Friday/Saturday December 18-19, 1998

End of Quarter System Archives

Starting time of service interruption: Friday December 18, 1998 5:00 PM
Ending time of service interruption: Saturday December 19, 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 Archiving requires that all users be off the system
        to ensure that the archival backup is a complete image of all
        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).   "openmail1" users should
        refer to the notes below for how this outage will affect them.

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
                                        unavailable.
                                        
                                        OpenMail and OpenTime for
                                        Faculty and Staff will be
                                        available.
                                        
                                        However:
                                        
                                        IMAP and POP OpenMail clients
                                        (Netscape, Eudora, etc.) can
                                        connect to
                                        openmail1.calpoly.edu and read
                                        mail, but cannot send any mail
                                        to anyone.
                                        
                                        Mail from within OpenMail to
                                        Faculty and Staff with
                                        OpenMail addresses will be
                                        delivered normally.
                                        
                                        Other mail to
                                        alias@calpoly.edu or mail to
                                        loginID@polymail.calpoly.edu
                                        will be delayed.
                                        
                                        Mail to all other addresses
                                        will be delivered.
                                        
        World Wide Web                  Users will not be able to
                                        access the Cal Poly home page
                                        or any other pages housed on
                                        Central UNIX
                                        (www.calpoly.edu).
                                        
        Gopher                          Users will not be able to
                                        access any gopher pages housed
                                        on Central UNIX
                                        (gopher.calpoly.edu).
                                        
        UNIX Mail                       PINE, Elm and UNIX mail on
                                        Central UNIX will 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 will fail to
                                        connect.
                                        
        Central UNIX user login         Users will not be able to
        sessions                        connect 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 will be made.