[packman] ATT: advanced notice for extended PMBS downtime

[Carsten Ziepke]

On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 22:31:41 +0100
Stefan Botter <packman at botter.cc> wrote:

> Hi Packmans,
> 
> I would like to give an advanced notice for an extended downtime of
> Packman's build system PMBS.
> 
> Over the course of upcoming the holidays I will move all my virtual
> machines hosted on the machine to a different hypervisor. This will
> require all VMs shut down and moved, before the new hypervisor can be
> installed and the VMs put back.
> 
> Over the past months I devised a traffic-friendly method for moving
> the approx. 3TB of data, and I am confident, that the move will
> possible without the need of transferring all data off the machine
> and back on. All data is backed up in multiple places, if needed
> restoring will be possible 100%, but it will take a little bit longer.
> Nevertheless I expect a downtime of at least 2 days, and - as my
> personal email system is also among the VMs - I will give priority to
> the systems me and my family depend on. PMBS and the build workers
> will be the first to be shut down, and the last to start up again.
> 
> As of now I do not have an exact time plan, but please expect PMBS
> down during the days of Dec 24th to Dec 30th. 
> I will give a more definitive announcement in the upcoming days, as I
> will prepare things a bit and get a better feeling for the time needed
> on the far machine.
> 
> So far Merry Christmas to you all,
> greetings,
> 
> Stefan
> 
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Best wishes to you, Stefan.
Thank you!
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