Update: publishing has resumed.
The CMS is experiencing some publishing difficulty. This should be cleared up soon.
Main web server down briefly
The main university web server (www.ups.edu) experienced errors caused by the Ingeniux (CMS) application this afternoon. Content was restored from backup, although this version of the content is a few days old. When the publishing operation finishes in about 30 minutes, all current content will be restored. If you are a content provider who published pages between 3:00 to 3:30 PM, we recommend publishing them again after 5:40 PM. Thank you.
BJP down temporarily
BJP was down temporarily on May 7th from about 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm. It took itself down, we could find no evidence of a problem, so we restarted it and it seemed to work fine.
Cascade Schema Owners Passwords Change
Changed Passwords for Schema Owners and modified related database links from As1012p, Crm11ip, Banner. Aslo, modified BJP’s parameter file.
CRM unavailable – 4/25/2008
CRM was temporarily unavailable for for about 40 minutes.
Internet Service Resumes
At approximately 10:30 AM, Internet service was resumed as Integra Telecom moved our routes to a temporary router. Internet service resumed until about 12:30 PM, when Integra moved our routes back to our normal router, causing a brief 5-10-minute interruption in service.
Millennium DB Parameter Update 4.21.08
Updated Millennium DB Parameters to improve I/O performance.
SGA_MAX_SIZE, SHARED_POOL_SIZE, DB_CACHE_SIZE
Internet ISP Service DOWN!
A major fiber feed for Integra has been broken. A pole damaged along route 167 has broken the fiber feed for the state of Washington. This feed cannot be repaired until later this afternoon when 167 can be shutdown to restring the fiber across the highway. There is no estimated time of repair.
Cascade DB Parameter Update 4.17.08
Updated Cascade DB global parameters to help performance:
db_cache_size
sga_size
pga_size
large_pool_size
Millennium DB Parameters Update 4.17.08
Updated Millennium DB global parameters to help performance:
pga_size
large_pool_size
CRM Parameter Update 4.17.2008
Updated CRM database global parameter to allow for better performance monitoring.
Database Server Reboot 4.17.2008
Email sent to liaisons:
Thursday April 17, Information Services will be performing critical changes on our database systems to improve recent performance concerns.
Access to all database systems including Cascade, Cascade Web, Banner, Famis, Basis and Millennium will be unavailable from 5:30 AM until 6 AM Thursday.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this outage, please contact Jenifer Brauen by telephone at ext. 2725, 253.879.2725, or via email at jbrauen@ups.edu. Thank you for understanding our need to conduct critical systems work.
Thank you.
– Jenifer Brauen
Wireless Deployed in Jones Hall
We have deployed wireless throughout Jones Hall. It is currently active and available to users.
Reboot Millennium Database
Brought Millennium application off-line, restarted the Oracle database instance and restarted the application. This was done by the recommendation of Sage in coordination with database connectivity changes on 4.11.08.
Database Server High Load Problems 4.12-4.14
Our primary database servers providing support for
- Cascade
- Cascade Web
- Millennium
- Banner
- Famis
- CRM
- Basis
experienced high load April 12 – 14 resulting in performance concerns and periodic service interruptions. Regular service levels were restored by 5pm Monday, April 14th.
The high load conditions were caused by new data load and warehousing load activity.
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