ITS Archived Alerts
Overview
The Chancellor's Office has scheduled a downtime maintenance window for campus PeopleSoft platforms (Campus Solutions (CS) 9.2. The downtime will occur on Friday, June 3, 2022, from 8 p.m. to midnight while the Chancellor's Office works to apply the maintenance pack upgrade.
Benefits include:
- 2022-2023 aid year Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) update
What Can You Expect
Campus Solutions (CS) will not be available during the maintenance window. Affected applications include:
- Accept Admission Offer
- CEL Quick Admit
- Gator Scheduler
Support
If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.
Overview
IT will perform a scheduled maintenance on the campus DNS (Domain Name Server) NS3.sfsu.edu on Friday, June 3, 2022, from 10 p.m.-10:15 p.m. The purpose of this maintenance is to upgrade the DNS software to the latest version, which will improve security.
What Can You Expect
During the maintenance window, internet connectivity for some users on the campus network may experience intermittent failures.
Support
If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.
Overview
ITS will recable the fifth floor of SF State’s Downtown Campus at 160 Spear Street on Saturday, May 21, 2022, from 8:00 a.m.-noon. During the maintenance window, there will be no internet access on the 5th floor. The 12th floor will not be affected.
What Can You Expect
Networked devices (e.g., Wi-Fi, phones, computers, etc.) on the 5th floor of 160 Spear Street will be without internet access for up to 4 hours during the maintenance window. Once the maintenance activities are completed, internet access will be available, and all network services will return to normal.
Support
If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.
Overview
To improve user experience across multiple cloud services and better position the campus for future improvements, ITS will introduce a new login name format in the form of SF-State-9-digit-ID @ sfsu.edu. This will enable users to maintain consistency across all system logins and will simplify account provisioning. Starting Saturday, May 28, 2022, at 3 p.m., ITS will migrate all SF State user accounts from username @ sfsu.edu to SF-State-9-digit-ID @ sfsu.edu. This update will be made in campus Active Directory (AD). We anticipate this will take approximately 72 hours to complete.
What Can You Expect
Please note that email addresses will NOT change. During this update you can use all services with no disruption.
COMPUTER LOGIN:
Use your SF-State-9-digit-ID @ sfsu.edu for SF State owned computers.
ALL OTHER SERVICES:
Your email address or SF-State-9-digit-ID can be used, but we recommend using your SF-State-9-digit-ID @ sfsu.edu as all services will eventually use that exclusively.
Support
If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.
Overview
The Chancellor's Office has scheduled a downtime maintenance window for campus PeopleSoft platforms (Campus Solutions (CS) 9.2 and Human Resources (HR) 9.0. The downtime will occur on Friday, May 20, 2022 from 8 p.m. to midnight while the Chancellor's Office works to apply the maintenance pack upgrade.
Benefits include:
- Revised Payscale file extraction
- Update to CSU Fully Online
- Updates to CSU Bio Demo
What Can You Expect
Both Campus Solutions (CS) and Human Resources (HR) will not be available during the maintenance window. Affected applications include:
- Accept Admission Offer
- CEL Quick Admit
- E-Trac
- Gator Scheduler
Support
If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.
Overview
ITS will recable the fifth floor of SF State’s Downtown Campus at 160 Spear Street on Saturday, May 21, 2022, from 8 a.m.-noon. During the maintenance window, there will be no internet access on the 5th floor. The 12th floor will not be affected.
What Can You Expect
Networked devices (e.g., Wi-Fi, phones, computers, etc.) on the 5th floor of 160 Spear Street will be without internet access for up to 4 hours during the maintenance window. Once the maintenance activities are completed, internet access will be available, and all network services will return to normal.
Support
If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.
Overview
To improve user experience across multiple cloud services and better position the campus for future improvements, ITS will introduce a new login name format in the form of SF-State-9-digit-ID@sfsu.edu. This will enable users to maintain consistency across all system logins and will simplify account provisioning. From Friday, May 27, 2022, at 9 a.m. – Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at 9 a.m., ITS will migrate all SF State user accounts from username@sfsu.edu to SF-State-9-digit-ID@sfsu.edu. This update will be made in campus Active Directory (AD).
What Can You Expect
While using SF-State-9-digit-ID for campus computer login, and email as a login name for SF State Global Login and campus Wi-Fi will continue to be supported, it is recommended that users switch to the new login name format (SF-State-9-digit-ID@sfsu.edu) following this change for all SF State services.
Support
If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.
Overview
On Friday, May 27, 2022, at 5:30 p.m., SF State will remove the automatic email forwarding settings for all users. This change will improve the campus email security posture and bring all users to the same configurations. ITS has already implemented this for faculty and staff.
What Can You Expect
Automatic email forwarding will stop functioning on Friday, May 27, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. This will affect users who have automatic email forwarding set up, mostly students and secondary email accounts.
Anyone who wishes to have emails forwarded can still do so by setting up an email forwarding rule in Microsoft Outlook. Instructions for setting that up are in the IT Knowledge Base article How to create an email forwarding rule in Outlook Web Access. Additionally, anyone can manually forward an email.
Support
If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.
Overview
ITS will be migrating the campus listserv called Mailman to new Sympa listserv software on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Mailman listserv (listname@lists.sfsu.edu lists) is primarily used for collaborating with non-SF State email addresses, or a list which has many members. Migrating to Sympa will improve security and reliability. It will also introduce a native management interface that offers advanced configuration features. This will improve the service experience and enable users to self-manage all aspects of their mailing lists.
What Can You Expect
After the migration is completed, all SF State mailing list owners, moderators, and subscribers who have Faculty or Staff privileges will be able to log in to Sympa with their SF State single sign-on at:
For Owners
https://sfsu.service-now.com/sp?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0010963
For Moderators
https://sfsu.service-now.com/sp?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0010973
For Subscribers
https://sfsu.service-now.com/sp?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0010958
Mailman distribution lists WILL NOT be available during and after the migration. All distribution lists will be migrated to Sympa, but their list names and addresses will remain the same. Please note that archived messages in Mailman WILL NOT migrate to Sympa. Please do double-check that your list configurations are properly migrated and functioning as expected.
Support
If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.
Overview
ITS will perform a scheduled maintenance on the campus DNS (Domain Name System) servers NS1.sfsu.edu and NS2.sfsu.edu on Friday, June 10, 2022, from 10 pm to 10:30 pm. The purpose of this maintenance is to upgrade the DNS software to the latest version, which will improve security.
What Can You Expect
During the maintenance window, internet connectivity for some users on the campus network may experience intermittent failures.
Support
If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.