This notice is up on the my.scranton portal – note that it includes RoyalMail and RoyalDrive, but not Angel:
A migration of the University’s enterprise database and related IT systems to a new hardware/operating system platform is scheduled from 4:00 p.m. July 28, 2011 through 8:30 a.m. August 2, 2011. This migration will affect the availability of my.scranton.edu, as well as all Banner-related systems, departmental applications found on the Employee Applications tab and many other systems accessed via the my.Scranton portal, including Royal Drive. For a complete list of systems that will, and will not, be available, go to http://www.scranton.edu/myscranton.
Departments should have contingency plans ready in case the restart of the enterprise IT systems is delayed. Notice(s) of system availability will be provided via the Personal Announcements channel on my.scranton.edu, beginning on August 2nd. Please do not attempt to use any part of my.scranton.edu prior to August 2nd.
Following the migration, problems should be reported to the Technology Support Center at 941-4357 or techsupport@scranton.edu . This will assist us in prioritizing and focusing on the problems of highest importance. Please do not contact individual IT departments’ staff directly with problems.
Robyn Dickinson
Associate Vice President Information Resources
The PIR website offers some additional details on what will be unavailable:
Due to maintenance on the University’s IT systems, Banner, the my.scranton portal and RoyalMail will not be available from 4:00 p.m. July 28, 2011. until 8:30 a.m. August 2, 2011. In addition, the following Enterprise Systems are NOT available during this time:
- Banner INB
- Banner Self service
- Imaging
- Banner Workflow
- Auxiliary Systems and/or Employee Applications such as the Work Order System, Events System, and OIT Equipment Request Form
- Web Content Management System
- Royal Drive
- Royal Lists
- Online Course Evaluations
Systems that will be available are:
