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Scheduled server downtime: Thursday, July 6, 2023 (6-8 a.m.)

ANR Community,

IT has scheduled an outage of our public server infrastructure on Thursday, July 6, between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. During this window, all public-facing websites and remote access will be unavailable.

The purpose of this outage is to move our public-facing server to a new firewall to enhance security and reliability of our systems.

Please note the following details regarding the server outage:

Date: Thursday, July 6, 2023

Time: 6-8 a.m.

Duration: Approximately 2 hours

Impact: During this period, all public-facing website access will be temporarily unavailable.

We apologize for any disruption this may cause. IT will work to minimize the duration of the outage and restore normal operations as quickly as possible.

Should you have any urgent matters that require immediate attention during the scheduled downtime, please contact our support team at help@ucanr.edu.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Sree Mada
UC ANR Chief Information Officer

Jaki Hsieh Wojan
UC ANR Chief Information Security Officer

Posted on Monday, July 3, 2023 at 9:45 AM
Tags: cybersecurity (15), downtime (1), IT (22), maintenance (1), server (1), website (8)

UC ANR server outage update

We would like to update you on the current state of our services.

While we have made significant progress in restoring functionality, please note that the website and portal may be periodically unstable.

Additionally, we continue to restore sub-websites in groups. This approach allows us to prioritize critical services and expedite the overall restoration process. As a result, you may encounter certain websites that are still offline or undergoing restoration. You may also come across pages where images are temporarily unavailable. This is a known issue, images and visual elements will be restored as the process continues.

We anticipate that it will take a few more days to complete the entire restoration process. We understand the importance of having all services fully operational and are working to restore full functionality.

We will continue to provide regular updates on our progress. Should you encounter any difficulties or have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team at help@ucanr.edu.

Thank you for your understanding as we navigate through this restoration phase.

Sree Mada
UC ANR Chief Information Officer
 
Jaki Hsieh Wojan
UC ANR Chief Information Security Officer 

 

Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 9:51 AM
Tags: IT (0), Server outage (0)

UC ANR website, portal down

On the evening of Friday, June 9, we received notice from the Campus data center that there was a strong electrical burning smell in the building, near where our server racks are located. We responded immediately and came on-site to inspect all of our equipment racks and backup power source located therein.
 
While we found no issue or troubles emitting from our equipment, the burning smell persisted. Unable to determine the source of the burning smell, and out of an abundance of caution, we powered down our equipment and asked the data center staff to contact the fire department. 
 
The fire department arrived at approximately 11 p.m., and suggested that the source was most likely from the building system, and not the electronic equipment. 
 
We have since started to bring our system back online. Due to the size of the data stored in the equipment and the number of devices involved, the process will take approximately 24+ hours. Our IT team is on-site and attending to the effort to bring the system back as soon as possible. The UC ANR website and subpages, as well as the portal, are all offline until all the equipment is up and running.
 
We will keep you posted as to the progress. In the meantime we thank you for your patience while the web server and other services are being restored.
 
Sree Mada
UC ANR Chief Information Officer
 
Jaki Hsieh Wojan
UC ANR Chief Information Security Officer 
Posted on Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 7:53 PM
Tags: IT (0), server outage (0)

Web server scheduled maintenance May 3 from 7 to 8 a.m.

To ensure we continue to enhance our security posture, we will be moving our infrastructure behind a new Palo Alto Firewall.

During this maintenance window, UC ANR web services will be down and unavailable. This includes ucanr.edu, ArcCatalog, and all subdomains, i.e., website.ucanr.edu. 

Planned maintenance activities will occur on Wednesday, May 3, from 7 to 8 a.m. While we anticipate the outage being shorter, we want to allocate an hour for the move. 

Thank you in advance for your patience and support.  If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with IT at anritg@ucanr.edu.

Jim Edgar
Infrastructure Supervisor 

Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 10:28 AM
Tags: Web server (0)

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