Maintenance - VIU Network Storage (U-Drive, Shares, etc.); Service Interruption

Scheduled Maintenance Report for Information Technology Services Advisory Page

Completed

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Posted Feb 26, 2025 - 19:00 PST

In progress

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Feb 26, 2025 - 17:00 PST

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, February 26.
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
Posted Jan 15, 2025 - 13:05 PST
This scheduled maintenance affected: Computer Accounts and Files.