A critical piece of network equipment stopped functioning, leaving most network resources unavailable.
The device has been reset, and is now functioning normally.
Lancaster Internet connectivity problems
Lancaster users were unable to initiate or maintain terminal server connections. A hardware problem was identified by a TCW engineer later in the afternoon. A replacement unit has been received, and will be installed on Friday.
Printing not available for fac-staff
Printing for many faculty-staff printers was not working.
A configuration file change corrected it.
November scheduled maintenance
UPDATE at 2 p.m: Maintenance has been successful, though systems will not be available until about 3 p.m.
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A support pack will be applied to EMU’s fileservers, affecting file and print services. This is a routine maintenance procedure to ensure server stability and security.
Working with files on the network during this period is STRONGLY discouraged.
E-mail, calendar and other services that depend on the Royal Password will be unavailable during periods of this outage.
Other services, such as Internet access, Campusweb and Blackboard will remain available.
Server FS rebooted
FS was rebooted in preparation for maintenance tomorrow morning.
Short SIS Outage
The Student Information System (AS/400, Campus Web) will be unavailable Tuesday, November 14 from 7:15 am to 7:45 am to change a connection setting.
The systems affected will be Jenzabar application software (TEAMS2000) and CampusWeb (https://campusweb.emu.edu). CampusWeb provides student access to their financial information (billings and FinAid) as well as final class grades.
No other systems are affected by this outage.
Scheduled outage for Student fileserver (ST)
Data on the student fileserver ST will be moved to our new Storage Area Network to significantly increase storage space.
Scheduled outage for backup software update
A routine update to our backup software necessitates rebooting most servers, affecting Blackboard, file & print services, e-mail, calendar and the web server.
Internet access and the Student Information System will be unaffected.
Calendar server inaccessible
The calendar server was not responding for some users. It has been restarted.
Novell server ZW crashed
Novell server ZW had no network connectivity. Processor at 0, no response, tried to execute “ping” from console and window froze – could still page to other screens. Power cycled system