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Impact of the change on users:

During the scheduled after-hours maintenance, all network services will be impacted by two brief, campus-wide interruptions as traffic is routed from Fairfax to the disaster recovery (DR) site as designed. The first interruption is expected to be less than 5 minutes while traffic is moved to DR. Once the Fairfax routers have been upgraded, a second brief interruption of less than 5 minutes is expected as traffic is routed back to the Fairfax routers.

Reason for the change:

ITS is performing scheduled network infrastructure maintenance to improve reliability, maintain vendor support, and help ensure the continued security and integrity of university network services.

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Impact of the change on users:

Users at all George Mason campuses and locations may experience a brief internet service interruption of approximately five minutes during the maintenance window. New Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections will be unavailable during this period; however, existing VPN connections are expected to remain active. Services hosted in Azure are not expected to be affected.

Reason for the change:

ITS is performing planned network maintenance to return internet traffic to its standard operating configuration following the successful completion of the vendor’s scheduled maintenance and verification that services are operating normally.

ID #902420

Impact of the change on users:

During the scheduled after-hours maintenance, campus-wide rolling network outages will occur as upgrades are performed one router at a time, minimizing overall disruption rather than taking the campus network completely offline. Most buildings have redundant links and are expected to remain connected. Buildings without redundant connectivity may experience a network outage while the affected router reboots, with the reload process expected to take approximately 20 minutes, assuming no issues. The maintenance window includes additional time reserved for troubleshooting if any problems arise.

Reason for the change:

ITS is performing scheduled network infrastructure maintenance to improve reliability, maintain vendor support, and help ensure the continued security and integrity of university network services.

ID #902695

EXTENDED MAINTENANCE

Impact of the change on users

The Pinnacle Service will be completely unavailable during this maintenance window. Users will not be able to access or submit service orders in Pinnacle while the outage is in effect.

If you experience service-related issues during this period, please contact ITS Support to open a TeamDynamix (TDX) repair ticket.

Reason for the change

Information Technology Services (ITS) is temporarily disabling the Pinnacle Service to support the migration of service order data to the replacement system, PCR-360.

ID #903501

EXTENDED MAINTENANCE

Impact of the change on users:

Users at all George Mason campuses and locations may experience a brief internet service interruption of approximately ten minutes during the maintenance window. New Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections will be unavailable intermittently during this period; however, existing VPN connections are expected to remain active. Services hosted in Azure are not expected to be affected.

Reason for the change:

Information Technology Services (ITS) is performing planned network maintenance to improve service reliability, maintain a supported network environment, and ensure continued access to vendor security updates and protections.

ID #902420