Documentation to promote checking background migrations
What does this MR do?
This is important during upgrades, and essential when upgrading between major versions.
We will be investigating upgrade checks for this by default in future omnibus versions.
Related issues
Part of omnibus-gitlab#4908 (closed)
Author's checklist
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Follow the Documentation Guidelines and Style Guide. -
If applicable, update the permissions table. -
Link docs to and from the higher-level index page, plus other related docs where helpful. -
Apply the documentation label.
Review checklist
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1. Primary Reviewer
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Review by a code reviewer or other selected colleague to confirm accuracy, clarity, and completeness. This can be skipped for minor fixes without substantive content changes.
2. Technical Writer
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3. Maintainer
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Edited by DJ Mountney