GURU Cloud - Important Database Server Updates for multiple servers

Apologies for the delay, the maintenance is now complete.

Thanks for your patience.

We have resolved some issues with gsh8.guru.net.uk and are finalising the upgrade now.

We'll provide another update shortly.

We are experiencing some delays with gsh8.guru.net.uk due to some upgrade issues and are working on a fix.

We'll provide another update soon.

The scheduled maintenance is now underway. We'll keep you updated on our progress.

Hello,

This is a notice for an upgrade of the MySQL/MariaDB database server version on the following GURU servers:

• gsh8.guru.net.uk
• gsh7.guru.net.uk
• gsh6.guru.net.uk

The version currently running on this service is: 10.5

Support for this version will soon end and the version will be considered End of Life. As such, we have scheduled an upgrade of the version to: 10.11

• All applications you run on your service should be checked to ensure they support the new MySQL/MariaDB version (see above for version)
• The upgrade is a one-way change, it cannot be reverted back to an earlier/previous version
• There will be a maintenance window while the upgrade is applied, of up to 1 hour, during which database services will be unavailable. We will endeavour to keep this to a minimum.
• The following links provide details of differences between versions of MySQL/MariaDB. Most of this is quite technical or refer to server configurations (which we take care of) but we’re providing the information for completeness.

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/upgrading-from-mariadb-10-5-to-mariadb-10-6/ https://mariadb.com/kb/en/upgrading-from-mariadb-10-6-to-mariadb-10-11/ https://mariadb.com/kb/en/changes-improvements-in-mariadb-1011/

MAINTENANCE WINDOW

During this window the MySQL/MariaDB database server will be upgraded.

From current version: 10.5 To new version: 10.11

WINDOW START 2025-05-12 (YYYY-MM-DD) 20:00 BST (19:00 UTC)

WINDOW DURATION Up to 1 hour per server.

EXPECTED IMPACT Database services will be unavailable during the works.

As always we will do all we can to reduce impact or disruption to services.

If you have any questions, please do let us know.

Regards, GURU Cloud