Aug <var data-var='date'>21</var>, <var data-var='time'>17:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Aug <var data-var='date'> 7</var>, <var data-var='time'>14:12</var> EDT Scheduled - The MIT Cognos service (reports.mit.edu) will be migrated to IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud between Friday, August 21, and Sunday, August 23. To facilitate this migration, the service will be unavailable from 5:00 PM on August 21 through 12:00 PM on August 23. We apologize for any inconvenience this service interruption may cause and appreciate your patience as we complete this transition. If you have any questions or require assistance, please contact the MIT Service Desk.

Cognos Service Migration & Maintenance

Aug <var data-var='date'>21</var>, <var data-var='time'>08:00</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Aug <var data-var='date'>20</var>, <var data-var='time'>23:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Aug <var data-var='date'>19</var>, <var data-var='time'>14:32</var> EDT Scheduled - Buildings 17, 33, 35 - Due to a scheduled building wide normal power outage, MITnet including wired, wireless, BMS networks and VoIP telephones will be down during the maintenance window. If you experience any network issues after the maintenance period, please contact the Service Desk at 617-253-1101 or servicedesk@mit.edu.

Scheduled normal power outage - Buildings 17, 33, 35

Aug <var data-var='date'>20</var>, <var data-var='time'>19:00</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Aug <var data-var='date'>20</var>, <var data-var='time'>17:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Aug <var data-var='date'>18</var>, <var data-var='time'>15:25</var> EDT Scheduled - IS&T will be performing maintenance on the campus telephone system. No interruption of service is expected. If you experience any telephone related issues after the posted maintenance period, please contact the Service Desk at 617-253-1101 or servicedesk@mit.edu

Telephone system maintenance

Aug <var data-var='date'>19</var>, <var data-var='time'>18:11</var> EDT Completed - Work on these servers has completed, and they have been returned to service: - csail-squared - hackapult - senior-house-tombstone - snowhenge Aug <var data-var='date'>17</var>, <var data-var='time'>21:14</var> EDT Update - Work on these servers has been completed, and they have been returned to service: - all-night-tool - barber-pole - castle-on-a-cloud - hack-to-the-future Aug <var data-var='date'>17</var>, <var data-var='time'>17:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Aug <var data-var='date'>13</var>, <var data-var='time'>13:34</var> EDT Scheduled - The Athena dialup.mit.edu servers will be taken out of service and rebooted, in two groups, in order to receive software and security updates. Most users will not need to take any action, but users with persistent sessions will need to be mindful of the following schedule and migrate their session accordingly: Monday evening, August 17: - all-night-tool - barber-pole - castle-on-a-cloud - hack-to-the-future Wednesday evening August 19: - csail-squared - hackapult - senior-house-tombstone - snowhenge

dialup.mit.edu server maintenance

Aug <var data-var='date'>19</var>, <var data-var='time'>09:00</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Aug <var data-var='date'>19</var>, <var data-var='time'>05:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Aug <var data-var='date'>18</var>, <var data-var='time'>15:23</var> EDT Scheduled - Buildings 33,35,37 - Due to a scheduled building wide power outage, MITnet including wired, wireless, BMS networks and VoIP telephones will be down during the maintenance window. If you experience any network issues after the maintenance period, please contact the Service Desk at 617-253-1101 or servicedesk@mit.edu.

Scheduled emergency power outage - Buildings 33, 35,37

Aug <var data-var='date'>16</var>, <var data-var='time'>01:00</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Aug <var data-var='date'>16</var>, <var data-var='time'>00:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Aug <var data-var='date'>15</var>, <var data-var='time'>11:20</var> EDT Scheduled - Zoom Room equipment managed on campus by MSO will have a firmware update starting after midnight on Saturday August 15th and will take no more that a couple of minutes.  There should be little to no impact on the room functions. If you experience any Zoom Room related issues after the posted maintenance period, please contact the Service Desk at 617-253-1101 or servicedesk@mit.edu

Zoom Room firmware updates

Aug <var data-var='date'>13</var>, <var data-var='time'>18:00</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Aug <var data-var='date'>13</var>, <var data-var='time'>14:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Aug <var data-var='date'>13</var>, <var data-var='time'>08:02</var> EDT Scheduled - Microsoft monthly patches have been released. Notes on the release are available here: https://mit.service-now.com/esc?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0022169

August 2026 Scheduled WSUS Patches

Aug <var data-var='date'> 6</var>, <var data-var='time'>22:48</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Aug <var data-var='date'> 6</var>, <var data-var='time'>22:39</var> EDT Verifying - Verification is currently underway for the maintenance items. Aug <var data-var='date'> 6</var>, <var data-var='time'>18:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Aug <var data-var='date'> 6</var>, <var data-var='time'>17:52</var> EDT Scheduled - IS&T will be upgrading the campus firewalls. No outages are expected, but some communication that traverses the firewall may need to be manually restarted.

MITnet: Campus Firewall - Software Upgrade

Aug <var data-var='date'> 5</var>, <var data-var='time'>22:30</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Aug <var data-var='date'> 5</var>, <var data-var='time'>21:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Aug <var data-var='date'> 5</var>, <var data-var='time'>17:31</var> EDT Scheduled - MIT github instance will be undergoing maintenance from 9-10:30 pm on Thursday Aug 5th

Github Maintenance

Aug <var data-var='date'> 2</var>, <var data-var='time'>15:42</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Aug <var data-var='date'> 1</var>, <var data-var='time'>15:42</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jun <var data-var='date'>30</var>, <var data-var='time'>15:58</var> EDT Scheduled - IS&T will sunset the Spectrum Protect (TSM) backup service and will no longer accept new backup clients beginning August 1, 2026. Existing users of the service are being contacted directly with information about timelines and transition planning. IS&T will work with current clients to support migration to replacement backup solutions. Questions may be directed to tsm-systems@mit.edu.

Spectrum Protect (TSM) backup service sunset

Aug <var data-var='date'> 2</var>, <var data-var='time'>10:30</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Aug <var data-var='date'> 2</var>, <var data-var='time'>09:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul <var data-var='date'>31</var>, <var data-var='time'>12:34</var> EDT Scheduled - MIt's github appliance will down for maintenance from 9 to 10:30 on Sunday 8-2

Aug <var data-var='date'> 1</var>, <var data-var='time'>00:00</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Jul <var data-var='date'>31</var>, <var data-var='time'>20:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul <var data-var='date'>29</var>, <var data-var='time'>16:19</var> EDT Scheduled - IS&T will be upgrading the campus firewalls. No outages are expected, but some communication that traverses the firewall may need to be manually restarted.

Jul <var data-var='date'>30</var>, <var data-var='time'>21:40</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Jul <var data-var='date'>30</var>, <var data-var='time'>21:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul <var data-var='date'>30</var>, <var data-var='time'>17:13</var> EDT Scheduled - MIT's github appliance will be offline for maintenance from 9-9:30

Jul <var data-var='date'>27</var>, <var data-var='time'>19:00</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Jul <var data-var='date'>27</var>, <var data-var='time'>18:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul <var data-var='date'>23</var>, <var data-var='time'>13:03</var> EDT Scheduled - MyCOI-OPA (http://mycoi-opa.mit.edu/) will be offline on Monday, July 27th, after 6:00pm for planned maintenance. The work will take less than 1 hour and MyCOI-OPA should be available by 7:00pm. Please reach out to the RA Support Team at ra-help@mit.edu with any questions.

MyCOI maintenance

Jul <var data-var='date'>26</var>, <var data-var='time'>12:10</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Jul <var data-var='date'>26</var>, <var data-var='time'>10:40</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul <var data-var='date'>26</var>, <var data-var='time'>10:37</var> EDT Scheduled - The github upgrade is running over time

Jul <var data-var='date'>26</var>, <var data-var='time'>11:30</var> EDT Completed - The Github upgrade is running over time Jul <var data-var='date'>26</var>, <var data-var='time'>09:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul <var data-var='date'>23</var>, <var data-var='time'>09:25</var> EDT Scheduled - MIT's github appliance will undergoing maintenance this Sunday from 9-10:30AM

Jul <var data-var='date'>26</var>, <var data-var='time'>10:53</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Jul <var data-var='date'>26</var>, <var data-var='time'>10:45</var> EDT Verifying - Verification is currently underway for the maintenance items. Jul <var data-var='date'>26</var>, <var data-var='time'>10:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul <var data-var='date'>14</var>, <var data-var='time'>19:08</var> EDT Scheduled - IS&T will perform maintenance on the AFS servers in the athena.mit.edu and net.mit.edu AFS cells. During parts of the maintenance window, AFS clients (including web.mit.edu, www.mit.edu, and scripts.mit.edu) will be unable to access files stored on the AFS servers. If all goes well the the work will be completed in 30-45 minutes. During the maintenance window, IS&T will be applying operating system updates that require a reboot.

AFS maintenance (affects web.mit.edu, www.mit.edu and scripts.mit.edu)

Jul <var data-var='date'>24</var>, <var data-var='time'>15:00</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Jul <var data-var='date'>24</var>, <var data-var='time'>09:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul <var data-var='date'>23</var>, <var data-var='time'>15:02</var> EDT Scheduled - W79 - Simmons Hall - Due to a scheduled building wide power outage, MITnet including wired, wireless, BMS Networks and VoIP telephones will be down for the duration of the outage.

Network outage - W79 Simmons Hall - 7/24/26 9am until 3pm

Jul <var data-var='date'>21</var>, <var data-var='time'>23:00</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Jul <var data-var='date'>21</var>, <var data-var='time'>22:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul <var data-var='date'>21</var>, <var data-var='time'>16:39</var> EDT Scheduled - IS&T will be upgrading redundant components of the Wi-Fi infrastructure. Devices connected to some access points (AP) may experience brief (~5-10 seconds) interruptions while the AP migrates to an alternate component of the infrastructure.

Wi-Fi Infrastructure Upgrade

Jul <var data-var='date'>20</var>, <var data-var='time'>23:00</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Jul <var data-var='date'>20</var>, <var data-var='time'>22:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul <var data-var='date'>20</var>, <var data-var='time'>11:44</var> EDT Scheduled - IS&T will be upgrading redundant components of the Wi-Fi infrastructure. Devices connected to some access points (AP) may experience brief (~5-10 seconds) interruptions while the AP migrates to an alternate component of the infrastructure.

Jul <var data-var='date'>20</var>, <var data-var='time'>19:01</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Jul <var data-var='date'>20</var>, <var data-var='time'>18:01</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul <var data-var='date'>17</var>, <var data-var='time'>18:06</var> EDT Scheduled - Research Administration Systems and Tools will offline on Monday, July 20th, after 6:00pm for planned maintenance. This includes the following applications: * <a href="https://kcoeus.mit.edu/kc-prod/">Kuali Coeus(KC)</a> * <a href="https://cac-connect.mit.edu/">CAC Connect</a> * <a href="https://couhes-connect.mit.edu/">COUHES Connect</a> * <a href="https://ost.mit.edu/ost/">OST</a> * <a href="https://iic.mit.edu/iic/">Informal International Collaborations Tool (IIC)</a> * <a href="https://ecd.mit.edu/ecd/">External Contract Depository (ECD)</a> Maintenance should be completed within 1 hour and all applications should be available by 7:00pm. Please reach out to the RA Support Team at ra-help@mit.edu with any questions.

Maintenance for Research Administration Systems and Tools

Jul <var data-var='date'>20</var>, <var data-var='time'>19:00</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Jul <var data-var='date'>20</var>, <var data-var='time'>18:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul <var data-var='date'>17</var>, <var data-var='time'>11:16</var> EDT Scheduled - MIT wikis service will be undergoing maintenance on Monday July 20th starting at 5PM

Wikis maintenance

Jul <var data-var='date'>16</var>, <var data-var='time'>23:30</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Jul <var data-var='date'>16</var>, <var data-var='time'>23:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul <var data-var='date'>16</var>, <var data-var='time'>16:44</var> EDT Scheduled - IS&T will be rebooting the building network aggregation(entry) switch in attempt to clear an error. A temporary outage to the network is expected while the switch reboots.

Building 66 : Reboot - Building Aggregation Switch

Jul <var data-var='date'>16</var>, <var data-var='time'>18:00</var> EDT Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Jul <var data-var='date'>16</var>, <var data-var='time'>14:00</var> EDT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul <var data-var='date'>16</var>, <var data-var='time'>08:19</var> EDT Scheduled - Microsoft monthly patches have been released. Notes on the release are available here: https://mit.service-now.com/esc?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0022160

July 2026 Scheduled WSUS Patches

Jul <var data-var='date'>16</var>, <var data-var='time'>05:00</var> EDT Investigating - Partial System Outage

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