How do I get additional information about pending maintenance?

Question

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As you can see in my aws dashboard is a required update without further information about what will happen. Currently I am not sure if the database engine will be upgraded too or only the underlying operating system. There is no specific information about the reason and i can't find any reference table with definitions to maintenance types.

I already read this thread but id didn't help me. Update Amazon RDS for MySQL database instance

Do you have any experiences with this maintencance type and do you know were i can find further information?

Thanks in advance :)

Answer

Hello,

It states that new operating system update is available, which means that this update is not related to the database engine update and it is only related to OS. You would have received an update in your Personal Health Dashboard (AWS PHD Console) and via email if it is a mandatory update and if it requires downtime or not.

You can also check the pending maintenance details using the following:

#### Example:-

**For Linux, macOS, or Unix:**

aws rds describe-pending-maintenance-actions --resource-identifier arn:aws-cn:rds:us-west-2:001234567890:db:mysql-db

**For Windows:**

aws rds describe-pending-maintenance-actions --resource-identifier arn:aws-cn:rds:us-west-2:001234567890:db:m

***Reference:-***

[1] https://docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_UpgradeDBInstance.Maintenance.html#USER_UpgradeDBInstance.OSUpgrades

[2] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/rds/describe-pending-maintenance-actions.html

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