RDS (OS) update is available - Don´t see it in RDS Dashboard

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Hello there,

we got a notification in AWS Health Dashboard that a OS update is available for three RDS Databases. The problem is, i don´t see a Update avaiable in the RDS Dashboard under "Pending maintenance". Furthermore, i don´t see any update event log with AWS CLI command "aws rds describe-events". Also no update to see with AWS CLI command "aws rds describe-pending-maintenance-actions".

Therefore the question, is the OS update still remaining or did it happend? Maybe i look at the wrong place?

3 Answers
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hi we ask AWS supprt team "By upgrading your DB instance engine version to a version suitable for this operating system update, you can check for applicable required OS updates."

MySQL : 5.6.51+/5.7.33+/8.0.23+ Mariadb : 10.5.12+

I think you need to update to the above RDS version, you will see "RDS OS update message".

answered 2 years ago
  • What "rePost-User-2291513" is writing is very interesting.

    We are also affected by this and got a similar message, claiming that two instances running MariaDB 10.3.31 had mandatory OS updates, but there is no way to apply them nor can we see 'em with "describe-pending-maintenance-actions". But if the previous user is right, we would first have to upgrade to MariaDB 10.5.12 or beyond before the OS can be patched? Is there any information about what would happen if we don't upgrade our engine before the due date set by AWS?

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Hello Rao,

thank you. We don´t see any Update avaiable with "AWS CLI – ‘describe-pending-maintenance-action’" or under the ‘RDS Maintenance & backups’ Field for all RDS Databases. Therefore, i guess no updates are pending?

But I am still wondering why we got the notfication in the AWS Health Dashboard on May 27 and don´t see any Update avaiable. Auto minor version upgrade is disabled.

answered 2 years ago
  • If you do not see any events being listed when you run "AWS CLI – ‘describe-pending-maintenance-action’", then nothing is pending.

    Please note that "Auto minor version upgrade" is DB upgrade, where as OS updates are for the underlying Operating System.

    It might be possible that it was an Online OS Patch which has been completed.

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That's most likely because AWS PHD shows the updates and notifications only for 7 days on the default Dashboard view. Also, after an AWS service resolves an event, the notification is removed from your dashboard view. However, you can still list all the notifications beyond last 7 days as well, by clicking on the 'View Event log' option.

You can find more details in here - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/health/latest/ug/getting-started-health-dashboard.html#dashboard

In order to list out the pending actions on RDS instance, there are two ways:

  • You may also use AWS CLI command ‘describe-pending-maintenance-action’ for your RDS instances to check if there are any pending maintenance items.

AWS CLI – ‘describe-pending-maintenance-action’ [+] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/rds/describe-pending-maintenance-actions.html

  • Further these maintenances can be tracked from the RDS console ‘Databases’ overview page under the ‘Maintenance’ field where the value would be ‘required’. You can confirm the same by selecting such DB instances and checking under the ‘Maintenance & backups’, you will find “New Operating System update is available” pending maintenance item.
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D-Rao
answered 2 years ago

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