IT Status
Current status of PNW Information Technology systems and services.
Current Alerts
There are no major alerts at this time.
Scheduled Maintenance
(see: “When are the PNW Information Services Maintenance Windows?“)
Networking will be migrating the DNS authority for all of our external forward zones to a new BlueCat server.
There is no impact anticipated.
Start: 11:00 PM, Wednesday, 06/17/2026
End: 5:00 AM, Thursday, 06/18/2026
Networking will be updating the security certificates for connecting to the Eduroam network on both Hammond and Westville campuses, due to the current certificates expiring soon. Some devices may require users to trust the new certificates, forget/reconnect to the network, or use the SecureW2 tool found on the PNW WiFi page (pnw.edu/wifi) after this update.
Start: 9:30pm, Wednesday, 06/17/2026
End: 10:30pm, Wednesday, 06/17/2026
Recent Resolved Issues (30 Days)
PNW Enterprise Applications team will apply Banner upgrades to the production database.
The following applications will be unavailable during this maintenance:
• Banner
Start: 07:00 AM, Saturday, 06/13/2026
End: 10:00 AM, Saturday, 06/13/2026
Networking will be migrating the DNS authority for all of our external forward zones to a new BlueCat server.
There is no impact anticipated.
Start: 11:00 PM, Wednesday, 06/10/2026
End: 5:00 AM, Thursday, 06/11/2026
Networking will be migrating the DNS authority for all of our external forward zones to a new BlueCat server.
There is no impact anticipated as a result of this change. Internal DNS will not be touched.
Start: 11:00 PM, Wednesday, 06/3/2026
End: 5:00 AM, Thursday, 06/4/2026
The file server hosting the M: and T: drives will be migrated to BoilerAD this evening at 6:00 PM CDT.
Those drives will be unavailable for about an hour during the maintenance.
Start: 6:00 PM, Monday, 06/1/2026
End: 7:00 PM, Monday, 06/1/2026
Purdue IT will be making changes to a PNW departmental file server. This maintenance may impact the following shares/services:
- Nursing file shares (X: Drive)
- Titanium Scheduler
Access to these shares/services may be unavailable throughout this maintenance. If you experience any difficulties after this work has completed, please contact the CSC (csc@pnw.edu).
Start: 7:00 PM, Wednesday, 05/27/2026
End: 8:30 PM, Wednesday, 05/27/2026
Networking will be performing maintenance on the PNW VPN solution (webvpn.pnw.edu and zonevpn.pnw.edu)
webvpn.pnw.edu and zonevpn.pnw.edu will be intermittent during the maintenance period.
Start: 11:00 PM, Monday, 05/18/2026
End: 5:00 AM, Tuesday, 05/19/2026
Some shared services housed at Purdue West Lafayette may also be affected by issues. Please visit the Purdue IT Status Page for more information.
How can I get IT Notice updates?
Emergency IT Notices are sent to e-mail distribution lists containing users that are affected:
- #PNW_All_Faculty_and_Staff
- #PNW_All_Students
Non-Emergency IT Notices, and Scheduled Maintenance notifications are sent to the e-mail distribution list:
- #PNW_ITNotice
Users will need to opt-in to this distribution list if they would like to receive these updates. How to join/leave e-mail distribution lists.
All IT Notices and Scheduled Maintenance notifications will be posted to this site.