Friday/Saturday June 19-20, 1998

End of Quarter System Archives

Starting time of service interruption: Friday June 19, 1998 4:00 PM
Ending time of service interruption: Saturday June 20, 1998 2:00 PM

What is the Reason for this Service Interruption?

     The system is being taken down for End of Quarter Archives. End of
     Quarter Archives require that all users be off the system to ensure
     that the archival backup is a complete image of all of the files.

Who is Affected by this Service Interruption?

     All users who use Central UNIX via Telnet, POP, IMAP, Web Services,
     Access to "openmail2" (Student OpenMail), and all other users of
     the system except those users accessing "openmail1" (Faculty/Staff
     OpenMail).

What Services will be Affected and How?

     All services except Faculty/Staff OpenMail and OpenTime will be
     affected as noted:

     Service                        How Users will be affected
     OpenMail and OpenTime          OpenMail for students will be down
                                    (openmail2). The Web interface for
                                    Students will also be unavailable.
                                    OpenMail and OpenTime for Faculty
                                    and Staff will be available
                                    (openmail1).  The Web interface for
                                    Faculty and Staff OpenMail will
                                    also be unavailable.
                                    All incoming mail from outside
                                    OpenMail will be delayed for the
                                    duration of the outage.
     World Wide Web                 Users will not see pages housed on
                                    the Cal Poly central web server
                                    (www.calpoly.edu) or links to pages
                                    that are referred to off of the
                                    central web server.
     Gopher                         Users will not be able to access
                                    documents on the Cal Poly gopher
                                    server. This includes pages
                                    referred to by other gopher and web
                                    servers.
     UNIX Mail                      PINE, Elm and UNIX mail on Central
                                    UNIX may not be available
     POP Server                     Any pop client (Netscape, Eudora,
                                    etc.) pointing to pop.calpoly.edu
                                    will fail to connect.
     SMTP Mail Server               Any mail client sending mail via
                                    smtp.calpoly.edu or
                                    mail.calpoly.edu may fail to
                                    connect.
     Central UNIX user login        Users will not be able to connect
     sessions                       to polylog1 or rodin.
     Xterminals                     Xterminals which are served via the
                                    Central UNIX cluster will be down.

What is the Expected Outcome of this Service Interruption?

     A complete archive of the system and user files, deleting expired
     accounts, and disk space recovery will be made. This backup has
     been scheduled to accommodate incoming RESNet students adding new
     accounts on Saturday, June 20.