University Systems service status
University Systems makes every effort to inform the university community of any issues affecting the services that we offer. Messages regarding planned maintenance or unexpected outages of our services are shown below.
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Backup hardware fault - fix ETA Tue Aug 9 morning
Posted on August 06, 2022 at 03:33:28 am by erempel@uvic.ca
Effective date: August 10, 2022 at 02:00:00 am(6 days ago)
Effective 6 days ago: Update Aug 11 2:45pm
The hardware repairs have been completed and the backup system should be working normally again.
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Update Aug 9 7:00pm
The vendor was unable to fix the issue with today's work. They will continue tomorrow.
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The tape library used for backups has a hardware fault preventing tape access. Parts for repair will not be available until Tues Aug 9.
Affected clients:
1. Research backup may be affected prior to repairs
2. Most Research restores will be affected because most Research backups are stored on tape.
3. Most Admin Server archive retrieval will be affected because most archives are stored on tape.
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Evan Rempel.
Backup Administrator.
helpdesk@uvic.ca
(250) 721-7687
NETDRIVE Maintenance: Thursday @ 10:00PM
Posted on August 15, 2022 at 06:58:46 pm by tsmith@uvic.ca
Effective date: August 19, 2022 at 05:00:00 am(3 days from now)
Effective 3 days from now: We will be performing routine maintenance on NETDRIVE beginning at 10:00pm on Thursday, August 18, 2022. The work should be completed by midnight.
During the maintenance the server will be restarted and the following services will be interrupted:
- all Windows shares beginning with \netdrive
- all MacOS volumes served from netdrive.uvic.ca
Therefore, please avoid using those services during the maintenance window. If you can't avoid using the services, save your work often to minimize the possibility of losing work in progress.
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Data Center Services
University Systems
UVIC & OAK Domain Controller Maintenance: Thursday @ 10:00PM
Posted on August 15, 2022 at 07:02:55 pm by tsmith@uvic.ca
Effective date: August 19, 2022 at 05:00:00 am(3 days from now)
Effective 3 days from now: We will be performing routine maintenance on the UVIC and OAK Active Directory Domain Controllers beginning at 11:00PM on Thursday, August 18, 2022. The work should be completed by 1AM.
There is no anticipated interruption in service and no action is required on your part. This message is just to let you know the work is being performed.
If you have any questions or concerns about this maintenance, please e-mail helpdesk@uvic.ca
Thank you.
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Data Center Services
University Systems
Student Self Service Registration Outage
Posted on August 15, 2022 at 10:37:09 pm by srajagopal@uvic.ca
Effective date: August 16, 2022 at 01:30:00 pm(8 hours from now)
Effective 8 hours from now: There will be a brief outage of Banner Student Self Service Registration application on Tuesday August 16th between 6.30 a.m to 7 a.m for scheduled maintenance.
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Sheeja Rajagopal
University Systems|Univerity of Victoria
250-472-4710