Maintenance is complete and both LDAP servers appear to be functioning as
expected.

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:18 PM Irelann Anderson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> *What is happening?*
> Starting at 5PM today (Wednesday) we will restart the LDAP process on two
> of our LDAP servers (NameO and LDAP-B),  We will do these one at a time and
> verify that things are working as expected before doing the other one.   We
> anticipate the LDAP service being down less than one minute.
>
> Most services should be unaffected since we have redundant LDAP servers,
> however There may be brief interruptions in the ability to log in to some
> services.   There may be a delay in password changes being made effective.
>
> *How long will it take?*
> We expect this work to take less than a minute per server.   There will be
> a delay between the two as we verify that all is well.
>
> *Why is this work necessary?*
> We were recently informed of potential problems with some applications on
> some platforms connecting with LDAP that are likely to occur Saturday
> morning when an old root certificate will expire.  Avoiding this issue
> involves a configuration change that requires the service be restarted.
>
> 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]>.
>
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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
>


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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