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VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Server Updates

Nov. 1, 2018—From Friday, November 2, at 10 p.m. to Saturday, November 3, at 6 a.m., Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft security patches on collaboration servers to maintain security for core Microsoft operating systems. During this time frame, non-redundant services will be impacted by a server reboot after the patches are installed. Email, SharePoint, and Skype may...

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VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Windows OS Patches on AVST Voicemail Servers

Oct. 17, 2018—On October 21, from midnight to 3 a.m., Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft Windows 2008 system patches on AVST voicemail servers to assure the continued security of the Windows operating systems on these servers. Upon patching, VUIT will restart the CallXpress server. During the scheduled maintenance, patching of the server will cause the following: Outside...

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VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Server Updates

Sep. 5, 2018—From Friday, September 7, at 10 p.m. to Saturday, September 8, at 6 a.m., Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft security patches on collaboration servers to maintain security for core Microsoft operating systems. During this time frame, non-redundant services will be impacted by a server reboot after the patches are installed. Email, SharePoint, and Skype may...

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VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Server Updates

Aug. 22, 2018—On August 26, from midnight to 5 a.m., Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft Windows 2008 system patches on AVST voicemail servers and Microsoft security patches on shared services servers. This scheduled maintenance will assure the continued security of the Windows Operating Systems on these servers. During this time frame, non-redundant services will be impacted by...

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VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Server Updates

Aug. 3, 2018—From Friday, August 3, at 10 p.m. to Saturday, August 4, at 6 a.m., Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft security patches on collaboration servers to maintain security for core Microsoft operating systems. During this time frame, non-redundant services will be impacted by a server reboot after the patches are installed. Email, SharePoint, and Skype may...

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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...

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VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Server Updates

Jul. 25, 2018—On Sunday, July 29, from midnight to 6 a.m., Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft security patches on Windows servers to maintain security for core Microsoft operating systems. During this time frame, non-redundant services will be impacted by a server reboot after the patches are installed.   For information about upcoming and recent outages, see: **https://it.vanderbilt.edu/scheduled-outages**...

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VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Server Updates

Jun. 29, 2018—Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft security patches on collaboration servers from Friday, June 29, at 10 p.m. to Saturday, June 30, at 6 a.m. to maintain security for core Microsoft Operating Systems. During this time frame, non-redundant services will be impacted by a server reboot after the patches are installed. Email, SharePoint, and Skype may...

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VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Server Updates

Jun. 22, 2018—Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft security patches on Windows servers from midnight to 6 a.m. on Sunday, June 24, to maintain security for core Microsoft Operating Systems. During this time frame, non-redundant services will be impacted by a server reboot after the patches are installed.

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Update to TCP parameter to allow successful mailbox migration to VUMC Office 365

May. 24, 2018—Between 10 p.m. and 11:55 p.m. on Thursday, May 24, VUIT Collaboration will adjust the TCP keepalive threshold parameter on the em101 mailbox server to allow successful mailbox migration to VUMC Office 365, as required by the VUMC email migration project. Access to approximately 7000 mailboxes hosted on this server will be down for about...

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VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Windows OS Patches on VUIT Virtualization Servers

May. 2, 2018—From 10 p.m. on Thursday, May 3, to 6 a.m. on Friday, May 4, Vanderbilt University IT will install Microsoft Windows operating system patches on the Hyper-V Virtual environment. 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...

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VUIT Scheduled Maintenance for Collaboration servers

May. 2, 2018—Beginning at 10 p.m. on Friday, May 4, and ending at 6 a.m. on Saturday, May 5, Vanderbilt University IT will install Microsoft Windows Server security updates on Exchange, Lync, and SharePoint servers to ensure the continued security of Windows operating systems. This scheduled maintenance will require a reboot of the servers after updates are...

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VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Windows OS patches on AVST voicemail servers

Apr. 12, 2018—On April 15, from 12 a.m. to 3 a.m.,  Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft Windows 2008 system patches on AVST voicemail servers. This scheduled maintenance will ensure the continued security of the Windows Operating Systems on these servers. Upon patching, VUIT will restart the CallXpress server.   During the scheduled maintenance, patching of the server...

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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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