Resolved: 14 Feb 2025, 13:00-14:00
GitLab update to 17.8.2. Expect slowdowns.
Resolved: 05 Feb 2025, 09:00-10:45
The PSS Windows Remote Access server in RAP stopped responding and showed a black screen when logging in. The server has now been rebooted, which has cleared the issue.
Completed: 28 Jan 2025, 21:00-21:15
Zimbra server being rebooted for security updates.
Completed: 26 Jan 2025, 23:30-23:58
www.maths.ox.ac.uk outage whilst migrating onto a new hypervisor system.
Completed: 26 Jan 2025, 22:45-23:20
people.maths.ox.ac.uk (personal websites) and www2.maths.ox.ac.uk outages whilst migrating onto a new hypervisor system.
Completed: 25 Jan 2025, 23:20-0:55
courses.maths.ox.ac.uk outage whilst migrating onto a new hypervisor system.
Resolved: 22 Jan 2025, 14:10-15:10
The main department website and some other systems were running slowly and intermittently timing out due to unusually high load on the VM cluster.
Completed: 13 Jan 2025, 10:00-10:30
GitLab update to 17.5.5. Expect slowdowns.
Resolved: 11 Jan 2025, 03:10-11:10
One of the Compute Server rack PDUs become overloaded, affecting several servers and a network switch. This has now been fixed and the affected servers restarted.
Completed: 9 Jan 2025, 21:00-21:15
Zimbra email service downtime due to updates.
Completed: 6 Jan 2025, 11:45-12:15
GitLab update to 17.5.4. Expect slowdowns.
Completed: 2 Jan 2025, 08:45-08:50
Department website security upgrade. Downtime should be under 5 minutes.
Completed: 18 Dec 2024, 12:00-12:15.
Workflow system maintenance. Downtime is expected to be around 15 minutes.
Completed: 10 Dec 2024, 08:30-08:45
Moodle security upgrade. Downtime should be under 5 minutes.
Completed: 6 Dec 2024, 13:30-14:00
GitLab update to 17.5.3. Expect slowdowns.
Completed: 26 Nov 2024, 11:00-12:00
GitLab update to 17.5.2. Expect slowdowns.
Completed: 22 Nov 2024, 07:30-07:50
Planned maintenance of storage servers during which networked storage may be unavailable.
Completed: 19 Nov 2024, 11:00-14:00
Apply patches and reboot active directory domain servers.
Completed: 16 Oct 2024, 12:00-13:00
Scheduled GitLab maintenance. Service will be unavailable during this time. Expected to be back online by 13:00.
Completed: 04 Oct 2024, 19:00 - 05 Oct 2024, 18:30
In order for the university to complete a critical stage of the new Schwarzman building construction, an electrical shutdown of key systems in the basement of Maths is required. Temporary alternative power arrangements will be put in place, so no downtime is required, but systems should be considered "at risk".