SUNY ITEC received the 2015-16 SPSS software licenses from IBM and will be registering them on the ITEC-hosted license servers on Thursday, June 11, 2015, from 7 a.m. – 9 a.m. SPSS users may experience a brief interruption if attempting to launch SPSS clients during this time.
In order to improve network connectivity in the Administration Building, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will be creating a separate, isolated network exclusively for Internet traffic for the Admin Building, which will mitigate outages and service disruptions caused by problems in other buildings connected to the main campus network. It will also provide an extra layer of security and protection. The cutover will happen on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, at 4 a.m. There should be no service disruption and no other buildings should be affected by the cutover.
Client Support staff members will be on site in the Administration Building the morning of Sept. 30 to monitor the situation. If you notice an inability for certain devices (computers, cameras, printers) to access the new network, or if you have trouble accessing certain applications in the days, weeks, or months following the cutover, please call 2-9800 to report issues. Thank you.
RFSUNY’s Oracle e-business suite and related reporting applications will undergo a major upgrade from version 11i to 12. To implement this upgrade, it is necessary to shut down the Oracle Business System for five business days beginning at the close of business on Friday, April 25 until Monday, May 5, at 9 a.m.
Read more to find out what units at Stony Brook University will be affected.
There will be an electrical power outage in the West Campus Computing Center on Saturday, March 15 (spring break), beginning at 6 a.m. and lasting until 6 p.m. This will cause several systems and applications to be unavailable for a large portion of the day and is necessary as DoIT works to replace an aging Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) located in the West Campus Data Center. The Computing Center is the only building that will be affected by this power outage, however, all dependent servers, systems, applications, and services that reside in the Data Center will be brought down while the UPS is replaced.
Please be advised that the following academic technologies WILL BE UNAVAILABLE on March 15, during the 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. maintenance window:
Blackboard
Adobe Connect (SB Connect)
Echo360 (SBCapture)
SINC Site computers (all SINC Sites including computers in the Library Reading Rooms)
Printing (including Print From Anywhere)
Virtual SINC Site
DoIT fully expects that the following services WILL BE AVAILABLE:
PeopleSoft/SOLAR
File Servers
Active Directory
Google Apps for Education
High Profile Public Web Servers (e.g. www.stonybrook.edu)
Throughout the day on March 15, system status updates will be posted on the DoIT website (http://it.stonybrook.edu) and the SBU DoIT Twitter feed (https://twitter.com/sbudoit) to keep you informed when systems are brought back online.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please plan accordingly and check with your local IT support technician if you have any questions or concerns. IT support technicians with further questions may contact Ronald Florek, Computing Center Building Manager at (631) 632-8038.
Thank you for your attention to this important hardware upgrade announcement.