OIT has announced a scheduled upgrade for Banner/Oscar Student information systems beginning on Thursday,September 10, 2009. This will affect users of these and dependent systems. For further details, please see the announcement below. There is also a document available here that contains additional information.

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Subject: Re: Scheduled Service Upgrade to Banner/Oscar resulting in service unavailable 9/10-9/14/2009

WHAT IS HAPPENING?

Beginning on Thursday, September 10th, and continuinguntil Monday morning, 8:00AM, September 14th, the Banner Student InformationSystem will be upgraded from version 7.5 to 8.2.

WHO IS AFFECTED BY THIS INTERRUPTION?

This will impact the availability of the followingfunctions and applications during the upgrade process:

? AdmissionsStatus Application

? BannerSelf-Service

? Banner INB

? Bill PaymentSuite

? BuzzCard*

? BuzzPort*

? CIOS

? DataWarehouse*

? DigitalSignage (Tech Square)**

? Financial AidApplication (GTApp)

? FASETRegistration

? Grade Entry

? GradeCorrection

? Housing OnlineApplication

? Imaging

? ParkingRegistration*

? Parking FeeUpload

? Reports.gatech.edu*

? StudentAccounts

? T-Square*

* This application will be available during the upgradeprocess; however, after September 9th, Banner student data will not berefreshed until September 14th.

** Will not be able to access Banner room assignment dataafter midnight on Wednesday, Sept. 9th.

Banner Self-Service functions will not be available from12am on Thursday, September 10th until 8am on Monday, September 14th.

WHEN IS IT HAPPENING?

Beginning on Thursday, September 10th, and continuinguntil Monday morning, 8:00AM, September 14th

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO WHEN THE SYSTEM IS AVAILABLEAGAIN?

Business as usual. Users should be able to utilize services as normal after the maintenanceis complete.

WHAT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?

If you still have questions, please contact yourdepartmental IT support staff, or the OIT Technology Support Center at404-894-7173.