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Monthly maintenance

Category: Maintenance

Systems: Miscellaneous, Network, Email, Printer service, Workstations


Standard maintenance ICT infrastructure, Radboud workstations, Windows systems and Linux systems

Reserved data for standard maintenance of ICT infrastructure

In each academic year, dates are reserved for maintenance of the central ICT infrastructure, whereby some or all ICT services may be temporarily unavailable. No events can be organised on these dates, as the Wi-Fi/internet connection may be (temporarily) unavailable or certain systems may be (temporarily) down.

Academic year 2023-2024


Academic year 2024-2025



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Security updates Microsoft

The security updates that Microsoft releases each month are implemented as follows on Radboud-Workstations and Windows Server Systems:

RU workstations
The Windows updates for the workstations are released every Friday after the third Tuesday of the month.

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Windows Systems

Maintenance is always between 20:00 and 00:30 on the Monday evening after the second Tuesday of the month.

During the maintenance period, Windows services and systems are not available for one or more short periods (10 to 30 minutes) due to restarting:
- WinFile Network Drives: home directories, user profiles (very slow logins and logouts), workgroup folders and departmental data.
- Print service ISC
- Peage (print service students; after 22:00)
- Face (or Planon)
- E-planner (USC)
- STM Office (DSZ)
- Filemaker (Int. Office and SNUF)
- Exactly - Big Bear (CIF, CFA)
- ISC management servers
- Topdesk server (ISC, CIM)
- ArcGIS (FdM)
- License Server (FdM)

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Linux systems

Linux systems are updated by default after midnight on the first Tuesday of the month.

A reboot takes place between 2 and 6:30 AM. During the maintenance period, a number of Linux services and systems may be unavailable for a short while (5 to 15 minutes). It concerns the following services: