[SFS] Server Status
David L. Willson
dlwillson@sofree.us
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:23:20 -0600 (MDT)
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I meant "diagnosis and handling". Not "diagnosis and diagnosis". <sigh>
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David L. Willson
Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist
COA LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP
Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
http://sofree.us
This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David L. Willson" <DLWillson@thegeek.nu>
To: "Chris Fedde" <chris@fedde.us>
Cc: "sfs" <sfs@thegeek.nu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 3:06:58 PM
Subject: Re: [SFS] Server Status
Yeah. I screwed this up at least 3 ways.
- no regular backups
- no RAID
- poor problem diagnosis and diagnosis
I'm always grateful when I find a place that's willing to hire and keep a special fellow like me.
--
David L. Willson
Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist
COA LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP
Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
http://sofree.us
This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
----- Original Message -----
Backups are such a pain until you need them. I'm still running a dump to a usb drive "occasionally" but for the most part the stuff I care about is somewhere in the cloud: VPS, Gitlab, Google Drive. I suppose I land on a different part of the Venn diagram that has reliability in one circle and security in another.
On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 2:51 AM, David L. Willson < DLWillson@thegeek.nu > wrote:
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I lost a hard drive yesterday. I was able to restore from a backup, but the backup was three weeks old.
Affected systems are:
- zimbra.thegeek.nu
- zimbra.sofree.us
- mailman.thegeek.nu
- fishes.sofree.us
My plan is to configure daily backups today.
There's a funny story here about a failing hard drive locking up the system that I had *just* setup backups on, and me diagnosing it as a problem with the backup script, and disabling the backups "until I can re-arrange things", which turned out to be three weeks later, when the hard drive stopped working completely. Lesson: Take the backups. If the system locks up during or near backups, take the backups manually and often.
--
David L. Willson
Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist
COA LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP
Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
http://sofree.us
This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
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rif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>I meant "diagnosis and handling"=
. Not "diagnosis and diagnosis". <sigh><br></div><div><br></div><div>=
<span name=3D"x"></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evange=
list<br>COA LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br>http://sofre=
e.us<br><div><br></div>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<span name=3D"x=
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-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: He=
lvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"David L. Willson"=
<DLWillson@thegeek.nu><br><b>To: </b>"Chris Fedde" <chris@fedde.u=
s><br><b>Cc: </b>"sfs" <sfs@thegeek.nu><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, S=
eptember 19, 2017 3:06:58 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [SFS] Server Status<br>=
<div><br></div><style>p { margin: 0; }</style><div style=3D"font-family: ti=
mes new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000" data-m=
ce-style=3D"font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 1=
2pt; color: #000000;">Yeah. I screwed this up at least 3 ways.<br><div><br>=
</div>- no regular backups<br>- no RAID<br>- poor problem diagnosis and dia=
gnosis<br><div><br></div>I'm always grateful when I find a place that's wil=
ling to hire and keep a special fellow like me.<br><div><br></div><div><spa=
n></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>COA LFC=
S CCAH RHCE CLP<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br>http://sofree.us<br><div><b=
r></div>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<span></span><br></div><br><hr=
id=3D"zwchr"><blockquote style=3D"border-left:2px solid #1010FF;margin-lef=
t:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text=
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ta-mce-style=3D"border-left: 2px solid #1010FF; margin-left: 5px; padding-l=
eft: 5px; color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decora=
tion: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div=
dir=3D"ltr">Backups are such a pain until you need them. I'm still r=
unning a dump to a usb drive "occasionally" but for the most part the stuff=
I care about is somewhere in the cloud: VPS, Gitlab, Google Dr=
ive. I suppose I land on a different part of the Venn diagram that ha=
s reliability in one circle and security in another. </div><div class=
=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 2:5=
1 AM, David L. Willson <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:DLWillson@th=
egeek.nu" target=3D"_blank" data-mce-href=3D"mailto:DLWillson@thegeek.nu">D=
LWillson@thegeek.nu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo=
te" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"=
data-mce-style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding=
-left: 1ex;"><div><div style=3D"font-family:times new roman,new york,times,=
serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000" data-mce-style=3D"font-family: times ne=
w roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">I lost a ha=
rd drive yesterday. I was able to restore from a backup, but the backup was=
three weeks old.<br><div><br></div>Affected systems are:<br>- <a href=3D"h=
ttp://zimbra.thegeek.nu" target=3D"_blank" data-mce-href=3D"http://zimbra.t=
hegeek.nu">zimbra.thegeek.nu</a><br>- <a href=3D"http://zimbra.sofree.us" t=
arget=3D"_blank" data-mce-href=3D"http://zimbra.sofree.us">zimbra.sofree.us=
</a><br>- <a href=3D"http://mailman.thegeek.nu" target=3D"_blank" data-mce-=
href=3D"http://mailman.thegeek.nu">mailman.thegeek.nu</a><br>- <a href=3D"h=
ttp://fishes.sofree.us" target=3D"_blank" data-mce-href=3D"http://fishes.so=
free.us">fishes.sofree.us</a><br><div><br></div>My plan is to configure dai=
ly backups today.<br><div><br></div>There's a funny story here about a fail=
ing hard drive locking up the system that I had *just* setup backups on, an=
d me diagnosing it as a problem with the backup script, and disabling the b=
ackups "until I can re-arrange things", which turned out to be three weeks =
later, when the hard drive stopped working completely. Lesson: Take the bac=
kups. If the system locks up during or near backups, take the backups manua=
lly and often.<br><div><br></div><div><span></span>--<br>David L. Willson<b=
r>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>COA LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP<br>Mobile 720-333=
-LANS(5267)<br><a href=3D"http://sofree.us" target=3D"_blank" data-mce-href=
=3D"http://sofree.us">http://sofree.us</a><br><div><br></div>This is a good=
time for a r3VOLution.<span></span><br></div><br></div></div></blockquote>=
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