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SDSC Planned Maintenance – Limited West Datacenter Power Outage – 30 Aug 2016, 08:00-14:00

[Update, 10:15] All maintenance has been completed and power is stable. Please contact SDSC Operations with questions or concerns [Update, 09:34] Power to the BROWN power system has been restored. Remaining power maintenance to the other UPS-backed systems is expected to take place at 10:00. [Update, 08:28] The power maintenance began at 08:05 and is …

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SDSC Outage Notification – Project Storage – 11:30-12:00, 19 Aug 2016 [Resolved]

The SDSC Project Storage Service experienced a partial outage from approximately 11:30AM – 12:00PM. A hung process on a single hotel node consumed a critical amount of processor and memory resources, effectively rendering the node unavailable during the outage. At this time the server is back up and functioning as expected.  We apologize for any inconvenience caused by …

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SDSC Outage Notification – Datacenter Networking – 14:23-14:41, 11 Aug 2016

The SDSC datacenter experienced a partial networking outage between 14:23 and 14:41 on 11 August 2016 due to a VLAN addition into the networking fabric. At this time service has been restored. Please contact service providers or SDSC operations with any additional concerns or questions.

SDSC Planned Maintenance – Linux, Solaris, Windows – 16 Aug 2016, 17:00-23:00

– “cavern” NFS file sharing unavailable during fileserver reboot – NFS file sharing from some project storage nodes – SDSC e-mail temporarily delayed (UCSD Exchange service will not be affected) – Hosted web servers briefly unavailable – Virtualized hosts may pause – Some Linux systems patched with reboot – Standard Windows patching Additional Detail: Between …

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SDSC PM Notification: Linux patch/reboot, 19 July 2016 17:00-23:00

On Tuesday, 19 July 2016 between 17:00 and 23:00 PDT, the SDSC IT Linux reference systems listed below will be patched and rebooted once, with each reboot expected to take 5-10 minutes. The services provided by each host will be unavailable while it is rebooting. To protect your data, please log off and/or stop any …

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SDSC Planned Maintenance – Datacenter UPS Maintenance – 29 June 2016 09:00

[Update – 23:14] All work was complete by 16:45. Please contact SDSC operations with any questions or concerns [Update – 10:43] Maintenance is still progressing. Updates will be made once work is complete Semi-annual UPS maintenance has been scheduled for June 29th, 2016, starting at 9am. During this cycle each unit will be placed into …

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SDSC Planned Maintenance – Linux, Web/DB – 21 Jun 2016

[Update – 21:58] Reboots of Web and Database nodes, physical systems, desktop and most VM are complete. There are five VM which are still patching and pending reboots. [Update – 17:20] Patching and reboots have started. We will update with additional status when the maintenance is complete. — On Tuesday, 21 June 2016 between 5:00 …

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SDSC Emergency Maintenance – CDS2 UPS (West Colo UPS) – 13 Jun 2016, 06:00-22:00

[Update 14:34, 13 Jun 2016] – The UPS placed back in production. All work on the room cooling was completed and tested. Systems are functioning normally. [Update 09:40, 13 Jun 2016] – SDSC engineering staff indicates that work is progressing faster than expected and a significantly earlier return to service may occur. UCSD Facilities Management …

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SDSC Outage Notification – Core Networking – 16 May 2016, 23:30 – 17 May 2016, 23:30

(23:30) The remaining switch chassis was brought online. One 1GbE port was deactivated pending discussion with the customer. Please contact SDSC operations if you feel there are remaining network connectivity issues. (22:51) The majority of switchgroup N77 is online — web/db and ITSS service has been restored. One chassis still remains offline serving one project. …

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SDSC PM Notification – Linux Patch/Reboot – 19 Apr 2016, 1700-2200

On Tuesday, 19 April 2016 between 5:00 PM and 10:00 PM, all SDSC IT Linux reference systems will be patched and rebooted once, with each reboot expected to take 5-10 minutes. The services provided by each host will be unavailable while it is rebooting. To protect your data, please log off and/or stop any sensitive …

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