Hi everyone.
Like all of you, I’m facing the need to update to version 9735.
I’ve never had issues with updates, but I always get a bit nervous doing them—naturally, I take snapshots, backups, etc., beforehand.
If something goes wrong, I can restore the system. However, restoring—even from a snapshot—isn't painless, because there’s inbound and outbound traffic on the server in the meantime.
I was thinking there might be a better way.
ST could provide a feature to put SM into maintenance mode. In this state, everything would still function, but it wouldn't accept any incoming or outgoing messages.
The delivery queue would also be suspended.
That way, if an update goes wrong, reverting from a snapshot would effectively come at zero cost.
This would apply to any type of update, including operating system updates.
What do you think?
Sabatino Traini
Chief Information Officer