Date Released: Mon, 1 August 2011 10:00 +0200

On Tuesday 2 August we'll be undertaking major maintenance work on the University's core network from 7PM onwards.

Whilst the maintenance work is in progress, you can expect all ICT services at Rhodes to be unavailable. This includes, for example, Internet access, network access, email, home directories, printing, public computer labs, telephones, etc -- if it isn't stored on your own computer, do not expect to be able to access it. While it is possible that at times some or all of these services may be available, you can expect them to be unreliable or to become unavailable without any warning.

This maintenance work is the first to take advantage of the scheduled maintenance window that was approved by the ITSC last year. The approved maintenance window starts at 5.30PM, but to reduce the impact of this we've elected to only begin service-affecting work from 7PM.

It is uncertain how long the planned work will take, but you should not expect to be able to make use of any ICT services before midnight at the earliest. It is expected that all work will be completed well before the end of the approved maintenance period (7.30AM on Thursday morning).

As usual, further information about this work and updates may be found on our noticeboard at http://noticeboard.ru.ac.za/post.5532581