Current Service Alerts - Wednesday 16-May-2012
| Title | Time | Duration | Impact | Reason | Description of Work | Criticality | Status |
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ECA Portal - ECA002 Exam Boards Phase 2
More info |
16-May-2012 01:50PM - 02:10PM |
20 minutes |
At Risk |
functionality put live for ECA002 Exam Boards Phase 2 | functionality put live for ECA002 Exam Boards Phase 2 | Medium |
Agreed - Short Notice ![]() |
Forthcoming Service Alerts for the next 2 weeks
| Title | Date/Time | Duration | Impact | Reason | Description of Work | Criticality | Status |
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EUGEX, IDM and MyEd at risk
More info |
17-May-2012 09:00AM - 05:00PM |
8 hours |
At Risk |
required for implementing project DEI001 | EUGEX, IDM and MyEd at risk, Thursday 17th May 09:00-17:00. | High |
Planned ![]() |
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QlikView Application Server Upgrade
More info |
17-May-2012 02:00PM - 03:00PM 17-May-2012 03:00PM - 07:00AM |
1 hour 16 hours |
Outage At Risk |
Application upgrade to latest release | The Qlikview application server will be uninstalled and the new release installed | Low |
Agreed - Short Notice ![]() |
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Unidesk Servers - Security Patching
More info |
18-May-2012 03:10AM - 03:25AM 18-May-2012 04:10AM - 04:25AM |
15 minutes 15 minutes |
Outage Outage |
Security patch install | Due to security patching, the unidesk servers will each have a short outage on Friday 18th May between 03:00 and 05:00 while the servers are rebooted. Unidesk will be unavailable for a time during these hours. The 'at risk' period will continue until 09:0 | Medium |
Agreed - Short Notice ![]() |
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EaStMAN JEC circuit move
More info |
22-May-2012 07:45AM - 08:00AM 22-May-2012 08:00AM - 08:45AM |
15 minutes 45 minutes |
Outage At Risk |
Change of supplier for dark fibre link | The primary EaStMAN link connecting Jewel & Esk College's Dalkeith campus to the outside world is being moved to a different supplier's infrastructure. | Medium |
Agreed - Short Notice ![]() |
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Accommodation Services Applications unavailable
More info |
From: 22-May-2012 - 08:00AM To: 23-May-2012 - 12:00PM From: 23-May-2012 - 12:00PM To: 23-May-2012 - 05:00PM |
1 day 4 hours 5 hours |
Outage At Risk |
Upgrade infrastructure | Accommodation Services Applications unavailable, from 08:00 Tuesday 22nd May until 12:00 on Wednesday 23rd May. Applications should be considered At Risk from 12:00 - 17:00 on Wednesday 23rd May. | High |
Planned ![]() |
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Polopoly unavailable
More info |
30-May-2012 11:00AM - 12:30PM 30-May-2012 12:30PM - 05:00PM |
1 hour 30 minutes 4 hours 30 minutes |
Outage At Risk |
Deploy code regarding recaptcha | A Polopoly outage will take place Wednesday 30th May 1100-1230 (further at risk 1230-1700). | High |
Planned ![]() |
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University Web Site - At Risk
More info |
30-May-2012 12:00PM - 05:00PM |
5 hours |
At Risk |
Deploy new recaptcha code | University website at risk Wednesday 30th May 1200-1700 due to server work. No outage is expected. | High |
Planned ![]() |
Service Alerts for the past 2 weeks
| Title | Date/Time | Duration | Impact | Reason | Description of Work | Criticality | Status |
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Pre-cautionary restart of WebCT application
More info |
15-May-2012 08:00AM - 09:00AM 15-May-2012 09:00AM - 10:00AM |
1 hour 1 hour |
Outage At Risk |
Pre-cautionary restart of WebCT to avoid possible java issues | An outage of WebCT will take place on Wednesday 15th May - WebCT unavailable to all during restart (0800-0900, further 'at risk' 0900-1000). | High |
Planned ![]() |
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Moodle At Risk
More info |
15-May-2012 09:00AM - 05:00PM |
8 hours |
At Risk |
Resilience Testing | Moodle at risk all day due to resilience testing being carried out by Technology Management. | Medium |
Agreed - Short Notice ![]() |
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EaStMAN QMU circuit move
More info |
15-May-2012 07:45AM - 08:45AM |
1 hour |
At Risk |
Change of supplier for dark fibre link | The primary EaStMAN link connecting Queen Margaret University to the outside world is being moved to a different supplier's infrastructure. | Medium |
Agreed - Short Notice Complete ![]() |
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Corporate ColdFusion based applications at risk
More info |
14-May-2012 04:00PM - 05:00PM |
1 hour |
At Risk |
Configuration maintenance | Corporate ColdFusion based applications At Risk. Monday 14th May 16:00-17:00. | High |
Planned ![]() |
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BOXI Application unavailable for some universe
More info |
14-May-2012 09:00AM - 09:45AM |
45 minutes |
Outage |
Application not responding | BOXI application is unavailable. | Medium |
Unplanned ![]() |
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Widespread IS services disruption
More info |
11-May-2012 01:00PM - 02:30PM |
1 hour 30 minutes |
Outage |
Power interruption at JCMB | Extensive service outage. Recovery operations are under way, expected recovery time for majority of systems 14:30. | High |
Unplanned ![]() |
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IDM processing delay
More info |
From: 11-May-2012 - 12:45PM To: 14-May-2012 - 10:45AM |
2 days 22 hours |
Degraded Service |
Failure of IDM processing following KB power outage | Issue resolved. | High |
Unplanned Complete ![]() |
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Accommodation Services Critical Patching
More info |
10-May-2012 07:00AM - 07:15AM 11-May-2012 08:00AM - 08:30AM |
15 minutes 30 minutes |
Outage Outage |
Critical Patching | Due to server work, Accommodation Services applications will face an outage Thursday 10th May 0700-0715 and Friday 11th May 0800-0830 (additional "at risk" period 0830-0900). | High |
Planned ![]() |
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Unidesk Outage
More info |
11-May-2012 07:00AM - 09:30AM |
2 hours 30 minutes |
Outage |
Patching | Systems are restored and working again as of 9:30am | Medium |
Unplanned ![]() |
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Orthus & Midas Server Resources
More info |
10-May-2012 08:30AM - 12:30PM 10-May-2012 01:00PM - 02:00PM |
4 hours 1 hour |
Degraded Service Outage |
Resource Issues with server | Primary server for the orthus (IS) resources is down. All resources are running on second server. Shares and home drives may be unavailable or slower to respond. Resources will be moved over to primary server today at 1pm. | High |
Unplanned Complete ![]() |
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eExpenses
More info |
10-May-2012 12:30PM - 12:35PM |
5 minutes |
Outage |
n/a | Application restarted | High |
Unplanned ![]() |
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PURE Unavailable - Upgrade to 4.12.4
More info |
09-May-2012 10:30AM - 11:00AM 09-May-2012 11:00AM - 12:00PM |
30 minutes 1 hour |
Outage At Risk |
Routine Regular Upgrade procedure | PURE Application will be upgraded on the 9th of May. There will be a service outage from 10:30 till 11:00 and a further "at risk" period between 11:00 and 12:00. | High |
Planned ![]() |
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EaStMAN Stirling hardware replacement
More info |
08-May-2012 07:30AM - 08:15AM 08-May-2012 08:15AM - 09:00AM |
45 minutes 45 minutes |
Outage At Risk |
Switchover to new hardware | EaStMAN Stirling hardware replacement, Tuesday 8th May 07:30-08:15. With a further 45 minute At Risk period from 08:15. | Medium |
Planned Complete ![]() |
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Accommodation Services unavailable
More info |
08-May-2012 08:00AM - 08:30AM |
30 minutes |
Outage |
Upgrade Kx from Kx2011.1 SP2 to Kx2011.1 SP3 | The Accommodation Services application Online Contract will be upgraded on Tuesday 8th May (outage 0800-0830. | High |
Planned ![]() |
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WebCT restart
More info |
07-May-2012 12:00PM - 01:00PM |
1 hour |
Outage |
Powerlinks not responding | WebCT restart due to a problem with powerlinks. | Low |
Agreed - Short Notice ![]() |
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UniDesk Restart (Abertay, Edinburgh, St Andrews)
More info |
07-May-2012 08:30AM - 08:45AM |
15 minutes |
Outage |
Unidesk Performance Issues | There will be a service outage for the Unidesk system on the 7th May 2012 between 08:30 and 08:45 to switch off debugging, the server will be restarted during this time. | Medium |
Planned ![]() |
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Webhost1 Downtime
More info |
From: 05-May-2012 - 05:15AM To: 06-May-2012 - 09:15AM |
1 day 4 hours |
Outage |
Apache Error | Webhost one was down on Saturday - 05 /05/2012 05:15 till 06/05/2012 09:15. | Medium |
Unplanned Complete ![]() |
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UniDesk unavailable
More info |
04-May-2012 10:00AM - 12:00PM 04-May-2012 12:00PM - 02:00PM |
2 hours 2 hours |
Outage At Risk |
Update UK Federation details on live system to initiate shibboleth | There will be a 2hr downtime on UniDesk on Friday 4th May, 10:00am-12:00pm. Further 'at risk' 12:00pm-14:00pm. This is due to work on the Self Service Portal implementation. | High |
Cancelled ![]() |
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EaStMAN Telford College circuit move
More info |
04-May-2012 08:00AM - 08:15AM 04-May-2012 08:15AM - 09:00AM |
15 minutes 45 minutes |
Outage At Risk |
Change of supplier for dark fibre link | The EaStMAN link connecting Telford College to the outside world is being moved to a different supplier's infrastructure. | Medium |
Agreed - Short Notice Complete ![]() |
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ESSMU and CCTS Outage
More info |
03-May-2012 05:00PM - 05:30PM |
30 minutes |
Outage |
Server restart to correct a back-up problem | Applications ESSMU and CCTS out of service for the duration of the outage. | High |
Agreed - Short Notice ![]() |
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HR Unavailable - Applying patch for TYE
More info |
03-May-2012 08:30AM - 01:00PM 03-May-2012 01:00PM - 04:00PM |
4 hours 30 minutes 3 hours |
Outage At Risk |
New patch for TYE12 needs to be applied | The HR systems (Oracle HR and HR MyED channels) will be unavailable Thursday 3rd May 0830-1300 (further 'at risk' 1300-1600) due to server work. | High |
Planned ![]() |
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Pre-cautionary restart of WebCT application
More info |
02-May-2012 08:00AM - 09:00AM 03-May-2012 09:00AM - 10:00AM |
1 hour 1 hour |
Outage At Risk |
Pre-cautionary restart of WebCT to avoid possible java issues | An outage of WebCT will take place on Wednesday 2nd May - WebCT unavailable to all during restart (0800-0900, further 'at risk' 0900-1000). | High |
Planned ![]() |
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Exchange Restart - To resolve backup problem
More info |
03-May-2012 08:20AM - 08:30AM 03-May-2012 08:30AM - 09:00AM |
10 minutes 30 minutes |
Outage At Risk |
Fix issue with back-ups | Outage will be for a 10 minute period between 08:00 and 09:00. Restart Exchange due to a problem with the backup. | Low |
Agreed - Short Notice ![]() |
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EUCLID Client Outage
More info |
03-May-2012 08:00AM - 08:05AM |
5 minutes |
Outage |
Restart Following Configuration Change | There will be an outage of the EUCLID client on Thursday 3rd May at 0800 for 5 minutes. | Medium |
Planned ![]() |
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Regular Linux patching
More info |
02-May-2012 08:00AM - 09:00AM 02-May-2012 09:00AM - 10:00AM |
1 hour 1 hour |
Outage At Risk |
Part of regular patching | Due to server patching the systems listed below will be unavailable 0800-0900 Wed 2nd May ('at risk' until 1000): Central Wiki Service, Document Management (Serengeti), JIRA, Hosted Websites and Document Management (Serengeti), Mobile Campus, DRUPAL se | High |
Planned ![]() |
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SSL Certificate renewal
More info |
02-May-2012 09:00AM - 02:00PM |
5 hours |
At Risk |
SSL Certificate expiry | Due to server work, the following are at risk Wednesday 2nd May 2012 0900-1400 (no actual outage envisioned): www.dlhe.careers.ed.ac.uk www.services.adminrae.planning.ed.ac.uk www.recruit.mis.ed.ac.uk www.kxweb.accom.ed.ac.uk | High |
Planned ![]() |
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ecdfnas service - slight risk of minor service dis
More info |
02-May-2012 08:45AM - 09:15AM |
30 minutes |
At Risk |
Critical security patching | The ecdfnas service will be at slight risk of minor disruption whilst a critical security patch is applied (Wed 2nd May 0845-9015). Work completed without any disruption to service. | High |
Planned Complete ![]() |
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Moodle Application unavailable
More info |
02-May-2012 08:30AM - 09:10AM |
40 minutes |
Outage |
Part of regular patching | Moodle application was unavailable after Linux patching took place in Moodle servers. | High |
Unplanned ![]() |
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Linux - Regular patching: MyEd and SOA at risk
More info |
02-May-2012 08:00AM - 09:00AM |
1 hour |
At Risk |
Part of regular patching | Due to server work, MyEd and SOA are at risk 0800-0900 on Wednesday 2nd May. There is the potential risk that users of MyEd may lose their sessions, but this risk is very low. | High |
Planned ![]() |
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Serengeti eIntranet outage
More info |
02-May-2012 08:00AM - 08:45PM |
12 hours 45 minutes |
Outage |
Failure of document management system | Investigation into core cause ongoing. | High |
Unplanned Complete ![]() |
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IDM processing delay
More info |
02-May-2012 08:00AM - 11:00PM |
15 hours |
Degraded Service |
Failed restart of IDM service following security patching | Issue under resolution. Existing backlog of notifications remains to be cleared. | High |
Unplanned Complete ![]() |