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Schedule / notify representative / users Communication timeline
Evaluate hard drives  (system left in operation)

Review all:

  • SMART
  • dmesg
  • Review  /var/log/messages

Verify backups and related (system left in operation)

Back-in-time (local versioning)

  • Do what to verify?

EZ-Backup (remote backup)

  • Review log for recent uploads.
  • Q: Occassionally spot-check restoring a random, recent file?
Verify backups 
Disable outside access 
Delete jobs 
Shutdown headnode & nodes 
Scheraga only: Synology updateRequires reboot. Safer with headnode off.
Reboot switches 
Boot synology 
Boot headnode 
Verify drives with fsckOnly do every ~6 months. Time consuming.
Ex: Abruna's cluster (small): 1-2 hours
Test UPS and its notifications

Does it work as expected?

How reasonably test? Pull power? Rely on self test?

Reboot anything that needs 
Boot nodes 
Enable access 
Send email