[MacTUG] UPDATE: WCMS upgrade to v2.7.0 - January 15 - 25

[Carol Lu]

UPDATE: The maintenance window for the upgrade of WCMS production sites to version 2.7.0 will be extended as follows:

  *   Thursday, January 24 from 7:00 p.m. to Friday, January 25 at 7:00 a.m.
  *   Friday, January 25 from 7:00 p.m. until complete


Communications will be shared on Monday, January 28 if additional time is required, or if there are outstanding issues.

Note regarding WCMS pilot sites: Technical issues were identified during the first upgrade. They have since been resolved and will be applied during a second upgrade of pilot sites, which will take place during the extended upgrade window for production sites.

For all sites, please log out of your site and do not work on your site during this upgrade window. Sites will remain available to site visitors during the upgrade window.

Questions or concerns? Please submit to rt-ist-wcms at rt.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:rt-ist-wcms at rt.uwaterloo.ca> or the IST Service Desk, helpdesk at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:helpdesk at uwaterloo.ca>, ext. 44357.

Recipients of this message:  uwweb, isthd, faccus, ist-staff, admin-support, ctsc, ucist, mactug, MSC, SSO, Bulletin


Carol Lu
Computing Consultant, Digital Communications
Information Systems & Technology
University of Waterloo
519-888-4567 ext. 40280


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Subject: WCMS upgrade to v2.7.0 - January 15 - 25


What is happening? All WCMS “FDSU”, single page, conference and publication sites are being upgraded to WCMS 2.7.0. This release does not affect UWaterloo Scholar sites. Full release notes are available at https://uwaterloo.ca/web-resources/news/wcms-270-release, these notes are preliminary and are expected to change.

When is this happening?
Pilot sites, wms-dev, and wms-profiles will be updated:

  *   Tuesday, January 15 from 7:00 p.m. to Wednesday, January 16 at 7:00 a.m.
  *   Wednesday, January 16 from 7:00 p.m. to Thursday, January 17 at 7:00 a.m. (if necessary)


Production sites will be updated:

  *   Tuesday, January 22 from 7:00 p.m. to Wednesday, January 23 at 7:00 a.m.
  *   Wednesday, January 23 from 7:00 p.m to Thursday, January 24 at 7:00 a.m.
  *   Thursday, January 24 from 7:00 p.m. to Friday, January 25 at 7:00 a.m. (if necessary)


What you need to do before the upgrade begins: On forms sites, it is recommended that any “mission critical” forms be temporarily disabled prior to the upgrade window to avoid the slight chance that a form could be submitted while your site is being upgraded. All forms can be re-enabled following the upgrade window.

For all sites, please log out of your site and do not work on your site during this upgrade window. Sites will remain available to site visitors during the upgrade window.

Questions or concerns? Please submit to rt-ist-wcms at rt.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:rt-ist-wcms at rt.uwaterloo.ca> or the IST Service Desk, helpdesk at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:helpdesk at uwaterloo.ca>, ext. 44357.

Recipients of this message:  uwweb, isthd, faccus, ist-staff, admin-support, ctsc, ucist, mactug, MSC, SSO, Bulletin


Carol Lu
Computing Consultant, Digital Communications
Information Systems & Technology
University of Waterloo
519-888-4567 ext. 40280

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