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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 27, 2020
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is preparing to conduct a series of firewall upgrades from 8.1.10 to the latest recommended version starting Tuesday, May 5.
Summary Sentence:
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is preparing to conduct a series of firewall starting Tuesday, May 5.
Full Summary:
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is preparing to conduct a series of firewall upgrades starting Tuesday, May 5.
Firewall UpgradeThe Office of Information Technology (OIT) is preparing to conduct a series of firewall upgrades starting Tuesday, May 5.
The schedule for the series of upgrades is as follows:
This will begin at 8:00 p.m. on May 5 and conclude by 11:59 p.m.
This will begin at 8:00 p.m. on May 7 and conclude by 11:59 p.m.
This will begin at 7:00 p.m. on May 8 and conclude by 2:00 a.m. on May 9. This is similar to previous upgrades that involved services being pulled offline temporarily. Services that may be disrupted during this upgrade include Banner, Workday, TechWorks, Office 365, DNS, Oracle Internet Directory (OID), OSP, Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), and ETL.
Up-to-date progress will be provided on Georgia Tech’s Status page, http://status.gatech.edu. To report any issues you believe are related to the upgrade, please call (404 )894-4669.
