Maintenance completed and all LDAP servers appear to be functioning as
expected.

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 12:59 PM Irelann Anderson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> *What is happening?*
> Starting at 6AM on Sunday January 16th.  We will apply updates to and
> restart o <http://nameo.its.maine.edu/>ur LDAP servers.   We will also
> take this opportunity to defragment the LDAP databases.  The affected
> machines are LV-O-LDAP-M, LV-O-LDAP-B, NameO, and NameP.   We will do
> these one at a time so no more than one server will be unavailable at a
> time.
>
> Most services should be unaffected since we run redundant LDAP servers.
>  Password changes may be delayed while an LDAP server is down.
>
> *How long will it take?*
> We expect this work to take about 15 minutes per LDAP server.
>
> *Why is this work necessary?*
> For security and support reasons we need to keep our systems running on
> recent well supported operating systems.  From time to time the LDAP database
> becomes fragmented and must be rebuilt to maintain performance.
>
> What happens if the work is not successful?
>
> We will back out to the previous configuration on these machines.
>
> For Support of UMS software, services, or systems please contact IT
> Support Services at 800.696.4357 or by email: [log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]>.
>
>
> --
> Irelann Kerry Anderson          phone:    (207)581-3508
> Systems and Operations
> 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