Backup Service Decommissioned
Botany Backup Service has been discontinued on March 31, 2021.
Backup Service outage
Currently our inSync Backup Service is not working. We are investigating the cause. We will update you the progress ASAP.
Print service planned outage
We plan to install a new SSL certificate in our print management server (AKA PaperCut server) at 12 PM on Friday, July 12, 2019. After installing this new SSL certificate, we will have to manually reconnect all associated devices to the print management server, which will take 10 to 15 minutes each. This will affect […]
UBC Enhanced CWL (Multi-factor Authentication)
On May 31, 2019, Faculty of Science board UBC Enhanced CWL For more info about UBC Enhanced CWL please check https://privacymatters.ubc.ca/learn-about-enhancedcwl
Botany websites unavailable for updates.
All Botany Drupal websites (botany.ubc.ca, in.botany.ubc.ca, db.botany.ubc.ca) are not available between 3-5pm on Wednesday, Mar 13, 2019.
Botany Drupal websites update
All Botany Drupal websites will be unavailable briefly between 4-5PM on Wednesday, Feb 20 for security updates.
Botany Backup Service back to normal
Due to backup storage system migration request by UBC IT, Botany Backup service was unavailable for a few days. It took more time to migrate than we expected. But finally this service is back to normal since early on Saturday, Feb 9.
Botany websites maintenance – done
Several Botany websites were temporary unavailable for maintenance. Now we have applied the security patches. Everything should be back to normal.
Backup service recovered
Botany backup service is now back to work around 3PM on Jan 16, 2019. There was some storage problem. We contacted UBC IT, and they have fixed the problem.
Botany Drupal Websites offline for security updates
All Botany Drupal Websites (www.botany.ubc.ca, in.botany.ubc.ca, and db.botany.ubc.ca) are taken offline for security updates from 10AM-12PM on Wednesday, Apr25.