June 2008 Archives

Student E-mail Server - Hardware Upgrade - Saturday June 28, 2008 »

The student e-mail servers will undergo a memory upgrade on Saturday June 28, 2008 from 8:00 am - 1:00 pm. One Solaris server will be upgraded at a time. During the upgrade, HTTP will failover to the secondary server. IMAP users should connect to their secondary IMAP server. This affects...

Trojan Horse Puts Mac OS X User Data At Risk »

Two trojan horse pieces of software have been found recently that may put a Apple Mac OS X user's computer at risk. One in particular is of concern and has resulted in a number of security sites such as SecureMac and Sophos, Inc. to issue notices to users to be...

Faculty Staff Email Servers Intermittent Outages - Updated »

Email Services is working with Lotus Support to identify the issue that is causing intermittent outages on Faculty Staff Email Servers Aspens/Oaks. At this time, access to email via VCU Mail Anywhere is available. Updates will continue to be posted....

Help Desk Online Request System Upgrade Begins Friday »

Technology Services will be upgrading the online support request system beginning Friday, June 27th and is expected to be back online Monday, June 30th. While the system is being upgraded support requests will only be available by telephone, email or via the Help Desk service counter. Please contact the Help...

Banner Unavailable »

Self Service Banner is not available at the moment due to a hardware issue. The issue is being addressed and resolution is expected by 3 PM....

Scheduled Maintenance - E-mail Servers »

Scheduled maintenance will be performed on the E-mail system Saturday, June 21, between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 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,...

ImageNow Maintenance - Sunday, June 15, 10-10:30am »

On Sunday, June 15, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. to approximately 10:30 a.m., the UCC will be performing maintenance on the ImageNow server. ImageNow will not be available during this scheduled maintenance window....

June LANDesk Server Maintenance »

Server maintenance will occur on all LANDesk servers between 6 am and 7am on June 12. All services should be restored by 7am....

Sunday, June 8, Network Upgrade May Cause Short Network Interruption »

On Sunday, June 8, Network Services will be moving a connection currently on the Verizon system to VCU-hosted fiber between the Monroe Park and MCV campuses. This work will take place between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. There may be a momentary interruption for users while the connections are moved....

Extended Maintenance - Faculty/Staff Email Servers »

Status - June 8, 2008 2:00 PM Oak servers are available. Status - June 7, 2008 2:00 PM. Aspens servers are available. There will be an extended maintenance window on Faculty/Staff Email Servers Aspens/Oaks June 7-8, 2008. Service to the Aspen servers will be unavailable from 8 a.m. - 1...

School of Engineering Network Upgrade For 6/4/2008 »

Between 6 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, users in the School of Engineering will experience a brief loss of internet connectivity while a network link is moved from Verizon services to VCU-hosted fiber. ePhone telephone sets will also be affected. Move will take less than 1...

Oak2 Currently Unavailable »

Faculty Staff Email Server Oak2 is currently unavailable. Users should connect to their alternate server, Aspen2. For assistance, please contact the Helpdesk at 828-2227....

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