Apr 25, 2019

As a part of an ongoing commitment to maintain services, Langara IT continually enhances and upgrades systems and software. 

This notification outlines an upcoming maintenance window for operating system patching. 

Network Maintenance 

Date/Times(s)Sunday, April 28 (09:00 am–07:00 pm)
Type

Application and OS upgrade/patching

Description
  • Apply security patches to backend servers supporting Banner services

  • Upgrade database infrastructure supporting Citrix

  • Apply OS patches to IT servers

User Impact

All IT services will experience intermittent outages between 9AM and 7PM:

  • MyLibrary (before 11AM)

  • Citrix in labs and offices (starting at 12PM)

  • Network drives for students and employees (starting at 12PM)

  • myFiles

  • Printing

  • Footprints

  • 601 Broadway CS lab access

These services will be available:  

  • Banner

  • myLangara portal

  • myLangara student email

  • College Website www.langara.ca

  • 0365 email 

  • Sharepoint

  • Brightspace by D2L

  • Lynda.com

  • UPASS

  • Internet and WIFI

  • Telephone system

  • Emergency systems

Note: Maintenance windows are selected to minimize the down-time as much as possible for critical College systems.

Questions

If you have classes or exams scheduled during the maintenance period in computer labs or will be requiring AV services, please reach out to IT Help before Wednesday, April 24 to ensure no impact will occur.

Thank you for your patience as we work towards upgrading and securing IT services for Langara College.