INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
December 2006
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Announcements from the Bulletin, Today, Notification-L

12/22/06, Corporate Time Maintenance Today
We will be applying some security-related patches to the Corporate Time server today, December 22, from noon to 12:30 PM. You may be disconnected from Corporate Time while we perform this maintenance.

Thank you for your patience. If you have any questions, please contact Marisa Brandt at brandtm@macalester.edu or x6181. [Notification-L]

12/19/06, Memorial Service Set for Linda Carlson
A memorial service will be held for Linda Carlson at 7:30 PM Thursday, December 21, at St. Mary's Church. St. Mary's Church is located at the corner of Laurel and Howell, 2 blocks west of Fairview and 3 blocks south of Marshall. There will be a coffee and cookie reception following the service. Linda was a database programmer analyst in Information Technology Services (ITS) for eight years. Linda died Sunday night, December 17. [Bulletin]

12/13/06, Delayed Mail Delivery
Last night a problem arose with incoming Internet e-mail (e-mail messages originating from outside Macalester). The problem does not affect outgoing e-mail or any on-campus e-mail. However, any e-mail messages sent to Macalester accounts from outside Macalester between 8:00 PM Tuesday 12/12 (last night) and 8:00 AM this morning will be delivered late. The messages have not been discarded, but are backed-up in a queue. There are about 45,000 backed-up messages which will be processed and delivered over the next 6-8 hours. We apologize for the inconvenience, and have taken steps to lessen the possibility of this happening again. [Notification-L]

12/13/06, Reminder
Worried about losing your term papers or semester's research? Save it in more than one location - your hard drive, removable media, and your network folder (see webfile.macalester.edu; this is documented at www.macalester.edu/its/docs/novell/webfile.pdf). [Today, also 12/14, 12/15]

12/08/06, Argos Problem
On Thursday, December 7 2006, the Argos server malfunctioned during a training class. Macalester IT and Evisions (the vendor) are investigating why this happened. We feel that we have an understanding of the situation and are working to fix it. The server has been fully repaired and is fully functional as of the morning of December 9. Furthermore, we are documenting the fix so repairs can be made faster next time.

Thank you for your patience. If you have questions, please contact Patrick Leder at x.6708. [Staff-Notification-L]

12/04/06, Banner Production Database Going Offline for Maintenance
The following message does not pertain to faculty members or students.

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Starting at 5:00 PM today, Monday December 4, we will be upgrading General and Student in the Production database. These upgrades will not affect the two modules (Finance and Financial Aid) that are live in Production.

We apologize for the short notice and any inconvenience this may cause. Please call Ramón L. Rentas at x6633 if you have any questions. [Notification-L]

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