So, what is the best way to log users off cleanly in mass? You certainly can't depend on users to log off for themselves. Asking, begging, threatening....none of that works. I know for certain if I log in at 03:00, there will be 15 to 20 users still logged in, even though the building has been empty for hours.
=========================================================== Norman Morgan <> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <> http://www.brake.com =========================================================== Sometimes I wake up grumpy. Other times I let her sleep. =========================================================== > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Timothy Snyder > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 3:09 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse and Shadow copy on Windows 2003 > > > The only way to guarantee business level data integrity in > non-transactional > > applications is to force all users off the system briefly > while you do > steps > > 1 - 3. > > That's a good point. However, it's important to have a > controlled way to do so. I've had people think they were > safe to just log everybody off. Of course, there's no way to > ensure you're not doing *that* in the middle of a transaction. ;-) > > Much worse, I've even had people with good intentions of > getting everybody off of the system so they could have stable > backups. How did they do it? > With stopud -f or by doing a kill -9 on each user. Either > one could create a mess at least as bad as backing up hot, > since processes are not terminated cleanly. Actually, the > mess could be worse with the unconditional kill methods, > since they could result in corruption of the live database > files, while backing up hot only impacts the backup copy. > And if you do that while running RFS, head for the hills. > > Tim Snyder > Consulting I/T Specialist > U2 Lab Services > Information Management, IBM Software Group > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
