Maintenance complete and all LDAP servers appear to be functioning normally. On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:42 AM Irelann Anderson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > *What is happening?* > Starting at 6AM Sunday morning we will be optimizing the LDAP databases on > our LDAP servers and then we will apply security updates and reboot. We > will do these one at a time so no more than one is down at any time. > > 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 15 tot 20 minutes per LDAP server (we have > 4). We are reserving additional time in case problems arise. > > *Why is this work necessary?* > From time to time LDAP databases becomes fragmented and must be rebuilt to > maintain performance. For security and support reasons we need to keep > our systems running on recent well supported operating systems. > > What happens if the work is not successful? > > We will back out to snapshots of these machines taken prior to application > of the changes. > > 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 > -- Irelann Kerry Anderson phone: (207)581-3508 Systems and Operations Information Technology Services University of Maine System 5752 Neville Hall Orono, Maine 04469-5752