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.

2024-2025 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.

• December 19, 2024
• January 23, 2025
• February 20, 2025
• March 20, 2025
• April 17, 2025
• May 22, 2025
• June 19, 2025
• July 17, 2025
• August 21, 2025
• September 18, 2025
• October 23, 2025
• November 20, 2025
• December 18, 2025

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.

• December 22, 2024
• March 23, 2025
• June 22, 2025
• September 21, 2025
• December 21, 2025

Maintenance Freeze Periods

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

• December 9–18, 2024 (final exams week through grading deadline)
• January 20-31, 2025: start of spring semester
• April 7-23, 2025: spring registration
• May 12-18, 2025: spring finals and commencement weekend
• June 4-5, 8-9, 13-14, 22-23, 26-27, 2025: new student orientation
• August 18-29, 2025: start of fall semester
• November 3-19, 2025: fall registration
• December 8-12, 2025: fall finals