On Friday, July 19, 2019, Executive Director Tim Brown presented on ransomware prevention for the Florida Local Government Information Systems Association (FLGISA). View his presentation here.
Tuesday, September 27th
Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) would like to inform you upcoming BaaS maintenance Service(s): Tallahassee and Atlanta Backup and Recovery ServicesMaintenance Start Time: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - 0800 (ET)Maintenance End Time: Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 1700 (ET)Service Availability: Brief BaaS Service Interruptions during business hoursDetails: NWRDC Recovery Team will perform security maintenance to the BaaS environments in Tallahassee and Atlanta. Each day we will be working during the business day to minimize impact to the daily backups that run throughout the night. During the maintenance, there will be brief intermittent service interruptions as we perform that security updates to each of the customers’ Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) for both Tallahassee and Atlanta. We will make our best effort to keep the interruptions as short as possible. We thank you for your patience as we work to improve Backup and Recovery services at the data center.Questions?We are here to help. If you experience issues after the maintenance has concluded or have any questions, please contact the NWRDC Operations Team at (850) 645-3500, it_support@nwrdc.fsu.edu.
Monday, October 3rd
Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
Tuesday, October 4th
Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) would like to inform you of a change for an upcoming BaaS maintenanceService(s): Tallahassee and Atlanta Backup and Recovery ServicesMaintenance Start Time: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 - 0800 (ET)Maintenance End Time: Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 1700 (ET)Service Availability: Brief BaaS Service Interruptions during business hoursDetails: NWRDC Recovery Team will perform security maintenance to the BaaS environments in Tallahassee and Atlanta. Each day we will be working during the business day to minimize impact to the daily backups that run throughout the night. During the maintenance, there will be brief intermittent service interruptions as we perform that security updates to each of the customers’ Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) for both Tallahassee and Atlanta. We will make our best effort to keep the interruptions as short as possible. We thank you for your patience as we work to improve Backup and Recovery services at the data center. Questions?We are here to help. If you experience issues after the maintenance has concluded or have any questions, please contact the NWRDC Operations Team at (850) 645-3500, it_support@nwrdc.fsu.edu.
Monday, October 10th
Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
Monday, October 17th
Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
Friday, October 21st
Regular meeting of the NWRDC Policy Board. If you are interested in attending this meeting, please contact kate_wasson@nwrdc.fsu.edu.
Monday, October 24th
Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
Monday, October 31st
Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.