University Network Status and Annoucements

UCS Interruptions

On the evening of Sunday 6th September, we will be performing some minor maintenance to the phone system. This will result in some phones rebooting but should not otherwise cause any disruption.

Extent: central DNS services Impact: brief interruptions to service We will be restarting the DNS servers to deploy a security patch.

Please be aware that the VPN and Managed VPN services will be subject to interruptions on the morning of Tuesday 8th September between 8.00 and 9.00 a.m. This is due to essential maintenance on the VPN infrastructure. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk will be rebooted following necessary software updates on Monday August 24th.

Some sites hosted on the Managed Web Service were unavailable until 09:46 this morning, 18th August. We believe that the service is now operating normally.

Desktop Services will be unavailable from 07:30 - 09:00 on Thursday 13th August due to routine maintenance and application of Windows patches. Services affected: - All MCS machines - MCS/DS users' home directories - Personal, group and society webpages - Group file space (UX) - Dsfiles.ds.cam.ac.uk

The UIS (Academic and Infrastructure) central services network will be upgraded between 7 and 9am on the mornings of Tuesday 18th and Thursday 20th August 2015. This will result in interruptions to access to most central services including DNS, Raven, Hermes, Falcon sites, MCS and the University Wireless system.