Aleph 19 Upgrade Update: March 18, 2009The Aleph production server will be down beginning at 2:00 am, Saturday, March 21 for the upgrade to version 19. We expect to have version 19 live sometime on Sunday, March 22.
Also, please note:
- The OPAC will be redirected to the version 18 development/test server during the down time (date of the data is 3/14).
- Interlibrary loan will not be available during the down time.
- If you choose to use Aleph offline circulation, use the Aleph v.19 circulation client. See Support Center answer #3079 for instructions on using offline circulation.
Interlibrary Loan – During Downtime
Interlibrary loan will not be available from either a blank form or the link from the OPAC during the downtime of March 21-22. If a patron clicks on either of these links, they will receive a message indicating that interlibrary loan is unavailable.
We will notify MINITEX of the downtime so that they may make adjustments for the MnLINK Gateway. If they choose to point to dev18 for searching, interlibrary loan from the MnLINK Gateway will continue to work, but requests will be queued for processing when the system comes back up.
Saturday, March 21, 2:00 am: Version 18 production server is shut down. Staff client access to Aleph production will not be available until you are notified that production 19 is up and ready to use. Web OPAC and MnPALS Plus will be redirected to dev18.
Sunday, March 22: Go live on version 19. Watch for an announcement on the mailing list that version 19 is available. Refer to http://www.mnpals.org/sections/19golive.html for the Switch to Production Checklist.
Important Note: Any changes that are made on dev19 must be tracked and re-entered on prod19 after March 22. This includes table changes and changes to staff privileges. Changes made on prod18 after March 16 will also need to be re-entered on prod19 after March 22.
Following is an update on the work completed, in progress, and coming up.
Completed
- The version 19 production zone has been created, test data has been loaded, and a test of the upgrade express kit has been run on prod19.
- The final tables are in place on production 19.
- The information sessions have been completed. The session notes and session recordings for each module are available on the PALS web site at http://www.mnpals.org/sections/19upgrade.html .
In progress
- The PALS staff is making final preparations for version 19.
- The PALS staff is testing version 19 on the production server.
- Backup scripts are being set up for the production 19 server.
- The Course Reserves web training sessions are in process. There are two sessions remaining on March 18 and 25.
- Libraries are reviewing Course Reserves data and testing version 19 functionality. If any changes are made to tables on dev19, they must be tracked so they can be replicated in prod19 after March 22.
- Libraries are checking version 19 staff permissions for Course Reserves and Services and modifying as needed, keeping track of changes so they can be re-entered on production after STP.
Coming up
- The production server will go down on Saturday, March 21 at 2:00 am. The web OPAC and MnPALS Plus will be redirected to dev18 during this time. Libraries that are open go into backup mode for circulation.
- Go live on version 19 on Sunday, March 22.
- After we are live on version 19, libraries update tables and privileges as needed.
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