System Alerts & Statuses

ITS publishes Notifications (for scheduled downtimes) and Alerts (for unscheduled downtimes or outages) here on the System Status page and by email to the NOTIFY_ITS listserv.

ITS will notify the campus community of any confirmed outage.  Outage alerts will be posted on this page under Unscheduled System Alerts or Scheduled System Downtimes. ITS will notify the campus community when the issue is resolved. Actual problem resolution time can vary, depending on the nature and cause of the disruption.  ITS views any situation that results in a widespread disruption of message delivery as critical, and applies all due resources and effort towards an accurate diagnosis and expeditious resolution of the problem.

Weekly Outage Windows

Information Technology Services (ITS) computing and network systems may be unavailable for weekly routine maintenance activities or upgrades during the day- and time- periods listed below:

  • Tuesday: between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m.
  • Saturday and Sunday: between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.

Unscheduled System Alerts

Scheduled System Downtimes

College Place Electric Vault Network to be Unavailable - scheduled

7/14/2026
Description: In order to apply an upgrade, some wired and wireless connections at College Place Electric Vault will be unavailable on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. ET. This includes the connection that is going from MS1A to the steam station.

Course Feedback System to be Unavailable - scheduled

7/07/2026
Description: In order to complete maintenance, the Course Feedback System will be unavailable on Tuesday, July 7, 2026 from 7:00 p.m. ET until 3:00 a.m. ET the following morning, Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

Ernie Davis Network to be Unavailable - scheduled

7/09/2026
Description: In order to apply an upgrade, Ernie Davis' wired and wireless internet will be briefly unavailable on Thursday, July 9, 2026 sometime between 5:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. ET.

How to Subscribe to Outage Notification

To receive Notifications and Alerts by email, subscribe to the NOTIFY_ITS listserv:

  1. Click this link: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
  2. Delete the signature line from the body of the email if it is included automatically. You do not need to enter a subject.
  3. Include the following line in the body of the message: subscribe NOTIFY_ITS Your_name
  4. You may omit your name if your email program automatically includes it in your email header.
  5. Send the email.

You will receive a request to confirm your subscription. Click on the confirmation link in the email and you’re done.

Questions?

Information Technology and Services
Phone: (315) 443-2677
Email: help@syr.edu or fill out a help ticket