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vummiv WiFi outage Nov. 19-25 in preparation for Dec. 3 network retirement
Nov. 15, 2019—Vanderbilt’s vummiv WiFi network will be retired on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 6 a.m. After that time, any device connected to vummiv will no longer have network access unless switched over to one of the other campus WiFi networks. In preparation for the retirement, vummiv will be unavailable from 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19,...
vummiv WiFi outage Nov. 13-16, 19-25 in preparation for December 3 network retirement
Nov. 10, 2019—Vanderbilt’s vummiv WiFi network will be retired on Tuesday, December 3, at 6 a.m. After that time, any device connected to vummiv will no longer have network access unless switched over to one of the other campus WiFi networks. In preparation for the retirement, vummiv will be unavailable from 6 a.m. on Wednesday, November 13,...
VUIT scheduled maintenance to install Windows Operating System patches
Nov. 7, 2019—From 10 p.m. on Friday, November 8, to 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 9, VUIT will install patches on Windows Operating Systems to maintain the security and supportability of the servers. Lync 2013 voice users may be briefly disconnected during the patching window while the server reboots, but will be automatically reconnected. Chat messages will not...
Monthly Microsoft patching on general servers
Oct. 24, 2019—On Sunday, October 27, from midnight to 6 a.m., VUIT Infrastructure Services will install monthly Operating System (OS) patches to maintain security for core Microsoft operating systems. After the patches are installed, non-redundant services will be impacted by a server reboot. For more information please contact the VUIT Help Desk at 615-343-9999.
Windows 2016 OS patches on voicemail servers
Oct. 24, 2019—On Sunday, October 27, from midnight to 4 a.m., Windows 2016 OS patches will be installed to maintain security on voicemail servers. This will impact VU and VUMC users of traditional voicemail. (Skype voicemail will not be affected.) After the patches are installed, the restart of the server will cause the following: 1. Outside callers...
Box.com Outage
Sep. 12, 2019—Box.com is currently reporting an outage. All users of Box (including Vanderbilt) are unable to log on. We will provide more information as it becomes available from Box.com.
Email issue resolved
Sep. 7, 2019—9/7/19 – 10 a.m. – Update: The email issue has been resolved and all email functions have returned to normal operation. Please contact VUIT at (615) 343-9999 if you experience any problems with your email. ________________________________________________________________________ 9/7/19 – 5:30 a.m. – During routine maintenance and security patching that VUIT performs, we encountered an issue with...
Email Service Interruptions
Aug. 28, 2019—On Monday, August 26, and Tuesday, August 27, many users experienced email difficulties related to the split of the VU and VUMC systems. VUIT worked with clients to repair and refresh mailboxes. By Tuesday night, all but a handful of issues were resolved. Impacted users fall into one of the following three broad categories: Users’...
VU, VUMC phone service temporarily unavailable Feb. 3
Feb. 1, 2019—Vanderbilt IT will upgrade the telephone system on Sunday, Feb. 3, at 4 a.m. The upgrade will take approximately one hour to complete. During this time, the telephone system will be unavailable. This outage will affect all regular phones (including Lync/Skype for Business phones) at the university and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Following the upgrade,...
RESOLVED – VUIT Outage Alert – Network Shares and Student Systems
Jul. 25, 2018—VUIT has resolved the issue experienced earlier today with connectivity to central file storage/shared drives (aka mapped drives, network shares, network drives, network storage and some desktop VMs) that included the following applications: Student Accounts Financial Aid Student Records Undergraduate Admissions Student Enrollment Users who were unable to connect to files and applications on those...