Datacenter & Internet Maintenance - Saturday, August 8 at 8 a.m.
Scheduled Maintenance Report for Biola University
Completed
The final issue has been resolved, and the maintenance is complete.
Posted Aug 08, 2020 - 17:15 PDT
Update
Maintenance is still in progress. Most systems are back up and running again, but there is one critical service still in troubleshooting. We will resolve the maintenance window as soon as that issue is corrected.
Posted Aug 08, 2020 - 16:52 PDT
In progress
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Aug 08, 2020 - 08:00 PDT
Scheduled
Biola’s campus internet and websites will be down for up to 9 hours on Saturday (8/8) between 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

What services can I still use during this maintenance?
• Recruit (https://biola.elluciancrmrecruit.com/apply) – online student application
• Student Account (Billing & Payment) (https://secure.touchnet.com/C20436_tsa/web/caslogin.jsp) – online billing and payment services
• Canvas (https://canvas.biola.edu/) – learning management system
• Zoom (https://biola.zoom.us/) – online meetings tool
• Apporto (https://biola.apporto.com/) – virtual computer labs
• Libcat (https://libcat.biola.edu/) – online Library catalog and resources
• Insight (https://biola.pharos360.com/) – student care tool
• Donate (https://connect.biola.edu/give) – online donations site
• eAccounts (https://biola-sp.transactcampus.com/eAccounts/AnonymousHome.aspx) – online ID card management service
• Status.biola.edu (https://status.biola.edu/) – system status tool
• Google G-Suite (https://confluence.biola.edu/display/itservices/Google+G-Suite) – email, calendaring, document sharing, etc.

What services will NOT be available during this maintenance?
• MyAccount services
• Biola Timecard
• Banner and Cognos services
• Biola LEARN (Lifelong Education and Resource Network)
• Biola Housing services
• Wired and wireless (wifi) internet access from on-campus
• Most Biola websites will redirect to a maintenance page
• Cisco Jabber phone service will not work from off-campus
• VPN access to campus will be down

Purpose of this maintenance:
• To replace the campus network firewalls in Biola’s datacenter.

For assistance with any Biola technology service please contact the IT Helpdesk at it.helpdesk@biola.edu. To view the status of Biola systems and subscribe for maintenance updates please visit https://status.biola.edu/.

Information Technology
Posted Aug 05, 2020 - 11:46 PDT
This scheduled maintenance affected: Network (Internet Service Providers, VPN, Wired Network, Wireless Network), Biola Websites (Main Biola Website, Biola LEARN), Campus Services (Adirondack (Housing), Biola Directory, Transact, My.Biola, Printing (Pharos), Timecard), Administrative Services (Banner, Cognos, Raiser's Edge, Perceptive Content (ImageNow), Citrix Workspace, Confluence), and Academic Services (My Account).