VIN, VSPN, and other VIN-hosted communities and tools will be unavailable between 2 and 3 AM Eastern Time on Thursday, May 17.

That's:
- 6 AM to 7 AM GMT (Thursday)
- 11 PM to Midnight PT (Wednesday)
- late afternoon in Australasia (Thursday)

The reason for the maintenance:
To deploy software with the latest updates to the VIN web servers.

Most of the time the VIN IT/Hardware team is able to accomplish their tasks without anyone noticing. Virtually all of VIN's servers and hardware are implemented in pairs. As a result, when maintenance is needed, the IT crew can shift all "traffic" to one side of the pair, perform the needed procedure on the now idle side, then shift traffic back to the updated side, perform the procedure on the other side, and then put them both back into service. All done, no interruption, no one notices anything.

This time because they are updating software that impacts VIN login security routines on the web servers simultaneous downtime is required. If we didn't do this, you might be subjected to random and annoying requests to re-login over the maintenance period.

What will you notice after the interruption?
The process will have been a success if you don't notice anything different.

What if you *do* notice a problem?
As always, if you notice problems or have concerns, you can help by letting the VIN Wizards (Geeks) know.
- Email Feedback@VIN.COM
- Or call us at 800-700-4636 or 530-756-4881.
- Or email me at Paul@VIN.COM.
- Or call me at 530-757-6881.

Thanks for your understanding and thanks for using VIN!

>>Paul<<

Paul D. Pion, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology)
co-founder, VIN
Davis, CA
Direct phone: 530-757-6881