Regular maintenance of clusters requires downtime. By creating a maintenance schedule we can reduce surprises and not unnecessarily delay required maintenance.
See also
- For a snapshot inventory, and the costs to CCB if they were hosted elsewhere, see ChemIT's spreadsheet in <R:\Chem IT\Projects & Tracking>. The data and analysis is in spreadsheet, "Chem IT Support & Services", tab "Alternative server costs".
Documentation for staff, in support of cluster maintenance
Specifics, per research group's cluster
(Table started November 2015)
Group | Months | Default day and time of day | First warning email sent when | Second warning email sent when | Notes | Next Scheduled downtime |
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Abruna | March | 1st Wednesday of the month 9am | 2 weeks before | 24 hours before | Need do cluster upgrade, may merge with Widom-Loring? | Wed. 03/02/2016 at 9am |
Collum | March | 1st Monday of the month (if holiday, move to 1st Tuesday) 9am | 2 weeks before | 24 hours before | Mon. 03/07/2016 at 9am | |
Hoffmann | March | 2nd Tuesday of the month 9am | 2 weeks before | 24 hours before | Changed to morning | Tues. 03/08/2016 at 9am |
Lancaster (w/ Crane) | March | 3rd Monday of the month 9am | 2 weeks before | 24 hours before | Mon. 03/21/2016 at 9am | |
Scheraga | March | 3rd Wednesday of the month 9am | 2 weeks before | 24 hours before | Wed. 03/16/2016 at 9am | |
Widom-Loring | March | 1st Thursday of the month 9am | 2 weeks before | 24 hours before | Thur. 03/03/2016 at 9am | |
Eldor | March | 2nd Thursday of the month 9am | 2 weeks before | 24 hours before | Thur. 03/10/2016 at 9am |