UMS ITS News

Mainframe Retirement: Update for Functional Offices

Drew Northup — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:03:40 +0000

Mainframe Shutdown: Update for Student Financials, Student Records, Financial Aid, Admissions, Financials, and Human Resources

Everyone who is or has been a mainframe user needs to mark November 1 on the calendar. (You are or have been a mainframe user if you’ve ever used ISIS, CICS, HRIS, Financier, or Natural, or if you have connected using Hummingbird software or tn3270.) All users of the mainframe should be off by November 1 (except Financial Aid offices, which have additional time).

If you or colleagues have used the mainframe in the past to maintain data sets or statistical programs for research purposes, make sure you are aware of this timeline, and that your data, programs, tapes, or disks are off and converted into a usable format by November 1.

Shutdown Timeline

On October 19, 2009, messages will appear at logon to CMS, CICS, and WebDSIS announcing that ISIS services (including WebDSIS, CICS, and VSE Batch) will be taken down or will be generally unavailable on November 1.

By November 1, 2009, the interface between Mas90 and MaineStreet GL will be ready.

On November 1, 2009, WebDSIS will be taken down. CICS ISIS (CICS1) and VSE batch ISIS libraries will be generally unavailable. Permission may be granted to select campus users to access CICS on a case-by-case basis. Emergency runs of ISIS batch programs may be possible with intervention of ITS staff. HRIS will remain in read-only mode until December 31. WebFAST is unaffected by the mainframe shutdown, and data from 2000-2005 will continue to be available.

Until mid-December 2009, Natural access to all ISIS and Financier data will remain available.

On December 31, 2009, the mainframe will be turned off and all mainframe services cease.

Questions? Contact support@maine.edu.

WebDSIS to be Decommissioned

Drew Northup — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:24:40 +0000

As of November 1st, 2009, WebDSIS will no longer be available. The new way for working with the information which used to be accessed there is via MaineStreet.

After December 15th users attempting to access WebDSIS will automatically be redirected to MaineStreet for an as of yet undetermined period of time. Simplified URLs used to get to WebDSIS such as http://www.maine.edu/dsis will also cease to function.

UMS ITS Launches New Website

Drew Northup — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:00:49 +0000

Information Technology Services in the University of Maine System now offers an integrated web presence. Unveiled on October 5th, the new site offers easily accessible information about the many services provided by UMS ITS.

Links to policies and guidelines, help and support, campus IT offices, and tools and technologies supported by ITS are all available on the new site.

Student/Faculty Center Self-Service Improvements

Drew Northup — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:00:28 +0000

At the conclusion of the spring 2009 semester, faculty, advising staff, and students identified 13 top priority issues for improvement in the Student and Faculty Centers in MaineStreet’s Campus Solutions. During the summer, all 13 of these issues were addressed and these improvements have now been added to MaineStreet. The changes will be in place at the beginning of the fall 2009 semester.
Improvements such as these will be regularly implemented as the University of Maine System continues to move forward using MaineStreet. These are the first steps in an ongoing process of response to campus end-user needs.

Read the Full Publication for more Details!

MaineStreet Financials Upgraded to 9.0

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:00:06 +0000

MaineStreet Financials was upgraded to 9.0 on April 13. Users note some “look and feel” changes in the appearance of screens. No underlying business processes have been changed.

MaineStreet Financials was initially implemented in July 2005.