Mainframe Upgrade – Completed Successfully – Sunday 3/5 7:30AM to 11AM

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Members of the Rutgers Community,

The Mainframe Upgrade has been completed successfully – the services are now available.

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) will be upgrading our mainframe student database system (IMS) on Sunday, March 5, 2017, from 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM.  This is required to keep pace with IT advances, maintain an appropriate security posture, and provide reliable, stable and effective IT services.

OIT is committed to improving the quality and reliability of IT services.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

The services listed below will be unavailable on Sunday, March 5, 2017, from 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM.

Student Systems: 

  • CARS
  • Cash Register
  • Citizenship Data
  • Course History Database
  • Course Scheduling System
  • DCO – Warning System
  • Degree Certification
  • EOF Update
  • FAMS – Financial Aid
  • Financial Holds
  • Fraternity Sorority Update
  • Instant Enrollment Verification
  • NJAS Undergraduate Admissions
  • PAC Change
  • Parking System
  • Personal Info
  • Registration/Scheduling
  • Room Scheduling
  • Rosters Electronic Grade Change
  • SHOTS
  • SRDB Default Screens
  • SRDB Graduate Admissions
  • Student Financial Services
  • Term Bill
  • Web Registration

The following services are NOT affected by this maintenance activity on Sunday, March 5, 2017 (note: this is not an exhaustive list):

  • Central Authentication Service (CAS)
  • LDAP
  • RUMail Collaboration Services
  • Scarlet Mail (Google Apps for Education @rutgers.edu)
  • Staff Email (Andromeda, Crab, RCI)
  • Sakai.rutgers.edu
  • Non-Mainframe Student web services

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this maintenance please contact:

Thank you,
Bill Lansbury
University Director
OIT, Enterprise Infrastructure