Information Technology Advisory
Maintenance: Software Update; Computer Restart
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Sep 21, 23:00 PDT
Scheduled - What is impacted: Employee and student computers; upgrading software including Office, Adobe, and Windows.
Level of impact: Possible Interruption, computer may need restart. Installations and restarts will only occur during maintenance windows.
Timing: Beginning 11:00 pm, Friday September 21. Continuing until all computers updated.
Preparation: Software updates can cause computers to restart. We recommend that you save and close your work at the end of every day then log off or restart your computer. Do not shut down your computer systems or they will not receive the updates. Your system may not update the first night and may update any of the following nights depending on update load.
PAY PRINTING is offline, impacting students at Nanaimo and Parksville campuses
Monitoring - Student Pay Printing is back online. IT Technicians have created a possible fix for the cause of the Pay Print system crashes, and will be monitoring it closely over the course of the next week and half.

Next update Friday August 17
Aug 8, 13:57 PDT
Update - Students may be unable to access the Student Pay Print systems in Nanaimo and Parksville.

Currently the service is up. Technicians are currently investigating what is causing it to go down.

The issue started occurring at 4pm on the 1st.. Resolution time is currently unknown. Next update will be Tuesday at noon.
Aug 3, 16:18 PDT
Update - Students may be unable to access the Student Pay Print systems in Nanaimo and Parksville.

Technicians are currently investigating.

The issue started occurring at 4pm on the 1st.. Resolution time is currently unknown. Next update will be Friday at noon.
Aug 2, 16:12 PDT
Update - Student Printing is now back on line, however this service will continue to experience intermittent outages.
IT Technicians are still investigating.
Aug 2, 13:21 PDT
Investigating - Students may be unable to access the Student Pay Print systems in Nanaimo and Parksville.

Technicians are currently investigating.

The issue started occurring at 4pm on the 1st.. Resolution time is currently unknown. Next update will be by 4pm today.
Aug 2, 09:53 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
University Website (viu.ca)   ? Operational
InVIU   ? Operational
Student Self-service: My Student Record   ? Operational
Administrative Systems ? Operational
Student Records (SRS)   Operational
Financial Records System (FRS)   Operational
HR/Payroll/Employee & Applicant Portal (Stargarden)   Operational
Admin Systems Portal (VIUWeb)   Operational
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Maintenance
Scheduled Maintenance
Maintenance: VIU Student computer Accounts; No Interupption Sep 24, 00:00-02:00 PDT
What is impacted: VIU student computer accounts. All student computer account profiles ending with “00” through “09” being upgraded to folder redirection.
Level of impact: No interruptions expected. Possible slowness of initial login for approximately 1200 student accounts
Timing: 12:00 am, Monday September 24.
Preparation: None
Posted on Sep 19, 14:28 PDT
Maintenance: Server Restarts; Service Interruption impacting employees and students Sep 26, 14:00-15:00 PDT
What is impacted: VIU Services including Library Catalog, VIUBlogs, Mediawiki, Meta Project, VIU Contribute websites.
Level of impact: Service Interruption. All services listed will be unavailable for up to 15 minutes during the maintenance window.
Timing: Wednesday, 6:00am to 7:00am
Description: All Linux servers are receiving monthly updates and must be restarted.
Preparation: Please close these systems and all applications connected to these systems before 6:00am. Do not use these systems during the maintenance period.

Services that may be unavailable for up to 15 minutes between 6:00am to 7:00am:
- Library Catalog
- VIUBlogs
- Mediawiki
- Meta Project
- VIU Contribute websites
Posted on Sep 19, 14:08 PDT
Past Incidents
Sep 22, 2018

No incidents reported today.

Sep 20, 2018

No incidents reported.

Sep 19, 2018

No incidents reported.

Sep 18, 2018

No incidents reported.

Sep 17, 2018

No incidents reported.

Sep 16, 2018

No incidents reported.

Sep 15, 2018

No incidents reported.

Sep 14, 2018

No incidents reported.

Sep 13, 2018

No incidents reported.

Sep 12, 2018
Maintenance: Server Restarts; Service Interruption impacting employees and students
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Sep 12, 18:30 PDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Sep 12, 17:00 PDT
Scheduled - What is impacted: All VIU technology including email, files, VIULearn, printing, internet, etc. A complete list of services is included below.
Level of impact: Service Interruption. All services listed will be unavailable for up to 15 minutes during the maintenance window.
Timing: Wednesday 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Description: All servers are receiving monthly updates and must be restarted.
Preparation: Please close these systems and all applications connected to these systems before 5:00pm. Do not use these systems during the maintenance period.

Services that may be unavailable for up to 15 minutes between 5:00pm to 6:30pm:
- VIU email (including Outlook, webmail and public folders)
- VIULearn online courses (D2L)
- VIU websites (including www2.viu.ca, isweb.viu.ca sites, InVIU, student pay-for-print website, web.viu.ca sites, viuresidences.ca, mala.bc.ca sites, cycec.bc.ca)
Sep 5, 14:27 PDT
Maintenance: Server Restarts; Service Interruption impacting employees and students
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Sep 12, 07:30 PDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Sep 12, 06:00 PDT
Scheduled - What is impacted: All VIU technology including email, files, VIULearn, printing, internet, etc. A complete list of services is included below.
Level of impact: Service Interruption. All services listed will be unavailable for up to 15 minutes during the maintenance window.
Timing: Wednesday, 6:00am to 7:30am
Description: All servers are receiving monthly updates and must be restarted.
Preparation: Please close these systems and all applications connected to these systems before 6:00am. Do not use these systems during the maintenance period.

Services that may be unavailable for up to 15 minutes between 6:00am to 7:30am:
- Internet access on campus
- VIULearn online courses (D2L)
- Student Pay-for-Print services
- Employee and student U drives
- Department share drives
- Employee and student roaming profiles
- Website logins (including VIULearn, VIUTube, VIUBlogs, Mediawiki, VIUSpace, InVIU, and isweb.viu.ca sites)
- VIU databases (including Raisers Edge database, Checkbox Survey, Research Office app, and AquaAssist app).
Sep 5, 14:25 PDT
Sep 11, 2018

No incidents reported.

Sep 10, 2018

No incidents reported.

Sep 9, 2018

No incidents reported.

Sep 8, 2018

No incidents reported.

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