OIT will be performing critical maintenance on all core routers on Sunday, December 14, between 6:00 AM and 11:00 AM. This will be a rolling outage, meaning different areas of campus will experience up to 30 minutes of network disruption during this window. This includes internet and vpn. Thank you for your patience as we…
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) will be performing an upgrade to the AiM servers beginning January 16 -19, 2026. Please take note of the following details to prepare for the scheduled downtime. Upgrade Schedule: Start: Friday, January 16, 2026, at 5:00 PM End: Sunday, January 19, 2026, at 9:00 PM During this window, the…
OIT will perform upgrades to the Banner platform starting Saturday, October 26, 4:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The following related services will be unavailable during the upgrade period: If you have any questions or concerns, contact the IT Service Desk at 205-348-5555 or itsd@ua.edu
OIT will be performing critical maintenance on core routers within the Data Centers on Sunday, October 12, between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM. There will be intermittent loss of communication with the Gordon Palmer and Ridgecrest Data Centers during this period. Thank you for your patience as we work to improve network reliability and performance.…
The OIT network team will be replacing core routers in the data center on Friday, September 12, from 7 am to 12 pm. We do not expect any outages due to these updates.
OIT will perform upgrades to the Banner platform starting Sunday, March 30, 4:00 a.m. until 10 a.m. The following related services will be unavailable during the upgrade period: If you have any questions or concerns, contact the IT Service Desk at 205-348-5555 or itsd@ua.edu
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) will be performing an essential upgrade to the AiM system this October. Please take note of the following details to prepare for the scheduled downtime. Upgrade Schedule: During this window, the AiM system, including AiM Mobile and all reports or interfaces that rely on AiM data, will be unavailable. It’s…
On July 19, 2024, at 4:09 UTC, The University of Alabama’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) faced a significant challenge when a defective Crowdstrike update caused a widespread disruption across campus systems. Crowdstrike, an industry-leading platform used by UA to protect servers from cyber threats, had released a Rapid Response Content update for Windows systems, which inadvertently caused many…
A global CrowdStrike outage early Friday morning is affecting the University of Alabama network. The current known impact is network connectivity in some areas of campus and OnBase management platform. A security incident or cyberattack did not cause this outage. CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity software detects and blocks hacking threats. Like other cybersecurity products, it requires deep-level…
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is performing a disaster recovery exercise from Saturday, May 18, at 7:00 a.m. to Sunday, May 19, at 7:00 p.m. The exercise will involve shutting down the Gordon Palmer data center network and restoring services at the Ridgecrest data center. We do not anticipate this exercise affecting email, Office 365 or…
