Change notification for March Linux Production Patching

Please see the following ITS maintenance notification:

Dates: Thursday, March 2, 2023
Start Time: 7:00 PM
End Time: 11:59 PM

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.

All affected groups: 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.

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.

Questions? Crimson Service Desk via email at crimsonservicedesk@wsu.edu or phone at 509-335-4357.