Enterprise Information Technology Services Press Release
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

Monday, November 20, 2006

WRITER/CONTACT: Chris Fleming cfleming@uga.edu, 706-542-0189

EITS Boyd Data Center Thanksgiving Holiday Unattended Mode

ATHENS,GA.—The EITS Boyd Data Center will be placed into unattended mode of operations for the upcoming Thanskgiving Holiday period. Unattended mode will begin at midnight on Wednesday night, November 22, 2006. Unattended mode will continue until midnight on Saturday night, November 25, 2006, at which time normal operations will resume.

During unattended mode computing services will continue to be available. Operator-specific functions such as printing and manual tape mounts will not be available. Cartridge tapes residing inside the IBM 3494 Tape Library Dataserver and virtual tape volumes inside the VTS (Virtual Tape Server) will be available for use on the MVS/JES3 system. Cartridge tapes residing outside the 3494 and all round tapes will not be available for use during the unattended mode period.

If this schedule will cause problems for you or your department, please contact Chris Fleming at the contact information listed above.

EITS Mission
The Office of the Chief Information Officer and Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS) are committed to the mission of UGA as a land-and-sea-grant institution where academics come first and the research extensive university community encourages research efforts at the undergraduate and graduate levels. To that end, under the direction of the University´s Chief Information Officer, EITS endeavors to provide a robust, reliable, and secure information technology infrastructure, maintain essential production services, and offer world-class support.