Wednesday, February 04, 2009
eBear downtime February 15
To the Barnard College Community:
eBear is moving to a new server on February 15, 2009.
Due to this necessary upgrade, eBear services (Advisor OnLine, transcripts, et al) will be unavailable on Sunday February 15 from 9:00am until 9:00pm.
Webmail will still be available through.
If the upgrade is complete before 9:00pm, an e-mail update will be sent to the community.
If you encounter any difficulties, please call the helpdesk at x4-7172.
eBear is moving to a new server on February 15, 2009.
Due to this necessary upgrade, eBear services (Advisor OnLine, transcripts, et al) will be unavailable on Sunday February 15 from 9:00am until 9:00pm.
Webmail will still be available through.
If the upgrade is complete before 9:00pm, an e-mail update will be sent to the community.
If you encounter any difficulties, please call the helpdesk at x4-7172.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Wireless Upgrade
On Tuesday November 18th and Wednesday November 19th, MINS will be performing necessary upgrades to the Barnard College wireless network infrastructure.
During the upgrade window, the wireless network in the dormitories and on the main campus will be unavailable for intermittent periods of time. These outages can range from 20 minutes to 2 hours in length.
This upgrade is necessary to repair systemic bugs in the current operating software as well as to improve performance and the availability of Barnard's WiFi network for finals and beyond.
During the downtime periods, please utilize your wired network connection in your rooms as well as the wired public access computers and those in the computer labs.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
If you have any questions, please call the helpdesk at x4-7172.
During the upgrade window, the wireless network in the dormitories and on the main campus will be unavailable for intermittent periods of time. These outages can range from 20 minutes to 2 hours in length.
This upgrade is necessary to repair systemic bugs in the current operating software as well as to improve performance and the availability of Barnard's WiFi network for finals and beyond.
During the downtime periods, please utilize your wired network connection in your rooms as well as the wired public access computers and those in the computer labs.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
If you have any questions, please call the helpdesk at x4-7172.
Monday, July 21, 2008
College Network Downtime on July 24
On Thursday, July 24th, the office of Management Information and Network Services (MINS) will be performing annual server maintenance. Regular maintenance of college computer systems is important to keeping a high quality of service and maximum uptime. The majority of systems have already been updated with no disruption of service. However, the following systems require downtime to complete necessary patches and upgrades.
eBear - the Barnard College portal and associated applications will be unavailable from 12:00 - 2:00PM
www - the public Barnard College website will be unavailable from 3:30PM - 5:30PM. All visitors to http://www.barnard.edu will be redirected to a temporary maintenance page during this downtime window.
Firewall - the enterprise firewall protecting our server room will be rebooted immediately following the www updates, at approximately 5:30PM. All MINS services will be unavailable for 15-20 minutes, including e-mail, www, file sharing (ARTEMIS), Colleague and Benefactor, eBear, and all other MINS supported applications. Sulzberger and Elliott wireless will also be unavailable. If everything has gone well, we expect network services to be available at 6:00PM.
Internet service to outside the campus will NOT be affected by this reboot.
eBear - the Barnard College portal and associated applications will be unavailable from 12:00 - 2:00PM
www - the public Barnard College website will be unavailable from 3:30PM - 5:30PM. All visitors to http://www.barnard.edu will be redirected to a temporary maintenance page during this downtime window.
Firewall - the enterprise firewall protecting our server room will be rebooted immediately following the www updates, at approximately 5:30PM. All MINS services will be unavailable for 15-20 minutes, including e-mail, www, file sharing (ARTEMIS), Colleague and Benefactor, eBear, and all other MINS supported applications. Sulzberger and Elliott wireless will also be unavailable. If everything has gone well, we expect network services to be available at 6:00PM.
Internet service to outside the campus will NOT be affected by this reboot.
