Maintenance has been completed on all 6 machines and everything appears to
be functioning as expected.

On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 1:58 PM Irelann Anderson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> *What is happening?*
> Starting at 6AM Sunday morning we will be applying software updates to a
> number of servers and rebooting them one at a time.
>
> Two of these servers provide NM, Roaming and Network Self registration.
>  These services will not be available for the few minutes they take to
> reboot.
>
> Two of the servers are the primary DNS, DHCP and LDAP servers.    Properly
> configured services should not notice anything other than short delays
> since these are redundant and only one will be down at a time.
>
> The last two servers are are the master LDAP server and bulk LDAP server.
>  This should not affect any user facing services other than possible short
> delays in password changes while the master LDAP server reboots.
>
> *How long will it take?*
> There are 6 servers involved and we expect this to take less than 10
> minutes per server.  We are reserving additional time in case problems
> arise.
>
> *Why is this work necessary?*
> New security updates have become available. Getting security patches
> applied to systems in a timely manner protects all members of the UMS
> community.
>
> What happens if the work is not successful?
>
>
> *If there are major issues during the upgrade or the testing and
> verification processes, we will rollback to the version currently in use,
> resolve the issues, and reschedule the work for a future date.If there are
> issues with individual services, we will work to correct the issues.*
> For Support of UMS software, services, or systems please contact IT
> Support Services at 800.696.4357 or by email: [log in to unmask]
>
> --
> Irelann Kerry Anderson          phone:    (207)581-3508
> Information Technology Services
> University of Maine System
> 5752 Neville Hall
> Orono, Maine 04469-5752
>


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Irelann Kerry Anderson          phone:    (207)581-3508
Systems and Operations
Information Technology Services
University of Maine System
5752 Neville Hall
Orono, Maine 04469-5752