Unicorn Update - information for the staff of the Indiana University Libraries

December 18, 2002
Issue #22

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Unicorn 2002 Upgrade Implementation Schedule

WorkFlows and IUCAT will be down the weekend of January 4-5, 2003 in order to implement Unicorn 2002. Below is the timeline for the upgrade itself.

January 1-3, 2003Technical staff reschedule all reports which would normally run during the downtime and make other necessary preparations.
January 3, 2003
  6:00 p.m. (Blmgtn time)
Unicorn will come down. All WorkFlows sessions should be closed before this time.
January 3, 2003
  evening
Upgrade of es33 to Unicorn version 2002.0.14.0 (the same version that has been tested on es07).
January 4, 2003
  all day
Keyword reindexing takes place (estimated to take 26-30 hours).
January 5, 2003
  mid-day
Unicorn 2002 becomes available for technical staff to test and to make upgrade-related changes (new toolbars, properties, table changes, etc.)
January 5, 2003
  evening
Technical staff report results of testing and any problems encountered. Monday morning reports are scheduled if no problems have been encountered.
January 6, 2003
  8:00 a.m. (Blmgtn time)
Unicorn becomes available for all staff and patrons. WorkFlows clients will be upgraded to version 2002 upon logon (see other documentation about upgrade process).

As with prior upgrades and patches, complete information and links to information about the progress of the upgrade can be found at http://www.indiana.edu/~sirsi/upgrade/.

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