May 2009 Archives

May
29
2009

Network Equipment Upgrades For May 31 »

VCU Network Services will perform hardware upgrades beginning at 6 a.m. until 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 31. This work will affect Internet connectivity for the entire University. During this time, users will not be able to access the Internet or servers at the VCU Computer Center. ePhone VoIP telephones...
Past | Posted by Sam Kennedy in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
28
2009

Oak4 Restarting »

Oak4 email server is currently restarting. Users may connect to their alternate server, Aspen4, via IMAP or the Notes client of by changing their url to http://aspen4.vcu.edu/usermail#/mailfile.nsf....
Past | Posted by Connie Lowery in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
27
2009

Banner System Upgrades Scheduled For Friday, May 29 »

Banner INB and Banner Self-Service will be unavailable this Friday, May 29th, beginning at 6 p.m. for system upgrades. The upgrades are expected to last for two hours and be completed by 8 p.m. Please contact the VCU Help Desk (828-2227, help@vcu.edu) with any questions. NOTE: Don't be a phishing...
Past | Posted by Sam Kennedy in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
27
2009

Student Email Server VRAM10 Restarting »

Student email server VRAM10 is restarting. Students may connect to their alternate server, vramimap10c.vcu.edu via IMAP or automatically via VCU Mail Anywhere....
Past | Posted by Joe Lichtenstein in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
26
2009

Email Delivery Failures to Yahoo.com Recipients »

Due to a number of responses to phishing attacks over the weekend, the university email domain "vcu.edu" is currently being blacklisted by yahoo.com. VCU Computer Center staff have contacted Yahoo to request VCU's domain be whitelisted as soon as possible. VCU Technology staff will never ask for personal information or...
Past | Posted by Marie Scott in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
26
2009

Wireless Network Access Unavailable Morning of May 28 »

All VCU wireless network access points will be unavailable May 28th from 6 a.m. until 7 a.m. due to a network equipment upgrade. All users on both campuses logged onto to wireless network will be affected by this change. In addition, users will not be able to log in during...
Past | Posted by Sam Kennedy in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
22
2009

Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed »

Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed (Friday, May 22) at 08:15pm. Please email blackboard@vcu.edu or call the Help Desk at 828-2227 if you experience any problems. Regards, Blackboard Team...
Past | Posted by Jana Avery in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
22
2009

Aspen3 Email Server Restarting »

Aspen3 is currently restarting. Users should fail over to their alternate server, Oak3, via the Notes client. Imap users may connect to oak3.vcu.edu. VCU Mail Anywhere users may change their url string to oak.vcu.edu/usermail#/mailfile.nsf....
Past | Posted by Connie Lowery in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
22
2009

Email Server Maintenance - May 23, 2009 »

Server maintenance will be performed between 4 am - 5 am Saturday morning, May 23, 2009. Access will be available via alternate servers via the Notes client, VCU Anywhere, or imap clients during this maintenance period....
Past | Posted by Connie Lowery in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
22
2009

IMAP Unavailable - Aspen3 »

IMAP connection to email on Aspen3 is currently unavailable. Users may connect to their email via the Notes client, VCU Mail Anywhere, or on their alternate server, oak3.vcu.edu....
Past | Posted by Connie Lowery in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
22
2009

Email Phishing Scam - "Important: Email Account Verification Update!!" »

IT staff have discovered an email phishing scam which ask the recipient to visit a web page that isn't controlled by VCU, and in turn enter their email address, username and password. Like many phishing scams, it takes advantage of the recipient's fear and present a sense of urgency. The...
Past | Posted by Steve Werby in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
20
2009

Aspen4 Restarting - Pending Mail Will Be Delivered »

Email Services is currently restarting Aspen4. Users may connect to their alternate server, Oak4, via the Notes client or IMAP. VCU Mail Anywhere users may change their url to oak4.vcu.edu/usermail#.mailfile.nsf....
Past | Posted by Connie Lowery in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
19
2009

Aspen2 Restarted - Pending Email Has Been Delivered »

Aspen2 has been restarted and all pending email has been delivered....
Past | Posted by Connie Lowery in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
18
2009

Sametime Instant Messaging Connectivity Intermittent »

Sametime instant messaging connectivity is intermittent due to eDirectory connectivity. This issue is being investigated....
Past | Posted by Connie Lowery in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
18
2009

Blackboard Downtime Maintenance - May 22, 2009 - 4:00pm to midnight »

Blackboard Maintenance - Friday, May 22, 2009 - 4:00pm to midnight. Blackboard Maintenance is the second and fourth Friday of the month. If unforeseen circumstances cause the system to be down past midnight updates will be posted to the Blackboard system announcement blog at: http://blog.vcu.edu/blackboard/ Regards, The Blackboard Team...
Past | Posted by Jana Avery in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
15
2009

Student Email Server VRAM11c Restarting »

Student email server VRAM11c is restarting. Students may connect to their alternate server, vramimap11.vcu.edu via IMAP or automatically via VCU Mail Anywhere....
Past | Posted by Joe Lichtenstein in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
15
2009

Student Email Server VRAM6 Restarting »

Student email server VRAM6 is restarting. Students may connect to their alternate server, vramimap6c.vcu.edu via IMAP or automatically via VCU Mail Anywhere....
Past | Posted by Joe Lichtenstein in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
15
2009

Student Email Server VRAM3c Restarting »

Student email server VRAM3c is restarting. Students may connect to their alternate server, vramimap3.vcu.edu via IMAP or automatically via VCU Mail Anywhere....
Past | Posted by Joe Lichtenstein in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
15
2009

VCU Mail Anywhere Access »

Email Services is aware of intermittent access issues with VCU Mail Anywhere on Aspen. This issue will be resolved as soon as possible. Users may change the url string to point to their mailfile on Oak, i.e. oak.vcu.edu/usermail/mailfile.nsf....
Past | Posted by Connie Lowery in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
14
2009

Student Email Server VRAM9 Restarting »

Student email server VRAM9 is restarting. Students may connect to their alternate server, vramimap9c.vcu.edu via IMAP or automatically via VCU Mail Anywhere....
Past | Posted by Joe Lichtenstein in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
13
2009

Oak4 Restarting »

Email server Oak4 is restarting and will be available shortly. Users may connect to Aspen4 via the Notes client or IMAP or by changing their url string via the web to Aspen4.vcu.edu/usermail#/mailfile.nsf....
Past | Posted by Joe Lichtenstein in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
13
2009

Student Email Server VRAM12 Restarting »

Student email server VRAM12 is restarting. Students may connect to their alternate server, vramimap12c.vcu.edu via IMAP or automatically via VCU Mail Anywhere....
Past | Posted by Joe Lichtenstein in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
13
2009

Student Email Server VRAM8 Restarting »

Student email server VRAM8 is restarting. Students may connect to their alternate server, vramimap8c.vcu.edu via IMAP or automatically via VCU Mail Anywhere....
Past | Posted by Joe Lichtenstein in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
13
2009

Scheduled Maintenance - E-mail Servers »

Scheduled maintenance will be performed on the E-mail system Sunday, May 17, between 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 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,...
Past | Posted by James Pociluyko in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
11
2009

Network & ePhone Telephones Impacted By VCU Generator Tests »

VCU Facilities Management began testing emergency generators today, May 11th, on both campuses. This process will continue through May 22nd. There will be some network and telephone impact for those locations that are scheduled for these tests. Please visit this site for information concerning the schedule and FAQs about the...
Past | Posted by Sam Kennedy in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
11
2009

VCU Wireless Network Upgrade Thursday, May 14 »

VCU Network Services will perform a network hardware upgrade for the wireless network between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. on Thursday, May 14. The VCU wireless network will be unavailable to users on both campuses during this period. This is being done to prepare for a wireless redundancy solution for...
Past | Posted by Sam Kennedy in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
8
2009

Network Hardware Upgrade For May 11 - Completed »

VCU Network Services will perform network hardware upgrades between 6 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. on Monday, May 11 that will prevent users from accessing the Internet. Those telephone users served by the ePhones VoIP system will also be affected during this time. Buildings affected are: School of Engineering West,...
Past | Posted by Sam Kennedy in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.
May
3
2009

Student Email Server VRAM10c Restarting »

Student email server VRAM10c is restarting. Students may connect to their alternate server, vramimap10.vcu.edu via IMAP or automatically via VCU Mail Anywhere....
Past | Posted by Joe Lichtenstein in the Technology Services: Alerts blog.

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