Friday/Saturday September 10-11, 1999

End of Quarter System Archives

Starting time of service interruption: Friday September 10, 1999 5:00 PM
Ending time of service interruption: Saturday September 11, 1999 12 Noon

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. We would normally schedule this for a non-workday,
        but this backup has been scheduled to accommodate incoming
        RESNet students adding new accounts on Saturday, September 11
        and Sunday, September 12.
        
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 including 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 unavailable
                                    between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM Friday
                                    evening, September 10.
                                    
                                    However:
                                    
                                    IMAP and POP OpenMail clients
                                    (Netscape, Eudora, etc.) can
                                    connect to openmail1.calpoly.edu,
                                    except for the times given above,
                                    but cannot send any mail to anyone.
                                    Mail to Faculty and Staff with
                                    OpenMail addresses will be
                                    delivered normally.
                                    
                                    Other mail to alias@calpoly.edu or
                                    mail to anyone@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 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 will be made,
        along with the removal of obsolete hardware.