We will begin applying updated patches to our ESXi hosts this will take awhile to complete all hosts. We do not anticipate any downtime. However we will be causing a significant number of vMotion events and will be running at a higher density then normal.
Category Archives: VMware
ESXi Compute host replacement
** Maintenance Announcement – ESXi Compute host replacement**
We are replacing approximately 50% of our Compute hosts with new hardware. We do not anticipate any downtime, however we will be causing a significant number of vMotion events. We will be adding and removing hosts, it has been planed out that we will not be increasing memory pressure and twords the end it will decrease as our overall memory capacity increases.
Start: 6/19/2018
End: 6/30/2018
If you have questions or concerns about this maintenance, please contact the Shared Infrastructure Group at osu-sig (at) oregonstate.edu or call 737-7SIG.
ESXi upgrades 4/24/2018 to 5/4/2018
** Maintenance Announcement – ESXi is being upgraded to 6.5**
We are updating our entire compute fleet from ESXi versions 5.5.0u2 or 6.0.0u3 to ESXi 6.5.0u1. We do not anticipate any downtime. However we will be causing a significant number of vMotion events and will be running at a higher density then normal. If you have over provisioned VMs you may experience some short term disruptive behavior, though the VMs should recover after a few seconds.
Start: 4/24/2018
End: 5/4/2018
If you have questions or concerns about this maintenance, please contact the Shared Infrastructure Group at osu-sig (at) oregonstate.edu or call 737-7SIG.
vCenter Management update 3/31/2018 9am – 9pm
** Maintenance Announcement – VM Management Maintenance Try 2**
The vCenter management service will patched with the latest host OS patch set starting at 9am on 3/31/2018. This will not impact running VMs nor your ability to RDP or SSH into your VMs. Try 2
If you need help finding a VM you can contact us during the maintenance at: 7-7SIG (7-7744).
Start: 3/31/2018 09:00:00
End: 3/31/2018 21:00:00
If you have questions or concerns about this maintenance, please contact the Shared Infrastructure Group at osu-sig (at) oregonstate.edu or call 737-7SIG.
vCenter Management update 3/17/2018 7am – 11:59am
** Maintenance Announcement – VM Management interruption expected, no other interruptions anticipated **
The vCenter management service will patched with the latest host OS patch set starting at 7am on 3/17/2018. This will not impact running VMs nor your ability to RDP or SSH into your VMs.
The vSphere web client will not be available until this operation is complete. If you need help finding a VM you can contact us during the maintenance at: 7-7SIG (7-7744).
Start: 3/17/2018 7:00:00 AM
End: 3/17/2018 11:59:59 AM
If you have questions or concerns about this maintenance, please contact the Shared Infrastructure Group at osu-sig (at) oregonstate.edu or call 737-7SIG.
Storage Maintenance 9/9/17 6am-11:59am
** Maintenance Announcement – No service interruption anticipated **
We will be upgrading the OS and firmware on our Fast and Capacity storage systems. We do not anticipate any downtime nor impact to any customers. We will start at 6am or as soon as the prior nights backups finish if they have not completed by 6am.
Start: 9/9/2017 6:00:00 AM
End: 9/9/2017 11:59:59 AM
If you have questions or concerns about this maintenance, please contact the Shared Infrastructure Group at osu-sig (at) oregonstate.edu or call 737-7SIG.
vCenter update 11/22/2016 8pm – 11:59pm
** Maintenance Announcement – VM Management interruption expected, no other interruptions anticipated **
The vCenter management service will patched with the latest host OS patch set starting at 8pm on 11/22/2016. This will not impact running VMs nor your ability to RDP or SSH into your VMs.
The vSphere web client will not be available until this operation is complete. If you need help finding a VM you can contact us during the maintenance at: 7-7SIG (7-7744).
Start: 11/22/2016 8:00:00 PM
End: 11/22/2016 11:59:59 PM
If you have questions or concerns about this maintenance, please contact the Shared Infrastructure Group at osu-sig (at) oregonstate.edu or call 737-7SIG.
vCenter update 7/26/2016 8pm – 11:59pm
** Maintenance Announcement – VM Management interruption expected, no other interruptions anticipated **
The vCenter management service will be updated to the latest release starting at 8pm on 7/26/2016. This will not impact running VMs nor your ability to RDP or SSH into your VMs.
The vSphere web client will not be available until this operation is complete. If you need help finding a VM you can contact us during the maintenance at: 7-7SIG (7-7744).
Start: 7/26/2016 8:00:00 PM
End: 7/26/2016 11:59:59 PM
If you have questions or concerns about this maintenance, please contact the Shared Infrastructure Group at osu-sig (at) oregonstate.edu or call 737-7SIG.
Storage Maintenance 6/25/16 6am-9am
** Maintenance Announcement – No service interruption anticipated **
We will be upgrading the OS and firmware on our Fast and Capacity storage systems. We do not anticipate any downtime nor impact to any customers.
Start: 6/25/2015 6:00:00 AM
End: 6/25/2015 8:59:59 AM
If you have questions or concerns about this maintenance, please contact the Shared Infrastructure Group at osu-sig (at) oregonstate.edu or call 737-7SIG.
Arista 7150 switch firmware update
** Maintenance Announcement – No service interruption anticipated **
We will be applying the latest stable maintenance release firmware for our Arista switch pair in our primary storage & compute POD. We do not anticipate any customer noticeable downtime.
Start: 11/28/2015 10:00:00 PM
End: 11/28/2015 11:00:00 PM
If you have questions or concerns about this maintenance, please contact the Shared Infrastructure Group at osu-sig (at) oregonstate.edu or call 737-7SIG.