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VMware Infrastructure Maintenance 31/5/12 @ 6:30pm: duration 5Hrs.

From: Rinith KT

Sent: Wednesday, 30 May, 2012 11:43 AM

To: ******************************************

Cc: *************

Subject: VMware Infrastructure Maintenance 31/5/12 @ 6:30pm: duration 5Hrs.

Dears,

We will be performing VMware host maintenance this Thursday 31^st May 2012 at 6:00PM.

During this maintenance window all the 3 VMware host machines will be upgraded from VMware ESX 4.0 to VMware ESXi 5.0. Some of the non-critical virtual machines under this farm will be shut down during the process for smoother transition. For ref. please click the internal link vmservers (highlighted with arrow) which will be shutdown. Proper precautions will be taken to insure your systems and applications are safe and secure.

The following virtual machines and dependent applications will be affected directly or indirectly for approx. 5 hrs.:

• HRMS application – live motion planned à no shutdown required
• Blackberry – live motion planned à no shutdown required
• IM Applications (internal) including IntelliVIEW & Pythagoras à live motion planned
• Antivirus & Antispyware ePO – live motion planned à no shutdown required
• Enterprise Vault – live motion planned à no shutdown required
• Citrix access (access.qfcra.com). Web-interface, Token & BE – live motion planned à no shutdown required
• IT Help-desk Application, Op Manager h/w & application alerts, AD Audit, AD Manager à will be shutdown
• ObserveIT (RDC) à will be shutdown
• RMS (Rights Management Service) à will be shutdown
• Websense Web Filter à if required, will be shutdown
• Intranet Central Admin à will be shutdown

This migration is mandatory as VMware ESXi 5.0; the next-generation hypervisor foundation, will offer improved security, increased reliability, and simplified hypervisor management.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns regarding this event (ref. change ID: 508).

Thanks and regards

Rinith

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