IT Scheduled Maintenance for 2009

The goal of Scheduled Maintenance is to maintain central IT facilities on a regular basis while minimising interruption to normal business functions, and also considering vital operations in the University calendar such as enrolments, teaching, examinations and graduation. 

These dates have been discussed with the IT Forum members and have been considered by Deans and Directors. Adjustments were made based on feedback from numerous faculty and admin unit members. 

The following has also been taken into consideration when collating these dates:

  1. The Saturday dates were coordinated to coincide wherever possible with days that the library was closed so as to minimise the impact on business.
  2. Dubai is on their weekend on a Friday night (our time).
Maintenance Date Time Category Note
Saturday, 7 February 2009   6AM - 6PM    All Services  
Saturday, 7 March 2009 6AM - 6PM All Non-teaching   
Saturday, 11 April 2009 6AM - 6PM All Services Easter
Saturday, 23 May 2009      6AM - 6PM All Non-teaching  
Saturday, 4 July 2009   6AM - 6PM All Services  
Saturday, 18 July 2009 6AM - 6PM All Services  
Saturday, 22 August 2009 6AM - 6PM All Non-teaching  
Saturday, 10 October 2009 6AM - 6PM All Non-teaching   
Saturday, 21 November 2009 6AM - 6PM All Services  
Saturday, 12 December 2009 6AM - 6PM All Services   
Saturday, 16 January 2010 6AM - 6PM All Services  

For more information on these scheduled outages, contact ITS on ext 3775.

Categories

  1. ALL SERVICES. Saturday 6AM to 6PM – all IT services may be impacted.
  2. ALL NON-TEACHING. Saturday 6AM to 6PM – all IT services may be impacted except teaching and learning services (eLearning, SOLS, Internet, Intranet, Library, email) which will remain active.
  3. BUSINESS APPLICATIONS. Any Tuesday 6PM to 9PM – limited to specific applications, in consultation with business owners and users.
  4. NETWORK LOCAL. Any Friday 9PM to 12AM – limited to non-central network such as a building or part thereof, in consultation with local users.
Last reviewed: 27 February, 2009