Redirect your visitor to maintenance page is a must when you are upgrading your site. Now you can redirect your user to maintenance page easily by using .htaccess file. I guess you do not want your visitor to see an error page or 404 page during your dedicated server upgrade. So just follow the steps below to create a .htaccess file to redirect your visitor to maintenance page during upgrade:-
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