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Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Bill Humphries <[email protected]>wrote: > At least the sharks didn't have bears riding on their backs. > > Sean Martin wrote: > >> A lot of people thought the stories of the mass animal deaths were a sign >> of the coming apocalypse. I think seeing two sharks swimming past your local >> McDonalds would be more of a sign! >> - Sean >> >> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:01 AM, Bill Humphries >> <[email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> crikey! >> >> >> http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2011/01/14/ipswich-bull-sharks-spotted-flood-affected-streets/ >> >> Bill >> >> >> >> James Hill wrote: >> >> Our office is in the suburb of Oxley which is 20-25 mins drive >> from the CBD. It's just that the media have focssed a lot on >> the CBD. >> Having said that 75% of Queensland >> < >> http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=queensland&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=62.718444,113.818359&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Queensland&t=h&z=5 >> < >> http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=queensland&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=62.718444,113.818359&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Queensland&t=h&z=5 >> >> >> is regarded a disaster zone now. So most of the state has >> been effected, not just the capital (Brisbane). >> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Kurt Buff >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> >> We seem to have missed this bullet. >> >> Our AU office is well out of the flood zone for Brisbane >> (which, from >> what I've seen, is the CBD), though one of our employees had to >> evacuate his home, and several others were not able to make >> it to work >> because of flooding between home and office. >> >> I'm a bit of underwater at work at the moment myself, >> though in a >> completely metaphorical sense, so I don't know how much I can >> contribute to the discussion, but my sympathies, sir, and >> best of >> luck. >> >> Kurt >> >> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 13:36, James Hill >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> > If you've seen the news you may have heard that we've had >> some >> very serious >> > flooding here in Brisbane, Australia. As a result we >> lost our >> data centre, >> > it ended up being completely under water. We managed to >> save some >> > components thanks to some knee high walking in water >> before it >> got too >> > high. A very critical server was later rescued thanks to >> a boat >> and some >> > roof removal. Walking in to your Data Centre in knee >> high water >> is some >> > what depressing. Seeing the lights on equipment that is >> higher >> in the >> > racks(and dry) still being powered by the UPS in a dark room >> filling up with >> > water is well...uncomforting. >> > >> > We are now in hectic DR mode and are restoring services as >> quickly as >> > possible. Unfortunately we didn't have a DR >> location(planning >> was under way >> > but nothing was in place) and so a lot of the restore means >> retrieving data >> > from tapes and building servers from scratch. >> > >> > I'm in new territory here and so I'm hoping the list can >> help me >> out with >> > some questions that I know will arise as I work through >> this mess. >> > >> > We have secured space in a nice and dry Data centre and have >> organised WAN >> > and Internet connectivity(although it's not fired up >> yet), some >> rack space, >> > and have rented VM's and disk space. >> > >> > We have a 2008 level domain with a mix of 2008 and 2008 R2 >> DC's. The two >> > DC's we lost were running 2008 and held the FSMO roles. >> We have >> C: drive >> > and system state backups of these. We have a number of other >> DC's out in >> > our stores that are high and dry. What I would like to >> do is:- >> > >> > Create a new DC in the new Data Centre with a new name but >> running 2008R2 >> > (take the opportunity to upgrade it). >> > Give it the FSMO roles (is this possible considering the >> domain >> level is at >> > 2008 but the server would be 2008 R2)? >> > Clear out the two lost DC's from AD entirely. >> > >> > Thoughts, suggestions and messages of sympathy are all >> welcome. >> > >> > James. >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a >> resource hog! ~ >> > ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> > --- >> > To manage subscriptions click here: >> > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> > or send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource >> hog! ~ >> ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]> >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
