Campus Solutions (CS) 9.2 Downtime (Friday, June 16, 2023, 8 p.m. – midnight)

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 16, from 8:00 p.m. to midnight while the Chancellor's Office works to apply a maintenance pack upgrade.

 

Benefit: 

  • Update to the 2023-2024 Financial Aid Year Common Origination and Disbursement (COD)
  • Update of dependency status displayed when “Expected Family Contribution” (EFC) is returned

 

What Can You Expect

 Campus Solutions (CS) will not be available during the maintenance window. 

 

Affected applications include:

 - CEL Quick Admit

- Gator Scheduler

- Accept Admission Offer

 

Support

If you experience issues or need assistance outside the maintenance window, contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.

Monthly Windows Update (Saturday, June 24, 2023, 6 p.m.-midnight)

Overview

ITS will apply monthly Windows security updates and critical updates on Windows servers on Saturday, June 24, 2023, from 6 p.m.-midnight. The latest Windows security patches fix the vulnerabilities and errors in Windows and associated software. Security and critical updates reduce the risk of exploitation by malware or hackers.

What Can You Expect

During the maintenance window, users may experience a brief loss of service while each server is rebooted. Each server is expected to be unavailable for less than 10 minutes during the maintenance window.

Support

If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.

Replacement of the Data Center Firewalls (Friday, June 16, 2023, 10 p.m.- midnight)

Overview

To ensure continued security, ITS will replace the old end-of-support firewalls with a new set on June 16, 2023, from 10:00 p.m. until midnight.  

 

What to Expect

The following campus services will not be available during the maintenance window.

1. DNS (Domain Name System) service for Campus WiFi and wired network

2. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) service for Campus WiFi and wired network

3. Accessing the internet using campus DNS service

4. Services or servers hosted at the campus data center 

Benefit: 

Installing the new firewalls will ensure better performance for the data center.

 

Support

If you experience issues or need assistance outside the maintenance window, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.

RESOLVED: Intermittent Pantheon Downtime Affecting SF State Websites (May 24, 2023)

Overview 

The University's website provider, Pantheon, reported that they discovered a solution for the issue causing some University websites to return as "Not Found." They are applying this remedy to all impacted websites. 

 

What Can You Expect 

The ITS Web & Mobile team identified and restored all impacted SF State websites. At this time, all SF State websites are 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. 

Unified Communication (UC) Service Issues (May 24, 2023)

Overview 

ITS received reports and confirmed an issue with some of the functionality of the Unified Communication (UC) services. The ITS Telecom team has opened a support case with AT&T support to troubleshoot the issue.

 

What Can You Expect 

Voice mails and notifications for missed calls are currently not being delivered to Office 365 mailboxes. Also, ucmportal.sfsu.edu is not accessible at this time. ITS will continue to keep the community informed on the resolution and progress. 

 

Support 

If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420. 

Intermittent Pantheon Downtime Affecting SF State Websites (May 24, 2023)

Overview 

Some of our SF State websites are currently experiencing issues. The University's website host, Pantheon, reports intermittent downtime affecting their customers. Pantheon has identified the root cause and is quickly correcting the problem. The ITS Web & Mobile team is also working to identify and respond to individual outages as they arise.  

What Can You Expect 

An SF State website may return as "Not Found" while this issue occurs with Pantheon. ITS will restart the website manually and bring it back up within 30 minutes of discovering the problem. ITS will continue to keep the community informed as we receive updates. 

Support 

If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420. 

Migrate ~180 SSO Integrations from Shibboleth to MS Azure SSO
Component

The SSO Integrations Migration to Azure project will migrate SF State’s current SSO infrastructure to Microsoft Azure SSO, a cloud-based SSO infrastructure. The project will migrate nearly 180 SSO integrations from Shibboleth to Microsoft Azure Cloud SSO, one by one.

Requesting Department
Information Technology Services
Status
Closed
Start Date
Delivery Date

Departmental File Shares Maintenance (s.sfsu.edu and sec.sfsu.edu) - Saturday, June 3, 2023, midnight – 8 a.m.

Overview

To improve security and ensure secure access, ITS will upgrade departmental file shares s.sfsu.edu and sec.sfsu.edu on Saturday, June 3, 2023, from midnight until 8 a.m. This upgrade will ensure the server hosting the share files will be more secure. 

What To Expect

The file shares s.sfsu.edu and sec.sfsu.edu will be unavailable during the maintenance window. During the maintenance window, you may be able to access the files hosted here, but please refrain from opening the files as the system may become inaccessible, and you may lose or corrupt your data. Please save and close any open documents and files before the maintenance period to ensure your data is saved.

Support

If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.

OneCard System Maintenance (Thursday, June 1st, 2023, 8 p.m.- 9 p.m.)

Overview

ITS will perform the required maintenance to the SFSU OneCard system to improve security and reliability, which resides at SF State, on Thursday, June 1st, 2023, from 8 until 9 p.m. The OneCard system will be unavailable during this maintenance period. 

 

What Can You Expect

The SFSU OneCard system and various integrations will be unavailable during the maintenance window. Impacted systems may include:

• Campus Meal Plans

• eAccounts

• Fill Stations

• Flowbird (Parking Lot Kiosk System)

• Follett Bookstore System

• Innosoft Fusion

• Micros Systems (Cash Registers)

• OneCard Clipper Integration

• Online Photo Submission

• Pinnacle Door Control updates (doors will function, but changes to the system will not )

• Sequoia Systems (Cash Registers)

• Sodexo updates

• StarRez updates

• Transact Mobile Ordering

• TruCredential (for ID Card creation)

• Uniprint

• Xerox Machines

 

Benefit:

This maintenance improves the security and reliability associated with the OneCard system.

Support

If you experience issues or need assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.