Oracle 10g Upgrade - Delay in QVF Software Upgrade - Starting on Thursday, December 8th, we will begin the upgrade to a new version of the QVF's Oracle Database Management System.  The QVF Server in Lansing will be unavailable from Thursday until Monday. This upgrade will delay our plans to release a new version of QVF Software over this weekend; the software change will now take place over the following weekend, December 17-18.  This change in plans will help us prepare more thoroughly for the challenging software upgrade we described in the December 5 edition of "News You Can Use."  Upgrading Oracle first makes more sense from a system standpoint, but will not reduce the complexity of the software upgrade scheduled to occur now on the weekend of December 17-18.

To prepare for the Oracle 10g Upgrade, we are requesting that sites Manually Replicate their QVF Server on Wednesday (December 7), then refrain from entering new data until the system is restored on Monday. With this change, both the Statewide Lookup and the Michigan Voter Information Center will be unavailable until the system has been restored.

To ensure the integrity of your voter data, please replicate on Wednesday before the end of business.

We thank you for your patience and cooperation. Stay tuned for more information regarding this series of upgrades.