System administrators are well aware of the pain associated with maintenance windows. This effort is usually taking place off-hours and requires challenging coordination between different activities and often different departmental personnel. Although almost every system administrator will agree to pass on the project, maintenance windows are very important to obtain an updated infrastructure and to mitigate risks of an unplanned outage.
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Plan Ahead to Prevent Maintenance Window Pain
Posted by: Ronny Front February 3, 2010 05:00 AMSystem administrators are well aware of the pain associated with maintenance windows. This effort is usually taking place off-hours and requires challenging coordination between different activities and often different departmental personnel. Although almost every system administrator will agree to pass on the project, maintenance windows are very important to obtain an updated infrastructure and to mitigate risks of an unplanned outage.