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Volume 7, Number 6
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Data Center Y2K Tests Will Mean Some Brief Service Interruptions

by Dana Drennan

On June 21 and 22, the Data Center will test a number of computer systems for Year 2000 compliance. This will result in a brief interruption of service for some email clients during a 24- to 48-hour window.

To find out the email server to which your computing account is assigned, click here and type in your last name and first name, then press Return. The "Delivery Host" line will identify your email server.
During this time, clients who check their email using Pine on the ISUN servers and those whose mail is delivered to mailbox.ucdavis.edu will not have access to their email. If you are using an email program such as Eudora, you get your email from mailbox.ucdavis.edu, and you need access to email during this period, consider obtaining an IPOP ServiceID prior to the end of spring quarter; this will move your email delivery to one of the POP servers (yellow, blue, scarlet or green). To add an IPOP ServiceID to your computer account, go to http://mothra.ucdavis.edu/services.

To reduce the interruption of services to clients, the Data Center staff plans to test as many services and systems as possible using test platforms. However, testing of the home fileserver for the ISUN service and mailbox. ucdavis.edu will require 24 to 48 hours of interruption in service.

The testing of infrastructure and academic systems for Y2K compliance is planned for the week between spring quarter and summer session for two reasons: it is the only break in the academic calendar long enough to allow complete testing prior to the end of the summer (the next major break of a suitable length is at the end of fall quarter -- too late in the year to assure that any Year 2000 problems could be corrected prior to Jan. 1); and, the Office of the President has requested that each UC campus complete initial testing of all mission critical systems by Sept. 30.

Downtimes for testing euclid.ucdavis.edu (IVMS) and iseq.ucdavis.edu, the academic services housed in the Data Center, will be scheduled during the same week.

The Data Center houses central campus computer systems. Services provided by these systems fall into three general categories: academic, administrative, and infrastructure. More detailed scheduling information for service interruptions required for the Y2K testing will be posted on the Data Center's Web site at http://dc.ucdavis.edu/Y2K. Please check the site for updates.

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For assistance in obtaining an IPOP ServiceID, visit the IT-Express walk-in office at Shields Library or send email to ithelp@ucdavis.edu.