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Beginning at 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 24, 2009, many important University of Minnesota IT systems and applications will be unavailable for use. For example, during this time, PeopleSoft Financials will be down, Student Registration will be down, and approximately 1/3 of University e-mail accounts will be inaccessible.
OIT is working on a plan to keep some of the University’s key applications running during this window—particularly those used by students and faculty. As we identify which systems we will be able to keep running, we are sharing that information at the OutageInfo System Status Web site. Please be aware that this list may continue to change in the coming weeks.
All applications supported by OIT are expected to be restored to service by 7:00 a.m. on October 25 and will become available on their normal schedule. For more details and the most current timeline of this event, visit the OutageInfo System Status Web site.
If we have an event causing the loss of all power (i.e., both utility and generator backup power) in the WBOB Data Center, we currently do not have the capability to provide uninterrupted availability of Enterprise and University-wide Applications and many Departmental Applications. Last summer, we had two catastrophic power-loss events in the WBOB Data Center that caused applications to not be available for several hours. By upgrading the power system in this data center, OIT will be better able to support the applications and systems that reside there with decreased risk for unscheduled interruption to service. If we do not perform this necessary work, the University will continue to be at considerably greater risk for unplanned outages to Enterprise and University-wide applications similar to the two outages in July and August 2008.
As OIT plans for and executes this outage, we will provide regular updates at the OutageInfo System Status Web site. Thank you for your patience as we work through this challenging time.
