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Pennsylvania Banner Users Group 2008 Fall Conference. Temple University Implementation A Technical Perspective. General Announcements:. Please turn off all cell phones/pagers If you must leave the session early, please do so as discreetly as possible
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Pennsylvania Banner Users Group 2008 Fall Conference Temple University Implementation A Technical Perspective
General Announcements: • Please turn off all cell phones/pagers • If you must leave the session early, please do so as discreetly as possible • Please avoid side conversations during the session • Questions will be answered ….. Thank you for your cooperation
About Temple University • Approximately 37,000 students • Approximately 8,000 faculty and staff • 5 major campuses • Mascot is the OWL • Founded in 1884 by Russell H. Conwell • Implementing Banner NOW
Current Systems • Human Resources System 15 years old • Financial Management System 21 years old • Integrated Student Information System 25 years old
Timeline • Student Recruiting • 9/2010 (Fall 2011) • Adm/Fin.Aid/Catalog/R25 • 10/2010 (Fall 2011) • Grading/Transcripts6/2011 • Advancement • 10/2010 • Finance/ • TUmarketplace • 7/2009 • fsaAtlas • 4/2008 • Decommission Mainframe6/2011 • Housing & Faculty Info • 11/2010 (Fall 2011) 12/2009 6/2008 12/2008 1/2009 6/2009 1/2010 6/2010 12/2010 1/2011 6/2011 12/2011 1/2008 • Reg/Cashiering/Billing • 3/2011 • (Summer/Fall 2011) • TUPortal • 7/2008 • Human Resources1/2010 • Kronos 6/2009 • Interim TUmarketplace • 8/2008
Approach • Multidisciplinary team • Concurrent Enterprise wide BPA • Report Inventory • Integration Inventory • Separate Banner implementations for modules
Overview of the Banner Infrastructure • Dell Hardware • Linux • Currently 70+ servers • Ultimately about 100 servers • VMWARE for non-production • Oracle RAC 10.2.0.3 (three physically separate nodes)
Portal Background • First portal in 2002 • Blackboard • Oracle Portal • Luminis • Launch goals • Duplicate functionality • Value Added where scope of work = null
TUportal Configuration • Parallel Deployment • Role Based EAS • Full SSL Partitioning Enabled • Linux (RH3.8) Clusters on Resource/Calendar • DB load balancing (not failover, yet) • 5 Environments • PROD, PREPROD, DEV, TEST, TRAIN • Don’t use the L-word
Launch Timeline • Jan 2008 Implementation began • Feb 2008 Luminis Training • Mar 2008 Development Began (≈30 GCF) • May 2008 Setbacks • Portlets, Boot from SAN, RSS, GCF port, no SSL w/CPIP inline frame • June 2008 Account Provisioning, Load Testing • July 2008 Launch
TUportal (not allowed to use L-word) • Current Issues • Disappearing channels
Open to the Floor • Questions • Comments