Network upgrade

The planned OS upgrade of core network equipment on Sunday was not as smooth as planned. Two systems had difficulty with the upgrade and required a reboot: the mail server, and the Oracle development server. Otherwise, the upgrade was a success.

As a result of the problem, we have a better understanding of the upgrade process for future upgrades.

Blackboard Upgrade

The Blackboard server will be unavailable starting at midnight, Monday, 17 May. During this time, OIS staff will upgrade the existing server from Blackboard version 5.5.1 to version 6.1. Three days have been reserved for the upgrade process: 17, 18, and 19 May. Blackboard services will be restored by midnight, 20 May, but may be restored sooner. Check the OIS maintenance site for details during the upgrade window.

Software updates

The following servers will be down during the regularly scheduled preventative maintenance (pm) window, 7-9am for software updates:

mail
camano
whidbey
rainier
crystal
whistler
charon
bigben

These updates are recommended software patches to the operating system.

During the pm window the following services will not be available,

electronic mail
CASCADE web
CASCADE/SUMMIT/RIDGE databases
Corporate Time
Modem pool
VPN

IOS Upgrades

Upgraded IOS on 6509 and 3640 on 3/15/2004. 6509 upgraded from IP W/SSH/3DES12.2(14)SX1 to 12.2(17d).SXB. 3540 upgraded from IP 12.2(T1) to 12.23.

Upgraded 3005 vpn to ver 4.1.2 on 3/10/2004.