[SAC] [Hosting] MAINTENANCE: pg2.osuosl.org server move and outage - Sep 24, 2018 9:00AM PDT (Sep 24 1600 UTC)

[Lance Albertson]

This move has been completed and the postgres service should be back
online. Please let me know if you have any issues connecting.

Thanks-

On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 9:45 AM Lance Albertson <lance at osuosl.org> wrote:

> Service(s) affected: Any website or application which uses pg2.osuosl.org
> for PostgreSQL services.
>
> We will be performing a server move for pg2.osuosl.org into another rack.
> During this downtime, any application or service which uses the PostgreSQL
> services on this machine will be offline. Unfortunately we do not (yet)
> have a proper PostgreSQL cluster so that we could fail over the service to
> another machine. We are planning on getting this deployed later this year
> hopefully.
>
> Outage Window:
> Start:   Mon, Sep 24, 9:00AM PDT (Mon Sep 24 1600 UTC)
> End:    Mon, Sep 24, 11:00AM PDT (Mon Sep 24 1800 UTC)
>
> Reason for outage:
>
> This outage actually serves several purposes:
>
>    1. We need to rotate the rack this server is currently in and this is
>    the last machine hosted in it. The rack needs to be rotated in order to
>    work on completing a multi-year project of converting the data center into
>    a proper hot/cold aisle setup. After this move we can rotate the last 3 of
>    4 racks.
>    2. This machine needs a reboot to update the BIOS and other firmware
>    running on the machine
>    3. This machine also needs a reboot to get it on a newer kernel which
>    mitigates the various CPU vulnerabilities we've encountered this year.
>
> We'll have the cables pre-plumbed and ready before the move so I don't
> expect the downtime to actually last any longer than around 20-30 minutes
> if all goes well. Please contact me ASAP if this window does not work for
> you and your project.
>
> Thanks-
>
> --
> Lance Albertson
> Director
> Oregon State University | Open Source Lab
>


-- 
Lance Albertson
Director
Oregon State University | Open Source Lab
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