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March, 2018

Update: Mail services have been restored to impacted Microsoft Exchange accounts

Mar. 31, 2018—As of 8:45 p.m., mail flow has been restored for the 257 impacted Microsoft Exchange email accounts. We apologize for any inconvenience this downtime may have caused. If you are still experiencing issues that appear to be related, please contact the VUMC Help Desk @ 615-343- HELP (4357) or the VU Tech Hub 615-343-9999.

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257 Microsoft Exchange email users have been impacted from scheduled maintenance

Mar. 31, 2018—This morning during scheduled maintenance, Microsoft Exchange email patching has resulted in impacting email access for 257 users. We are working to restore full service of email. If you are experiencing issues that appear to be related, please contact the VUMC Help Desk @ 615-343- HELP (4357) or the VU Tech Hub 615-343-9999.

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VUIT Scheduled Maintenance for Collaboration servers

Mar. 29, 2018—Beginning at 10:00 p.m. on Friday, March 30, ending Saturday, March 31, at 6:00 a.m., Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft Windows Server security updates on Exchange and Lync servers. This scheduled maintenance will require a reboot of the servers after updates are applied. The maintenance will ensure the continued security of Windows operating systems. Redundant...

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VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Windows OS Patches

Mar. 22, 2018—From 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. on Sunday, March 25, Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft Windows operating system patches on several general servers. This scheduled maintenance will require a reboot of the servers after patches are applied. The maintenance will ensure the continued security of Windows operating systems on the servers. Redundant systems are patched...

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Greek Row Fiber Cable Cut Update:

Mar. 15, 2018—A fiber optic cable in the Greek Row area was damaged by construction activity as previously reported. VUIT contractors have completed the repairs. The following buildings are on-line and network services should now be completely restored. Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Omicron Pi Alpha Tau Omega Baptist Student Union Delta Kappa Epsilon Delta Tau Delta Kappa...

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Greek Row Fiber Cable Cut Update:

Mar. 15, 2018—The following buildings are on-line and network service should be normal: Alpha Tau Omega Delta Kappa Epsilon Pi Beta Phi Sigma Alpha Epsilon Others will gradually be coming on-line with planned 100% by 6:00 p.m. 

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Import Certificate Chain from Google

Mar. 15, 2018—Beginning at 7:00 p.m., Friday, March 16, the VUMC IT Identity team will import Google’s complete certificate chain to resolve SSL Handshake Exception issues. This will resolve intermittent issues when accounts are created in the Student Registration Application.  This procedure is expected to require downtime of AccessVU tools and applications, beginning at approximately 7:30 p.m....

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Greek Row Fiber Cable Cut Update:

Mar. 15, 2018—Crews continue to repair the damaged fiber affecting network services to some Greek Houses and Baptist Student Union.  New estimated recovery time is 4:00 p.m. Thursday 3/15.

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Greek Row Fiber Cable Cut Update:

Mar. 14, 2018—9:00 p.m. Update:  Crews continue to work on the damaged fiber cable.  Work will continue through the morning with an  estimated time of resolution of 12:00 noon.

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Network Service Outage to Greek Row Area

Mar. 14, 2018—A fiber optic cable in the Greek Row area has been damaged by construction activity.  VUIT has contractors working on the repair.  The recovery time is unknown at this time.  Buildings affected are: Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Omicron Pi Alpha Tau Omega Baptist Student Union Delta Kappa Epsilon Delta Tau Delta Kappa...

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VUGmail Outage – Update

Mar. 7, 2018—Last night as of 11 p.m. CST, Gmail mail delivery is back to normal. Emails sent from non-Vanderbilt accounts to VU Gmail accounts between March 5 at 5 pm to March 6 at 11 p.m. have been stored. VUIT is currently working on a solution to deliver those messages as soon as possible.

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VUGmail Outage

Mar. 6, 2018—On March 5, at approximately 5:00 p.m., mail flow to Gmail for undergraduate VU students have stopped. Technicians are working to restore mail flow and deliver messages queued in the meantime. Mail flow can expect to be restored within the next few hours. Efforts to deliver queued messages will begin thereafter.

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