pugetsound.edu, cs.pugetsound.edu, and Moodle
  • Optimize
  • vDesk
  • Print Services

An update will be posted once Server Maintenance has been completed.

[Completed] Pre-Production Patch Maintenance Thursday the 2nd of August 2012, from 7:00 am to 9:00 am

The Pre-Production Patch Maintenance has been completed at 9:00 am., and all servers patched during this time period are back online. Next Sunday the 12th of August is a scheduled Quarterly Patch Maintenance Window, and a separate blog will be posted.

On Thursday the 2nd of August 2012, from 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM most pre-production servers are to be patched. This means that most test systems may be intermittently or entirely unavailable during this time. Most users will not be impacted, as most users do not have access to these pre-production servers.

This should not affect any production services such as:

Email
Personal and departmental file shares (on Alexandria and Merlin2)
Database applications: Cascade, FAMIS, Millennium, and Banner
Web services such as www.pugetsound.edu, cs.pugetsound.edu, and Moodle
Print Services
vDesk

A follow up email and update to the blog will be posted once Pre-Production Patch Maintenance has been completed.

[Completed] Quarterly Production Patch Maintenance 10th June 2012, from 3:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Quarterly Production Patch Maintenance was completed at 4:20 pm. The next production patch maintenance will be a monthly and is tentatively scheduled for the 15th of July 2012.

The quarterly production patch maintenance is scheduled for Sunday the 10th of June 2012, from 3:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Most services, may be intermittently or entirely unavailable, including:

  • Email
  • Service pack 3 upgrade to the Exchange 2007 environment
  • VMware upgrade to ESXi5
  • Personal and departmental file shares (on Alexandria and Merlin2)
  • Database applications: Cascade, FAMIS, Millennium, and Banner
  • Web services such as www.pugetsound.edu, cs.pugetsound.edu, and Moodle
  • vDesk
  • Print Services

An update will be posted once Server Maintenance has been completed.

Patch Server Maintenance May 2012

No Patch Maintenance scheduled for the month of May, do to student Study period and Finals week. The next scheduled Patch Maintenance Window will be in June 2012. There will be a Quarterly Server Patch Maintenance in the Month of June. The June Patching will be for Pre-production servers on the 7th of June 2012, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and Production servers Patch Maintenance will be on the 10th of June 2012 from 3 a.m. to 4 p.m.

[Completed] Production Monthly Patch Maintenance Sunday the 8th of April 2012, from 3:00 am to 12:00 pm

[Completed] The Monthly Patch Maintenance was completed at 11:10 a.m. All servers and services taken down for this maintenance period are up and back online. A notification of the next scheduled maintenance will be posted.

The monthly patch maintenance is scheduled for Sunday the 8th of April 2012, from 3:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Most services, may be intermittently or entirely unavailable, including:

  • Email
  • Personal and departmental file shares (on Alexandria and Merlin2)
  • Database applications: Cascade, FAMIS, Millennium, and Banner
  • Web services such as www.pugetsound.edu, cs.pugetsound.edu, and Moodle
  • vDesk
  • Print Services

An update will be posted once Server Maintenance has been completed.

[COMPLETED] Production Monthly Patch Maintenance Sunday the 12th of February 2012, from 3:00 am to 12:00 pm

Production patch maintenance for Sunday, February 12th, 2012 has completed as of 11:00 AM PST.

The monthly patch maintenance is scheduled for Sunday the 12th of February 2012, from 3:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Most services, may be intermittently or entirely unavailable, including:

  • Email
  • Personal and departmental file shares (on Alexandria and Merlin2)
  • Database applications: Cascade, FAMIS, Millennium, and Banner
  • Web services such as www.pugetsound.edu, cs.pugetsound.edu, and Moodle
  • vDesk
  • Print Services

An update will be posted once Server Maintenance has been completed.

Production Monthly Patch Maintenance Sunday 15th January 2012, from 6:00 am to 12:00 pm

[Updated 1/15/12, 11:25 am] The Monthly patch maintenance was completed at 11:22 AM, and all systems are back online. The next production patch window is scheduled for Sunday, February 12th, and will be a monthly patch.

The monthly patch maintenance is scheduled for Sunday the 15th of January 2012, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Most services, may be intermittently or entirely unavailable, including:

  • Email
  • Personal and departmental file shares (on Alexandria and Merlin2)
  • Database applications: Cascade, FAMIS, Millennium, and Banner
  • Web services such as www.pugetsound.edu, cs.pugetsound.edu, and Moodle
  • Print Services

Vdesk will not be affected by this outage. An update will be posted once Server Maintenance has been completed.

[Completed] Production Patch Maintenance 09/25/2011

[Updated 9/25/11, 12:02 PM] The quarterly patch maintenance was completed at 11:55 AM, and all systems are back online. The next production patch window is scheduled for Sunday, October 30, and will be a monthly patch.

The quarterly patch maintenance is scheduled for Sunday the 25th of September 2011, from 4:00 AM to 12:00 PM. All services may be intermittently or entirely unavailable, including:

  • Email
  • Personal and departmental file shares (on Alexandria and Merlin2)
  • Database applications: Cascade, FAMIS, Millennium, and Banner
  • Web services such as www.pugetsound.edu, cs.pugetsound.edu, and Moodle
  • Print Services
  • vDesk

[Completed] Production Patch Maintenance 07/31/2011 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm

The Monthly Patch Maintenance has been completed and all systems are back on line. There is no scheduled patch window for the month of August, but a quarterly patch will be scheduled for September.

The Monthly Patch Maintenance is scheduled for Sunday the 31st of July, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. All services may be intermittently or entirely unavailable, including:

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

Database services such as Cascade will be affected during this Patch Maintenance Window.

[Completed] Production Maintenance Window 06/26/2011 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

The Quarterly Patch Maintenance has been completed and all systems are back on line. The next production patch Maintenance window is scheduled to be on the 31st of July 2011.

The next production maintenance window is Sunday, June 26th, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
From 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, all services may be intermittently or entirely unavailable, including:

• E-mail
• Web services such as www.pugetsound.edu, cs.pugetsound.edu, and Moodle
• Personal and departmental file shares (on Alexandria and Merlin2)

Database services such as Cascade should not be affected during this Patch Maintenance Window.

[Completed] Production Monthly Maintenance Sunday the 24th April 2011 from 8 a.m to 12 p.m

Updated: 6:00 pm 24th April 2011.
Issues occurred with patches during the patch maintenance window. Services were regained by 5:45 pm, all service are available now.

From 8:00 AM to noon, 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)