IT Service Status Page
Datacentre Outage affecting several centralised IT services
Identified - We are continuing to work through issues arising from the data centre / firewall work. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this is causing.
Jul 10, 2025 - 08:18 BST
Update - We are continuing to investigate this issue.
Jul 03, 2025 - 07:28 BST
Update - We are experiencing ongoing issues with the following services:

Printing MFDs
Library DOPACs
Jul 01, 2025 - 13:40 BST
Update - We are continuing to investigate this issue.
Jul 01, 2025 - 11:35 BST
Update - We are continuing to investigate this issue.
Jun 30, 2025 - 13:53 BST
Update - We are continuing to investigate this issue.
Jun 30, 2025 - 13:48 BST
Update - We are continuing to investigate this issue.
Jun 30, 2025 - 11:22 BST
Update - We are continuing to investigate this issue.
Jun 30, 2025 - 10:31 BST
Update - We are currently aware of issues with the performance of and/or accessing the following services:

ACS Journal
Alma
Printing (MFDs)
Matlab
Brokered desktop (Horizon)
Library Laptop Lockers
Jun 30, 2025 - 10:29 BST
Update - We are continuing to investigate this issue.
Jun 30, 2025 - 09:12 BST
Update - We are continuing to investigate this issue.
Jun 30, 2025 - 09:11 BST
Investigating - We are currently experiencing an ongoing data centre outage affecting several centralised IT services, including Horizons. Our teams are actively working to resolve this as a priority.
Jun 30, 2025 - 08:22 BST
Email: Outlook classic desktop error when setting automatic replies on shared mailboxes
Identified - Some users may encounter an error when attempting to set an automatic reply (also sometimes called an out-of-office) for a shared mailbox using the Microsoft Outlook classic desktop app.
If affected, the error message states that the reply settings cannot be displayed because the server is currently unavailable.

This issue has been raised with Microsoft, and in the meantime those affected can use Outlook on the web instead via a browser to perform the action.
Jun 26, 2025 - 13:54 BST

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This page details the current status of services maintained by Cardiff University, and select external service providers.

If this page does not reflect your experience with our services, please contact the Service Desk at
it-support@cardiff.ac.uk
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Communication & Collaboration Degraded Performance
Email & Calendar (Outlook) Degraded Performance
Microsoft Teams Operational
Netcall (Call Centre functionality) Operational
Telephony (Microsoft Telephony) Operational
Viva Engage Operational
Corporate Reporting, Data and Analytics Operational
Business Objects Operational
Business Intelligence Operational
Computers, Software, & Printing Partial Outage
Desktop, Laptops, & Mobile devices Operational
Printing, Copying, & Scanning Partial Outage
Published Applications (Horizon) Operational
Remote Access to a Campus Computer Operational
File Storage Operational
Home & Shared drive (H: & S:) Operational
Microsoft Cloud Storage ? Operational
Finance Systems Operational
Financial and Procurement System (Oracle-EBS) Operational
Help & Support Operational
Service Desk Support (IT single point of contact) Operational
IT Portal (Self Service ticket logging) Operational
Student Enquiry (GECKO) Operational
HR & Student Record Systems Operational
PeopleXD (Core HR) Operational
SIMS (Admin) Operational
Library Systems Partial Outage
Electronic Resources ? Operational
Library Management System (ALMA) Partial Outage
LibrarySearch (Primo) Operational
Reading Lists (Leganto) Operational
Network Operational
Wired Network Connectivity Operational
Wireless Network Connectivity Operational
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) Operational
Public Website & Intranet Operational
Public Website (Squiz) Operational
Intranet (Squiz) Operational
Research Operational
ARCCA Processing and Analysis (Hawk) Operational
ORCA & Manage My Publications ? Operational
Research Data Store ? Operational
Research Portal (Converis) ? Operational
Research Data Repository (Figshare) ? Operational
Room & Equipment Bookings Operational
Resource Booker Operational
Room Bookings (Syllabus Plus / Scientia) Operational
Student Systems Operational
Learn Plus (Panopto) Operational
Mahara Operational
Residences Student Portal (Accommodation) Operational
Student App Operational
Student Records (SIMS Online) Operational
Student Timetable Operational
Turnitin Operational
VLE (Learning Central) Operational
Operational
Degraded Performance
Partial Outage
Major Outage
Maintenance

Scheduled Maintenance

ORCA unavailable between 08:00 and 08:15 on Thursday 17th July 2025 Jul 17, 2025 08:00-08:15 BST

Orca will be unavailable between 08:00 and 08:15 on Thursday 17th July 2025 due to essential maintenance.
Posted on Jul 09, 2025 - 16:03 BST
Jul 10, 2025

Unresolved incident: Datacentre Outage affecting several centralised IT services.

Jul 9, 2025
GlobalProtect Staff VPN (ras.cf.ac.uk) - planned maintenance
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jul 9, 20:00 BST
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jul 9, 19:00 BST
Scheduled -

GlobalProtect Staff VPN (ras.cf.ac.uk)



What is being done?
University IT is migrating the Staff VPN onto new firewalls as part of ongoing service improvements.

When is it being done?
Work commences at 19:00 on Wednesday, 9th July should take no longer than 1 hour.

Who will be affected?
All users.

How will this affect service users?
GlobalProtect Staff VPN (ras.cf.ac.uk) will be unavailable for up to 30 minutes at some point after 19:00. All centrally provided IT services that require the Staff VPN will be at risk overnight and possibly into the following day.

Why is it being done?
This forms part of ongoing service improvements to university IT infrastructure.

We apologise for the short notice.
Jul 9, 07:33 BST
Oracle EBS – emergency maintenance – extended until midday, Wednesday, 9th July
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Jul 9, 14:28 BST
Update -

Oracle EBS - restored



Oracle EBS is now available for use. If you encounter any issues please report them as normal via IT Support.

Please note: You may need to log out and into Horizon or refresh the application listing within Horizon to make the Oracle EBS application visible.

We apologise for the inconvenience this extended outage has caused.
Jul 9, 12:01 BST
Investigating -

Oracle EBS – emergency maintenance – extended until midday, Wednesday, 9th July



What is being done?
University IT and our support partner are moving the production Oracle EBS service between the Redwood and Park Place data centres.

When is it being done?
Unfortunately, this work is being extended midday today. It was originally planned to run from 08:00 to 10:00 on Wednesday, 9th July 2025.

Who will this affect?
All Oracle EBS and some Business Objects users.

How will this affect users?
Oracle EBS and research projects reporting in Business Objects will be unavailable during the stated periods. No orders can be generated or processed during this window.

Why is it being done?
This is part of the data centre migration works. We apologise for the inconvenience caused.
Jul 9, 10:57 BST
Oracle EBS – emergency maintenance
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jul 9, 10:00 BST
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jul 9, 08:00 BST
Scheduled -

Oracle EBS – emergency maintenance – 08:00-10:00, Wednesday, 9th July



What is being done?
University IT and our support partner are moving the production Oracle EBS service between the Redwood and Park Place data centres.

When is it being done?
From 08:00 to 10:00 on Wednesday, 9th July 2025, but the service is unavailable for a longer period than advertised.

Who will this affect?
All Oracle EBS and some Business Objects users.

How will this affect users?
Oracle EBS and research projects reporting in Business Objects will be unavailable during the stated periods. No orders can be generated or processed during this window.

Please log out of Oracle EBS before 08:00 on Wednesday, 9th July 2025.

Why is it being done?
This is part of the data centre migration works.
Jul 7, 16:11 BST
Jul 8, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jul 7, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jul 6, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jul 5, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jul 4, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jul 3, 2025
Hawk (University Supercomputer Service) – Planned Maintenance on Wednesday 2 July 2025
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jul 3, 00:00 BST
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jul 2, 08:00 BST
Scheduled - What is being done?
ARCCA are undertaking planned maintenance on the Hawk supercomputer and supporting infrastructure.

When is this being done?
This will next take place on Wednesday 2 July 2025. This maintenance day is scheduled regularly for the first Wednesday of every month. This is to ensure maximum awareness and allow our service users to plan ahead.

Who will be affected?
All users of the ARCCA Hawk University supercomputing service and supporting infrastructure.

How will this affect service users?
Hawk and supporting infrastructure will be at risk and so we advise users to save their work regularly on this day.

Why is this being done?
Hawk maintenance occurs as required on the first Wednesday of each month. This can be either be as a “Maintenance Outage” period or an “At Risk” period. This is to allow us to perform security patches, system upgrades, equipment replacements and other essential work.
Jun 20, 10:57 BST
Jul 2, 2025
Jul 1, 2025
Jun 30, 2025
Sir Martin Evans West (Services at risk)
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Jun 30, 15:48 BST
Update - We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
Jun 30, 13:07 BST
Identified - We have been informed of a potential issue with the air conditioning unit in the Sir Martin Evans (West) Building. Estates are currently investigating; however, power to the LAN room may be interrupted, causing possible network outages in the location.

We will post more information here when we have it.

Adrian Williams - Service Manager
Jun 30, 13:04 BST
Jun 29, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jun 28, 2025
Hawk (University Supercomputer Service) – Planned Maintenance on Friday 27 June 2025
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jun 28, 00:00 BST
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jun 27, 08:00 BST
Scheduled - What is being done?
ARCCA are migrating part of the Hawk supercomputer hardware from the Redwood datacentre, as part of preparations for launching the new Falcon HPC service.

When is this being done?
Friday, 27 June 2025.

Who will be affected?
All users of the ARCCA Hawk University supercomputing service and supporting infrastructure.

How will this affect service users?
Hawk and supporting infrastructure will be at risk and so we advise users to save their work regularly on this day.

Key Information:
• Job reservations will be applied to the affected partitions from Wednesday, June 25th, to prevent new job submissions and ensure a smooth transition.
• The migrated hardware will remain unavailable until Falcon formally launches later this summer, following both acceptance testing and a pilot service phase.
• As a precaution, the entire Hawk service should be considered “at risk” on June 27th while the migration takes place.
• The main Hawk service will remain operational and will not be fully retired until after Falcon is launched – current estimate for Falcon launch is August.

The following Hawk partitions and associated hardware are due to be retired (from Hawk) and migrated on June 27th:
• gpu_v100 (13/14 of the V100 GPU nodes will be moving. One node will remain for urgent deadline requirements)
• compute_amd (50% of the nodes will remain - 32/64 AMD nodes will be moving)
• c_compute_cg1 (ser cymru compute but not login)
• c_compute_physics1
• c_compute_chemy3
• c_compute_chemy4
• STAR formation system

We recognise that this Hawk batch migration comes with limited advance notice and may cause some disruption to advanced research computing work, particularly given the current uncertainty around the precise timeline for the Falcon launch. Unfortunately, the timing is shaped by several external dependencies including the need to coordinate with our supplier.

We will continue to provide updates on Falcon's progress, including specific launch timelines and details on how to register for the new service in due course. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact arcca-help@cardiff.ac.uk

Why is this being done?
This work forms part of preparations for launching the new Falcon HPC service.
Jun 20, 10:55 BST
Jun 27, 2025
Jun 26, 2025
Android Devices - Connecting to Eduroam Wi-Fi
Resolved - This incident has been resolved. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Jun 26, 13:48 BST
Identified - Aruba, the manufacturer of our device registration solution, was recently acquired by Hewlett-Packard. As part of this transition, HP is rebranding the Aruba ClearPass QuickConnect software and has released an updated version on the Google Play Store. Unfortunately, this rebranding and software update have temporarily impacted the registration process for Android devices on the network. They have broken the hyperlink in their software, which still points to the older (now deleted) version of the ClearPass QuickConnect App.

To ensure a smooth registration, we recommend that users download the new HP 'ClearPass QuickConnect' software on the Google Play Store before proceeding with the Intranet Instructions.

We have informed Hewlett-Packard of this issue, and they are trying to resolve it.
Mar 14, 10:29 GMT
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