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   <updated>2010-09-01T13:39:03Z</updated>
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   <title>09/01/2010 - eLearning System Brief Outage</title>
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   <published>2010-09-01T13:38:12Z</published>
   <updated>2010-09-01T13:39:03Z</updated>
   
   <summary>The eLearning system will be shutdown from 6:00 - 7:00 A.M. Wednesday, September 1, 2010, to apply configuration changes to the application and database servers. The Blackboard/WebCT learning management and electronic portfolio applications will not be available during this period....</summary>
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      <name>Tom Peterson</name>
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      The eLearning system will be shutdown from 6:00 - 7:00 A.M. Wednesday, September 1, 2010, to apply configuration changes to the application and database servers. 

The Blackboard/WebCT learning management and electronic portfolio applications will not be available during this period.
      
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<entry>
   <title>08/25/2010 - eLearning System Brief Outage</title>
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   <id>tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2010:/itscomm//69.9211</id>
   
   <published>2010-08-23T13:57:20Z</published>
   <updated>2010-08-23T13:58:58Z</updated>
   
   <summary>The eLearning system will be restarted between 6:00-7:00 AM on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, to add an additional node to the application server cluster. The Blackboard/WebCT learning management and electronic portfolio applications will not be available during this period....</summary>
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      <name>Tom Peterson</name>
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      The eLearning system will be restarted between 6:00-7:00 AM on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, to add an additional node to the application server cluster.

The Blackboard/WebCT learning management and electronic portfolio applications will not be available during this period. 
      
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<entry>
   <title>08/18/2010 - eLearning System Brief Outage</title>
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   <id>tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2010:/itscomm//69.9204</id>
   
   <published>2010-08-13T20:25:36Z</published>
   <updated>2010-08-13T20:37:05Z</updated>
   
   <summary>The eLearning system will be restarted between 6:00-7:00 AM on Wednesday, August 18, 2010, to apply a new SSL certificate. The Blackboard/WebCT learning management and electronic portfolio applications will not be available during this period....</summary>
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      <name>Tom Peterson</name>
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      The eLearning system will be restarted between 6:00-7:00 AM on Wednesday, August 18, 2010, to apply a new SSL certificate.

The Blackboard/WebCT learning management and electronic portfolio applications will not be available during this period. 
      
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<entry>
   <title>08/11/2010 - eLearning System Maintenance</title>
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   <id>tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2010:/itscomm//69.9196</id>
   
   <published>2010-08-06T20:07:00Z</published>
   <updated>2010-08-06T20:10:59Z</updated>
   
   <summary>The Blackboard/WebCT learning management and electronic portfolio system will be shutdown Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 5:00 a.m. to apply a service pack to the application. The system will be available by 8:00 a.m. During this time students, teaching assistants,...</summary>
   <author>
      <name>Jordon Dierks</name>
      
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      The Blackboard/WebCT learning management and electronic portfolio system will be shutdown Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 5:00 a.m. to apply a service pack to the application. The system will be available by 8:00 a.m.

During this time students, teaching assistants, instructors and designers will not be able to access eLearning for UNI academic courses, administrative departmental courses, Continuing Education and Guided Independent Study courses, Allen College Courses, Camp Adventure courses, National Program for Playground Safety courses or any personal electronic portfolios hosted on the system.

      
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   <title>08/05/2010 - CatID Authentication Working</title>
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   <id>tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2010:/itscomm//69.9192</id>
   
   <published>2010-08-05T13:32:16Z</published>
   <updated>2010-08-05T14:07:40Z</updated>
   
   <summary>The Central Authentication Service (CAS) is back online as of 7:30, 5 Aug 2010, and CatID authentication is working again. The changes made this morning to the secure socket layer (SSL) certificate have been rolled back....</summary>
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      <name>Jordon Dierks</name>
      
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      The Central Authentication Service (CAS) is back online as of 7:30, 5 Aug 2010, and CatID authentication is working again. The changes made this morning to the secure socket layer (SSL) certificate have been rolled back.
      
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<entry>
   <title>08/05/2010 - CatID Authentication Outage</title>
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   <id>tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2010:/itscomm//69.9190</id>
   
   <published>2010-08-05T12:11:38Z</published>
   <updated>2010-08-05T12:29:51Z</updated>
   
   <summary>As of 5:50 AM, there was an outage of the Central Authentication Service (CAS), the method of authentication used for CatID access to MyUNIverse, eLearning and other applications. ITS is looking into the issue now....</summary>
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      <name>Jordon Dierks</name>
      
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      As of 5:50 AM, there was an outage of the Central Authentication Service (CAS), the method of authentication used for CatID access to MyUNIverse, eLearning and other applications. ITS is looking into the issue now.
      
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<entry>
   <title>08/04/2010 - eLearning Brief Outage</title>
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   <id>tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2010:/itscomm//69.9185</id>
   
   <published>2010-07-30T20:34:13Z</published>
   <updated>2010-07-30T20:35:03Z</updated>
   
   <summary>The eLearning system will be restarted between 6:00-7:00 AM on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, to apply a new license key. The Blackboard/WebCT learning management and electronic portfolio applications will not be available during this period....</summary>
   <author>
      <name>Tom Peterson</name>
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      The eLearning system will be restarted between 6:00-7:00 AM on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, to apply a new license key.

The Blackboard/WebCT learning management and electronic portfolio applications will not be available during this period. 
      
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<entry>
   <title>07/31/2010 - MyUNIverse Early Morning Very Brief Outage</title>
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   <id>tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2010:/itscomm//69.9182</id>
   
   <published>2010-07-30T15:20:36Z</published>
   <updated>2010-07-30T15:24:53Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Following the maintenance yesterday there is a problem which requires a restart to fix. We will be restarting the application tomorrow morning at 6:00am....</summary>
   <author>
      <name>Tom Peterson</name>
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      Following the maintenance yesterday there is a problem which requires a restart to fix.  We will be restarting the application tomorrow morning at 6:00am.
      
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   <title>07/30/2010 - MyUNIverse Early Morning Brief Outage</title>
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   <id>tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2010:/itscomm//69.9178</id>
   
   <published>2010-07-27T20:00:25Z</published>
   <updated>2010-07-27T20:03:02Z</updated>
   
   <summary>On Friday, July 30th, from 5:00am to 6:00am the UNI MyUniverse System will be unavailable due to system maintenance. This outage will affect only Peoplesoft applications....</summary>
   <author>
      <name>Tom Peterson</name>
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      On Friday, July 30th, from 5:00am to 6:00am the UNI MyUniverse System will be unavailable due to system maintenance.  This outage will affect only Peoplesoft applications.  

      
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<entry>
   <title>7/20/2010 - Power Outage in CBB 19/21</title>
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   <published>2010-07-19T17:45:38Z</published>
   <updated>2010-07-19T17:52:29Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Normal power is scheduled to be turned off in CBB 19/21 to allow the data center housed there to be added to the campus metering project. The standby generator will pick up the load during this time. No outage is...</summary>
   <author>
      <name>Julie Heiple</name>
      
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      Normal power is scheduled to be turned off in CBB 19/21 to allow the data center housed there to be added to the campus metering project. The standby generator will pick up the load during this time. No outage is expected.

The contractor is to perform this work on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 between 8AM
and 9AM. 
      
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<entry>
   <title>07/18/2010 - MEMFIS Applications Sunday Outage</title>
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   <id>tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2010:/itscomm//69.9171</id>
   
   <published>2010-07-15T19:24:44Z</published>
   <updated>2010-07-15T20:41:53Z</updated>
   
   <summary>All MEMFIS applications will be unavailable from 4:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning, July 18th. This will affect all MEMFIS applications including employee self service and time card processing....</summary>
   <author>
      <name>Tom Peterson</name>
      <uri>http://www.uni.edu/peterson/</uri>
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      All MEMFIS applications will be unavailable from 4:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning, July 18th.

This will affect all MEMFIS applications including employee self service and time card processing. 
      
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<entry>
   <title>07/16/2010 - Telephone System Towers Complex Partial Brief Outage</title>
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   <id>tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2010:/itscomm//69.9170</id>
   
   <published>2010-07-15T16:13:44Z</published>
   <updated>2010-07-15T20:42:19Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Due to the necessity to move additional fiber optic cable, there will be a voice telecommunications maintenance window scheduled for Friday, July 16th, between 6:30 AM and 7:30 AM. During this maintenance window, there will be a short voice telecommunications...</summary>
   <author>
      <name>Tom Peterson</name>
      <uri>http://www.uni.edu/peterson/</uri>
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      Due to the necessity to move additional fiber optic cable, there will be a voice telecommunications maintenance window scheduled for Friday, July 16th, between 6:30 AM and 7:30 AM.

During this maintenance window, there will be a short voice telecommunications outage, impacting the Towers complex including Bender and Dancer, as well as Campbell Hall.
      
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<entry>
   <title>07/08/2010 - Telephone System Redeker Complex Partial Brief Outage</title>
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   <id>tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2010:/itscomm//69.9162</id>
   
   <published>2010-07-07T19:00:26Z</published>
   <updated>2010-07-07T19:02:42Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Due to the need to relocate a fiber cable, there will be a maintenance window for the voice telecommunications system, scheduled for Thursday, July 8th, between 6:30 AM and 7:30 AM. This maintenance window will include an outage, affecting the...</summary>
   <author>
      <name>Tom Peterson</name>
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      Due to the need to relocate a fiber cable, there will be a maintenance window for the voice telecommunications system, scheduled for Thursday, July 8th, between 6:30 AM and 7:30 AM.

This maintenance window will include an outage, affecting the Redeker Center complex, including telephones in the Hagemann, Noehren, Rider, and Shull residence halls.

Thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation during this maintenance window.

 
      
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<entry>
   <title>06/19/2010 - Electrical Outage Awareness Notice</title>
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   <id>tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2010:/itscomm//69.9123</id>
   
   <published>2010-06-17T19:07:45Z</published>
   <updated>2010-06-17T19:09:33Z</updated>
   
   <summary>A power outage is scheduled for Saturday, June 19th, between 7:00 AM and 12 Noon for the Curris Business Building. This outage should not affect the ITS data center as the standby generator is expected to handle the data center...</summary>
   <author>
      <name>Tom Peterson</name>
      <uri>http://www.uni.edu/peterson/</uri>
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      A power outage is scheduled for Saturday, June 19th, between 7:00 AM and 12 Noon for the Curris Business Building.

This outage should not affect the ITS data center as the standby generator is expected to handle the data center load during this power outage. 
      
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<entry>
   <title>06/16/2010 - eLearning Brief Outage</title>
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   <id>tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2010:/itscomm//69.9097</id>
   
   <published>2010-06-11T18:38:46Z</published>
   <updated>2010-06-11T18:39:39Z</updated>
   
   <summary>The eLearning system will be restarted between 6:00-7:00 AM on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, to apply a system patch. The Blackboard/WebCT learning management and electronic portfolio applications will not be available during this period....</summary>
   <author>
      <name>Tom Peterson</name>
      <uri>http://www.uni.edu/peterson/</uri>
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      The eLearning system will be restarted between 6:00-7:00 AM on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, to apply a system patch.

The Blackboard/WebCT learning management and electronic portfolio applications will not be available during this period. 
      
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