Presence and IntComm WG

["Ben Chinowsky" <>]

FYI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Pritts" 
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To: 
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Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:44 AM
Subject: Ann Arbor MITC full building power outage & maintenance, Weds 2/21
10:00pm - Thurs 2/22 6:00am


> Hi all,
>
> As part of commissioning the new data center here in the MITC building
> in Ann Arbor, Internet2 will suffer a full-building power outage from
> 2:00am-6:00am EST Thursday, 2/22.  All Ann Arbor-based Internet2 servers
> will be unavailable, and the Internet2 offices will lose all power.
>
> The electricians estimate that their work should take until about 3:30
> or 4:00, but have scheduled until 6:00am should trouble arise.
>
> During the outage, the InCommon WAYF and Internet2 web site will be
> failed over to their off-site backups.
>
>
> In addition, TSG will take this opportunity to do various maintenance.
>
> 1) the core network switch will be rebooted at around 11:00pm EST
> Weds 2/21, to install updated software.  This will interrupt all netwok
> connectivity to Internet2's portion of the building and MDF.  This
> should last about 15 minutes.
>
> 2) Various servers will be down at various times starting at 10:00pm EST.
>
> services affected will include:
>  CVS and subversion
>  webmail
>  irc
>  people.internet2.edu
>  blog.internet2.edu
>  edial
>
>
>
> Staff don't need to worry about equipment in the office, but you should
> probably put your laptops to sleep before you leave if you don't normally,
> so you don't end up with a dead battery in the morning.
>
> danno
> --
> Dan Pritts, System Administrator
> Internet2
> office: +1-734-352-4953 | mobile: +1-734-834-7224
>