diff --git a/deltaScripts/13.6.1/createDDSystemStatusTable.sh b/deltaScripts/13.6.1/createDDSystemStatusTable.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+SQL_SCRIPT="createDDSystemStatusTable.sql"
+
+# ensure that the sql script is present
+if [ ! -f ${SQL_SCRIPT} ]; then
+   echo "ERROR: the required sql script - ${SQL_SCRIPT} was not found."
+   echo "FATAL: the update has failed!"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "INFO: update started - creating ddsystemstatus table"
+
+# run the update
+/awips2/psql/bin/psql -U awips -d metadata -f ${SQL_SCRIPT}
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+   echo "FATAL: the update has failed!"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "INFO: the update has completed successfully!"
+
+exit 0
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diff --git a/deltaScripts/13.6.1/createDDSystemStatusTable.sql b/deltaScripts/13.6.1/createDDSystemStatusTable.sql
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+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ddsystemstatus
+(
+  name character varying(255) NOT NULL,
+  systemtype character varying(255) NOT NULL,
+  status character varying(255),
+  CONSTRAINT ddsystemstatus_pkey PRIMARY KEY (name, systemtype)
+)
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