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.

2023 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 19
• February 23
• March 23
• April 20
• May 18
• June 22
• July 20
• August 17
• September 21
• October 19
• November 22
• December 20

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 26, 2023
• June 25, 2023
• September 24, 2023
• December 16, 2023

Maintenance Freeze Periods for 2023

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

• January 16-27 (week prior to and start of the spring semester)
• April 10-26 (registration)
• May 8-17 (final exams week through grading deadline)
• June 2-3, 6-7, 11-12, 16-17, 25-26 (new student orientation)
• August 21-September 1 (week prior to and start of the fall semester)
• October 30-November 15 (registration) 
• December 11-20 (final exams week through grading deadline)