This maintenance is complete and all seems to be working as expected.

On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 12:53 PM Irelann Anderson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> *Correction: date in body of original mail was wrong.*
>
> *What is happening?*
> Starting at 6AM Sunday May 2nd at 6AM we will apply security updates to
> NameO and NameP and reboot them and then stop the LDAP servers to rebuild
> the LDAP databases.  We will do these one at a time and verify that things
> are working as expected before doing the other one.   We anticipate each
> machine being down for less than 5 minutes and the LDAP server on each
> being down during the rebuild for less than 5 minutes.
>
> These machines provide DHCP, DNS and LDAP services.   Most services should
> be unaffected since we have redundant servers, however, there may be brief
> interruptions in the ability to log in to some services.
>
> *How long will it take?*
> We expect this work to take about 10 to 15 minutes per server.   There
> will be a delay between the two as we verify that all is well.  As
> mentioned above, the actual outage of service should be shorter.
>
> *Why is this work necessary?*
> For security and support reasons we need to keep our systems running on
> recent well supported operating systems and standards.  The LDAP databases
> become fragmented over time and a rebuild is required to bring them back to
> full efficiency.
>
> *What happens if the work is not successful?  *
> We will back out to snapshots of these machines taken prior to application
> of the changes.
>
> For Support of UMS software, services, or systems please contact IT
> Support Services at 800.696.4357 or by email: [log in to unmask]
>
> --
> Irelann Kerry Anderson          phone:    (207)581-3508
> Systems and Operations
> Information Technology Services
> University of Maine System
> 5752 Neville Hall
> Orono, Maine 04469-5752
>


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Irelann Kerry Anderson          phone:    (207)581-3508
Systems and Operations
Information Technology Services
University of Maine System
5752 Neville Hall
Orono, Maine 04469-5752