Sakai Unavailable for Maintenance, Fri., May 30, 6:00am

*** UPDATE *** May 30, 7:14am PT - Sakai is back online. The planned maintenance is complete.

WHAT:  Sakai Unavailable for Maintenance

WHEN:  05/30/25  Duration:  6:00am - 7:30am (US Pacific Time)

Description:  On Friday, May 30, Sakai (sakai.plu.edu) will be out of service from 6:00am to 7:30am (US Pacific Time) for maintenance. Please plan accordingly. If you have any questions or concerns please email sakai@plu.edu.

Service(s) Impacted:  Sakai

Estimated Time to Resolution or Next Update:  Fri., May 30, 7:30am

Check https://www.plu.edu/status/ for periodic updates.

Sakai Unavailable for Maintenance, Fri., May 23, 6:00am

*** UPDATE *** Fri., May 23, 6:35am PT - Sakai is back online. The planned maintenance is complete.

WHAT:  Sakai Unavailable for Maintenance

WHEN:  05/23/25  Duration:  6:00am - 7:00am (US Pacific Time)

Description:  On Friday, May 23, Sakai (sakai.plu.edu) will be out of service from 6:00am to 7:00am (US Pacific Time) for maintenance. Please plan accordingly. If you have any questions or concerns please email sakai@plu.edu.

Service(s) Impacted:  Sakai

Estimated Time to Resolution or Next Update:  Fri., May 23, 7:00am

Check https://www.plu.edu/status/ for periodic updates.

PLU Zoom Enterprise Licensing

In July of 2025, PLU will be discontinuing its Zoom enterprise licensing and will be transitioning to Google Meet as our primary videoconferencing solution. While significant price increases were a major factor in this decision, it also was an opportunity to reevaluate Meet as an alternative solution, which was already included in our existing Google Workspace for Education agreement. Our department has reviewed Google Meet and we are confident that Google’s improvements in this product over the last several years have made Google Meet into a videoconferencing platform that will address the needs of the university. We understand that moving away from Zoom will take some adjustment for everyone and the PLU User Services staff will do our best to provide guidance and assist where needed to make this transition as smooth as possible. Handouts and documents to assist with learning the features of Google Meet are available in the PLU KnowledgeBase and additional questions related to the transition can be sent to helpdesk@plu.edu.

Zoom licensing will officially expire for PLU on July 11th and all accounts will revert back to basic, unlicensed accounts, with significant time and feature restrictions. Zoom integration with Sakai will be removed prior to the start of summer classes to avoid any disruptions partway through an active course. If you would like to use Google Meet within your Sakai course, guidance is provided in the PLU KnowledgeBase.

If you have questions or concerns related to this transition, please send them to helpdesk@plu.edu or enter a request into our ticketing system at helpdesk.plu.edu.

** RESOLVED: All Banner Services will be unavailable Sunday, May 25, 2025 7:00AM-11:00AM for scheduled maintenance

WHAT: All Banner Services will be unavailable Sunday, May 25, 2025 7:00AM-11:00AM for scheduled maintenance

WHEN: Sunday, May 25, 2025 from 7:00AM-11:00AM

WHERE: On and Off Campus

Current Status: Resolved

Description: **UPDATE: The scheduled maintenance scheduled for May 25, 2025 from 7:00AM-11:00AM has been completed. All Banner Services are once again available.

All Banner Services will be unavailable for scheduled maintenance.  This post will be updated as soon as our work is complete and services are once again available.

Services Impacted: Banner Administrative Pages, Banner Self Service, Administrative Reporting

Workarounds: None

PLU Help Desk Maintenance - Fri., May 23, 6:00am

*** UPDATE *** Friday, May 23, 6:41am - PLU Help Desk is back online. The planned maintenance is complete.

WHAT:  PLU Help Desk Maintenance

WHEN:  05/23/25  Duration:  6:00am - 7:30am (US Pacific Time)

Description:  On Friday, May 23, PLU Help Desk (helpdesk.plu.edu) will be intermittently available from 6:00am to 7:30am (US Pacific Time) for maintenance. An update to this notice will be posted once the maintenance is complete.

Service(s) Impacted:  PLU Help Desk

Estimated Time to Resolution or Next Update:  Fri., May 23, 7:30am

Check https://www.plu.edu/status/ for periodic updates.

Sakai Unavailable for Maintenance, Fri., May 16, 6:00am

*** UPDATE *** Fri., May 16, 6:06am PT - Sakai is back online. The planned maintenance is complete.

WHAT:  Sakai Unavailable for Maintenance

WHEN:  05/16/25  Duration:  6:00am - 6:30am (US Pacific Time)

Description:  On Friday, May 16, Sakai (sakai.plu.edu) will be out of service from 6:00am to 6:30am (US Pacific Time) for maintenance. Please plan accordingly. If you have any questions or concerns please email sakai@plu.edu.

Service(s) Impacted:  Sakai

Estimated Time to Resolution or Next Update:  Fri., May 16, 6:30am

Check https://www.plu.edu/status/ for periodic updates.

Sakai Unavailable for Maintenance, Fri., May 9, 6:00am

*** UPDATE *** Fri., May 9, 6:06am PT - Sakai is back online. The planned maintenance is complete.

WHAT:  Sakai Unavailable for Maintenance

WHEN:  05/09/25  Duration:  6:00am - 6:30am (US Pacific Time)

Description:  On Friday, May 9, Sakai (sakai.plu.edu) will be out of service from 6:00am to 6:30am (US Pacific Time) for maintenance. Please plan accordingly. If you have any questions or concerns please email sakai@plu.edu.

Service(s) Impacted:  Sakai

Estimated Time to Resolution or Next Update:  Fri., May 9, 6:30am

Check https://www.plu.edu/status/ for periodic updates.

***POSTPONED*** Internet Service Provider Planned Outage - Thursday, May 8th 10:00PM to Friday, May 9th 04:00AM

WHAT: PLU Internet Service Provider Maintenance

WHEN: May 8-9, 2025 Duration: Up to 3 hours between 10:00PM and 04:00AM

WHERE: Internet service in and out of campus

Current Status: Postponed

Description: One of PLU's Internet Service Providers will be performing maintenance on some of their equipment that supports one of our internet connections.  This work is scheduled between 10:00PM and 04:00AM on Thursday night into Friday morning and is expected to last up to 3 hours.

PLU has multiple ISP connections and has designed our connectivity to utilize all links whenever possible.  During this maintenance, our Internet service will automatically be switched to our secondary ISP for all traffic. However, during the transition periods users may experience disruption to their connections.

Service(s) Impacted: Campus Internet Service

Workarounds: Secondary ISP should handle our Internet service needs.

Next Update:  Following completion of maintenance and confirmation from our ISP.

Check https://www.plu.edu/status/ for periodic updates.