Information Services Notifications and Outages

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System Outage: Transfer Credit Reevaluations and Preapprovals (TCRP)

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Update, July 11, 2023:

We are still experiencing problems with the Transfer Credit Reevaluations and Preapprovals system. Thank you for your patience as we continue to work on these problems and improve the TCRP system. We will post updates here as we have more information.

Thank you to the many people who have reported issues with the Transfer Credit Reevaluations and Preapprovals (TCRP) system. We understand that the current unavailability of this important tool may cause inconvenience for those seeking course equivalencies or reevaluations. Fixing the problem is taking longer than anticipated, but please know that our team is actively investigating the issue and working toward a resolution as quickly as possible. We hope to start releasing incremental fixes next week during the week of June 26th.

In the meantime, we want to offer our assistance in helping you navigate this situation.

  • If you are seeking an exact course equivalency, we recommend reaching out to the department head for the course(s) in question.
  • For those seeking a GEC code (general education) reevaluation, please contact Ross Hawkins at RossHawkins@MissouriState.edu.
  • Similarly, for those seeking a PEU code (professional education) reevaluation, please contact Juli Panza at JuliPanza@MissouriState.edu.

We apologize for any difficulties this issue may cause and appreciate your patience as we work toward a solution.

 

Production Banner – Hardware-Related Outage

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Update: A temporary hardware fix has been applied and Production Banner services are being brought online. I anticipate this process will be complete by 12:30 PM, and will update this post when complete or if we encounter delays. Users may experience degraded system performance as services are brought online, and until a permanent hardware fix is complete.

Network Outage – Resolved

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The network outage that affected most services on the Springfield campus, including the Cheek Hall data center, has been resolved. All services should have been restored as of 9:22 a.m. this morning. If you are aware of any outages, please report them to Networking@MissouriState.edu immediately.

The core circuit card that failed two days ago and was disabled, today had to physically be removed from the router to restore services. Backup, redundant interfaces are handling all of the load while we seek a replacement card from the manufacturer. We may be required to perform diagnostics on this card which would likely occur on our next scheduled “down day”. Such days are reserved for upgrading and testing various systems and are ideal needs such as this. We apologize for this outage and do not believe it will happen again.

Thank you, Mark

Mark F. Harsen
Director, Networking and Telecommunications
Missouri State University

WORKAROUND: Call 417-319-1372 to reach Missouri State University Numbers

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We have provisioned a temporary number of 417-319-1372 that rings the University Operators who can transfer your call to any MSU party. If you are an AT&T, Mediacom, or Cricket customer or if you always receive a busy signal when calling any MSU phone number, please call our Operators at 417-319-1372 instead of using the permanent number of 417-836-5000. They will help you reach your intended party.

We have escalated this issue with both AT&T and Windstream. Windstream currently provides inbound telephone service to MSU and we have received reports that at least some other Windstream customers are experiencing the same issues of always receiving busy signals.

If you cannot reach our Operators at this temporary number, please email Telecommunications@missouristate.edu or Mark.Harsen@missouristate.edu. All information is welcome regarding this AT&T/Windstream problem and it could aid in a faster resolution.