News - Jan 2006

Jan 25 2006 - Blackboard will be down for maintenance on Weds. Jan 25 from 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM. We will be upgrading database storage.

Jan 11 2006 - Icarus will be down for hardware maintenance (to replace a bad CPU) Friday morning 1/13/2006 from 12:01am-6am.

Jan 11 2006 - Blackboard will be down for maintenance on Weds. Jan. 11 from 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM. We will be upgrading networking on the server.

Jan 09 2006 - UICalendar (Oracle Calendar) will be down from 10pm thru 11:30pm tonight as we add more memory to the server. The additional memory should alleviate the recent instability somewhat. We are still working with Oracle to determine the underlying problem.

Jan 09 2006 - There has been power loss affecting many ACCC labs. Additionally, some labs may have electricity but no network access. Please be patient as we work to restore service. Thank you.

Jan 06 2006 - We are still experiencing problems with the upgraded server software when it is under heavy load. We are working closely with Oracle on solving the problem. In the meantime, there will be sluggishness or a total freeze-up during peak periods. To date we've been averaging one freeze-up per day, which means a complete system restart. You'll know this has happened if your desktop client reports it has lost contact with the server.

We regret the incoveniences caused and appreciate your patience.

Jan 06 2006 - We are experiencing some delays in mail delivery because we are for the first time spam-filtering of all incoming @uic.edu mail. This week, the spammers seem to have ramped up the action. We're in process trying to make adjustments to fix this, and regret any inconviences caused.