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title: First draft of schedule for PHX2 -> IAD2 move
tags: [data centre move]

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###### tags: `data centre move`

# First draft of schedule for PHX2 -> IAD2 move

MVFE- Minimal Viable Fedora Environment
PHX2 - Chandler Arizona datacentre
RDU-CC Morrisville NC datacentre community cage
IAD2 - Ashburn Equinix datacentre

### Week 00 (2020-03-02 -> 2020-03-08)
 * Hardware shipping needs to be planned out
 * Rack layouts for IAD2 and RDU-CC need to be finalized
 * Work with RH IT on what they need in network diagrams
### Week 01 (2020-03-09 -> 2020-03-15)
 * Collect all mgmt mac addresses
 * Get networking vlans for new RDU-CC internal network for mgmt
 * Create template DHCP for mgmt hosts
 * Set 40 mgmt interfaces to DHCP 
 * Get RHEL-8 virthost built
 * Deliver network diagrams to RHIT
 * Communishift 13th April - 1st May 
   * box should arrive on 22nd
   * Power should be on by 17th - this is power to RDU-CC 
   * Rerack from 27th 1st may
   * test and good to go by May 8th
### Week 02 (2020-03-16 -> 2020-03-22)
 * 2020-03-17 Fedora 32 Beta Date
 * Set 40 mgmt interfaces to DHCP 
 * Re-Announce downtime for communishift 
 * Get network layout for PHX2 finalized
### Week 03 (2020-03-23 -> 2020-03-29)
 * Work with IT on any network layout issues left for site.
 * Set 40 mgmt interfaces to DHCP 
 * Set up mgmt interfaces in IAD2
 * Re-Announce downtime for communishift 
 * Schedule and Move any required communishift items to 'cloud?'
 * Work out temporary root password for installs
### Week 04 (2020-03-30 -> 2020-04-05)
 * MVFE base hardware and networking should be available in new cage
 * Finish mgmt configuration of PHX2 systems
 * Build out minimum operating systems on hardware
 * Configure and build specific services:
   * bastion
   * config-mgmt (batcave)
   * dns
   * noc/dhcp
   * log-server
 * Re-Announce downtime for communishift 
 * Move any required communishift items to 'cloud'
### Week 05 (2020-04-06 -> 2020-04-12)
 * 2020-04-07 Fedora 32 Final Freeze
 * Configure and build out build systems at IAD2
   * database servers
   * build hosts
   * koji
   * compose systems
   * etc/etc
 * Begin takedown of communishift hardware
 * Power needs to be ready in RDU-CC cage
### Week 06 (2020-04-13 -> 2020-04-19)
 * Take down and ship communishift hardware to RDU-CC
 * Take down and ship extra hardware to IAD2
 * Configure and build out prod systems at IAD2
   * proxies
   * sundries
   * value
   * etc/etc
### Week 07 (2020-04-20 -> 2020-04-26)
 * Hardware should arrive at RDU-CC
   * work with RHIT to get racks in place
   * work with PNT/IT team to get systems racked
   * power up communishift
   * change ips and other config work
 * Hardware should arrive at IAD2
   * work with Shauns team to get systems racked/stacked in 101
   * begin configuration and set up of moved systems
### Week 08 (2020-04-27 -> 2020-05-03)
 * 2020-04-28 Fedora 32 first release window
 * Bring communishift back to full usage. 
 * Bring COPR and retrace to full usage in RDU-CC
 * Get SMTP rules 
### Week 09 (2020-05-04 -> 2020-05-10)
 * 2020-05-05 Fedora 32 2nd release window
 * Move final virthost-cc boxes into new RDU-CC racks
 * Take down part of openqa for shipment to IAD2
### Week 10 (2020-05-11 -> 2020-05-17) 
 * QA infrastructure shipped to IAD2
 * Change Fedora DNS to shorter times for major change
### Week 11 (2020-05-18 -> 2020-05-24)
 * Final checklist and approval of IAD2 MVFE 
   * Test email routing through IAD2 proxies
   * Test www proxies
   * Test builds
   * Test openvpn
   * Test rsync
   * Test route to s390x
 * Get hardware from QA shipment racked to IAD2
 * Bring up openqa in IAD2
### Week 12 (2020-05-25 -> 2020-05-31)
 * Move logical infrastructure to IAD2 MVFE
   * Shutdown PHX2 koji and related dbs
   * Do final dump
   * Import data into IAD2 dbs
   * Turn DNS to point to IAD2
   * Move openvpn to IAD2
 * Begin cleaning PHX2 systems as possible 
   * Reinstall with base EL8?
 * Power off PHX2 systems as possible
### Week 13 (2020-06-01 -> 2020-06-07)
 * Shutdown of PHX2 racks
 * Removal of systems from PHX2 and shipment to IAD2
 * Travel of equipment to IAD2
 * PHX2 -- go over remaining hardware to recycle
### Week 14 (2020-06-08 -> 2020-06-14)
 * Most likely time for hardware arrival
 * Racking and stacking of IAD2 equipment
 * Set up mgmt interfaces
 * Do initial hardware installs to RHEL8
### Week 15 (2020-06-15 -> 2020-06-21)
 * Finish initial hardware installs 
 * Bring up additional builders 
### Week 16 (2020-06-22 -> 2020-06-28)
 * Bring up additional services
 * Move mgmt interfaces back to static
### Week 17 (2020-06-29 -> 2020-07-05)
 * Probably more work at data centre
### Week 18 (2020-07-06 -> 2020-07-12)
 * Sign off on work completed
### Week 19 (2020-07-13 -> 2020-07-19)
 * A miracle occurs *Several in fact*
### Week 20 (2020-07-20 -> 2020-07-26)
 * Mass Rebuild for Fedora 33 starts
   * All systems must be up and running
   * Production needs to be normal
### Week 21 (2020-07-27 -> 2020-08-02)
### Week 22 (2020-08-03 -> 2020-08-09)
 * FlockToFedora 2020

