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  • Update on this week's unplanned power outage

    July 17, 2020

    This notice serves to advise you that the unplanned power outage earlier this week that brought down the Butrovich Computing Facility [BCF] has been resolved. The power outage at the BCF happened due to an unfortunate series of events involving the electrical power supply during the installation of the new generator.

  • July tech tips

    July 16, 2020

    Play Hard to Get with Strangers: If you're unsure who an email is from--even if the details appear accurate--do not respond, and do not click on any links or attachments.

  • Update on unplanned outage and service restoration

    July 14, 2020

    Recovery from the unplanned power outage at the Butrovich Computer Facility is going well and most 澳门六合彩开奖appservices and applications have been restored; however, there are few that remain down. To monitor the most recent status updates, please visit the Status page. In addition to current status updates, there is an option to subscribe and receive updates automatically.

  • Update on unplanned outage affecting 澳门六合彩开奖appnetworks and web services

    July 13, 2020

    The Butrovich Computer Center Back-Up project (specifically, installation and testing of the back-up generator) encountered unexpected difficulties this morning, which left the Butrovich Computing Facility (BCF) without power and offline for much of the day. As of 5 p.m, July 13, 2020, activities to resolve problems with the backup generator installation have been suspended. Instead, the electrical work performed earlier in the day will be backed-out, and stable utility power is being restored.

  • Unplanned Outage affecting 澳门六合彩开奖appwebsites, systems, telephones

    July 13, 2020

    The 澳门六合彩开奖appOffice of Information Technology is currently investigating an unplanned outage at the Data Center impacting UAonline, Banner, Blackboard, ELMO, alaska.edu websites, UAF phone and network services. The National Weather Service phones also are offline due to the power outage. The power is expected to come back online in about 10 minutes with computers restarting shortly thereafter.

  • REMINDER: No power or access to the Butrovich Building July 14 - July 17

    July 10, 2020

    The power in the Butrovich Building's first and second floors will be off Tuesday, July 14 through Friday, July 17 for the final installation of a new 800-kilowatt backup generator for the systemwide data center. Building access will be restricted during these dates, and only Data Center staff and contractors will be allowed on-site.

  • 澳门六合彩开奖appemail forwarding policy change

    July 06, 2020

    The following policy change to the 澳门六合彩开奖appsystem Accounting and Administrative Manual (No.: 300: A-01) no longer allows for employees to forward their work email to a personal email: