Announcements ArchivesUpdate: Internet Connectivity Problem - Full Service Restored 12/4/2008 5:30pm     12/05/2008
Full internet service was restored on December 4 2008 at 5:30pm.  NJIT's internet connectivity was impacted due to a major outage in the Verizon...More

Internet connectivity problem     12/04/2008
A problem has been reported regarding internet connectivity and is under investigation. Status updates will be posted at this site. Please contact...More

AFS Fileserver Down     12/01/2008
An AFS fileserver went down at about 1:15 AM Saturday 11/29. The fileserver is expected to be back on-line by about noon 11/29. Some Web sites,...More

AFS services interruption - update     12/01/2008
All AFS services are fully restored at this time.  There is no indication of data loss.  Please report any unusual problems to the IST Computing...More

AFS Fileserver Back Up     11/29/2008
The AFS fileserver that went down at about 1:15 AM Saturday 11/29 was back up as of 11:57 AM 11/29, and functioning normally. IST University...More

AFS Fileserver Down     11/29/2008
An AFS fileserver went down at about 1:15 AM Saturday 11/29. The fileserver is expected to be back on-line by about 10:15 AM 11/29. Some Web sites,...More

Unavailability of Some AFS Login & Other Directories 12/1-12/3     11/29/2008
An AFS fileserver will be unavalable from about 7:00AM to 7:30AM on Mon 12/1, Tues 12/2, and Weds 12/3, for systems configuration. The login...More

Email Delivery Delays     11/25/2008
On Tuesday November 25th, 2008 9:47am- 4:45pm some incoming email being delivered was delayed due to hardware problems.  Normal service resumed at...More

Email delays     11/25/2008
A problem has been reported with incoming email delays. This problem is under investigation. Please contact the IST Computing Helpdesk at...More

WebCT service interruption - update     11/20/2008
WebCT is now functioning normally. There is no indication of data loss. Please contact the IST Computing Helpdesk if you have any questions or...More

AFS Outage Thursday 27 Nov 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM     11/19/2008
AFS will be taken down at 8:45 AM Thursday 27 November, for a system re-configuration. AFS is expected to be back up by 9:30 AM. During the outage no ...More

Faculty and Staff e-mail service (ADM) outage - update     11/09/2008
All email services on ADM have been restored.  There is  no indication of data loss. Thank you for your patience. previous posting at 7:30PM 11/9/08: ...More

Emergency e-mail maintenance     11/04/2008
Please be advised that emergency maintenance is required on the ADM email server (typically used with Outlook) which will affect email services for...More

Residence Hall Network Hardware Maintenance     11/04/2008
NJIT IST Telecom Department will be performing hardware maintenance on network electronics in all residence halls. The maintenace will begin early...More

Faculty and Staff e-mail service (ADM) outage     10/30/2008
The Faculty and Staff email service (typically used with Outlook) experienced a service interruption approximately between 9:45 and 10:15AM this...More

Update - Faculty and Staff e-mail service (ADM) outage     10/28/2008
- The Faculty and Staff email service (typically read with Outlook) is fully restored at around noon today.  There is no indication of data loss.  -...More

Faculty and staff e-mail service (ADM) interruption     10/24/2008
On Tuesday, October 28, 2008, ADM, the faculty and staff e-mail service (typically read with MS Outlook), will undergo emergency maintenance. Work...More

Network Upgrade Sunday 11/2/2008 midnight - 2am     10/24/2008
NJIT IST Telecom will be performing a network upgrade on Sunday morning November 2, 2008 midnight ending by 2:00am.    During this maintenance...More

Services interruption bulletin     10/08/2008
Several IST services were interrupted today between approximately 11:25AM and 1:00PM. These services included Moodle, food services, event...More

web.njit.edu Downtime 30 Sept and 01 Oct     09/29/2008
The AFS Web server web.njit.edu will be down from about 7:00 AM to 7:30 AM on Tues 30 September, and from about 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM on Weds 01 Oct, in ...More

Residence Hall Router Upgrade     09/26/2008
NJIT IST Telecom Department will be performing an upgrade on network electronics in Laurel hall and Cypress hall. The upgrade will begin early next...More

Eprint system maintenance - CANCELLED     09/19/2008
Eprint system maintenance described below has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date.  As a result, there will be NO interruption in...More

Email Delivery Delays     09/19/2008
During the afternoon of Thursday September 18th, 2008, there was a delay in email delivery due to high volume and hardware problems.  Normal service...More

Email Delivery Slowdown Being Investigated     09/18/2008
During the afternoon of Thursday September 18th 2008, a delay in the delivery of NJIT email occured.  It is being investigated. Please check back...More

Early shutdown of some web services     09/16/2008
Please be advised that there will be an early shutdown of Web for Students, Web for Faculty and Web for Employees tonight for scheduled system...More

Computer Room Shutdown     09/15/2008
To All NJIT Students Faculty & Staff: Please be advised that a total shutdown of all computer systems and services is scheduled from 11:00PM ...More

Highlander Pipeline login problem - update     09/15/2008
Highlander Pipeline logins are now functioning normally.  Please notify the IST Computing Help Desk at 973-596-2900 about any further login problems. ...More

Administrative applications service interruption - update     09/15/2008
All FRS, HRS and SIS online and web services have been restored.  The cause of the outage continues to be investigated, however there is no...More

Moodle system interruption - update     08/26/2008
Again, all known problems with Moodle have been resolved. Please report any further problems to the IST Helpdesk at 973-596-2900.  Thank you for...More

Network Upgrade Saturday 8/23/2008 midnight - 7am     08/21/2008
NJIT IST Telecom will be performing a network upgrade on Saturday August 23, 2008 midnight ending by 7:00am.  There will be outages lasting 45 to 60...More

Unavailability of Some AFS Login & Other Directories 21 August 2008     08/19/2008
Unavailability of Some AFS Login & Other Directories 21 August 2008 An AFS fileserver will be off-line from about 6:45AM to 7:30AM on Thurs 21...More

Moodle system interruption     08/18/2008
Moodle, the learning management system, is currently unavailable due to undergoing software upgrade.  Estimated time of service restore is not...More

Unavailability of Some AFS Login & Other Directories 18 August 2008     08/14/2008
        Uvailability of Some AFS Login & Other Directories 18 August 2008  An AFS fileserver will be off-line from about 6:45AM to 7:30AM on  Mon ...More

WebCT system maintenance on Tuesday August 11, 2008     08/11/2008
Please be advised that WebCT Learning Management System is scheduled for hardware upgrade from 11 pm August 11, 2008 to 5 pm August 12, 2008. WebCT...More

Highlander Pipeline connection problem - update     08/11/2008
Highlander Pipeline connection problems have been resolved as of 10:20AM.  Investigations into the exact nature of the interruption and permanent...More

Unavailability of Some AFS Login & Other Directories 13 August 2008     08/11/2008
        Uvailability of Some AFS Login & Other Directories 13 August 2008  An AFS fileserver will be off-line from about 7:00AM to 7:30AM on Weds ...More

Network Upgrades Scheduled Over Upcoming Weekends     08/06/2008
NJIT IST Telecom is planning network upgrades during the remainder of the summer. The upgrades will cause key NJIT services to be unavailable. These...More

WebCT system maintenance on Tuesday August 11, 2008     07/30/2008
Please be advised that WebCT Learning Management System is scheduled for hardware upgrade from 11 pm August 11, 2008 to 5 pm August 12, 2008. WebCT...More

Administrative Systems Interruption     07/22/2008
Please be advised that a brief interruption on the Alpha1 administrative computer system is scheduled for Friday afternoon August 1, 2008 after...More

Emergency administrative system maintenance     07/02/2008
Emergency system maintenance on the SIS and HRS administrative computer systems is scheduled for this afternoon at 1:00PM until 1:30PM. This...More

Administrative Email system (ADM) is now available (June 24, 2008)     06/24/2008
The Administrative e-mail system (typically read with MS Outlook) is now fully functional.  There is no indication of data loss.  Please report any...More

WebCT system maintenance on Wednesday July 3, 2008     06/24/2008
WebCT learning management system will not be available from 11:30pm, Wednesday, July 3 to 9:00am,  Thursday, July 4 due to scheduled hardware...More

Administrative Email system (ADM) outage - update on 1:00pm, June 24,2008     06/24/2008
The Administrative e-mail system (typically read with MS Outlook) is now fully functional.  There is no indication of data loss.  Please report any...More

Administrative Email system (ADM) outage (June 24, 2008)     06/24/2008
The Administrative e-mail system (typically read with MS Outlook) became unavailable at 11:35am due to hardware problem.  The server is being...More

WebCT service interruption     06/12/2008
WebCT system was unavailable last night from about 5:30pm until 9:40pm and this morning from about 9:30am until 11:30am.  The reason for these...More

NJIT homepage and Highlander Pipeline service interruption     06/11/2008
The NJIT homepage at www.njit.edu and the Highlander Pipeline website at my.njit.edu were unavailable this morning from about 6:00AM until about...More

Administrative E-mail Service Interruption (6/9/2008)     06/09/2008
The Administrative e-mail system (typically read with MS Outlook) became unavailable today between 5:00am and 8:30am and again between 10:00am and...More

Administrative system maintenance     06/04/2008
Please be advised that routine system maintenance on the Alpha1 administrative computer system is scheduled for Saturday June 14 at 1:00PM. Full...More

Administrative system maintenance - postponed     05/23/2008
The system maintenance scheduled for this weekend has been postponed.  As a result, there will be no service interruption.  An announcement will be...More

Administrative E-mail Service Emergency Maintenance     05/16/2008
On Tuesday, May 20, 2008, the ADM e-mail server (typically read with MS Outlook) will undergo emergency maintenance.  Work will begin at 6:00am and...More

oak.njit.edu Mail Server Back Up - Update     05/01/2008
The oak.njit.edu mail server was back up at about 7:45 PM 5/1. IST University Computing Systems sys@oak.njit.edu

oak.njit.edu Mailserver Down     05/01/2008
The oak.njit.edu mail server went down at about 5 PM Thurs due to a disk problem. This outage affects only mail sent TO <ucid>@oak.njit.edu....More

Mailhost and Webmail service interruption - update     04/29/2008
Mailhost and Webmail services are now functioning normally. There is no indication of any data loss. Please contact the IST Helpdesk at ext 2900 if...More

AFS Fileserver Scheduled Reboot     04/23/2008
An AFS fileserver will be rebooted at about 6:45 AM Thursday 24 April, as part of the process of installing a needed kernel patch. The fileserver is...More

AFS Fileserver Scheduled Reboots - Update 3     04/22/2008
The AFS fileserver came back on-line at 10:21. IST University Computing Systems sys@oak.njit.edu

AFS Fileserver Scheduled Reboots - Update 2     04/22/2008
The AFS fileserver is now expected to be back on-line by 11:45 AM. Please check http://my.njit.edu for updates. IST University Computing Systems...More

AFS Fileserver Scheduled Reboots - Update     04/22/2008
There has been a problem with the AFS fileserver that was rebooted at about 6:30 AM 4/22 in order to install a patch. That fileserver is now expected ...More

Highlander Pipeline Service Interruption     04/21/2008
Highlander Pipeline service was interrupted for about fifteen minutes today, April 21 at  11:45am.   The cause of the interruption is under...More

AFS Fileserver Scheduled Reboots     04/21/2008
An AFS fileserver will be rebooted at about 7:00 AM on Tues 22 April and Weds 23 April 2008 in order enable critical patches. Some Web sites,...More

AFS Fileserver Scheduled Reboot     04/15/2008
An AFS fileserver will be rebooted at about 7:00 AM Weds 16 April 2008 in order enable a critical patch. Some Web sites, software, research...More

AFS Fileserver Down - Update     04/02/2008
8:00 AM 4/2 The fileserver is expected back up by 9:30 AM 2 April. Please check http://my.njit.edu for updates. IST University Computing Systems...More

AFS Fileserver Back On-line     04/02/2008
The fileserver was back on-line at 8:25 AM. IST University Computing Systems sys@oak.njit.edu

AFS Fileserver Down     04/02/2008
6:45 AM 4/2 An AFS fileserver went down at about 3:10 AM Tuesday 2 April 2008, due to a hardware problem. Some Web sites, software research...More

Administrative SIS & HRS System Emergency Maintenance - update     03/31/2008
System maintenance was completed and HRS & SIS systems were available again at 9:35AM. Original message posted at 3/31/08 9:30AM as follows:...More

Administrative System Emergency Maintenance - update     03/25/2008
At 1:45PM, all administrative services were restored following the emergency hardware maintenance. Previous posting: 3/25/08 12:50PM Emergency...More

Highlander Pipeline Upgraded     03/11/2008
We are happy to announce the successful release of Highlander Pipeline upgrade to the current release.   Although there are no major user interface...More

Library Online Catalog System Upgrade     03/05/2008
To NJIT Students, Faculty and Staff: Please be advised that a hardware and software upgrade to the library online catalog system (...More

Shutdown of all computer systems and services     03/05/2008
Please be advised that a total shutdown of all computer systems and services is scheduled from 10:30PM Saturday March 15, 2008 to 8:00AM Sunday...More

Library Online Catalog Interruption     03/04/2008
Please be advised that the library online catalog will not be available Monday, March 17, 2008 through Wednesday, March 19, 2008 due to a hardware...More

Administrative services interruption     03/02/2008
All administrative systems are now functioning normally. Please contact the IST Computing Helpdesk for any questions or problems. Previous message...More

FRS Service Interruption     02/29/2008
FRS will be shut down at noon today in order to process a non-recurring month-end feed. Estimated downtime will be approximately 90 minutes. This...More

AFS Services Restored as of 7:45 AM Sunday 24 February     02/24/2008
Almost all AFS services that became unavailable starting at about 9 PM 2/23, due to the SAN firmware upgrade, were restored as of 7:45 AM 2/24.

Unavailability of AFS 11 PM Saturday 2/23 to 9 AM Sunday 2/24     02/20/2008
On Saturday 23 February 2008, at 11:00 PM the storage area network (SAN) that contains most of data stored in AFS will be taken down for a firmware...More

ADM Email Server System Emergency Maintenance     02/20/2008
On Thursday, Feb 21, 2008, the ADM e-mail server (typically read with MS Outlook) will undergo emergency maintenance. Work will begin at 6:00am ...More

Security Notice: Phising attempt targeting NJIT email account     02/20/2008
On Tuesday, February 19, 2008 during late evening hours some NJIT email recipients were victim of a "phishing" attempt targeting NJIT email ...More

Unavailability AFS 11 PM Saturday 2/23 to 9 AM Sunday 2/24     02/19/2008
On Saturday 23 February 2008, at 11:00 PM the storage area network (SAN) that contains most of data stored in AFS will be taken down for a firmware...More

Administrative E-mail Service connectivity issue with MS Outlook     02/18/2008
All ADM email services are now fully functional.  There is no indication of data loss.  Please report any unusual problems to the Computing Helpdesk...More

Administrative E-mail Service Interruption     02/17/2008
The administrative e-mail services have been restored after the correction of a hardware failure at 4:45pm today (2/17/2008).  Thank you for your...More

Administrative E-mail Service Interruption     02/17/2008
The Administrative e-mail system (typically read with MS Outlook) became unavailable around 1:30pm today (2/17/2008).  The cause of the failure is...More

Software upgrade to the storage area network (SAN)     02/12/2008
IST/University Information Systems will be performing critical system software upgrade to the storage area network (SAN) on Saturday, February 23, ...More

Network Maintenance Sunday 02/10/2008 at 6 AM     02/08/2008
IST Telecom and Networks will be performing maintenance on the Firewall serving the campus.  This maintenance will take place on Sunday, February...More

Oracle Database server maintenance     02/07/2008
The Oracle Database Server, prophet.njit.edu, will be shut down Thursday, February 7th, 2008 from 7:00am to 7:30am This outage is required to replace ...More

Oracle Database Server Emergency Hardware Maintenance 5 Feb     02/04/2008
The Oracle Database server, prophet.njit.edu, will be shut down 6:30 AM Tuesday February 5, 2008 to perform emergency hardware maintenance. It is...More

NJIT Dial-up number 973-424-9665 being shutdown.     02/01/2008
The University has maintained a standard dial-up modem pool in various forms for almost 35 years. Since the early 21 st Century, broadband Internet...More

Schedule maintenance Highlander Pipeline on Thursday night 14-feb-2008     02/01/2008
Highlander Pipeline is scheduled to be unavailable starting 10:00pm Thursday night on 2/14/2008. During the system maintenance window, Student...More

Emergency Maintenance of Administrative Server     01/31/2008
System maintenance is scheduled for the administrative application systems on Saturday February 2, 2008 between the hours of 3:00PM and 5:00PM....More

Oracle Services on prophet.njit.edu     01/30/2008
Oracle services on prophet.njit.edu will be shut down on Wed. January 31, 2008 at 7:00 AM for hardware repair. It is expected that services will...More

Webboard Outage     01/27/2008
As of 10:30am on Sunday 1/27/08, Webboard is fully functional.  A hardware malfunction was responsible for Webboard service outage.  Previous posting ...More

Residence Hall Network Maintenance Tuesday 01/29/2008 at 5 AM     01/25/2008
IST Telecom and Networks will be performing maintenance on the Firewall serving the Residence Halls.  This maintenance will take place on Tuesday...More

Telephone Service Interruption     01/22/2008
On Tuesday January 22, 2008 3:15pm – 3:33pm telephone service was interrupted due to a hardware failure.   Service was restored on alternate hardware ...More

spam filtering software Upgrade     01/17/2008
NJIT IST Telecommunications and Networks Department will be performing an upgrade on the NJIT spam filtering software. This upgrade will begin at...More

Unavailability of Some AFS Login & Other Directories 17 January 2008     01/16/2008
An AFS fileserver will be off-line from about 7:00AM to 7:30AM then another fileserver from about 7:30AM to 8:00AM, Thurs 17 January, while new...More

Unavailability of Some AFS Login & Other Directories 16 January 2008     01/15/2008
An AFS fileserver will be off-line from about 7:00AM to 7:30AM on Weds 16 January, while new OpenAFS server software is installed. The login...More

Maintenance of Highlander Pipeline on Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 - Postponed     01/09/2008
Highlander Pipeline maintenance scheduled on Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 is postponed until further notice. If you have any question, please send...More

Internet 2 connectivity issues     01/09/2008
MAGPI, NJIT's regional provider for Internet 2 has announced that at 1:45 PM today January 9, 2008 connectivity was lost to the Internet 2 high-speed ...More

Interruption of Administrative Services     01/09/2008
Administrative services were briefly interrupted this morning between 8:59AM and 9:50AM for an as yet undetermined reason. The cause of the outage...More

Maintenance of Highlander Pipeline on Wednesday, January 9th, 2008     01/07/2008
Highlander Pipeline will be unavailable due to system maintenance starting 8:00 PM, Wednesday, January 9th, 2008. During this time access to Student...More

Upgrade Of AFS Database Servers     01/07/2008
An upgrade of the three AFS database servers is scheduled to start Tuesday 08 January 2008, and end Thursday 10 January 2008. One database server...More

Intermittent Internet Connectivity 11:54am - 12:16pm     01/04/2008
There was an intermittent interruption of connectivity to the internet today January 4, 2008 11:54am - 12:16pm.  During this time access to external...More

Administrative Systems Maintenance Scheduled     12/18/2007
Over the upcoming holiday period, administrative systems will be available 24 hours per day except for one time when routine systems maintenance is ...More

Insecure ftp into afsN.njit.edu to be Disabled 1/8/08     12/12/2007
Insecure ftp into afs1.njit.edu - afs35.njit.edu will be disabled on Tuesday 8 January 2008. Only secure ftp (sftp) and secure copy (scp) will be...More