[Linux-aus] DOWNTIME: lists.linux.org.au and linux.org.au email

[Andrew Pollock]

This has been completed, I'm now monitoring the situation to make sure
things are behaving themselves.

Please report any problems to admin at linux.org.au

On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 05:15:20AM +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> What: migration of lists.linux.org.au and linux.org.au email to new server
> When: Saturday, March 31 9:00:00 PDT - Sunday, April 1 17:00:00 PDT
>       (Sunday, April 1 02:00:00 EST - Monday, April 2 12:00:00 EST)
> Contact: admin at linux.org.au
>          Caesar on #linux-aus on freenode
> Details:
> 	I'll be performing a move of all of the Mailman lists for
> 	lists.linux.org.au from the hastily slapped together copy of digital
> 	running inside of a Xen instance hosted by IVT (thanks, Jon!) to a
> 	brand-new installation in a Xen instance called morton.linux.org.au
> 	on the hardware donated to Linux Australia by HP sometime after
> 	linux.conf.au 2005 (I think it was).
> 
> 	I'll also be moving linux.org.au mail and local mailboxes from
> 	digital morton.
> 
> 	All shell users of digital have already had their home directories
> 	migrated from digital to morton and been individually notified.
> 
> 	I don't expect the outage to be anywhere near as long as specified,
> 	but I'm reserving that window of time for any problems, rollbacks,
> 	troubleshooting, etc.
> 
> 	I'll monitor #linux-aus after I've moved the MXes and enabled mail
> 	delivery on morton, for any issues that arise.
> 
> regards
> 
> Andrew
> for the Linux Australia sysadmin team