Due to a remote code execution vulnerability in IPv6 that requires immediate attention, an accelerated patching schedule will be followed for the August updates.  

-Test servers will be patched Wednesday August 14 from 10:00pm to 12:00am.

-Production servers will be patched during a rolling window from Thursday August 15 10:00pm to Friday August 16th at 6:00am.

If you would like more information on when your system will be patched, please reach out to the ITS Helpdesk.  

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching. Contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied.

As part of the regular maintenance window, monthly patches will be applied to managed Windows servers. If you want to know the details of the patches or have any questions, please contact the ITS Help Desk.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window. Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window. Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will undergo monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window. Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will undergo monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window. Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

The ITS Virtualization Team will be updating the VMware vCenter appliance to version 7.0 update 3c, which addresses a critical security issue that is currently mitigated by a workaround.

During this time, the vCenter service (vcenter.iowa.uiowa.edu) will not be available. Virtual servers will continue running and not be impacted by the work, but changes to running VMs or connections to virtual consoles in the VMware environment will not be available. If you have an emergency need to access a VM console or reconfigure a VM during this time, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 384-HELP (384-4357) for them to contact the Virtualization Team in ITS-EI-TPS.

If this schedule conflicts with work you have planned for VMware guests, please contact the Virtualization Team at its-vm-ops@iowa.uiowa.edu as soon as possible.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

(Microsoft Server Security Updates for January had many issues and Microsoft ended up pulling those.  On January 17, they released new Out of Band Updates to resolve issues with the original dodgy patches if they were installed, and replace those dodgy patches if they were not installed.  To remain secure and fully patched, we will be deploying those Out of Band patches outside our normal production patching week.)

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

The VMware vCenter appliance will be updated to version 6.7 Update 3o.

This update will not disrupt running servers. The vCenter service will not be available, and any changes to running VMs or connections to virtual consoles in the VMware environment will not be readily available.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

The VMware vCenter appliance will be updated to version 6.7 Update 3n.

This update will not disrupt running servers. The vCenter service will not be available, and any changes to running VMs or connections to virtual consoles in the VMware environment will not be readily available.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

The ITS production VMware clusters will be updated to the latest vSphere 6.7 patch set.

This work will be non-disruptive rolling updates, with VMs migrated off hosts as they are patched. SQL Server clustered VMs will be migrated off-hours to minimize performance impact.

If you have other concerns or questions, please let the ITS Virtualization Team know at its-vm-ops@iowa.uiowa.edu.

The VMware vCenter appliance will be updated to version 6.7 Update 3m.

This update will not disrupt running servers. The vCenter service (vcenter.iowa.uiowa.edu) will not be available, and any changes to running VMs or connections to virtual consoles in the VMware environment will not be readily available.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

The ITS production VMware clusters will be updated to the latest vSphere 6.7 patch set.

This work will be non-disruptive rolling updates, with VMs migrated off hosts as they are patched. SQL Server clustered VMs will be migrated off-hours to minimize performance impact.

If you have other concerns or questions, please let the ITS Virtualization Team know at its-vm-ops@iowa.uiowa.edu.

The VMware vCenter appliance will be updated to version 6.7 Update 3l.

This update will not disrupt running servers. The vCenter service (vcenter.iowa.uiowa.edu) will not be available, and any changes to running VMs or connections to virtual consoles in the VMware environment will not be readily available.

Managed Windows Servers will be patched during their normally scheduled maintenance window. Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

The ITS production VMware clusters will be updated to the latest vSphere 6.7 patch set. This will bring the platform to the latest patch level, providing various security and stability fixes.

This work will be non-disruptive rolling updates, with VMs migrated off hosts as they are patched. SQL Server clustered VMs will be migrated off-hours to minimize performance impact.

If you are aware of any issues with your VMs that would conflict with this patch plan, or if you have other concerns or questions, please let the ITS Virtualization Team know at its-vm-ops@iowa.uiowa.edu.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

The Hyper-V clusters will be offline for upgrades. This update should be non-disruptive. 

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions. 

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

Managed Windows Servers will be undergoing monthly patching during their normally scheduled maintenance window.

Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you are interested in the list of patches that will be applied or if you have any questions.

ITS will upgrade the firmware on the server infrastructure that hosts Virtual Server services in the ITF data center.  These upgrades will address security issues and other bug fixes.  The infrastructure has redundant components and connections, so no service impact is expected.

ITS will upgrade the firmware on the server infrastructure that hosts Virtual Server services in the LC data center.  These upgrades will address security issues and other bug fixes.  The infrastructure has redundant components and connections, so no service impact is expected.

ITS will upgrade the firmware on the server infrastructure that hosts Virtual Server services in the ITF data center. These upgrades will address security issues and provide new features. The infrastructure has redundant units and connections so no service impact is expected.

ITS will upgrade the firmware that hosts Virtual Server services in the LC data center. The upgrade will address security issues and provide new features. The infrastructure has redundant units and connections so no service impact is expected.

The NetApp root volume at ITF will be migrated during this time. The controller is a pair of active-active nodes so disk and network services are moved to the partner node during the migration. This node primarily provides storage for VMware and Hyper-V hypervisors. Home drives and departmental drives will not be affected and no disruption of service is expected. 

Scheduled work:  Upgrade NetApp clusters

Data center(s):  Information Technology Facility (ITF)

Expected impact on services:  No impact is expected

Scheduled work:  Replace NetApp controller

Data center(s):  Information Technology Facility (ITF)

Expected impact on services:  No impact is expected

ITS will be replacing a component of the environment that hosts Virtual Server services.  The infrastructure has redundant units and connections so no service impact is expected.

ITS will be upgrading firmware on the Cisco UCS blade server infrastructure in the ITF datacenter. These upgrades will address bugs and security issues, and provide new features.

These environments host ITS-managed VMware and some Hyper-V services in ITF. The infrastructure components have redundant units and connections. No service impact is expected.

ITS will be upgrading firmware on the Cisco UCS blade server infrastructure in the Lindquist Center datacenter. These upgrades will address bugs and security issues, provide new features.

These environments host ITS-managed VMware services in LC. The infrastructure components have redundant units and connections. No service impact is expected.