Update - No update from our vendor at this time. They continue to work with Apple to find a solution.

In our recent testing we found that devices updated to Tahoe 26.7 or 27.0 would now print normally. After the update we had to enter our credentials one last time when printing. After which, the device would send FindMe print jobs with out asking for credentials every time.

Estimated resolution time: Unknown.
Next update: by 5 pm, Thursday, October 29.

Oct 07, 2026 - 11:40 PDT
Update - No update from our vendor at this time. They continue to work with Apple to find a solution.

In our recent testing we found that devices updated to Tahoe 26.7 or 27.0 would now print normally. After the update we had to enter our credentials one last time when printing. After which, the device would send FindMe print jobs with out asking for credentials every time.

Estimated resolution time: Unknown.
Next update: by 5 pm, Thursday, October 8.

Sep 23, 2026 - 10:35 PDT
Update - No update at this time. Our vendor continues to work with Apple to find a solution.

Estimated resolution time: Unknown.
Next update: by 4:30 pm, Thursday, September 15.

Aug 31, 2026 - 12:17 PDT
Update - No update at this time. Our vendor is still working with Apple to find a solution.

Estimated resolution time: Unknown.
Next update: by 4:30 pm, Thursday, August 27.

Aug 14, 2026 - 11:49 PDT
Update - Our vendor is still working with Apple to find a solution.

Estimated resolution time: Unknown.
Next update: by 4:30 pm, Thursday, August 13.

Jul 28, 2026 - 09:38 PDT
Update - Our vendor is still working with Apple to find a solution.

Estimated resolution time: Unknown.
Next update: by 4:30 pm, Thursday, July 30.

Jul 22, 2026 - 15:07 PDT
Update - Our vendor is still working with Apple to find a solution.

Estimated resolution time: Unknown.
Next update: by 4:30 pm, Wednesday, July 22.

Jul 15, 2026 - 13:13 PDT
Update - Our vendor is still working with Apple to find a solution.

Estimated resolution time: Unknown.
Next update: 4 pm, Monday, July 13.

Jul 07, 2026 - 11:14 PDT
Investigating - Employees and students using MacOS devices are having to re-authenticate each time they print to the FindMe printer queue.
Known MacOS versions that are experiencing this behavior:
Tahoe 26.4 and 26.4.1
Sequoia 15.7.5
Sonoma 14.8.5

This challenge may extend to other PaperCut managed printers. The PaperCut vendor's support team have reached out to Apple to find a solution.

Estimated resolution time: Unknown.
Next update: 1 pm, Monday, July 6.

Jun 29, 2026 - 13:18 PDT

About This Site

Our technology advisory page provides up-to-date information about the operations of Vancouver Island University's Information Technology systems and services. Scroll down for scheduled maintenance and incident history.

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Computer Accounts and Files Operational
Email Operational
Network: Internet, Wireless, and Wired Operational
Printing Operational
Telephone System Operational
Websites and Learning Tools Operational
VIULearn (D2L) Operational
Library Services Operational
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Student Self-service: My Student Record Operational
Administrative Systems Operational
Student Records (SRS) Operational
Financial Records System (FRS) Operational
Employee Portal (FRIS, HRIS, Payroll, Etc) Operational
Admin Systems Portal (VIUWeb) Operational
Operational
Degraded Performance
Partial Outage
Major Outage
Maintenance

Scheduled Maintenance

Weekly Maintenance: IT Client and Ticket Portals; Service Interruption Oct 30, 2026 21:00 - Oct 31, 2026 00:00 PDT

What is impacted: IT Client and Ticket Portals; Every Friday our vendor performs maintenance on the servers hosting the IT Ticket System (https://ithelp.viu.ca) and the VIU Technology Portal (https://technology.viu.ca).
Level of impact: Service Interruption. Employees will be unable to access the above sites/services during the maintenance window.
Timing: 9 pm to 12:00 am, every Friday.
Preparation: None required.

Posted on Oct 07, 2026 - 11:49 PDT

Weekly Maintenance: VIU Websites; No Service Interruption Nov 3, 2026 10:00-15:00 PST

What is impacted: VIU Websites. Our Web team performs updates to our Drupal Web Content Management System.
Level of impact: No Interruption. While no outage is expected, saving content during this timeframe within the Drupal platform may be slower.
Timing: 10 am to 3pm, every Tuesday.
Preparation: None

Posted on Oct 07, 2026 - 11:45 PDT

Weekly Maintenance: IT Client and Ticket Portals; Service Interruption Nov 6, 2026 21:00 - Nov 7, 2026 00:00 PST

What is impacted: IT Client and Ticket Portals; Every Friday our vendor performs maintenance on the servers hosting the IT Ticket System (https://ithelp.viu.ca) and the VIU Technology Portal (https://technology.viu.ca).
Level of impact: Service Interruption. Employees will be unable to access the above sites/services during the maintenance window.
Timing: 9 pm to 12:00 am, every Friday.
Preparation: None required.

Posted on Oct 07, 2026 - 11:50 PDT

Oct 30, 2026

No incidents reported today.

Oct 29, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 28, 2026

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Oct 28, 19:00 PDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Oct 28, 17:00 PDT
Scheduled - What is impacted: VIU Hosted Network Storage; Our team will be installing updates to the server that manages the various VIU hosted network storage. This includes Departmental Shares, as well as VIU computer account U-Drives, Desktop, and Documents Folders.
Level of impact: Service Interruption. During the maintenance window, the update process will cause several disconnections to occur. These disconnections will occur 4 times, lasting anywhere from 10 seconds to 5 minutes before reconnecting. When these disconnections happen, access to and the saving of files to the above locations will be interrupted.
Timing: 5pm to 7pm, Wednesday, October 28.
Preparation: Please save your work and sign out of your computer when you leave for the day. Do you need to access and work on files from the network shares listed above during the maintenance window? Please copy the files you need to your device or OneDrive. Continue to work on the copy until the maintenance window is complete. Please remember to copy your files back to the network share afterwards

Oct 13, 12:15 PDT
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Oct 28, 08:00 PDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Oct 28, 06:00 PDT
Scheduled - What is impacted: wordpress.viu.ca; Our team will be installing updates to the system that hosts wordpress.viu.ca.
Level of impact: Service Interruption. During the maintenance window the above website will be unavailable for 15 minutes.
Timing: 6 am to 8am, Wednesday, October 28.
Preparation: Please save any changes and log out your VIU WordPress blog prior to the maintenance window.

Oct 7, 11:47 PDT

Oct 27, 2026

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Oct 27, 15:00 PDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Oct 27, 10:00 PDT
Scheduled - What is impacted: VIU Websites. Our Web team performs updates to our Drupal Web Content Management System.
Level of impact: No Interruption. While no outage is expected, saving content during this timeframe within the Drupal platform may be slower.
Timing: 10 am to 3pm, every Tuesday.
Preparation: None

Oct 7, 11:44 PDT

Oct 26, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 25, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 24, 2026

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Oct 24, 00:00 PDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Oct 23, 21:00 PDT
Scheduled - What is impacted: IT Client and Ticket Portals; Every Friday our vendor performs maintenance on the servers hosting the IT Ticket System (https://ithelp.viu.ca) and the VIU Technology Portal (https://technology.viu.ca).
Level of impact: Service Interruption. Employees will be unable to access the above sites/services during the maintenance window.
Timing: 9 pm to 12:00 am, every Friday.
Preparation: None required.

Oct 7, 11:49 PDT

Oct 23, 2026

Oct 22, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 21, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 20, 2026

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Oct 20, 15:00 PDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Oct 20, 10:00 PDT
Scheduled - What is impacted: VIU Websites. Our Web team performs updates to our Drupal Web Content Management System.
Level of impact: No Interruption. While no outage is expected, saving content during this timeframe within the Drupal platform may be slower.
Timing: 10 am to 3pm, every Tuesday.
Preparation: None

Oct 7, 11:43 PDT

Oct 19, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 18, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 17, 2026

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Oct 17, 00:00 PDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Oct 16, 21:00 PDT
Scheduled - What is impacted: IT Client and Ticket Portals; Every Friday our vendor performs maintenance on the servers hosting the IT Ticket System (https://ithelp.viu.ca) and the VIU Technology Portal (https://technology.viu.ca).
Level of impact: Service Interruption. Employees will be unable to access the above sites/services during the maintenance window.
Timing: 9 pm to 12:00 am, every Friday.
Preparation: None required.

Oct 7, 11:48 PDT

Oct 16, 2026