Maintenance Schedule & Calendar

Please note that all maintenance will be performed on the regularly scheduled maintenance dates whenever possible; however, these dates may be subject to change.

2024 Dates

General Maintenance

Systems supported by ITS may be unavailable due to routine maintenance beginning at approximately 9:00 p.m. on the Thursdays listed below. Systems may continue to be unavailable until 1:00 a.m. Friday morning.

• January 18
• February 22
• March 21
• April 18
• May 23
• June 20
• July 18
• August 22
• September 19
• October 17
• November 21
• December 19

Database Maintenance

Additional database maintenance will be from 6 to 9 a.m. on the Sundays below. The following services will be unavailable: Banner Admin pages, Self Service, ODBC, eTranscripts, and Online Balloting. ProcessMaker will be available in a limited capacity. Please plan accordingly for your ProcessMaker and Banner projects. Please contact Tyler Spoon at tyler.spoon@drake.edu for questions or concerns.

• March 24, 2024
• June 23, 2024
• September 22, 2024
• December 22, 2024

Maintenance Freeze Periods for 2024

No changes will be allowed to production systems during the following times:

• January 22 - February 2 (week prior to and start of the spring semester)
• April 8 - 24 (registration)
• May 13 - 22 (final exams week through grading deadline)
• June 4 - 5, 9 - 10, 14 - 15, 23 - 24, and 27 - 28 (new student orientation)
• August 19 - 30 (week prior to and start of the fall semester)
• October 28 - November 13 (registration) 
• December 9 - 18 (final exams week through grading deadline)