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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/4.18 by this push: new 07af5fe Add notes on System VM live patch (#345) 07af5fe is described below commit 07af5fe1bb87d14b94cdaacec78d498ba53d83af Author: Pearl Dsilva <pearl1...@gmail.com> AuthorDate: Thu Sep 14 06:30:16 2023 -0400 Add notes on System VM live patch (#345) * Add notes on System VM live patch * Update _sysvm_restart.rst * Update _sysvm_restart.rst * Update _sysvm_restart.rst --------- Co-authored-by: Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> --- source/upgrading/upgrade/_sysvm_restart.rst | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/upgrading/upgrade/_sysvm_restart.rst b/source/upgrading/upgrade/_sysvm_restart.rst index 26aef64..4c2dc8f 100644 --- a/source/upgrading/upgrade/_sysvm_restart.rst +++ b/source/upgrading/upgrade/_sysvm_restart.rst @@ -52,9 +52,12 @@ in the system VMs. With respect to VRs, a network restart without cleanup is initiated to during live patching to ensure all rules are re-applied. - **NOTE:** In case there is an absolute need to upgrade the system VM template due to availability of - security patches or update in a package provided by the template, then the old workflow of recreating the system - VM will need to be followed, which would mean noticible downtime. + **NOTE:** In cases where upgrading the system VM template is necessary due to availability of security patches + or updated packages in the template, or in case live-patch fails for systemvms and virtual routers due + to any issues or limitations (such as VPC networks without any network tiers) then please follow the + traditional method of upgrading system VMs and virtual routers by restarting or recreating the system VMs + and virtual routers (including restarting the network with/without cleanup as required), which could mean + some downtime. Following matrix lists the versions of CloudStack that support live patching.