Kevin/Steve minions or Tim/Mark/Phil minions?
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 10:03 AM, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > That’s why I have minions. > > > > *John W. Cook* > > *Network Operations Manager* > > *Partnership For Strong Families* > > *5950 NW 1st Place* > > *Gainesville, Fl 32607* > > *Office (352) 244-1610* > > *Cell (352) 215-6944* > > *MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS,* > > *CompTIA A+, N+, Security+* > > *VSP**4, VTSP4* > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Webster > *Sent:* Friday, July 19, 2013 12:46 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. > > > > The entire datacenter by yourself? WOW!!! Even superman –sc wouldn’t > attempt that by himself. J > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Webster > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *John Cook > *Sent:* Friday, July 19, 2013 11:32 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. > > > > You don’t say! > > > > Actually this has been a good discussion as I’m moving a Datacenter myself > in a month. > > > > *John W. Cook* > > *Network Operations Manager* > > *Partnership For Strong Families* > > *5950 NW 1st Place* > > *Gainesville, Fl 32607* > > *Office (352) 244-1610* > > *Cell (352) 215-6944* > > *MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS,* > > *CompTIA A+, N+, Security+* > > *VSP4, VTSP4* > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *J- P > *Sent:* Friday, July 19, 2013 12:17 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. > Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:15:15 +0000 > > The issue is that everything cools down after being run for so long. > Bearings freeze up, electronic connectors contract, etc. And it’s not > necessarily just hard drives. Cooling fans, power supplies, etc. Removing > them from the chassis won’t change anything and might even make things > worse. If you have to move a server, I’d keep everything in place. Again, > have good backups and have a few spares handy. > > > > -Paul > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *J- P > *Sent:* Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:34 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. > > > > Maybe a better approach would be to removes the drives from all servers, > and drive them down myself? > > > > > > > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:16:04 -0700 > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. > To: [email protected] > > I strongly agree regarding the spare drives (or at least preparations for > fast acquisition). If a drive is going to fail, its during/after a large > physical move. I've seen this happen many times. > > > -- > Espi > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Make sure your backups are current. Wouldn’t hurt to have some spare hard > drives. We moved our corporate 7 years ago. Only lost 2 drives on > separate systems. No data loss. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *J- P > *Sent:* Thursday, July 18, 2013 11:30 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. > > > > That is scary, we are moving to our new office tonight/tomorrow and > although its only 1 mile away - now I'm getting nervous... :( > > > > > > > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:16:28 -0500 > Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. > > When we moved into our new data center in 2010 we had several drives in a > few older servers and an older SAN that did not spin back up after being > shut down to be moved. The equipment was only down for a couple of hours > while it was moved between buildings. Those drives had been spinning > continuously for several years before the move. Luckily the failed drives > were in separate RAID arrays so we didn’t lose any data. > > > > Dave > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Maglinger, Paul > *Sent:* Thursday, July 18, 2013 11:03 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. > > > > The first concern that comes to mind doesn’t involve AD, but rather that > sometimes hard drives that have been spinning continuously don’t want to > spin back up after they’ve cooled down. > > > > -Paul > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Kennedy, Jim > *Sent:* Thursday, July 18, 2013 10:37 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Week long shutdown. > > > > We are shutting our data center down for 7 days to repair the > HAVAC/Electrical systems. Long story but it needs to be done this way. > Since we are a school district and it is summer we are just going to pull > the plug on the network and let that summer staff fend for themselves. I > have a secondary MX up with a hold and forward. > > > > There are 4 offsite DC’s that could be left running, but they will not be > able to talk to each other, their connectivity is via the data center. I > am thinking shut them down too. > > > > Any issues or concerns that come to mind for a week long downtime for AD? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or > attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity > to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information > (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. 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