Jim Pick wrote: >> Jim Pick wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I need to take the server down to investigate a possible failed disk >>> in the software RAID. I am hoping that it's just a Linux or Xen bug. >>> Also, I'd like to upgrade Xen to a more modern version if possible. >>> >>> I'm planning to take the server down in about 3 hours (around 2pm >>> Pacific Time). Hopefully, it won't take me too long to investigate >>> and/or upgrade it. >>> >>> There is always the possibility that things won't go well with the >>> RAID or the upgrade. I only have the one server online, so if I >>> encounter any big problems, please be patient as I try to figure out >>> the best way to recover. Luckily, I do have recent backups. >>> >>> This will affect jimpick.com, kaffe.org, developer.classpath.org, >>> planet.classpath.org, and icedtea.classpath.org. >>> >>> While the server is down, my jimpick.com/kaffe.org email addresses >>> will not be working. I can still be reached at my backup email >>> address at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. >> >> The server is back now. If you see anything strange, send me an email. > > I'm going to have take the server offline again for some extended downtime. > > It seems that I'm having some difficulty rearranging the data on the > drives while all the Xen sessions are online (probably due to kernel > bugs). I really need to do that, as running the software RAID in a > degraded state seems to be somewhat fragile. There are some other > issues to address as well. > > So I'm going to take the server offline so I can rebuild things in > single user mode. I'm not sure how long it will take -- I'm guessing > that it may take between 10-20 hours. Hopefully, I can get the VMs back > online for tomorrow.
I'm finally done, and things should be back online. Everything has been converted to RAID1 - there isn't much disk space left, but at least the data should be safe. Sorry about all the downtime. Cheers, - Jim _______________________________________________ kaffe mailing list kaffe@kaffe.org http://kaffe.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kaffe