Change notification for December Linux Production Patching

Please see the following scheduled Information Technology Services change process below.

Date: December 2, 2021
Start time: 7:00 PM
End time: Midnight

The following work is being completed: Linux systems managed by Information Technology Services will be updated to include newly released patches. As part of these updates, individual systems may need to be rebooted.

Groups affected: Entire WSU community

Duration of impact: Services may be unavailable for several minutes as servers are rebooted. Those services using redundant servers to provide additional availability should expect no user impact.

Processes or services affected: Processes that use ITS Linux services, including smtp.wsu.edu, Shibboleth authentication, ITS monitoring (zabbix), Splunk services, and the University communications web servers (www.wsu.edu and others) may be impacted.

Follow-up steps: None.

Contact: Issues should be routed through the Crimson Service Desk (crimsonservicedesk@wsu.edu or 509-335-4357)