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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 17, 2025 2:25 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Scheduled LDAP Service Outage Notification – March 18, 2025</font>
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Dear Users,</div>
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We would like to inform you about a scheduled maintenance for our LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) service, which is managed by the
<b>CNI Team</b>, on <b>March 18, 2025</b>. During this maintenance window, the LDAP service will be temporarily unavailable.</div>
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<b>Maintenance Details:</b></div>
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Start Time: March 18, 2025, at 7:00 AM</li><li style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
End Time (Estimated): March 18, 2025, at 3:00 PM</li><li style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Affected Services: Login services, LDAP-dependent applications, and user authentication.</li></ul>
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<b>Impact:</b></div>
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Users may experience issues logging in or accessing services that rely on LDAP for authentication.</li><li style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Password changes, account modifications, and access to LDAP-backed applications will be temporarily unavailable during the maintenance window.</li><li style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Filesystems and Network Shares: Filesystems or network shares that are dependent on LDAP for user authentication or access control may be inaccessible or experience delays during the outage.</li></ul>
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Please plan accordingly for this scheduled downtime, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. A follow-up notification will be sent once the maintenance is completed and the LDAP service is fully restored.</div>
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If you have any questions or need assistance, please reach out to us at <b><a href="mailto:helpdesk@jlab.org" id="OWAa47144a6-888c-5d5a-695c-9eddb99bf19b" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:helpdesk@jlab.org" data-ogsc="" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px">helpdesk@jlab.org</a></b>.</div>
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Thank you for your cooperation.</div>
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Best regards,<br>
Wesley Moore<br>
Scientific Computing Operations Team</div>
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