IST Services Maintenance Schedule for FY2012

Regular system maintenance helps provide consistent and reliable service. Unfortunately, service interruptions must be scheduled to accommodate the maintenance activities. IST endeavors to provide as much notice as possible for end user planning purposes.

Purpose	Dates/Duration	IST Responsible Department	Services Affected
UPS firmware upgrade – phase I	11PM Saturday during Weekend one week prior to Spring break – est. 6 hours	CSO,TEL, UIS, UCS	HPC applications
System reboots for minor patching application	11PM first Saturday of every month – est. 1 hour	CSO, UIS	Most administrative and academic applications
UPS firmware upgrade – phase II	11PM last Saturday in April – est. 2 hours	CSO, UIS	UIS Banner test/development system
Payroll disaster recovery test	6PM Tuesday after final payroll Monday – est. 9 hours	CSO, UIS	UIS Plus test/development system
Systems patching – phase I	11PM Saturday two weekends before spring break – est. 12 hours	CSO, UIS	Most administrative applications
Systems patching – phase II	11PM Saturday on the weekend before spring break – est.12 hours	CSO, UIS	Most administrative applications
Annual UPS test	Thursday during spring break at 3:00PM – est. 1 hour	CSO	None expected
Data center equipment alignment	Wednesday during spring break 8:00AM – est. 8 hours	UCS	HPC Applications