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CED Active Directory outage

On Friday October 18, 2013 at 7:00 AM, CCS migrated its data centre firewalls to a newer device. This prevented CED staff from accessing their Active Directory server in the data centre. The problem was rectified and services were resumed … Continue reading

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Intermittent Wireless Access

A critical upgrade had to be done for the wireless network controllers all over the campus (except TRS) to allow for the use of enhanced wireless access points. The upgrade took place on Tuesday October 15, 2013 between 10:30 and … Continue reading

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YDI Network Outage: Friday, October 11, 2013 4:00 AM – 6:10 AM

During an automated software upgrade of a network switch, the device stopped passing network traffic. This caused a network outage for the 9th and 11th floors of the YDI building. Services were resumed at 6:10 AM after CCS staff were able … Continue reading

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Network Outage: Friday, September 27, 2013 7:25 AM – 7:55 AM

On Friday, September 27, 2013 at 7:25 AM,  a scheduled firewall upgrade failed which caused a network interruption  to the campus. A redundant firewall has taken over and services resumed at 7:55 AM. We apologize for the inconvenience this outage … Continue reading

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Network & Phone Outage in TRS

On Sunday, September 15, 2013, at 8:35  a network switch serving  the North/West corner of the 3rd floor in TRSM failed to provide power to the phones. The network switch had to be rebooted repeatedly on Monday, September 16, 2013 … Continue reading

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Network outage for POD: Friday, Sept. 13, 2013 7:35 AM – 8:30 AM

On Friday, September 13, 2013, between 7:35 AM and 8:30 AM,  a scheduled upgrade to the firewall appliance protecting the network in the POD building failed, causing a network outage to the Cashiers and Records & Registration offices. We apologize … Continue reading

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Network Outage in TRS: Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM

On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 9:30 AM,  the network switch that services the North/East corner on the 7th floor of the TRS building lost its configuration. This caused a network outage to workstations and phones on this portion of … Continue reading

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Network outage for HR

On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 9:05 AM,  the network switch that services the HR department on the 16th floor of the YDI building lost its configuration. This caused a network outage to workstations and phones on this floor. The … Continue reading

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Network Outage for Bookstore

On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 10:00 AM,  the firewall appliance protecting the Bookstore failed. This caused a network outage to workstations inside the Bookstore. The firewall has been replaced and services resumed at 10:05 AM We apologize for the … Continue reading

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RMS Outage – Admin, Self Serve and Activation

An  RMS service became unresponsive, starting around 1:00 PM today.   Service was fully restored around 1:40 PM.  RMS is the system that makes possible account activation at http://www.ryerson.ca/accounts/ and provides the password change and other features via “manage my online resources” inside … Continue reading

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