IS&T Change Communications Report December 12, 2012 |
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Service Offering |
Tier |
Change |
Date |
Outage |
Status |
Accounts |
PROD |
IS&T employees are encouraged to change their password to help evaluate the recent KDC upgrade |
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Undergraduate Admissions (UA) |
PROD |
Deployment (WARP, Stargate, etc.) - apply updates |
12/6/12 |
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DONE |
IS&T Website |
PROD |
Drupal updates (no content freeze) - apply updates |
12/6/12 |
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DONE |
Managed Server Hosting |
PROD |
Rekeying E40 servers to AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) |
12/6/12 |
N |
DONE |
Events Calendar (events.mit.edu) |
PROD |
Routine maintenance: fix broken link to eligibility page |
12/6/12 |
N |
DONE |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Keberos for Windows world wide release (v. 4.0 or 4.0.1 - some accessibility issues still need to be addressed) |
12/7/12 |
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DONE |
Exchange |
PROD |
PO server configuration changes (increase in number of objects) |
12/7-12/14/12 |
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SCHED |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Adobe Reader 11 for Mac and Windows - available for download today |
12/12/12 |
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SCHED |
Managed Server Hosting |
PROD |
Rekeying OC11 servers to use AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) |
12/13/12 |
N |
SCHED |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
PGP for Mac no longer available via download (available by special request only) |
12/14/12 |
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SCHED |
Early Decisions |
PROD |
Early Decisions Go live at 12:15pm |
12/15/12 |
N |
SCHED |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Windows 7 64 bit available next week |
week of 12/17/12 |
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SCHED |
Kerberos |
PROD |
Decommissioning of Kerberos 4. This means that users running Athena 9.4 or earlier will no be able to login or access Zephyr. In addition, KPOP users will be unable to utilize their email client. For advice on new configuration with Kerberos 5, users should contact their DITR support person or helpdesk@mit.edu. We need to follow-up with straglers. |
12/21/12 |
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SCHED |
Wireless Infrastructure |
PROD |
Repair of nodes due to power outage |
December |
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SCHED |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Virus Scan 8.8 patch 2 available for download (unified installer) |
December |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Updated Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) installers for Mac and Windows available for download - on hold |
On hold |
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TBD |
Managed Data Services (MDS) |
PROD |
Space Management release to pilot group |
End December |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Office 2008 for Mac retirement/desupport |
1/2/13 |
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SCHED |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Office 2007 for Win retirement/desupport |
1/2/13 |
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SCHED |
Accounts |
PROD |
Final email notifications for January deactivations |
1/9/13 |
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SCHED |
Online Registration |
PROD |
Release - Opens |
1/14/13 |
N |
SCHED |
Accounts |
PROD |
Account deactivations |
1/23/13 |
N |
SCHED |
Reporting and Forecasting Tool (RAFT) |
PROD |
New release of forecasting (front and back end changes) |
End January |
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TBD |
SAP Foundation |
PROD |
Installation of Netweaver 7.0.2 into landscape |
Early February |
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TBD |
Managed Server Hosting |
PROD |
DMX storage arrays replacement in OC11 and E40 (affects SAP and DW completed. |
3/31/13 |
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SCHED |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
PGP for Mac retirement/desupport (users to be transitioned to FileVault 2) |
March |
N |
TBD |
Managed Data Services (MDS) |
PROD |
Space Management release to community |
March |
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TBD |
SAP Foundation |
PROD |
Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) tool implementation. This tool will automate the rules being established by the Segregation of Duties (SOD) effort currently underway. Audit access by means of Firefighter implementation will be the first to go live in IS&T |
End March |
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TBD |
SAP Foundation |
PROD |
Segregation of Duties (SOD) effort complete. This work will establish rules regarding access and authorizations in the SAP environment |
End June 2013 |
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TBD |
Cyrus/IMAP |
PROD |
Retirement |
12/1/13 |
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SCHED |
SAP Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) |
PROD |
Moving applications to dedicated VMs |
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TBD |
Drupal Cloud |
PROD |
Public release |
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TBD |
Quality Center |
PROD |
Upgrade (pending completion of Year End Support Packs) |
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TBD |
Open Wireless |
PROD |
Retirement |
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TBD |
MITSIS |
PROD |
Upgrade database to Oracle 11g and smoke test applications |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Firefox 3.6x retirement/desupport (dependent on Unity upgrade) |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Kerberos For Android |
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TBD |
PROD |
Migration of applications from citrix.mit.edu to citrixapps.mit.edu |
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TBD |
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PROD |
Retiring citrix.mit.edu (including Citrix Graduate Admissions application) |
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TBD |
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Distributed Software |
PROD |
Mac OS X 10.6 desupport by IS&T ON HOLD |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Network Identity Manager (NIM) desupport ON HOLD pending next release of KFW |
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TBD |
PowerFaids |
PROD |
Windows updates |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
PROD |
Identity Finder 6.2 available for download ON HOLD (may wait for version 6.3) |
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TBD |
Pharos Printing |
TEST |
Ezeep software (mobile Pharos printing) |
12/31/12 |
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SCHED |
SAP Foundation |
TEST |
Installation of Netweaver 7.0.2 into landscape |
End December |
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TBD |
MITSIS |
TEST |
Database upgrade Oracle 11.2.03 |
Mid January |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
TEST |
Microsoft release of Office 2013 release project |
Mid January |
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TBD |
Cognos |
TEST |
Focus group members will have access to build reports in a shared space. (Those vetted by Data Management they will be moved to production for community consumption) |
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TBD |
Name Connector |
TEST |
IS&T testing of VoIP based version of the service |
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TBD |
Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) |
TEST |
TSM/VE (virtual environment) |
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TBD |
Distributed Software |
TEST |
New download server |
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TBD |
MITSIS |
DEV |
Database upgrade to Oracle 11.2.03 |
Early December |
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TBD |
SAP Foundation |
DEV |
Installation of Netweaver 7.0.2 into landscape |
End December |
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TBD |
MIT SECURE |
DEV |
Exploring auto configuration tools for computers |
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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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