AccessVU to be unavailable from 2 to 5 a.m. on Sept. 24
Sep. 21, 2017—From 2 to 5 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24, VUMC IT will redirect its AccessVU identity systems to point to new AVUPROD database servers. During the three-hour change, university and Medical Center users will not be able to utilize AccessVU admin and end user tools (including tools to change passwords). This change will not impact...
CATV local channels upgrade
Aug. 7, 2017—Weather permitting, Vanderbilt IT will upgrade the cabling on the roof of the Engineering and Science Building to improve reliability and enhance the signal level for local off-air TeleVU channels from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 9. This change will have a campus-wide impact: Community-access television (CATV) system users will not have...
VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Windows OS patches on AVST voicemail servers
Jul. 21, 2017—From 12 a.m. to 3 a.m. on Sunday, July 23, Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft Windows 2008 operating system patches on AVST voicemail servers in order to maintain security of the Microsoft Windows operating system for these servers. Upon patching, VUIT will restart the CallXpress server. Patching of the CallXpress System Server (VUIT-HCWNAP130) will cause...
VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Windows OS patches on AVST voicemail servers
Jun. 15, 2017—From 12 a.m. to 3 a.m. on Sunday, June 18, Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft Windows 2008 operating system patches on AVST voicemail servers in order to maintain security of the Microsoft Windows operating systems for these servers. After patching is complete, VUIT will restart CallXpress service on the system server (VUIT-HCWNAP130). This will cause...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
VUIT to patch Windows 2008 on AVST voicemail servers
Apr. 20, 2017—Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft Windows 2008 operating system patches on AVST voicemail servers from 12 a.m. to 12.45 a.m. on Sunday, April 23, in order to maintain security of the Microsoft Windows operating system for these servers. Upon patching, VUIT will restart the CallXpress server. Skype for Business (Lync) voicemail will not be affected...
VUIT Scheduled Maintenance to Install Windows OS patches
Apr. 20, 2017—Vanderbilt IT will install Microsoft security patches on university Windows servers beginning at 11 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, and ending at 6 a.m. on Sunday, April 23. During this timeframe, non-redundant services will be impacted by a server reboot after the patches are installed.
VUMC IT to migrate routing and switching to new VUH data center routers
Feb. 17, 2017—On Saturday, Feb. 18, from 4 to 11 a.m., VUMC IT will perform change C0068671 (pegasus.mc.vanderbilt.edu/ViewChange.aspx?id=C0068671). This change covers the work required to migrate all layer-3 and layer-2 components from the legacy Cisco Catalyst 6509 and Catalyst 6513 routers to the new Cisco Nexus 7710 routers. There will be a rolling outage for every network within...