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Release of Modifications to Financial Aid 8.40.1

RELEASE DATE

July 16, 2021

PURPOSE

Release of modifications to Financial Aid 8.40 for HOPE Enhanced Disbursement Process (RPEDISB)

SOURCE

ITS

IMPACT

Implementation is mandatory for institutions on Financial Aid 8.40.1

DOCUMENTATION

This release includes the following documentation:

RELEASE LOCATION

This release and accompanying documentation are available on files.usg.edu in the following directory:

Module Location
Modifications to Financial Aid 8.40.1 /GeorgiaBEST/Banner/prod/finaid/8/8_40/8_40_1/HOPE

PREREQUISITES

Financial Aid 8.40.1

CERTIFICATION

ITS has tested and certified this release for the prerequisites at Oracle 12.2 and 19c on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.x .

BEST PRACTICE

Non hosted Institutions are strongly encouraged to apply this software to your test environment before applying it to production. Institutions should comprehensively test using local business processes to ensure that the functionality meets regulatory requirements.

TECHNICAL NOTE

TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILE VALIDATION: After downloading the file (HOPE_Disbursement8401H.tar.gz) you may run the following checksum command to validate the file is the same as the one located in the directory above:

  1. Download the package (HOPE_Disbursement8401H.tar.gz) file to a local server.

  2. Run the following command to make sure the checksum info is the same as it was when ITS posted the package: $ md5sum HOPE_Disbursement8401H.tar.gz

  3. Verify the checksum = 414fd3983c074c733f5781565f290069 HOPE_Disbursement8401H.tar.gz

MANAGED SERVICES TECHNICAL NOTE: To ensure the stability, security and regulatory compliance of your applications, it is critical that all software be kept current. No action is required for ITS Managed Services customers. Hosted Institutions have been contacted by ITS regarding the installation schedule for this release.

MORE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT

For a production down, business interrupting (emergency) situation, call the ITS Helpdesk immediately at 706-583-2001 or 1-888-875-3697 (toll free within Georgia). For anything else, contact the ITS Helpdesk at www.usg.edu/customer_services (self-service support request requires a user ID and password, contact the ITS Helpdesk to obtain self-service login credentials) or e-mail helpdesk@usg.edu