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--- computing:department:unix:updates [2009/10/21 16:03] – created rubin
+++ computing:department:unix:updates [2011/03/17 20:08] (current) – allan
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-====== Departmental Scheduled Outages and Updates ======
+====== Scheduled Updates ======
-Departmental Linux systems may be rebooted from time to time in order to stay current on security updates.
-Updates are automated, and will take place near the 1st of the month, and only where and when needed.
+Departmental Linux systems may be restarted from time to time in order to stay current on security updates.
-Notifications will be sent to the [[https://support.physics.umn.edu/wws/info/systems-announce|systems announce]] mailing list, and to any logged in terminals.
+Reboots are automated for workstations, and will take place near the 1st of the month, and only where and when needed. In general, we will schedule a restart when a newer kernel has been installed but is not yet running.
+Notifications will be sent to the [[https://support.physics.umn.edu/wws/info/systems-announce|systems announce]] mailing list, and to any logged in terminals. You may, if you choose, manually reboot a pending system before the warning time has expired.
+Servers will not be rebooted automatically on this schedule.