Change notification for August Linux Production Patching

Please see the following Information Technology Services (ITS) scheduled maintenance:

Start Date: Thursday, July 28, 2022
Start time:  7:00 P.M.
End time:  12:00 A.M.

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.

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.

All affected groups: Entire WSU community.

All processes 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 customers need to take: None.

For questions/assistance, contact: Crimson Service Desk via email at crimsonservicedesk@wsu.edu , by phone at (509) 335-4357, or online at crimsonservicedesk.wsu.edu.