University Firewall Upgrades
Completed
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Posted Jan 11, 2025 - 17:00 GMT
In progress
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Jan 11, 2025 - 07:00 GMT
Scheduled
University Firewall Upgrades
What is being done?
University IT is performing essential maintenance on the firewall infrastructure.
When is this being done?
This will take place between 07:00 and 17:00 on Saturday, 11th January 2025, but will continue throughout the weekend if required.
Who will be affected?
All users of IT services.
How will this affect service users?
There is no anticipated impact, but all IT services should be considered at risk during the change window.
Why is this being done?
This forms part of essential ongoing maintenance of the university firewalls.
Posted Jan 10, 2025 - 16:14 GMT
This scheduled maintenance affected: Computers, Software, & Printing (Desktop, Laptops, & Mobile devices, Printing, Copying, & Scanning, Published Applications (Horizon), Remote Access to a Campus Computer), File Storage (Home & Shared drive (H: & S:), Microsoft Cloud Storage), Room & Equipment Bookings (Resource Booker, Room Bookings (Syllabus Plus / Scientia)), Finance Systems (Financial and Procurement System (Oracle-EBS)), HR & Student Record Systems (PeopleXD (Core HR), SIMS (Admin)), Research (ARCCA Processing and Analysis (Hawk), ORCA & Manage My Publications, Research Data Store, Research Portal (Converis), Research Data Repository (Figshare)), Help & Support (Service Desk Support (IT single point of contact), IT Portal (Self Service ticket logging), Student Enquiry (GECKO)), Network (Wired Network Connectivity, Wireless Network Connectivity, Virtual Private Networks (VPN)), Library Systems (Electronic Resources, Library Management System (ALMA), LibrarySearch (Primo), Reading Lists (Leganto)), Corporate Reporting, Data and Analytics (Business Objects, Business Intelligence), and Student Systems (Learn Plus (Panopto), Mahara, Residences Student Portal (Accommodation), Student App, Student Records (SIMS Online), Student Timetable, Turnitin, VLE (Learning Central)).