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During the Tuesday, 5 November maintenance window, maintenance work affecting a number of services will occur, starting at 5:30 PM and being completed before midnight. The following work is planned:

• Server software updates: software on the servers which provide the following services will be updated, resulting in outages of up to 15 minutes per server:
• DNS
• DHCP
• NTP
• RT
• Web proxies
• Registration system
• Incoming e-mail
• Outgoing e-mail
• IMAP e-mail mailboxes
• Mailing lists
• SMS
• Provisioning (web proxy autodiscovery)
• Wi-Fi and VPN authentication
• Network graphs
• Network monitoring
• Terminal Four content management system
• RU Single Sign-On system
• Main web server (www.ru.ac.za, etc)
• University administration and meal booking systems
• SEALS Library consortium services
• Network printing services (iPrint/PaperCut)
• File servers/home directories (gnu, serval, studentfiles)
• PC login service for public labs
• Archibus
• JMS lab logins: logins to lab PCs in the School of Journalism and Media Studies (AMM Building) are expected to be slower than usual while software is updated on a server. This process is expected to take three hours.

While we try to publish a list of all service-affecting work here in advance, the list should not be considered exhaustive and other low impact work may also be undertaken during the maintenance window.

This maintenance work is being undertaken in the ITSC-approved scheduled maintenance window.