We will be implementing the FORMS server upgrade. Forms will be unavailable for about 3 hours Saturday morning beginning at 9:00 AM.
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Computing Services – Banner Maintenance – 13 Feb 2010
February 12th, 2010 — Maintenance Announcements
Computing Services Maintenance for Thursday, February 11th
February 10th, 2010 — Maintenance Announcements
- Banner- Thursday night, we will be taking Banner offline to install Financial Aid upgrades. Banner will be unavailable from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM. WebCT will still be available, but self service Banner will be unavailable.
- Banner- Saturday, February 13th, we will be implementing the FORMS server upgrade. Forms will be unavailable for about 3 hours Saturday morning beginning at 9:00 AM.
- The campus streaming server will be migrated Thursday night beginning at 9:00 PM, estimated unavailability is 15 minutes.
- Microsoft Servers (AD, print server, etc) will be patched beginning at 9:00 PM, estimated unavailability is 15 minutes at most to various MS services.
- MAC OS X server- Disaster recovery process and updates will occur Thursday beginning at 5:00 PM. No user impact is anticipated.
- A patch will be applied to the Aberdeen storage device, no user impact is anticipated.
Computing Services – Banner Maintenance
February 9th, 2010 — Maintenance Announcements
On 9 Feb 2010 (Today)
We will be testing the FORMS server upgrade. This is the upgrade that failed last Thursday. We will be taking the FORMS server offline at 7:00 PM tonight, testing the upgrade and then restoring the forms server back to the original configuration. Staff will log in to banner as normal Wednesday morning. This will not interrupt any WebCt or self service banner (including one-stop links).
On 11 Feb 09 (Thursday)
We will be taking banner offline to install Financial Aid upgrades. Banner will be unavailable from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM. WebCt will still be available, but self service banner will be unavailable.
On 13 Feb 10 (Saturday)
We will be implementing the FORMS server upgrade. Forms will be unavailable for about 3 hours Saturday morning beginning 9:00 AM.
Computing Services Maintenance for Thursday, February 4th, 2010
February 3rd, 2010 — Maintenance Announcements
The following maintenance activities will be taking place Thursday, February 4th, 2010:
- Banner forms will be down briefly Wednesday night after 6:30 PM to prepare for Thursday’s maintenance. Estimated downtime is one hour.
- Banner forms will be down for maintenance starting at 6:30 PM throughout the evening, and should be operational Friday morning.
- Banner Web and Student Services will be down for maintenance starting at 9:00 PM for roughly 30 minutes.
- Email SMTP Authentication services will be down for roughly one hour for maintenance beginning at 9:00 PM. Email users that use Thunderbird with SMTP authentication for off-campus email sending will be unable to send during this time
- All TEC Classroom, Lab and Employee computers will receive the latest critical Microsoft Security patches beginning at 9:00 PM. A reboot may be required, so please be sure to save all of your work and leave your computer turned on when you leave work Thursday. If you experience any problems with your computer Friday morning, a reboot will complete the installation and should clear any messages.
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Employee computers will receive the help.adams.edu calling card program Thursday night. This installation will add an icon to your desktop that allows you to request remote chat and assistance from a Computing Services technician from your computer with a single click. An informational email will be sent tomorrow with more specific details about the calling card program.
Please contact the ASC Computing Services Helpdesk at x7741 with any questions or concerns.
Thanks,
Computing Services
Maintenance for Thursday, January 28th
January 27th, 2010 — Maintenance Announcements
- A replacement Barracuda email system will be installed starting after 9:00 PM. Anticipated email system downtime is 2 hours.
- Several services will be restarted Thursday night after 9:00 PM including lists.adams.edu, blogs.adams.edu, and howto.adams.edu. There is no anticipated noticeable downtime to these services.
Computing Services Maintenance for Wednesday, January 13th
January 12th, 2010 — Maintenance Announcements
- A migration of the Faculty and Staff email server system will begin Wednesday night at 9:00 PM and last roughly 3 hours. Email services will be temporarily unavailable during this time.
Computing Services Maintenance for 22 December, 2009
December 21st, 2009 — Maintenance Announcements
Banner will be unavailable while performing needed year end updates beginning at 4:45 PM on Tuesday, 22 December 2009. Web CT will not be affected. Please ensure that all processes have completed by 4:45 PM Tuesday and that you have logged out of banner. Continue reading →
Computing Services Maintenance for December 10th, 2009
December 10th, 2009 — Maintenance Announcements
- An upgrade to the Email Barracuda system will take place. Estimated email system downtime is 15-30 minutes.
- Banner Xtender will be down for roughly 2 hours due to storage issue troubleshooting.
- All maintenance begins after 9:00 PM unless otherwise stated.
Computing Services Maintenance for December 3rd, 2009
December 2nd, 2009 — Maintenance Announcements
- XServe maintenance will occur shortly after 5 P.M. There should be no noticeable service interruptions.
- Migration of all Employee email and web storage to the SAN will begin after 9:00 P.M. Employee email estimated downtime is 4 hours.
- Banner Xtender and the Banner forms server will be down for up to 2 hours for maintenance.
- Lab, TEC Classroom and Employee PCs will receive updates to the Adobe Shockwave player after 9:00 P.M. No noticeable service interruptions are expected.
- All maintenance begins after 9:00 PM unless otherwise stated.
Computing Services Maintenance for November 19, 2009
November 17th, 2009 — Maintenance Announcements
- Adobe Flash Player will be upgraded to version 10.0.32.18 for all Employee, Lab and TEC Classroom PCs.
- Employee Email server will be down for roughly 30 minutes while a Network Interface Card is swapped out. Employee email services will be down during this time.
- Windows Servers will receive critical security patches, estimated downtime is 30 minutes. Student and employee printing will be down during this time.
- VMWare storage upgrade will occur. Banner forms will be down for a few hours during this period.
- XServe server will receive an OS upgrade beginning shortly after 5:oo PM. No end-user service interruption should occur.
- All maintenance begins after 9:00 PM unless otherwise stated.
