Plan of the migration to the new RIPE Database

Dear Colleagues,

[apologies for duplicate messages]

Please find below a list of milestones related to the migration to the new
version of the RIPE Database. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Should
you have any further question regarding the migration, please don't hesitate to
contact me.

Best regards,


Andrei Robachevsky
DB Group Manager
RIPE NCC

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Date                           Actions
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4.04          Final release of the v3.0 DB software


12.04         Advised mirror's switchover to rpsl.ripe.net.
              - Reminder is sent to NRTM clients on 9.04
              - Starting from this date NRTM clients that mirror
                the RIPE Database are advised to use the new server
                at rpsl.ripe.net, port 4444 for mirroring. 
               

17-18.04      Migration of the TEST database to v3.0 (RPSL) 
              - TEST Database becomes a RPSL database. Updates are 
                accepted in RPSL format at <test-dbm at ripe.net>.
              - No RIPE-181 TEST database exists anymore.
              - Estimated downtime 6 hours.


22.04-23.04   Migration of the RIPE Database to v3.0 (RPSL)
              - New server becomes the official RIPE Database 
                server at 00:00 23.04.
              - Updates received after 16:00, 22.04 are queued
                until the new server becomes operational. 
                After that they are automatically converted to
                RPSL and processed by the new server. 
                New syntax and authorization rules apply.
              - Downtime in queries will be deliberately introduced 
                to mark the migration. 
                Whois server downtime is planned from 18:00, 22.04 
                till 00:00 23.04. 
                During this time a message explaining the migration 
                process will be sent as a whois query reply.
         
23.04, 00:00  New server becomes the official RIPE Database server 
              - Short (1-2 min) downtime is possible during final 
                tests.

23.04, 02:00  New server starts processing updates 
              - Two mail robots are available:
               <auto-dbm at ripe.net> - updates in RIPE-181 format
                                     (restrictions apply)
               <auto-rpsl at ripe.net> - updates in RPSL format
                                     (recommended).