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May, 2017

VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Windows OS Patches

May. 25, 2017—Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft security patches on university Windows servers beginning at 12 a.m. on Sunday, May 28, and ending at 6 a.m. on Sunday, May 28. During this timeframe, non-redundant services will be impacted by a server reboot after the patches are installed.

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Upgrades to Isilon Cluster

May. 18, 2017—On Sunday, May 21, between 6 a.m. and 11 a.m., the Open Systems and Storage Services team, in coordination with the Linux and Database teams, will upgrade the Isilon cluster to the latest firmware version. This upgrade will remediate many known issues, improve performance, reliability and bring enhancements to the VU1FILE/VU1NFS NAS platform. We anticipate...

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Scheduled wired and wireless infrastructure upgrade

May. 18, 2017—Beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 20, Vanderbilt IT will upgrade the Baker Building’s network infrastructure. Upgrades are expected to take up to six hours, and the wired and wireless networks will be affected by rolling outages during this time.

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Beginning at 12 a.m. on Sunday, May 21, Vanderbilt IT will install patches and restart all AVST voicemail servers.

May. 18, 2017—The restart will cause 35 to 45 minutes of downtime: 1) Outside callers will receive a prompt that their messages may be delayed because of system maintenance. 2) Users will not be able to log into their voicemail mailboxes. 3) Out-call notifications will be delayed for messages so marked.   Skype for Business (Lync) voicemail...

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Semi-annual Oracle Database server and software patching

May. 18, 2017—Beginning at 6 a.m. on Sunday, May 21, Vanderbilt IT will apply 1) operating system patches to all Oracle production servers and 2) Q2 security and bug-fix patches to the Oracle software on these servers. These procedures are expected to take up to two hours.   During this time, Oracle services will not be available...

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Scheduled switch infrastructure maintenance

May. 12, 2017—Beginning at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, May 16, Vanderbilt IT Network Operations will upgrade the student Life Center  network infrastructure. Upgrades are expected to take up to two hours, and will impact IP phones, Access Points, Building Controls, and computers during this time. All network connectivity will be down for 30 minutes before business hours.

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Operating System Switch Upgrades

May. 5, 2017—On May 9, VUIT Network Operations will perform a routine upgrade to the operating system on network switches from 5 to 7 a.m.  All network connections will be unavailable for 30 minutes during the upgrade. This will impact IP phones, access points, building controls, and computers in the Wyatt Center, East Hall, Cohen Hall, and...

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Cumulative updates for SharePoint Farm I (University)

May. 4, 2017—Beginning on at 11 p.m. on Monday, May 8, and ending at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, May 9, Vanderbilt IT Collaboration will apply updates to Project Server 2010 in SharePoint Farm I (University). This will ensure that the SharePoint site remains in compliance in order to receive Microsoft support if required. During these updates, SharePoint...

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