computing:department:unix:updates
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| computing:department:unix:updates [2009/11/15 16:55] – allan | computing:department:unix:updates [2011/03/17 20:08] (current) – allan |
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| Departmental Linux systems may be restarted from time to time in order to stay current on security updates. | Departmental Linux systems may be restarted from time to time in order to stay current on security updates. |
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| Updates are automated, and will take place near the 1st of the month, and only where and when needed. | 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. |
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| 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. | 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. |
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| | Servers will not be rebooted automatically on this schedule. |
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