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Maintenance Window One-Pager

One line per check. BEFORE on the left, AFTER on the right, paired row by row. The detail lives on the Before and After pages - this sheet is the one you print.

Printable one-pager - Letter, landscape, one sheet with BEFORE and AFTER side by side. Printing this web page will not keep the layout - download the PDF and print that (95 KB).
Change control #DateWindow (from - to)EngineerRoute export method
☐ 1 - all gateways ☐ 2 - per gateway
☐ BEFORE - capture the baseline☐ AFTER - capture again, compare
Prep☐ Folder made: date + change #, with before and after inside☐ Fabric settled - wait 5 min, 10-15 if tunnels not up
☐ Critical apps listed: Voice, Video, App 1-3☐ Critical users and testers told to start validating
☐ Critical hubs and 2-5 critical spokes named
☐ Users and SME testers scheduled
Orch alarms☐ Alarms > Active exported → orch-alarms☐ Exported, compared - unexpected alarms investigated, 1-2 people clear
Reachability☐ "Not connected" noted; websockets verified; exported → reachability☐ Same capture, compared to before
NMS☐ Alarms + down devices captured → nms-alarms, nms-down-devices☐ Any down sites, down devices, new alarms? Captured, compared
☐ Maintenance mode SET☐ Maintenance mode REMOVED
Tunnels☐ Overlay exported → tunnels-report-overlay☐ Overlay exported, compared
☐ Underlay exported → tunnels-report-underlay☐ Underlay exported, compared
☐ Passthrough exported → tunnels-report-passthrough☐ Passthrough exported, compared
☐ Same up / down counts? Any tunnel up before, down now? Traffic on another tunnel?
Routes☐ Method chosen; "All" selected, filters cleared; exported☐ Same method; "All" selected, filters cleared; exported
☐ Compared - missing routes, new routes, count delta > 5 investigated
☐ P/B spot-checked in the UI for critical prefixes - CSV cannot see a flip (GMS-46509)
BGP☐ Summary exported → bgp-summary-report☐ Summary exported, compared
☐ Peers exported → bgp-peers-report☐ Peers exported, compared - every peer Established
OSPF☐ Neighbor state exported / screenshot → ospf-report☐ Same capture, compared - every neighbor up
Flows☐ Each hub exported → hostname_flows.csv☐ Each hub exported; bad flows reviewed, reset, route verified
☐ Each critical spoke exported → hostname_flows.csv☐ Each critical spoke exported, reviewed
☐ 0-byte flow count noted, bytes IN and OUT☐ 0-byte counts compared - difference expected?
Backup☐ Backup Now - "Before outage (change #)"☐ Backup Now - "After outage (change #)"; config compare if anything is off
Voice☐ Rings both ways, heard both ways; flows saved; quality noted☐ Re-tested; compared to before - any change?
Video☐ Session connects, both parties seen; quality noted☐ Re-tested; compared to before - any change?
App 1-3☐ Full transaction; Performance + General tabs saved; perf stats saved☐ Full transaction repeated; compared to before
☐ Tester feedback documented☐ Tester feedback compared - sign-off

Rule of the sheet: every ☐ on the right has a matching ☐ on the left. If the left box is empty, the right one cannot be compared - it can only be recorded.


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