[Foundation-l] RESCHEDULED: Mailing lists server migration today

[Thomas Dalton]

Just seen the datestamp... why did that email just come through now?!

On 18 January 2012 13:42, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> I advise you delay it again - we need the mailing lists at the moment
> to coordinate the blackout.
>
> On 13 January 2012 13:54, Mark Bergsma <mark at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>> (rescheduled after the cancelled maintenance of last Friday)
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Today I will be migrating the mailing lists from a very old server (lily) in Amsterdam, to a new server (sodium) in our new Ashburn data center. Mailman will be upgraded to version 2.1.13 along the way.
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>> During the migration, mail will be delayed as all data will need to be transferred to the new host. No mail should go lost, but no new mails will be sent out during the process until done, and the web interface will be unavailable. This shouldn't take about one hour, if all goes well.
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>> I will report here when things should be back up and running. Afterwards, please let us know of any new issues, in bugzilla or on IRC (#wikimedia-tech). We don't expect any problems, but as with any software upgrade or migration, this can't be guaranteed...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Mark Bergsma <mark at wikimedia.org>
>> Lead Operations Architect
>> Wikimedia Foundation
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