Updated: Tuesday, July 7 at 9:45am
Ex Libris implemented fixes overnight to address all of the problems that CARLI I-Share libraries had reported in Alma and Primo VE. All functionality should be back to normal. Please contact CARLI support if you have any further problems or questions.
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CARLI has been receiving reports of numerous problems in Alma and Primo VE on Monday, July 6:
We have reported these to Ex Libris and will let you know when we have more information.
We currently have enough submitted examples of the issues reported above; however, if you encounter any additional problems with Alma or Primo VE that were not an issue before the July update, please email CARLI support.
Thanks for your patience.
June 16, 2020
I-Share Alma Production/Cutover Load Bibliographic Data Review that was scheduled to begin on June 17 has been delayed.
Our Alma environments are not yet ready for your review or use. I-Share Libraries: Please do not attempt to login to Alma or Primo VE until CARLI announces that the system is ready. Attempts to login while the Alma data are being loaded can slow down the processing of our data.
CARLI will broadly announce Alma becoming available for Data Review testing, and if any deadlines will need to be adjusted. Please continue to watch your email and our website. Thank you!
On Tuesday, May 19, 2020 from 5:00am to 7:30am, some CARLI websites and services will be inaccessible for a short time while the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign performs campus firewall maintenance. While they have scheduled a two- and half-hour window, they do not expect the maintenance to take the entire period.
Services affected by this downtime include:
If you experience problems connecting to any of these services after 7:30am on Tuesday, May 19, please contact CARLI Support. Thank you.
RESOLVED May 11, 2020 - 4:00pm - Local holdings are once again displaying in Primo VE. CARLI has received word from Ex Libris that the May 10 software release reverted the setting that they fixed last week. Ex Libris has noted this important setting for the June release and will make sure to check it.
UPDATE May 11, 2020 - 11:00am - CARLI has received and confirmed reports from I-Share institutions that local holdings are once again not displaying in Primo VE. We have reopened the high priority case with Ex Libris.
RESOLVED May 7, 2020 - 8:00am - Ex Libris has corrected the problem and local holdings are once again displaying in Primo VE. Please contact CARLI if you notice any problems with local holdings displays that have not been resolved. Thank you!
May 5, 2020 - 3:45pm - CARLI has received reports that local holdings are not reliably displaying in Primo VE. The "How to get it" section may not display your institution’s local holdings and items at all, and the Search Results list may show "Check for available services >" instead of your institution's holdings location, call number, and availability information.
This has been reported to Ex Libris as a high priority problem and they are actively investigating. CARLI does not have any estimate from Ex Libris as to when this problem will be corrected, but we will send an update as new information is known.
We have received all the information that we need, so no additional reports or examples are needed at this time.
Thank you for your patience.
Between 8AM and 10AM on Sunday, March 11, the Online Catalogs will be taken offline briefly to restart Apache and other OPAC related services. This outage should be brief and will affect access to:
If you have trouble connecting to these services after 10AM please contact CARLI after hours support at (866) 904-5843 and follow the instructions to page a tech.
Between 8AM and 10AM on Sunday, March 4, the Production Voyager and Oracle servers will be taken offline briefly to increase memory allocation in preparation to add four new I-Share libraries. This outage should be brief and will affect access to:
If you have trouble connecting to these services after 10AM please contact CARLI after hours support at (866) 904-5843 and follow the instructions to page a tech.
All CARLI services will experience interruptions in service while the University of Illinois network staff performs significant maintenance on the network exit infrastructure.
I-Share/Voyager services affected include: VuFind local catalogs, the I-Share union catalog, WebVoyage local catalogs, Z39.50, Voyager staff clients, and Voyager MS Access Reporting. (Voyager Offline Backup Circulation may be used during the downtime, if needed.)
Other services include: CARLI Digital Collections (CONTENTdm), SFX, the CARLI website, support@carli.illinois.edu, ILDS website, CARLI email lists, etc.
To report a problem connecting to a CARLI-supported system after noon on Saturday, May 21, please call 866-904-5873 and follow the directions to page a technician. To report a problem during regular business hours, please call the number above or email support@carli.illinois.edu.
UIUC networking staff will perform maintenance this week affecting CARLI services. Please notify your library staff working Friday morning.
Since this outage will affect the availability of the CARLI website, you will be unable to review the System Status updates on the CARLI homepage until the outages are resolved.
If the outages extend beyond the scheduled times, you can contact CARLI by telephone at 866-904-5843 or by email at support@carli.illinois.edu and we will pass the outage information along to the UIUC networking staff.
Please send any questions about these upcoming outages to support@carli.illinois.edu.
UIUC networking staff will perform maintenance this week affecting CARLI services. Please notify your library staff working Wednesday night and Friday morning.
Since both outages will affect the availability of the CARLI website, you will be unable to review the System Status updates on the CARLI homepage until the outages are resolved.
If the outages extend beyond the scheduled times, you can contact CARLI by telephone at 866-904-5843 or by email at support@carli.illinois.edu and we will pass the outage information along to the UIUC networking staff.
Please send any questions about these upcoming outages to support@carli.illinois.edu.
On Saturday, January 31st, at 11:53 AM we received reports of VuFind not responding. CARLI System Services staff investigated the problem and determined that it was due to one of VuFind's services exhausting its memory resources. More memory was added and VuFind returned to normal operation by 3:30 PM.
Todd Pavlik
CARLI