Dimension Data CloudControl UI MAJOR Software Upgrade (AF Geo)
Scheduled Maintenance Report for NTT Ltd. Cloud
Completed
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Posted Sep 03, 2019 - 19:00 UTC
In progress
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Sep 03, 2019 - 17:00 UTC
Scheduled
We will be performing a major software upgrade to the CloudControl UI in all Geographic Regions on Tuesday September 3rd. The major upgrade requires a longer-than normal software upgrade window and downtime than usual. Therefore, the upgrade will be using the following non-standard software upgrade window and expected duration in each region:

CloudControl Software Change Id: CCCHANGE-258

Software Upgrade Window

CANADA (CA): 03:00 UTC (Monday 11:00 PM - Canada Eastern Daylight)
NORTH AMERICA (NA): 08:00 UTC (04:00 AM Eastern Daylight / 2:00 AM Pacific Daylight)
AUSTRALIA (AU): 10:00 UTC (08:00 PM Australia Eastern Standard)
ASIA-PACIFIC (AP): 11:00 UTC (08:00 PM Japan Standard Time)
INDONESIA (ID): 13:00 UTC (08:00 PM Western Indonesian Time)
AFRICA (AF): 17:00 UTC (07:00 PM South Africa Standard Time)
EUROPE (EU): 18:00 UTC (08:00 PM Central European Summer Time)
ISRAEL (IL): 19:00 UTC (10:00 PM Israel Summer Time)

Expected Duration and Downtime

CANADA (CA): Up to 6 Hours downtime
ALL OTHER GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS (NA, AU, AP, ID, AF, EU, IL): Up to 2 hours downtime

This major software upgrade includes the following features:

1) Users can view historical information about the hardware configuration of their Cloud Servers. For details, see:

How to View the Historical Configuration of a Server - https://docs.mcp-services.net/x/8QOy

2) Users can configure a DRS Consistency Group to automatically update the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses as part of the Start Preview of a Consistency Group. For details, see:

Introduction to DRS for Cloud (Re-IP Address Rules for DRS Target Servers) - https://docs.mcp-services.net/x/qgE8
How to Set Re-IP Address Rules for a Target Server in a DRS Server Pair - https://docs.mcp-services.net/x/9AOy

3) Users can view Advanced Virtualization Settings on Cloud Servers and can modify such settings on both Client Images and Cloud Servers. For details, see:

Introduction to Advanced Virtualization Settings - https://docs.mcp-services.net/x/P4D2
How to Manage a Cloud Server - https://docs.mcp-services.net/x/FQMk
How to Manage a Client Image - https://docs.mcp-services.net/x/iwMu

4) The system will no longer support SAML authentication. An overview of this feature is currently available here but documentation will be removed in conjunction with the release: https://docs.mcp-services.net/x/MwZH


During the software upgrade, all Cloud Servers and Networks you've deployed will be unaffected. However, the CloudControl UI will be unavailable during the software upgrade for the duration listed above. The API will remain available and is able to process requests in the affected Geographic Regions during their windows.
Posted Aug 20, 2019 - 23:48 UTC