Description

From Monday, 28 October, until Friday 15 November, an essential upgrade will take place to the departmental filestore (sometimes referred to as GPFS). Note : this work is continuing from the initial expected end date of Thursday 7 November. During the upgrade, the service will remain accessible but should be considered at risk. A brief outage of approximately two hours is required. ***Update 11 November*** It has been confirmed that an outage of approximately 2 hours will occur between 7:30 am and 9:30 am on the morning of Tuesday 12 November to switch to the new version of the filestore. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience during this brief disruption. 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 a wide range of services use elements of the departmental filestore to perform certain functions. Elements of business services may be affected and include, but are not limited to, the following services: - BS:ZB-SSCM Redcap BS:ZB-SSCM HPC hosting BS:ZB-ALSPAC filestore BS:ZC-RX-Works BS:ZB-SSCM file storage BS:ZB-SOCS file storage BS: Voicemail Service BS:Voicemail Service VOIP BS:Personal Web Page Service BS:ZD-GELY Geophysics Suite BS:ZD-CHEM Teaching data upload service BS:SSO Business 2 Jasig CAS 2.0.12 BS:Temporary Network Storage IT staff will check services to ensure quick recovery if any issues arise. If you have any queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the IT Service Desk at bristol.ac.uk/it-services/contacts (Ref: C2408-273)

Components

Departmental Filestore, Other services

Schedule

October 28, 2024 9:00AM - November 15, 2024 7:00PM GMT