Tuesday, February 10, 2015

SiteManager & EPRS unavailable this weekend for server migrations

The SiteManager application and EPRS website will be unavailable this weekend. These database servers are being migrated this weekend to the Austin Data Center (ADC) as part of the TxDOT server consolidation (SCON) project.

 

Starting Friday evening @ 6:00 pm through Sunday the 15th @ 6:00 pm (all times central) the following will be unavailable:


DSS (database only)

EPRS website

LIMS

SiteManager

·         Non Inspector

·         Terminal Servers

·         Citrix Servers

SiteManager Reporting

·         Custom Report Server

·         ADHOC Reporting

·         CMISD Website Reports

 

 

 

From: ServerConsolidation
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 4:28 PM
Subject: Server Migrations for 2/13/15

 

 

The applications listed below reside on a servers scheduled for migration to the Austin Data Center (ADC).

 

The migration will start on Friday, February 13, beginning at 6PM.  The servers will be unavailable while the migration takes place (usually overnight).  A separate communication will be sent to points-of-contact for testing/validation of the applications after the migration.

 

Start Date/Time

End Date/Time

Activity

2/13/15 – 6:00 PM

2/13/15 – 7:00 PM

Prevent Access to affected applications

2/13/15 – 7:00 PM

2/13/15 – 12:00 AM

Validation of and Cutover to new applications servers

2/13/15 – 7:00 PM

2/14/15 – 12:00 PM

Data loads and validations

2/14/15 – 12:00PM

2/15/15 – 12:00 AM

TxDOT and NTT application testing

2/15/15 – 12:00 AM

2/15/15 –   6:00 PM

Completion of any testing and/or mitigate any issues found

2/15/15 –   6:00 PM

 

All applications are in production

 

All times are best estimates.  Any of the activities can take more or less time. A status email will be sent periodically throughout the process to insure you are aware of the progress. 

 

 

Note that there are no changes or updates to any application or its associated data.  The migrations are basically “copies” of the existing server contents.

 

Send any questions to ServerConsolidation@txdot.gov  and Justine.McGrady@nttdata.com  You will receive a reply within 24 hours.

 

Thanks,

 

The SCON Team

 

Affected Applications:

SiteManager, LIMS, EPRS, DSS (database only) and FHWA1391

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