Change notification for May Linux Production Patching

Please see the following ITS maintenance notification:

Dates: Tuesday, May 4th, 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.

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 may be impacted.

Follow up steps customers need to take: None.

Questions? Please contact Crimson Service Desk via email at crimsonservicedesk@wsu.edu, by phone at 509-335-4357