Phone outage for OMS, BKE, RCI, OASIS and OHS today 4:00 - 4:30

In order to replace a malfunctioning component of one of the district's phone switches, there will be an outage from approximately 4:00 - 4:30 PM on Monday, November 10, 2014. This should affect only Oregon High School, Oregon Middle School, OASIS, Brooklyn Elementary, and Rome Corners Intermediate.

Netherwood Knoll, Prairie View, the District Services Office, and the Oregon Pool should continue to have uninterrupted phone service.

As with all things technological, there is the possibility that the outage will last longer than planned due to unforeseen events.

website outage schedule for Nov. 21-22

In order to perform maintenance upgrades, the www.OregonSD.org public website will be unavailable as described below.

Friday, November 21st
8:00 pm - 1:00 am: www.OregonSD.org will be unavailable. 

Saturday, November 22nd 
www.OregonSD.org will be available in read-only mode, with possible momentary service interruptions to either certain components or to the entire site. 

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

wireless network down for upgrades between 4-5 PM today (4/8/2014)

The district's wireless network will be down today for about 20 minutes sometime between 4:00 - 5:00 PM so that we can upgrade the wireless LAN controllers. You should plan to use a computer with a wired network connection during this time. 

I apologize for the short notice.

Internet interruption Wed., 11/27, 3:30 - 4:00 PM

There will be a brief interruption in Internet connectivity from the district network today (Wednesday, 11/27) between 3:30 - 4:00 PM so that we can perform some scheduled maintenance.

As with all things technical, the actual outage could be shorter or longer due to unforeseen circumstances. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Library catalogs will be unavailable over Thanksgiving weekend

The OSD school library online catalog will be unavailable from Thursday, November 28 to Saturday, November 30 (coinciding with the Thanksgiving holiday weekend). Outage times vary per website, so please visit follettupdates.com for information. Once the move is complete, the card catalogs will be back online.

Wireless network outage today around 4:15 for upgrade

The district's wireless network will be unavailable briefly today while the software is upgraded and the controllers are rebooted. This outage will occur around 4:15 today, and should last no more than 10 minutes. However, as with all things technical, unforeseen errors could cause this outage to last longer.

Network upgrade status update, including upcoming outages

The Brooklyn Elementary network is still down except for a few computers in the office. Contractors will be here Monday to complete the wiring work in the building. Hopefully it will be done Monday. 

At 8:00 AM on Tuesday, the Prairie View data network will have an interruption lasting around 5 minutes to install a fiber patch cable.

Wireless networks are still available in only certain areas in the buildings. (There are 43 wireless access points currently running, instead of 74 at the end of the school year.) Wireless should begin coming online (in new and improved form) starting tomorrow, with full coverage scheduled for August 22. At that point, there should be 168 high-capacity access points providing coverage. I'm sure there will be some tweaking necessary. Thanks for your patience as we try to get everything installed.

Updated schedule of network outages

Here is an updated schedule of network outages, listed by building. To avoid deluging you with emails, I will post minor updates to the OSD IT Blog at http://osdtech.blogspot.com and send email notifications only for major changes. Unless noted otherwise, all outages are for the entire day.

BKE

Entire network and voicemail down Thursday 8/8, 4:00 PM - Friday, 8/9, 2:00 AM.

Network down Monday, 8/12 - Thursday, 8/15, except for select office computers.

Network down Friday, 8/16

Intermittent wireless outages Thursday, 8/22

PVE

Entire network and voicemail down Thursday 8/8, 4:00 PM - Friday, 8/9, 2:00 AM.

Network down Friday, 8/16

Intermittent wireless outages Thursday, 8/22

NKE

Entire network and voicemail down Thursday 8/8, 4:00 PM - Friday, 8/9, 2:00 AM.

Network down Wednesday, 8/7 - Thursday, 8/8, except for select office computers.

Network down Monday, 8/12.

Intermittent wireless outages Thursday, 8/22

RCI

Entire network and voicemail down Thursday 8/8, 4:00 PM - Friday, 8/9, 2:00 AM.

Network down Thursday, 8/15 except for select office computers.

Intermittent wireless outages Thursday, 8/22

OMS

Entire network and voicemail down Thursday 8/8, 4:00 PM - Friday, 8/9, 2:00 AM.

Network, except for select office computers, down now through 8/14.

Network down 8/14 (even office computers)

Intermittent wireless outages Thursday, 8/22

OHS

Entire network and voicemail down Thursday 8/8, 4:00 PM - Friday, 8/9, 2:00 AM.

Network down in areas surrounding PAC, Science, Office, Math, and Tech Ed on Monday, 8/12.

Network down in areas surrounding IMC, Social Studies, and Bus. Ed. on Tuesday, 8/13.

Intermittent wireless outages Thursday, 8/22

DSO/Pool

Entire network and voicemail down Thursday 8/8, 4:00 PM - Friday, 8/9, 2:00 AM.

Intermittent wireless outages Thursday, 8/22

Planned network outage at NKE on 8/9

Scheduled outage: NKE 8/9

All network services including wireless, Internet access, and printers, will be down in Netherwood on 8/9 starting for part or all of the day. Please plan accordingly. Thank you.

Scheduled outage: Phones, computers, and networks on 8/8

In order to replace network gear, the entire district network will be down, including wireless, Internet access, phones, and voicemail, on Thursday, August 8, starting at 4:00 PM. We plan to have all services restored by 8:00 PM. You can get updates at http://osdtech.blogspot.com

Wifi outages during upgrade

Wireless network unavailable in spots

As we upgrade the network over the next two weeks, the wireless network will be unavailable in some areas of some buildings. The areas affected within each building may change daily as work progresses, so I can't give you exact locations or timeframes. Just consider this a general heads-up. The target completion date for all network upgrades is August 16.

Some servers down for maintenance Saturday morning 6/1

On Saturday, June 1, there will be a brief maintenance outage on several servers in order to do some routine maintenance and one upgrade. 

The affected servers will be the Teachers web server (the W: drive), the FitnessGram web server, the print server, principalm bridge, Moodle, Zenworks and OSD-APPS1 (the U: drive). 

The total time out of service for each should be no longer than 15 minutes at various times in the morning, with the exception of Zenworks which I will be upgrading in preparation for Summer computer imaging. I expect that server to be down for at least 2 hours. 

Only the listed services will be effected. E-mail, Google Drive, and Infinite Campus will remain fully functional.

Public website to have sporadic outages Saturday morning due to upgrades

We will be performing routine server maintenance on the public web site (www.OregonSD.org) on Saturday, April 13, 2013 from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET. While there will not be a complete outage during the maintenance window, connectivity will be sporadic during the required server reboots. We appreciate your understanding.

Destiny (Online Library Catalog) to be offline Saturday night and Sunday

The online library catalog (called Destiny) will be offline for upgrades on Sunday. The upgrade is scheduled for Saturday, April 6, 2013, beginning at 9:00 pm CT until Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 9:00 pm CT. The Destiny system will be temporarily unavailable during the upgrade.We apologize for any inconvenience.

Internet outage tonight 9:00 - 9:30 PM

The district's Internet connection will be down for maintenance tonight (Friday, 3/22) starting at 9:00 PM and lasting approximately 30 minutes. As with all maintenance, the length of time could be longer or shorter.

OregonSD.org website maintenance outage Saturday morning

From our web site provider: "We will be performing server maintenance on Saturday, January 14, 2012 from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET. While there will not be a complete outage during the maintenance window, connectivity will be sporadic during the required server reboots. We appreciate your understanding."

Network down tonight (Wed. 8/10) 10-11 PM

The district's network will be down tonight, Wednesday, August 10, from 10-11 PM while we perform regular maintenance which requires powering down the core network switch.

Network services, phone services, and Internet will be down during this time. If any unforeseen complications occur, we will post updates here.

Internet access interruption 7/21, 3:30 - 4:30

The district's connection to the Internet will be interrupted sporadically between 3:30 - 4:30 today while we perform server upgrades. No action is needed on your part.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

Voicemail will be down July 13

Remember the good old days, when you would dial - and I mean actually dial, not push buttons - the phone to call a friend, and let it ring seven or so times before hanging up? No answering machine, no voicemail, just the steady, indefinite ringing from the other end to let you know that you couldn't reach your friend at that precise instant. Perhaps they weren't home (that's the only place phones were back then), or maybe they just didn't feel like answering the phone at that time. I mean, it could have been anybody calling them (there was no Caller ID). Perhaps they were just relaxing comfortably and said to themselves, "If it's important, they'll call back later."

Well, get ready to relive those placid days of yesteryear while the district's voicemail system is down on July 13.

To get ready, you should check all your voicemail messages late on July 12, in case they get deleted during the transition (which is quite likely).

On July 13, phones will ring, but if nobody is there to pick them up, they will be forwarded to the District Services Office reception desk, where operators will be standing by to take messages. Callers will be given the option to call back the next day, or to leave a message. If the caller chooses to leave a message, the operator will write down the message on vintage message slip (pictured at right) and send it to you via interoffice mail.

If all goes well, July 14 will herald a new era of voicemail, complete with web-based controls and voicemails emailed to you as attachments, so that we can all resume our frenzied, always connected, über-busy lifestyles.

But at least on July 13, we can pause to remember what it was like, not so long ago, when we could actually let the phone ring, knowing that "if it's really important, they'll call back."

Wireless network interruption 2/24/2011 11:30 AM - noon

All wireless networks in the district will be down for approximately thirty minutes tomorrow, beginning at 11:30 AM, so that we can upgrade and expand our wireless control systems. We are bringing in outside consultants as part of a multi-day project and this is the latest we could do it and still be done in time for Monday. There will be some sporadic outages on Friday as we physically replace some access points, mainly at OHS and OMS, but none systemwide.