VMware Maintenance Scheduled for June 9-11; No Service Disruption Expected

Scheduled Maintenance Report for Pitt Digital Systems Status

Completed

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Posted Jun 11, 2026 - 13:15 EDT

In progress

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Jun 09, 2026 - 10:30 EDT

Scheduled

Beginning on Tuesday, June 9, at 10:30 a.m. and continuing through Thursday, June 11, at 5 p.m., experts from Dell and VMware will update virtual server hosting at the University Data Center under guidance from Pitt Digital. The upgrade process will occur continuously over three weekdays to maximize availability of enhanced engineering support from the vendors.

No service disruptions are anticipated, and checks have been completed to ensure that the system is ready for the upgrade. Pitt Digital will be monitoring services and actively engaged with Dell throughout the upgrade. Should any unexpected issues occur, rollback procedures are also in place to ensure continuation of all systems. In the unlikely event of a service disruption, updates will be provided at https://status.pitt.edu.

This routine maintenance is performed on a semi-annual basis as part of vendor-recommended best practices to ensure high levels of availability, secure work environments, and the continued reliability and stability of critical systems. This technology supports both departmental servers and enterprise services, including Accounts Self-Service, Alteryx, Andrew File System (AFS), Central Directory Service (CDS), Perceptive Content (ImageNow), Enterprise Web Infrastructure (EWI), Scholars@Pitt, and PittPrint.

Please submit a ticket to the Technology Help Desk at https://digital.pitt.edu/helprequest or call +1-412-624-HELP (4357) if you experience any issues or have any questions regarding this announcement. This effort is being led by Lou Passarello, Pitt Digital’s director of operations.
Posted Jun 04, 2026 - 10:11 EDT
This scheduled maintenance affected: Login Services (Central Directory Service (CDS)), Accounts, Access, and Information Security (Account Management (accounts.pitt.edu)), Network, Hosting, and Storage (Enterprise Network File Storage (Andrew File System, Dell Isilon), Enterprise Server Hosting, Enterprise Web Hosting (AFS, EWI, Pantheon)), Printing, Desktop and Mobile Computing, and Software (PittPrint), and Data, Reporting, and Analytics (Tableau).