University Systems service status
University Systems makes every effort to inform the university community of any issues affecting the services that we offer. Messages regarding planned maintenance or unexpected outages of our services are shown below.
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Posted on November 07, 2024 at 11:35:42 pm by gavinhill@uvic.ca
Effective date: November 12, 2024 at 03:30:00 pm(6 hours ago)
Effective 6 hours ago: *UPDATE* This work is now complete
Network Services will be performing maintenance in BWC-0F on 2024-11-12 starting at 07:30 am.
There will be a brief outage in data, voice, and wireless services at that time.
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Gavin Hill, Network Services
Posted on November 07, 2024 at 11:39:44 pm by gavinhill@uvic.ca
Effective date: November 14, 2024 at 03:30:00 pm(1 day from now)
Effective 1 day from now: Network Services will be performing maintenance in UH5 on 2024-11-14 starting at 07:30 am.
There will be a brief outage in data, voice, and wireless services at that time.
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Gavin Hill, Network Services
Posted on November 08, 2024 at 05:36:17 pm by gavinhill@uvic.ca
Effective date: November 19, 2024 at 03:30:00 pm(6 days from now)
Effective 6 days from now: Network Services will be performing maintenance in BWC-3F on 2024-11-19 starting at 07:30 am.
There will be a brief outage in data, voice, and wireless services at that time.
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Gavin Hill, Network Services
Posted on November 08, 2024 at 05:41:25 pm by gavinhill@uvic.ca
Effective date: November 21, 2024 at 03:30:00 pm(8 days from now)
Effective 8 days from now: Network Services will be performing maintenance in SUB-1F on 2024-11-21 starting at 07:30 am.
There will be a brief outage in data, voice, and wireless services at that time.
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Gavin Hill, Network Services
Posted on November 12, 2024 at 08:23:48 pm by frostm@uvic.ca
Effective date: November 13, 2024 at 05:00:00 pm(18 hours from now)
Effective 18 hours from now: Network Services will be performing a wireless site survey of the DTB building tomorrow, Nov. 13, 2024, between the hours of 9 AM and 4 PM to assess current coverage.
Technicians will be accessing all rooms where possible within the building to take readings.
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Network Services
Posted on November 12, 2024 at 08:26:56 pm by frostm@uvic.ca
Effective date: November 14, 2024 at 01:00:00 pm(1 day from now)
Effective 1 day from now: Network Services will be patching wireless access point firmware, requiring a reload of the controller and all access points at 5 AM on November 14, 2024.. This is a continuation of the work from Thursday, November 7.
All wireless will be down for approximately 5 to 10 minutes while the controller first reboots, then access points will begin to reboot themselves to their new firmware causing rolling reboots across campus, where each AP will be down for about 5 minutes.
Work will be completed by 7 AM.
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Network Services
Posted on November 12, 2024 at 08:59:25 pm by frostm@uvic.ca
Effective date: November 14, 2024 at 02:00:00 pm(1 day from now)
Effective 1 day from now: Network services will be updating the Cisco Secure Client (Anyconnect) at 6 AM on Thursday November 14, 2024. This is the client used to connect to the UVic VPN service. After the update, the next time clients connect to VPN, their software will automatically download and update. This update is to address vulnerabilities and bugfixes, keeping the software current.
Work will be completed by 6:15 AM.
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Network Services