http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/ en Copyright 2009 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:44:10 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.25 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/ http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/images/vcunews.gif 100 35 VCU Technology Services News and Announcements Maintenance on the E-mail system has been rescheduled for Saturday, July 11, 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... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/07/scheduled_maintenance_-_e-mail_5.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/07/scheduled_maintenance_-_e-mail_5.html Archived Alerts Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:44:10 -0500 All queued email has been delivered at this time. Thank you for your patience. If you need additional email assistance, please contact the Technology Services Helpdesk at 828-2227.... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/email_delivery_delayed_2.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/email_delivery_delayed_2.html Archived Alerts Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:59:41 -0500 never distributes updates by email, and all Sophos Antivirus clients provided by VCU are configured to update themselves automatically when connected to the internet.]]> http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/fraudulent_email_claims_to_be.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/fraudulent_email_claims_to_be.html Archived Alerts Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:05:38 -0500 Network Services will be performing equipment maintenance on Sunday, June 28, between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. This maintenance will cause a momentary disruption to Internet traffic during the maintenance window between the VCU network and the Internet outside VCU.... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/network_maintenace_to_cause_in.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/network_maintenace_to_cause_in.html Archived Alerts Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:25:21 -0500 All queued email has now been delivered. Users who received delivery failures may choose the option to resend. Access via VCU Mail Anywhere is available on all servers at this time.... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/vcu_mail_anywhere_access_mail.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/vcu_mail_anywhere_access_mail.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:01:16 -0500 Email is currently being delivered to recipients. The queues will be cleared shortly.... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/email_delivery_delayed_1.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/email_delivery_delayed_1.html Archived Alerts Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:38:48 -0500 Maintenance on the Banner system has been scheduled for Friday, June 19th, beginning at 6 p.m. During this two hour maintenance window BannerForms INB and eServices, including Banner Self Services, will be unavailable. Please contact the VCU Help Desk (828-2227,... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/bannerforms_inb_eservices_unav.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/bannerforms_inb_eservices_unav.html Archived Alerts Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:43:55 -0500 IT staff have discovered an email phishing scam which asks the recipient to reply with their username, password, data of birth and country/territory. Like many phishing scams, it takes advantage of the recipient's fear and presents a sense of urgency.... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/email_phishing_scam_-_your_ema_1.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/email_phishing_scam_-_your_ema_1.html Archived Alerts Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:12:33 -0500 Student email server VRAM12 is restarting. Students may connect to their alternate server, vramimap12c.vcu.edu via IMAP or automatically via VCU Mail Anywhere.... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/student_email_server_vram12_re_1.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/student_email_server_vram12_re_1.html Archived Alerts Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:57:32 -0500 Scheduled maintenance will be performed on the E-mail system Saturday, June 20, between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.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... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/scheduled_maintenance_-_e-mail_4.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/scheduled_maintenance_-_e-mail_4.html Archived Alerts Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:42:54 -0500 Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed (Friday, June 12) at 06:30pm. Please email blackboard@vcu.edu or call the Help Desk at 828-2227 if you experience any problems. Regards, Blackboard Team... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/blackboard_regularly_scheduled_2.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/blackboard_regularly_scheduled_2.html Archived Alerts Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:54:16 -0500 On Sunday, June 14th, 2009, from 10:00 to approximately 10:30 a.m., Microsoft patches will be applied to the ImageNow servers. ImageNow will be unavailable during this scheduled maintenance window.... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/imagenow_maintenance_sunday_61.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/imagenow_maintenance_sunday_61.html Archived Alerts Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:25:09 -0500 Several widely-used vendors have released CRITICAL security updates to their products this week. Updates for the affected products should be tested and applied as soon as possible. http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/critical_security_updates_from.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/critical_security_updates_from.html Archived Alerts Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:06:18 -0500 Aspen4 is currently restarting. Users may connect to their alternate server, Oak4, via the Notes client or IMAP at oak4.vcu.edu, or by changing their url string to oak4.vcu.edu/usermail#/mailfile.nsf via a web browser. The server will be available shortly.... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/aspen4_email_server_restarting_1.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/aspen4_email_server_restarting_1.html Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:32:45 -0500 COMPLETE - Server maintenance will occur on all LANDesk servers between 5 am and 8am on Friday, June 12. All services should be restored by 8am.... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/june_landesk_server_maintenanc_1.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/june_landesk_server_maintenanc_1.html Archived Alerts Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:34:18 -0500 Blackboard Maintenance - Friday, June 12, 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... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/blackboard_downtime_maintenanc_10.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/blackboard_downtime_maintenanc_10.html Archived Alerts Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:51:57 -0500 Web Services will be working on a storage update for the main web server which includes the VCU homepage. During this update from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Friday, June 5, there will be a period during a system... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/vcu_website_to_experience_serv.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/vcu_website_to_experience_serv.html Archived Alerts Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:01:10 -0500 IT staff have discovered an email phishing scam with a subject containing "private photos on Tagged". Like many phishing scams, it makes the receiver believe it came from someone they know and invites them to view photos. If you receive... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/phishing_attempt_-_private_pho.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/phishing_attempt_-_private_pho.html Archived Alerts Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:11:44 -0500 Regularly scheduled maintenance will be cancelled on the E-mail system for Saturday, June 6, 2009.... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/scheduled_maintenance_-_e-mail_3.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/scheduled_maintenance_-_e-mail_3.html Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:41:32 -0500 Email Services is aware on an issue experienced with users who have Internet Explorer 8 as their default browser and attempt to launch a url link from Lotus Notes 8.5, Outlook, or Firefox. Sophos support is investigating this issue. Temporary... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/url_links_not_launching_from_e.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/url_links_not_launching_from_e.html E-mail Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:18:34 -0500 Due to a number of responses to phishing attacks over the weekend, the university email domain "vcu.edu" is currently being blacklisted by hotmail.com, live.com, and msn.com. VCU Computer Center staff have contacted these domains to request VCU's domain be whitelisted... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/email_delivery_to_hotmail_live.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/email_delivery_to_hotmail_live.html Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:07:44 -0500 Aspen is currently restarting. Users may connect to their alternate server, Oak, via the Notes client or IMAP at oak.vcu.edu, or by changing their url string to oak.vcu.edu/usermail#/mailfile.nsf via a web browser. The server will be available shortly.... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/aspen_email_server_restarting_2.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/aspen_email_server_restarting_2.html Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:30:12 -0500 IT staff have discovered an email phishing scam which ask the recipient to reply with their username, password, data of birth and country/territory. Like many phishing scams, it takes advantage of the recipient's fear and presents a sense of urgency.... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/email_phishing_scam_-_your_ema.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/email_phishing_scam_-_your_ema.html E-mail Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:38:19 -0500 Student email server VRAM10 is restarting. Students may connect to their alternate server, vramimap10c.vcu.edu via IMAP or automatically via VCU Mail Anywhere.... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/student_email_server_vram10_re_2.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/06/student_email_server_vram10_re_2.html Archived Alerts Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:04:45 -0500 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... http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/05/network_equipment_upgrades_for_1.html http://blog.vcu.edu/tsnews/2009/05/network_equipment_upgrades_for_1.html Archived Alerts Fri, 29 May 2009 08:02:08 -0500