Extended downtime for OTS’ weekend maintenance window

The Office of Technology Services (OTS) is performing a scheduled shutdown of the University Union data center on Friday, Feb. 26 from 6 p.m. until midnight. This is a part of a planned required power outage for the Union expansion project.

These services will be offline during the maintenance:

  • PeopleSoft Non-production Environments
  • RMS (Housing)

These services will NOT be offline during the maintenance:

  • Virtual Workspace (VW)
  • ImageNow
  • Email and Office 365
  • Phones and voicemail
  • Blackboard
  • Timesheets
  • PeopleSoft/Towson Online Services/Campus Solutions
  • PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HCM)
  • PeopleSoft Financials
  • MyTU Faculty/Staff Portal
  • MyTU Mobile
  • Public Safety TUPD applications

Due to the nature of the work, other departmental applications could be unavailable, experience intermittent connectivity issues, and/or provide slower-than-normal performance during the maintenance window. When maintenance is c­­omplete, a post will be made to the OTS Alerts website, http://alerts.towson.edu and twitter @OTSAlerts.

As a reminder, the Office of Technology Services’ maintenance windows are Sundays from 6 a.m. until noon and Fridays from 6 p.m. until midnight. Please keep this timing in mind when planning events, assignments, and deadlines. If you have questions about the outage, please contact the OTS Faculty/Staff Help Center at 410-704-5151.

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This post was written by Weldon, Jennifer