News - The University of Montana

This morning’s brief issue with the Exchange Server has been resolved.

 If you are still experiencing problems connecting to the exchange server please contact IT Central at 243-HELP

Thank you for your patience

We are currently experiencing error messages with the Exchange Server. There will be a brief outage in approximately 10 minutes for about 10 minutes. Some users may experience a brief outage at that time.

We will update you as soon as we can.

This morning at approximately 11:20, the Microsoft Exchange System Administrators will briefly take one of the virtual servers – MUMMAILVS2 – down for approximately 5 – 10 minutes for maintenance. 

If you have users who experience problems after this has taken place or if you have any questions, please call IT Central at 4357.

System administrators will perform necessary maintenance on one of the Exchange email virtual stores (vs2) this evening from 9:00 p.m. until 9:15 p.m. Only those users whose accounts are located on virtual storage #2 will be affected (unable to send/receive mail).

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

This afternoon’s Exchange issue that affected the same group of users as this morning has been resolved. System administrators have temporarily moved the virtual store to another hard drive.

To complete the process, they will take the virtual store down at nine o’clock tonight for approximately 15 to 30 minutes. Only those users whose accounts were affected this morning and afternoon will notice any effects during this planned outage.

 Blackboard is temporarily down due to a hardware failure. System Administrators are working on it and we will update you when this is resolved.

If you have any question, please contact IT Central at 243-HELP.

NetIDs for students who have not paid or finalized for Fall Semester by Tuesday, September 22, 2009 will be deactivated on Thursday, September 24, 2009.  

 This means that access to all NetID-based services, including GrizMail, Blackboard, OneStop, IT & MLL labs (as well as other campus labs), campus wireless and library remote resources, will no longer be available. 

 What can you do?

• Current students: If you are a current student, please be sure to pay or finalize by September 22, 2009.  … view important registration dates
• Non-returning students: If you are not returning to UM this Fall, take the appropriate steps to archive your GrizMail and save your contact information. … instructions available here
• Student affiliate status: If you are not registering for Fall semester but will be associated with UM you may meet the requirements for a Student Affiliate. This process must be COMPLETED by September 23, 2009 … more information

 Additional details are available on the IT website. Specific questions may be directed to IT Central, which is located in Social Science 120. You may reach us by phone at 243-HELP (4357) or e-mail at ITCentral@umontana.edu.

Banner is currently unavailable. Our database administrators are working on the problem. This is also impacting CyberBear access. Please check back for updates. We apologize for the incovenience this is causing this morning.

We are pleased to announce that Symantec AntiVirus software is now available for download from the IT website.  For several years, the University of Montana has participated in a campus-wide software licensing agreement with Symantec. The software is available for Windows/PCs and Macs, and also includes access to Symantec’s frequent virus definition updates for both campus and home use to all UM faculty, staff and students. …more info