December 2023 Linux Production Patching

Please see the following scheduled Information Technology Services (ITS) change process below:

Date: Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023

Start Time: 7 p.m.
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 (wsu.edu and others) may be impacted.

Follow up steps: none.

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