Here is the Y2K status report
for April. Some of these projects are now considered complete and will
not appear on future list of PENDING activities.
1. VMS
(Tim Mee)
VAX VMS system hardware ready
April 29 - Bob Carrigan
Obtain feedback from Ron Bleed
and Legal due diligence - Jim DeVere
VMS version level decision 5.5-2h4
or 7.1? - Project Team
Testing SIS, INGRES,...
2. E-mail
replacement for employee's A1 (Tim Mee/KC Hundere)
RFP committee still in session
Next RFP committee meeting 5/10
Timeline getting very short,
contingency plans being discussed
3. LMS
(Gary Nusbaum)
In progress. Must be complete
by July/August 99.Anticipated completion date: June 25 1999
Portions of LMS have already
been converted via prior contract with Ravel contractors, Craig Dyer, Betty
Greenwood and Jim DeVere.
As of March 1999, one production
upgrade was required to allow LMS and
the current Y2k'ed SIS to operate
correctly. Betty Greenwood is
continuing work on file conversions
and Craig Dyer will start back on
the project in the beginning
of April 1999. LMS Y2K Conversion must be
in place by July 1st 1999 to
meet the need of users.
4. FRS
(Dave Steele)
Y2K status of FRS pending.
5. MIR
(Juan Marquez)
MIR database is Y2K ready. Some
software used by MIR is dependent upon
the VAX VMS O/S version, if
any change in VMS version is required due
to Y2K then some software products
(DAL, ..) used by MIR will require
review.
6. UNIX
Systems (Tom Bates)
All MCD DEC UNIX O/S are scheduled
to move to version 4.0d
Making good progress.
7. DRA/LIB
(Bob Davidson)
DRA Y2K software has been implemented.
Another Y2K upgrade version has
been received and being scheduled
for implementation.
8. Dist
Office Servers (Rebecca Ramirez-Gagnon)
All NT and Netware servers are
scheduled for upgrades.
Jul/Aug is the target date for
completion.
9. INGRES
(Kelly Young)
A new version of INGRES is required
to achieve Y2K ready status.
The new version has been received
and tested.
The new INGRES software version
scheduled for installation
district-wide during the week
of May 17th. (after end of semester heavy
computer usage)
10. INFORM
(Sandy Reah)
Majority of work and testing
completed.
May 26th week is the estimated
completion date.
11. CPR
(Robert Peterson)
Testing CPR INGRES under the
new INGRES version scheduled for May 17 has been suggested. All major updates
have been completed, including tables and reports.Some access screens have
not been updated but users have been directed to use the information available
from the District Curriculum Web Page, access is quicker and easier.
12. Applicant
Tracking (George Ferguson/Tom McCann)
Testing CPR INGRES under the
new INGRES version scheduled for May 17 has been suggested. Applicant Tracking
- all programs have been changed since September 1997. The online panels
have not been changed to reflect yyyy because Employment had requested
them to stay at yy.Request has been sent to Employment (George Ferguson)
requesting a time for the panels to be changed to dd-mmm-yyyy.
13. TMS
(Andy Conovaloff/Tonie Salzano)
Very good progress being made.
14. INSIGHT
(Jose Candanedo/Fred Gaudet)
Product will be tested and used
with the new version of INGRES. If
product continues to work at
GWC, then INSIGHT will remain available to
GWC. If INSIGHT does not work
for year 2000 system dates, then the
system will be removed since
MCD does not have the most recent programs
source code.
15. CARS
(Steve Smith)
CARS has been made Y2K ready
and compatible with the new Y2K ready SIS
version. CARS is being moved
to Y2K node to test CARS under the new
INGRES version being scheduled
for release the week of May 17th on all
Maricopa vax vms INGRES sites.
16. POS/Plastic/ATM
(Mary Faires/Mike McIntier)
Mike McIntier has sent Y2K inquiry
letters to all MCD vendors
requesting their company and
product Y2K status.
17. MCD
Y2K official progress (Mike McIntier/Margaret McConnell)
MCD's purchasing department
has been responding with MCD's official Y2K
progress to any inquiries as
to MCD's Y2K status/progress.
18. HVAC
(Arlen Solochek/Lionel Diaz)
All vendors are aware of our
concerns. All research indicates our
systems are Y2K ready. Now we
wait.
Anticipated completion date: Nov 30, 1999
The District Y2K team met with the campuses to discuss the District
Plan for addressing Y2K issues as they relate to servers and DeskTops.
The District Office's Server and Desktop plan that was presented are
scheduled to be added to the MCD Y2K Web site. A presentation was
given by Viasoft (a vendor that supplies resource tools). A roundtable
discussion with Y2K issues and observations from each campus was
discussed.
The Apple MAC systems still require further research. Although the
Apple MAC hardware and Operating System is reported as Y2K compliant,
applications and data may require research. One potential vendor for Y2K software on MAC has been located on web at http://www.peda.com/y2ksa/