During the Tuesday, January 6th maintenance window, maintenance work affecting a number of services will occur, starting at 5:30 PM and being completed before midnight. The following will occur:
  • SEALS library systems: software on the servers that provide the SEALS shared library systems will be updated. Work is expected to take approximately one hour for each of the three servers. During this time, neither the Rhodes library nor any of the other SEALS partner libraries will be able to access the acquisitions, circulation, online public access catalogue (OPAC), web access module, or content pro systems.
  • Server software updates: software on the servers which provide the following services will be updated, resulting in outages of approximately five minutes per server:
    • DNS
    • DHCP
    • NTP
    • RT
    • Web proxies
    • Registration system
    • Incoming e-mail
    • Outgoing e-mail
    • E-mail mailboxes
    • Webmail
    • Mailing lists
    • SMS
    • Apple Software Update Server
    • Provisioning (web proxy autodiscovery, telephone provisioning)
    • Wi-Fi and VPN authentication
    • CHERTL Evaluation Assistant
    • Network graphs
    • Guest network access
    • Network monitoring
    • RU Single Sign-on
    • Terminal Four content management system
This maintenance work is being undertaken in the ITSC-approved scheduled maintenance window. More information about maintenance windows and maintenance periods.