[SFS] Server Status
Mark Stang
markjstang@gmail.com
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:06:00 -0600
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Are you saying you have a real job?
I thought Heather was supporting you ;-)
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 3:06 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson@thegeek.nu>
wrote:
> 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.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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:
>
>> 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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<div dir=3D"ltr">Are you saying you have a real job?<div>I thought Heather =
was supporting you ;-)</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 3:06 PM, David L. Willson <span di=
r=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:DLWillson@thegeek.nu" target=3D"_blank">DLW=
illson@thegeek.nu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote=
" 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-siz=
e:12pt;color:#000000">Yeah. I screwed this up at least 3 ways.<br><br>- no =
regular backups<br>- no RAID<br>- poor problem diagnosis and diagnosis<br><=
br>I'm always grateful when I find a place that's willing to hire a=
nd keep a special fellow like me.<span class=3D""><br><br><div><span name=
=3D"x"></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>CO=
A LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br><a href=3D"http://sofr=
ee.us" target=3D"_blank">http://sofree.us</a><br><br>This is a good time fo=
r a r3VOLution.<span name=3D"x"></span><br></div><br></span><hr id=3D"m_760=
7935861908560978zwchr"><div><div class=3D"h5"><blockquote style=3D"border-l=
eft:2px solid #1010ff;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weig=
ht:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Aria=
l,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div dir=3D"ltr">Backups are such a pain until=
you need them.=C2=A0 I'm still running a dump to a usb drive "occ=
asionally" but for the most part the stuff I care about is somewhere i=
n the cloud: =C2=A0VPS, =C2=A0Gitlab, Google Drive.=C2=A0 I suppose I land =
on a different part of the Venn diagram that has reliability in one circle =
and security in another. =C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 2:51 AM, David L. Willson <span=
dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:DLWillson@thegeek.nu" target=3D"_blank">=
DLWillson@thegeek.nu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote" 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">I lost a hard drive yesterday. I was able to resto=
re from a backup, but the backup was three weeks old.<br><br>Affected syste=
ms are:<br>- <a href=3D"http://zimbra.thegeek.nu" target=3D"_blank">zimbra.=
thegeek.nu</a><br>- <a href=3D"http://zimbra.sofree.us" target=3D"_blank">z=
imbra.sofree.us</a><br>- <a href=3D"http://mailman.thegeek.nu" target=3D"_b=
lank">mailman.thegeek.nu</a><br>- <a href=3D"http://fishes.sofree.us" targe=
t=3D"_blank">fishes.sofree.us</a><br><br>My plan is to configure daily back=
ups today.<br><br>There's a funny story here about a failing hard drive=
locking up the system that I had *just* setup backups on, and me diagnosin=
g it as a problem with the backup script, and disabling the backups "u=
ntil I can re-arrange things", which turned out to be three weeks late=
r, 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.<br><br><div><span></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engi=
neer, Evangelist<br>COA LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br>=
<a href=3D"http://sofree.us" target=3D"_blank">http://sofree.us</a><br><br>=
This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<span></span><br></div><br></div></div=
></blockquote></div><br></div>
</blockquote><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>
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