Re: Server downtime

2008-08-11 Thread Jim Pick

Jim Pick wrote:

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



Re: Server downtime

2008-08-10 Thread Mario Torre
Il giorno sab, 09/08/2008 alle 19.24 -0700, Jim Pick ha scritto:

 The server is back now.  If you see anything strange, send me an email.
 
 Cheers,
 
   - Jim

Hi Jim, thanks!

The only strange thing that I see is that we don't have a new release
yet! :)

Cheers,
Mario




Re: Server downtime

2008-08-10 Thread Jim Pick

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.


Cheers,

 - Jim



Server downtime

2008-08-09 Thread Jim Pick

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].


Cheers,

 - Jim



Re: Server downtime

2008-08-09 Thread Jim Pick

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.

Cheers,

 - Jim