Performed Mil9ip tuning on 4/7/2008, based the test on mildemo instance with Sean Vincent. According to Sean, this tuning improved the performance of Millennium dramatically. The tuning includes the follwing changes in the parameter file.
· optimizer_mode=FIRST_ROWS from CHOOSE
· increased shared_pool_size, pga_aggregate_target size, and sga_max_size
AD must have sole control of its “mail” attribute to properly provision e-mail accounts. OID –> AD synchronization had included this, and the provisioning system (privcmd) had been filling this with any known e-mail address. This prevented new pugetsound domain accounts from being enabled when the e-mail address was not in the ups.edu domain, as is the case for most new students.
The mapping file was changed to no longer update the “mail” attribute when synchronizing from OID to AD.
Password Synchronization is here! You can now synchronize your password across many Puget Sound applications by changing your password in Cascade Web, Webmail/e-mail or Windows. Learn more at http://www.ups.edu/pssync.xml.
The Oracle listener on Albert stopped functioning 3/26/2009 around 9:15 or 9:30am, which caused all Oracle databases on the machine to stop responding.
This affected development and test application servers. Specifically Registrar staff testing was interrupted. No production services were affected.
The listener was bounced and service restored after about 20-30 minutes.
The following minor changes were installed 3/25/2009 10:30am, with no disruption:
To support Banner Single Sign On, minor software updates will be installed during our normal maintenance window on Wednesday, 3/25/09, between 5:30 and 6:00 AM. The service disruption to Cascade Web will last only a few minutes.
The authorized license count for our new Cisco ASA Anyconnect VPN client has been updated from 2 to 25 simultaneous users.
Due to configuration errors at the Internet Service Provider (Integra Telecom), VPN connections were not working from 6:00 to 7:20 AM. The VPN has been restored.
The emergency power repairs have been completed, and all systems have been restored to normal.
In response to yesterday’s Cascade Web problem, the following changes were made to the production Application Server (As10gr2p) to accommodate increased connections due to ViewsFlash deployment.
3/19/2009
The value of mod_osso_url in the production application server was changed from “https://cascade.ups.edu:443” to “https://cascade.ups.edu”.
This fixes the problem where ViewsFlash or Discoverer could not be accessed via Firefox. (A space appeared at the end of the url.)
We tested the new configuration, using Firefox to directly access ViewsFlash, Discoverer, Portal, Cascade Web, and oiddas.
3/13/2009
The maximum SSO session duration value (not the inactivity timeout) had previously been set incorrectly to 0.5 hours, which was treated as 0, preventing the SSO cookie from maintaining a session.
This value was set to the normal value of 8 hours.
[Update 3/24/09 6:00 AM] The bandwidth upgrade on the ResNet Internet connection is complete. ResNet now has a 100 Mbps connection to the Internet. Enjoy!
On Tuesday morning, 3/24/09, from 5:30 AM to 6:00 AM the Internet connection for the college’s residential network will be upgraded from 45 Mbps to 100 Mbps (a two-fold increase). The Resnet Internet connection will be unavailable during this time.
The upgraded connection will feature not only a 100 Mbps bandwidth, but also a new traffic shaping model, based on bandwidth, rather than type of traffic. This should reduce many of the application problems we have seen over the past few years.
[Update 3/21/09 10:13 AM] The emergency power repairs have been completed, and all systems have been restored to normal.
Due to emergency electrical work in the server room, the following services will be unavailable from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Saturday, 3/21/09:
• Moodle
• itech.ups.edu Web site
• ASUPS Web server and file server
• Sophos PureMessage quarantine Web site (mail delivery will be unaffected)
• Kronos server (electronic time cards)
[Update 3/21/09 1:30 PM] The Famis upgrade was successfully complete and has been fully tested. Famis services have returned to full operation.
FAMIS, the Facilities Services database, will be upgraded on March 20th and 21st. FAMIS will be unavailable beginning at 4:30 PM on Friday, March 20, and will be available by 5:00 PM on Saturday, March 21.