September 2007 Archives

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Blackboard unavailable between 5pm and 5:30pm today (9/26/07) »

Subject: Please note: Blackboard unavailable between 5pm and 5:30pm today (9/26/07) Some of the Blackboard application servers will be stopped and started today (Wednesday, September 26, 2007) between 5pm and 5:30pm. You may be kicked off of the system during this time. We have put a change in place that...

Blackboard maintenance - Friday, September 28, 2007 »

A Blackboard downtime will be observed from 4PM to Midnight, September 28, 2007. Blackboard Maintenance is the second and fourth Friday of the month....

Wireless Equipment Maintenance In Residence Halls Saturday, Sept. 22 »

Beginning at 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, there will be no wireless network connectivity in following areas: Brandt, Rhoads, Johnson Hall. This is to replace wireless network equipment that has been developing problems over the first few weeks of the semester. Please contact the Technology Services...

Attention: New strong password requirement for Faculty, Staff, and Affiliates goes into effect October - November 2007 »

During October - November, faculty, staff, and affiliates will be required to have a strong eID password. If you have changed your password since April 6 2007, or if your password already meets the strong password requirements, you are not affected. Otherwise please visit the eID Manager site at http://eidmanager.vcu.edu/...

VCU Mail Anywhere Available - 9-15-2007 1:45 PM »

Access to VCU Mail Anywhere via web browsers is now available....

VCU Mail Anywhere Unavailable »

E-Mail Services is currently working on access to VCU Mail Anywhere via http://webdirect.vcu.edu. and myVCU Portal. Users may connect to their mail at this time via the Lotus Notes client or via an IMAP connection. Please check this page for further updates....

MCV Campus Experiencing Emergency 9-1-1 Call Interruptions »

Emergency 9-1-1 calls are experiencing routing problems at some locations on the MCV campus. VCU Telecommunications and Verizon staff is currently on site assessing the situation. Please call VCU Police at 828-1234 for any emergency calls....

ImageNow - UCC Maintenance: 9/16/07, 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. »

On Sunday, 9/16/07, from 7:30 a.m. until approximately 8:00 a.m., the University Computer Center will be performing monthly maintenance which will affect ImageNow services. During this time, the ImageNow server will be unavailable....

Scheduled Maintenance - E-Mail Servers »

Scheduled maintenance will be performed on the E-mail system Saturday, September 15, between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. During this maintenance window, access to e-mail may be unavailable on your primary server. Access to your e-mail via your alternate server should be available automatically when accessing through VCU Mail Anywhere,...

Beech Web Server Maintenance September 15-16, 2007 »

E-mail services will be performing a hardware and software upgrade on Domino server Beech Saturday and Sunday, September 15-16, 2007, beginning at 8 a.m. The VCU Mail Anywhere website and Quickplaces will not be available during this time....

Brandt Hall Internet Connectivty Interruption - Sept 11 »

10:48 a.m. - A power outage in Brandt Hall has caused the building internet connection to not be available. Network Services is working to correct the problem. Please contact the Technology Services Help Desk should you need assistance at 828-2227....

ImageNow - UCC Maintenance: 9/22/07, 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. »

On Saturday, 9/22/07, from 9:00 a.m. until approximately 9:30 a.m., the University Computer Center will be performing monthly maintenance which will affect ImageNow services. During this time, the ImageNow server will be unavailable....

Residence Hall Wireless & Authentication »

The issues that were experienced over the past week with wireless connections in some residence halls appears to have been stabilized at this time. Network Services will continue to closely monitor the wireless network over the weekend. A change has been made to the system that handles authentication into various...

E-Mail Server Maintenance Saturday, September 8, 2007 »

E-Mail servers Cedar, Hickory, Sycamore, and Mimosa will be unavailable from 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. Saturday, September 8, 2007, while a software update is applied. This interruption will affect outbound mail routing for IMAP users and access to group/generic e-mail accounts. IMAP users may sign into VCU Mail Anywhere...

Intermittent eID Interruptions - UPDATE2 »

UPDATE2 (9/6/07 1:40 PM): The directory that supports the eID process was stabilized last night by 6 p.m. Another system used for authentication also experienced a problem with one of the authentication services which VCU Computer Center is working to resolve. There may be short, intermittent interruptions when logging onto...

Sametime Service/Instant Messaging Unavailable »

Access to instant messaging on Lotus Notes and VCU Mail Anywnere remains unavailable as maintenance is being completed....

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