Central Michigan University's computer system goes down

The IBM mainframe computer that runs the Mount Pleasant, Michigan university's SAS enterprise software suffered water damage in the flash flood that hit the city the week of August 16.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan (Michigan Morning Sun) August 19, 2010 -- Central Michigan University's main computer system went down August 18, and there is no immediate indication of when the system might be back up and running.

The IBM mainframe computer that runs the Mount Pleasant, Michigan university's SAS enterprise software suffered water damage in the flash flood that hit the city the week of August 16.

The machine is housed in the basement of Foust Hall, a building on Preston Street near East Campus Drive. Foust Hall is about two blocks west of Mission Street, which suffered extensive flooding when nearly 4 inches of rain fell in less than two hours.

Campus officials said last week that as many as 24 campus buildings suffered water damage.

A university spokesman said technicians powered down the mainframe, removed damaged components and replaced them, then tried to restore the operations –- but the system wouldn't respond.

An IBM expert was on the scene August 18, trying to diagnose and solve the problem.

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Source: DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report