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Affected Services during the disruptions
NOTE: The information detailed below is our current expectation of the services affected by the outage. Please check our Service Alerts page over the course of the weekend for up to date information on service availability.
| Service | Details |
|---|---|
| Networked data storage | There will be no access to personal or shared storage. This includes access to storage from home via the VPN service. Note: some Schools provide their own file storage which may not be affected by this outage. |
| Networked printers | No network printing |
| Corporate IT services | Most Corporate IT systems will not be operational. This includes Finance, HR and EBIS. The exceptions are listed in the next section |
| MyEd | The MyEd portal will be unavailable. However the MyEd home page will provide links to key services available during the weekend disruptions. |
| Web site hosting | Virtually all web sites that are not part of the main University website are affected by this outage. This will also affect any content such as documents or mini applications that are linked into the main University web site. Web sites that are not affected are those hosted on the servers webhost1.is, morse, mcnutt, marzipan, caramel and praline |
| Applications | Several of the applications provided on staff computers won’t be available. These are listed below. Additionally, any personalisation you have made to the applications on staff computers will not be applied. Maple, ASReml, AutoCAD 2006, Splus, SPSS, SPSS Commute Licence, Sibelius 5, EViews, Unisim, Zoo (Rhino3d & Flamingo), SolidWorks 2009. Other applications may be impacted by the outage that we cannot predict at this stage & all desktop applications may suffer from reduced performance speed. |
| Library Circulation & Catalogue (OPAC) | Partially available: The Library Catalogue(OPAC) will be available. It will be read only so will not provide item status information. You will be able to borrow books where staff are available at desks but you will not be able to use the self issue or renew your books online. |
Unaffected services
The following services will be available over the affected weekends:
| Service | Details |
|---|---|
| E-Resources | Electronic journals will continue to be available via the ejournals portal. The E-resources FAQ will provide guidance and information to access electronic journals directly in the event of problems with the portal |
| Web CT | The changes required to ensure this service will be available have been made and the service will be fully operational over the weekend |
| Email and diary | The changes required to ensure this service will be available have been made and the service will be fully operational over the weekend |
| University Web Site | The changes required to ensure this service will be available have been made and the service will be fully operational over the weekend |
| EUCLID | The changes required to ensure this service will be available have been made and the service will be fully operational over the weekend |
| The University Wiki | The changes required to ensure this service will be available have been made and the service will be fully operational over the weekend |
| Holyrood | The changes required to ensure this service will be available have been made and the service will be fully operational over the weekend |
This article was published on Feb 17, 2011