Entries from March 2012 ↓

Computing Services Maintenance and Important Network Printing Announcement, (3/29)

Computing Services is performing two minor maintenance activities tonight (3/29) which include a reboot of several campus web servers and the LDAP server beginning at 9:00 PM during our maintenance window. No noticeable impact is anticipated for our users.

***Print Server Migration Info and Deadline- Please Read***

Computing Services is in the process of migrating to a new print server and decommissioning the old one. The new print server (SRVPRN2) has been in service since last summer, and many people are already using it. Any printers that have been set up since last summer are likely set up on the new print server. To finish the migration off of the old print server, we need to have each employee delete any mappings that may be pointing at the old print server. Different network printer mappings show up for each logged in user, so each user that logs into a computer must go through this process.

The old print server will be shut down on 4/5/12 as part of our Thursday night maintenance. Please make sure you complete this process before then.

When you look at your printer list, please delete any that may say PRINTERNAME on SRVPRN1. All your printers should be listed as PRINTERNAME on SRVPRN2.

Here are how-to articles on deleting and re-adding printers:

https://howto.adams.edu/index.php/Add_a_Network_Printer_-_Windows_XP

https://howto.adams.edu/index.php/Add_a_Network_Printer_-_Windows_7

As part of Adams State College’s sustainability initiative, all printers that are capable of duplexing (double-sided printing) will be set to do so by default. Users will still have the option to print one-sided if they change the setting in the document print properties.
If you have any questions or need any assistance, please call the Computing Services Help Desk at x7741.

Thank you,

Computing Services

Computing Services Maintenance for Thursday, 3/22 and Banner downtime Saturday, 3/24

The following maintenance activities will take place this Thursday (3/22) beginning at 9 PM:

  • The campus blog server, email list server, and how-to server will be rebooted after critical security patches are installed. User impact should be minimal.
  • All employee PCs and TEC Classroom PCs will receive critical security patches. Employees are encouraged to leave their computers turned on, but to log out when leaving work for the day to assist with the patching process.

All Banner Services will be unavailable from roughly 8:00 AM until 1:00 PM this Saturday, 3/24 as we perform maintenance on the Banner system and the Banner Extender (BDMS) system. This outage includes all on-campus Banner services as well as School Services on the web.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the ASC Computing Services Help Desk at x7741 or via email at asccompserv@adams.edu

Thank you,

Computing Services

 

Major Computing Services Maintenance Activity for Thursday, 3/15/12

Computing Services will be performing an extended maintenance activity beginning at 5:30 PM to take advantage of the greatly reduced student population on campus for Spring Break. We are upgrading our UPS battery backup systems for several critical campus servers as well as moving the servers into a new enclosed rack. In order to accomplish this, all campus networking services will be down from 5:30 PM until roughly midnight as we shut down servers, move them to the new rack, and restore services.

We know there is never an ideal time to perform these types of maintenance activities, but we appreciate the support and understanding of the campus. Our continued focus is on improving redundancy and maintaining very high standards and quality of services and up-time, and appreciate your understanding.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to call the ASC Computing Services Help Desk at x7741 or via email at asccompserv@adams.edu

Thank you,

Computing Services

 

Computing Services Maintenance for Thursday, March 8th

The following maintenance activity will take place beginning at 9 PM during our regularly scheduled maintenance window:

  • A major upgrade to the Java program will be remotely installed for all faculty, staff and TEC Classroom PCs. This is a critical security upgrade that will install the latest version of Java and remove the various old and insecure versions. Employees are encouraged to log off but leave their computers turned on when they leave work for the day. Some users may have to approve the Java plugin installation for Firefox once the Java installation has occurred, please see the link below for the simple fix to this issue:

https://howto.adams.edu/index.php/Allow_Java_Plugin_in_Firefox

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the ASC Computing Services Help Desk at x7741 or via email at asccompserv@adams.edu

Thank you,

Computing Services

 

Computing Services Maintenance for Thursday, March 1st, 2012

The following maintenance activities will take place beginning at 9 PM during our normally scheduled maintenance window:

  • The campus LDAP server and the How-to Wiki server will be rebooted for maintenance. End users should experience less than 15 minutes of interruption to LDAP services (logging in to the One Stop, labs, etc.).
  • All Employee and TEC Classroom PCs will receive critical Windows security patches. Employees are urged to log out of their computers but leave them turned on when leaving work. This will allow the patches to be installed overnight, and reduce the impact to our users during work hours.

If you have any questions, please contact the ASC Computing Services Help Desk at x7741 or via email at asccompserv@adams.edu. Thank you,

Computing Services