Description

Over the weekend of the 26/27 June 2021 an essential upgrade will take place of the departmental filestore (sometimes referred to as GPFS). There will be an interruption to some services (detailed below) of up to two hours between midday and 10pm on Saturday 26 June. Prior to this there is a *risk* of interruption between 08:00 and midday but this should not be prolonged. Over the weekend services below should be considered at risk To minimize the impact of this the work we have scheduled it over a weekend as there are many activities to perform across multiple areas This work may affect some (but not all) filestores accessed via: \\ads.bris.ac.uk\filestore \\ads.bris.ac.uk\folders \\ads.bris.ac.uk\servers \\ads.bris.ac.uk\software Please note that elements of the departmental filestore are used by a wide range of services to perform certain functions. Elements of business services may be affected and include, but are not limited to, the following services: - some functionality within SITS - Access to :ads.bris.ac.uk/Filestore/MyERP/AgressoDesktopGPFS - Temporary Network Storage - Voicemail Service - ZB-ALSPAC filestore - Web departmental ‘media’ folders - Interact - ZD-GELY Geophysics Suite Business 2 - RX-Works - Patient Management System For Veterinary Cases Every effort has been made to find a suitable time to conduct this work. IT staff will be checking services during the work to ensure prompt recovery. If you have any queries or concerns please do not hesitate to contact the IT Service Desk, uob.sharepoint.com/sites/itservices/SitePages/contacts.aspx.

Components

Departmental Filestore, Other services

Schedule

June 26, 2021 4:05PM - 10:00PM BST