Published Applications and Desktops service (Horizon) – 08/09/25

Scheduled Maintenance Report for Cardiff University

Completed

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Posted Sep 08, 2025 - 22:00 BST

In progress

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.

Posted Sep 08, 2025 - 19:00 BST

Update

We will be undergoing scheduled maintenance during this time.

Posted Sep 08, 2025 - 07:46 BST

Scheduled

Published Applications and Desktops service (Horizon) – 08/09/25

What is being done?
University IT is migrating services from the Redwood data centre to our Park Place data centre.

When is it being done?
Between 19:00 and 22:00 (approx.) on Monday, 8th September 2025.

Who will be affected?
Any user accessing one of the applications listed below (via Horizon).

Advanced Design System 2022
ArcCatalog
ArcGIS Pro
ArcGlobe
ArcMap
ArcScene
Arlequin
Bottleneck
BurliNews
Corel Paintshop Pro 2023
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 2024
CorelDRAW 2024
Dips
DnaSP
DStress
DxfGeo
EMPro 2021
EMPro 2022
Excel
FastGrav
GMetrix
Grapher
HYPACK
iNEWS
JTDist
MegaX
MobaXterm
Origin
Origin 2024
PAST
pblock
pdyke
Python
RefinitivExcel
RefinitivWorkspace
RocFall
RocPlane
RS2
RS2 Compute
RS2 Interpret
Settle3
Slide2
Slide2 Groundwater Compute
Slide2 Interpret
Slide2 Slope Stability Compute
Spyder
Surfer
SystemVue 2021
SystemVue 2022
TCS
THERM_77
Thompson Reuters
Vortex 10
WUFI
WUFI 2D
WUFI Animation 1D
WUFI2DMotion
WUFIGraph

How will this affect service users?
At 19:00 any user connected to one of the specified applications will be disconnected from the service and will not be able to reconnect until the work is complete.

Why is it being done?
This is essential data centre work.

Posted Sep 08, 2025 - 07:11 BST

This scheduled maintenance affected: Computers, Software, & Printing (Published Applications (Horizon)).