Starting this evening, SDSC will patch underlying VMware ESXi hosts to address security vulnerabilities. These patches have been tested and have shown no issues. This will not affect the running VM guests as each ESXi server will be placed into maintenance mode which performs a live-migration to other hardware.
Category Archive: Planned Maintenance
Planned maintenance announcements
SDSC Planned Maintenance – Linux Patch/Reboot – 16 Oct 2018, 17:00-23:00
[update – 19:59] All Linux maintenance has been completed. Please contact support if you have any questions or concerns. — On Tuesday, 16 October 2018 between 17:00 and 23:00, general system maintenance, including patching and reboots, will occur for the following systems. Systems will be unavailable during reboots. Please save all work prior to the …
SDSC Network Maintenance (data center and offices), Tuesday, 9 Oct 2018, 1900-2300
[update – 00:30] All services have been restored at this time. Maintenance complete. [update – 22:57] Storage and network engineers continue to work on the switches which connect the Universal Scale Storage service. The maintenance on this switch group will run beyond 23:00 and is expected to be resolved by 01:00, 10 Oct 2018 [update …
SDSC Planned Maintenance – Windows desktops patch/reboot – 18 Sept 2018, 17:00-23:00
[Update – 22:57] All maintenance has been completed and SC-VAULT has been migrated to the new server. Please contact support if you have trouble accessing the shares. — On 18 Sept 2018 at 17:00, IT Systems will be patching SDSC AD Windows desktop and laptops against recently released vulnerabilities. The installation of the patches should …
UCSD/SDSC router maintenance – 13 Sept 2018, 06:00
[Update – 08:00] Border router maintenance is complete. Please contact SDSC operations with any outstanding questions or concerns. [Update – 07:55] UCSD has been working on the border router maintenance since approximately 06:00. There have been instances of loss of connectivity between SDSC and UCSD networks, along with intermittent loss of connectivity to XSEDE resources. …
Revised Schedule: SDSC Planned Maintenance – Networking Upgrades – 12 Sept 2018, 19:00-23:00
[Update – 00:31] The maintenance is complete for tonight. Core networking upgrades were completed, however individual top-of-rack switches were not moved to new hardware and will require future, planned maintenance. Please contact SDSC Operations with any questions or concerns. [Update – 23:59] Project storage and Universal Scale Storage systems are online. Affected XSEDE systems are …
SDSC Planned Maintenance – Linux Patch/Reboot – 18 Sept 2018 – 17:00-23:00
[Update – 19:59] All systems have been patched and rebooted. Please contact support if you have any concerns or issues. — On Tuesday, 18 September 2018 between 17:00 and 23:00, general system maintenance, including patching and reboots, will occur for the following systems. Systems will be unavailable during reboots. Please save all work prior to …
UCSD/SDSC router maintenance – 5-6 Sept 2018
This message is to inform you that ITS and SDSC engineers have scheduled two planned maintenance windows involving upgrades to the campus border routers. 1st Event WHEN : September 5, 2018 6AM-8AM WHAT : Backup Border Router maintenance and upgrades to resolve bugs and enable new features IMPACT : Backup Internet paths will be taken …
SDSC Outage Notification – Power Outage Resolved – 30 Aug 2018, 08:15
Update 8/30/2018 10:00 AM PT: A general power outage occurred this morning, Thursday, 8/30/2018, at SDSC around 8:10 AM PT. Power was restored by campus FM around 9:40 AM PT. Individual systems in the data center may need to be powered back on if they were affected by the outage. Generator-backed systems should have remained powered …
SDSC Planned Maintenance – Linux Patch/Reboot – 21 Aug 2018, 17:00-21:00
On Tuesday, 21 August 2018 between 17:00 and 23:00, general system maintenance, including patching and reboots, will occur for the following systems. Systems will be unavailable during reboots. Please save all work prior to the 17:00 maintenance period. Updates will be posted on the SDSC status page at http://status.sdsc.edu. anchor athena awesomelabs bastiat beeker bolero …