Monthly Archives: April 2021

Scheduled: major network core upgrade

UPDATE: As of 2:30 am on May 16, all significant problems have been resolved though a few minor issues remain that will be corrected in the next few days.

On Saturday, May 15, Information Systems will be replacing some core components of the network to address reliability problems and replace devices that will no longer be supported by the manufacturer.  The outage will be extensive.  Google services including email will remain available off-campus, but all on-campus technology will be unavailable, including phones and wired and wireless network access.  Campus computers will be unusable for any tasks other than what can be done with locally stored files.

Outages of this magnitude are rare but ocassionally necessary to maintain a reliable network.  Thank you for your patience and flexibility.  If you have any questions please email the Helpdesk, helpdesk@emu.edu

Scheduled: Papercut Upgrade

Update 7:00 AM: Upgrade is complete, printing services have been restored

Tuesday April 20, 6:30AM to 7:30AM is a scheduled information system outage for Papercut in order to perform a necessary upgrade.  Papercut will be unavailable during this time, which will result in an outage of all network printing, copying, and scanning on the Harrisonburg campus.  Lancaster campus will be unaffected.

If you have difficulty printing after the upgrade, please reboot your computer to trigger a restart of your Papercut client software.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact the Information Systems Helpdesk: helpdesk@emu.edu or 540.432.4357.