# SMB Maintenance

**URL:** <https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/smb-maintenance/1472>\
**Category:** Brown Research Computing\
**Created:** [August 11, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/smb-maintenance/1472 "2020-08-11T18:03:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![psaluja](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9f8e36/32.png) [@psaluja](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/psaluja)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/smb-maintenance/1472/1 "2020-08-11T18:03:29Z")

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Please see below regarding the upcoming CCV maintenance work. Should you need more technical details regarding the maintenance, please refer to our Q&A forum or [CCV’s status page](https://status.ccv.brown.edu/)

**Maintenance Window:**

- Thursday, August 13, 2020; 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

**Maintenance Description:**

- the GPFS packages will be updated on SMB hosts.

**Expected Impact:**

- Who is impacted:
  - SMB users who access OSCAR locally via the network drive on Windows, Finder on Macs, or Linux.

- What services are impacted:
  - SMB service
  - Note: the secondary mount [oscarcifs.ccv.brown.edu](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/cifs) will no longer be available as of September 1, 2020. Please begin utilizing the SMB service as soon as possible

**Instructions to follow:**

- Please refer to this [documentation page](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/cifs)

Please email support@ccv.brown.edu with any issues, questions, or concerns.

Sincerely,  
CCV User Services