The advancement of technologies in Interferometry and Adaptive Optics (AO) at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal Observatory calls for an updated approach to maintenance strategies. This new approach draws on the observatory's rich operational experience. The Integrated Operations Program (IOP), aiming at integrating operations of VLT and ELT, supports this strategic change, encouraging the ongoing enhancement of maintenance practices. This paper outlines the learnings from recent maintenance work following the installation of Interferometry systems and the Adaptive Optics Facility (AOF). It describes the new maintenance framework being put into practice through the IOP for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) and its instruments, breaking it down into categories of Improvement, Preventive, Corrective, and Operational Maintenance types. It also covers root cause analyses for a contamination event. The main goal of this document is to highlight the most significant maintenance challenges faced by the Instrumentation Group at Paranal Observatory, focusing on the period when AOF was set up and the latest interferometry instruments were introduced. Maintenance processes are examined through several observational periods, starting with period 103, which corresponds to the year 2019. The paper also introduces the Technical Time Request system, a tool used for planning the time needed for maintenance activities within the overall schedule of the observatory, which includes all tasks, both technical and observational.
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