What would happen if you choose not to proactively reboot the instance before the scheduled maintenance due date?

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) notifies customers of scheduled maintenance that requires an instance reboot. Customers are given a time window to proactively reboot the instance at their convenience. If the customer takes no action by the maintenance due to date, OCI will automatically perform the necessary maintenance. This action involves either a reboot migration, where the instance is stopped, moved to a healthy physical host, and restarted, or a rebuild in place, where the instance is stopped, maintained on the same hardware, and restarted. In both scenarios, the instance is rebooted by Oracle to complete the maintenance.

A. Simply sending another notification does not complete the required physical hardware maintenance; the due date is a firm deadline for the action.
B. Termination is a destructive action that deletes the instance. OCI does not terminate instances for routine, planned infrastructure maintenance.
D. Similar to option A, another notification is not the final action. The maintenance will be performed automatically after the deadline passes.

1. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation. (2024). Infrastructure Maintenance. Section: "Reboot Migration". "If you don't proactively reboot the instance by the specified maintenance due date, Oracle will reboot migrate the instance for you."

2. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation. (2024). Infrastructure Maintenance. Section: "Rebuild in Place". "If you don't proactively reboot the instance by the specified maintenance due date, Oracle will rebuild the instance in place for you."

3. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation. (2024). Overview of Compute Instance Maintenance. "For maintenance events that require a reboot, such as reboot migration, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure schedules the maintenance and notifies you of the upcoming due date. If you do not proactively reboot the instance before the due date, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure reboots the instance for you."