Regular maintenance of clusters requires downtime. A maintenance schedule can reduce surprises and not unnecessarily delay required maintenance.

See also

Documentation for staff, in support of cluster maintenance

Specifics, per research group's cluster

(Table started November 2015)

GroupMaintenance CycleNext Scheduled DowntimeFollowing Scheduled Downtime

Default day and

time of day

First warning

email sent when

Second warning

email sent when
Notes
Abruna1

December 7, 2016

 

 

 

1st Wednesday of the month

9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before

Need do cluster upgrade, may merge with

Widom-Loring?

Scheraga 1December 14, 2016 

2rd Wednesday of the month

9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before 
Collum2January 2, 2017

 

1st Monday of the month

(if holiday, move to

1st Tuesday)

9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before 
Hoffmann2January 17, 2017 

3nd Tuesday of the month

9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before 
Widom-Loring-Collum 3

February 7, 2017

 

 

1st Tuesday of the month

9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before 
Eldor3February 9, 2017 

2nd Thursday of the

month 9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before 

Lancaster (w/ Crane)

Crane Linux Workstations

3Nov 16thFebruary 15, 2017

3rd Wednesday of the

month 9:30am

2 weeks before24 hours before