SCHEDULED DOWNTIMES
The list below displays scheduled system upgrades and maintenance downtimes on the Gordon College campus. Refer to this calendar frequently for pre-planning purposes. Dates are subject to change. You can also refer to the University System of Georgia (USG) Services Status page at for updates on services such as GeorgiaVIEW Vista, Galileo, GeorgiaFIRST, etc.
Please Note: Banner Access will NOT be available between the hours of 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. each morning for backup processing.
Network Maintenance Scheduled
Computer Services will be performing important maintenance on the campus network Tuesday evening (5/6/2008) from 5pm to 6pm. This work will take the network down across the entire campus so it will disrupt all services temporarily.
Network Maintenance Scheduled
Computer Services will be performing maintenance on the campus network this Friday evening (2/1/2008) from 7pm to 9pm. This work will take the network down across the entire campus so it will disrupt access to all systems on and off campus.
Banner Upgrades
Computer Services will be performing Banner upgrades on Thursday December 13th, 2007. The Banner system will be unavailable from 2:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. This downtime will affect Banner INB, Banner Web, Xtender, and all online directories.
Network Maintenance Scheduled
Computer Services will be making some configuration changes to the network tonight Friday, 10/26/07 starting at 5:00 p.m. The maintenance is tentively scheduled to be completed by 8:00 p.m. All or part of the network will be down during this period.
Banner Upgrade
Computer Services will be performing Banner upgrades and running SSN conversion scripts on Wednesday, October 24th, 2007. The system will be down from 2:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Banner, Banner Web, Bosscars, Crystal reports, Xtender, and the faculty and staff directory will be affected.
Banner Upgrade
Computer Services will be performing Banner upgrades on Friday September 7th, 2007. The Banner system will be unavailable from 2:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. This downtime will affect Banner INB, Banner Web, Xtender, and all online directories.
Banner Upgrade
Computer Services will be performing Banner upgrades on Friday July 13th, 2007. The Banner system will be unavailable from 2:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. This downtime will affect Banner INB, Banner Web, Xtender, and all online directories.
Banner Upgrade
Computer Services will be performing Banner upgrades on Wednesday June 6th, 2007. The Banner system will be unavailable from 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday to 7:00 a.m. on Thursday June 7th, 2007. This downtime will affect Banner INB, Banner Web, and Xtender.
Banner Upgrade
Computer Services will be performing a Banner upgrade on Monday, February 12th, 2007. The system will be down from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. the following day (Tuesday February 13th). Banner GUI, Banner Web, Webxtender, and Crystal Reports will not be available during this time.
Banner Upgrade
Banner will undergo an upgrade to version 7 beginning on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 2:00 a.m. and is scheduled to be completed by Tuesday, November 28 at 8:00 a.m. The following systems will NOT be available during this time: Banner GUI, Banner Web, Crystal Web Reports, BOSSCARS, Xtender Imaging system, and the campus directory on the Gordon College website.
Banner Upgrade
Computer Services will be performing a Banner upgrade on Wednesday, August 30th, 2006. The system will be down from 2:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Banner GUI, Banner Web, Webxtender, and Crystal Reports will not be available during this time.
Banner hardware maintenance
Computer Services will be performing maintenance to the Dino server on 07. 06. 2006 from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Banner GUI, Banner Web and Xtender will not be available during this time.
Banner Upgrade
Computer Services will be performing a Banner upgrade on Friday, June 30th, 2006. The system will be down from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Banner GUI, Banner Web, Webxtender, and Crystal Reports will not be available during this time. The Business office will be closing out the end of the year at 2:00 p.m. Friday. Banner Web will be shut down at 2:00 p.m. and everyone will be asked to log out of Banner GUI until the process is finished.
Banner Upgrade
Computer Services will be performing a Banner upgrade on Thursday, April 20th, 2006. The system will be down from 2:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Banner GUI, Banner Web, Webxtender, and Crystal Reports will not be available during this time.
Network Maintenance - March 19
OIIT will be performing maintenance on the campus fiber on Sunday March 19, 2006 beginning at 12:01 a.m. until approximately 6:00 a.m. During this time NO Peachnet services (internet services) will be available.
Banner Upgrade
Computer Services will be performing Banner upgrades on Wednesday, March 8th, 2006 from 7:00 a.m. to ~11:00 a.m. Banner GUI, Banner Web, Webxtender, and Crystal Reports will not be available during this time.
Banner Upgrade
Computer Services will be performing Banner upgrades on Friday February 10th, 2006 from 2:00 a.m. until ~1:00 p.m. Banner GUI, Banner Web, Webxtender, and Crystal Reports will not be available during this time.
Banner Upgrade - Dec. 2
Computer Services will be performing Banner upgrades on December 2nd at 7:30 a.m. Banner GUI, Banner Web, Webextender, and Crystal Reports will not be available until ~ 9:30 a.m.
E-Mail upgrade phase II
Gordon E-Mail will be down the morning of Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 starting at 1:00 a.m. Computer Services will be completing phase II of the e-mail server upgrade.
E-Mail Maintenance
Gordon E-Mail will be down the majority of the day on Thursday, Oct 6, 2005 starting at 7:30 a.m. The Computer Services staff will be moving E-Mail to a different server and performing upgrades to the system.
System maintenance
System maintenance will be performed on our main web server (osprey) on September 21, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. Expect the downtime to be about 30 minutes.
Database Reboot
Banner will not be available August 3rd, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. due to routine maintenance. It will be available around 9:00 p.m.
Network Relocation -
GTA and Computer Services will be moving/relocating cables, telephone & network, in Lambdin Hall beginning on Friday July 15, 2005. Phone service and voice mail may be disrupted briefly. All Network and PeachNet services (email, banner, internet, computer access, etc) will NOT be available from 6:00 p.m. Friday until 6:00 p.m. Saturday July 16, 2005.
Banner Maintenance - April 17th
Banner Gui and Banner web will be down Sunday, April 17th from 9:00 a.m. until noon for routine maintenance and financial aid upgrades. Registration will not be available during this time.
Banner Upgrade - Feb. 16th
Computer Services will be performing Banner upgrades on February 16th at 5:00pm. Banner GUI, Banner Web, Webextender, and Crystal Reports will not be available until 6:00am the following morning.
Network Maintenance - Jan. 25
OIIT Network Personal will be on the Gordon College campus performing maintenance on our Peachnet Equipment Tuesday January 25, 2005 beginning at 10:00pm. Network Downtime is expected to be about 3 hours. During this time NO Peachnet services (internet services) will be available.
Nov. 20-24 : Banner 6 Upgrade
Banner will undergo an upgrade to version 6 beginning on Saturday, November 20, 2004 at 2:00 a.m. and is scheduled to be completed by Wednesday, November 24. The following systems will NOT be available during this time: Banner GUI, Banner Web, Crystal Web Reports, Xtender Imaging, and the Campus Directory on the Gordon College website.
9/28/2004 - Banner upgrades
Banner will be down on Tuesday, September 28th from 2:00 AM until 10:00 AM for upgrades. Banner Web, Banner GUI, and Web Xtender will NOT be available during this time.
Banner Upgrades - 9/17
Banner GUI, Banner Web and Banner Web Extender will be down Friday, 9/17, starting at 2:00 a.m. due to upgrades. We estimate that Banner will be available by 2:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon.
9/01/2004 - Banner Upgrade
Banner GUI (5.x) and Banner Web will be down beginning at 2:00am in the morning of 09/01/2004 and will remain down throughout the day on Wednesday, 09/01/2004. We will be upgrading portions of the UNIX system.
Sunday, June 6 - Server downtime...
The computer services department will be taking preventative measures by bringing down all the servers and equipment on Sunday, June 6th due to air conditioning maintenance in the Instructional Complex. The servers are scheduled to be brought back up around 7 p.m. Sunday evening. All Gordon College computer systems will NOT be available during this time.
April 20-21 : Banner Upgrade
The Computer Services staff will be moving Banner to a new server on Tuesday, April 20th. The Banner migration will commence on this date at 10:00 p.m. The system is scheduled to be back up and running by 10:00 a.m. Wednesday morning (April 21st). This will affect the following systems: Banner GUI (Banner 5X), Banner Web, Crystal Web Reports, Xtender Imaging.