Oracle Production database Maintenance scheduled

The production Oracle database will be unavailable Friday Jan. 30 starting at 4am. A required Banner database change is being applied which requires all users to be logged off. The expected time of completion for the change is 3 hrs.

Please check this blog for status updates and database availability.

Update 7:55 a.m. :  Maintenance continues.

Update 2:43 p.m : At this time all issues related to the database maintenance has been resolved. Thank-you for the patience.

Internet Incoming Email is Down

ITS has just learned Internet incoming email is down as of sometime yesterday and is working to restore this as quickly as possible.

Dental Phone System

The Dental Phone System is once again fully operational.  Thanks for your patience.

DENTAL PHONES

The Dental Phone System is currently experiencing problems.  We are working with ATT and other 3rd party vendors to resolve quickly.  We are escalating to the highest priority and realize the importance of getting back up and running as soon as possible.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

Blacklisted by Comcast, Courts

Please be advised that messages originating from the @udmercy.edu domain are currently being blacklisted by several domains including Comcast and the US Courts.  ITS is working to clear our good name once again.

 

The cause of this is a user providing credential information in a response to a spam message.

 

Blacklisted by Microsoft

Regrettably, we are still blacklisted by Microsoft.  ITS is working to clear this situation as quickly as possible.

 

Banner Document Management access

The upgrade to document management has been concluded - The system is now available.

Blacklisted by GMAIL and Microsoft

The @udmercy.edu domain has been blacklisted by Microsoft and Google domains (and possibly others).  ITS is working to clear the blacklisting.

A reminder to all - never share your credentials with anyone.

Blackboard services available - Monday, Jan. 16 at 7:50 a.m.

Blackboard maintenance is concluded as planned and Blackboard services are available to public.

Sorry for possible inconvenience caused by this short service outage.

ITS

The Banner Document Management access is temporary unavailable due to a Banner upgrade.

Newest scam/phishing email to be seen within the UDM Community

If you receive an email like the one below, block the sender and delete the message.  This correspondence did not come from the UDM ITS Team.  

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the ITS Helpdesk at 313-993-1500.

Subject: Upgrade/Reactivate your mailboxTo: Recipients <admissions@udmercy.edu>
From: Admin <admissions@udmercy.edu>
Date: January 15, 2015 at 3:52:39 AM EST
Reply-To: info.loandepartment@xtra.co.nz This is to inform you that, your email storage limit is almost full, and you may not be able to send or receive incoming email, thereby having some of your messages held in our data base. To release your pending messages, and to upgrade/reacetivate your mailbox please ClickHere to fill the request form, and wait for response via email.
Thanks for your support. Happy New Year.
Warm Regard
Email System Administrator

Blackboard maintenance planned – Friday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 a.m.

Blackboard maintenance action scheduled for Friday, January 16, starting at 7:30 a.m. will result in short outage. Blackboard services are expected to get back online by 8:00 a.m.

If you plan on using Blackboard Friday morning, please close your session and log out on time to prevent possible loss of data. Please check this blog for updates on this maintenance action.

Thank you for your understanding,

ITS

Law & Dental Internet Now Working

The prior issues plaguing the Law and Dental school internet connections are no longer present and you should be able to access the internet as you previously did.  Thank you for your patience during this difficult time.

MCN WIFI Now Online

McNichols WIFI connections across campus were up and down earlier this morning.  Around 2:00 pm, ITS resolved the issue and all WIFI is fully up.

UDM Blacklisted for SPAMCOP monitored sites

The @udmercy.edu domain appears to be blacklisted by SPAMCOP.  The network team is working to resolve this as quickly as possible.

 

 

Internet Slow Across All Campuses

ITS is investigating slowness across the Internet on all three campuses.  The issue was first reported late Monday.

 

Internmittent outages may be experienced while we diagnose and work to resolve the issue.