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To be sent on 2/6/2017 to all current Workbench users and the ndslabs Google group update.
(I modded it up a bit to have some specific info
If we could just tar up /var/glfs/global and tar -xp on the new system, we can simplify this greatly and make it sound less concerning
.... - raila)
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Subject: NDS Labs Workbench Update Notification
To all NDS Labs Workbench account-holders, cc: You are receiving this message because you have an account on NDS Labs Workbench and/or because you are subscribed to the ndslabs Google group subscribers.
We will be updating the NDS Labs Workbench service beginning is scheduled to be off-line for a system upgrade Friday, February 10th through Tuesday, February 14th.
The NDS Labs Workbench service will be upgraded during this time to enhance stability and resolve performance issues. This will require a complete re-deployment of the system. The service will be unavailable to users beginning on Friday and is planned to be up on Tuesday, February 14th (barring unforeseen issues). We will send a follow-up notice when the system is available for use.
As a result of these changes, user accounts will be migrated, but running services and data will not. If you are storing any data not already copied elsewhere, please be sure to save it prior to the upgrade.
Please feel free to contact us at ndslabs-support@nationaladataservice.org with any questions or concerns.
improve system performance,
A post-upgrade email will announce the resumption of service, and include any important notes about the upgrade.
Impacts:
- Workbench accounts will be maintained across the upgrade, access to your account will continue without change.
- Accounts will effectively be returned to their initial, empty state:
- Services provisioned in your account and any data related to your provisioned services will be discarded.
- Files in the account home directory will be discarded.
Actions Required:
- Typical users of workbench:
- No action is necessary. Your account will be accessible as usual but will be in a clean state with no data or services.
- Users wishing to archive/transfer data and/or files to another system:
- You must save your data and files before the upgrade window above, after the upgrade your account will be in a clean state and data will not be retrievable.
- You may use the workbench file-manager and/or linux archiving tools from the command-line to archive your home files and transfer them to your storage.
- Service-related data (managed by services such as databases) can be exported through the normal export/backup mechanisms in each particular tool.
Service data can be exported to your home directory, then included in a single archive of your home directory along with the export/backup files included.
Contact ndslabs-support@nationaladataservice.org for questions