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Scheduled Service Change: Academic Web Hosting Semi-Annual OS Patching

Event:
2018-12-17 05:00:00
Expected Duration:
2018-12-17 09:00:00
Status:
Closed
Brief Description:
CIT will conduct semi-annual OS patching for Academic Web Hosting servers on Monday, December 17, 2018 from midnight until 4:00am.
User Impact:
Users will be unable to access their Academic web-hosted sites while systems are patched and/or rebooting.
Services Affected:
Academic Web Hosting
Subsites Affected:
Apps on Demand
Full Description:
CIT will conduct semi-annual OS patching for Academic Web Hosting servers on Monday, December 17, 2018 from midnight until 4:00am. Websites and applications hosted on these servers (courses.cit.cornell.edu, courses2.cit.cornell.edu) will be unavailable while patching occurs. Although we are allotting four hours for patching to occur, generally it is completed in a much shorter period of time. We have tried to schedule this outage to minimize disruption for course websites.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at acadtech@cornell.edu.

Thank you,
Cornell Academic Web Hosting Support Team
CIT TDX ID:
CRQ000001030962



Timeline of Changes

Description Current Status Date Time
CIT will conduct semi-annual OS patching for Academic Web Hosting servers on Monday, December 17, 2018 from midnight until 4:00am. Websites and applications hosted on these servers (courses.cit.cornell.edu, courses2.cit.cornell.edu) will be unavailable while patching occurs. Although we are allotting four hours for patching to occur, generally it is completed in a much shorter period of time. We have tried to schedule this outage to minimize disruption for course websites. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at acadtech@cornell.edu. Thank you, Cornell Academic Web Hosting Support Team 2018-12-13 21:17:24