IST Change Communication Report June 27 2012.pdf
IS&T Change Communications Report June 27, 2012 |
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Service Offering |
Tier |
Change |
Date |
Outage |
Time |
Status |
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Enterprise Storage |
PROD |
Upgrade firmware on Network Operations OC11 Isilon array |
Week of 6/25/2012 |
N |
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TBD |
Software Release Team (SWRT) |
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Justin Fleming joins SWRT |
6/25/12 |
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DONE |
SCHED |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
FileMaker 12 release |
6/26/12 |
N |
DONE |
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Tether |
PROD |
Retirement |
6/29/12 |
N |
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SCHED |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
VMWorkstation updates (version 8.0.3) |
6/29/12 |
N |
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TBD |
Hardware Recommendations |
PROD |
8G RAM on preconfigured machines. The default for Windows will be 64 bit. Website updates in progress - Apple this week and Dell next week |
End June |
N |
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TBD |
Drupal Cloud |
PROD |
Roll out of new service |
End June |
N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
VMFusion updates (version 4.1.3) |
6/29/12 |
N |
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TBD |
Managed Servers |
PROD |
Open SSL patching (communications in progress) |
June |
N |
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TBD |
Enterprise Storage |
PROD |
Fiber channel network zoning changes |
June |
N |
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TBD |
Android App |
PROD |
C2DM (cloud device messaging) updates |
June |
N |
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TBD |
SAP Building Services (Facilities) |
PROD |
Plant maintenance: Nuclear Reactor Lab (NRL) going live with notifications and non-injury incident reporting |
June |
N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Browsers support model changes |
June |
N |
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TBD |
Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) |
PROD |
DITR deployment of updated desktop client |
June |
N |
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TBD |
SAP Foundation |
PROD |
Reimplementation of Solution Manager (application monitoring) |
June |
N |
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TBD |
ILab Solutions |
PROD |
Koch implementation of scheduling and billing system for equipment |
7/1/12 |
N |
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SCHED |
MIT Data Warehouse (DW) |
PROD |
Year end maintenance. The following financial tables will be off line: BALANCES, BALANCES_BY_FISCAL_PERIOD, BALANCES_BY_FISCAL_PERIOD_3YRS, SUMMARY_STATEMENT_DETAIL. Progress on work will be available online: http://ist.mit.edu/services/business/warehouse |
7/1/12 |
Y |
Approx. 24 hours |
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Enterprise Storage |
PROD |
Retiring OC11 CX-3-80 (SAN for virtualized environment). The data is moving over next 3 weeks |
7/1/12 |
N |
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SCHED |
Active Directory |
PROD |
Upgrades/updates |
Week of 7/2/12 |
N |
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TBD |
Departmental Consulting and Application Development (DCAD) |
PROD |
DCAD hourly rate changes for new projects (Web Application Development from $100 to $110 per hour and Project Management/Business Analysis from $100 to $110 per hour) |
7/2/12 |
N |
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SCHED |
Knowledge Base (Hermes) |
PROD |
Hermes upgrade and name change to The Knowledge Base |
7/3/12 |
Y |
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SCHED |
Events Calendar (events.mit.edu) |
PROD |
Move to dedicated servers |
7/12/12 |
N |
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TBD |
Certificates Renewal |
PROD |
Annual renewal cycle - Change certificate lifetime |
7/27/12 |
Y |
6-7 pm |
SCHED |
Database |
PROD |
Technology Licensing Office database upgrade to 11.g |
July |
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TBD |
Kerberos |
PROD |
For Windows (KFW) |
July |
N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Users to transition to Firefox 10 ESR (Extended Support Release) |
July |
N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
TSM installer release for Mac and Windows |
July |
N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
SecureCRT/FX updated license keys |
July |
N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Stretchbreak release for Mac and Windows |
July |
N |
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TBD |
Wikis (MIT Wiki Service) |
PROD |
Archiving of old sites |
July |
N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
OS X 10.8 for Mac (Mountain Lion) release (Apple will release in July) |
July/August |
N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Office 2007 retirement - no longer available on the download page |
8/15/12 |
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Quality Center |
PROD |
Upgrade |
August |
N |
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TBD |
Mobile Device Support |
PROD |
iOS 6 Fall release (compatible with 3GS but not iPad 1) |
Sept/Oct |
N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Windows XP distribution ends (no longer on the software grid) |
October |
N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Office 2008 Retirement - desupport |
1/2/13 |
N |
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SCHED |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Windows XP support retirement |
8/1/13 |
N |
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SCHED |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Firefox 3.6x desupport/retirement (dependent on Unity upgrade) |
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N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Oracle 11g release |
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N |
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TBD |
Unity |
PROD |
Upgrade for browser compatibility |
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N |
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TBD |
Open Wireless |
PROD |
Retirement ON HOLD |
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N |
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TBD |
MIT SECURE |
PROD |
Radius servers to point to Exchange Active Directory |
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N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Decommissioning older versions of SAPgui for both Mac and Windows |
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N |
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TBD |
VPN |
PROD |
Legacy application (native client) to be retired |
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N |
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TBD |
Kerberos |
PROD |
For Android |
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N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Mac Binaries changing |
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N |
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TBD |
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WebSIS/Student |
DEV |
Touchstone integration (production targeted for mid August) |
End of June |
N |
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TBD |
MIT SECURE |
DEV |
Exploring auto configuration tools for computers |
Summer |
N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
DEV |
Evaluating Windows 8 developer preview (internal to IS&T only due to NDA) |
Fall |
N |
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TBD |
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Database |
TEST |
Technology Licensing Office database upgrade to 11.g |
6/28/12 |
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1 p.m. |
SCHED |
Events Calendar (events.mit.edu) |
TEST |
Move to dedicated servers |
7/9/12 |
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TBD |
SAP Foundation |
TEST |
ERP 6.0 enhancement package 6 |
July |
N |
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TBD |
Name Connector |
TEST |
IS&T testing of VoIP based version of the service. Production cutover TBD. |
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N |
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TBD |
Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) |
TEST |
TSM/VE (virtual environment) |
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N |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
TEST |
New download server |
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N |
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TBD |
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Status Key: |
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SCHED |
Scheduled routine maintenance |
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EMER |
Emergency change - problem if not addressed |
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LOW |
Outage or problem with low user impact |
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HIGH |
Outage or problem with high user impact |
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TBD |
Exact change date or time to be determined |
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