Service Notes

Microsoft has now unblocked Truman mail to Hotmail and Outlook.com addresses.

Please use caution in responding to any emails. Truman will not ask you to enter your account and password through a link included in an email. If logging on is necessary, always manually enter a previously known link instead of clicking on one in an email. Never buy giftcards or other items for a co-worker or department head based on an email request unless you have confirmed that the request is legitimate through non-email means. If an offer is given that seems too good to be true, it usually is a scam. Please contact the IT Service Center with any questions at x4544.

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There was a Truman user whose account and password was compromised and used by a spammer to send a lot of spam messages. This caused us to be added to a block list that is keeping us from sending mail to Hotmail and Outlook.com addresses.

We have gone through the process to get us delisted. But it may take a few days to get this cleared.

If you have another way to reach your person,  you may want to try it.

*UPDATE* - ITS has identified the root cause of the issue, and are looking at implementing a solution.  Again, we apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience and understanding.

ITS have recieved numerous reports of issue with printing from Word or Excel.  When printing from these applications, users are reporting that the application will lock-up, and then close without printing the document.

One potential temporary workaround is try other printers or copiers, and see if there may be one that will allow you to print.  Usually, if one printer will not allow you to print, it will not until this issue is resolved.  But, if one printer or copier does allow you to print, then you should be able to continue using that printer or copier until this issue is resolved.

ITS is aware of this issue and is working to resolve it.  There is currently no Estimated Time to Resolution, and an update will be posted when the issue is resolved.

We apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience.

All Truman WordPress sites will be updated at approximately 8:00 p.m. during tonight's maintenance window. Any downtime should be brief. This includes all personal and organization sites using WordPress, blogs.truman.edu, wp-internal.truman.edu, tmn.truman.edu, and www.truman.edu.

There will be a brief network outage in Centennial Hall North and the first floor of Campbell Apartments between 6:15 and 7:15 am on 9/11/2020. All services should be restored within 15 minutes of going offline. 

Our phone provider will be rebooting one of our phone gateways this evening at 8pm. There are around 48 extensions on this gateway. The unit should be back up within about 10 mins. 

All Truman WordPress sites will be updated at approximately 8:00 p.m. during tonight's maintenance window. Any downtime should be brief. This includes all personal and organization sites using WordPress, blogs.truman.edu, wp-internal.truman.edu, tmn.truman.edu, and www.truman.edu.

***UPDATE*** This issue has been resolved. 

There are around 48 phone numbers, primarily in Barnett Hall, due to a failed power supply on one of our phone gateways. Our provider, Socket, is working on getting us a replacement. They are trying to get one to us today, but it may be tomorrow before this issue is resolved. 

*UPDATE* The issue has been resolved for all newly issued cards moving forward, but may still occur for previuosly created ID Cards.  If you have an issue with your Student ID Card, or if you are made aware of a student with an issue with their ID Card and the Pcounter printing system, please have have them go to the IT Service Center on the 2nd floor of the Pickler Memorial Libray, room 203, and they will be able to assist with this issue.  We apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience.

*UPDATE* The issue with the Student ID cards is still ongoing.  ITS is working with the Truman ID Office to resolve this issue.  In the mean-time, please follow the steps outlined in the original Service Note.  An update willbe posted, with any instructions, once the issue has been resolved.  We apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you again for your time and patience.

ITS was made aware of an issue with new Student IDs not working for using the Student Printing system.  When a student swipes their card to print their document(s), the swipe "beeps", but does not release the print job to the printer.  A workaround for this is for the student to use the Release Station laptops in Pickler Library 1st floor, or Violet Hall 2001.  A student can also go the IT Service Center, located on the 2nd floor of the Pickler Library, room 203, and they will be able to assist with enabling their card to work with the Student Printing system.  ITS is aware of this issue, and is working to resolve it.  We apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience.

The University secondary internet connection may be unavailble this afternoon from 4:30PM to 6:30PM while our internet service provider performs emergency maintenance. No outage is expected and traffic should re-route via the primary connection. 

All Truman WordPress sites will be updated at approximately 8:00 p.m. during tonight's maintenance window. Any downtime should be brief. This includes all personal and organization sites using WordPress, blogs.truman.edu, wp-internal.truman.edu, tmn.truman.edu, and www.truman.edu.

At approximately 2:50 PM today, ITS was made aware of an unexpected outage with Faculty/Staff printing, affecting the entire campus. ITS quickly identififed the issue and resolution.  Printing services were restored campus-wide at aprroximately 3:00 PM.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, and thank you for your patience and understanding.

*UPDATE* - Maintenance on the Faculty/Staff email server has been completed.  All Faculty/Staff email services are online and functioning again.  Again, we apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for youer patience and understanding.

Email services for all Faculty/Staff members may be down tonight starting at 10:00 PM for necessary maintenance. This maintenance should not take more than 1 hour but may be done before.  An update to this service note will be posted once email services has been restored.  We apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience.

PHP upgrade on multiple WordPress servers is scheduled tonight starting at 7:30pm. All WordPress websites will be affected.

Tonight at 10:00PM the virtual desktop system will be briefly unavailable for a system upgrade. 

Following the upgrade the view.truman.edu website will have a new look with better browser compatibility and performance. The process for logging into virtual desktops from thin clients on campus will be unchanged.

For personally owned devices that are using the Horizon Client (and not accessing the system from a web browser) individuals should update the client to the latest version for the best performance:

https://secure.truman.edu/its-s/viewclient/

*UPDATE* The upgrade and implementation has been completed.  All services should be working again.  Again, we apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for youe patience.

At approximately 10:00 PM tonight, ITS will be performing an upgrade to the Windows Server Update Server, which handles Windows Updates for all of the Truman State University owned devices.  This process will only affect receiving updates, and no other outage is expected.  The process should take approximately (1) hour, and when completed, an update will be posted.  ITS would like to apologzie for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

A decision has been made to discontinue campus-wide cable service. On June 30th, the contract ended with our current television service provider and many of the channels are no longer available.  We will still be providing local over-the-air channels on campus. An updated list of these channels can be found here: https://www.truman.edu/residence-life/services/television-service/

PHP upgrade on an WordPress server is scheduled during tonight's maintenance window at 7:30pm. All WordPress websites will be affected except for www.truman.edu.

*UPDATE* - ITS resolved the issue, and printing services have been restored.  Again we apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience.

The Print Server that handles the Faculty and Staff printing experienced an outage.  ITS is aware of the issue, and it working to resolve it.  We apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience. 

The Banner upgrade is complete. Services are available. 

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The Banner system is scheduled for a major upgrade this Sunday, June 28th.  Banner and all Banner integrated, dependent services including the Banner links in TruView will be unavailable starting at 4am Sunday morning, June 28th, and will remain down until the completion of the upgrade. Please plan for Banner services to be unavailable all day.  
 
 

All Truman WordPress sites will be updated at approximately 8:00 p.m. during tonight's maintenance window. Any downtime should be brief. This includes all personal and organization sites using WordPress, blogs.truman.edu, wp-internal.truman.edu, tmn.truman.edu, and www.truman.edu.

***UPDATE*** Our provider states that they believe this issue has been resolved. Users should be able to log back into the software now but may need to close out of the application entirely before being able to log back in. 

Our provider is currently troubleshooting an unexpected issue with the UC-One Phone service. Users will be unable to log in and make or receive calls through the software at this time. 

Update: Maintenance is complete. Banner and all Banner related services are available..

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We will be completing a quick maintenance on the Banner database server during the Thursday maintenance window at 7:30pm. Banner and Banner integrated services will be unavailable during this window. We expect to have services restored by 8:00pm.

All Truman WordPress sites will be updated at approximately 8:00 p.m. during tonight's maintenance window. Any downtime should be brief. This includes all personal and organization sites using WordPress, blogs.truman.edu, wp-internal.truman.edu, tmn.truman.edu, and www.truman.edu.

UPDATE: As of 1:30PM, full internet service has been restored. 

ORIGINAL SERVICE NOTE:

One of the University's internet circuits is unavailable due to an emergency fiber repair. Estimated time to repair is 3:00PM this afternoon. 

Services and internet traffic will automatically route via a redundant circuit but overall connection speeds may be degraded in the interim. 

Banner Admin Pages were unavailable morning. We were able to resolve the issues and get services restarted. All Banner services are now available.