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Dec-2, 10:00pm EST
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VCU Technology Services will be performing routine maintenance on Banner Production beginning 12/02/2023 starting at 10PM EST.

You may not be able to access Banner Production Admin Pages, eServices, and Faculty Grade Entry for a short period of time, but we’ll have things back up and running as soon as possible to minimize disruptions.

Please contact the IT Support Center with any questions or concerns at 804-828-2227 or itsc@vcu.edu. 

 
Dec-3, 4:00am EST

Scheduled maintenance for Banner Production is complete. 

Please contact the IT Support Center with any questions or concerns at 804-828-2227 or itsc@vcu.edu. 

November 05, 6:00pm EST
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Nov-5, 6:00pm EST
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On Sunday November 5th starting at 6pm Network Services will be replacing EOL gear in Harris Hall.  This work will create a temporary loss of connectivity for site to site VPN connections such as RPD, AWS, T4, LabCorp, and Qatar.  The CenturyLink ISP connection will also experience a temporary loss of connectivity however internet connectivity is not expected to be disrupted.

 
Nov-6, 7:03am EST

The Harris Hall EOL replacement was successfully completed. 

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Oct-31, 8:00am EDT
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VCU Technology Services will be performing routine maintenance on Canvas beginning October 31st starting at 8:00 AM. 

Courses for Spring 2024 are being loaded into Canvas at this time. This process will take several hours and is being closely monitored. For more information, please see the following blog post: 
Revolutionizing Course Management: Ellucian ILP Meets Canvas.

Please direct any questions or concerns to LSRequest@vcu.edu.

 
Nov-1, 9:35am EDT

Scheduled maintenance for Canvas is complete. 

Please contact LSRequest@vcu.edu with any questions.

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Sep-2, 11:00am EDT
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Updated: Top Hat SMS submission is now available!

  • The normal message “Use Top Hat or text [number] + your response to [phone number]” appears on presented questions.
  • Students are able to add or change their phone number in Account Settings > Phone Number & SMS.

Original Alert: Top Hat’s SMS text message submission functionality is temporarily unavailable to students with US phone numbers due to new regulations around SMS messaging from application providers to users of digital services. 

We recommend that students either use the Top Hat mobile app or a desktop web browser while SMS submissions are unavailable. These are the most frequently used methods of response submission and will continue to work as expected. 

If you have questions about your eligibility as a currently enrolled VCU student for access to Top Hat, or if you are a current VCU faculty member teaching with Top Hat and have questions, please contact us by emailing us at tophat@vcu.edu.

During the time when SMS submissions are not available in Top Hat

  • Presented questions in the US will show “SMS Text Message Submissions are Currently Unavailable."
  • In Student Account Settings, the Phone Number & SMS tab will display the message, "Top Hat is experiencing an issue with our SMS service provider, which is preventing us from linking any US phone number to your account at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please check back here in the future to add or change your phone number."

When SMS submissions availability in Top Hat resumes:

  • The normal message “Use Top Hat or text [number] + your response to [phone number]” will appear on presented questions.
  • Students will be able to add or change their phone number in Account Settings > Phone Number & SMS.

 
Sep-8, 10:54am EDT

Updated: Top Hat SMS submission is now available!

  • The normal message “Use Top Hat or text [number] + your response to [phone number]” appears on presented questions.
  • Students are able to add or change their phone number in Account Settings > Phone Number & SMS.
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Jul-23, 6:00pm EDT
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Network Services will be replacing a core router at Harris Hall on Sunday July 23rd starting at 6pm.  A network outage is expected to be minimal as the network cores are redundantly designed, however there could be a brief reconvergence. All of the PE's that connect to the Harris core also have redundant connections with the Poca core.  This maintenance should be completed by 11pm.

 
Jul-23, 10:52pm EDT

Network Services has successfully completed the Harris core router replacement.

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Jun-3, 10:00pm EDT
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VCU Technology Services will be performing routine maintenance on beginning 06/03/2023 starting at 10 PM ET. 

You may not be able to access Banner Production Admin Pages, eServices, and Faculty Grade Entry for a short period of time, but we’ll have things back up and running as soon as possible to minimize disruptions.

Please contact the IT Support Center with any questions or concerns at 804-828-2227 or itsc@vcu.edu. 

 
Jun-4, 4:00am EDT

Scheduled maintenance for Banner Production is complete. 

Please contact the IT Support Center with any questions or concerns at 804-828-2227 or itsc@vcu.edu. 

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May-25, 2:24pm EDT
[closed] Currently our primary ISP connection is down and all internet connectivity has successfully been redirected to our backup link.  Network Services is currently reaching out to our primary ISP to resolve and determine nature of the outage.  A follow up post will be made once more information is known.
April 18, 9:12am EDT
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Apr-18, 9:12am EDT
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Customers are experiencing problems with accessing the internet at various locations on campus.   We are actively investigating the outage and trying to resolve it.

Please contact the IT Support Center with any questions or concerns at 804-828-2227 or itsc@vcu.edu.

 
Apr-18, 9:58am EDT
The upstream peering provider Equinix had issues that would have been the cause of our outages.   We will continue to monitor and work further with our providers.  
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Apr-11, 12:00am EDT
[closed] One of our commercial ISP's will be conducting a fiber maintenance to repair damaged fiber.  The expected outage from this repair will range between 1 and 6 hours and will impact one of our internet providers.  There should NOT be an impact for internet access due to vendor ISP redundancy.
 
Apr-11, 7:19am EDT

Our commercial ISP has successfully repaired the damaged fiber and service has been restored.

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Mar-31, 7:22am EDT
[closed] Network Services is currently investigating a network outage with Founders Hall.  There is a possible fiber cut and attempts are being made to find a usable pair.  A follow up post will be made at a later time.
 
Mar-31, 7:27am EDT

Network connectivity has been restored at Founders Hall and the building is back online.