10:08am
All services affected by this morning’s 5:30 AM power failure at the 881 Commonwealth Avenue data center have been restored.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Boston University IT Help Center at 617-353-4357 or by email at ithelp@bu.edu

9:45am
Business Intelligence is now available

9:20am

Due to a power failure at the 881 Commonwealth Ave data center, services
were shut down at 5:30am.

Power has been restored and services are being brought back online.

Current services that are unavailable include:
– Mainframe
– The Link
– Credit Card Transactions
– Business Intelligence
– Degree Audit
– OnBase Document Imaging

Expected time for full service restoration is 10:30am at the earliest.

Future updates will be posted here as the become available.

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8:45am update:

Additional services such as Mainframe, The Link, and other services are now being brought back online. Full service restoration is now expected by 10:00am at the earliest.

All future updates will be posted at https://www.bu.edu/tech/news/ until the issue has been resolved.

Next update: 9:45am

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7:45am update:

Power to the 881 Commonwealth Ave data center has been restored.

Full service restoration is expected by 9:00am at the earliest.

All future updates will be posted at https://www.bu.edu/tech/news/ until the issue has been resolved.

Next update: 8:45am

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6:45am update:
WordPress and previously effected websites have been restored.

Other effected services that have been identified are business intelligence, degree audit, and document imaging.

All future updates will be posted at https://www.bu.edu/tech/news/ until the issue has been resolved.

Next update: 7:45am

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Incident Discovery Time: 04:45am on 02/04/2011
Services Impacted: Mainframe and Link services, WordPress, Exchange public folders, and other services

Description of Impact
Servers are being shut down due to a power outage at the 881 Commonwealth Ave data center

The following services will be unavailable until power is restored:
Mainframe and Link services, WordPress, Exchange public folders, and other services.

Current Status
IS&T are currently investigating effected services.

Next Update: 06:45am

IT Help Center, Information Services & Technology
Boston University
(617)353-HELP (4357)
ithelp@bu.edu