2A - Thursday, November 2, 2006
Why does Wolverine Access close?
Here's a clue: It's not because it gets tired
For most students, the
Internet is such a pervasive
part of life that it's hard to
imagine a day without it.
With everything from
news and homework assign-
ments to Facebook profiles
and YouTube videos, it
seems as though the Web is
all-powerful. It has infor-
mation on everything, and
best of all, it's always avail-
able.
That's why it comes as a
surprise to most students
that Wolverine Access, one
of the University's most
important online services,
closes each weeknight and
for most of the weekend.
The website is a portal for
students to pay bills, check
on financial aid disburse-
ment, schedule classes and
review grades and tran-
scripts.
It can be a major inconve-
nience to find out at 2 a.m.
that the page is closed until
7:30 the next morning.
There are two reasons
for the daily shut-down,
according to staff from
Administrative Information
Services and the Residential
Computing staff.
First, it allows system
administrators to repair and
maintain the huge amounts
of data that can be accessed
with Wolverine Access.
Technicians can fix bugs,
update software or upgrade
hardware while the website
is closed.
Also, each day a "snap-
shot" is taken to backup all
the information stored on
the website.
Because it is such a huge
repository of valuable
information - including
financial aid, payment data,
class schedules, grades and
aid disbursement, schedule classes and review grades and transcripts. But the
University closes the important website for several hours each day. During these
times, system administrators repair and maintain the vast amounts of data acces-
sible through the site. Also, technicians can fix bugs, update software or upgrade
hardware.
CRIME NOTES
Man found graduate Library
WHEN: Yesterday at about
sleeping in 2:45aam
WHAT: One student's
laptop and another's MP3
WHERE: Harlan Hatcher player were stolen while left
Graduate Library unattended at the library,
WHEN: Yesterday at about DPS reported. Police have
3:30 a.m. no suspects.
WHAT: A man, who is unaf-
filiated with the University, Students cited
was found sleeping in a mail
cart in the dock entrance to for underage
the library, the Department
of Public Safety reported. drinking
He was removed from the WHERE: Mary Markley
library. Residence Hall,
WHEN: Yesterday at about
Students report 2am.
WHAT: Four students were
thefts in UGLi arrested for beingminors in
possession of alcohol, DPS
WHERE: Pierpont Commons, reported. Three were trans-
2101 Bonisteel Ave. ported to the University
WHERE: Shapiro Under- Hospital emergency room.
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
accumulated credit hours
- losing files to computer
problems would be cata-
strophic. Each day when the
website closes, this informa-
tion is backed up and stored
safely.
That means that if the
system was somehow com-
promised and the Wolver-
ine Access server corrupted,
system administrators could
restore all of the data using
the backup files.
Wolverine Access is
closed from 4 to 7 a.m. Tues-
day through Friday, Satur-
days from 10:30 p.m. to 7:30
a.m. and from 2 to 7:30 a.m.
on Monday.
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