There was a 5-10 minute interruption today at approximately 2:15. Our internet service provider increased bandwidth to the University without coordinating the change with us. Configuration changes were made here at the University’s equipment, which restored connection to the internet. The University now has a full DS3(T3) connection at 45 Mbps.
Replacement of network switches in Wyatt.
We replaced the network switches in the south end of Wyatt Hall this week-end. The north end (classrooms) will be replaced this week (during spring break).
Wireless Deployed in Wyatt
Complete wireless coverage of Wyatt Hall is now in place.
Upgrade Firmware on Internet Router
Firmware was upgraded on internet router at 6:45am 03/17/2008.
Commvault Updates
Wed 2/20 – I updated Galaxy with 7.0 and SP2. Rebooted Galaxy
Thu 2/21 – I updated Alexandria, BE1, BE2, Crystal, Rainier with 7.0
– installed SP2 and updates on Alexandria, BE1, and BE2
Mon 2/25 – I started to install 7.0 on the iDataAgents and to push SP2 and post updates to the client computers. I rebooted Kronos and MSproject to finish their upgrades. I updated Crystal and Rainier with SP2 and post updates. The post updates broke the Online Full backups on Rainier. Crystal did not properly install SP2 so it did not get the broken updates post SP2.
Tue 2/26 – Worked with Commvault on the issue and stopped the Online Full backups for Rainier until the problem is resolved.
Wed 2/27 – Updated Galaxy with post SP2 updates. Uninstalled updates to Rainier and Crystal and reinstalled SP2 only from the disk. Tested the Online Fulls and reenabled the schedules for those backups. Continued to upgrade and update iDataAgents.
Thu 2/28 – Installed 7.0 Base on Shasta
Internet Outage
Our ISP, Integra, was having some issues last night between 8:10pm and 9:46pm. I called ELI to have them look into the problem. Mark and I came onsite to assist. The problem was resolved by Integra who reset the connection interface on their end. I have not seen any further issues occurring.
1/24/2008 Main webserver hangup
The University’s main web site began returning 500 errors about 8 PM. A restart of the web server software corrected it.
1/23/2008 Merlin2 Freezing Events
Merlin2 froze twice around the noon hour today. Indications are that it is a hardware issue that shows up under load, but so far no part of the hardware appears to be malfunctioning, and no pertinent events have been logged. This issue will be resolved by the replacement of the Merlin2 hardware in mid-February.
In the meantime, everyone has been advised to copy documents to workstations while they are being worked on, to minimize the chance of data loss.
1/12/2008 Applied Oracle Critical Database Patch
Applied Crital Patch CPUJOct07 to Cascade, Banner, Ban9it, Famis9i, Mil9it, and Crm11ip on Rainier Server.
1/10/2008 Applied the same patch to the databases on Crystal as well.
1/8/2008 Whidbey’s As10GR2P Upgrade
Applied 6472361, Discoverer CU 5 patchset.
12/14/2007 – Upgraded As10gr2p instance to 10.1.2.2 and Applied CpuOct2007 including 6396632, 6383854, 6395010
1/16/2007 Applied patches to Crm11id
4337683, 4741460, 4652461, 5097966
1/6/2008 – Albert’s As10gr2d discoverer patch Installation
Applied 6472361, Discoverer CU 5 patchset.
11/12/2007 Albert’s As10gr2d instance upgrade and CpuOct2007 Installation
11/12/2007 – Upgraded As10gr2d instance to 10.1.2.2 and Applied CpuOct2007 including 6396632, 6383854, 6395010, 5955554.
1/3 to 1/4 – Blackboard Upgrade
Blackboard will be fitted with some additional disk space to provide for more courses and content. To ensure a smooth upgrade, we have allotted 2 days for the procedure. Blackboard will be unavailable starting at 8:00 AM Thursday the 3rd, and return to service no later than 5:00 PM on Friday, the 4th.
10/28 Alexandria crashes
Alexandria crashed at 12:50 AM, 7:10 AM, 8:45 AM, 8:55 AM, 12:10 PM, 12:20 PM, 3:15 PM, 7:45 PM, and 10 PM