Blackboard Upgrade

Service interruptions during maintenance work scheduled for Friday, March 20, 2009 from 6 PM to 10 PM

March 20, 2009 | In Service Notices , Upgrade/Maintenance Period

On Friday, March 20, 2009, ITS will replace defective switches affecting different systems in the university including the connection to https://blackboard.unc.edu. During this maintenance window, https://blackboard.unc.edu will remain online. However, it will experience several brief interruptions (up to 75 seconds) as the bad switches are removed and the new ones are installed.

Please note that the Virtual Classroom and the Chat will be unavailable for up to 20 minutes while the rest of the Blackboard application will remain online. Unfortunately, it is not possible to predict the timeframe during which the Virtual Classroom and the Chat will be unavailable.

Please be advised that data loss might occur to those working in Blackboard during this maintenance period 6 PM to 10 PM due to the interruptions that the system will experience.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

 

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