Update: Saturday, 19 August, 2006

Over the past few days , a great deal of effort from both ZU and our onsite partners has gone into resolving the power and a/c problems in our Data Centers on the new  campus.

Unfortunately a resolution continues to elude us but strong attempts on several fronts are still underway.

This morning, IT and CPDO have jointly decided that whilst a permanent resolution  is being explored, the IT relocation should proceed and we will address the  issues as  they develop. We would like to advise you of the expected timelines for the relocation and the subsequent availability of services.

Termination of services on the Dubai campus :
Sunday , August 20th, 2006 @ 4:00 pm

Expected shutdown duration: 3- 5 Days

Expected date and time services will be available :
Saturday, August 26th, 2006 @ 08:00 am


Services Affected

The following services will be shutdown while we physically relocate the equipment and will be unavailable during the periods mentioned above:

  All network drives (K:,S:,U:,V:,P: etc) access.

  Groupwise (Dubai employees and students only)

  Banner (Web and client/server access)

  HRIS (Web and client/server access)

  Blackboard

  Library application-Millenium

  All Web applications.

     - including FAP, Graduates Employment Database, e-porfolio, on-campus Employment Database, ZU Intranet sites (Minutes, Policies, Procedures, Comprehensive  Calendar), Perception, Meeting Maker, Financial Application, ZU Telephone Directory, ZU Portal & Faculty Profile


Please Note

Groupwise email for Dubai campus employees & students will be hampered and unavailable during the relocation.You are welcome to try and connect to Groupwise anytime after the 22nd
to see if we have it available earlier.

Abu Dhabi users are kindly requested to refrain from sending Groupwise emails to Dubai users, since the emails will be queued for delivery and will only be delivered once the Dubai mail servers
are successfully relocated.

Internet outbound email  from Groupwise will continue to be sent out without any interruption from our Abu Dhabi gateway.

Internet inbound email for Dubai users will be held in queue and will be delivered once the relocation is completed.

We request you to please keep yourself informed by checking for status updates at http://www.zu.ac.ae/move

Please email us at relocation@zu.ac.ae if you have any concerns on the relocation schedule as indicated above.

Thank you for your co-operation.

The IT Department