Tag Archives | Service Outages

The next phase of the Blackboard upgrade is about to occur. Beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12, through noon, Monday, Aug. 15, the Office of Technology Services will be performing the migration to the new system and activating the new Blackboard 6 servers. We need to ask for your cooperation and assistance in […]

The following downtime will occur Sunday, Aug. 7 during the Office of Technology Services’ Sunday maintenance window. H: AND O: DRIVES UNAVAILABLE, 8 A.M.-NOON The university’s H: and O: network drives will be unavailable to faculty and staff from 8 a.m.-noon, Sunday. The H: drive is your individual network file storage space and the O: […]

The following downtime will occur Sunday, July 31 during the Office of Technology Services’ Sunday maintenance window. NETWORK PRINTER DOWNTIME Networked printers will be unavailable 8 a.m.-noon. OTS will move several services to new hardware platforms for increased reliability and stability. If you have questions, please call OTS’ Operations Center at 410-704-2438.

The following downtime will occur Sunday, July 24 during the Office of Technology Services’ Sunday maintenance window. All Exchange e-mail services (Outlook Web Access, PDA and local connections), Citrix services, TIMS external student teacher scheduling, and some interactive components to university Web pages will be unavailable, 8-10 a.m. OTS will change the hardware on the […]

The lighting in the Union Garage will be affected by a power outage for the next three to five days. BGE reports that there is a ground fault problem that needs to be corrected in the garage. The lights on Parking Lot #11, adjacent to the garage, may also be affected by the outage. Please […]

The following downtime will occur Sunday, July 17 during the Office of Technology Services’ Sunday maintenance window. OTS will recable the server rooms to install new equipment, causing the following services to be unavailable, midnight-2 p.m.: * PeopleSoft — all services * E-mail — Exchange and OpenWebmail will not be available for inbound and outbound […]

The following downtime will occur Sunday, July 10 during the Office of Technology Services’ Sunday maintenance window: CITRIX SERVICES UNAVAILABLE, 8-10 A.M. All Citrix services will be unavailable 8-10 a.m., Sunday in order for OTS to install a security patch, helping to increase stability. If you have questions, please call 410-704-5151.

A new downtime has been scheduled for the Office of Technology Services’ Sunday maintenance window on July 3: STUDENT E-MAIL, FILES AND WEB PAGES UNAVAILABLE, 8-8:30 A.M. OTS will reboot the TIGER server for routine maintenance Sunday, causing all student e-mail, student files and student Web pages to be unavailable from 8-8:30 a.m. The maintenance […]

The following downtime will occur Sunday, July 3 during the Office of Technology Services’ Sunday maintenance window: H AND O DRIVES, CITRIX, PRINTER SHARES AND PYLON UNAVAILABLE, 8-10 A.M. The services listed above will be unavailable 8-10 a.m., Sunday. OTS will take the Gold, White and Pylonium servers offline to install security upgrades, helping to […]

Please note that the campuswide data network outage planned for 2 p.m.-midnight on Friday, July 1 has been CANCELLED due to scheduling conflicts. Please disregard any previous Daily Digest messages on the topic. If you have questions, please contact Jim Monroe, OTS, at {jmonroe@towson.edu}. Cook Library’s schedule will no longer be affected; the library will […]

The campus data network will experience a downtime from 2 p.m.-midnight, Friday, July 1. All e-mail and Internet services will be unavailable as a result. OTS staff will perform necessary maintenance on the university’s core network equipment to help ensure the network continues to be reliable, secure and operational for the campus community. Thanks in […]

The following downtimes will occur Sunday, June 12 during the Office of Technology Services’ Sunday maintenance window: CITRIX SERVICES UNAVAILABLE, 9-11 A.M. All Citrix services, which allow faculty, staff and student employees access to Exchange (Outlook) mailboxes, network file shares (e.g., H: and O: drives) and standard Microsoft applications (e.g., Word, Excel) from any off-campus […]

The campus data network will experience a downtime from 2 p.m.-midnight, Friday, July 1. All e-mail and Internet services will be unavailable as a result. OTS staff will perform necessary maintenance on the university’s core network equipment to help ensure the network continues to be reliable, secure and operational for the campus community. Thanks in […]

Electrical service to all campus buildings (with the exception of the Administration Building, the Burkshire and the Auburn House) will be interrupted for approximately 3-5 minutes within the hours of 3 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. on the following days: Monday, June 6 Wednesday, June 8 Friday, June 10 The interruption is necessary so maintenance can […]

The following downtimes will occur Sunday, May 29 during the Office of Technology Services’ Sunday maintenance window: EXCHANGE E-MAIL SERVICES AND ALL “WWWNEW” WEB PAGES UNAVAILABLE, 8-10 A.M. Exchange e-mail services and all university Web pages using “wwwnew” in the url will be unavailable 8-10 a.m., Sunday. During the downtime OTS will perform corrective maintenance […]

A heating and air-conditioning system outage is planned for Linthicum Hall from 6 a.m., Wednesday, May 25 through 5 p.m., Thursday, May 26. We apologize for any inconvenience that this will cause and thank you for your forbearance as we perform needed repairs to the dual temperature system, which heats and cools the building. For […]

A steam outage is planned in Newell Dining Hall from 6 a.m., Monday, May 23 through 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 25 resulting in no heat and no domestic hot water. Sanitary facilities will remain operational with the exception of no hot water. We apologize for any inconvenience that this will cause and thank you for […]

The following downtime will occur Sunday, April 17 during the Office of Technology Services’ Sunday maintenance window: EXCHANGE E-MAIL SERVICES DOWNTIME, 9-10 A.M. Exchange e-mail services will be unavailable 9-10 a.m., Sunday for all faculty, staff and student employees. During the downtime OTS will reboot the servers for these services for minor maintenance. If you […]

The following downtime will occur Sunday, April 10 during the Office of Technology Services’ Sunday maintenance window: EXCHANGE AND OUTLOOK WEB ACCESS DOWNTIME, 9-10 A.M. Exchange and Outlook Web Access e-mail services will be unavailable 9-10 a.m., Sunday for all faculty, staff and student employees. During the downtime OTS will reboot the servers for these […]