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#	Requestor’s Name: (Sponsoring Team Leader)	George Thompson ( Phil Marlow )
#	RFC Title:	Increase disk space on buttercup
#	Change Request Ref No.: (CMO Use Only)	00756N
#	FootPrints Number(s):	Ticket Number:					or		n/a	☒
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#	Date of Request:	2016/11/03
#	Date of Expected CMB Review:	2016/11/10
#	Request Category:
#	Requesting Team:				Other: (if Other, please state, right)
#	Reason for Request:				(If Project, please give name, right)
#	Reason for Change:	The used disk space on buttercup has grown to 98% in the root partition. This is primarily due to the large quantity of files being stored in the sftp server.
#	Description of Change:	To increase the size of the root partition by expanding the disk in VMWare and performing the appropriate configuration tasks on buttercup server to expand the filesystem
#	Date the change required by:	2016/11/11
#	Date and time the change will occur:	2016/11/13 09:I’ve changed this as no changes can take place in the week of approval unless urgent. 00
#	Which service(s) will be affected and what are the associated risks:	sftp server, all web services running on buttercup, including the downloads.gold.ac.uk. There will be 2 small outages lasting minutes each while the server is being rebooted.
#	Who will actually do the change:	George Thompson
#	How long will the change take to implement:	1 hour
#	Impact Analysis:	There will be short outages for the sftp server, the web services running on buttercup including the software download site downloads.gold.ac.uk
#	What is the impact of not making the change?	The server will run out of space and become unusable
#	Business Relationship Manager:	This is to associate the change with a Business Relationship Manager for the department requesting the change and to ensure that the BRM is consulted on the Communications plans. Has the BRM Ratified the communications plan: Yes ☐ No ☒
#	Pre-Communications Plan:	Date (by) Message How? By Whom? To Stakeholder(s) 2016-11-11 Dear all, The RFC below is about to commence. RFC Number: 00756N RFC Title: Increase disk space on buttercup Footprints Number: if applicable This change is service affecting and will affect anyone saving files to Buttercup. email George Rad, infra, csapps and helpdeskstaff Silxo Dennis Rovegno Terry Blow Stacey Bean
#	Post-Communications Plan:	Date (by) Message How? By Whom? To Stakeholder(s) 2016-11-11 Dear all, The change has successfully been implemented for: RFC Number: 00756N RFC Title: Increase diskspace on buttercup Footprints number: n/a email George Rad, infra, csapps and helpdeskstaff Silxo Dennis Rovegno Terry Blow Stacey Bean CMB
#	Implementation Plan:	Reference Document : https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1006371 Itemised steps: 1. Check Veeam backups to ensure the last backup was successful, and that no Veeam backup is scheduled during the work.